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TEXTO 7
AMERICA’S OPINION OF TRUMP ARE FULLY BAKED, IN ONE CHART
Washington (CNN) - Everyone has an opinion of President Donald Trump - and they're sticking to it. The President's approval rating has remained in a narrow 10 percentage point window for his entire first nine months in office, the smallest range for new presidents in almost a half century.
Trump kicked off his presidency at a 45% approval rating during his first week, sinking slightly over his term so far to the high 30s, where it's remained mostly steady since May, according to a CNN analysis of weekly approval numbers from Gallup.
The numbers show just how baked in Americans' approval (or disapproval) of Donald Trump is. His approval rating among Democrats has remained mired at historic lows, while Republicans have consistently maintained their strong support for his White House.
A separate poll found that six in 10 people who approve of Trump (and disapprove of Trump) say they can't imagine anything he could do to make them change their minds.
Approval ratings historically have experienced some turbulence during their first nine months, as honeymoon periods wear off and presidents face the first tests of their tenures.
Barack Obama's approval sank from two-thirds of Americans to half in this time span. George W. Bush's spiked after the 9/11 terrorist attacks — a broad 39-point swing. Bill Clinton's fell 22 points over his first several months to a low in June.
In fact, Trump's approval rating window marks the third narrowest in data stretching back to the 1940s -- wider than only Richard Nixon and Lyndon B. Johnson.
Not to mention, most presidents see some significant movement among independents -- the most volatile group -- in the first nine months. The last seven presidents have experienced at least a 20-point swing among independents to this point, but Trump's approval among independents has remained in just a 13-point range.
The consistency in Trump's approval rating, however, comes amid a mixed first nine months for his White House; strong economic numbers have combined with derailed major legislative priorities and battles with his own party, the National Football League and the intelligence community.
STRUYK, Ryan. America’s opinion of Trump are fully baked, in one chart. Disponível em:<http://edition.cnn.com/2017/10/03/politics/trump-approval-flat-decades-gallup/index.html?iid=ob_article_footer_expansion>
Analise as proposições abaixo.
I. A taxa de aprovação do presidente Donald Trump, nos seus nove primeiros meses de governo, é a mais baixa para novos presidentes em quase 50 anos.
II. Há uma grande diferença entre a taxa de aprovação do presidente Donald Trump pelos democratas e a sua taxa de aprovação pelos republicanos.
III. A taxa de aprovação de Barack Obama, nos seus primeiros nove meses de governo, cresceu bastante.
IV. Richard Nixon e Lyndon B. Johnson tiveram uma taxa de aprovação maior do que a de Donald Trump.
V. Assim como ocorreu com a maioria dos presidentes, a taxa de aprovação de Donald Trump entre os eleitores independentes oscilou bastante em seus nove primeiros meses de governo.
De acordo com o TEXTO 7, são verdadeiras, apenas, as proposições
Q1267173
Inglês
Disponível em: <www.google.com.br/search?q=Marty+Bucella%27+cartoon&rlz> . Acesso em: 12 out. 2017.
The patient in this cartoon
Q1266903
Inglês
Taken from <http://www.thatdeafguy.com/?p=697> . Accessed on August
21st, 2017In the exerpt "In that case, do you have any of your teachers e-mail addresses?", taken from TEXT VII, the corresponding reported speech for the sentence would be:
Q1266902
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Taken from <http://www.thatdeafguy.com/?p=697> . Accessed on August 21st, 2017
That Deaf Guy is a website that reproduces situations about a family in which the father is deaf. From this comic stripe one can infer that:
Q1266900
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TEXT V
They call it ‘tourism-phobia’ but that’s not what’s happening in Barcelona
Jordi Rabassa, Barcelona en Comú District Councilor for the
Old City in Barcelona
There‘s a new word that‘s taken over the local political debate in Barcelona: tourism-phobia. For months now, political and media personalities have been using accusations of tourism-phobia to attack the social movements and political parties that are questioning the so-called ‗tourism industry‘ and its repercussions on the right to the city.
The use of ―tourism-phobia‖ seeks to criminalize this criticism, painting it as a form of racism against people who visit the city in the popular imagination. But this attempt to compare, even at a subconscious level, ―tourism-phobia‖ and racism is not just irresponsible, it‘s a sign of defeat by those who have invented the word. Because these are the same people who warned us that regulating tourism would paralyze economic activity and employment in the city. This argument, based on the supposedly unquestionable logic of the productive economy, hasn‘t gone anywhere; it‘s the same old neoliberal discourse that tourism is a harmless and friendly activity. They‘ve just pushed it aside temporarily to make room for the related idea of tourism-phobia, which aims to appeal to people‘s emotions.
They call it tourism-phobia but they probably don‘t know what they really want to say. They use the concept of tourism-phobia to camouflage their support for business interests that are putting the right to the city of the people of Barcelona at risk. They call it tourism-phobia to weaken the city government, to criminalize the most active and radical social movements, and to patronize unorganized citizens. They call it tourism-phobia to inject a meme that can be launched on social media and vomited up on TV and the radio.
Those of us in Barcelona who criticize, problematize or reject an economic model based on the liberalization of the tourism industry are not filled with hate. We‘re defending human rights, principally the right to housing and the right to the city.
Those who criticize the hegemony of tourism as an economic model are calling for a fair and inclusive city, a city with neighborhoods where people can live. We‘re demanding rent caps and denouncing speculation with commercial premises and licenses. We‘re condemning the black market of tourist apartments that is pushing low-income families out of their homes. We‘re saying, loud and clear, that we want public, affordable housing. We‘re working to make sure that our streets and squares aren‘t overwhelmed by visitors. We‘re grieving for the men and women who‘ve been expelled from our neighborhoods.
They call it tourism-phobia but that‘s not what it is: it‘s a conscious demand for the right to the city.
Translation of an article published in eldiario.es on 27/06/2017
Disponível em: https://medium.com/@BComuGlobal/they-call-ittourism-phobia-but-that-s-not-what-s-happening-in-barcelonacb56b02da97b Acesso em: 07 ago. 2017.
O trecho do texto V que constrói e enfatiza a ideia de que
a turismofobia vem circulando há algum tempo e continua
assim no presente é:
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TEXT I
The Amazon Rainforest: The World's Largest
Rainforest
The Amazon River Basin is home to the largest
rainforest on Earth. The basin – roughly the size of the
forty-eight contiguous United States – covers some 40
percent of the South American continent and includes
parts of eight South American countries: Brazil, Bolivia,
Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, and
Suriname, as well as French Guiana, a department of
France.
Reflecting environmental conditions as well as past
human influence, the Amazon is made up of a mosaic of
ecosystems and vegetation types including rainforests,
seasonal forests, deciduous forests, flooded forests,
and savannas. The basin is drained by the Amazon River,
the world's largest river in terms of discharge, and the
second longest river in the world after the Nile. The river is
made up of over 1,100 tributaries, 17 of which are longer
than 1000 miles, and two of which (the Negro and the
Madeira) are larger, in terms of volume, than the Congo
(formerly the Zaire) river. The river system is the lifeline of
the forest and its history plays an important part in the
development of its rainforests. […]
Disponível em: http://rainforests.mongabay.com/amazon/. Acesso em: 07
ago. 2017.
Descrita no texto como a maior do mundo, a floresta
tropical Amazônica está localizada em uma bacia
hidrográfica cujo tamanho pode ser comparado
Q1266170
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Leia o texto para responder a questão.
Here’s how long you can work before your brain 1shuts down
I’m having a hard time starting this article. According to research out of the University of Melbourne, that might
be because I’m middle-aged and work too much. Economists determined that burning the midnight oil makes you,
well, dumber.” Our study highlights that too much work can have adverse effects on cognitive functioning,” they
conclude.
Tell us something we didn’t know. Who hasn’t, at the end of a seemingly endless workweek, found themselves
staring blankly at their computer screen or into space unable to remember what they had for lunch, let alone form
a coherent thought about the task at hand?
For some employees, of course – the average resident 2 physician or, these days, that “3 gig economy” worker who
makes ends meet by banging away at multiple projects – long hours are a fact of modern working life. And there’s
a cost. Medical researchers have shown that working too much can affect employees’ physical and mental health.
So how much is too much? For people age 40 and older, working up to roughly 25 hours per week boosts
memory, the ability to quickly process information and other aspects of cognitive function, according to the study,
which drew on a longitudinal survey that tracks the well-being of 6,000 Australians. Beyond 25 hours a week, the
middle-aged brain doesn’t work as well, the study indicates, noting that the findings apply to both men and women.
<http://tinyurl.com/j4os8ck> Acesso em: 24.08.2016. Adaptado.
Glossário
1to shut down: parar de operar/funcionar.
2physician: médico.
3gig economy: ambiente de trabalho baseado em empregos temporários e contratos de curta duração.
O pronome relativo that, em “that tracks the well-being of 6,000 Australians”, pode ser corretamente substituído,
sem alteração do sentido original, por
Q1266169
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Leia o texto para responder a questão.
Here’s how long you can work before your brain 1shuts down
I’m having a hard time starting this article. According to research out of the University of Melbourne, that might
be because I’m middle-aged and work too much. Economists determined that burning the midnight oil makes you,
well, dumber.” Our study highlights that too much work can have adverse effects on cognitive functioning,” they
conclude.
Tell us something we didn’t know. Who hasn’t, at the end of a seemingly endless workweek, found themselves
staring blankly at their computer screen or into space unable to remember what they had for lunch, let alone form
a coherent thought about the task at hand?
For some employees, of course – the average resident 2 physician or, these days, that “3 gig economy” worker who
makes ends meet by banging away at multiple projects – long hours are a fact of modern working life. And there’s
a cost. Medical researchers have shown that working too much can affect employees’ physical and mental health.
So how much is too much? For people age 40 and older, working up to roughly 25 hours per week boosts
memory, the ability to quickly process information and other aspects of cognitive function, according to the study,
which drew on a longitudinal survey that tracks the well-being of 6,000 Australians. Beyond 25 hours a week, the
middle-aged brain doesn’t work as well, the study indicates, noting that the findings apply to both men and women.
<http://tinyurl.com/j4os8ck> Acesso em: 24.08.2016. Adaptado.
Glossário
1to shut down: parar de operar/funcionar.
2physician: médico.
3gig economy: ambiente de trabalho baseado em empregos temporários e contratos de curta duração.
Afirma-se, no terceiro parágrafo, que
Q1266168
Inglês
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Leia o texto para responder a questão.
Here’s how long you can work before your brain 1shuts down
I’m having a hard time starting this article. According to research out of the University of Melbourne, that might
be because I’m middle-aged and work too much. Economists determined that burning the midnight oil makes you,
well, dumber.” Our study highlights that too much work can have adverse effects on cognitive functioning,” they
conclude.
Tell us something we didn’t know. Who hasn’t, at the end of a seemingly endless workweek, found themselves
staring blankly at their computer screen or into space unable to remember what they had for lunch, let alone form
a coherent thought about the task at hand?
For some employees, of course – the average resident 2 physician or, these days, that “3 gig economy” worker who
makes ends meet by banging away at multiple projects – long hours are a fact of modern working life. And there’s
a cost. Medical researchers have shown that working too much can affect employees’ physical and mental health.
So how much is too much? For people age 40 and older, working up to roughly 25 hours per week boosts
memory, the ability to quickly process information and other aspects of cognitive function, according to the study,
which drew on a longitudinal survey that tracks the well-being of 6,000 Australians. Beyond 25 hours a week, the
middle-aged brain doesn’t work as well, the study indicates, noting that the findings apply to both men and women.
<http://tinyurl.com/j4os8ck> Acesso em: 24.08.2016. Adaptado.
Glossário
1to shut down: parar de operar/funcionar.
2physician: médico.
3gig economy: ambiente de trabalho baseado em empregos temporários e contratos de curta duração.
Considere a afirmação: “Our study highlights that too much work can have adverse effects on cognitive functioning.”
Um dos efeitos adversos do trabalho excessivo apresentado pelo autor é
Um dos efeitos adversos do trabalho excessivo apresentado pelo autor é
Q1266167
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Leia o texto para responder a questão.
Here’s how long you can work before your brain 1shuts down
I’m having a hard time starting this article. According to research out of the University of Melbourne, that might
be because I’m middle-aged and work too much. Economists determined that burning the midnight oil makes you,
well, dumber.” Our study highlights that too much work can have adverse effects on cognitive functioning,” they
conclude.
Tell us something we didn’t know. Who hasn’t, at the end of a seemingly endless workweek, found themselves
staring blankly at their computer screen or into space unable to remember what they had for lunch, let alone form
a coherent thought about the task at hand?
For some employees, of course – the average resident 2 physician or, these days, that “3 gig economy” worker who
makes ends meet by banging away at multiple projects – long hours are a fact of modern working life. And there’s
a cost. Medical researchers have shown that working too much can affect employees’ physical and mental health.
So how much is too much? For people age 40 and older, working up to roughly 25 hours per week boosts
memory, the ability to quickly process information and other aspects of cognitive function, according to the study,
which drew on a longitudinal survey that tracks the well-being of 6,000 Australians. Beyond 25 hours a week, the
middle-aged brain doesn’t work as well, the study indicates, noting that the findings apply to both men and women.
<http://tinyurl.com/j4os8ck> Acesso em: 24.08.2016. Adaptado.
Glossário
1to shut down: parar de operar/funcionar.
2physician: médico.
3gig economy: ambiente de trabalho baseado em empregos temporários e contratos de curta duração.
A respeito do autor, o primeiro parágrafo nos informa que ele
Q1266166
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Leia o texto para responder a questão.
Here’s how long you can work before your brain 1shuts down
I’m having a hard time starting this article. According to research out of the University of Melbourne, that might
be because I’m middle-aged and work too much. Economists determined that burning the midnight oil makes you,
well, dumber.” Our study highlights that too much work can have adverse effects on cognitive functioning,” they
conclude.
Tell us something we didn’t know. Who hasn’t, at the end of a seemingly endless workweek, found themselves
staring blankly at their computer screen or into space unable to remember what they had for lunch, let alone form
a coherent thought about the task at hand?
For some employees, of course – the average resident 2 physician or, these days, that “3 gig economy” worker who
makes ends meet by banging away at multiple projects – long hours are a fact of modern working life. And there’s
a cost. Medical researchers have shown that working too much can affect employees’ physical and mental health.
So how much is too much? For people age 40 and older, working up to roughly 25 hours per week boosts
memory, the ability to quickly process information and other aspects of cognitive function, according to the study,
which drew on a longitudinal survey that tracks the well-being of 6,000 Australians. Beyond 25 hours a week, the
middle-aged brain doesn’t work as well, the study indicates, noting that the findings apply to both men and women.
<http://tinyurl.com/j4os8ck> Acesso em: 24.08.2016. Adaptado.
Glossário
1to shut down: parar de operar/funcionar.
2physician: médico.
3gig economy: ambiente de trabalho baseado em empregos temporários e contratos de curta duração.
Ao escrever, no início do texto, “I’m having a hard time starting this article”, o autor
Q1265882
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Eu, Robô (I, Robot) é uma coletânea de contos escritos por Isaac Asimov que procura descrever, sob o ponto de vista do autor, o hipotético aumento da presença e da atuação dos robôs na sociedade.
Leia o texto, que apresenta uma entrevista com a personagem Susan Calvin, uma “robopsicóloga”, e responda à questão.
Susan Calvin had been born in the year 1982, they said, which made her seventy five now. Everyone knew that. Appropriately enough, U. S. Robot and Mechanical Men, Inc. was seventy-five also, since it had been in the year of Dr. Calvin’s birth that Lawrence Robertson had first taken out incorporation papers for what eventually became the strangest industrial giant in man’s history. Well, everyone knew that, too. (…)
She went back to her desk and sat down. She didn’t need expression on her face to look sad, somehow.
“How old are you?” she wanted to know.
“Thirty-two,” I said.
“Then you don’t remember a world without robots. There was a time when humanity faced the universe alone and without a friend. Now he has creatures to help him; stronger creatures than himself, more faithful, more useful, and absolutely devoted to him. Mankind is no longer alone. Have you ever thought of it that way?”
“I’m afraid I haven’t. May I quote you?”
“You may. To you, a robot is a robot. Gears and metal; electricity and positrons. Mind and iron! Human-made! If necessary, human-destroyed! But you haven’t worked with them, so you don’t know them. They’re a cleaner, better breed than we are.”
(ASIMOV, I. I, Robot. Greenwich, Conn: Fawcett Publications,1950. p. 2-3.)
O termo may em May I quote you? expressa a ideia de
Q1265881
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Eu, Robô (I, Robot) é uma coletânea de contos escritos por Isaac Asimov que procura descrever, sob o ponto de vista do autor, o hipotético aumento da presença e da atuação dos robôs na sociedade.
Leia o texto, que apresenta uma entrevista com a personagem Susan Calvin, uma “robopsicóloga”, e responda à questão.
Susan Calvin had been born in the year 1982, they said, which made her seventy five now. Everyone knew that. Appropriately enough, U. S. Robot and Mechanical Men, Inc. was seventy-five also, since it had been in the year of Dr. Calvin’s birth that Lawrence Robertson had first taken out incorporation papers for what eventually became the strangest industrial giant in man’s history. Well, everyone knew that, too. (…)
She went back to her desk and sat down. She didn’t need expression on her face to look sad, somehow.
“How old are you?” she wanted to know.
“Thirty-two,” I said.
“Then you don’t remember a world without robots. There was a time when humanity faced the universe alone and without a friend. Now he has creatures to help him; stronger creatures than himself, more faithful, more useful, and absolutely devoted to him. Mankind is no longer alone. Have you ever thought of it that way?”
“I’m afraid I haven’t. May I quote you?”
“You may. To you, a robot is a robot. Gears and metal; electricity and positrons. Mind and iron! Human-made! If necessary, human-destroyed! But you haven’t worked with them, so you don’t know them. They’re a cleaner, better breed than we are.”
(ASIMOV, I. I, Robot. Greenwich, Conn: Fawcett Publications,1950. p. 2-3.)
Na visão de Susan Calvin, e segundo as informações
presentes no texto, os robôs
Q1265880
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Eu, Robô (I, Robot) é uma coletânea de contos escritos por Isaac Asimov que procura descrever, sob o ponto de vista do autor, o hipotético aumento da presença e da atuação dos robôs na sociedade.
Leia o texto, que apresenta uma entrevista com a personagem Susan Calvin, uma “robopsicóloga”, e responda à questão.
Susan Calvin had been born in the year 1982, they said, which made her seventy five now. Everyone knew that. Appropriately enough, U. S. Robot and Mechanical Men, Inc. was seventy-five also, since it had been in the year of Dr. Calvin’s birth that Lawrence Robertson had first taken out incorporation papers for what eventually became the strangest industrial giant in man’s history. Well, everyone knew that, too. (…)
She went back to her desk and sat down. She didn’t need expression on her face to look sad, somehow.
“How old are you?” she wanted to know.
“Thirty-two,” I said.
“Then you don’t remember a world without robots. There was a time when humanity faced the universe alone and without a friend. Now he has creatures to help him; stronger creatures than himself, more faithful, more useful, and absolutely devoted to him. Mankind is no longer alone. Have you ever thought of it that way?”
“I’m afraid I haven’t. May I quote you?”
“You may. To you, a robot is a robot. Gears and metal; electricity and positrons. Mind and iron! Human-made! If necessary, human-destroyed! But you haven’t worked with them, so you don’t know them. They’re a cleaner, better breed than we are.”
(ASIMOV, I. I, Robot. Greenwich, Conn: Fawcett Publications,1950. p. 2-3.)
Comparando o “mundo sem robôs” com o estágio
da história da humanidade em que a entrevista é
concedida, o texto afirma que
Q1265879
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Eu, Robô (I, Robot) é uma coletânea de contos escritos por Isaac Asimov que procura descrever, sob o ponto de vista do autor, o hipotético aumento da presença e da atuação dos robôs na sociedade.
Leia o texto, que apresenta uma entrevista com a personagem Susan Calvin, uma “robopsicóloga”, e responda à questão.
Susan Calvin had been born in the year 1982, they said, which made her seventy five now. Everyone knew that. Appropriately enough, U. S. Robot and Mechanical Men, Inc. was seventy-five also, since it had been in the year of Dr. Calvin’s birth that Lawrence Robertson had first taken out incorporation papers for what eventually became the strangest industrial giant in man’s history. Well, everyone knew that, too. (…)
She went back to her desk and sat down. She didn’t need expression on her face to look sad, somehow.
“How old are you?” she wanted to know.
“Thirty-two,” I said.
“Then you don’t remember a world without robots. There was a time when humanity faced the universe alone and without a friend. Now he has creatures to help him; stronger creatures than himself, more faithful, more useful, and absolutely devoted to him. Mankind is no longer alone. Have you ever thought of it that way?”
“I’m afraid I haven’t. May I quote you?”
“You may. To you, a robot is a robot. Gears and metal; electricity and positrons. Mind and iron! Human-made! If necessary, human-destroyed! But you haven’t worked with them, so you don’t know them. They’re a cleaner, better breed than we are.”
(ASIMOV, I. I, Robot. Greenwich, Conn: Fawcett Publications,1950. p. 2-3.)
A respeito da U. S. Robot and Mechanical Men, Inc.
é correto afirmar, de acordo com o texto, que essa
companhia
Q1265878
Inglês
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Eu, Robô (I, Robot) é uma coletânea de contos escritos por Isaac Asimov que procura descrever, sob o ponto de vista do autor, o hipotético aumento da presença e da atuação dos robôs na sociedade.
Leia o texto, que apresenta uma entrevista com a personagem Susan Calvin, uma “robopsicóloga”, e responda à questão.
Susan Calvin had been born in the year 1982, they said, which made her seventy five now. Everyone knew that. Appropriately enough, U. S. Robot and Mechanical Men, Inc. was seventy-five also, since it had been in the year of Dr. Calvin’s birth that Lawrence Robertson had first taken out incorporation papers for what eventually became the strangest industrial giant in man’s history. Well, everyone knew that, too. (…)
She went back to her desk and sat down. She didn’t need expression on her face to look sad, somehow.
“How old are you?” she wanted to know.
“Thirty-two,” I said.
“Then you don’t remember a world without robots. There was a time when humanity faced the universe alone and without a friend. Now he has creatures to help him; stronger creatures than himself, more faithful, more useful, and absolutely devoted to him. Mankind is no longer alone. Have you ever thought of it that way?”
“I’m afraid I haven’t. May I quote you?”
“You may. To you, a robot is a robot. Gears and metal; electricity and positrons. Mind and iron! Human-made! If necessary, human-destroyed! But you haven’t worked with them, so you don’t know them. They’re a cleaner, better breed than we are.”
(ASIMOV, I. I, Robot. Greenwich, Conn: Fawcett Publications,1950. p. 2-3.)
De acordo com o texto, pode-se afirmar corretamente que
Q1265855
Inglês
Leia o trecho do relato de um imigrante ao jornal britânico
The Guardian.
I’ve never thought of myself as an immigrant, although I suppose technically I am one. I’m a British citizen, and happy to be, although, in a deeper sense, I might describe myself, nationally speaking, as homeless – and proud of it. There’s much to be said for the philosophical notion of homelessness or the “other”. I’m committed to my family, to certain moral values, to people who share them, to my work, less so to nations or flags as such.
I left Israel for the first time as a boy, in 1967, after the six-day war. I lived in Berkeley, in the US, came back to Israel, left for good as a graduate student and came to study classics in Oxford.
<https://tinyurl.com/zemyaac> Acesso em: 15.02.2017. Adaptado.
De acordo com o texto, o imigrante
I’ve never thought of myself as an immigrant, although I suppose technically I am one. I’m a British citizen, and happy to be, although, in a deeper sense, I might describe myself, nationally speaking, as homeless – and proud of it. There’s much to be said for the philosophical notion of homelessness or the “other”. I’m committed to my family, to certain moral values, to people who share them, to my work, less so to nations or flags as such.
I left Israel for the first time as a boy, in 1967, after the six-day war. I lived in Berkeley, in the US, came back to Israel, left for good as a graduate student and came to study classics in Oxford.
<https://tinyurl.com/zemyaac> Acesso em: 15.02.2017. Adaptado.
De acordo com o texto, o imigrante
Q1265338
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Leia o texto a seguir e responda a questão:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/hurricane-irma (acessado em 07 de
setembro de 2017)
Barbuda, the first island to feel the force of Hurricane Irma
was devastated by its high winds, with Gaston Browne,
prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda, saying 90% of buildings had been destroyed and 50% of the population
of around 1,000 people left homeless. Critical facilities
including roads and communications systems were
ravaged, with the recovery effort set to take months or
years. Some residents are expected to be evacuated to
the larger sister island of Antigua – where damage was
less severe – as part of relief efforts and ahead of the
prospective arrival of Hurricane Jose this weekend. At
least eight people were killed in St Martin, according to
French officials. The number of victims on the Dutch half
of the island, St Maarteen, is unknown. Netherlands prime
minister Mark Rutte says there has been “enormous
material damage” to St Maarten. The French president,
Emmanuel Macron, earlier said he expected Irma-related
damage to St Martin and another French overseas
collectivity, Saint Barthélemy (St Barts), would be
“considerable”. France’s overseas minister, Annick
Girardin, was travelling to the Caribbean with emergency
teams and supplies. The most recent island to be hit was
Puerto Rico, where lashing winds and rains have left most
of the population without power and tens of thousands
without water. Images from the island showed flash
flooding, and hospitals were forced to rely on generators.
Irma is the worst hurricane to hit the island since 1928,
when Hurricane San Felipe killed more than 2,700 people
across Puerto Rico, Guadeloupe and Florida .More than
two thirds of homes in Puerto Rico are without electricity,
and 17% are without water, officials have said.. Florida’s
governor, Rick Scott, warned that the arrival of Irma’s lifethreatening wind field and storm surge was imminent, and
urged residents in coastal areas to leave immediately.
About 250,000 people were ordered to evacuate, making
it of the largest evacuations in US history as the National
Hurricane Center (NHC) placed south Florida, including
the southernmost counties of Monroe, Miami-Dade and
Broward, under a hurricane watch. Preparations were
escalating at a furious pace as the storm’s forecast path
narrowed in on the south-eastern portion of the state,
home to 7 million residents. Philip Levine, the mayor of
Miami Beach, ordered a mandatory evacuation of the
barrier island beginning at daybreak on Thursday. “This is
a nuclear hurricane,” he said. “I’ll do anything in my power
to convince them to leave. Get off Miami Beach.”Scott
warned that that effects of the storm could begin to be felt
later on Friday, with the NHC predicting Irma’s full wrath
would strike the south-east coast near Miami sometime
late Saturday or early Sunday morning then move
north.“Look at the size of the storm,” Scott said. “It’s huge,
it’s wider than our entire state right now. If you are under
an evacuation order do not wait. Leave and get out. We
can rebuild your home but you can’t get your life back.”
“Them”, em negrito, se refere a:
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setembro de 2017)
Barbuda, the first island to feel the force of Hurricane Irma
was devastated by its high winds, with Gaston Browne,
prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda, saying 90% of buildings had been destroyed and 50% of the population
of around 1,000 people left homeless. Critical facilities
including roads and communications systems were
ravaged, with the recovery effort set to take months or
years. Some residents are expected to be evacuated to
the larger sister island of Antigua – where damage was
less severe – as part of relief efforts and ahead of the
prospective arrival of Hurricane Jose this weekend. At
least eight people were killed in St Martin, according to
French officials. The number of victims on the Dutch half
of the island, St Maarteen, is unknown. Netherlands prime
minister Mark Rutte says there has been “enormous
material damage” to St Maarten. The French president,
Emmanuel Macron, earlier said he expected Irma-related
damage to St Martin and another French overseas
collectivity, Saint Barthélemy (St Barts), would be
“considerable”. France’s overseas minister, Annick
Girardin, was travelling to the Caribbean with emergency
teams and supplies. The most recent island to be hit was
Puerto Rico, where lashing winds and rains have left most
of the population without power and tens of thousands
without water. Images from the island showed flash
flooding, and hospitals were forced to rely on generators.
Irma is the worst hurricane to hit the island since 1928,
when Hurricane San Felipe killed more than 2,700 people
across Puerto Rico, Guadeloupe and Florida .More than
two thirds of homes in Puerto Rico are without electricity,
and 17% are without water, officials have said.. Florida’s
governor, Rick Scott, warned that the arrival of Irma’s lifethreatening wind field and storm surge was imminent, and
urged residents in coastal areas to leave immediately.
About 250,000 people were ordered to evacuate, making
it of the largest evacuations in US history as the National
Hurricane Center (NHC) placed south Florida, including
the southernmost counties of Monroe, Miami-Dade and
Broward, under a hurricane watch. Preparations were
escalating at a furious pace as the storm’s forecast path
narrowed in on the south-eastern portion of the state,
home to 7 million residents. Philip Levine, the mayor of
Miami Beach, ordered a mandatory evacuation of the
barrier island beginning at daybreak on Thursday. “This is
a nuclear hurricane,” he said. “I’ll do anything in my power
to convince them to leave. Get off Miami Beach.”Scott
warned that that effects of the storm could begin to be felt
later on Friday, with the NHC predicting Irma’s full wrath
would strike the south-east coast near Miami sometime
late Saturday or early Sunday morning then move
north.“Look at the size of the storm,” Scott said. “It’s huge,
it’s wider than our entire state right now. If you are under
an evacuation order do not wait. Leave and get out. We
can rebuild your home but you can’t get your life back.”
O significado da palavra “wrath”, em negrito, é:
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Leia o texto a seguir e responda a questão:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/hurricane-irma (acessado em 07 de
setembro de 2017)
Barbuda, the first island to feel the force of Hurricane Irma
was devastated by its high winds, with Gaston Browne,
prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda, saying 90% of buildings had been destroyed and 50% of the population
of around 1,000 people left homeless. Critical facilities
including roads and communications systems were
ravaged, with the recovery effort set to take months or
years. Some residents are expected to be evacuated to
the larger sister island of Antigua – where damage was
less severe – as part of relief efforts and ahead of the
prospective arrival of Hurricane Jose this weekend. At
least eight people were killed in St Martin, according to
French officials. The number of victims on the Dutch half
of the island, St Maarteen, is unknown. Netherlands prime
minister Mark Rutte says there has been “enormous
material damage” to St Maarten. The French president,
Emmanuel Macron, earlier said he expected Irma-related
damage to St Martin and another French overseas
collectivity, Saint Barthélemy (St Barts), would be
“considerable”. France’s overseas minister, Annick
Girardin, was travelling to the Caribbean with emergency
teams and supplies. The most recent island to be hit was
Puerto Rico, where lashing winds and rains have left most
of the population without power and tens of thousands
without water. Images from the island showed flash
flooding, and hospitals were forced to rely on generators.
Irma is the worst hurricane to hit the island since 1928,
when Hurricane San Felipe killed more than 2,700 people
across Puerto Rico, Guadeloupe and Florida .More than
two thirds of homes in Puerto Rico are without electricity,
and 17% are without water, officials have said.. Florida’s
governor, Rick Scott, warned that the arrival of Irma’s lifethreatening wind field and storm surge was imminent, and
urged residents in coastal areas to leave immediately.
About 250,000 people were ordered to evacuate, making
it of the largest evacuations in US history as the National
Hurricane Center (NHC) placed south Florida, including
the southernmost counties of Monroe, Miami-Dade and
Broward, under a hurricane watch. Preparations were
escalating at a furious pace as the storm’s forecast path
narrowed in on the south-eastern portion of the state,
home to 7 million residents. Philip Levine, the mayor of
Miami Beach, ordered a mandatory evacuation of the
barrier island beginning at daybreak on Thursday. “This is
a nuclear hurricane,” he said. “I’ll do anything in my power
to convince them to leave. Get off Miami Beach.”Scott
warned that that effects of the storm could begin to be felt
later on Friday, with the NHC predicting Irma’s full wrath
would strike the south-east coast near Miami sometime
late Saturday or early Sunday morning then move
north.“Look at the size of the storm,” Scott said. “It’s huge,
it’s wider than our entire state right now. If you are under
an evacuation order do not wait. Leave and get out. We
can rebuild your home but you can’t get your life back.”
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