South Africa Prepares for Mandela’s Funeral
South Africans are expected to assemble in churches,
mosques and halls on Sunday for a national day of
prayer and reflection honoring Nelson Mandela.
The former president and anti-apartheid icon died on
Thursday, following a lengthy illness. He was 95.
Organizers say they expect about 9,000 people to attend a public state funeral on December 15, in Mandela’s ancestral village of Qunu.
The official memorial service will be held on December
10 at Johannesburg's Soccer City stadium — site of
the 2010 World Cup final.
From December 11-13, Mandela's remains will lie in
state at the Union Building in Pretoria and official memorial services will also be held in all provinces and
regions.
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Scores of world leaders and celebrities are expected
for the funeral and memorial services of South Africa's
first black president, including U.S. president Barack
Obama. Former U.S. presidents Bill Clinton and
George W. Bush are also expected to attend.
Mandela spent 27 years in prison for his role in fighting
to end white minority rule and official discrimination
against blacks in South Africa.
After his release, he became a symbol of peace and
reconciliation and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.
The following year, he became South Africa's first
black president.
Disponível em: <http://www.voanews.com/content/south-africansmourn-mandela/1805657.html>. Acesso em 07/12/2013.
26 – (PUC-PR-2014-TECPAR-ANALISTA CONTÁBIL)
According to the text it is true to say that:
A) Mandela’s remains will be buried in Pretoria on
December 15th
.
B) Barack Obama, former president of the U.S. is expected for the funeral.
C) After becoming the first South African black president Mandela won the Nobel Peace Prize.
D) Sunday will be a day of prayer in South Africa due
to their first black president’s death.
E) Mandela was in prison for 27 years until 1993.
👍 Comentários e Gabarito D :
TÓPICO - IDEIA CONTEXTUAL ou INFORMAÇÃO DENTRO DO TEXTO:
According to the text it is true to say that:
*Alternativa (A): Mandela’s remains will be buried in Pretoria on December 15th.(Os restos mortais de Mandela serão enterrados em Pretória em 15 de dezembro.)
*Alternativa (B): Barack Obama, former president of the U.S. is expected for the funeral.
*Alternativa (C): After becoming the first South African black president Mandela won the Nobel Peace Prize.(Depois de se tornar o primeiro presidente negro sul-africano, Mandela ganhou o Prêmio Nobel da Paz.)
•"[...] After his release, he became a symbol of peace and reconciliation and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993."(Após sua libertação, ele se tornou um símbolo de paz e reconciliação e ganhou o Prêmio Nobel da Paz em 1993.)
*Alternativa (D): Sunday will be a day of prayer in South Africa due to their first black president’s death.(Domingo será um dia de oração na África do Sul devido à morte de seu primeiro presidente negro.)
• "[...] South Africans are expected to assemble in churches, mosques and halls on Sunday for a national day of prayer and reflection honoring Nelson Mandela."
(Os sul-africanos devem se reunir em igrejas, mesquitas e corredores no domingo para um dia nacional de oração e reflexão em homenagem a Nelson Mandela.)
*Alternativa (E): Mandela was in prison for 27 years until 1993.(Mandela esteve na prisão por 27 anos até 1993.)
• O texto afirma apenas que Mandela passou 27 anos na prisão e após a sua libertação(não foi mencionada o ano) ele se tornou um símbolo de paz e reconciliação e ganhou o Prêmio Nobel da Paz em 1993.
"[...] Mandela spent 27 years in prison for his role in fighting to end white minority rule and official discrimination against blacks in South Africa."
(Mandela passou 27 anos na prisão por seu papel na luta pelo fim do governo da minoria branca e da discriminação oficial contra negros na África do Sul.)
"[...] After his release, he became a symbol of peace and reconciliation and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993."(Após sua libertação, ele se tornou um símbolo de paz e reconciliação e ganhou o Prêmio Nobel da Paz em 1993.)
27 – (PUC-PR-2014-TECPAR-ANALISTA CONTÁBIL)
According to the text choose the correct alternatives:
I. Mandela’s death happened on Thursday, following
a short period of illness.
II. The official memorial service was carried out at
the same stadium of the 2010 World Cup final.
III. Only the former U.S. presidents are expected for
the funeral and memorial services.
IV. Mandela was arrested for almost 3 decades for his
role in fighting to end white minority rule and official discrimination against blacks in South Africa.
A) Alternatives II and IV are correct.
B) Alternatives I and II are correct.
C) Alternatives II and III are correct.
D) Alternatives I and IV are correct.
E) Alternatives III and IV are correct.
👍 Comentários e Gabarito A :
TÓPICO - IDEIA CONTEXTUAL ou INFORMAÇÃO DENTRO DO TEXTO:
*Alternativa (I): Mandela’s death happened on Thursday, following a short period of illness.(A morte de Mandela aconteceu na quinta-feira, após um curto período de doença.)
• O texto afirma "following a lengthy illness" e não "following a short period of illness."
"[...] The former president and anti-apartheid icon died on Thursday, following a lengthy illness."
(O ex-presidente e ícone anti-apartheid morreu na quinta-feira, após uma longa doença.)
• O adjetivo "lengthy" significa "Lasting or extending for a great period of time"(durar ou se estender por um grande período de tempo).
• The lengthy task of furnishing his room.(A longa tarefa de mobiliar seu quarto.)
• A lengthy finish.(Um final longo.)
• A lengthy period.(Um longo período)
*Alternativa (II): The official memorial service was carried out at the same stadium of the 2010 World Cup final.(O serviço fúnebre oficial foi realizado no mesmo estádio da final da Copa do Mundo de 2010.)
• São antônimos de "lengthy" → short-term(curto prazo), brief(breve), short-lived(de curta duração).
*Alternativa (III): Only the former U.S. presidents are expected for the funeral and memorial services.(Apenas os ex-presidentes dos EUA são esperados para os serviços funerários e memoriais.)
*Alternativa (IV): Mandela was arrested for almost 3 decades for his role in fighting to end white minority rule and official discrimination against blacks in South Africa.(Mandela foi preso por quase 3 décadas por seu papel na luta pelo fim do governo da minoria branca e da discriminação oficial contra negros na África do Sul.)
❑ TEXTO 2: Read the text and answer questions 28 and 29:
Optimism gains upper hand in Brazil as draw for
World Cup 2014 is made
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Brazil, host of next year's football World Cup, has
been plagued by stadium delays, mass protests and
cost over-runs in the runup to Friday's draw.
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But that is all changing now the real business of football is in sight, and confidence is Brazil's new order of
the day.
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Brazil were drawn in a group they should have little difficulty in qualifying from and national team coach Luiz
Felipe Scolari expressed quiet satisfaction that his
team's first opponents will be Croatia.
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The host nation have won the world cup a record five
times – in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002.
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They will also play Cameroon, who failed to qualify for
the last Africa Cup of Nations, and Mexico, who have
slumped somewhat since their largely youth team beat
Brazil in the football final at the London Olympics last
year.
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The opening match of the tournament will take place
on 12 June, presuming the Itaquera stadium in São
Paulo – site of a recent crane collapse – is finished by
then.
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Despite the confidence of the organisers, a sentiment
widely shared in Brazil, is that the billions spent on
new stadiums could have been better used to improve
dire public services.
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This was a major reason for the mass protests earlier
this year, which overshadowed the Confederations
Cup. A repeat of those demonstrations is a major concern for Fifa, world football's governing body.
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Fifa president Sepp Blatter made a thinly veiled appeal
for Brazilians to put the protests behind them. "I appeal to the population of Brazil, the 200 million people,
through this World Cup please come together," he
said.
Disponível em:
<http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/07/brazil-optimismabout-world-cup-chances>. Acesso em: 07/12/2013.
28 – (PUC-PR-2014-TECPAR-ANALISTA CONTÁBIL)
According to the text it is true to say that:
A) The national team coach, Luiz Felipe Scolari, was
very open in expressing his satisfaction that Brazil’s first opponents will be Croatia.
B) Itaquera stadium in São Paulo, site of a recent
crane collapse, will not be open for the opening
match of the tournament.
C) The reason for the protests in Brazil earlier this
year were due to the crane collapse in Itaquera.
D) Sepp Blatter, Fifa president, is not worried that
Brazilians may protest during the World Cup.
E) Brazil has been experiencing a hard time before
Friday’s draw and in the preparation for the next
year’s football World Cup.
👍 Comentários e Gabarito E :
TÓPICO - IDEIA CONTEXTUAL ou INFORMAÇÃO DENTRO DO TEXTO:
According to the text it is true to say that:
*Alternativa (A): The national team coach, Luiz Felipe Scolari, was very open in expressing his satisfaction that Brazil’s first opponents will be Croatia.(O técnico da seleção, Luiz Felipe Scolari, foi muito franco ao expressar sua satisfação pelo primeiro adversário do Brasil ser a Croácia.)
*Alternativa (B): Itaquera stadium in São Paulo, site of a recent crane collapse, will not be open for the opening match of the tournament.(O estádio de Itaquera, em São Paulo, local de uma queda recente de guindaste, não será aberto para a partida de abertura do torneio.)
*Alternativa (C): The reason for the protests in Brazil earlier this year were due to the crane collapse in Itaquera.(O motivo dos protestos no Brasil no início deste ano foi devido ao colapso do guindaste em Itaquera.)
*Alternativa (D): Sepp Blatter, Fifa president, is not worried that Brazilians may protest during the World Cup.(Sepp Blatter, presidente da Fifa, não teme que os brasileiros possam protestar durante a Copa do Mundo.)
*Alternativa (E): Brazil has been experiencing a hard time before Friday’s draw and in the preparation for the next year’s football World Cup.(O Brasil está passando por momentos difíceis antes do sorteio de sexta-feira e na preparação para a Copa do Mundo de futebol do próximo ano.)
29 – (PUC-PR-2014-TECPAR-ANALISTA CONTÁBIL)
According to the text choose the correct alternatives:
I. Brazilians feel the billions spent on new stadiums
should have been used to improve dire public services.
II. Friday’s draw left Brazil in a rather competitive
group to play against.
III. Cameroon qualified for the last Africa Cup of Nations.
IV. Brazil has regained its confidence.
A) Alternatives I and II are correct.
B) Alternatives I and IV are correct.
C) Alternatives II and III are correct.
D) Alternatives II and IV are correct.
E) Alternatives III and IV are correct.
👍 Comentários e Gabarito B :
TÓPICO - IDEIA CONTEXTUAL ou INFORMAÇÃO DENTRO DO TEXTO:
I. Brazilians feel the billions spent on new stadiums should have been used to improve dire public services.
II. Friday’s draw left Brazil in a rather competitive group to play against.
III. Cameroon qualified for the last Africa Cup of Nations.
IV. Brazil has regained its confidence.
❑ TEXTO 3: Read the comic strip and answer question 30:
Disponível em: http://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2013/11/25#.
UqPwayd0lvE>. Acesso em: 07/12/2013.
30 – (PUC-PR-2014-TECPAR-ANALISTA CONTÁBIL)
According to the comic strip choose the correct
alternatives:
I. Garfield is in a good mood.
II. A good synonym for “grumpy” can be “grouchy”.
III. The noise they heard is from the door bell.
IV. Garfield put his friend’s slippers in the toaster.
A) Alternatives I and III are correct.
B) Alternatives I and II are correct.
C) Alternatives II and III are correct.
D) Alternatives II and IV are correct.
E) Alternatives III and IV are correct.
👍 Comentários e Gabarito D
TÓPICO - INFERÊNCIA, ELEMENTOS VERBAIS E NÃO VERBAIS:
I. Garfield is in a good mood. – Garfield está de bom humor. (INCORRETA)
II. A good synonym for “grumpy” can be “grouchy”. – Um bom sinônimo para "grumpy“ pode ser “grouchy”. (CORRETA)
• GRUMPY→ cranky = crabby = grouchy (rabugento), sulky (aborrecido) , snappy = snappish = ornery = bad-tempered (mal-humorado), huffy(zangado).
III. The noise they heard is from the door bell. – O barulho que ouviram é da campainha da porta. (INCORRETA)
IV. Garfield put his friend’s slippers in the toaster. – Garfield colocou os chinelos do amigo na torradeira. (CORRETA)
• TRADUÇÃO DA TIRINHA:
➧ 1º QUADRINHO:
➭ JOHN: Good Morning, Mr. Grumpy! – Bom dia, Sr. Mal Humorado!
➧ 2º QUADRINHO:
➭ JOHN: Nothing you can do, can spoil my good mood today! – Nada que você possa fazer pode estragar meu bom humor hoje!
➧ 3º QUADRINHO: (Alarme vindo da torradeira elétrica)
➭ JOHN: Is that the disaster? – Esse é o desastre?
➧ 4º QUADRINHO:
➭ GARFIELD: Your slippers are done. – Seus chinelos estão prontos.
• IDEIA CONTEXTUAL: Na cena, John dá um bom dia para o Garfield e diz que este nada poderá fazer para estragar o bom humor de John. De repente, ouve-se uma alarme (DING) . É que Garfield colocara os chinelos de seu amigo na torradeira.
