S.O.S:
SAVE OUR SEAS
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SAVE OUR SEAS
It Covers more than 70 percent of the Earth’s surface. It is an
essential source of food and water. Millions of species of plants, animals,
and microbes live there. The sea and its treasures. Our precious beautiful
sea.
The ocean regulates atmospheric gases, affects the planet’s
weather, provides food and jobs for humans, and is home to countless
species – about 80 percent of the world’s biodiversity lives in the ocean.
But the oceans are in trouble, because every day we do something
to threaten them. Marine pollution is a serious problem these days. Ships
dump toxic waste, tankers leak and spill oil, river systems carry pollutants
such as pesticides, herbicides and other poisons to the ocean. Every year,
three to four million tons of oil pollute the sea.
Is the situation hopeless? Can we overcome the threat to the
ocean? In every corner of the planet, experts, United Nations agencies
and other defenders of the environment are waving the red flag: “Stop
the damage! The ocean is not a garbage can!”
(Adapted from SOS: Save Our Sea, November 6, 1998.)
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WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT?
1) Em uma palavra, qual é o problema causado pelas
atividades humanas sobre os mares?
POLUIÇÃO
2) Para os defensores do meio ambiente, como o mar vem
sendo tratado?
COMO UMA LATA DE LIXO
3) A quem o pedido de socorro do título é dirigido?
A TODOS OS HABITANTES DO PLANETA
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TRANSPARENT WORDS
É comum encontrarmos nos textos em inglês,
palavras cognatas ou “transparentes” cuja forma e
sentido são muito parecidos com os que elas têm em
português. O que facilita a compreensão.
No texto que você acabou de ler, há pelo menos 20
palavras transparentes. Quais são elas? Liste em seu
caderno.
SAVE – PERCENT – ESSENTIAL – SPECIES – PLANTS – ANIMALS – MILLIONS –
SERIOUS – PROBLEM – TOXIC – OIL – SYSTEM – MICROBES – PRECIOUS –
OCEAN – ATMOSPHERIC – GASES – REGULATES – AFFECTS – PLANET –
HUMANS – BIODIVERSITY – MARINE – POLLUTION – SITUATION – POLLUTANTS
– PESTICIDES – HERBICIDES – POLLUTE – NATIONS – AGENCIES
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1) Nas frases abaixo, escolha o verdadeiro significado das
palavras em destaque, todas falsamente transparentes,
todas “false friends”.
a) My father and my mother are my parents. (parentes – pais)
b) My sister plans to go to college next year. (colégio – faculdade)
c) After hours of discussion, they approved the project.
(discussão, briga – debate, troca de ideias)
d) Diana and Dodi died from injuries suffered in a car accident.
(ferimentos, lesões – injúrias, ofensas)
e) The professor gave a lecture on Portuguese literature.
(professor secundário – professor universitário) (conferência,
palestra – leitura)
f) I often study in a public library. (livraria – biblioteca)
g) I am not strong enough to push that heavy bookcase. (puxar –
empurrar)
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NOUN PHRASES
Você já sabe que o adjetivo em inglês vem antes do
substantivo que ele qualifica:
a young girl
a happy family
Sabe também que o adjetivo não varia no plural:
two young families some happy families
Algumas vezes, contudo, encontramos grupos
nominanis formados por dois (ou +) substantivos em que o
primeiro funciona como um adjetivo, qualificando o
segundo:
computer program
basketball game
beach soccer
Star Wars
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2) Encontre no texto os adjetivos (ou substantivos com
função de adjetivo) que completam as locuções abaixo.
TOXIC
a) _______________
waste  lixo tóxico
RIVER
b) _______________
systems  sistemas fluviais
UNITED
NATIONS
c) _______________
_______________
agencies 
agências das Nações Unidas
MARINE
d) _______________
pollution  poluição do mar
ATMOSPHERIC
e) _______________
gases  gases atmosféricos
GARBAGE
f) _______________
can  lata de lixo
RED
g) _______________
flag  bandeira vermelha
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3) Complete as frases abaixo com substantivos que se
encontram no quadro.
WEATHER – TREASURES – ENVIRONMENT – TANKERS –
SURFACE – POISONS – SOURCE – DAMAGE – THREAT
SOURCE
a) Lemons and oranges are a good _______________
of vitamin C.
SURFACE
b) Neil Armstrong walked on the _______________
of the moon.
WEATHER
c) The _______________
is always cold in the North Pole.
TREASURES
d) The Louvre has many art _______________.
TANKERS
e) Ships and oil _______________
are often responsible for
marine pollution.
POISONS
f) Pesticides and herbicides are _______________
used in
agriculture.
THREAT
g) Pollution is a _______________
to our health and our future.
h) A tornado causes great _______________
to cities, towns and
DAMAGE
farms.
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STRUCTURE  SIMPLE PRESENT
Observe os verbos em destaque nas frases abaixo:
The ocean covers more than 70 percent...
Millions of plants, animals, microbes live there.
The ocean affects the planet’s weather.
Every day we do something to threaten the ocean.
Pelo contexto, podemos concluir que os verbos em
destaque expressão fatos da natureza, verdades gerais ou
ações habituais, repetidas no presente.
O tempo verbal nesses casos é o SIMPLE PRESENT.
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STRUCTURE  SIMPLE PRESENT
TO WORK – SIMPLE PRESENT
Forma afirmativa
I
work
You
He
She works
It
We
You work
They
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STRUCTURE  SIMPLE PRESENT
TO WORK – SIMPLE PRESENT
Forma negativa
He
I
don’t work
You
She
It
We
doesn’t work You
They
don’t work
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STRUCTURE  SIMPLE PRESENT
TO WORK – SIMPLE PRESENT
Forma interrogativa
I
Do
work
you
he
Does she works
it
we
Do you work
they
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5) Preencha as lacunas com uma das formas do Simple
Present dos verbos abaixo.
WRITE – COVER – HAVE – CONSUME – NEED –
DRINK - HELP
DRINK
a) I _______________
at least three cups of milk evry
day.
NEED
b) We _______________
more laws to control car use.
HELPS
c) Something in milk _______________
to regulate body
weight.
d) In “Central Station” Dora is a woman who
CONSUME
_______________
letters for illiterate people.
HAVE
e) Women _______________
the same number of brain
cells as men.
COVERS
f) The ocean _______________
more than 70 percent of
the Earth’s surface.
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6) Preencha as lacunas com DO, DOES, DON’T ou
DOESN’T.
DOESN’T
a) Vinícius de Oliveira __________
work as a shoeshine
boy now.
DON’T
b) Bats __________
navigate by sight. They navigate by
sound.
DO
c) __________
the Eskimos live in igloos?
DO
d) __________
you talk to your parents and friends
about your concerns?
DOESN’T
e) The government __________
have a right to tell
people how to live their lives.
DOES
f) __________
the ocean affect the planet
s
weather?
DON’T
g) Most teenage girls ____________
want to get fat.
DO
h) __________
you think it’s a good idea to control car
use?
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CRUZ E SOUSA - ENGLISH CLASS - TEACHER KAREN
I believe in miracles
Where you from
You sexy thing
I believe in miracles
Since you came along
You sexy thing
Where did you came from, baby
How did you know I needed you
How did you know I needed you so badly
How did you know I gave my heart gladly
Yesterday I was one of a lonely people
Now you're lying close to me
Making love to me
I believe in miracles
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GRAMMAR CHECK
Frequency adverbs: how often?
I always go to the gym.
100%
I usually go to the gym.
I normally go to the gym
I often go to the gym.
I sometimes go to the gym.
I hardly ever go to the gym.
I never go to the gym.
0%
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THE END
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