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Social media, magazines and shop windows bombard people daily with things to buy, and British consumers are buying more clothes and shoes than ever before. Online shopping means it is easy for customers to buy without thinking, while major brands offer such cheap clothes that they can be treated like disposable items – worn two or three times and then thrown away
In Britain, the average person spends more than £1,000 on new clothes a year, which is around four per cent of their income. That might not sound like much, but that figure hides two far more worrying trends for society and for the environment. First, a lot of that consumer spending is via credit cards. British people currently owe approximately £670 per adult to credit card companies. That’s 66 per cent of the average wardrobe budget. Also, not only are people spending money they don’t have, they’re using it to buy things they don’t need. Britain throws away 300,000 tons of clothing a year, most of which goes into landfill sites.
People might not realize they are part of the disposable clothing problem because they donate their unwanted clothes to charities. But charity shops can’t sell all those unwanted clothes. Fast fashion goes out of fashion as quickly as it came in and is often too poor quality to recycle; people don’t want to buy it second-hand. Huge quantities end up being thrown away, and a lot of clothes that charities can’t sell are sent abroad, causing even more economic and environmental problems.
However, a different trend is springing up in opposition to consumerism – the ‘buy nothing’ trend. The idea originated in Canada in the early 1990s and then moved to the US, where it became a rejection of the overspending and overconsumption of Black Friday and Cyber Monday during Thanksgiving weekend. On Buy Nothing Day people organize various types of protests and cut up their credit cards. Throughout the year, Buy Nothing groups organize the exchange and repair of items they already own.
The trend has now reached influencers on social media who usually share posts of clothing and make- -up that they recommend for people to buy. Some YouTube stars now encourage their viewers not to buy anything at all for periods as long as a year. Two friends in Canada spent a year working towards buying only food. For the first three months they learned how to live without buying electrical goods, clothes or things for the house. For the next stage, they gave up services, for example haircuts, eating out at restaurants or buying petrol for their cars. In one year, they’d saved $55,000.
The changes they made meant two fewer cars on the roads, a reduction in plastic and paper packaging and a positive impact on the environment from all the energy saved. If everyone followed a similar plan, the results would be impressive. But even if you can’t manage a full year without going shopping, you can participate in the anti-consumerist movement by refusing to buy things you don’t need. Buy Nothing groups send a clear message to companies that people are no longer willing to accept the environmental and human cost of overconsumption.
source: learnenglish.britishcouncil.org
Read the sentences below and determine whether they are true ( T ) or false ( F ), according to structure and grammar use.
( ) The verbs worn and thrown (1st paragraph of the text) has its infinitive form as wear and throw.
( ) The underlined words in the text: nothing, anything and, everyone are examples of relative pronouns.
( ) The singular form of the following words from the text clothes and goods are, respectively cloth and good.
( ) The following sentence from the text: “Fast fashion goes out of fashion as quickly as it came in …” (3rd paragraph of the text). The words in bold are being used to compare things that are equal in some way.
( ) The negative form of the sentence “In one year, they’d saved $55,000.” (5th paragraph of the text), is “In one year, they hadn’t saved $55,000.”
Select the option that presents the correct sequence from top to bottom.
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POLITICAL POLLS
Despite their popularity, political polls, often seen on TV during elections, sometimes give _______1 results, and some Americans question their _______ 2 .
_______ 3 both 2016 and 2020, most national polls overestimated support for Democrats. Polls aim to show what people think at a certain time but can be tricky to predict future outcomes accurately.
Mallory Newall explains that reliable polls focus on understanding public opinions rather than just predicting election winners. She warns _______4 reading too much into small differences in polls, especially far _______5 election day. Red flags for bad polls include _______6 the right people and not being clear about how the data was collected.
Polling methods _______ 7 since 2016, with more surveys done on line. Online surveys may influence results; however, concerns remain about reaching everyone, especially in rural areas without good internet. Although _______8 challenges, polls remain important _______9 public opinion.
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Fill in the blank with the appropriate verb form.
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“If you boil water, it ______________ into steam, that’s a scientific fact and there’s no doubt about it!”
In the English tense system, the simple present can be used to describe actions that occurred in the past.
Choose the correct sequence to complete the following paragraph.
Alvin Toffler, ___ I met only once, is arriving tomorrow. His most famous book, ___ contains interesting ideas, is called Future Shock. Mr. Toffler warns us against the consequences of technology, ___ may destroy us if we do not take the necessary precautions.
Read the text below and answer the questions that follow.
WELCOME!
And congratulations on your new purchase. You’re now entitled to an unsurpassed service and a number of benefits as part of the Ericsson warranty and service program. Your Ericsson mobile phone was designed to offer you the ultimate in quality, convenience and performance. And of course, we guarantee it. From now on, as the new owner of an Ericsson mobile phone, you’ll have access to a number of exclusive advantages such as: a vast network of Ericsson service centers; a limited 1 year warranty and service agreement, and a toll-free customer service hotline.
WARRANTY CONDITIONS
Dear Customer,
If your Ericsson product needs warranty service, you should send the product to any company authorized service facility. For information contact the store from which you purchased the product. The product in all cases must be accompanied by the following items: your name, address, telephone number, warranty card, bill of sale bearing the serial number, date of delivery, or reasonable proof of these dates, and a detailed description of the problem.
Our warranty
This warranty is extended by Ericsson Inc. (“The Company”) to the original purchaser for use only. Ericsson warrants this product to be free of defects in material and workmanship at the time of its original purchase and for the subsequent period of one (1) year. All accessories for the product are covered for a period of one (1) year from the date of purchase.
What we will do
If, during the period of warranty, this product proves defective under normal use and service due to improper materials or workmanship, the company will repair or replace the defective item with a new or factory rebuilt replacement.
(Taken from Ericsson – One year Warranty and Service Agreement)
The verb PURCHASED in: “contact the store from which you purchased the product” means:
Leia as afirmativas a seguir:
I. Na frase “i took a swim” ocorre um verbo que pode ser melhor traduzido como correr.
II. O aprendizado de uma língua estrangeira deve possibilitar que o aluno, ao se envolver nos processos de construir significados nessa língua, se constitua em um ser discursivo no uso de uma língua estrangeira.
Marque a alternativa CORRETA:
Leia as afirmativas a seguir:
I. Ocorre verbo na frase: we ran through the whole town in search of the book.
II. Ocorre verbo na frase: the stone travelled the air.
Marque a alternativa CORRETA:
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs.
This is the best vacation we ______ (ever have).
I have _______ such a beautiful baby (never see).
A great opportunity ______ (have been / miss).
Select the CORRECT answer.
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in parentheses.
Once upon a time there ____(is) a little prince who _____ (live) on a planet scarcely bigger than himself and who _____(have) a need for a friend. He _____ (find) a fox who ____ (ask) him to be _____ (tame).
Select the CORRECT answer.
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in parentheses.
James ______ got only one car (have).
My parents ______ in New York City (live).
She is ______ at the moment (dance).
Paul ______ to play in the best league (want).
Select the CORRECT answer.
“Beginning next week, the Adjutant and I will be making1 a series of snap inspections of section barrack-rooms. […] Just ordinary soldierly cleanliness and tidiness is all I want.” (Kingsley Amis)
“And I thought then, Just living long enough wipes out the problems. Puts you in a select club. […] Everybody’s face will have suffered2, never just yours.” (Alice Munro)
“If you are under the impression you have already perfected yourself, you will never rise3 to the heights you are no doubt capable of.” (Kazuo Ishiguro)
In the sentences above, the tenses of the verb forms in bold are, respectively,
“I have often thought1 what a melancholy world this would be without children, and what an inhuman world without the aged.” (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
“She had had2 to change her limbs. She had had to get limbs that ordinary people have and walk, but every step she took, agonizing pain! This is what she was willing3 to go through, to get the prince. So, I thought she deserved more than death on the water.” (Alice Munro)
In terms of verb tenses, the verb forms in bold in these sentences are, respectively, in the
Mark the alternative that correctly fills in the blanks in the following quote respectively with the simple past of the verb TO HUM, the past perfect of the verb TO FORGET, and the simple past of the verb TO BE.
“On his desk, a huge old electric typewriter ______1 — he ______2 to turn it off. He was among the many word-processing holdouts in the literary world. The typescript ______ 3 right there, in a neatly squared-off pile, six hundred pages — long, but not vast.” (Ian McEwan)
Mark the alternative that correctly fills in the blanks in the following quotes respectively with the present perfect of the verb TO HAVE in the negative form, the present perfect of the verb TO WEAVE, and the simple past of the verb TO FORM in the interrogative form.
“Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all the people in this world ______1 the advantages that you’ve had.” (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
“We ______2 a web, you and I, attached to this world but a separate world of our own invention.” (John Keats)
“Accursed creator! Why ______3 a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust?” (Mary Shelley)
Mark the alternative that correctly fills in the blanks in the following quote with the verb TO READ in the present continuous, the verb TO AGREE in the simple future, and the verb TO NEED in the simple present.
“I ______1 six books at once, the only way of reading; since, as you _____2 , one book is only a single unaccompanied note, and to get the full sound, one ______ 3 ten others at the same time.” (Virginia Woolf)
“All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts.” (William Shakespeare)
Considering the rules for the formation of the plural of nouns in the English language and considering the tense of verbs, it is correct to state that, in these verses, the plural of the nouns falls into the category of ______ 1and the verbs are in the ______. 2
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