Questões Militares Comentadas sobre verbos | verbs em inglês

Ronaldo, the soccer world, confirmed his retirement today at the age of 34. The Brazilian legend has decided to hang up his boots due to injuries and a loss of fitness. “I’m ending my career as a professional soccer player. It’s been a beautiful, emotional, marvelous career. However, these last two years, I’ve had a long series of injuries, from one side to the other, one leg to the other, one muscle to the other,” the Corinthians striker said.

                                                                   (Adapted from Maganews Mar 2011)

Investigators trying to find out what happened to a Malaysia Airlines jet that disappeared en route to Beijing on Saturday morning were examining the causes of plane crashes: mechanical failure, pilot error, bad weather. But the discovery that two of the passengers were carrying stolen passports also raised the possibility of criminal violence.

(Adapted from “Passport Theft adds mystery of missing Malaysia Airlines Jet”)

GLOSSARY

raised – aumentou, ampliou 

                                A CARIBEAN HOLIDAY

Club Med is offering two lucky readers a fabulous holiday on the sensational island of St Lucia, with its marvellous white beaches, verdant rainforests and hot volcanic springs.

A two-week break at the newly renovated resort of Sainte-Lucie ________ you refreshed and revitalised, whether you’re chilling out by the pool, riding the waves on a windsurf board, or exploring the glorious treasures of reefs at the foot of The Pitons, the island’s unusual twin peaks.

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What are St Lucia’s twin mountains called?

GLOSSARY:

springs = nascentes

to chill out = relaxar completamente

reefs = corais 

Religion ________ central to people's lives in Africa. Although the majority of Africans are now Muslim or Christian, traditional religions have endured and still play a big role. Religion runs like a thread through daily life, marked by prayers of gratitude in times of plenty and prayers of supplication in times of need. Religion confirms identity on the individual and the group.

                 http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica

GLOSSARY:

Endure – to continue to exist for a long time

Thread – one part connecting with another  

Many South Africans remain poor and unemployment is high − a factor blamed for a wave of violent attacks against migrant workers from other African countries in 2008 and protests by township residents over poor living conditions during the summer of 2009.

Land redistribution is a crucial problem that continues existing. Most farmland is still white-owned. ________ land acquisition on a "willing buyer, willing seller" basis, officials have signaled that large-scale expropriations are on the cards. The government aims to transfer 30% of farmland to black South Africans by 2014.

               http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/country_profiles/1071886.stm

When football _____ professional in South Africa in 1959, 12 clubs broke from the amateur ranks. However, in the strict days of Apartheid, these pioneers _____ whites-only organizations and _____ today, all but a few, defunct. One of the survivors is Arcadia from Tshwane/ Pretoria, an outfit that today competes in the amateur ranks and concentrates on junior football.

                                                                                    http://www.fifa.com/worldcup  

                               Leave Out All The Rest (Linking Park)

                                                Soundtrack of Twilight

I dreamed I was missing

You were so scared

But no one would listen

‘Cause no one else cared

After my dreaming

I woke with this fear

What am I leaving

When I’m done here

[...]

(Chorus)

When my time comes

Forget the wrong that I’ve done

Help me leave behind some

Reasons to be missed

[...]

Don’t be afraid

I’ve taken my beating

I’ve shared what

I made

[...]

Pretending

Someone else can come and save me from myself

I can’t be who you are  

                                          The Mona Lisa

Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa is widely recognized as the most famous painting of all time. She has aroused admiration, curiosity and suspicion for over 500 years. She can provoke a reaction known as the Mona Lisa Syndrome: the viewer is enchanted by her legendary smile, which becomes increasingly enigmatic the more you look at it.

As it will never be sold, the Mona Lisa is priceless, although for insurance reasons it is believed to be valued at anything up to $ 1 billion.

                                                         ( Adapted from Move – Intermediate) 

GLOSSARY

to arouse – despertar

to enchant – encantar

legendary – fabuloso, lendário

insurance – apólice de seguro