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Hello, friends! Ol, amigos! Today is our fifth class. We are half way there! Hoje nossa quinta aula. Ns estamos na metade do caminho! No deixem as dvidas se acumularem, ok? Perguntem o que precisarem. AVISO H um erro em nosso cronograma de aulas. Na aula de hoje, no comentarei a prova Analista de Controle Externo TCU ESAF 2006, visto que na mesma no caiu a nossa disciplina. No lugar dela, estudaremos a prova de Auditor-Fiscal do Trabalho MTE ESAF 2006.
Provas de hoje: Aula 05: Analista de Finanas e Controle CGU ESAF 2006. Auditor-Fiscal do Trabalho MTE ESAF 2006.
CURSO ONLINE DE INGLS QUEST QUESTES COMENTADAS AFRFB PROFESSORA GABRIELA KNOBLAUCH
PROVA 1
Sugiro que imprimam a prova toda e criem o banco de provas
Banco de provas
Read the text below entitled Job Outlook in order to answer questions 21 to 23.
Job Outlook
Source: www.bls.gov 20th Dec 2005 (Adapted)
Competition for budget analyst jobs is expected over the 2004-14 2004 projection period. Candidates with a masters degree should have the best job opportunities. pportunities. Familiarity with computer nancial nancial software packages also should enhance a jobseekers employment prospects. Employment of budget analysts is expected to grow about as fast as the average for all occupations through 2014. Employment growth will be driven by the continuing demand for sound nancial nancial analysis in both the public and the private sectors. In addition to employment growth, many job openings will result from the need to replace experienced budget analysts who transfer to other occupations or leave the labor force.
21- In paragraph 1, the author a) highlights the current lack of competition for budget analyst jobs. b) points out nancial nancial drawbacks concerning the analyst career. c) puts the masters degree as the minimum educational requirement. d) disregards the need of computer skills for potential candidates. e) sees a masters degree as a plus for budget analyst candidates.
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23- In paragraph 2, the text mentions the rise in a) the employment of budget analysts. b) layoffs of budget analysts. c) unemployment in private sectors. d) applications for public jobs. e) speculation in specic academic areas.
Read the text below which is entitled A modest proposal in order to answer questions 24 to 26.
A modest proposal
Source: www.economist.com 14 Dec 2005 (Adapted)
What on earth is the European Union budget for? It is too small (taking up just over 1% of EU-wide GDP) to have any serious effect. To judge by the wrangling before this weeks EU summit in Brussels, it has become mostly an opportunity for countries to air their pet grievances and to demand their money back. If there is a deal on the budget this week, it will be an agreement reached for its own sake, because EU leaders cannot bear to be blamed for yet another summit failure. And if there is no deal, it will similarly
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24- According to the text, the European Union budget a) may total 1% of EU-wide GDP. b) has surely had a major economic inuence. c) is likely to support the poorest areas. d) was accurately dened six years ago. e) is going to be looked into and negotiated.
25- In paragraph 1, the author refers to the wrangling before this weeks EU summit, which denotes an atmosphere which is a) pleasant and conciliatory. b) angry and unpleasant. c) tense, but hopeful. d) optimistic despite the concerns. e) cold, but respectful.
Read the text below which is entitled Congress Caps another Disappointing Year in order to answer questions 27 to 30.
On December 30, nearly three months into the scal year, President Bush signed the last two Fiscal Year 2006 appropriations bills into law, bringing the FY 2006 appropriation process to a close. The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) estimates that the federal Research & Development (R&D) portfolio totals $134.8 billion in 2006, a $2.2 billion or 1.7 percent increase. But 97 percent of the increase goes to just two specic areas: defense weapons development and human space exploration technologies. Funding for all other federal R&D programs collectively will barely increase, and will fall nearly 2 percent after adjusting for ination. Leaving out large federal investments in development, congressional appropriations for basic and applied research total $57.0 billion, an increase of $1.0 billion or 1.8 percent over 2005. But NASA applied research on human space ight technologies accounts for a majority of the increase, leaving most agency research portfolios with modest increases falling short of ination, or cuts. Many agship federal science agencies have disappointing budgets in 2006.
a) has not seen an increase in its budget. b) should have received a signicant increase. c) would have to be broadened and researched in 2006. d) comprises one of the areas whose budget has risen. e) has had its budget halved in 2006.
28- The author points out that Funding for all other federal R&D programs collectively will barely increase, which means it will a) signicantly go up. b) hardly rise. c) surely grow. d) undoubtedly fall. e) sharply drop.
29- The increases given to most agency research portfolios are said to have been a) rather small. b) comparatively high. c) well-dened. d) quite fair. e) relatively big.
Read the text below entitled Job Outlook in order to answer questions 21 to 23. Leia o texto abaixo intitulado "Perspectivas de emprego" a fim de responder s perguntas de 21 a 23.
Job Outlook
Perspectivas de emprego
Source: www.bls.gov 20th Dec 2005 (Adapted)
Competition for budget analyst jobs is expected over the 2004-14 projection period. Candidates with a masters degree should have the best job opportunities. Familiarity with computer nancial software packages also should enhance a jobseekers employment prospects. Competio para vagas de analista de oramento esperada durante o perodo de projeo 2004-14. Os candidatos com mestrado devem ter as melhores oportunidades de emprego. Familiaridade com pacotes de software financeiros tambm devem reforar as perspectivas de empregabilidade de um candidato. Employment of budget analysts is expected to grow about as fast as the average for all occupations through 2014. Employment growth will be driven by the continuing demand for sound nancial analysis in both the public and the private sectors. In addition to employment growth, many job openings will result from the need to replace experienced budget analysts who transfer to other occupations or leave the labor force. A contratao de analistas de oramento dever crescer to rpido quanto a mdia para todas as ocupaes at 2014. O crescimento do emprego ser impulsionado pela contnua demanda por uma anlise financeira slida em ambos os setores pblico e privado. Alm do crescimento do emprego, muitas aberturas de postos de trabalho iro resultar da necessidade de substituir analistas de oramento experientes que se transferem para outras ocupaes ou saem da fora de trabalho.
Questo com muito vocabulrio importante a ser explorado. Antes de partirmos para a anlise das assertivas, vejamos o vocabulary de maneira bastante pontual.
MASTERS DEGREE Mestrado TO ENHANCE Aumentar Acrescentar Levantar Subir Intensificar Acentuar
TO POINT OUT Apontar Indicar Chamar ateno para DRAWBACK Obstculo Empecilho Estorvo CONCERNING No que diz respeito a A respeito de Relativo a Acerca de REQUIREMENT Exigncia Necessidade Requisito Requisio TO DISREGARD Desconsiderar Negligenciar Desatender Desprezar SKILL Habilidade Prtica Destreza PLUS Algo a mais Vantagem
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22- In paragraph 2, the author refers to the continuing demand for sound nancial analysis in both the public and the private sectors. Therefore, this analysis should be No pargrafo 2, o autor se refere " contnua demanda por uma anlise financeira slida em ambos os setores pblico e privado." Portanto, esta anlise deve ser a) detailed and nal. detalhada e final. b) academic and conclusive. acadmica e conclusiva. c) reliable and effective. confivel e eficaz. d) sensitive and deep. sensvel e profunda. e) shallow and summarized.
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Estrangeirismo todo e qualquer emprego de palavras, expresses e construes estrangeiras em nosso idioma.
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23- In paragraph 2, the text mentions the rise in No pargrafo 2, o texto menciona o aumento de a) the employment of budget analysts. contratao de analistas de oramento. b) layoffs of budget analysts. demisses de analistas de oramento. c) unemployment in private sectors. desemprego nos setores privados. d) applications for public jobs. candidaturas a empregos pblicos. e) speculation in specic academic areas. especulao em determinadas reas acadmicas.
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Tranquilo demais encontrar a resposta, certo? Era importante conhecer os verbos TO GROW e TO RISE, com os quais nesse ponto do curso todos j esto familiarizados. S a ttulo de reviso: TO GROW
Crescer Aumentar
TO RISE
Aumentar Subir Elevar-se Ascender Intensificar-se Acentuar-se
Letra A.
Read the text below which is entitled A modest proposal in order to answer questions 24 to 26. Leia o texto abaixo que intitulado "Uma proposta modesta", a fim de responder s perguntas 24 a 26.
A modest proposal
Uma proposta modesta
Source: www.economist.com 14 Dec 2005 (Adapted)
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Assim, se no tem efeito srio (serious effect), no exerce grande influncia (major influence). Letra C Errada. O texto no cita isso. Letra D Errada. O texto no nos permite afirmar que o oramento foi precisamente, corretamente (accurately) definido. Letra E Correta. O segundo pargrafo do texto nos d a entender que o oramento est prestes a ser analisado, que o perodo de 6 anos findou-se e que hora de criar um novo oramento. Sendo assim, o oramento ser analisado (looked into) e negociado (negotiated).
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Letra B.
Em relao perspectiva financeira mencionada no pargrafo 2, a) its negotiation ought to happen every 6 years. sua negociao deve acontecer a cada seis anos. b) the current moment seems risky to settle it. o momento presente parece arriscado para estabelec-la. c) it must consider the differences of European incomes. deve considerar as diferenas de rendas europeias.
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Yet if there was ever a good moment to think hard about how the budget might be better designed to advance the Unions stated aims, it ought to be now. The nancial perspective is negotiated once every six years. No entanto, se alguma vez houve um bom momento para pensar muito sobre como o oramento poderia ser melhor concebido para avanar com os objetivos declarados da Unio, ele deveria ser agora. A "perspectiva financeira" negociada uma vez a cada seis anos.
if there was ever a good moment to think hard about how the budget might be better designed to advance the Unions stated aims, it ought to be now se alguma vez houve um bom momento para pensar muito sobre como o oramento poderia ser melhor concebido para avanar com os objetivos declarados da Unio, ele deveria ser agora = the present moment is ideal to go into it o momento presente ideal para entrar no assunto
Letra E.
Read the text below which is entitled Congress Caps another Disappointing Year in order to answer questions 27 to 30. Leia o texto abaixo que intitulado "O Congresso completa outro ano decepcionante" a fim de responder s perguntas 27 a 30.
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CURSO ONLINE DE INGLS QUESTES COMENTADAS AFRFB PROFESSORA GABRIELA KNOBLAUCH Congress Caps another Disappointing Year
Congresso completa outro ano decepcionante
Source: www.aaas.org 4th January 2006 (Adapted)
On December 30, nearly three months into the scal year, President Bush signed the last two Fiscal Year 2006 appropriations bills into law, bringing the FY 2006 appropriation process to a close. The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) estimates that the federal Research & Development (R&D) portfolio totals $134.8 billion in 2006, a $2.2 billion or 1.7 percent increase. Em 30 de dezembro, a quase trs meses do comeo do ano fiscal, o presidente Bush assinou as ltimas duas leis oramentrias do Ano Fiscal de 2006, levando o processo de apropriao FY 2006 ao fim. A Associao Americana para o Avano da Cincia (AAAC) estima que o portflio de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento (P&D) totaliza US$134,8 bilhes em 2006, um aumento de US$2,2 bilhes ou de 1,7 por cento. But 97 percent of the increase goes to just two specic areas: defense weapons development and human space exploration technologies. Funding for all other federal R&D programs collectively will barely increase, and will fall nearly 2 percent after adjusting for ination. Leaving out large federal investments in development, congressional appropriations for basic and applied research total $57.0 billion, an increase of $1.0 billion or 1.8 percent over 2005. But NASA applied research on human space ight technologies accounts for a majority of the increase, leaving most agency research portfolios with modest increases falling short of ination, or cuts. Many agship federal science agencies have disappointing budgets in 2006. Mas 97 por cento do aumento vai para apenas duas reas especficas: o desenvolvimento de armas de defesa e tecnologias de explorao humana do espao. Financiamentos para todas os outros programas federais de P&D em conjunto mal iro aumentar, e iro cair quase 2 por cento aps o ajuste para a inflao. Deixando de fora grandes investimentos federais em desenvolvimento, as dotaes do Congresso para a pesquisa bsica e aplicada totalizaram US$57,0 bilhes, um aumento de US$1,0 bilhes, ou 1,8 por cento em relao a 2005. Mas a pesquisa aplicada da NASA em tecnologias de vo espaciais humanas responde pela maior parte do aumento, deixando a maioria dos portflios das agncias de pesquisa com aumentos modestos abaixo da inflao, ou cortes. Muitas das mais importantes agncias federais de cincia tm oramentos decepcionantes em 2006.
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Questo fcil de resolver com um conhecimento mnimo de ingls. Era preciso ter ateno aos cognatos e lembrar do quadrinho memorexmovimentao para acertar. Vejam:
defense weapons development 97 percent, increase, two specific areas human space exploration technologies
Deu para entender que o aumento de 97% foi dividido para as duas reas citadas, right? Vamos assertiva. O verbo TO COMPRISE significa:
Compreender Incluir Encerrar
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Logo, se o oramento (budget) teve um aumento (increase) de 97% e este aumento foi dividido nas duas reas citadas, podemos entender que o aumento (rise) do oramento da rea de desenvolvimento de armas de defesa (defense weapons development) est compreendido (comprised) no grupo de oramentos que tiveram seus valores aumentados (risen). Letra D.
28- The author points out that Funding for all other federal R&D programs collectively will barely increase, which means it will O autor aponta que Financiamentos para todas os outros programas federais de P&D em conjunto mal iro aumentar, o que significa que a) signicantly go up. significativamente se elevaro. b) hardly rise. mal aumentaro. c) surely grow. certamente crescero. d) undoubtedly fall. indubitavelmente cairo. e) sharply drop. cairo agudamente. Mais uma questo em que o Memorex movimentao da nossa aula demo fundamental para resoluo. J vimos todos os verbos e o PHRASAL VERB que aparecem nas questes. O que temos de novidade aqui so os advrbios. Vejam os significados: BARELY
Escassamente Mal
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HARDLY
Dificilmente Duramente Apenas Mal Improvavelmente
SURELY
Certamente Seguramente Realmente , de fato
UNDOUBTEDLY
Indubitavelmente Incontestavelmente Certamente
SHARPLY
Agudamente
Letra B. 29- The increases given to most agency research portfolios are said to have been Os aumentos dados maioria dos portflios das agncias de pesquisa so ditos como tendo sido a) rather small. bem pequenos. b) comparatively high. comparativamente altos. c) well-dened. bem definidos. d) quite fair. razoavelmente justos. e) relatively big. relativamente grandes.
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modest increases = increases rather small aumentos modestos = aumentos bastante pequenos
MODEST um cognato verdadeiro. Assim, se o crescimento foi modesto, ele foi pequeno (small). Letra A.
30- The text concludes that O texto conclui que a) a number of appropriations bills are about to be signed into law. um nmero de leis oramentrias esto prestes a serem assinadas como lei. b) an increase of $134.8 billion for 2006 investments has been settled. Um aumento de $134,8 bilhes para investimentos em 2006 foi estabelecido. c) a budgetary rise of $2.2 billion is going to be looked into in 2006. Um aumento oramentrio de $2,2 bilhes ser analisado em 2006. d) the most important federal agencies expected higher budgets in 2006. As agncias federais mais importantes esperavam oramentos mais altos em 2006. e) basic research funding declines might occur throughout 2006. Declnios de financiamentos bsicos de pesquisa podem ocorrer ao longo de 2006.
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Letra A Errada. As leis oramentrias (appropriation bills) j foram assinadas (signed). No esto prestes (about to) serem assinadas. Letra B Errada. O aumento (increase) foi de $2,2 bilhes em 2006. O total que foi de $134,8 bilhes. Letra C Errada. Este aumento j foi definido. No mais ser analisado (looked into) em 2006. Letra D Correta. Se o oramento das agncias federais para 2006 foi decepcionante (disappointing), podemos entender que elas esperavam (expected) oramentos mais altos (higher budgets). Letra E Errada. A pesquisa bsica (basic research) aumentou em $1,0 bilho em relao ao ano de 2005.
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CURSO ONLINE DE INGLS QUEST QUESTES COMENTADAS AFRFB PROFESSORA GABRIELA KNOBLAUCH
PROVA 2
Sugiro que imprimam a prova toda e criem o banco de provas
Banco de provas
Read the text below which is entitled The future of work in order to answer questions 21 to 24.
Many of the rich worlds notions about old age are dying. While the streamlining effects of international competition are focusing attention on the need to create and keep good jobs, those fears will eventually give way to worries about the growing shortag shortage e of young workers. One unavoidable solution: putting older people back to work, whether they like it or not. Indeed, cutting-edge edge European economies like those of Finland and Denmark have already raised their retirement ages, reversing the postwar trend toward ever-earlier earlier retirement. Others are under severe pressure to follow suit, as both the European Commission and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) have recently warned their members that their future prosperity depends on a growing contribution from the elderly. This erosion of one of the cornerstones of the good life relaxed golden years has not gone unremarked. In the last year, Belgium, Italy and France have all been hit with massive protests against pension reforms that would, among other things, have raised the retirement age.
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23- According to the text, a) efforts to raise the retirement age have been largely supported. b) there has been a decline in qualified older workers. c) there has been a shift in a long-held belief concerning retirement. d) ageism in the workplace is a danger to corporate productivity. e) staff-aging issues may soon need to be addressed.
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Read the text below which is entitled The global union in order to answer questions 25 to 27.
What would a global union look like? Think more corporate partnership than class struggle. Today, capital is global and employers are global. Companies, not countries, make the rules. To survive, unions need to find their niche. Global companies are going to need an organization that, in a sense, will manage their labor and protect workers rights. A global union would set standard practices and codes of conduct perhaps even minimum wages and work hours. My critics in the labor movement cringe when I use words like partnership and value added. The reality is that unions need to add value or corporations will ignore us. If we want an equitable stake in the company, we need to define what our goals are. We cant just demand a raise in pay without offering an incentive to the company. Were already far behind multinational corporations in the global game. We made the mistake of transferring the industrial model of unionism of the last century to the 21st. We lost market share: in 1960, one in four workers was in a union; now its one in 12.
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26- Paragraph 2 of the text allows us to discover that the writer is a) a critic of the labor union movement from outside it. b) a loner worker seeking a raise in his salary through the union. c) a critical member of a global multinational corporation. d) a unionist who seeks the best for workers and the company. e) a stakeholder in the equity of a large corporation.
27- According to the text, the number of workers affiliated to a union has a) soared. b) stabilized. c) fallen. d) not decreased. e) gone up.
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Midway through the first decade of the 21st century, economic growth is pulling millions out of poverty. Growth, so devoutly desired yet often so elusive for developing countries, is occurring in China and India on a heroic scale. Yet once affluence is achieved, its value is often questioned. In the 1960s and 1970s, economists started worrying about environmental and social limits to growth. Now Avner Offer, professor of economic history at Oxford University, has added a weighty new critique to this tradition. The Challenge of Affluence accepts that the populations of poor countries gain from growth, but says that the main benefits of prosperity are achieved at quite modest levels. Its central thesis is that rising living standards in Britain and America have engendered impatience, which undermines wellbeing. The fruits of affluence are bitter ones, and include addiction, obesity, family breakdown and mental disorders.
28- According to Professor Avner Offer, affluence a) also entails unpleasant consequences. b) prevents people from achieving happiness. c) must not be sought by individuals. d) entails well-being and freedom. e) derives from hard work and commitment.
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a) bitter and pessimistic. b) not thought-provoking. c) rather short-sighted. d) serious and relevant. e) over-optimistic.
30- According to the text, a) poor societies experience higher rates of growth. b) affluence erodes the value of work. c) some nations are certainly benefiting from growth. d) wealth and happiness are inseparable elements. e) healthier citizens hardly ever come from poorer societies.
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Read the text below which is entitled The future of work in order to answer questions 21 to 24. Leia o texto abaixo que intitulado "O futuro do trabalho" a fim de responder s perguntas 21 a 24.
Many of the rich worlds notions about old age are dying. While the streamlining effects of international competition are focusing attention on the need to create and keep good jobs, those fears will eventually give way to worries about the growing shortage of young workers. One unavoidable solution: putting older people back to work, whether they like it or not. Indeed, cutting-edge European economies like those of Finland and Denmark have already raised their retirement ages, reversing the postwar trend toward ever-earlier retirement. Others are under severe pressure to follow suit, as both the European Commission and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) have recently warned their members that their future prosperity depends on a growing contribution from the elderly. Muitas das noes do mundo rico sobre a velhice esto morrendo. Embora os efeitos de racionalizao da concorrncia internacional estejam focando suas atenes na necessidade de criar e manter bons empregos, esses medos iro eventualmente ser suplantados por preocupaes sobre a crescente escassez de trabalhadores jovens. Uma soluo inevitvel: colocar as pessoas mais velhas de volta ao trabalho, quer eles gostem ou no. De fato, economias europeias de ponta, como as da Finlndia e da Dinamarca j aumentaram as idades de aposentadoria, revertendo a tendncia do psguerra de aposentadoria cada vez mais cedo. Outros esto sob forte presso para seguir o exemplo, uma vez que tanto a Comisso Europeia quanto a Organizao para a Cooperao e Desenvolvimento Econmico (OCDE) recentemente advertiram os seus membros de que a sua prosperidade futura depende de uma contribuio cada vez maior dos idosos.
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21- The author calls the readers attention to the O autor chama a ateno dos leitores para a) growing lack of young staff. crescente falta de funcionrios jovens. b) need to reduce young workers benefits. necessidade de reduzir os benefcios dos jovens trabalhadores. c) benefits of subsidizing early retirement. benefcios de subsidiar aposentaria mais cedo. d) advantages of current retirement policies. vantagens das atuais polticas de aposentadoria. e) drawbacks of extending the working life. desvantagens de estender a vida profissional.
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Assim:
growing shortage of young workers = growing lack of young staff crescente escassez de trabalhadores jovens = crescente falta de funcionrios jovens
Letra A.
22- In relation to the retirement ages, two specific countries have Em relao s idades de aposentadoria, dois pases especficos a) reinforced them. as reforou. b) recently decreased them. recentemente, as diminuiu. c) not extended them. no as estendeu.
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Todos os verbos que aparecem tanto no trecho em negrito quanto nas assertivas no so novidade para vocs.
TO RAISE = TO INCREASE
Letra E.
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Letra C. 24- Finland and Denmark are described as cutting-edge economies, which means they are considered Finlndia e Dinamarca so descritos como "economias de ponta", que significa que elas so consideradas a) unconventional and revolutionary. no convencionais e revolucionrias. b) extremely modern and advanced. extremamente modernas e avanadas. c) wealthy, but outdated. ricas, mas ultrapassadas. d) rather traditional and conservative. bastante tradicionais e conservadoras. e) affluent and traditional. ricas e tradicionais. O dicionrio Macmillan nos explica que CUTTING-EDGE significa: the most modern and advanced point in the development of something
Se a economia cutting-edge, isso significa que ela extremamente moderna e avanada. Letra B.
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What would a global union look like? Think more corporate partnership than class struggle. Today, capital is global and employers are global. Companies, not countries, make the rules. To survive, unions need to find their niche. Global companies are going to need an organization that, in a sense, will manage their labor and protect workers rights. A global union would set standard practices and codes of conduct perhaps even minimum wages and work hours. Com o que um sindicato global pareceria? Pense mais em parceria corporativa do que em luta de classes. Hoje, o capital global e os empregadores so globais. As empresas, no aos pases, fazem as regras. Para sobreviver, os sindicatos devem achar o seu nicho. As empresas globais vo precisar de uma organizao que, em certo sentido, ir gerenciar seu trabalho e proteger os direitos dos trabalhadores. Um sindicato global definiria as prticas padro e cdigos de conduta - talvez at mesmo salrios mnimos e horas de trabalho. My critics in the labor movement cringe when I use words like partnership and value added. The reality is that unions need to add value or corporations will ignore us. If we want an equitable stake in the company, we need to define what our goals are. We cant just demand a raise in pay without offering an incentive to the company. Were already far behind multinational corporations in the global game. We made the mistake of transferring the industrial model of unionism of the last century to the 21st. We lost market share: in 1960, one in four workers was in a union; now its one in 12. Meus crticos no movimento operrio se irritam quando eu uso palavras como "parceria" e "valor agregado". A realidade que os sindicatos precisam agregar valor ou as empresas vo nos ignorar. Se ns queremos uma participao equitativa na empresa, ns precisamos definir quais so os nossos objetivos. Ns No podemos simplesmente exigir um aumento de salrio, sem oferecer um incentivo empresa. Ns j estamos muito atrs
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Questo que demandava uma compreenso geral do texto, sem apego demasiado a determinada palavra ou expresso. O que o autor faz acima descrever (depict) as caractersticas (features) de um sindicato global (global union). Letra B.
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TO PRAISE
Elogiar Exaltar Aplaudir
TO DEPICT
Descrever Representar
FEATURE
PIVOTAL
Fundamental Essencial Central Bsico
ROLE
Papel Funo Cargo
RIGHTS Direitos
26- Paragraph 2 of the text allows us to discover that the writer is Pargrafo 2 do texto nos permite descobrir que o escritor a) a critic of the labor union movement from outside it. um crtico de fora do movimento sindical. b) a loner worker seeking a raise in his salary through the union. um trabalhador solitrio buscando um aumento em seu salrio atravs do sindicato.
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A pista que o pargrafo 2 nos oferece para que possamos entender que o autor um sindicalista (unionist) o uso do pronome pessoal ns/nos (we/us), alm do possessivo nosso (our), quando ele se refere ao movimento sindicalista. Notem:
My critics in the labor movement cringe when I use words like partnership and value added. The reality is that unions need to add value or corporations will ignore us. If we want an equitable stake in the company, we need to define what our goals are. We cant just demand a raise in pay without offering an incentive to the company. Were already far behind multinational corporations in the global game. We made the mistake of transferring the industrial model of unionism of the last century to the 21st. We lost market share: in 1960, one in four workers was in a union; now its one in 12. Meus crticos no movimento operrio se irritam quando eu uso palavras como "parceria" e "valor agregado". A realidade que os sindicatos precisam agregar valor ou as empresas vo nos ignorar. Se ns queremos uma participao equitativa na empresa, ns precisamos definir quais so os nossos objetivos. Ns no podemos simplesmente exigir um aumento de salrio, sem oferecer um incentivo empresa. Ns j estamos muito atrs das corporaes multinacionais no jogo global. Ns cometemos o erro de transferir o modelo industrial do sindicalismo do sculo passado para o sculo 21. Perdemos fatia de mercado: em 1960, um em cada quatro trabalhadores estava em um sindicato, agora um em 12.
Letra D.
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Dos verbos que aparecem nas assertivas, apenas TO SOAR no consta em nosso memorex-movimentao. Acrescentem-no ao resumo. Vamos conhec-lo: TO SOAR
Aumentar Subir Elevar-se
We lost market share: in 1960, one in four workers was in a union; now its one in 12. Perdemos fatia de mercado: em 1960, um em cada quatro trabalhadores estava em um sindicato, agora um em 12.
Com base no trecho acima, podemos entender que o nmero de trabalhadores ligados a um sindicato (union) caiu (fallen). Letra C.
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Midway through the first decade of the 21st century, economic growth is pulling millions out of poverty. Growth, so devoutly desired yet often so elusive for developing countries, is occurring in China and India on a heroic scale. Yet once affluence is achieved, its value is often questioned. In the 1960s and 1970s, economists started worrying about environmental and social limits to growth. Now Avner Offer, professor of economic history at Oxford University, has added a weighty new critique to this tradition. No meio da primeira dcada do sculo 21, o crescimento econmico est tirando milhes da pobreza. Crescimento, to devotamente desejado mas muitas vezes to difcil para os pases em desenvolvimento, est ocorrendo na China e na ndia em uma escala herica. Ainda assim, uma vez que a riqueza alcanada, o seu valor muitas vezes questionado. Na dcada de 1960 e 1970, os economistas comearam a se preocupar com os limites ambientais e sociais do crescimento. Agora Avner Offer, professor de histria econmica na Universidade de Oxford, acrescentou uma pesada nova crtica a esta tradio. The Challenge of Affluence accepts that the populations of poor countries gain from growth, but says that the main benefits of prosperity are achieved at quite modest levels. Its central thesis is that rising living standards in Britain and America have engendered impatience, which undermines wellbeing. The fruits of affluence are bitter ones, and include addiction, obesity, family breakdown and mental disorders. "O Desafio da Riqueza" aceita que as populaes dos pases pobres ganham com o crescimento, mas diz que os principais benefcios de prosperidade so alcanados em nveis bastante modestos. Sua tese central que crescentes padres de vida na Gr-Bretanha e Estados Unidos tm gerado impacincia, o que corroe o bem-estar. Os frutos da riqueza so amargos, e incluem o vcio, a obesidade, colapso da famlia e transtornos mentais.
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Era fcil entender o sentido geral do trecho com base nos cognatos. Observem:
fruits of affluence = include addiction, obesity, family breakdown and mental disorders
Do grupo, apenas breakdown no cognato. Todavia, o no entendimento dessa palavra no atrapalhava o entendimento da frase. O trecho acima deixa claro que a riqueza (affluence) tm consequncias negativas, amargas (bitter), ou seja, desagradveis (unplesant). Ateno ao verbo TO ENTAIL:
Acarretar Impor Ocasionar Implicar
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The Challenge of Affluence accepts that the populations of poor countries gain from growth, but says that the main benefits of prosperity are achieved at quite modest levels. Its central thesis is that rising living standards in Britain and America have engendered impatience, which undermines well-being. The fruits of affluence are bitter ones, and include addiction, obesity, family breakdown and mental disorders. "O Desafio da Riqueza" aceita que as populaes dos pases pobres ganham com o crescimento, mas diz que os principais benefcios de prosperidade so alcanados em nveis bastante modestos. Sua tese central que crescentes padres de vida na GrBretanha e Estados Unidos tm gerado impacincia, o que corroe o bem-estar. Os frutos da riqueza so amargos, e incluem o vcio, a obesidade, colapso da famlia e transtornos mentais.
Letras A, B e E Erradas. As informaes citadas no so mencionadas no texto. Letra C Correta. Vide trecho em negrito no quadro acima. GAIN FROM significa ganhar com algo, beneficiar-se de algo (benefit from).
Letra D Errada. Trata-se do erro de CONTRADICO. O texto nos diz que a riqueza (affluence) gera consequncias amargas (bitter) que so citadas na ltima frase do texto. Podemos entender que tais consequncias diminuem (undermines) o bem-estar (well-being) e a felicidade (happiness).
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Latin Americas big tests And a possible big change that would ripple round the region
Nov 17th 2011 | from The World In 2012 print edit edition
Several things will test Latin Americas impressive recent progress in 2012. They include the slowing world economy, the conflicts that will arise in Venezuela over a presidential election in October that could mark the end of Hugo Chvezs regime, and the diffuse and unpredictable sense of discontent among some segments of the regions growing lower-middle lower middle class. Take the economy first. Stagnation in the United States, continuing financial instability in Europe and slowing commodity prices will have hav a knock-on effect in Latin America. The regions economic growth will drop to around still respectable but a far cry from the 6% of 2010. As always, it 3.5%still could be worse, for South America in particular, if China stumbles, causing lunge. But that is not probable. commodity prices to plunge. In Brazil President Dilma Rousseffs government will face a difficult balancing act. The year will start with an increase of almost 14% in the minimum wage and in state pensions, so inflation is likely to remain above the Central Banks target ceiling of 6.5% even as growth slows to under 4%. If investors shun Brazilian assets and the real depreciates, the government may have an unpleasant choice between an inflationary spiral and economic stagnation. k to an expansion in domestic credit (albeit at a slower Ms Rousseff will look rate) and investment to keep Brazil ticking over. Municipal elections in October will keep the politicians busy in their districts districtsand and uninterested in for much of the year. Ms Rousseff unpopular reformsfor Rousseff will complete the
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Latin Americas big tests O grande teste da Amrica Latina And a possible big change that would ripple round the region E uma possvel grande mudana que ir reverberar por toda a regio
Several things will test Latin Americas impressive recent progress in 2012. They include the slowing world economy, the conflicts that will arise in Venezuela over a presidential election in October that could mark the end of Hugo Chvezs regime, and the diffuse and unpredictable sense of discontent among some segments of the regions growing lower-middle class. Vrias coisas iro testar o impressionante recente progresso da Amrica Latina em 2012. Elas incluem a desacelerao da economia mundial, os conflitos que iro surgir na Venezuela sobre uma eleio presidencial em outubro que poderia marcar o fim do regime de Hugo Chvez, e da difusa e imprevisvel sensao de descontentamento entre alguns segmentos da crescente classe mdia-baixa da regio. Take the economy first. Stagnation in the United States, continuing financial instability in Europe and slowing commodity prices will have a knock-on effect in Latin America. The regions economic growth will drop to around 3.5%still respectable but a far cry from the 6% of 2010. As always, it could be worse, for South America in particular, if China stumbles, causing commodity prices to plunge. But that is not probable. Tome primeiro a economia. Estagnao nos Estados Unidos, contnua instabilidade financeira na Europa e desacelerao dos preos das commodities tero um efeito indireto e inevitvel na Amrica Latina. O crescimento econmico da regio ir cair para cerca de 3,5% - ainda respeitvel mas bastante diferente dos 6% de 2010. Como sempre, isso poderia ser pior, para a Amrica do Sul em particular, se a China tropear, fazendo os preos das commodities mergulharem. Mas isso no provvel. In Brazil President Dilma Rousseffs government will face a difficult balancing act. The year will start with an increase of almost 14% in the minimum wage and in state pensions, so inflation is likely to remain above the Central Banks target ceiling of 6.5% even as growth slows to under 4%. If investors
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