Textos para o 2º ano Ensino Médio

Monarchies

There are still some monarchies all over the world. However, not so many as there were in the distant past.
In a monarchy there is a sovereign such as a king, a queen, an emperor or an empress – in short – a monarch.

There was a time when monarchies were absolute. Nowadays, they are often limited by a constituiton, that is, the king or queen is the sovereign but the Parliament is responsible for the real government.

One of the most ancient and famous monarchies in the world is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The countries of the nited Kingdom are: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (or Ulster).

Among the British people there is some cristicism about the empire, buteven this is part of a millenary tradition.

Check your Reading

1- Marque a alternativa de acordo com o texto.

a) Ainda há muitas monarquias no mundo
b) Há diferenças entre monarquias e soberanos.
c) O monarca é um dos reis da monarquia.
d) Antigamente havia muito mais monarquias.
e) Uma imperatriz não pode ser monarca.

2- Segundo o texto, na maioria das monarquias modernas:

a) o rei reina, mas não governa.
b) O rei reina e governa.
c) O monarca é absoluto.
d) O monarca atribui o governo ao Parlamento.
e) A soberania é de um rei e de uma rainha

3- O texto informa que:

a) a republica da Irlanda faz parte do Reino Unido
b) O reino Unido é formado por quatro países.
c) A Grã-Bretanha faz parte da Inglaterra.
d) A Gália faz parte do Reino Unido.
e) O Reino Unido é a monarquia mais antiga no mundo.

4- De acordo com o texto, podemos deduzir que:

a) os britânicos criticam o império, sem poupar inclusive a tradição.
b) Apesar da tradição milenar, os britânicos são criticados por seu governo.
c) O sistema monárquico não conta com a aprovação total dos britânicos.
d) A crítica aos imperialistas britânicos faz parte da tradição.
e) Até a crítica do povo britânico é milenar.

5- As palavras even this, sublinhadas no texto referem-se:

a) ao povo britânico.
b) A milenar.
c) À tradição.
d) Ao império.
e) À crítica.

6- A expressão “in short” traduz-se por:

a) ou seja.
b) Em resumo.
c) Em princípio.
d) A propósito.
e) isto é.


Where were you yesteday?

Carol: Hi, Ana. where you yesterday? You weren't at home.
Ana: No, I wasn't. I was at the movies.
Tony: Alone?
Ana: No, Pedro was with me. We were together.
Tony: I see... and the movie, was it good?
Ana: Oh yes, it was. Terrific.
Carol: What was it about?
Ana: Hmmm. Try and guess.
Tony: Was it a love story?
Ana: no, it wasn't. It was about animals. You know me.
Carol: Those movies are always the same.
Ana: No, the animals in this movie were different. they were in a park on an island...
Tony: I know! Jurassic Park! A great movie, directed by Steven Spielberg. it's about a scientific experiment with dinosaurs. But they escape and the park never...
Carol: Stop it, Tony! I want to see that movie!

Exercices
1- Carol quer saber onde Ana está agora ou onde estava ontem?

2- Ana responde que estava no cinema ou em casa?

3- tony fica curioso para saber se Ana estava sozinha no cinema. Encontre no diálogo a frase em que ele pergunta isso.

4- Ana diz que estava com quem?

5- A palavra movies tem dois sentidos diferentes: filmes e cinema. qualé o sentido de movies nas frases a seguir:

A) Ana was at the movies.

B) Those movies are always the same.

6- por que Carol não quer que Tony conte mais sobre o filme?


An interview with Steven Spielberg

Ana: Where were you born?
S S.: I was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. in 1946.
Ana: When did you make your first movie?
S S.: Well, my father gave me a cine camera for my birthday when I was eight. I made a lot of short films when I was a kid.
Ana: When did you sign your first contract with Universal Studios?
S S.: I went to Universal Studios on a school bus when I was seventeen. That was my first visit, and there was no contract then... But four years later I was there again, this time to direct Joan Crawford in a short film for TV.
Ana: Why did you decide to be a director?
S S.: I had a lot of dreams when I was a boy. In my dreans I traveled to distant planets, I visited new worlds, I met strange creatures. Some of those creatures were sweet and innocent, others were terribly violent. I had a lot of adventures then. now i make movies to live those adventures again. It's good to share them with millions of other dreaners all over the world.
Ana: Mr. Spielberg, which of your movies do you prefer?
S S.: The next one, young lady, Always the next one.

1- Complete the answers:
A) Where was Steven Spielberg born? He was born in __________________.
B) When was he born? He was born in ________________________________.

2- O que o pai de Steven lhe deu como presente de aniversário?

3- Quantos anos Steven estava completando quando ganhou esse presente?

4- Que tipo de filmes ele fez quando criança?

5- Complete o quadro com What?, Where?, Who?, Why?,When?, How?, de acordo com os dados da entrevista.

__________ Steven Spielberg.
__________ A visit to film studios.
__________ To Universal Studios.
__________ Whwn he was seventeen.
__________ By bus. On a school bus.
__________ Because it was a school visit.


Did Dracula really exist?

Yes and no. Dracula is a books written by the Irish author, Bram (Abraham) Stoker (1847-1912) who told the story of an evil count from Transylvania (now part of Romania). The nobleman could turn into a vampire bat. He sucked people’s blood by biting them on their necks. His victims became his slaves.

Dracula was a figment of Stoker’s vivid imagination, but in the 1400s there was a cruel ruler os Transylvania know as Vlad the Impaler. He got this nickname because he had he had awful habits: he drove stakes through the bodies of his enemies and left them to die. No doubt Stoker had Vlad in mind when he wrote the book.

Check your reading

1. According to the text:

a) Bram Stoker invented the name Dracula.
b) Bram Stoker didn´t invented the name Dracula.
c) Dracula didn´t have slaves.
d) Dracula became a ruler in the 1400s.
e) Vlad could turn into a vampire.

2. The book written by Bram Stoker is:

a) a poem     c) a novel         e) a fable
b) a fiction.   d) an adventure

3. All the alternatives below are correct, except:

a) Dracula was probably inspired in Vlad the Impaler.
b) Vlad the Impaler really lived six hundred years ago.
c) Bram Stoker met Vlad the Impaler.
d) Bram Stoker was an Irish author.
e) Vlad the Impaler tortured his victims.

4. Mark the correct alternative

a) Bram Stocker died at the age of 65.
b) Vlad became a ruler in 1400.
c) Romania bought Trabsylvania.
d) Stoker gave a nickname to Vlad.
e) Vlad drove skates through the bodies of his enemies.

3º ano Ensino Médio

Monarchies 

There are still some monarchies all over the world. However, not so many as there were in the distant past.

In a monarchy there is a sovereign such as a king, a queen, an emperor or an empress – in short – a monarch.

There was a time when monarchies were absolute. Nowadays, they are often limited by a constituiton, that is, the king or queen is the sovereign but the Parliament is responsible for the real government.

One of the most ancient and famous monarchies in the world is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The countries of the nited Kingdom are: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (or Ulster).

Among the British people there is some cristicism about the empire, buteven this is part of a millenary tradition.

Check your Reading

1- Marque a alternativa de acordo com o texto.

a) Ainda há muitas monarquias no mundo
b) Há diferenças entre monarquias e soberanos.
c) O monarca é um dos reis da monarquia.
d) Antigamente havia muito mais monarquias.
e) Uma imperatriz não pode ser monarca.

2- Segundo o texto, na maioria das monarquias modernas:

a) o rei reina, mas não governa.
b) O rei reina e governa.
c) O monarca é absoluto.
d) O monarca atribui o governo ao Parlamento.
e) A soberania é de um rei e de uma rainha

3- O texto informa que:

a) a republica da Irlanda faz parte do Reino Unido
b) O reino Unido é formado por quatro países.
c) A Grã-Bretanha faz parte da Inglaterra.
d) A Gália faz parte do Reino Unido.
e) O Reino Unido é a monarquia mais antiga no mundo.

4- De acordo com o texto, podemos deduzir que:

a) os britânicos criticam o império, sem poupar inclusive a tradição.
b) Apesar da tradição milenar, os britânicos são criticados por seu governo.
c) O sistema monárquico não conta com a aprovação total dos britânicos.
d) A crítica aos imperialistas britânicos faz parte da tradição.
e) Até a crítica do povo britânico é milenar.

5- As palavras even this, sublinhadas no texto referem-se:
a) ao povo britânico.
b) A milenar.
c) À tradição.
d) Ao império.
e) À crítica.

6- A expressão “in short” traduz-se por:
a) ou seja.
b) Em resumo.
c) Em princípio.
d) A propósito.
e) isto é.

The age of dinosaurus 

Millions of years ago the world was not as it is now. it was very different. In the Jurassic, the second period of the Mesozoic era, there was more land under water. The continents were all togeter and there was a different climate: It was warm and humid all the time. And there were dinosaurus everywhere.

The word "dinosaur" means "terrible lizard". Dinosaurs were reptiles - animals like alligators, turtles, snakes, and lizards. But not all dinosaurs were also small ones, the size of a chicken.

They were on this planet for 150 million years. During all that time the Earth was theirs. it was the Age of Dinosaurs.

Exercices
1- Classifique as expressões de tempo e de lugar dadas abaixo, escrevendo-as na coluna adequada:

When?                                                                                                     Where?

          

                              everywhere - millions of years ago- now-
                             under water - during all that time - on this planet

2- Indique em que parágrafos há informações sobre:

A) características dos dinossauros;

B) características do período Jurássico;

C) período de existência e domínio da Terra pelos dinossauros.

3- Observe:
" Millions and millions of years ago the world ago the world was not as it is now"

Nessa frase, as significa como e é usado para fazer uma comparação. Qual?

 I have a dream!  

                                         
One day a woman named Rosa Parks was traveling home from work on a Montgomery bus, in Alabama. She was tired after her day's work. She sat down in one of the seats at the back of the bus that were for black people. Write people used the ones in front. But the bus was crowded that night and there weren't enought seats for everyone. When a white man got on the bus and coldn't find a seat the driver ordered Mrs. Parks to get up and give him hers.


Afterwards Mrs. Parks said she didn't know what made her do it. Usually she did as she was told. But that night she refused to give up her seat. The driver called a policeman. She was arrested and dragged off to prison.


When Dr. Martin Luther King heard about it he said, “We could all stop using the buses”. If the passengers did it the bus companies would have serious financial losses.


This was what he meant by “nonviolent direct action”. It was action that would express the people's strong feeling without attacking anyone. He got the idea from Gandhi, whose picture hung over his desk. He had always admired Gandhi.


It was a hard struggle, but at last the black, under the leadership of King, proved their point, based on the Constituition.


In one of his famous speeches, Luther King said: “I say to you today, even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. “His dream was that of a contry where men would be truly equal. “I have a dream that my four little children one day will live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character... Whith this faith we will be able to work together, to stand up for freedom together, to go to prison together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing we will be free one day.”

Atividade direcionada 2

Colégio Estadual Vinicius de Moraes EFM

Professor: Anderson R. Gonçalves

Aluno:_____________________________________Nº______Série ___________


Reading

Education in the United States.


In the United States, children enter kindergarten when they are fives years old, but they really start studying in elementary school (from the 1 st to the 8 th grade). Most schools in the United States call the 7 th and 8 th grades “junior high school” (from the 9 th to the 12 th grade), students have educational programs that enable them to enter colleges and universities.


Besides the regular classes such as mathematics, language, fine arts, physical education, chemistry etc., students have extracurricular activities such a photography, industrial arts (carpentry and metal-working), performing arts (orchestra, dramatics, gymnastics) and home economics (sewing and cooking).


After reading

Find in the text.

The age children usually enter in the USA.

________________________________________________________.

Some regular subjects students take.

________________________________________________________.


Some extracurricular subjects students take.

__________________________________________________________.

Answer.

Which grades does Junior High School refer to?

__________________________________________________________.

Which grades does High School refer to?

__________________________________________________________.


3-Coloque as frases a seguir no Futuro Imediato, conforme o modelo:


a) He – to catch fish.
     He is going to catch fish.
b) She – to eat an apple

_______________________________________________.

c) I – read a book.

_______________________________________________.

d) They – to buy vegetables.

_______________________________________________.

e) I – to read.


_______________________________________________.

f) They are – to play.

_______________________________________________.

Boa Sorte!

Atividade direcionada 1

Colégio Estadual Vinícius de Moraes EFM

name:_________________________________________n _________ class_________

English Test.

Reading

The inventor of the walkman

Andreas Pavel's histore proves that life is not easy for inventors. He waited for twenty-seven years to be recognized as the inventor of the walkman.

Pavel invented the walkman in São Paulo, in 1972. He transformed earphones and tape recorders into the “Stereobelt”, to be able to listen to his favorite singers, Janis Joplin and Orlando Silva.

Although Pavel patented his invention in Italy, in England and in the United States, Sony ignored the law and released the walkman as its own invention. It was a great sucess.

In 1999, a court finally acnowledged Pavel as the inventor of the walkman. He made a settlement with Sony for about ten milion dollars. In addition, he is going to receive royalties until 2021.

( From O Estado de S. Paulo, November 3^rd, 2004)

After reading

1- This text about Andreas Pavel is.

( ) an e-mail.

( ) a newspaper article.

( ) a letter.

2- Encontre no texto:

a- O nome original do walkman.

_______________________________________________________________

b- O valor recebido por Pavel pelo seu acordo feito com a Sony.

_______________________________________________________________

c- O lugar e o ano em que o walkman foi inventado.

_______________________________________________________________

d- O ano em que Andreas Pavel ganhou a causa contra a Sony na justiça.

__________________________________________________________________

e- O ano em que expiram os direitos autorais de Pavel sobre o walkman.

__________________________________________________________________

f- A fonte do texto e a data de publicação.

__________________________________________________________________.

Texto 3 - Did Dracula really exist?

Did Dracula really exist?

Yes and no. Dracula is a books written by the Irish author, Bram (Abraham) Stoker (1847-1912) who told the story of an evil count from Transylvania (now part of Romania). The nobleman could turn into a vampire bat. He sucked people’s blood by biting them on their necks. His victims became his slaves.

Dracula was a figment of Stoker’s vivid imagination, but in the 1400s there was a cruel ruler os Transylvania know as Vlad the Impaler. He got this nickname because he had he had awful habits: he drove stakes through the bodies of his enemies and left them to die. No doubt Stoker had Vlad in mind when he wrote the book.

Check your Reading

1.     According to the text:

a)     Bram Stoker invented the name Dracula.

b)     Bram Stoker didn´t invented the name Dracula.

c)     Dracula didn´t have slaves.

d)     Dracula became a ruler in the 1400s.

e)     Vlad could turn into a vampire.

2.     The book written by Bram Stoker is:

a)     a poem         c) a novel      e) a fable

b)     a fiction.        d) an adventure

3.     All the alternatives below are correct, except:

a)     Dracula was probably inspired in Vlad the Impaler.

b)     Vlad the Impaler really lived six hundred years ago.

c)      Bram Stoker met Vlad the Impaler.

d)     Bram Stoker was an Irish author.

e)     Vlad the Impaler tortured his victims.

4.     Mark the correct alternative

a)     Bram Stocker died at the age of 65.

b)     Vlad became a ruler in 1400.

c)      Romania bought Trabsylvania.

d)     Stoker gave a nickname to Vlad.

e)     Vlad drove skates through the bodies of his enemies.

5.     Mark the correct verb sequence.

a)     to write -  written – written.

b)     To become – became – beame.

c)      To drive – drove – driven

d)     To get – got – gatten.

e)     To left – left – left.

Texto 2 - A mother in doubt.

A mother in doubt

Dear Mr. Clover,

My daugther Laura tries to study English every day. But she never learns it well. Do you think that she has a bad memory for languages?

Aretha Thompson.

Dear Mrs. Thompson,

I don´t think Laura has a bad memory for languages. She is a bright student. Maybe your daughter lacks interest or she doesn´t like the subject for one reason or another. Perhaps she is studying at a wrong time of the day. You say that she “tries to study”. Why doesn´t she really study? I mean, study and not try to.

Sometimes people pretend to study, but unconsciously they don´t pay attention to what they are doing. Ask Laura to talk to her teacher before it is late.

Ken Clover (coordinator) 

Check your reading

Mark the correct answer.

1 – Mrs. Thompson writes to Mr. Clover in the condition of a:

a) student.               b) mother                        c) teacher

d) daughter             e) coordinator.

2 – Laura:

a)    doesn’t learn English well

b)    doesn’t pay attention in school.

c)    don’t study English with attention.

d)    don’t have a good memory.

e)    Doesn’t like languages.

3 – Mr. Ken Clover thinks that Laura is a:

a)    bad student.

b)    good daughter.

c)    girl without memory.

d)    good student.

e)    bad daughter.

4 – According to the text:

a)    Mrs. Thompson is being impatient with Mr. Clover.

b)    Mr. Clover is worryng too much.

c)    Mrs. Thompson is searching for another school for Laura.

d)    Mr. Clover is planning another classroom for Laura.

e)    Mrs. Thompson is trying to help Laura.

5 – The text is about.

a)    school problems.

b)    discipline.

c)    learning difficulties.

d)    adoloscence conflicts.

     e)    bad students.  

Texto 1 - Monarchies

Monarchies

There are still some monarchies all over the world.  However, not so many as there were in the distant past.

In a monarchy there is a sovereign such as a king, a queen, an emperor or an empress – in short – a monarch.

There was a time when monarchies were absolute. Nowadays, they are often limited by a constituiton, that is, the king or queen is the sovereign but the Parliament is responsible for the real government.

One of the most ancient and famous monarchies in the world is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The countries of the nited Kingdom are: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (or Ulster).

Among the British people there is some cristicism about the empire, but even this is part of a millenary tradition. 

Check your Reading

1-     Marque a alternativa de acordo com o texto.

a)     Ainda há muitas monarquias no mundo

b)     Há diferenças entre monarquias e soberanos.

c)      O monarca é um dos reis da monarquia.

d)     Antigamente havia muito mais monarquias.

e)     Uma imperatriz não pode ser monarca.

2-     Segundo o texto, na maioria das monarquias modernas:

a)     o rei reina, mas não governa.

b)     O rei reina e governa.

c)      O monarca é absoluto.

d)     O monarca atribui o governo ao Parlamento.

e)     A soberania é de um rei e de uma rainha

3-     O texto informa que:

a)     a republica da Irlanda faz parte do Reino Unido

b)     O reino Unido é formado por quatro países.

c)      A Grã-Bretanha faz parte da Inglaterra.

d)     A Gália faz parte do Reino Unido.

e)     O Reino Unido é a monarquia mais antiga no mundo.

4-     De acordo com o texto, podemos deduzir que:

a)     os britânicos criticam o império, sem poupar inclusive a tradição.

b)     Apesar da tradição milenar, os britânicos são criticados por seu governo.

c)      O sistema monárquico não conta com a aprovação total dos britânicos.

d)     A crítica aos imperialistas britânicos faz parte da tradição.

e)     Até a crítica do povo britânico é milenar.

5-     As palavras even this, sublinhadas no texto referem-se:

a)     ao povo britânico.

b)     A milenar.

c)      À tradição.

d)     Ao império.

e)     À crítica.

6-     A expressão “in short” traduz-se por:

a)     ou seja.

b)     Em resumo.

c)      Em princípio.

d)     A propósito.

e)     Isto é. 

Boa sorte!!!

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