Atividades do livro 3 - páginas 15 e 16

TEXT 2

Take a look at the text and answer.

1.      This is the front page of an American newspaper. Which newspaper is it?
2.      When was it published?
3.      What is the main headline?

A creeping horror

(...)

By N. R. Kleinfield

It kept getting worse.

1 The horror arrived in episodic bursts of chilling disbelief, signified first by trembling floors, sharp eruptions, cracked windows. (...) There was the merciless sight of bodies helplessly tumbling out, some of them in flames.

2 Finally, the mighty towers themselves were reduced to nothing. Dense plumes of smoke raced through the downtown avenues, coursing between the buildings, shaped like tornadoes on their sides.

3 Every sound was cause for alarm. A plane appeared overhead. Was another one coming? No, it was a fighter jet. But was it friend or enemy? People scrambled for their lives, but they didn't know where to go. Should they go north, south, east, west? Stay outside, go indoors? People hid beneath cars and each other. Some contemplated jumping into the river (...).

The New York Times, Sep. 12. 2001.

OUÇA O ÁUDIO 3 AQUI.

Atenção: Escute quantas vezes você achar que é necessário.

A)    Indicate which paragraphs these descriptions are found in.

1.      What happened around the buildings and avenues nearby. ________________
2.      What happened to the buildings and people. __________________________
3.      The fear that people felt after the attacks. ____________________________

English for all. Vol. 3. Aun, Eliana. Moraes, Maria Clara Prete de. Sansanovicz, Neuza Bilia. 1. ed. - São Paulo: Saraiva, 2010. p 15.

B)    Match things and the way they were transformed during and after the attacks.

1.      windows                                (           ) in flames

2.      floor                                       (           ) reduced to nothing

3.      the towers                              (           ) cracked

4.      some bodies                           (           ) trembled

C)    Find in the text.

1.      A destruição das torres gêmeas foi feita por aviões sequestrados.

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2.      As avenidas no centro da cidade foram cobertas por nuvens de fumaça.

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3.      As pessoas não sabiam que rumo seguir.

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4.      O terror chegou em explosões sequenciais e arrepiantes.

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English for all. Vol. 3. Aun, Eliana. Moraes, Maria Clara Prete de. Sansanovicz, Neuza Bilia. 1. ed. - São Paulo: Saraiva, 2010. p 16.

Tenham um bom aprendizado!!