Textos para Prova Mensal de Inglês - Março - 3º Médio

Wealth doesn't always predict good health

   NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The findings from a study of insulin resistance in Europe suggest that high earnings and an advanced educational level do not always translate into good health. In Denmark, children of the most educated and highest earning parents showed the least insulin resistance. By contrast, in Estonia and Portugal, just the opposite was seen.

   Insulin resistance, also known as decreased insulin sensitivity, develops when blood sugar levels need to get much higher before insulin release is triggered. Over time, this resistance can cause health problems and lead to diabetes.

   The findings, which appear in the current issue of the British Medical Journal, are based on a study of about 1,000 randomly selected schoolchildren living in each of the three countries. In the Danish group, children of the most educated fathers had 24 percent lower insulin resistance than children of the least educated fathers, lead author Dr. Debbie A. Lawlor, from the University of Bristol in the UK, and colleagues note. A similar association was seen with parent income. In the Estonian and Portuguese groups, however, children of the most educated fathers had 15 percent and 19 percent higher insulin resistance, respectively, than their peers of the least educated fathers. The magnitude of these associations was largely unchanged when the findings were adjusted for other potentially influential factors.

EDITORIAL

   This issue of "Gender Equality News" focuses on trafficking of women. It is recognized that we need to look not only at changing the attitudes of the authorities who deal with trafficked victims, but also the prejudices that victims may face within their own communities when and if they return. Julie Bindel opens the debate by looking at the response in the UK to this problem. Alongside the need to revisit the legislation on prosecution of traffickers and our support for victims, she argues that we need to address the fundamental question of demand. Judge Nimfa Cuesta Vilches from the Philippines provides an overview of current law provision on trafficking in her own country. A British Council colleague contributes her view of the socioeconomic conditions that make women in Ukraine vulnerable to the professional international traffickers. Other perspectives from Greece and Bulgaria look at bringing together agencies to work on this issue and the need to raise awareness among vulnerable groups and the community at large. Finally, as a departure from our main focus in this issue, we have the wonderful photographs by Nancy Durrell Mckenna. In an interview she explains the reasons she set up her charity, Safehands for Mothers.

   Our next issue will focus on CEDAW and the progress made 25 years on from its creation, and we welcome articles and photographs on this topic.

Alison Smith (Gender Equality Consultant)

Torre dos Templários de Hyères

Torre de Saint-Blaise, também conhecida como a Torre dos Templários. A construção é o que restou de uma comendadoria templária construída na cidade de Hyères, França, no século XII.

X Non nobis Domine X

Dalai Lama tomando chá no supermercado japonês

Robson Gimenes 

em 高野山 / Koyasan.

Ito-gun, Wakayama, Japão · 

A caminho de mais uma palestra, em Koyasan, Japão, no mês passado, o Dalai Lama pediu para pararem os carros, desceu e entrou em um supermercado para tomar um chá gelado. Será que ele pagou pela bebida? Ou fez a propaganda de graça? Os grandes precisam de pouco para viver... e para se divertir!

Texto de Espanhol - Ensino Médio - Trimestral de Novembro 2016

Comer saludable, barato y rápido

En la vida actual, sobre todo en las grandes ciudades, es frecuente comer mal, a las apuradas y gastando demasiado en un platillo en un restaurante o una casa de comida rápida.

A diferencia de lo que se cree, es posible comer saludable, barato y rápido, ya sea en el hogar, en la oficina o en las vacaciones.

Aprovecha el desayuno. No hay nada peor que salir a la calle con el estómago vacío. La primera comida del día debe ser la más importante y luego ir disminuyendo las ingestas. Al desayunar en casa no sólo podrás empezar tu jornada con tu familia, sino que gastarás menos y comerás más sano.

Prefiere un desayuno completo en casa, con lácteos, cereales y frutas. Puedes ir añadiendo ingredientes de a poco si no estás acostumbrado.

Cuando estás en la oficina, miras el reloj y te das cuenta que falta mucho para ir a almorzar, pero tu estómago hace demasiado ruido como para esperar. Lo puedes “engañar” comiendo algo.

Presta atención, que no vale cualquier cosa. Nada de dulces, bollería o snacks. Opta por una fruta, una barra de cereal o un puñado de frutos secos (los puedes llevar de tu casa y ahorrar dinero).

Además de que comer fuera sale por una fortuna, la comida no es del todo confiable y saludable. Tal vez no tengas tiempo para cocinar todos los días, pero una buena idea es preparar una porción más en la cena para que sobre y la puedas llevar al trabajo.

Además de consumir comida hecha o de restaurante de lunes a viernes, los fines de semana es muy frecuente salir con amigos o en pareja a comer fuera o bien pedir al delivery. Toda esta comida suele ser grasosa, poco sana y sobre todo, costosa. Prefiere juntarte en casa de alguien y cocinar entre todos (turnarse para que no siempre sea el mismo el que cocina es una buena opción). Si van a pedir comida, que no sea la típica pizza.

Por ejemplo, las frutas de temporada y locales son más económicas que las importadas y de cámara. Además, tienen mejor sabor, son más naturales y te aportarán todos los nutrientes que necesitas.

Prefiere una manzana a un paquete de patatas fritas, por ejemplo.

Bebe agua. No solamente porque es bueno para tu salud y te mantendrá hidratado, sino también porque es más económicas que los refrescos o los zumos industriales. Y como si fuera poco, no te aportará calorías ni ingredientes nocivos para tu salud.

Presta atención a lo que tienes en la nevera. Antes de ir al mercado a comprar, echa un vistazo a tu refrigerador. Esto te servirá para utilizar lo que ya tienes, dejar volar tu imaginación (no hay nada más delicioso que un invento culinario entre lo que se encuentra en la cocina) y evitar tirar lo que está pasado o vencido.

Fijate bien en las fechas de vencimiento o en la apariencia de los alimentos. Trata de consumirlos antes de que se pongan feos.

Aprovecha todo. No deseches aquello que puedes comer. Tal vez no sabías, pero cocinar las patatas con piel te servirá para consumir más de este vegetal, lo mismo que las frutas con cáscara (las que se puede, obviamente). Puedes usar las pencas o las hojas de ciertas hortalizas para hacer rebozados, ensaladas y tortillas, o hasta rellenas. Muchos residuos nos servirían para hacer recetas deliciosas.

Busca precios. No te dejes llevar por las ofertas, controla la calidad e conoce los precios de las tiendas de tu barrio. Y si estás en economía de guerra, vale todo.

Usa más legumbres y cereales. Estos super alimentos no sólo son muy nutritivos, sino que además rinden bastante, porque sacian tu hambre por más tiempo.

Los alimentos que no pueden faltar en tu plan de ahorro y salud y que servirán para que prepares una gran cantidad de recetas, son saludables y no cuestan tanto. Los más recomendables son el yogur griego, la quinoa, la canela, los pimientos, el té verde, la toronja, la sandía, las peras, las manzanas, los huevos, la avena, la sopa, el vinagre, las nueces, la carne magra, el pescado, las patatas, la cebolla, el ajo, el limón y la leche desnatada.

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The Secret Language

   More than half of what we communicate is communicated not through words but through body language. This includes our posture, facial expressions, and gestures. Because body language is so important, you’ll want to know what yours is saying and how to interpret other people’s, too. Here are some examples of body language and its meaning. (Note: These meanings are for North America. Interpretations may differ a bit in other cultures.) If your posture is slumped and your head is down, this could mean that you are sad or lack confidence. If your posture is straight, but relaxed, you are expressing confidence and friendliness.

   A smile is a sign of friendliness and interest. But people sometimes smile just to be polite. To get another clue from people’s faces, notice their eyes. Friendliness and interest are expressed when a person’s eyes meet yours (especially when you’re the one who’s talking) and then look away and meet yours again. A person who doesn’t look away is expressing challenge. A person who doesn’t look at you is expressing lack of interest or is shy. Hand gestures can mean a person is interested in the conversation. But repeated movements – like a pencil or tapping a foot – often mean the person is either impatient or nervous. Stay away from someone who points at you while talking with you: that person might be angry at you or feel surprised to you.

Texto para a Integrada de Nov 2016 - 2º Médio

The Secret Language

   More than half of what we communicate is communicated not through words but through body language. This includes our posture, facial expressions, and gestures. Because body language is so important, you’ll want to know what yours is saying and how to interpret other people’s, too. Here are some examples of body language and its meaning. (Note: These meanings are for North America. Interpretations may differ a bit in other cultures.) If your posture is slumped and your head is down, this could mean that you are sad or lack confidence. If your posture is straight, but relaxed, you are expressing confidence and friendliness.

   A smile is a sign of friendliness and interest. But people sometimes smile just to be polite. To get another clue from people’s faces, notice their eyes. Friendliness and interest are expressed when a person’s eyes meet yours (especially when you’re the one who’s talking) and then look away and meet yours again. A person who doesn’t look away is expressing challenge. A person who doesn’t look at you is expressing lack of interest or is shy. Hand gestures can mean a person is interested in the conversation. But repeated movements – like a pencil or tapping a foot – often mean the person is either impatient or nervous. Stay away from someone who points at you while talking with you: that person might be angry at you or feel surprised to you.

Texto para a Integrada de Nov 2016 - 3º Médio

How urban legends work

   In 1994, the Las Vegas police reported a disturbing series of crimes along the Vegas strip. The first victim in this wave was an Ohio man in town for a sales convention. At the bar in his hotel, the man happened to strike up a conversation with an attractive young woman. According to the man, the two hit it off, sharing several drinks over the course of a couple hours. At some point, the man blacked out, and when he came to, he found himself lying in a hotel bathtub, covered in ice. There was a phone resting on the floor beside the tub, with an attached note that said, "Call 911or you will die." He called an ambulance and was rushed to the hospital, where the doctors informed him that he had undergone massive surgery. One of his kidneys had been removed, apparently by a gang selling human organs on the black market. Following this occurrence, many similar crimes were reported, leading Las Vegas police to issue warnings to travellers visiting the city.

   There is a good chance that you have heard this story, or some variation of it. News of the Vegas "organ harvesters" has been passed on by thousands and thousands of people over the course of 10 years. It has been relayed by word of mouth, e-mail and even printed fliers. But there is absolutely no evidence that any such thing ever occurred, in Las Vegas or anywhere else. This fictional story is a quintessential urban legend, an incredible tale passed from one person to another as truth.

   In this article, we'll look at urban legends to see what they are, where they come from and why they spread so quickly. We'll also explore some ideas regarding the social significance of urban legends, as well as take a look at how the stories have changed over the years.

   Generally speaking, an urban legend is any modern, fictional story, told as truth, that reaches a wide audience by being passed from person to person. Urban legends are often false, but not always. A few turn out to be largely true, and a lot of them were inspired by an actual event but evolved into something different in their passage from person to person. More often than not, it is not possible to trace an urban legend back to its original source -- they seem to come from nowhere.