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A Guide to Harvard “A Cappella!”
A cappella is such a big deal on all college campuses these days, I thought I’d write a post about what Harvard has to offer (spoiler alert: many incredibly talented groups)! There are so many groups that we have a cappella jams fairly often, and it’s always a good time to go hear the other groups perform.
Some of my favorite memories are hanging out with my a cappella group members both on campus and around the country (and soon the world during our summer tour!). The Harvard a cappella community is absurdly diverse and talented – I think every Harvard student should take advantage of all we have on campus and go see a show!
Disponível em: https://college.harvard.edu. Acesso em: 11 dez. 2017 (adaptado).
A expressão “a cappella” caracteriza o ato de cantar sem o acompanhamento de instrumentos musicais. A expressão “big deal”, usada com relação a esse tema, indica que
SIPRESS. Disponível em: www.newyorker.com. Acesso em: 12 jun. 2018.
"My desire to be well-informed is currently
at odds with my desire to remain sane."
Becoming
Back in the ancestral homeland of Michelle Obama, black women were rarely granted the honorific Miss or Mrs., but were addressed by their first name, or simply as “gal” or “auntie” or worse. This so openly demeaned them that many black women, long after they had left the South, refused to answer if called by their first name. A mother and father in 1970s Texas named their newborn “Miss” so that white people would have no choice but to address their daughter by that title. Black women were meant for the field or the kitchen, or for use as they saw fit. They were, by definition, not ladies. The very idea of a black woman as first lady of the land, well, that would have been unthinkable.
Disponível em: www.nytimes.com. Acesso em: 28 dez. 2018 (adaptado).
A crítica do livro de memórias de Michelle Obama, ex-primeira-dama dos EUA, aborda a história das relações humanas na cidade natal da autora. Nesse contexto, o uso do vocábulo “unthinkable” ressalta que
Women in Theatre: Why Do So Few Make It to the Top?
An all-female Julius Caesar (A Shakespeare play) has just hit the stage, but it's a rarity in theatre. In a special report, Charlotte Higgins asks leading figures why women are still underrepresented at every level of the business — and what needs to change.
HIGGINS, C. Disponível em: www.guardian.co.uk. Acesso em: 12 dez. 2012.
O vocábulo “rarity” tem um papel central na abordagem do assunto desse texto, que destaca a
Based on the text, judge the following items.
A synonymous word for “homework” (line 2) is housework.
A person from “Poland” (line 12) is a Pole.
Both yet and nevertheless express the same idea as “However” in paragraph 2
In paragraph 3, using in spite of the fact that instead of “Although” will not affect the meaning of the sentence.
Based on the text 19A1BBB, judge the following item.
The verb “confine” (l.12) is synonymous with restrict.
Text 19A3AAAThe transfer of patterns from the native language is undoubtedly one of the major sources of errors in learner language. However, there are other causes for errors too, one of which is overgeneralization of target-language rules. For example, research has shown that second-language learners from different first-language backgrounds often make the same kinds of errors when learning a particular second language. In such cases, second-language errors are evidence of the learners’ efforts to discover the structure of the target language itself rather than attempts to transfer patterns from their first language. Interestingly, some of these errors are remarkably similar to the kinds of errors made by first language learners.These observations are a strong indication that second language learning is not simply a process of putting second-language words into first-language sentences. Research has also shown that aspects of the second language which are different from the first language will not necessarily be acquired later or with more difficulty than those aspects which are similar.On the other hand, when errors are caused by the overextension of some partial similarity between the first and second languages, these errors may be difficult to overcome. This may be particularly problematic if learners are frequently in contact with other learners who make the same errors.Lightbown, P. & Spada, N. How languages are learned. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999, p. 165 (adapted).
Judge the following item according to text 19A3AAA.
Overextension is one type of overgeneralization error
Considering the grammatical and semantic aspects of text I, decide whether the following items are right (C) or wrong (E).
The words “clad” (l. 18) and “quaffing” (l.19) could be correctly replaced by dressed and sipping without this altering the meaning of the sentence, although this substitution would make the text less humorous.
Judge the following iten considering the ideas of text CB5A2AAA and the vocabulary used in it.
Software methods constitute attempts to make software better.
Text CB5A1AAA
M. Victor Condé. Basic human rights. In: A handbook of international human rights terminology. 2nd ed., p. 23-4 (adapted).
According to the text CB5A1AAA, judge the next item.
The expressions “In concept” (l.4) and “in theory” (l.16) have similar meanings in the text, as they both refer to notions or characteristics which are in the abstract level.
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