LAW AND CRIME VOCABULARY - Part II (Vocabulario - Lei e Crimes)

Guilty	Culpado	Law suit	Processo
Handcuffs	Algemas	Be at the law	Estar em demanda
Hanging	Enforcamento	Charge someone with (murder)	Acusar alguém de
Hijack	Seqüestrar avião	Be in force	Estar em vigor
Hostage	Refém	Break the law	Transgridir / violar a lei
Jail / prison	Cadeia	Get wind	Ventilar, suspeitar
Judge	Juíz	Go to law	Processar
Judgement	Julgamento	Go to the bar	Ir ao tribunal
Jury	Juri	Have a drag	Obter um habeas corpus
Lawcourt	Tribunal	Read the law	Interpretar a lei
Kidnapping	Sequestro	Release	Soltar da prisão
Lawyer	Advogado	Take legal advice	Consultar um advogado
Life imprisonment	Prisão perpétua	Take the law into one’s hands	Fazer justiça pelas próprias mãos
Mercy killing	Eutanásia
Murder	Homicídio
Offence	Delito
Outlaw	Fora-da-lei
Pickpocket	Batedor de carteira
Police station	Delegacia
Proof	Prova

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LAW AND CRIME – Part I ( VOCABULARY (Vocabulário – Lei e crimes)

LAW AND CRIME

Armed robery	Assalto a mão armada	VERBS / EXPRESSIONS
Attempted murder	Tentativa de assassinato	Arrest	Prender
Attorney	Procurador	Burgle	Assaltar
bail	Fiança	Kill	Matar
Bar	Tribunal	Hang	Enforcar
Blackmail	Chantagem	Murder	Assassinar
Burglar	Assaltante	Prosecute	Processar
Case	Caso judicial	Rescue	Resgatar
Cell	Cela	Rob	Assaltar
Clues	Indícios	Seize	Confiscar
Convict	Condenar	Set fire to	Atear fogo
Court	Tribunal	Shoplift	Roubo em loja, shopping
Death penalty	Pena de morte	Shoot	Atirar
Defendant	Réu, acusado	Steal	roubar
Dock	Banco dos réus	Urdergo	Submeter-se
Drug trafficking	Tráfico de drogas	At law / at the bar	No tribunal
Evidence	Prova	Against the law	Contra a lei
Gown or robe	Toga	Blue laws	Leis puritanas
Fingerprints	Impressões digitais	Civil law	Direito civil
Fine	Multa	In the act	Em flagrante

TEXT COMPREHENSION EXERCISES - (INTERPRETAÇÃO DE TEXTOS)

September 11, 2001 -  The worst terrorist attack in history

On September 11, 2001, the world witnessed the most terrifying yet the best planned terrorist action of all times (or one can see in a lifetime). 

The twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York, the highest building in the USA and one of the highest of the world, were destroyed by two airplanes - the biggest ones used for domestic flights - which crashed into the towers.

At 8:45 a.m., American Airlines Flight II Boeing 767, going from Boston to Los Angeles, with 92 people on board, slammed into the north tower. Everybody thought it was an accident.

About 18 minutes later, however, the same kind of plane, also en route from Boston to LA, with 65 people on board, hit the south tower. Now everybody was sure it was a terrorist attack.

At 10:05 a.m. the south tower collapsed and 20 minutes later, the north tower came down too.

New York city had the worst day of its history and the New Yorkers had the saddest and most painful sight in their lives - people crying for help, others yelling, others jumping out of the windows, many trying to get out, but most of them getting trapped by the fire and dying. 

In the meantime, not far from New York, another plane, this time a Boeing 707 with 64 passengers and crew members, crashed into the Pentagon, the most important center of the American military power. One of the building's  five sides came down. More than one thousand people later were found dead under the debris. 

Yet, another Boeing 757, with 38 passengers and seven crew members crashed near Pittsburgh, before it could its target - Camp David, where in September of 1978, Jimmy Carter, President  of the USA then, met Muhammad Anwar Al. Sadat, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, and Menachen Begin, Prime Minister of Israel, to sign a peace agreement for the Middle East.

The planes, hijacked by merciless terrorists, were used to kill thousands of innocent people and to try to destroy the most significant American symbols of financial, military and political power.

One of the richest and most feared terrorists in the world had declared 3 weeks before that he was preparing "the most daring" and  "most striking" attack  one has ever seen, to protest against the support given by the Americans to Israel.

Whoever did that will never have enough reasons to justify such hideous deed.

What else can we say! The pieces of dead bodies and their smell coming from under the debris lead us to conclude that pride, fanaticism of any kind, revenge, anger, thirst for power and hate, are the worst, most destructive, most harmful, most unfair and most cruel feelings which can inhabit the human heart.

                
                                                                                                                             (adapted from Newsweek)




Exercises:

01. How does the text describe this terrorist attack? 

02. How many and what were the targets? 

03. Concerning the New Yorkers, How does the text describe this day?


04. Concerning the people that were inside the World Trade Center, How does the text describe what  happened to them? 


05. Concerning the text, What is the Pentagon?


06. Besides the WTC and the Pentagon  was there another target? Explain?


07. What was the purpose of this attack?

08. Concerning the text, one of the richest and most feared terrorists in the world had declared 3 weeks before that he was preparing this attack. How did he define this attack?

09. How high were the twin towers concerning to the text?

10. Explique qual a diferença entre o superlativo e o comparativo de superioridade. Suporte sua resposta com exemplos de texto.

11. Qual a diferença entre "How far" e "how long"?








12. Qual a diferença entre "how tall" e "how high"?

EXERCISES - PREPOSITIONS (exercícios sobre preposição):

 

1 - Complete Corretamente usando IN, ON ou AT, quando necessário:

a) I am going to meet you _______ Saturday, ____ a quarter past three.

b) Dave went to Paris ______ June, ______ 1999.

c) ___ the morning I usually have classes, ___ the afternoons I always visit my friend cecil and ____ night I sometimes watch TV.

d) She'll be here ____ a few minutes.

e) The party will be ___ eight, ___ the evening ____ September 26^th.

f) ____ Easter I used to have dinner with my parents, but ___ Christmas day I have dinner with my parents-in-law.

g) ________ This year we have classes with Mr. Burlington.

h) I would like to go out with you  _____ the end of the class.

i) Can you be ___ time for lunch, please?

j) Sorry, I can't talk to you ___ the moment, but I can see you ___ lunchtime.

k) I will travel to India ___ my vacations ____ next year.

l) Shakespeare was born _____ 1564 ___ Stratford-upon-avon ___ England.

m) I live _____ 33 Washington Street.

n) Pedro Alvares Cabral discovered Brazil _____ 22 April, 1500.

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Respostas:

a) I am going to meet you __on__ Saturday, __at__ a quarter past three.

b) Dave went to Paris __in__ June, __x__1999.

c) _in__ the morning I usually have classes, _in__ the afternoons I always visit my friend cecil and __at__ night I sometimes watch TV.

d) She'll be here _in___ a few minutes.

e) The party will be _at__ eight, _in__ the evening __on__ September 26^th.

f) __At__ Easter I used to have dinner with my parents, but _on__ Christmas day I have dinner with my parents-in-law.

g) ___x_____ This year we have classes with Mr. Burlington.

h) I would like to go out with you  _at____ the end of the class.

i) Can you be _in__ time for lunch, please?

j) Sorry, I can't talk to you _at__ the moment, but I can see you _at__ lunchtime.

k) I will travel to India _on__ my vacations __x__ next year.

l) Shakespeare was born __in___ 1564 _in__ Stratford-upon-avon _in__ England.

m) I live __at___ 33 Washington Street.

n) Pedro Alvares Cabral discovered Brazil __on___ 22 April, 1500.

Lembre-se:

- Não use as preposições AT, ON e IN antes de: LAST, NEXT, THIS and EVERY

IN	ON	AT
Anos	Dias da semana	Horário
Estações do ano	Mês + dia	Refeições
Meses (sem mencionar o dia)	Datas especiais quando se menciona a palavra DAY. On Christmas day	Festividades (Sem mencionar  DAY) At Christmas
Períodos do dia	Períodos do dia adjetivados On a cold morning
Informar tempo gasto In a few minutes In a week In six months		Expressões: At the moment At present At the same time
In time (em tempo suficiente)	On time (na hora certa)
Atenção: in the night (no meio da noite)		At night (quando é noite)
In the mirror	On holiday	At the top
In the sky	On vacation	At the end
In the middle	On the phone	At the meeting
In a book, In a magazine	On the radio	At the party
In white	On her bike	At a football mach
In bed	On business	At 100o Celcius
In prison	On page 33
In the sun	On a diet
In the dark
=> Posição - Dentro	=> Lugar	=> lugar definido
In the car	On the Island	At the airport
In the Kitchen	On the farm	At the bus stop
In the vase	On the beach	At the theater
In the garden	On the train	At the restaurant
In the yard	On the plane	At school
In the pocket		At work
In the room		At the window
In the forest		At home

TEXT COMPREHENSION EXERCISES - (INTERPRETAÇÃO DE TEXTOS - ENSINO MÉDIO)

Water is perhaps man's most important natural resource. He needs it for drinking and home uses, for agriculture, for the power to run his machines. and even for boating, fishing and relaxation. But usable water is not as abundant as the demand for it has been. For centuries men have fought each other over their rights to use springs, streams, and rivers which are so essential to life. Because the earth's water supply is not distributed evenly, one area suffers from floods while another is parched and dried up and still another enjoys ideal conditions. Much of man's energy has been spent in diverting rivers and streams and digging wells and canals. Unfortunately, man has not been very successful in his efforts to redistribute his water supply evenly.

Man's efforts to control water were not always successful. Although wonderful progress was made in some areas, such as when desert regions became, green and fertile, in other areas great harm was done. The delicate balance of nature is upset by lowering water levels or by polluting rivers with industrial wastes.

                Sometimes the whole climate of an area is affected by water changes. In earlier centuries, man satisfied his needs by living only were water was abundant. If the land became damaged, he would move to a better location.

                Hydrologists have already discovered many possible ways to help the earth's water problems, but a practical application of many of them is not yet possible, mainly because of the expense.

Vocabulary:

resource = recurso                                                                                                                                                                                                   

century = século

to flight = lutar, combater

evenly = uniformemente, igualmente

flood = inundação

parched = ressequido, tostado

spring = fonte, primavera, mola espiral

although = apesar de, não obstante

harm = dano, prejuizo

main = principal

01) Choose the right translation:

'For centuries men have fought each other over their rights to use springs, streams and rivers".

(   ) a) Durante séculos os homens lutaram sobre seus direitos para usar as fontes, correntes e rios.

(   ) b) Por séculos, os homens lutaram pelos seus direitos em usar as fontes, correntes e rios.

(   ) c) Durante séculos os homens lutaram pelos seus direitos de usar fontes, correntes e rios.

02) "Unfortunately, man has not been very successful in his efforts to redistribute his water supply evenly".

(   ) a) Infelizmente, os homens não foram bem sucedidos em seus esforços para redistribuir seu provisionamento de água com igualdade.

(   ) b) Infelizmente, os homens não foram muito bem sucedidos em seus esforços para redistribuir sua provisão de água uniformemente.

(   ) c) Infelizmente, o homem -não foi bem sucedido em seu esforço para redistribuir a sua provisão de água igualmente. 

03) "Although, wonderful progress was made in some areas, in others great harm was done".

(   ) a) Apesar de que um maravilhoso progresso foi feito am algumas áreas, em outras foi feito um grande beneficio.

(   ) b) Apesar de que, em algumas áreas um grande progresso foi feito, em outras foi feito um grande dano.

(   ) c) Apesar de que um maravilhoso progresso foi obtido em algumas áreas, em outras  um grande dano foi feito.

(   ) d) Apesar de que um grande progresso foi feito em determinadas áreas, em outras um grande prejuízo foi feito.

04) "If the land became damaged, he would move to a better location".

(   )a) Se a terra fosse danificada, ele se mudaria para um lugar melhor.

(   )b) Se a terra ficasse prejudicada, ele mudaria para uma localidade melhor.

(   ) c) Se a terra ficasse arruinada, ele mudaria para uma localidade melhor.

(   ) d) Se a terra ficasse estragada, ele mudaria para um lugar melhor.

05) Write "T" (True) or "F" (False) in the parentheses.

The text says that:

(   ) a) Man's most important resource is water.)

(   ) b) Usable water is as abundant as the demand for it has been.

(   ) c) Springs, streams, and rivers are not so essential to life.

(   ) d) Man has been successful in redistributing his water supply evenly.

(   ) e) Man's efforts to control water were not always successful.

(   ) f) The climate of an area is not affected by water changes.

(   ) g) In earlier centuries man lived only where water was abundant.

(   ) h) In earlier centuries man moved to wherever the land was damaged.

(   ) i) Earth's water problems are easily helped by the hydrologist's discoveries.

06) Em poucas palavras, qual é o assunto principal do texto:

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Respostas:

01 - C
02 - C
03 - C
04 - A

05 - A - T / B - F / C - F / D - F / E - T / F - F / G - T / H  -  F / I -  F

06 - A necessidade do homem proteger seu mais importante recurso natural - a água.