Violência, drogas, condições de trabalho, relacionamentos, saúde pública etc. são sérias preocupações deste começo de século. Será que no início do século XX as pessoas tinham as mesmas inquietações?
TEXT 1
A) Take a look at the text and the picture and answer the question.
Where is this text from?
B) Mark the correct option.
1. This photo is from
( ) the beginning of the 20th century.
( ) the beginning of the 21st century.
( ) the end of the 20th century.
English for all. Vol. 1. Aun, Eliana. Moraes, Maria Clara Prete de. Sansanovicz, Neuza Bilia. 1. ed. - São Paulo: Saraiva, 2010. p 88.
2. How did you arrive at this conclusion?
( ) By the lack of colors.
( ) By the men's and women's clothes.
( ) By the words in the banners.
3. What are the people doing?
( ) They are taking part in a sports event.
( ) They are on a parade.
( ) They are protesting.
4. What is it about?
( ) Men's rights.
( ) Men's arid women's rights.
( ) Women's rights.
5. What kind of rights?
( ) The right to vote.
( ) The right to work.
( ) The right to study.
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English for all. Vol. 1. Aun, Eliana. Moraes, Maria Clara Prete de. Sansanovicz, Neuza Bilia. 1. ed. - São Paulo: Saraiva, 2010. p 89.
A) Match the sentences according to the main ideas presented in each paragraph.
1. Life expectancy of a child at the beginning of the 20th century.
2. Explanation of w h y we think we have more problems nowadays.
3. The problems people had at the beginning of 1900.
4. A questioning comparing family problems in the past and in the present.
( ) 4th paragraph
( ) 3rd paragraph
( ) 2nd paragraph
( ) 1st paragraph
B) Mark T (true) or F (false).
( ) Nowadays we usually sweep problems under the rug.
( ) Children used to work full-time in the beginning of the 20th century.
( ) It is not important to consider certain social problems like inattentive parents, teen and child abuse, etc.
C) Mark the period these things refer to.
D) Answer the question.
Whose life expectancy was lower in the beginning of the 20th century, white or black children? Find a sentence in the text to prove your answer.
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English for all. Vol. 1. Aun, Eliana. Moraes, Maria Clara Prete de. Sansanovicz, Neuza Bilia. 1. ed. - São Paulo: Saraiva, 2010. p 90.
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