TEXTO INGLÊS -PROVÃO

SOS

It has existed since the world began. It has been changing its shape for millions of years. It comes in and goes out every day. It is beautiful and very useful. But it can also be violent and dangerous. What is it?

You go under it, you will discover a vast, silent world: a world that has been giving Man essential food __ salt and fish __ for thousands of years. Oil and natural gas have been discovered in the ground that it covers. If we take good care of it, those resources will give us all the heat and light that we need. If …

If we stop testing bombs in it. If we stop using it as a rubbish dump, making it dirty and polluted. If we stop pouring dangerous chemicals into it, killing the fish and the plants.

If we __ you and I __ , all of us, act now to stop all that, maybe it will still live. But if we don’t do anything about it, the sea will suffocate and die.

(Adapted from Imagine You’re English, D. Gibbs and N. Goodey.)

VOCABULARY

1.SOS: no texto (Save Our Seas) – pedido de Socorro – 2.sea: mar – 3.it has existed: existem – 4.it has been changing: vem mudando – 4.useful: útil – 5.dangerous: perigoso – 6.It has been giving: tem dado – 7.They have been discovered: foram descobertos – 8.ground: solo(fundo do mar) – 9.resources: recursos – 10.heat: calor – 11.light: luz – 12.rubbish dump: monte de lixo – 13.dirty: sujo – 14.pour(pouring):despejar, derramar intencionalmente – 15.chemicals: substâncias químicas – 16.take care of: cuidar – 17.its shape: sua forma, formato