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Chopin's piano found in English country house
Wed
Mar 21, 2007 12:46PM EDT
LONDON (Reuters)-The grand piano
Frederic Chopin took on his last concert tour has been found in an English
country house thanks to detective work by a Swiss musical scholar.
"It came as a bolt from the
blue," said British collector Alec Cobbe after discovering that the piano
he bought 20 years ago for 2,000 pounds is a piece of musical history.
For more than 150 years after the
composer's death, Chopin's piano vanished until Professor Jean-Jacques
Eigeldinger researched the ledgers of French pianomaker Camille Pleyel.
The scholar, who had met Cobbe at
a Chopin conference, came to see the collector armed with details of where and
to whom all the Pleyel pianos were sold.
By its serial number, he was able
to identify Cobbe's piano as the one the Polish-born composer brought to
Britain on a farewell tour in 1848.
"This really was a rare
moment," Cobbe, a collector of antique keyboard instruments, told Reuters.
"There are only three other
pianos known to have been possessed by Chopin. One is in Paris and one is in
Majorca and neither of those work. The last is in Warsaw," he said.
"Ours works utterly
beautifully. It is something very special when you are playing it."
Before leaving Britain to return
to Paris after what turned out to be the last tour before his death, Chopin
sold the Pleyel to an English aristocrat called Lady Trotter.
Bequeathed to one of her
relatives, the piano ended up in a country mansion before being sent to auction
and then sold to Cobbe by a dealer in antique pianos.
Chopin once remarked "Pleyel
pianos are the last word in perfection." Now music fans can hear what the
composer's music would have actually sounded like in his own salon.
1- Who found Chopin´s last piano?
a) Lady Trotter did.
b) Alec Cobbe did.
c) Camille Pleyel did.
d)
Jean-Jacques
Eigeldinger did
e) An detective did.
2-
Mark
the false alternative, according to the text.
a) Chopin´s last piano was found in
England.
b) Chopin´s last piano was bought for
2,000 pounds by Alec Cobbe in 1987.
c) Chopin´s last piano was made by
Camille Pleyel.
d) Chopin´s last piano is a piece of
musical history.
e)
Chopin´s last piano
has blue bolts in it.
3-
A
synonymous expression for “It came as a bolt from the blue”.
a)
It was a complete
surprise!
b) It was such a success!
c) It was bad news
d) It was dirty!
e) It was completely out of place!
4-
Which
of the alternatives below is false, according to the text?
a) Professor Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger
is Swiss.
b)
Professor Jean-Jacques
Eigeldinger works as a detective in Switzerland.
c) Professor Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger
worked likea detective to find the piano.
d) Professor Jean-Jacques Eigeldingeris
a musical scholar.
e) Professor Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger
identified the piano buy its serial number.
5-
Which
statement is incorrect, according to the text?
a) Chopin was born in Poland.
b) Chopin´s last tour before dying was
in Britain.
c)
Chopin possessed only
three pianos.
d) Chopin said Peyel pianos were
perfect.
e) Chopin´s last piano works absolutely
well.
Male body image
Maybe it’s a shift in society; maybe it’s entirely thanks to David
Beckham, but one way or another men have started to care about the way they
look.
What a great figure
New figures show that the market amongst young men for plastic surgery is bigger than ever; it has doubled in the last five years. In America sales of men’s hair dyes have risen from 18 million to over 100 million in the same period. And the picture looks pretty similar in Britain. Last year the UK grooming market, according to a Mintel report, was estimated to be worth around £585 million in the UK. Clinique reported that their company’s
sales to men increased by 25% in 1999, suggesting that up until recently men have been buying women’s skin care products for themselves. Now the same products are being repackaged to attract the male buyer, so there’s nothing stopping you acting as vain as Big Brother contestant, Paul Clarke.
New figures show that the market amongst young men for plastic surgery is bigger than ever; it has doubled in the last five years. In America sales of men’s hair dyes have risen from 18 million to over 100 million in the same period. And the picture looks pretty similar in Britain. Last year the UK grooming market, according to a Mintel report, was estimated to be worth around £585 million in the UK. Clinique reported that their company’s
sales to men increased by 25% in 1999, suggesting that up until recently men have been buying women’s skin care products for themselves. Now the same products are being repackaged to attract the male buyer, so there’s nothing stopping you acting as vain as Big Brother contestant, Paul Clarke.
Men and their worst bits
When men are dissatisfied, the main focuses of concern are height, stomachs, chests and hair loss. Guys often surreptitiously draw in their stomachs and walk ‘taller’ as they pass mirrors (check it out if you
don’t believe us). Dr Stephen Edwards, a lecturer in Psychology at the University of Wales, Swansea, is currently researching the structure of male body image and body image concerns in men. He believes that young men today feel more pressure to look good than they did just five years ago, but it is still doubtful that they feel the same pressures from media influences as women do. However, he is quick to point out the main body image issues that affect men more than women. “Muscularity is not an issue for women whereas it is for men,” he says. “Being ‘too’ thin is not a problem for women, whereas for men this would be equated with being weedy.”
When men are dissatisfied, the main focuses of concern are height, stomachs, chests and hair loss. Guys often surreptitiously draw in their stomachs and walk ‘taller’ as they pass mirrors (check it out if you
don’t believe us). Dr Stephen Edwards, a lecturer in Psychology at the University of Wales, Swansea, is currently researching the structure of male body image and body image concerns in men. He believes that young men today feel more pressure to look good than they did just five years ago, but it is still doubtful that they feel the same pressures from media influences as women do. However, he is quick to point out the main body image issues that affect men more than women. “Muscularity is not an issue for women whereas it is for men,” he says. “Being ‘too’ thin is not a problem for women, whereas for men this would be equated with being weedy.”
Distorted body image and health problems
“As a general rule, and at the extremes, body image concern in women would be associated with eating disorders, whereas with men exercise addiction is a concern, as is the use of anabolic steroids,” says Dr Edwards.
Recent research backs this up, with evidence of an increase in body-dissatisfaction among males. It has been known that boys go through a phase of relative dissatisfaction with appearance in early adolescence, but physical changes through puberty bring them closer to ideal. There is also some evidence that men undergoing a mid-life crisis (i.e. men between the ages of about 45 and 55) are more likely to be dissatisfied with their appearance.
“As a general rule, and at the extremes, body image concern in women would be associated with eating disorders, whereas with men exercise addiction is a concern, as is the use of anabolic steroids,” says Dr Edwards.
Recent research backs this up, with evidence of an increase in body-dissatisfaction among males. It has been known that boys go through a phase of relative dissatisfaction with appearance in early adolescence, but physical changes through puberty bring them closer to ideal. There is also some evidence that men undergoing a mid-life crisis (i.e. men between the ages of about 45 and 55) are more likely to be dissatisfied with their appearance.
How many men suffer from eating disorders?
No accurate figures exist. Roughly 0.5 - 1% of women between the ages of 18 and 25 experience anorexia nervosa. The figures for bulimia nervosa are probably a little higher. The rate among men is estimated to be only
5% of that in women. “Historically, body image research has been driven by interest in the eating disorders,” explains Dr Edwards. “Given the low figures for males it wasn’t really a research priority. Now, this is changing.”
No accurate figures exist. Roughly 0.5 - 1% of women between the ages of 18 and 25 experience anorexia nervosa. The figures for bulimia nervosa are probably a little higher. The rate among men is estimated to be only
5% of that in women. “Historically, body image research has been driven by interest in the eating disorders,” explains Dr Edwards. “Given the low figures for males it wasn’t really a research priority. Now, this is changing.”
Gay men and body image
Gay men are more likely than straight men to be unhappy with their reflection in the mirror. This seems to be mainly due to the higher emphasis on appearance in gay male culture, although it is possible that stability of relationships may also be a factor as it is often found that people in stable, long-term relationships have a more positive body image than singles.
www.thesite.org/healthandwellbeing/wellbeing/
bodyimageandselfesteem (23/08/2007)
Gay men are more likely than straight men to be unhappy with their reflection in the mirror. This seems to be mainly due to the higher emphasis on appearance in gay male culture, although it is possible that stability of relationships may also be a factor as it is often found that people in stable, long-term relationships have a more positive body image than singles.
www.thesite.org/healthandwellbeing/wellbeing/
bodyimageandselfesteem (23/08/2007)
1-
The text states that
a)
women dye their hair more than men do.
b)
young men look for plastic surgery even if they are satisfied with their
body.
c)
there has been a change in the way the American society sees men.
d)
men have
never worried so much about their appearance as they currently do.
e)
David Beckham often changes the way he looks.
2-
Assinale a alternativa correta quanto ao que se
afirma a respeito dos vocábulos retirados do texto.
a)
“amongst” é o mesmo que
“almost”.
b) “Maybe” expressa
dúvida.
c)
“up until recently”
significa o mesmo que “nowadays”.
d)
“whereas” expressa uma
relação de igualdade.
e)
“straight” tem relação
com o tipo de cabelo.
3-
Assinale a alternativa correta de acordo com o
texto.
a)
Há dez anos, os homens
não se preocupavam com a aparência.
b) Dr. Edwards
pesquisa as preocupações dos homens quanto à imagem corporal.
c)
As mulheres sofrem as
mesmas pressões que os homens para serem magras.
d)
A pressão da mídia é
maior para homens de meia-idade.
e)
Dr. Edwards acredita que
homens e mulheres têm os mesmos problemas com a aparência.
4-
Choose
the alternative in which the word in the text does not refer to the present
time or having begun only a short time ago.
a)
“currently”
b)
“today”
c)
“just”
d)
“recent”
e)
“now”
5-
According to the text:
a)
all skinny women suffer from eating disorders.
b)
middle-aged men are addicted to exercise and anabolic steroids.
c)
men and women
have different concerns about their looks.
d)
both adolescents and older men are concerned about hair loss.
e)
men who are ‘too’ thin do not attract women.
6-
Pelas informações contidas no texto, pode-se afirmar
que homossexuais:
a) gostam de ver sua
imagem refletida no espelho.
b)
tendem a ser mais
insatisfeitos com sua imagem do que heterossexuais.
c)
não sofrem qualquer
pressão quanto à sua aparência.
d)
se envolvem em
relacionamentos estáveis e duradouros.
e)
têm uma imagem do corpo mais positiva do que
os heterossexuais.
7-As palavras sublinhadas em “This seems to be mainly due to the higher
emphasis on appearance...” poderiam ser substituídas, sem alteração no
significado, por...
a) off duty.
b) because of.
c) in addition to.
d) on the whole.
e) different from.
8-
Em
“Muscularity is not an issue for women whereas it is for men...”, entende-se
que “muscularity”
a)
é um assunto tanto para
homens quanto para mulheres.
b) não é relevante
para as mulheres, porém o é para os homens.
c)
não envolve o universo
masculino.
d)
deve ser uma preocupação
para as mulheres.
e)
é uma questão basicamente
heterossexual.
9- Assinale a
alternativa cujas palavras designam partes do corpo.
a)
“hair” , “concerns”
b) “stomachs” ,
“chests”
c)
“issues” , “steroids”
d)
“physical” , “mid-life”
e)
“appearance” , “mirror”
10- According to the information in the text, eating
disorders
a)
affect equally men and women.
b)
can cause anorexia in most teenagers.
c)
affect 5% of men who are bulimic.
d)
did not occur in men five years ago.
e) were not researched because there was no interest
in them.
11- Analisando os
vocábulos extraídos do texto, assinale a alternativa incorreta.
a)
“another” (linha 2)
refere-se sempre a um substantivo na forma singular.
b)
“figures” é o mesmo que
“numbers representing an amount”.
c) “pretty” pode ser
traduzido, no texto, por “atraente”.
d)
“addiction” é um falso
cognato que não significa “adição”.
e)
"accurate”pode ter
como antônimo a palavra “imprecise”.
12- A leitura do texto
permite afirmar que
a)
homens e mulheres estão
se tornando diferentes em relação aos seus corpos.
b)
a busca por cirurgias
plásticas entre as mulheres decresceu.
c)
os homens se sentem mais
altos quando murcham a barriga.
d)
os homens não se
interessam por produtos contra calvície.
e) houve significativo
aumento na venda de tintura de cabelos para homens.
13- Choose the alternative in which the form of the
present perfect tense emphasizes the continuity of the action.
a)
“... men have started to care about the way they look.”
b)
“... it has doubled in the last five years.”
c)
“In America sales of men’s hair dyes have risen from 18 million to over
100 million...”
d)
“...
suggesting that up until recently men have been buying women’s skin care
products for themselves.”
e)
“... body image research has been driven by interest in the eating
disorders...”
14- Choose the alternative in which the information
about the affix is not correct.
a)
The prefix “re”, in “repackaged”, conveys the idea of “again in a new and
better way”.
b)
The prefix “dis”, in “dissatisfied” and in “disorders” , shows an
opposite or negative.
c)
The suffix “ful”, in “doubtful”, means “having the quality of something
or causing something”.
d)
The suffixes “ity”, in “muscularity”, “ion”, in “addiction”, and “ance”,
in “appearance” , are used to form nouns in English.
e)
The suffix
“ly”, in “historically”, and the prefix “un”, in “unhappy”, indicate “lack of
something”.
Brazil
wins praise for Aids strategy
Monday July 25, 2005
Brazil today won praise for its
fight against Aids and HIV despite its refusal of US aid tied to policies
favoured by socially conservative supporters of the Bush administration. At an
international conference on scientific developments to combat the pandemic Dr.
Helene Gayle, the president of the International Aids Society, said Brazil was
leading the way even though it had rejected some international assistance.
“Brazil, by maintaining an aggressive and comprehensive approach to HIV
prevention, treatment and support is really a leader for our global effort”,
she told the conference. About 600,000 of Brazil’s 183 million people are
infected with HIV.
Last year, the country turned down
$40m (£23m) in US funding to fight Aids after Washington injected a clause
condemning prostitution. Prostitution is legal in Brazil, and the health
ministry said the refusal of the US aid was an issue of national sovereignty.
The national anti-Aids programme provides drugs free of charge to anyone who
needs them, and aggressively distributes condoms to sex workers.
The move made Brazil one of the
first countries to oppose the Bush administration’s policy of linking foreign
aid to policies backed by the religious right. However, the country has been
criticized by some activists who say the government has struck a deal with a
major pharmaceutical company to avoid breaking the patent on the firm’s
anti-Aids drugs. Activists from the group Pela Vida said the deal with Abbott
Laboratories to sell drugs to the government at a steep discount was
insufficient to guarantee that free drugs would be available to all. The
Brazilian health minister, José Saraiva Felipe, later denied the deal had been
finalised. “We once again confirm the promise of Brazil to help developing
countries confront this epidemic”, he said in remarks quoted by the Associated
Press.
Scientists will present 2,060 papers drawn
from research in 114 different countries at the four-day conference. The event
opened as Bill Clinton, the former US president, launched a programme to double
the number of children receiving treatment for HIV infection in Kenya by the
end of the year. An estimated 100,000 children there are infected with HIV, but
only 1,200 receive treatment. The Clinton Foundation aims to have 10,000
children on anti-retroviral treatment in at least 10 countries by the end of
2005.
(Guardian Unlimited © Guardian Newspapers
Limited 2005 www.guardian.co.uk)
15- Brazil was praised because
a) it turned down a UN aid to fight HIV, which
was quite unusual.
b) it
welcomes international assistance to combat AIDS and HIV.
c) it leads scientific developments in public
health and global pandemics.
d) it keeps
a strong and comprehensive approach to HIV prevention, treatment and support.
e) the number of HIV infected people decreased
to 600 thousand.
16- Brazil refused US aid funding to
fight HIV and AIDS:
a)
because the Bush administration is socially conservative.
b) even though the global leaders criticized
the decision.
c) due to a
clause that condemns prostitution, which is legal in Brazil.
d) and also stated that global leaders should
consider national sovereignty and freedom in research.
e) because the two countries have different
official religious backgrounds
17- The Brazilian anti-AIDS program:
a)
distributes free drugs to people who need treatment.
b) is aggressive and discriminates sex workers.
c) provides free condoms to all the population
and adolescents.
d) has been developed jointly with the
International AIDS Society.
e) is similar to the Kenya anti-AIDS program
18- According to the text,
a) the International conference on AIDS/HIV was
held in Washington in 2004.
b) religious leaders are against prostitution
and condom distribution.
c) there will be 2060 scientists attending the
four-day conference organized by Dr. Helene Gayle.
d) Bill Clinton disagrees with the Bush
approach towards the pandemic.
e) Brazil
does not accept aid linked to religious constraints.
19- Some activists say that
a) the Brazilian government has been too
critical about foreign aid.
b) the
Brazilian government has negotiated with laboratories to avoid breaking the
patent.
c) the discount negotiated would ensure that
drugs would be available to all.
d) Brazil will break the patents anyway to
provide free drugs to all.
e) the Brazilian minister of health wants to
confront major pharmaceutical companies about drug costs.
20- The sentence of the last paragraph,
“The event opened as Bill Clinton, the former US president, launched a
programme to double the number of children receiving treatment for HIV
infection in Kenya by the end of the year.”, indicates that, by the end of
2005, the number should be:
a) 100,000.
b) 20,000.
c) 10,000.
d) 2,400.
e) 1,200
21- In
the sentence of the third paragraph “The Brazilian health minister, José
Saraiva Felipe, later denied the deal had been finalised.”, the word “deal”
refers to:
a) breaking the patent on anti-AIDS drugs.
b) linking foreign aid to discriminatory
policies.
c) help developing countries to confront AIDS.
d) interference in national sovereignty.
e) sell drugs to the government at a great discount.
22-
In
the sentence of the third paragraph “However, the country has been criticised
by some activists who say the government has struck a deal with a major
pharmaceutical company to avoid breaking the patent on the firm’s anti-Aids
drugs.”, the word “however” can be substituted, without changing the meaning,
for:
a) Nevertheless.
b) Furthermore.
c) Inasmuch.
d) Somehow.
e) Unless.
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