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Texto e Áudio em Inglês Simplificado c/Vocabulário! “Monitoring Microblogs” (Prof.Newton) #dicasdeinglês Monitoring microblogs Texto em Inglês Simplificado – nível intermediário e avançado Audio: http://http-ws.bbc.co.uk.edgesuite.net/mp3/learningenglish/2013/03/130311_witn_china_bloggers_report_130311_witn_china_microblogs_report_au_bb.mp3 If you write something politically sensitive on China’s microblogs, or Weibo, how quickly might it be deleted? Researchers in the United States have been looking into the issue and found some surprising results. With more than half a billion Chinese online, and many of them avid microbloggers, the speed of censorship uncovered on Sina Weibo is astonishing. The researchers mined data on microblog comments removed by administrators, and found that nearly a third of the deleted posts were taken down in the first 30 minutes. Unsurprisingly, criticism of the government, local scandals and complaints about China’s one-child policy we...

Who wants to live forever Queen There's no time for us There's no place for us What is this thing that builds our dreams Yet slips away from us Who wants to live forever Who wants to live forever There's no chance for us It's all decided for us This world has only one sweet moment set aside for us Who wants to live forever Who wants to live forever Who dares to love forever Oh oo woh, when love must die But touch my tears with your lips Touch my world with your fingertips And we can live forever And we can love forever Forever is our today Who wants to live forever Who wants to live forever Forever is our today Who waits forever anyway? TRANSLATION Quem quer viver para sempre Não há tempo para nós Não há lugar para nós O que é isso que constrói os nossos sonhos E depois vai para longe de nós Quem quer viver para sempre? Quem quer viver para sempre? Não há chance para nós Tudo é decidido por nós Este mundo reserva a...

Texto em Inglês Simplificado c/áudio : Chavez’s Body (Prof.Newton) #dicasdeinglês Chavez’s body to be preserved and displayed Audio: http://http-ws.bbc.co.uk.edgesuite.net/mp3/learningenglish/2013/03/witn_130308_chavez_report_130308_witn_chavez_report_au_bb.mp3 The body of President Hugo Chavez is to go on permanent display in a military museum in Venezuela, like many socialist leaders before him. No matter how baffling it may seem to outsiders, the allure of a dead socialist leader can’t be underestimated. In Moscow, Beijing and Hanoi, the corpses of Lenin, Mao and Ho Chi Minh are displayed under subdued lighting for equally subdued lines of people to file past, paying silent respects. In North Korea, Kim Il-sung’s public resting place was recently renovated to accommodate the embalmed remains of his son Kim Jong-il. In Beijing, visitors to Mao Zedong are encouraged to buy flowers for him, though they must leave them outside. Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam’s re...

What Europe wants from Obama! Texto Intermediário+Audio+Vocabulário (Prof.Newton) #dicasdeinglês READING – Nível Intermediário What does Europe want from Obama? Audio: http://http-ws.bbc.co.uk.edgesuite.net/mp3/learningenglish/2013/01/witn_130121_what_does_europe_want_from_obama_report_130121_witn_what_does_europe_want_from_obama_report_au_bb.mp3 According to one survey, 75% of Europeans would have voted for President Obama if they could, compared to only 8% who would have chosen the Republican Mitt Romney. But what does Europe want from Obama’s second term? In President Obama’s second term there are two longer-term developments that will affect the relationship with Europe. The first is the US budget deficit, the second the so-called “pivot” – or the rebalancing of focus towards Asia. America’s finances will mean, now even more than in the first term, the US will be what some have called a “frugal superpower” – leading from behind as they did in Libya, and ...