Inglês - PROF. Ms. JAMIL JUNIOR

RAGING WORDS

Road rage, air rage, computer rage... e você? de que rage você sofre?

ALL THE RAGE:

Today our lives are fast and furious and one result is a new phenomenon called road rage: drivers become so angry that they attack other motorists because of a small offence, such as a rude gesture or a dangerous manoeuvre. There’s nothing new about rage, extreme and explosive anger. Our society is changing, however, and examples of road rage are now common. There’s also air rage where people become violent on planes. Experts have discovered that __________ alcohol at high altitudes can cause anti-social behaviour. In any case, people today are impatient and often

feel trapped in situations out of their control. This causes check-out  rage  at the supermarket, computer rage (when a computer doesn’t function) and desk or office rage at work.

In Fact the word “rage” is all the — that means it’s very popular — and newspaper invent a new version every day.

ELEPHANTS:

Range can also cause terrible events such as the Columbine High School massacre in Colorado, in 1999. this inspired Gus Van Sant´s film, Elephant, but why did he use that title? The term “elephant in the room” refers to a problem that no one talks about, but everone knows exists. Then we have pink elephants and white elephants. People see pink elephants  when they are drunk.

A white elephants,  on the other hand, is something that is both useless and expensive. This phrase comes from East Asia where people gave their enemies a white elephant in order to ruin them.

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