FALSOS COGNATOS

Prof. Jamil Abujabra Junior

Professor Coordenador

Supervisor de Ensino

1.       Accost                          interpelar

2.       actually                        na verdade, na realidade

3.       adept                            perito

4.       advert to                      notar

5.        agenda                                        pauta de reunião, ordem do dia

6.       alias                              nome falso, cognome

7.       alumnus                       aluno já formado

8.       amass                          acumular

9.       ancient                         antigo, remoto

10.    anticipate                    preceder, prever

11.    antique                         objeto de arte antigo

12.    apparel                         vesturário

13.    appoint                         nomear, marcar

14.    appologize                   desculpar-se

15.    argue                            discutir

16.    avail                              servir, ser útil

17.    available                      válido, disponível

18.    avocado                       abacate

19.    barracks                      caserna, quartel

20.    berry                                             qualquer fruto tipo amora, morango, etc

21.    block                             quarteirão, quadra

22.    bond                              élo, vínculo, apólice

23.    camp                            acampamento militar

24.    candor (candour)      honestidade, franqueza

25.    carton                           caixa de papelão

26.    cartoon                        desenho animado, caricatura

27.    casualty                       infortúnio, dano

28.    caution                         cuidado, precaução

29.    cigar                             charuto

30.    cipher (cypher)          zero, nada

31.    claim                             invocar, alegar

32.    collar                            colarinho

33.    college                         faculdade

34.    commotion                  alvoroço, agitação

35.    commitment               compromisso, internamento

36.    complexion                 tez, pele, aspecto

37.    comodity                      mercadoria

38.    compliment                 elogio

39.    complimentary           cortez, gratis

40.    comprehensive          amplo, extenso

41.    condescending          altivo, superior

42.    consistent                   coerente, constante

43.    construe                      explicar, interpretar

44.    contemporize             classificar como contemporâneo de

45.    conversant                  íntimo, versado

46.    converse                     oposto, contrário

47.    costume                      traje típico, fantasia

48.    cinic                              cético, descrente

49.    datum (plural data)    dado (pessoal, informação)

50.    deception                    ilusão, engano

51.    devolve                         transferir

52.    discrete                       distinto, separado

53.    discussion                  debate, considerações

54.    disgust                         nojo, náusea

55.    divert                            desviar

56.    editor                            redator

57.    education                    instrução

58.    elaborate                     esmerar, aperfeiçoar

59.    engross                       monopolizar

60.    enroll                            matrícular, inscrever

61.    estate                           propriedade, fortuna

62.    estrange                      separar, apartar

63.    eventually                    finalmente

64.    exhaustive                   completo, minucioso

65.    exigency                      urgência

66.    exit                                saída

67.    expedient                    útil, vantajoso

68.    expert                           perito, especialista

69.    exquisite                      refinado, requintado

70.     extensive                     amplo, em larga escala

71.    extenuate                    diminuir, atenuar

72.    fabric                            tecido, estrutura

73.    festidious                    exigente, difícil

74.    fatigues                        farda

75.    flagrant                        espalhafatoso

76.    folly                                               fraqueza, loucura, tolice

77.    gentility                        fidalguia, nobreza

78.    gracious                      benévolo, bondoso

79.    grand                            grandioso, nobre

80.    grafity                           contentar, satisfazer

81.    gymasium                   ginásio (só de esporte)

82.   hazard                           acaso, risco, perigo

83.    idions                            expressões idiomáticas

84.    infatuation                   mania, paixão

85.    inflammatory                              provocador, insuflador

86.    ingennions                  hábil, engenhoso

87.    ingenuity                      engenhosidade, criatividade

88.    inhabitable                  habitável

89.    inquisitive                    intrometido

90.    intend                           pretender, tencionar

91.     intoxicate                    embriagar, inebriar

92.    irrelevante                   fora do assunto, improcedente

93.    jest                                zombaria, gracejo

94.    journal                          periódico, revista

95.    large                             amplo, espaçoso

96.    lecture                          conferência, preleção

97.    legate                            anúncio, embaixador, enviado

98.    library                           biblioteca

99.    liquidation                    falência

100.  liquor                           bebida alcoólica em geral

101.  lunch                           almoço

102.   luxury                                         luxo, fausto superfluidade

103.  malice                         maldade, rancor

104.  manage                      dirigir, administrar

105.  maniac                        doente mental

106.  manifest                     evidente, óbvio

107.  marksmanship         perícia em tiro

108.  mayor                          prefeito

109.   morose                       rabujento, mal-humorado

110.  mosquito                    pernilongo

111.  notice                           comunicação, aviso

112.  notions                         artigos de armarinho, miudezas para costura

113.  novel                            romance

114.  oblong                         retângulo

115.  office                           escritório, cargo público

116.  oration                        discurso formal

117.  ordinary                      comum, normal

118.  panel                           painel

119.  parent                         pai ou mãe, origem

120.  patron                         padroeiro, patrocinador

121.  perverse                     obstinado, caprichoso

122.   phrase                         locução, dito, expressão consagrada

123.  physician                    médico

124.  pipe                              cano, canhimbo

125.  plant (sugar-plant)   usina (açucareira), fábrica

126.   policy                           diplomacia, linha de ação, apólice

127.  porter                          carregador

128.  prejudice                    preconceito

129.  presently                    em breve, logo

130.  pretend                       fingir, simular

131.  prevaricate                                preconceito

132.  principal                     diretor de escola

133.  procure                       conseguir, obter

134.   professor                   professor só universitário, adepto de

135.  proffer                         ofertar

136.  proper                         apropriado, decente

137.  propitiate                    aplacar, acalmar

138.  prospect                     perspectiva

139.  push                            empurrar

140.  qualification               limitação, ressalva, requisito, habilitação

141.  realize                         concluir, perceber

142.  recipient                     recebedor, beneficiário

143.  reclaim                       recuperar, sanear

144.  record                         gravar, registrar, disco

145.  relapse                       recair, reincindir

146.  relatives                     parentes

147.  remark                        observar, comentar

148.  repeal                          revogar, anular

149.  report                          relatar, apresentar-se

150.  resign                          demitir-se, renunciar

151.  resume                       retomar, continuar

152.  respite                        descanso, folga

153.  retire                           aposentar-se

154.  retribution                  castigo, punição

155.  romance                     namoro

156.  scales                         balança

157.   scenario                     sinopse de filme ou peça

158.  scholar                       edudito

159.  secular                       leigo, vulgar

160.  selvage                       ourela (de tecido), borda

161.  sensible                      sensato, razoável

162.  sort                              especie, tipo

163.  supper                        ceia, jantar

164.  support                       apoiar, sustentar

165.  syllabus                      roteiro de estudos e cursos

166.  sympathetic               compreensivo, solidário

167.  temper                        humor, temperamento

168.  tentative                     provisório, incerto

169.  tinttom                        matiz

170.  torment                       sofrimento, angústia

171.  trailer                          reboque (não filme)

172.  tram                             bonde

173.  tutor                             professor particular, preceptor

174.  venture                        risco, acaso, aventura (arriscada)

175.  vermins                       animais, pássaros e insetos nocivos

176.  vex                                               irritar, molestar

177.  vine                              videira, trepadeira

178.  voluble                        falante, loquaz

179.  wagon                         carroça, caminhão

180.  ton                             tonelada

181.  audience                   platéia

182.  soap opera                novela

COLÉGIO “TYTO ALBA”

PROF. Ms. Doc. JAMIL JUNIOR = JULHO/2013                                   

TEXT:

                                              

                                         THE LITTLE PRINCE AND THE FOX

            Then the fox appeared.

            “Good Morning”, said the fox.

            “Good Morning”, the Little Prince responded politely. “Who are you?” you are very pretty to look at.”

            “I am a fox”, said the fox.

            “Come and play with me”, proposed the Little Prince. “I am so unhappy.”

            “I cannot play with you”, the fox said. “I am not tamed.”

            “What does that mean – tame?”

            “It is something people often neglect”, said the fox. “It means to establish ties.”

            “To establish ties?”

            “Yes”, said the fox. “To me you are just a little boy and I have no need of you. And you, in turn, have no need of me. To you I am nothing more than a fox. But if you tame me, then we will need each other.”

The fox gazed at the Little Prince for a long time and said:

            “Please, tame me.”

            “What must I do to tame you?”, asked the Little Prince.

            “You must be very patient”, said the fox. “First you will sit down at a little distance from me, and will say nothing. Words are the sources of misunderstandings. But you will sit a little closer to me every day.”

            So the Little Prince tamed the fox. And then the hour of his departure came. – “Ah!” said the fox. “I will cry.”

            “It is your own fault”, said the Little Prince, “but you yourself wanted me to tame you.”

            “Good bye”, said the Little Prince.

            “Good bye”, said the fox. “And now I am going to tell you a secret: We can only see rightly with the heart; what’s essential is invisible to the eye. Men have forgotten this truth. But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.”

                                               (Adapted from The Little Prince.)

                                                           (By Antonie de Saint-Exupéry.)

            Live each day to the fullest

            Get the most from each hour each

            Day and each age of your life.

            Then you can look forward with confidence

            And back without regrets.

            Be yourself – but be you best

            Self. Dare to be different and to

            Follow your own star.

            And don’t be afraid to be

            Happy. Enjoy what is beautiful.

            Love with all your heart and

Soul. Believe that those you love

Love you.                                                                                                              

Forget what you have done

For your friends and remember what

They have done for you. Disregard

What the world owes you and

Concentrate on what you owe the

World.

When you are faced with a

Decision make that decision as

Wisely as possible then forget it.

The moment of absolute certainty

Never arrives.

Above all remember that GOD

Helps those who help themselves

Act as if everything depended upon

You and pray as if everything depended

Upon GOD.

                                                          

                                               Author:   S.H.PAYER.

                        Prof. Ms. Doc. JAMIL JUNIOR = JULY, 2013!!!

          PROTECTING ANTARTICA FROM TOURISM

A solution may be at hand for holidaymakers who are finding it harder to get off the beaten track. For those who really want to get away from it all, a new holiday destination has sprung up – Antarctica. However, this freezing zone might only be for those with the deepest pockets if a new policy starts. Tourism on Antarctica has been increasing dramatically in the past twenty years, from a few thousand people in 1985 to more than 40,000 in 2009. The growing numbers are having a negative effect on the environment of the South Pole. To combat this, researchers from Holland’s Maastricht University have come up with a possible solution: limit the number of tourists allowed to visit and sell the vacations to the ones who make the best offer.

Many environmental protection agencies agree that there is a need to protect the frozen wilderness from the damage created by modern tourism. Antarctica is the last unspoiled place on Earth. It has a very delicate ecosystem that could be easily upset by groups of tourists landing in airplanes and using skimobiles. A difficulty exists because Antarctica is not a country and therefore has no government to pass laws or guidelines to control the number of visitors. The Maastricht University team’s proposal to auction off a fixed number of tourist places seems a workable solution. It would limit the number of visitors and therefore contain the amount of environmental damage, and the money would be used to protect Antarctica’s future.

                                               (breakingnewsenglish)

WHY DO WE SLEEP?

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A recent study may have an answer to one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in science – what is the purpose of sleep? The work suggests it's ac tually about making animals function more efficiently in their environments.

Pythons, bats and giant armadillos are among the longest sleepers at over 18 hours a day.

Human babies need 16 hours, and most of us probably feel we need around eight hours sleep to function well.

Professor Jerry Seigel from the University of California, Los Angeles, conducted a study of the sleep times of a broad range of animals and found that they vary widely. Some, like migrating birds, can survive long periods without  sleeping at all. He believes that shows sleep evolved to conserve energy:

Jerry Seigel: ‘It’s animals that are needlessly active that will not survive, but animals that are most efficient and use their waking time to do vital functions, and are otherwise asleep that will survive.’

Sleep helps make best use of limited resources. In humans, when we’re awake, our brain accounts for 20% of the energy we use when just sitting around. Sleeping also makes us less likely to get injured and less likely to be detected by predators.

                                               (Jon Stewart, BBC News)

LONDON FOR LEARNERS

We relaunch our series of audio guides for business travellers

                                                                             

What does a business visitor to London need to know aboutthe city? If

remotely possible, avoid the airports and arrive by train, stay in one of the lesser-known hotels and don’t discuss sex at the dinner table.

A new audio guide, which you can download from our website, takes travellers through the pitfalls of London life by explaining the right etiquette both for meetings and for pubs, and showing how to earn the approval of British counterparts. Hold off on the wine at lunch, shop for souvenirs at Fortnum & Mason, and if you do have to use Heathrow airport, consider taking the Underground. If you’re delayed, you’ll be able to curse the transport like any good Londoner.

This is the first of 32 new guides to doing business in cities around the world that we will be rolling out over the next 20 months, to update our existing set. Negotiating airports, getting around town, choosing hotels and restaurants, selecting souvenirs, filling time between meetings, and working—and indeed playing—with the locals are all covered.To listen to the guide visit:

 (Economist.com/audiovideo/doingbusiness)

AMERICA'S DUMBEST CRIMINALS

Even the police had to smile at this one. It was a case of passing counterfeit money that brought cops in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, to a local supermarket. There they got a look at the bogus bill. Was it a bad likeness of Jefferson on the $20, or maybe of Grant on the $50? Nope. It was a fairly sharp Presidential likeness, actually — of George W. Bush on a $200 bill. On the back of the note, police found an image of the White House, with its South Lawn cluttered with signs reading “We like broccoli” and “USA deserves a tax cut.”

Pretty goofy to think you could get away with that as payment for groceries, right? Well, this is a case of dumb and dumber. The supermarket cashier actually accepted the phony bill, and gave the customer his groceries along with $50 in change. Apprehended 12 days later, the man with the funny money was ordered to pay back the store — in real bills, thank you — and then released.

(Reader´s Digest)