ATIVIDADE DE INGLÊS PARA A 9N1 - (C.E.L.N.B) NAVARRO 09/07/2017

ATIVIDADE DE INGLÊS PARA A 9N1 - (C.E.L.N.B) NAVARRO 09/07/2017

- Leitura e interpretação de texto
- A atividade será feita em dupla e entregue dia 14/07/2017


Text: Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
RIO DE JANEIRO’S SLUMS BECOMING BRAZIL TOURIST HOTSPOT


[...] A far cry from the famous Christ the Redeemer statue or the luxury Copacabana hotels, these crowded slum communities — called favelas — on the hillsides of Rio are becoming unlikely stops for visitors who are looking to get a glimpse of life beyond the bars and beaches in Brazil’s tourist hotspot.
Foreign tourists — and increasingly Brazilians themselves — are flocking wide-eyed to Rio’s favelas to spend a night at a bed and breakfast, sample local cuisine, take graffiti workshops or play paint-ball. In some cases, visitors are settling into these neighborhoods for weeks at a time at venues such as Casa Alto Vidigal, a favela home-turned-hostel that lures crowds with its bar and rooftop deck overlooking the city.
Most of the tourists come for just a few hours, long enough to see what it’s like to live in places that have reputations for crowding, crippling poverty and clashes between drug gangs and police. [...]
(Published: June 25, 2012; By Casey McDermott — McClatchy Newspapers)


Reading for general comprehension

1. Which statement presents the main idea of the text?
( ) Favelas in Rio de Janeiro are reducing tourism in Brazil.
( ) Favelas in Rio de Janeiro are becoming tourist attractions in Brazil.

2. Why are tourists visiting Rio’s favelas?
( ) To get the best views of the city from rooftop decks.
( ) To better understand the way of life in slum communities.

Reading for detailed comprehension (Resposta em Inglês).

1. Find in the text:
a. the location of favelas in Rio


b. activities for tourists in Rio’s favelas




2. Write T (True) or F (False). Then, correct the false statements with a fragment from the text.

a. ( ) Most of the tourists visit Rio’s favelas for long hours.
b. ( ) Tourists are visiting Rio’s favelas more frequently.
c. ( ) Only a small number of Brazilians are visiting Rio’s favelas.
d. ( ) Rio’s favelas have reputations for crowding, poverty and clashes between drug gangs and police.
e. ( ) Casa Alto Vidigal is a luxury hotel in Rio de Janeiro.

3. Translate the text for Portuguese.