too many cars too much pollution
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too many cars too much pollution
TOO MANY CARS TOO MUCH POLLUTION Observe o título deste texto. Que soluções você propõe para o problema da poluição gerada pelos automóveis? Formule hipóteses, leia o texto e veja se elas são confirmadas. Because cars create pollution, many government officials are trying to control their use. Recently, São Paulo, Brazil, which had a pollution alert, ordered cars with even-numbered license plates off the roads for one day, then odd-numbered plates the next. There were not so many cars on the roads those days, so there wasn’t so much pollution. Do you think it’s a good idea to control car use in the United States too? Read the two sides of the debate and decide. YES! To cut pollution, we need more laws to control car use. Gases from cars, trucks, and buses are a big source of pollution. They hurt all of us. In cities where there isn’t much traffic, few people have respiratory problems. It’s time to take drastic steps to control air quality. Fewer cars on the roads means less pollution and fewer people in the hospitals. NO! Many people in modern cities need to use their cars every day. Pollution has many different causes. Gases form cars are just one. Why not make strong laws for industrial chemicals or restrict the use of motorboats, for example? Driving is a way of life, and the government has no right to tell people how to live their lives. (Adapted form Scholastic News – Senior Edition, August 12, 1997) WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT? 1- Qual é a relação de causa e efeito sintetizada no título do texto? _______________________________________________________________ _______ 2- Que cidade brasileira é citada pela revista? Por quê? _______________________________________________________________ _______ 3- Qual é a pergunta dirigida ao público leitor norte-americano? _______________________________________________________________ _______ 4- Cite um argumento a favor e um contra a restrição ao uso de automóveis apontados no texto. _______________________________________________________________ _______ NOUN PHRASES Encontre no texto os adjetivos, ou substantivos com função de adjetivo, que completam as locuções abaixo. 1- quality ________________ qualidade do ar 2- steps _________________ medidas drásticas 3- Laws _________________ leis fortes 4- chemicals______________ (produtos) químicos industriais 5- plates_________________ placas dos carros 6- cities__________________ cidades modernas 7- officials________________ autoridades governamentais 8- alert __________________ alerta (contra a) poluição 9- causes________________ causas diferentes 10- use__________________ uso de carros 123456- FIND THE OPPOSITES Localize no texto as expressões de sentido oposto a: a small source _________________________________. odd-numbered license plates _______________________________________. on the roads __________________________________. weak laws__________________________. a bad idea__________________________. none of us_________________________.