ATIVIDADE DE INGLÊS DO 4º BIMESTRE
funding of U.S. presidential elections.
EE PAULINA CARDOSO - ATIVIDADES DE INGLÊS 3ª A e 3º B
TEACHER MARIA ELISABETE
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Elections in the United States
Elections in the United States are held for government
officials at the federal, state, and local levels. At the federal
level, the nation's head of state, the president, is elected
indirectly by the people of each state, through an Electoral
College. Today, these electors almost always vote with the
popular vote of their state. All members of the federal
legislature, the Congress, are directly elected by the people of
each state. There are many elected offices at state level, each
state having at least an elective governor and legislature.
There are also elected offices at the local level, in counties,
cities, towns, townships, boroughs, and villages; as well as
for special districts and school districts which may transcend
county and municipal boundaries. According to a study by
political scientist Jennifer Lawless, there were 519,682 elected
officials in the United States as of 2012.
While the United States Constitution does set parameters for
the election of federal officials, state law, not federal,
regulates most aspects of elections in the U.S., including
primaries, the eligibility of voters (beyond the basic
constitutional definition), the running of each state's electoral
college, as well as the running of state and local elections. All
elections—federal, state, and local—are administered by the
individual states.
The restriction and extension of voting rights to different
groups has been a contested process throughout United
States history. The federal government has also been involved
in attempts to increase voter turnout, by measures such as
the National Voter Registration Act of 1993. The financing of
elections has also long been controversial, because private
sources make up substantial amounts of campaign
contributions, especially in federal elections. Voluntary public
funding for candidates willing to accept spending limits was
introduced in 1974 for presidential primaries and elections.
The Federal Elections Commission, created in 1975 by an
amendment to the Federal Election Campaign Act, has the
responsibility to disclose campaign finance information, to
enforce the provisions of the law such as the limits and
prohibitions on contributions, and to oversee the public
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_in_the_United_States
I – Responda às questões:
1 - What is the text about?
2) Who is the target reader?
3) Where can you find this kind of text?
As questões 01 e 02 devem ser respondidas de acordo com o
texto que segue.
NASA is looking for people to go to Mars, and never come
back. This appealing career is for people who want a
permanent change of scenery and planet. It is part of an
ambitious new project to colonize Mars called the Hundred
Years Starship. Settlers would travel to the Red Planet and live
there forever. NASA says it would be too expensive to bring
humans back to Earth. The space agency can afford, however,
to send supplies to the astronaut pioneers. NASA has started
the project with a modest $1.6 million, but hopes to attract
investment from space-loving billionaires. Google founder
Larry Page told NASA he’d be interested if they could get the
cost of a one-way ticket down from $10 billion to $2 billion.
The journey to Mars could take just four months. Settling on
the planet would be extremely hazardous, especially the
freezing temperatures and carbon dioxide atmosphere. Many
scientists think colonizing space is essential. Stephen Hawking
believes we must move to other planets to survive as a
species. He said: “Once we spread out into space and establish
independent colonies, our future should be safe.” Dirk
Schulze-Makuch and Paul Davies call it a “desirable goal” and
part of our desire to explore saying: “It would require not only
major international cooperation, but a return to the
exploration spirit and risk-taking character of the great period
of Earth exploration, from Columbus to Amundsen.”
1ª Questão: Answer in Portuguese.
a) A quem interessaria a proposta lançada pela NASA?
b) Em que situação o fundador do Google aceitaria mudar-se
para Marte?
2ª Questão: Answer in Portuguese.
O que afirma Stephen Hawking?