COLÉGIO ESTADUAL AUGUSTO MEYER – 2024

DADOS DE IDENTIFICAÇÃO DO ALUNO:

NOME:_________________________________ COMPONENTE CURRICULAR: Língua Estrangeira Moderna

(Inglês)
TURMA:________ DATA:____/____/_____
PROFº: Jaíne de Medeiros

Tipo de Atividade: Pesquisa

Objetos de Conhecimento (Conteúdos):Leitura de notícias na língua inglesa.

Habilidades: Identificar as partes principais do texto em língua inglesa e elaborar argumentos referentes ao assunto.

Newpaper’s cover headlines in the world

Torrential rains have caused one of Brazil’s worst floods in modern history, leaving more than 100.

Website: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/08/world/americas/brazil-flooding-photos.html

Brazil floods: Hundreds of Rio Grande do Sul towns under water

Website: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-68968987
In photos: At least 83 dead as historic flooding hits Southern Brazil
Website: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2024/brazil-flood-porto-alegre-photos/

Brazil floods: Hundreds of Rio Grande do Sul towns under water

7 May 2024
By Vanessa Buschschlüter,BBC News
Heavy rains which caused widespread flooding in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul have left
hundreds of towns under water.
At least 85 people died in the floods and about 150,000 have been displaced from their homes, officials said.
Some towns remain isolated and hopes of finding the more than 130 people who are still missing are dwindling.
Further heavy rains forecast for this week are expected to further exacerbate the situation in the region.
Many residents had to leave their homes, with some of the most vulnerable people evacuated by rescue workers.
The Brazilian Airlines Association said on Tuesday that the airport in Porto Alegre would remain closed until at least
the end of the month after the Guaíba river burst its banks and flooded the runway and key buildings.
The river reached a record high level of 5.3m (17.4ft), local officials said. The previous record was reached in 1941
and stood at 4.76m.
The airport is not the only large building which had to close in Porto Alegre, a city which is home to some 1.5 million
people.
The pitch of the Arena do Gremio stadium is also covered in brown sludge.
The situation in some of the areas surrounding the city of Porto Alegre is even worse. Canoas is one of those badly hit.
The extreme weather has been caused by a rare combination of hotter than average temperatures, high humidity and
strong winds.
Climate expert Francisco Eliseu Aquino told AFP news agency that Rio Grande do Sul had always been a meeting
point between tropical and polar air masses but said that "these interactions intensified with climate change".
Reading and text comprehension activities:
a) What was the primary cause of the widespread flooding in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul?
b) How many people have died as a result of the floods, according to officials?
c) What is the estimated number of people displaced from their homes due to the flooding?
d) Why are hopes of finding the missing people dwindling?
e) What is the forecast for further weather conditions in the region?
f) How were some of the most vulnerable residents evacuated from their homes?
g) Why will the airport in Porto Alegre remain closed until at least the end of the month?
h) What was the record level reached by the Guaíba river during the flooding?
i) Besides the airport, what other significant building in Porto Alegre had to close due to the flooding?
j) How has the extreme weather been exacerbated by climate change, according to climate expert Francisco
Eliseu Aquino?
2. Match each of the words listed with the corresponding meaning based on the context of the text about floods:
a) Displaced ( ) To move (someone) from a dangerous place to a
b) Isolated safer one.
c) Evacuated ( ) Situation in which water covers an area that is
usually dry.
d) Forecast
( ) To predict or estimate (a future event or trend).
e) Exacerbate ( ) To be separated from other places or people.
f) Widespread ( ) To force (people) to leave the place where they
g) Floods live.
( ) Happening or existing over a large area.
( ) To make (a problem, bad situation, or negative
feeling) worse.

3. Leia as frases condicionais abaixo e identifique se elas se referem a condições reais (presente/futuro) ou irreais
(passado).
a) If heavy rains occur, towns may flood. ..................................
b) If the airport remains closed, travelers will have to find alternative routes. ...................................
c) If the river hadn't burst its banks, the airport wouldn't have closed. ...............................................
d) If climate change intensifies, extreme weather events will become more frequent. .......................................
4. Crie duas frases condicionais relacionadas ao texto, uma expressando uma condição realista (presente/futuro) e
outra uma condição irreal (passado), utilizando as informações fornecidas no texto sobre as inundações em Rio
Grande do Sul.

5. Choose the best caption for the photos below:

a) b) c)
d) e) f)

g) h) i)

Captions:

1. May 3/ Porto Alegre, Brazil: Horses wade through a flooded beach along the Jacui River.
2. Ma1/ Ecantando, Brazil: Houses next to the Taquari River are submerged by floodwaters.
3. May 5/ Ecantado, Brazil: An injured dog lies in the mud after heavy rains and floods.
4. May 5/ Canoas, Brazil: People are rescued after floodibg.
5. May 5/ Jacarezinho, Brazil: People walk inside a shop destroyed by flash floods.
6. May 6/ Porto Alegre, Brazil: An aerial view of the flooded Beira-Rio Stadium.
7. May 3/Encantado, Brazil: Vehicles covered in mud.
8. May 3/ Eldorado do Sul, Brazil: Floodwaters overtake the streets.
9. May 6/ Porto Alegre, Brazil: A military truck transports people out of the flooded area.

6- What do you see in the images?

7- What emotions do these images evoke?
8- How do you think the floods have affected the people living in these areas?
9- What infrastructure appears to be most affected by the flooding?
10- What do you think could be done to mitigate the impact of such floods in the future?

11- Do a research and present case studies of other floods or natural disasters around the world, comparing and
contrasting the impacts and responses.