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2o. Ano -  2008.4:

 Text:                              Lack of privacy

 Everyone agrees that privacy is a human being's priceless right. But nowadays, it is getting more and more ******  to have it.

Computers, electronic toll booths, credit cards, mobile phones and cash machines are related to lack of privacy, because they help people and the state to trace **************. Remember, they are always watching you! Use cash when you can; do not give your phone number, social security number or address, unless you absolutely have to; do not fill *************** or respond to *********; keep your phone number unlisted; never use electronics toll booths on roads; never leave your mobile phone on - your movements can be traced; do not use your ********* be careful with the internet. Does this sound paranoid to you? In fact, it is the advice offered by today's privacy campaigners.

In AUN, Eliana. Inglês para o Ensino Médio - São Paulo: Saraiva.2003. p.63  (Adapted from Speak Up, March 2000)

3o. Ano -  2008.4:

  TEXT I: Religion and human behavior

Does life have meaning? What gives ******? Why do we act the way we do? What is the best way of life? How can we be happy? How can we find peace?

These are questions that people have struggled with through history. Philosophers, *********, sociologists, an physicists are among the many who have tried to give us answers. We look for answers within ourselves, but few are satisfactory. In the end, it is religion that gives most of the world answers to *******.

Hundred of religions exist in the world, yet all religions try to answer the same questions. Every religion teaches basic ideas that help humans understand their nature and their behavior. Every religion describes two sides of the human nature - the animal and the divine. It is these opposing sides that **********. Every religion gives people a method that they can follow to resolve the conflicts. All religion have a goal, which is one form or another the transformation of humans from the animal to the divine. The spiritual transformation is common to all religions, though it has many names: nirvana, heaven, salvation.

All cultures in the world have religious beliefs. For that reason, every part of life is affected by religions, whose teachings offer guidelines on ways to live.

(Werner, P.K. Mosaic: a content-based grammar. New York: Random House, 19885.)

Obs.: Algumas partes foram omitidas nesta versão! Oh, Sorry!