São José dos Campos, São Paulo - Sábado, 21 de abril de 2018
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Village People When people think of There are many times when people ask me, an Englishman, why I came to
I cannot answer that question here, but I can tell you that I did not leave a life of high-energy excitement in the center of Last April I went back to
Things to do Not much. Activities are limited to walking the dog, running around fields, or going to either the pub or church (or one, then the other). Churches and pubs are the main focal points of village life, often being found near to each other. Clarborough has the Traffic and Transport Not a problem. Villages do not have very large populations – Clarborough is home to 1,100 people – so even in the rush hour, it does not get very busy. Having said that, cars are almost indispensable, as bus services tend to be irregular. Housing You will not find any apartments in Clarborough, or any villages like it. All village people are the same: cautiously friendly. Crime is not a huge problem, but it certainly does exist and the days of leaving front doors open and people being happily carefree about personal security are long-gone. There are “Neighborhood Watch” areas in which neighbors are constantly keeping their eyes open for strangers. This is the result of sparse police numbers in rural areas, making neighbors more reliant on each other for early signs of possible problems. One thing is for sure, if you are new in a village, it does not take long for the local residents to hear about you. Article and Pictures – by *Andrew Fox - www.maganews.com.br (*Andrew nasceu na Inglaterra e vive no Brasil há mais de 12 anos, onde trabalha como professor, tradutor e também como redator, revisor e colaborador da Revista Maganews) Vocabulary
1 reasonable - razoável 3 to equate – aqui = igualar uma coisa com outra coisa 4 a few miles – a algumas milhas 5 county – região 6 pub – típico bar inglês 7 church – igreja 8 9 duck – pato 10 swan – cisne 11 to take in the air - respirar 12 housing – habitação / moradia 13 bedroom – quarto 14 square meter – metro quadro 15 cautiously friendly – cautelosamente amigável 16 front door – porta da frente 17 carefree – tranquilo / despreocupado 18 long-gone – exp.idiom. – há muito tempo (já é passado) 19 neighborhood watch – vigilância do bairro 20 sparse – escasso / pouca (o) 21 reliant - confiante |
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