{"id":8246,"date":"2019-01-24T00:09:11","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T00:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/?p=8246"},"modified":"2019-01-24T00:09:11","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T00:09:11","slug":"2018-retrospective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/2019\/01\/24\/2018-retrospective\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 Retrospective"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Good evening, dear readers! Boa noite, caros leitores! How is everyone\u2019s January? Como est\u00e1 o janeiro de voc\u00eas? <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Caso voc\u00eas tenham amigos estrangeiros, certamente n\u00e3o deve ter sido f\u00e1cil explicar para eles tudo que aconteceu em nosso<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> country<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (pa\u00eds) no ano que acabou de passar. Mas chegou a hora da nossa retrospectiva anual, para <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">remember<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (lembrarmos) dos acontecimentos mais significativo do <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">past year<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (ano passado). Se 2017 foi de incertezas, ent\u00e3o em 2018 conseguimos obter muitas <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">answers<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (respostas) &#8211; embora algumas indesejadas &#8211; a nossas <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">doubts<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (d\u00favidas). Durante o curso de eventos que definiram o ano, esc\u00e2ndalos, perdas, protestos e uma certa dose de transtorno, o Brasil passou por uma s\u00e9rie de <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">changes<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (mudan\u00e7as) que talvez somente 2019 nos dir\u00e1 o <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">outcome<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (resultado). Enquanto isso, vamos rever 2018 e os principais epis\u00f3dios que <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">made headlines<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (viraram manchete) em nosso pa\u00eds. Aproveitem para aprender o vocabul\u00e1rio relacionado aos fatos relatados! <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I wish you all a great year! <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Desejo a todos um \u00f3timo ano!<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><b>The truck drivers\u2019 strike| A greve dos Caminhoneiros <\/b><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Useful words: <\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><b>truck<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; caminh\u00e3o<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>driver<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; motorista<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>roads<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; estradas <\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>block <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; bloqueio<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>fuel, gas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; combust\u00edvel<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>prices<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; pre\u00e7os <\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>rise <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; aumento<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>strike &#8211;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> greve<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>shortage<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; escassez<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>nationwide<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; em n\u00edvel nacional <\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>agreement <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; acordo<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">O pa\u00eds literalmente <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">stopped<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (parou) em maio durante a crise do diesel quando protestantes <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">shut down the roads <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(fecharam as estradas) exigindo uma <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">price decrease<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (redu\u00e7\u00e3o nos pre\u00e7os). Como resultado, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a shortage<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (uma escassez) no abastecimento de recursos como <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">food, oil and medicine<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (comida, gasolina e rem\u00e9dios) levaram a uma paralisia completa <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">nationwide <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(em n\u00edvel nacional) enquanto as negocia\u00e7\u00f5es com o governo aconteciam. Enquanto isso, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the price of fuel<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (o pre\u00e7o do combust\u00edvel) come\u00e7ou a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">rise<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (aumentar), chegando a praticamente R$10 por litro. Aeroportos tiveram que cancelar <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">flights<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (voos), escolas e universidades suspenderam as aulas e a maioria dos servi\u00e7os n\u00e3o estavam em opera\u00e7\u00e3o. Ap\u00f3s alguns dias, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">an agreement<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (um acordo) foi feito entre ambas as partes e os <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">roadblocks<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (bloqueios) foram removidos. Apesar do impacto na economia ter sido enorme, grande parte da popula\u00e7\u00e3o apoiou o <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">right<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (direito) dos <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">truckers<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (caminhoneiros) de se posicionarem e expressarem sua insatisfa\u00e7\u00e3o. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><b>The murder of Marielle Franco | O assassinato de Marielle Franco<\/b><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_8247\" style=\"width: 522px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8247\" class=\"wp-image-8247 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/01\/512px-Marielle_Franco_em_agosto_de_2016.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/01\/512px-Marielle_Franco_em_agosto_de_2016.jpg 512w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/01\/512px-Marielle_Franco_em_agosto_de_2016-350x233.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8247\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Councilwoman Marielle<\/p><\/div>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Useful words:<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><b>councilwoman<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; vereadora<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>murder<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; assassinato<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>baleados<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; shot<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>morte<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; death<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>solve<\/strong> &#8211; solucionar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As comunidades do Rio de Janeiro <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">mourned<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (entraram de luto) quando a quinta <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">councilwoman<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (vereadora) com mais votos na cidade do Rio encontrou um fim tr\u00e1gico. Marielle Franco e seu motorista <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">were shot<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (foram baleados) em um carro logo ap\u00f3s a pol\u00edtica ter feito um <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">speech<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (discurso) em um evento na \u00e1rea. As especula\u00e7\u00f5es em torno do caso sugerem que a postura combativa e implac\u00e1vel de Franco <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">against gender violence <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(contra a viol\u00eancia de g\u00eanero) e a brutalidade policial pode ter levado ao seu <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">murder <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(assassinato) por membros da oposi\u00e7\u00e3o. Raiva e indigna\u00e7\u00e3o levaram milhares<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to the streets <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(\u00e0s ruas) naquele dia para protestar contra a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">death <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(morte) brutal da ativista. No entanto, o crime continua <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">unsolved<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (sem solu\u00e7\u00e3o). O que sabemos \u00e9 que o assassinato de Marielle Franco foi <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">an assault<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (um ataque) \u00e0 pr\u00f3pria democracia.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><b style=\"font-size: 16px\">The World Cup<\/b><b>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/b><b style=\"font-size: 16px\">A copa do Mundo<\/b><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_8248\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8248\" class=\"wp-image-8248 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/01\/FWC_2018_-_Group_E_-_SRB_v_BRA_-_Photo_022-350x263.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/01\/FWC_2018_-_Group_E_-_SRB_v_BRA_-_Photo_022-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/01\/FWC_2018_-_Group_E_-_SRB_v_BRA_-_Photo_022.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8248\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Neymar soccer star (photo by Oleg Bkhambri (Voltmetro) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0)], from Wikimedia Commons)<\/p><\/div>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Useful words:<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><b>perder<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; lose<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>win &#8211;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> ganhar<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>play<\/strong> &#8211; jogar<\/li>\n<li><b>soccer &#8211;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> futebol<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>game<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; jogo<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>player<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; jogador<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>field <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; campo<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>support<\/strong> &#8211; torcer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sim, pois n\u00f3s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">lost <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(perdemos) para a B\u00e9lgica em junho e acabamos n\u00e3o trazendo a Ta\u00e7a do Mundo conosco da R\u00fassia, mas o evento trouxe muita <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">joy <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(alegria) para muitos brasileiros. Reunir-se com os <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">friends<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (amigos) para <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">drink some beer and have a barbecue<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (beber cerveja e fazer churrasco) enquanto assist\u00edamos aos jogos e <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">supported <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(torc\u00edamos) para nossa equipe era certamente divertido, mesmo que isso significasse <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">make fun of<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (zombar de) nosso astro do futebol brasileiro Neymar por suas famosas<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> falls<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (quedas) no<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> field <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(campo). A Fran\u00e7a acabou sendo a campe\u00e3, mas j\u00e1 que hav\u00edamos sido os <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">hosts <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(anfitri\u00f5es) no torneio anterior em 2014, as expectativas eram <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">high <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(altas) e o Brasil teve um bom desempenho na maioria dos jogos, ent\u00e3o pelo menos h\u00e1 alguma <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">hope<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (esperan\u00e7a) para o <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">next<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (pr\u00f3ximo) daqui a quatro anos!<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><b>As elei\u00e7\u00f5es | The Elections<\/b><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Useful words:<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>eleitores &#8211;<\/strong> voters<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>politics<\/strong> &#8211; pol\u00edtica<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>esquerda &#8211;<\/strong> left<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>direita-<\/strong> right<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Depois que a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">excitement <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(empolga\u00e7\u00e3o) da Copa do Mundo passou, foi a hora dos <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">voters<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (eleitores) decidirem sobre o futuro da na\u00e7\u00e3o em outubro. Polariza\u00e7\u00e3o provavelmente \u00e9 a melhor <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">word<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (palavra) para descrever <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">politics<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (a pol\u00edtica) deste ano no Brasil, quando o pol\u00eamico candidato de<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> far-right<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (extrema-direita) Jair Bolsonaro <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">rose to prominence<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (ganhou destaque) foi <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">chosen<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (escolhido) como o pr\u00f3ximo presidente do nosso pa\u00eds com cerca de 55% dos votos. Isso marcou <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the end<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (o fim) dos quase treze anos do Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) \u00a0anos <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">in office<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (no poder) e tem sido considerado por muitos uma <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">conservative shift <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(guinada conservadora). Al\u00e9m disso, o processo foi particularmente turbulento, com a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">rejection of candidacy<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (rejei\u00e7\u00e3o da candidatura) de Lula e o <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">stabbing <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(esfaqueamento) de Bolsonaro durante a campanha, sobre a qual leremos mais no post seguinte.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There is more to come next week! <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/01\/FWC_2018_-_Group_E_-_SRB_v_BRA_-_Photo_022-350x263.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/01\/FWC_2018_-_Group_E_-_SRB_v_BRA_-_Photo_022-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/01\/FWC_2018_-_Group_E_-_SRB_v_BRA_-_Photo_022.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Good evening, dear readers! Boa noite, caros leitores! How is everyone\u2019s January? Como est\u00e1 o janeiro de voc\u00eas? Caso voc\u00eas tenham amigos estrangeiros, certamente n\u00e3o deve ter sido f\u00e1cil explicar para eles tudo que aconteceu em nosso country (pa\u00eds) no ano que acabou de passar. Mas chegou a hora da nossa retrospectiva anual, para remember&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/2019\/01\/24\/2018-retrospective\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":8248,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[225062],"tags":[507879,507845,480319,2092,507877,507799,2637],"class_list":["post-8246","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-intermediario","tag-2018-retrospective","tag-bolsonaro","tag-brazil-events","tag-elections","tag-marielle-franco","tag-truck-drivers-strike","tag-world-cup"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8246"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8381,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8246\/revisions\/8381"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}