Today we’re going to do a reading comprehension exercise about an American band on tour in Brazil.

Guns N’Roses deve se apresentar no Rio em abril

Excerpt: “Cancelado no domingo por conta do temporal que caiu no Rio, o show do Guns N´Roses na Praça da Apoteose deverá ser remarcado para o início do mês de abril. A data não está fechada ainda. As informações foram dadas nesta segunda, 15, pela empresa Time For Fun, que organiza o braço brasileiro da turnê ‘Chinese Democracy’.”

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Questions

1. Why was the concert postponed?

2. What’s the Portuguese word for “tour”?

3. What will happen to those who purchased tickets for the original show?

4. When will the rescheduled show take place?

5. What’s the next city on the tour?

Answers and vocab list after the jump.

Answers

1. It was canceled due to a big rainstorm that caused the stage to collapse.

2. turnê

3. They will be able to use them for the upcoming show, or they can get a refund

4. Sometime in April; no definite date has been set

5. Porto Alegre

Other vocabulary words:

temporal: storm

apresentar-se: to perform

palco: stage

ingresso: ticket

remarcar: to reschedule