Today we’re going to do a reading comprehension exercise with a travel story from Estadão.
Herança colonial com aroma de café
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“Atrás da imponente portaria surge uma casa grande marcada por uma fileira de janelas coloniais azuis perfeitamente retangulares na fachada. Herança de um tempo em que as economias do açúcar e do café movimentavam e levavam prosperidade ao interior do Estado de São Paulo. E proporcionavam a formação de um acervo de móveis, senzalas, capelas, terreiros e engenhos.”
Comprehension questions:
1. Where is the attraction located in Brazil?
2. What did the building used to be? What has it been converted into?
3. Why were the homes built without porches during the sugar era?
4. Who was the original owner of the property?
5. Is the attraction permanent or temporary?
Comments:
Maxine McClellan:
Love your stuff but… can you kindly post the answers so we can check our work? Thanks! Maxine
Roxana Jimenez:
Lovely!