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Reading Comprehension: Windows of São Paulo Posted by on Feb 24, 2010 in Culture

We’re going to do a reading comprehension with a really cool feature from Estado de São Paulo’s “Olhar Sobre o Mundo” blog. It’s a post featuring a fantastic photo series of windows in the city of São Paulo.

Read the article, Janelas paulistanas, and the accompanying text here.

Excerpt: “Uma viagem poética pelas fachadas da cidade. Um mosaico de cores formas e contrastes. A São Paulo antiga, a São Paulo moderna, os bairros de classe média, os bairros da periferia. Janelas decadentes, janelas enfeitadas, janelas coloridas, janelas divertidas. Janelas com gente, janelas com bichos, janelas com plantas, janelas desabitadas. Janelas, janelas, janelas, janelas… Janelas por onde São Paulo é vista. Janelas por onde olhamos São Paulo, através deste ensaio do repórter fotográfico Hélvio Romero.”

Questions:

1. What are some of the types of windows featured, based on the paragraph above?

2. How do you say “facade” in Portuguese?

3. What is Marginal Pinheiros near?

Answers after the jump.

Answers

1. Colorful, fun, with animals, with plants, with people, decorated, falling apart, empty

2. fachada

3. The Jaguaré Bridge

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