{"id":1241,"date":"2010-06-21T13:00:07","date_gmt":"2010-06-21T13:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=1241"},"modified":"2010-06-21T02:43:03","modified_gmt":"2010-06-21T02:43:03","slug":"reading-comprehension-cala-boca-galvao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/reading-comprehension-cala-boca-galvao\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading Comprehension: Cala boca, Galv\u00e3o!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, we&#8217;re going to read about a Brazilian phenomenon on Twitter &#8211; a mixture of World Cup enthusiasm and very amusing opportunism. Click the link below to read the story, and then try to answer the questions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gazetaweb.globo.com\/v2\/noticias\/texto_completo.php?c=207289\">Galv\u00e3o Bueno: Campe\u00e3o do Twitter<\/a>, Gazeta Web<\/p>\n<p>Excerpt: <em>&#8220;Poucos minutos depois de a cerim\u00f4nia de abertura da Copa do Mundo  come\u00e7ar, a competi\u00e7\u00e3o j\u00e1 tinha um vencedor: Galv\u00e3o Bueno. O locutor da  TV Globo foi o primeiro lugar entre os assuntos mais comentados no  Twitter no mundo inteiro no dia da festa e, pelo menos at\u00e9 quinta-feira,  n\u00e3o sa\u00eda dos dez mais. Embalada num truque de apar\u00eancia ecol\u00f3gica, a  frase \u201cCala boca, Galv\u00e3o!\u201d ganhou o mundo e foi repetida milh\u00f5es de  vezes, numa corrente para a frente que levou Galv\u00e3o \u00e0s p\u00e1ginas do New  York Times e do El Pa\u00eds.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. 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