{"id":1586,"date":"2010-10-08T02:33:18","date_gmt":"2010-10-08T02:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=1586"},"modified":"2014-07-24T14:48:19","modified_gmt":"2014-07-24T14:48:19","slug":"reading-comprehension-social-networking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/reading-comprehension-social-networking\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading Comprehension: Social Networking"},"content":{"rendered":"

Social networks<\/a> are huge in Brazil, and the country has become one of the fastest growing markets for some of the world’s most popular social websites. Today we’re going to learn a bit more about trends in social networks in Brazil with two short pieces from the Brazilian news.<\/p>\n

Facebook cresce mais de 400% em um ano no Brasil<\/span>, iG Tecnologia<\/p>\n

Excerpt: “Segundo dados da comScore, o Facebook cresceu 479% entre agosto de 2009 e 2010. Atualmente, essa rede recebe cerca de nove milh\u00f5es de usu\u00e1rios por m\u00eas.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Read the full story here<\/a><\/p>\n

Audi\u00eancia do Orkut ainda \u00e9 o triplo da do Facebook no pa\u00eds, diz estudo<\/span>, IDG Now<\/p>\n

Excerpt: “De acordo com a pesquisa, a rede do Google teve, em agosto, 29,4 milh\u00f5es de visitantes \u00fanicos (internautas acima de 15 anos), contra cerca de 9 milh\u00f5es de seu principal “concorrente”, que ainda est\u00e1 em 3\u00ba lugar, atr\u00e1s do Windows Live Profile (12,5 milh\u00f5es).”<\/em><\/p>\n

Read the full story here<\/a><\/p>\n

Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. What does the study say about Facebook and Orkut use in Brazil?<\/p>\n

2. Out of total time spent on the Internet, what percentage of time do Brazilians spend on social networks?<\/p>\n

3. How many Orkut users are there in Brazil?<\/p>\n

4. What percentage of Brazilian internet users accessed Twitter in August 2010?<\/p>\n

Answers after the jump.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Even though Facebook use has increased by nearly 500% this year, Orkut is still the most used social network in Brazil.<\/p>\n

2. 20%<\/p>\n

3. About 29,400,000<\/p>\n

4. 23%<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Social networks are huge in Brazil, and the country has become one of the fastest growing markets for some of the world’s most popular social websites. Today we’re going to learn a bit more about trends in social networks in Brazil with two short pieces from the Brazilian news. Facebook cresce mais de 400% em…<\/p>\n

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