{"id":7751,"date":"2017-10-31T12:41:33","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T12:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=7751"},"modified":"2017-10-30T22:13:02","modified_gmt":"2017-10-30T22:13:02","slug":"portuguese-listeningreading-practice-por-dois-segundos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/portuguese-listeningreading-practice-por-dois-segundos\/","title":{"rendered":"[Portuguese listening\/reading practice] &#8211; \u201cPor dois segundos (&#8230;)\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Pr\u00e1tica de escuta e leitura em Portugu\u00eas]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Oi, gente! Hi everyone! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The time for our listening and reading practice has come! Today\u2019s selected text is called \u201cPor dois segundos eu vi um Brasil que havia superado escravid\u00e3o dos negros\u201d (For two seconds I saw a Brazil that had overcome slavery) by writer Ant\u00f4nio Prata. It focuses on an episode in the writer\u2019s life in which he finds himself surprised at spotting a group of young black men at a hotel, who later turn out to be a group of soccer players. He then starts to reflect upon Brazil\u2019s troubled past of slavery and its lasting effects on society.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7752\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7752\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7752\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/10\/anto.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7752\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brazilian writer Ant\u00f4nio Prata<br \/>(photo by Uol)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So follow these steps:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Listen to the audio first. See if you can identify any words and write them down, if you want to.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Scroll down and read the text. You can try reading it out loud to practice your pronunciation and speaking skills, or play the audio again and follow as you listen. Read each sentence carefully and see what you can recognize and understand.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Check translated text in italics. What were you able to grasp? Which parts were the most difficult? It&#8217;s a good idea to read the text in Portuguese again now that you know its full meaning.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>1. \u00a0Ou\u00e7a\/ Listen<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>Part 1: <\/b><div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69d5de07bfae21.47957220\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69d5de07bfae21.47957220','https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/10\/hotel-parte-1.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69d5de07bfae21.47957220');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69d5de07bfae21.47957220\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69d5de07bfae21.47957220','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69d5de07bfae21.47957220');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<p><b>Part 2: <\/b><div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69d5de07c80075.36710127\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69d5de07c80075.36710127','https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/10\/hotel-parte-2.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69d5de07c80075.36710127');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69d5de07c80075.36710127\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69d5de07c80075.36710127','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69d5de07c80075.36710127');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<p><b>Part 3: <\/b><div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69d5de07d13029.83490801\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69d5de07d13029.83490801','https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/10\/hotel-parte-3.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69d5de07d13029.83490801');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69d5de07d13029.83490801\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69d5de07d13029.83490801','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69d5de07d13029.83490801');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>2. Leia\/ Rea<\/b><b>d<\/b><\/h2>\n<h4><b>Por dois segundos eu vi um Brasil que havia superado escravid\u00e3o dos negros<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Parte 1:<\/strong> Sabe quando voc\u00ea sonha que est\u00e1 no seu quarto, mas n\u00e3o tem nada a ver com o seu quarto, mas sente que \u00e9 o seu quarto? Foi tipo isso. Sa\u00ed do elevador do hotel com a certeza de que estava no Brasil \u2013afinal, ao entrar no elevador, eu estava no Brasil\u2013, mas n\u00e3o parecia o Brasil.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Vi, no hall, uns 20 adolescentes bem vestidos, saud\u00e1veis, aparelhos nos dentes, cortes de cabelo estilosos; uns conversavam em rodinhas, outros ouviam m\u00fasica em seus fon\u00f5es de ouvido, estirados nas poltronas com aquela mistura de arrog\u00e2ncia e inseguran\u00e7a t\u00edpica dos 15 anos, quando voc\u00ea pensa que sabe tudo e sabe que n\u00e3o sabe nada ao mesmo tempo. O detalhe que fez eu me sentir dentro e fora do Brasil \u00e9 que os garotos eram todos negros, pardos, morenos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Me senti no Brasil porque os meninos tinham a cor e a fisionomia da maioria dos brasileiros. Fora do Brasil porque a maioria dos meninos brasileiros com a cor e a fisionomia daqueles ali n\u00e3o costuma frequentar lobbies de hot\u00e9is, bem vestidos, de aparelhos nos dentes, cortes de cabelo estilosos, fones nos ouvidos, estirados nas poltronas. Costumam carregar as malas, limpar os quartos, sim, senhor, n\u00e3o, senhor, obrigado, senhor, disponha, senhor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Parte 2:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mais do que as roupas, os fones, os cortes de cabelo, me impressionou a atitude daqueles garotos. Eles n\u00e3o estavam intimidados pelo ambiente. N\u00e3o adotavam aquela postura servil ou agressiva que se espera de quem &#8220;sabe o seu lugar&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">O lugar deles era ali. Pareciam 20 estudantes negros do Santa Cruz durante uma viagem de campo \u2013mas aposto que se procurarmos entre todos os alunos do Santa Cruz, da primeira s\u00e9rie ao terceiro colegial, n\u00e3o encontramos 20 negros. (N\u00e3o \u00e9 um problema do Santa Cruz. Eu nunca tive um colega negro na minha classe, do maternal ao terceiro colegial, nos col\u00e9gios particulares em que estudei.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Meu estranhamento durou uns dois segundos, no terceiro eu vi uma mala esportiva com o escudo do Corinthians e entendi o que estava acontecendo. Aquele era o time sub-17 ou sub-15. Aqueles eram os raros eleitos que por meio do futebol, da m\u00fasica, de outros esportes ou artes em que n\u00e3o se requer educa\u00e7\u00e3o formal, conseguem ascender socialmente.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Parte 3:\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Perceber que se tratava de um time de base me deixou triste. Primeiro, porque eram a exce\u00e7\u00e3o que confirma a regra \u2013n\u00e3o uma s\u00fabita revolu\u00e7\u00e3o social, econ\u00f4mica e cultural que houvesse acontecido enquanto eu descia do quarto para o t\u00e9rreo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Segundo, porque boa parte daqueles garotos n\u00e3o vai chegar ao futebol profissional. Ap\u00f3s uma d\u00e9cada de esfor\u00e7os, de vit\u00f3rias, de m\u00e9dico bom e dentista bom e lobby de hotel bom e orgulho das pr\u00f3prias conquistas eles v\u00e3o ficar na borda de algum funil e ter\u00e3o de se adaptar \u00e0 vida que o pa\u00eds reserva pra quem nasce pobre e preto. V\u00e3o bater na trave e sair pela linha de fundo. Pela porta dos fundos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Por dois segundos eu vi um Brasil que havia superado a escravid\u00e3o dos negros e o exterm\u00ednio dos \u00edndios e dado chances iguais para todo mundo; n\u00e3o esse pa\u00eds que faz pacto atr\u00e1s de pacto atrav\u00e9s dos s\u00e9culos para manter inalterada a nossa cat\u00e1strofe. Era um pa\u00eds bonito.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>For two seconds I saw a Brazil that had overcome slavery<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Part 1:<\/strong> You know when you dream you&#8217;re in your room, but it has nothing to do with your room, but you feel it&#8217;s your room? It was like that. I left the hotel elevator with the certainty that I was in Brazil &#8211; after all, when I got in the elevator, I was in Brazil &#8211; but it did not look like Brazil.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I saw, in the lobby, about twenty well-dressed, healthy teenagers, with braces, stylish haircuts; some were chatting in groups, others were listening to music in their big head phones, stretched out in the armchairs with that typical 15-year-old mixture of arrogance and insecurity, when you think you know everything and know you do not know anything at the same time. The detail that made me feel in and out of Brazil is that the boys were all black, brown, dark-skinned.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I felt in Brazil because the boys had the color and physiognomy of most Brazilians. And outside Brazil, because most of the Brazilian boys of that color and physiognomy are not usually seen at hotel lobbies, well-dressed, with braces, stylish haircuts, headphones, stretched out in the armchairs. They usually carry the bags, clean the rooms, yes, sir, no, sir, thank you, sir, at your disposal, sir.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Part 2:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">More than the clothes, the headphones, the haircuts, I was struck by the attitude of those boys. They were not intimidated by the environment. They did not adopt that servile or aggressive stance that is expected of those who &#8220;know their place.&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Their place was there. They looked like 20 black students from Santa Cruz school* during a field trip &#8211; but I bet if we look among all Santa Cruz students from the first grade to the high school, we cannot find 20 black people. (It&#8217;s not a Santa Cruz problem.) I never had a black classmate in my class, from kindergart to the my senior year, in the private schools I attended.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My estrangement lasted for a couple of seconds, on the third I saw a sports bag with the Corinthians** crest and I understood what was happening. That was the sub-17 or sub-15 team. Those were the rare elect that through soccer, music, other sports or arts in which no formal education is required, manage to ascend socially.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>*note: Santa Cruz is the name of one of the top schools in S\u00e3o Paulo<\/p>\n<p>** Corinthians is a Brazilian soccer team<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Part 3:\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Realizing that it was a soccer team made me sad. First, because they were the exception confirming the rule &#8211; not a sudden social, economic, and cultural revolution that had happened as I descended from the room to the ground floor.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Second, because a lot of those kids will not get to professional soccer. After a decade of efforts, victories, good doctors and good dentists and good hotel lobbies and pride of their own achievements they will be on the edge of some funnel and will have to adapt to the life that this country sets aside for those born poor and black. They will hit the crossbar and leave the field. Through the back door.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For two seconds I saw a Brazil that had overcome the slavery of black people and the extermination of the natives and given equal chances to everyone; not this country that makes pact after pact over the centuries to keep our catastrophe unchanged. It was a beautiful country.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can find the original text here:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www1.folha.uol.com.br\/colunas\/antonioprata\/2017\/04\/1871949-por-dois-segundos-eu-vi-um-brasil-que-havia-superado-escravidao-dos-negros.shtml\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">http:\/\/www1.folha.uol.com.br\/colunas\/antonioprata\/2017\/04\/1871949-por-dois-segundos-eu-vi-um-brasil-que-havia-superado-escravidao-dos-negros.shtml<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Boa semana! Good week!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"300\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/10\/anto.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><p>[Pr\u00e1tica de escuta e leitura em Portugu\u00eas] Oi, gente! Hi everyone! 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