{"id":7848,"date":"2018-01-30T17:54:49","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T17:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=7848"},"modified":"2018-01-30T17:54:49","modified_gmt":"2018-01-30T17:54:49","slug":"portuguese-listening-reading-practice-meditacao-e-foco-no-macarrao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/portuguese-listening-reading-practice-meditacao-e-foco-no-macarrao\/","title":{"rendered":"Portuguese listening\/reading practice &#8211; Medita\u00e7\u00e3o e foco no macarr\u00e3o"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Pr\u00e1tica de escuta e leitura em Portugu\u00eas]<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ol\u00e1, pessoal! Hello, guys!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">January is up, so it\u2019s time to practice our reading and listening skills! Today\u2019s text is entitled \u201cMedita\u00e7\u00e3o e foco no macarr\u00e3o\u201d (Meditation and focus on the spaghetti) by Brazilian writer and journalist Ant\u00f4nio Prata. He talks about relaxing, anxiety and social media, so pay special attention to these terms when they come up!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Once again, let\u2019s remember the 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_69d5faa0cf2f00.82390192\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69d5faa0cf2f00.82390192','https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2018\/01\/meditac\u00a6\u00baa\u00a6\u00e2o-1.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69d5faa0cf2f00.82390192');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69d5faa0cf2f00.82390192\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69d5faa0cf2f00.82390192','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69d5faa0cf2f00.82390192');\" \/><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_69d5faa0d5b391.68775665\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69d5faa0d5b391.68775665','https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2018\/01\/meditac\u00a6\u00baa\u00a6\u00e2o-2.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69d5faa0d5b391.68775665');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69d5faa0d5b391.68775665\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69d5faa0d5b391.68775665','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69d5faa0d5b391.68775665');\" \/><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_69d5faa0dada60.11171615\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69d5faa0dada60.11171615','https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2018\/01\/meditac\u00a6\u00baa\u00a6\u00e2o-3.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69d5faa0dada60.11171615');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69d5faa0dada60.11171615\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69d5faa0dada60.11171615','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69d5faa0dada60.11171615');\" \/><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<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Parte 1:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Medita\u00e7\u00e3o e foco no macarr\u00e3o <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;Sente os p\u00e9s no ch\u00e3o&#8221;, diz a instrutora, com a voz serena de quem h\u00e1 d\u00e9cadas deve sentir os p\u00e9s no ch\u00e3o, &#8220;sente a respira\u00e7\u00e3o. Inspira. Expira&#8221;, mas eu n\u00e3o consigo sentir os p\u00e9s no ch\u00e3o nem a respira\u00e7\u00e3o, s\u00f3 um certo inc\u00f4modo por estar ali de olhos fechados no d\u00e9cimo segundo andar de um pr\u00e9dio entre milhares de outros pr\u00e9dios na cidade de S\u00e3o Paulo, sentado em c\u00edrculo junto a meia d\u00fazia de pessoas de olhos fechados que tamb\u00e9m tentam sentir os p\u00e9s no ch\u00e3o e a respira\u00e7\u00e3o. H\u00e1 um qu\u00ea de fracasso em estar ali, um fracasso coletivo, da esp\u00e9cie: a humanidade de segunda \u00e9poca, ap\u00f3s ter sido reprovada no curso &#8220;Existir&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;Inspira, expira&#8221;, ela diz, mas o narrador dentro da minha cabe\u00e7a fala mais alto: &#8220;Eis ent\u00e3o que no in\u00edcio do terceiro mil\u00eanio, tendo chegado \u00e0 Lua e \u00e0 engenharia gen\u00e9tica, os seres humanos se voltavam \u00e1vidos a t\u00e9cnicas milenares de relaxamento na esperan\u00e7a de encontrar alguma paz e algum sentido para suas vidas simultaneamente atribuladas e vazias&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Um lagarto, penso, jamais faria um curso de medita\u00e7\u00e3o. &#8220;Sente a pedra. A barriga na pedra. Relaxa a cauda. Agora sente o sol aquecendo as escamas. Esquece as moscas. Esquece as cobras rondando a toca. Inspira. Expira.&#8221; Eu imagino que o lagarto sinta a pedra. A barriga na pedra. O prazer simples e ancestral de lagartear sob o sol.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Parte 2:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Se o lagarto consegue esquecer as moscas ou a cobra rondando a toca, j\u00e1 n\u00e3o sei. A parte mais interna e mais antiga do nosso c\u00e9rebro \u00e9 igual a dos r\u00e9pteis. \u00c9 dali que vem o medo, ferramenta evolutiva fundamental para trazer nossos genes triunfantes e nossos c\u00e9rebros aflitos atrav\u00e9s dos mil\u00eanios at\u00e9 aquela roda, no d\u00e9cimo segundo andar de um pr\u00e9dio na cidade de S\u00e3o Paulo, tentando aprender a sentir o p\u00e9 no ch\u00e3o, a prestar aten\u00e7\u00e3o na respira\u00e7\u00e3o, a esquecer as moscas e as cobras que rondam nossas tocas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">N\u00e3o h\u00e1 nada de m\u00edstico na medita\u00e7\u00e3o. Pelo contr\u00e1rio. Meditar \u00e9 aprender a estar aqui, agora. Eu acho que nunca estive aqui, agora. (Viagem de \u00e1cido n\u00e3o conta). O ansioso est\u00e1 sempre em outro lugar. Sempre pr\u00e9-ocupado. \u00c0s vezes acho que nasci meia hora atrasado e nunca recuperei esses trinta minutos. &#8220;Inspira. Expira&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">N\u00e3o \u00e9 um problema s\u00f3 meu. A revista dominical do &#8220;New York Times&#8221; fez uma mat\u00e9ria de capa ano passado sobre o tema. Dizia que vivemos a era da ansiedade. Todas as redes sociais s\u00e3o latif\u00fandios produzindo ansiedade. Giramos as timelines \u00e0 procura do pote de ouro no fim do arco-\u00edris, mas \u2013spoiler alert!\u2013 o time-arco-line-\u00edris n\u00e3o tem fim. Abrimos as caixinhas de mensagem como crian\u00e7as atr\u00e1s de biscoitos e sofremos quando n\u00e3o h\u00e1 biscoitos \u2013num mundo real e cheio de biscoitos. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Parte 3:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Antas! Mesmo o presente mais palp\u00e1vel, como um prato fumegante de macarr\u00e3o, n\u00f3s conseguimos digitalizar e transformar em ansiedade. Eu preciso postar a minha selfie dando a primeira garfada neste macarr\u00e3o, depois nem vou conseguir comer o resto do macarr\u00e3o, ou sentir o gosto do macarr\u00e3o, porque estarei ocupado conferindo quantas pessoas est\u00e3o dando likes e comentando a minha foto comendo o macarr\u00e3o que esfria \u00e0 minha frente.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;Inspira, expira&#8221;. A voz da instrutora \u00e9 t\u00e3o calma e segura que me d\u00e1 a certeza de que ela consegue comer o macarr\u00e3o e me d\u00e1 a esperan\u00e7a de que tamb\u00e9m eu, um dia, aprenderei a comer o macarr\u00e3o. \u00c9 s\u00f3 o que eu pe\u00e7o a cinco mil anos de tradi\u00e7\u00e3o acumulada por monges e budas e maharishis e demais s\u00e1bios barbudos ou imberbes do long\u00ednquo Oriente. &#8220;Inspira. Expira&#8221;. Foco no macarr\u00e3o. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><em><strong>Meditation and focus on the spaghetti<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Part 1:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;Feel your feet on the ground,&#8221; says the instructor, with the serene voice of those who for decades feel their feet on the ground, &#8220;feel your breathing, breathe in, breathe out,&#8221; but I can not feel my feet on the ground or my breathing, only a little annoyance to be there with eyes closed on the twelfth floor of a building among thousands of other buildings in the city of S\u00e3o Paulo, sitting in a circle with half a dozen people with closed eyes who also try to feel their feet on the ground and breathe. There is a sense of failure about being there, a collective failure of the species: the humanity of the second round, after having failed the \u201cExisting\u201d course.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;Breathe in, breathe out,&#8221; she says, but the narrator inside my head speaks louder: &#8220;So then, at the beginning of the third millennium, having arrived on the Moon and genetic engineering, human beings became eager for millennial techniques of relaxation in the hope of finding some peace and some meaning for their lives, simultaneously troubled and empty. &#8220;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A lizard, I think, would never take a meditation course. &#8220;Feel the rock, your belly on the rock, relax your tail, now feel the sun heating your scales, forget the flies, forget the snakes prowling, breathe in, breathe out\u201d. I imagine the lizard feeling the rock. His belly in the rock. The simple and ancestral pleasure of \u2018lizarding\u2019 under the sun.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Part 2:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If the lizard can forget about the flies or the snake prowling, I do not know. The innermost and oldest part of our brain is the same as that of reptiles. That&#8217;s where fear comes in, a fundamental evolutionary tool to bring our triumphant genes and our distressed brains through the millennia to that circle, on the twelfth floor of a building in the city of S\u00e3o Paulo, trying to learn to feel the ground, to pay attention to my breathing, to forget the flies and the snakes that prowl.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There is nothing mystical about meditation. On the contrary. To meditate is to learn to be here, now. I guess I&#8217;ve never been here, now. (Acid trips do not count). The anxious being is always somewhere else. Always pre-occupied. Sometimes I think I was born half an hour late and never recovered those thirty minutes. &#8220;Breathe in, breathe out.&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It&#8217;s not just my problem. The<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> New York Times<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Sunday magazine made a cover story last year on the subject. It said we are living the age of anxiety. All social networks are latifundia producing anxiety. We check timelines for the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, but -spoiler alert! -the timeline rainbow has no end. We open the inboxes like children after cookies and we suffer when there are no cookies &#8211; in a real world full of cookies.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Part 3:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fools! Even the most palpable present, like a steaming spaghetti dish, can be digitized and turned into anxiety. I need to post my selfie getting the first spaghetti bite, then I won\u2019t even be able to eat the rest of the spaghetti, or taste the spaghetti, because I&#8217;ll be busy checking how many people are liking and commenting on my photo eating the spaghetti that gets colder right before me.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;Breathe in, breathe out.&#8221; The voice of the instructor is so calm and sure that it gives me the certainty that she can eat the spaghetti and gives me the hope that I too will one day learn to eat the spaghetti. It is the only thing I ask from five thousand years of tradition accumulated by monks and Buddhas and Maharishis and other bearded o ages of the Far East. &#8220;Breathe in, breathe out.&#8221; Focus on the spaghetti.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Pr\u00e1tica de escuta e leitura em Portugu\u00eas] Ol\u00e1, pessoal! Hello, guys! January is up, so it\u2019s time to practice our reading and listening skills! Today\u2019s text is entitled \u201cMedita\u00e7\u00e3o e foco no macarr\u00e3o\u201d (Meditation and focus on the spaghetti) by Brazilian writer and journalist Ant\u00f4nio Prata. 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