{"id":7992,"date":"2018-04-30T01:21:45","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T01:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=7992"},"modified":"2018-04-30T01:21:45","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T01:21:45","slug":"portuguese-listening-reading-practice-figurinhas-da-copa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/portuguese-listening-reading-practice-figurinhas-da-copa\/","title":{"rendered":"Portuguese listening\/reading practice &#8211; Figurinhas da copa"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pr\u00e1tica de escuta e leitura em portugu\u00eas<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Boa noite, pessoal! Good evening, everyone!\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is time for our April\u2019s listening and reading practice. Today\u2019s selected article is named \u201cO que as figurinhas da Copa ensinam sobre economia?\u201d<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(What does the World Cup Sticker Album teach us about economy?), recently featured on the economy session from the Folha de S\u00e3o Paulo newspaper. It makes an interesting analogy between the Brazil\u2019s latest passion, the 2018 World Cup Sticker Album and the notion of trade and economics. I hope you guys enjoy it! (and start collecting your stickers!)<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_7993\" style=\"width: 522px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7993\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7993\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2018\/04\/Logo_Fu\u00dfball-Weltmeisterschaft_2018.svg_.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2018\/04\/Logo_Fu\u00dfball-Weltmeisterschaft_2018.svg_.png 512w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2018\/04\/Logo_Fu\u00dfball-Weltmeisterschaft_2018.svg_-350x74.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7993\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(photo by F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons)<\/p><\/div><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Let&#8217;s review our usual steps:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/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_69d5f676239036.71296322\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69d5f676239036.71296322','https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2018\/04\/figurinhas.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69d5f676239036.71296322');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69d5f676239036.71296322\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69d5f676239036.71296322','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69d5f676239036.71296322');\" \/><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_69d5f6762b5fc1.10501777\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69d5f6762b5fc1.10501777','https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2018\/04\/figurinhas-2.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69d5f6762b5fc1.10501777');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69d5f6762b5fc1.10501777\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69d5f6762b5fc1.10501777','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69d5f6762b5fc1.10501777');\" \/><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_69d5f6762ffd75.47718872\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69d5f6762ffd75.47718872','https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2018\/04\/figurinhas-3.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69d5f6762ffd75.47718872');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69d5f6762ffd75.47718872\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69d5f6762ffd75.47718872','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69d5f6762ffd75.47718872');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>2. Leia\/ Rea<\/b><b>d<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Parte 1:\u00a0\u00a0O que as figurinhas da Copa ensinam sobre economia?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2018 \u00e9 ano de Copa do Mundo. E, um pouco antes dela, come\u00e7a a febre dos \u00e1lbuns de figurinhas. Isso nos d\u00e1 uma oportunidade para falar um pouco sobre economia.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">O caso das figurinhas \u00e9 interessante, porque se trata de um mercado. Cheio de imperfei\u00e7\u00f5es, claro. E \u00e9 nessas imperfei\u00e7\u00f5es que est\u00e1 a divers\u00e3o. Explico.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">O mercado \u00e9 uma institui\u00e7\u00e3o que possibilita \u00e0s pessoas fazerem trocas. Por exemplo, um arquiteto faz um projeto de uma casa e recebe dinheiro pelo servi\u00e7o. Com o dinheiro, ele pode comprar as mais variadas coisas para si e sua fam\u00edlia: comida, vestu\u00e1rio, casa, transporte etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Parte 2:\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Note que ele trocou seu projeto de arquitetura por uma por\u00e7\u00e3o de outras coisas de que necessita, o que traz um enorme ganho de bem-estar. Ele n\u00e3o precisa gastar seu tempo escasso costurando as roupas para seus filhos, por exemplo. Al\u00e9m, \u00e9 claro, de ter acesso a uma grande variedade de produtos e servi\u00e7os.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">O dinheiro tem um papel fundamental no funcionamento dos mercados modernos, pois ele dispensa a necessidade da tal \u201cdupla coincid\u00eancia de desejos\u201d. Pense como seria o mercado sem dinheiro. O arquiteto, necessitando comprar roupas, precisaria achar um tecel\u00e3o; e n\u00e3o apenas um tecel\u00e3o, mas aquele que esteja disposto a receber um projeto de arquitetura em troca das roupas que produz.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Parte 3:\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Parece quase imposs\u00edvel, certo? Diante dessa dificuldade, o arquiteto teria que perder tempo produzindo as pr\u00f3prias roupas. Talvez nem se torne um arquiteto no fim das contas.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">O dinheiro destrava esse mecanismo: o arquiteto recebe dinheiro por seus servi\u00e7os e o utiliza para comprar roupas; o tecel\u00e3o pode ent\u00e3o us\u00e1-lo para comprar o que bem entende.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>DE VOLTA \u00c0S FIGURINHAS<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Completar um \u00e1lbum de quase 700 cromos sem recorrer a trocas \u00e9 uma tarefa dif\u00edcil e custosa. No come\u00e7o, quando o \u00e1lbum ainda est\u00e1 vazio, a compra de alguns pacotes na banca de jornal lhe permite colar diversas figurinhas. Mas \u00e0 medida que voc\u00ea vai se preenchendo o \u00e1lbum, come\u00e7a a perceber que tem diversas figurinhas repetidas. \u00c9 preciso troc\u00e1-las. Ou seja, ir ao mercado.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What does the World Cup Sticker Album teach us about economy?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Part 1:\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2018 is World Cup year. And, just before that, the sticker album craze begins. This gives us an opportunity to talk a little about economics.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The case of the stickers is interesting because it is a market. Full of imperfections, of course. And it is in these imperfections that lie the fun. I\u2019ll explain.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The market is an institution that enables people to make tradeoffs. For example, an architect designs a house and receives money for the service. With money, he can buy the most varied things for himself and his family: food, clothing, home, transportation, etc.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Part 2:\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Note that he has traded his architecture project for a lot of other things he needs, which brings a huge gain in well-being. He does not have to spend his spare time sewing clothes for his children, for example. In addition, of course, to having access to a wide variety of products and services.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Money plays a fundamental role in the functioning of modern markets, for it spares us of the need for such a &#8220;double coincidence of wants.&#8221; Think about the market without money. The architect, needing to buy clothes, would need to find a weaver; and not just a weaver, but one who is willing to receive an architectural project in exchange for the clothes he produces.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Part 3:\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It seems almost impossible, right? Faced with this difficulty, the architect would have to waste time producing his own clothes. Maybe he won\u2019t even become an architect after all.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Money unlocks this mechanism: the architect receives money for his services and uses it to buy clothes; the weaver can then use it to buy whatever he wants.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>BACK TO THE STICKERS<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Completing a nearly 700-page album without resorting to trading is a difficult and costly task. In the beginning, when the album is still empty, buying some packages in the newsstand allows you to stick several stickers. But as you fill out the album, you begin to realize that you have several repeated stickers. You have to trade them. That is, go to the market.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>You can find the full text here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www1.folha.uol.com.br\/colunas\/por-que-economes-em-bom-portugues\/2018\/04\/o-que-as-figurinhas-da-copa-ensinam-sobre-economia.shtml?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=newscolunista\">https:\/\/www1.folha.uol.com.br\/colunas\/por-que-economes-em-bom-portugues\/2018\/04\/o-que-as-figurinhas-da-copa-ensinam-sobre-economia.shtml?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=newscolunista<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"74\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2018\/04\/Logo_Fu\u00dfball-Weltmeisterschaft_2018.svg_-350x74.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2018\/04\/Logo_Fu\u00dfball-Weltmeisterschaft_2018.svg_-350x74.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2018\/04\/Logo_Fu\u00dfball-Weltmeisterschaft_2018.svg_.png 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Pr\u00e1tica de escuta e leitura em portugu\u00eas Boa noite, pessoal! Good evening, everyone!\u00a0It is time for our April\u2019s listening and reading practice. 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