{"id":61905,"date":"2021-07-01T17:29:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T17:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fluency.io\/br\/blog\/fluency-news-41\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T13:50:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T16:50:19","slug":"fluency-news-41","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homolog.fluency.io\/br\/blog\/fluency-news-41\/","title":{"rendered":"Fluency News 41"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello, everyone! \ud83d\ude00<\/em><\/p>\n

Sejam bem-vindos e bem-vindas a mais um epis\u00f3dio da nossa nova s\u00e9rie de podcasts, o Fluency News<\/em><\/strong>! Aqui, voc\u00ea vai poder treinar a sua escuta e ficar por dentro do que est\u00e1 acontecendo no mundo, sempre com as tr\u00eas principais not\u00edcias da semana, tudo em ingl\u00eas! Ao longo do epis\u00f3dio, n\u00f3s tamb\u00e9m adicionamos explica\u00e7\u00f5es em portugu\u00eas das coisas que achamos que precisam de mais aten\u00e7\u00e3o, assim voc\u00ea n\u00e3o perde nenhum detalhe!<\/p>\n

No epis\u00f3dio desta semana, falamos sobre a \u00fanica usina nuclear do Ir\u00e3 ter passado por um desligamento emergencial. Nossa hist\u00f3ria principal foca no Brasil, no coronav\u00edrus e no modo como o governo tem lidado com a pandemia. Tamb\u00e9m falamos sobre outros pa\u00edses e o progresso da vacina\u00e7\u00e3o de suas popula\u00e7\u00f5es.<\/p>\n

Como aproveitar este podcast<\/h2>\n
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  • Iniciantes<\/strong>: Leia a transcri\u00e7\u00e3o antes de ouvir e anote palavras desconhecidas.<\/li>\n
  • Intermedi\u00e1rios<\/strong>: Ou\u00e7a o podcast acompanhando a transcri\u00e7\u00e3o.<\/li>\n
  • Avan\u00e7ados<\/strong>: Ou\u00e7a sem a transcri\u00e7\u00e3o e tente compreender o m\u00e1ximo poss\u00edvel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Toda semana, temos um novo epis\u00f3dio do Fluency News<\/strong>, n\u00e3o deixe de escutar! See you<\/em>!<\/p>\n

    Este epis\u00f3dio foi escrito por L\u00edvia Pond.<\/p>\n

    Episode Transcript<\/h2>\n

    What is up, everyone! How are we all doing today? I hope you\u2019re having a fantastic day and week, and that you\u2019re staying safe out there. I\u2019m Scott Lowe, your host here and one of the teachers at Fluency Academy. Welcome to Fluency News, a podcast made for you to train your English skills while remaining an informed citizen of the world.<\/p>\n

    We\u2019re going to see some of the most important or relevant stories of this week here. And, whenever necessary, I\u2019ll come in in Portuguese to explain anything that might require some attention.<\/p>\n

    You already know, but it\u2019s worth reminding that you can go to fluency.io to see all of our sources and the transcript of this episode, in case you want to read it. You\u2019ll also find over a thousand free lessons over there, so be sure to check it out.<\/p>\n

    Alright, let\u2019s get this party started! We\u2019re heading over to Iran. Now, Iran has a LOT going on at the moment, from disputes with Israel to a new government, and we\u2019re not going to get into all of it right now. We might do a whole episode on it later on. Today we\u2019re going to talk about how Iran\u2019s only nuclear power plant was temporarily shut down due to a \u201ctechnical fault\u201d.<\/p>\n

    An official from the state electric company Tavanir, Gholamali Rakhshanimehr, said on a talk show that aired on Sunday that the Bushehr plant shutdown began on Saturday and would last \u201cfor three to four days.\u201d<\/p>\n

    This is the first time Iran has reported an emergency shutdown of the plant, and the official did not elaborate further.<\/p>\n

    On the morning of June 21, Monday, The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran said on its website that \u201cFollowing a technical fault at Bushehr power plant, and after a one-day notice to the energy ministry, the plant was temporarily shut down and taken off the power grid.\u201d<\/p>\n

    The plant went online in 2011, with help from Russia. In March, nuclear official Mahmoud Jafari said the plant could stop working since Iran cannot procure parts and equipment for it from Russia due to banking sanctions imposed by the United States in 2018.<\/p>\n

    Bushehr is fuelled by uranium produced in Russia, not Iran, and is monitored by the United Nations\u2019 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).<\/p>\n

    The UN agency did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the reported shutdown.<\/p>\n

    Nessa not\u00edcia, eu disse \u201cthe official did not elaborate further\u201d. Voc\u00ea sabe o que a palavra FURTHER significa? FURTHER significa mais, no sentido de mais avan\u00e7ado, adiantado. Tamb\u00e9m pode ser traduzido para \u201calgo mais\u201d. Mas voc\u00ea j\u00e1 deve ter visto a palavra FARTHER por a\u00ed tamb\u00e9m. Voc\u00ea sabe qual \u00e9 a diferen\u00e7a entre as duas? Apesar do \u00f3bvio, uma se escrever com A e a outra com U, as duas palavras t\u00eam significados semelhantes. Elas podem significar \u201ca uma dist\u00e2ncia maior\u201d, dependendo do contexto, e a\u00ed podem ser usadas como sin\u00f4nimos. Nos Estados Unidos, FARTHER \u00e9 mais usada para se referir a dist\u00e2ncias f\u00edsicas e FURTHER mais frequentemente refere-se a dist\u00e2ncias figurativas. FURTHER pode ser empregada como adjetivo, adv\u00e9rbio e verbo.<\/em><\/p>\n

    Our main story of today concerns Brazil, the coronavirus and president Jair Bolsonaro.<\/p>\n

    Brazil surpassed the 500,000 Covid-19 deaths mark on Saturday, June 19, just when the country is heading for a third wave of the disease. Over the past week, Brazil has averaged 2,000 deaths per day.<\/p>\n

    The South American nation, which holds half the continent’s population, is being decimated by the virus. On June 18 alone, Brazil accounted for nearly one-third of all Covid-19 deaths worldwide, according to Our World in Data — a figure that experts warn is quickly rising as the virus spreads unchecked throughout the country.<\/p>\n

    With no lockdown and just 11.4% of the population fully vaccinated, the country is considered a “barn of new variants” and is increasingly isolated from the rest of the world. To date, more than 100 countries are restricting the entry of Brazilians, according to the foreign relations ministry.<\/p>\n

    The same day the news broke of the current death toll, thousands of people took to the streets across Brazil to protest against President Jair Bolsonaro\u2019s pandemic response.<\/p>\n

    Protesters across the country blasted the administration for the high death toll and called for the removal of the president.<\/p>\n

    The government faces fierce criticism for passing up early opportunities to buy vaccines. Pharmaceutical maker Pfizer said it got no response to offers to sell vaccines to the government between August and November last year.<\/p>\n

    Brazilian media reported that protests had been held in all 26 states as well as the capital Brasilia.<\/p>\n

    Many demonstrators called the 500,000 dead a form of genocide carried out by the government on the Brazilian people. They chanted, beat drums and held up signs demanding Bolsonaro be removed for office.<\/p>\n

    “Half a million reasons to oust Bolsonaro,” read one protester’s sign in downtown Sao Paulo.<\/p>\n

    Experts warn that the world’s second-deadliest outbreak may worsen due to delayed vaccinations and the government’s refusal to back social distancing measures.<\/p>\n

    “I think we are going to reach 700,000 or 800,000 deaths before we get to see the effects of vaccination,” said Gonzalo Vecina, former head of Brazilian health regulator Anvisa, predicting a near-term acceleration in fatalities.<\/p>\n

    “We are experiencing the arrival of these new variants, and the Indian variant will send us for a loop.”<\/p>\n

    Raphael Guimaraes, a researcher at Brazilian biomedical center Fiocruz, said delays in the vaccination program in Latin America’s most populous nation meant its full effects would not be felt until September or later.<\/p>\n

    Guimaraes warned that Brazil could revisit scenes from the worst of its March-April peak, when the country averaged 3,000 deaths per day.<\/p>\n

    “We are still in an extremely critical situation, with very high transmission rates and hospital bed occupancy that is still critical in many places,” he said.<\/p>\n

    Bolsonaro didn’t comment on the 500,000 deaths milestone when he posted a video to his social media to encourage police forces.<\/p>\n

    The president is being investigated by a congressional inquiry as his administration has lagged in acquiring vaccines but pushed the use of ineffective drugs such as chloroquine.<\/p>\n

    Senator Renan Calheiros in a press conference on Friday, 18, placed Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga, former Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello and ex-Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo “under investigation”. The inquiry will investigate Bolsonaro\u2019s handling of the pandemic and whether he deliberately delayed securing timely supplies of vaccines.<\/p>\n

    \u00c9 praticamente imposs\u00edvel ler qualquer tipo de texto em ingl\u00eas sem se deparar com WHICH, WHO e THAT. Essas tr\u00eas s\u00e3o palavras que podem ser usadas para fazer refer\u00eancia a algo que j\u00e1 foi dito, para evitar repeti\u00e7\u00e3o. A diferen\u00e7a entre elas depender\u00e1 se estamos falando de uma coisa, situa\u00e7\u00e3o ou de uma pessoa. WHICH e THAT s\u00e3o utilizados para nos referirmos a coisas e WHO a pessoas. WHO pode ser traduzido para \u201cquem\u201d, enquanto WHICH e THAT podem ser traduzidos para \u201cque\u201d, ou \u201co qual\u201d. Essas palavrinhas s\u00e3o parte do que chamamos de \u201crelative clause\u201d, e elas s\u00e3o pronomes relativos. Todas essas palavras que eu usei como exemplo s\u00e3o respons\u00e1veis por unir uma frase \u00e0 outra ou fornecer informa\u00e7\u00f5es adicionais sem ter a necessidade de come\u00e7ar outra frase.<\/em><\/p>\n

    It\u2019s not all bad news, though. Brazil has set a new record by administering 2,561,533 doses of the vaccine against COVID-19 in 24 hours. The number\u2014the highest since the vaccination campaign was launched\u2014was announced by the country\u2019s Ministry of Health, Agencia Brasil reports.<\/p>\n

    Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga said that the count reached on Thursday (June 17) is a demonstration of the \u201cpower\u201d of Brazil\u2019s network of public hospitals and health care stations, the Unified Health Care System, or SUS.<\/p>\n

    \u201cThose who question the immunization program are in for a big surprise. Administering 2 million doses of a vaccine is no easy task,\u201d the minister declared, after highlighting the importance of vaccinating the population to work on ending the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

    And to keep the good news rolling, India gave out a record 7.5 million free vaccine doses on Monday, June 21. A federal campaign was set in place to inoculate all adults for free after weeks of criticism over the second wave that killed hundreds of thousands.<\/p>\n

    Experts have said India needs to administer 10 million doses a day to achieve its aim of inoculating 950 million adults by December. So far, India has fully vaccinated fewer than 5% with two doses.<\/p>\n

    “If supply remains consistent, we will be on course to innoculate most of our population by the end of the year\u201d, D N Patil, a senior health official in the country’s richest state of Maharashtra, told Reuters.<\/p>\n

    And China has administered more than 1 billion Covid-19 vaccine doses!.<\/p>\n

    As of Saturday, China’s National Health Commission (NHC) said over 1,0 billion doses have been given. Those doses are almost 40% of the 2.5 billion shots administered globally.<\/p>\n

    Even as China battles a wave of cases in the southern province of Guangdong, this is a significant step towards reaching Beijing\u2019s ambitious goal of vaccinating 40 per cent of the country\u2019s population, or about 580 million people, by end-June.<\/p>\n

    Some provinces are offering vaccines for free to encourage people to roll up their sleeves. Residents in central Anhui province have been given free eggs, while some living in Beijing have received shopping coupons.<\/p>\n

    Voc\u00ea j\u00e1 consegue identificar os phrasal verbs por conta pr\u00f3pria? Essas estruturas est\u00e3o sempre presentes em ingl\u00eas. Alguns exempos s\u00e3o WORK ON, que significa \u201ctrabalhar\u201d ou \u201ccontinuar a trabalhar\u201d. Temos tamb\u00e9m GAVE OUT, que aqui significa \u201cdistribuiu\u201d e ROLL UP, que significa \u201cenrolar\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n

    And this is where we\u2019re ending this week\u2019s episode. I hope you had a good time here, and those good news helped you remember that there are still good things happening around the world.<\/p>\n

    Curtiu o conte\u00fado? Confira o curso de ingl\u00eas<\/a> completo e veja as ofertas exclusivas para alunos aqui do portal. \ud83d\udcda<\/b><\/p>\n

    See you next time! \ud83c\udf1e<\/i><\/p>\n

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    Stories:<\/em><\/p>\n

    Iran\u2019s sole nuclear power plant undergoes emergency shutdown<\/strong>\u200d<\/a><\/p>\n

    https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/wireStory\/irans-sole-nuclear-power-plant-undergoes-emergency-shutdown-78388463<\/a>
    \nhttps:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2021\/6\/20\/irans-only-nuclear-power-plant-undergoes-emergency-shutdown<\/a>
    \nhttps:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/middle-east-iran-europe-entertainment-business-6729095cdbc15443c6135142e2d755e3<\/a>
    \nBrazil reports 44,178 new coronavirus cases, 1,025 deaths<\/strong>
    \nhttps:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/americas\/brazil-reports-44178-new-coronavirus-cases-1025-deaths-2021-06-20\/
    \n\u200d<\/a>Brazilians protest Bolsonaro\u2019s role in half a million COVID-19 deaths
    \nhttps:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/americas\/brazilians-protest-president-bolsonaros-response-pandemic-2021-06-19\/<\/a>
    \nhttps:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/jun\/19\/fresh-protests-in-brazil-against-bolsonaros-handling-of-covid-pandemic<\/a>
    \nhttps:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2021\/6\/19\/brazil-passes-500000-covid-deaths-as-anti-govt-protesters-rally<\/a>
    \nhttps:\/\/www.tehrantimes.com\/news\/462251\/Bolsonaro-faces-calls-to-resign-as-Covid-deaths-mount-in-Brazil<\/a>
    \nhttps:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/news\/world\/brazilians-protest-bolsonaro-s-role-in-half-a-million-covid-19-15050472
    \n\u200d<\/a>Bolsonaro’s rule is ‘worse threat than coronavirus,’ say Brazilians as nation passes 500,000 deaths
    \nhttps:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2021\/06\/19\/americas\/brazil-covid-deaths-intl-cmd\/index.html
    \n\u200d<\/a>Brazil passes half a million COVID-19 deaths, experts warn of worse ahead
    \nhttps:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/americas\/brazil-set-pass-half-million-covid-19-deaths-2021-06-19\/<\/a>
    \nhttps:\/\/www.independent.ie\/world-news\/latin-america\/brazil-passes-half-a-million-covid-19-deaths-asexperts-warn-of-worse-ahead-40559256.html<\/a>    <\/p>\n

    Brazil surpasses 500,000 Covid-19 deaths, says media consortium (June 19)<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n