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[donay mendonça]

Pessoal,


1. Leiam o texto a seguir / Read the text below

Big Brother is a television show in which a group of people live together in a large house, isolated from the outside world but continuously watched by television cameras. Each series lasts for around three months, and there are usually fewer than 16 participants. The housemates try to win a cash prize by avoiding periodic evictions from the house. The idea for the show is said to have come during a brainstorm session at the Dutch production house of John de Mol Produkties (an independent part of Endemol) on 4 September 1997. The first Big Brother broadcast was in the Netherlands in 1999 on the Veronica TV channel. It was then picked up by Brazil, Germany, Argentina, Portugal, the U.S., the UK, Spain, Belgium, Sweden, Switzerland and Italy the following year and became a worldwide sensation. Since then, it has been a prime time hit in almost 70 countries. The show's name comes from George Orwell's 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, a dystopia in which Big Brother can always spy on the inhabitants of the dictatorship he heads through their television sets, with the slogan "Big Brother is watching you." - Wikipedia


2. Respondam as perguntas / Answer the questions

a. What is Big Brother?
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b. What do the housemates try to win?
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c. How many participants are there?
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3. True or False - Verdadeiro ou Falso

a. The name of the show comes from a book. (.....)
b. Big Brother is known in many countries. (.....)
c. Many people in Brazil don't like Big Brother. (.....)
d. Big Brother is popular in Europe. (.....)
e. ''Big Brother is watching you'' means "Big brother está de olho em você." (.....)


Bons estudos!

[felipeh6]

2. Respondam as perguntas / Answer the questions

a. What is Big Brother?
R.: Big Brother is a television show in which a group of people live together in a large house, isolated from the outside world but continuously watched by television cameras. And in my particular opinion, it's just a waste of time!

b. What do the housemates try to win?
R.: The housemates try to win a cash prize by avoiding periodic evictions from the house.

c. How many participants are there?
R.: There are usually fewer than 16 participants.

3. True or False - Verdadeiro ou Falso

a. The name of the show comes from a book. ( T )
b. Big Brother is known in many countries. ( T )
c. Many people in Brazil don't like Big Brother. ( T )
d. Big Brother is popular in Europe. ( T )
e. ''Big Brother is watching you'' means "Big brother está de olho em você." ( T )

[donay mendonça]

Pessoal,

Aqui estão as respostas / Here are the answers

2.

a. Big Brother is a television show in which a group of people live together in a large house, isolated from the outside world but continuously watched by television cameras.

b. The housemates try to win a cash prize.

c. There are usually fewer than 16 participants.


3.

a. True
b. True
c. True
d. True
e. True


Bons estudos!