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With winds of up to 140 km/h, Typhoon Maysak hit South Korea and North Korea on September 3rd. In South Korea, more than 2,200 people had to go to shelters* and one death was registered.

*shelters: buildings or covered places which are made to protect people from bad weather or danger.

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The Milwaukee Bucks, one of the NBA teams, which was set to play against the Orlando Magic on August 26th, decided not to play in protest against racism, police violence and the shooting of Jacob Blake, a black man shot by state police officers three days before the game was due to take place.

On September 2nd, 1.4 million students in Uzbekistan took part in the first phase* of the country’s university entrance exams. To avoid* contamination by the new coronavirus, the solution found was for the exams to be taken outdoors. Tables were scattered* on race tracks, in order for students to keep a safe distance while taking the exam.

*phase: any stage in a series of events or in a process of development.*avoid: to prevent something from happening.*scattered: spread, loosely distributed.

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French Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer announced on September 7th that France needed to close 28 schools after registering new cases of covid-19. The reopening had taken place a week earlier. The Minister also pointed out that the closure* represents a small part of the approximately 60,000 French schools.

*closure:  the fact of a business, organization, etc. stopping operating.

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It was announced on August 31st that Mustapha Adib was to be Lebanon’s new prime minister, elected by the country’s parliament. He replaces Hassan Diab, who resigned* on August 10th due to a series of protests after the explosion in the port of Beirut.

*resigned : to give up a job or position by telling your employer that you are leaving.

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scientists find plastic in 98% of fish analYzed in the aMazonResearch carried out by the Federal University of Pará found plastic in 98% of the fish analyzed in the Amazon. Overall, 383 plastic pieces were found in 67 of the 68 animals collected by the scientists in Pará. The study was published in the scientific journal Environmental Pollution. According to the researchers, when plastic is lodged* in the digestive system, it can give fish the false sense of being satisfied and even cause injuries that can lead to death. The fish analyzed are small fish that are not usually consumed by humans, but because they eat insects, they have a key role in the balance* of nature. If these fish stop eating insects the result could be an increase in insect- transmitted diseases, such as dengue, for example.

*lodged: to become stuck in a place. *balance: is a situation in which all the different parts are equal in strength or importance.

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The Pirarucu, a meat-eating fish found in the Amazon, has around 90 teeth on the roof of its mouth and its tongue! They can be up to 3 meters long and weigh over 200 kilograms!

The Amazon forest is home to a species of frogs known as the glass frog. While the general background color of most glass frogs is lime green, the skin of some members of this family is transparent making the organs such as heart, liver* and intestines visible through the skin.

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brazil has a new 200-real bill

On September 2nd a new 200-real bill began circulating in Brazil. The animal chosen to illustrate the new banknote is the maned wolf, a species threatened with extinction*.

With the new bill the government’s goal* is to reduce the need for 100-real bills. According to the Brazilian Central Bank, because of the covid-19 pandemic, people started keeping money at home and using the bills more than before.

*extinction: a situation in which something no longer exists. *goal: aim, objective.

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earthQuakes* are felt in bahia

Between August 30th and September 2nd, a series of earthquakes was felt in more than 40 municipalities in Bahia. The strongest happened in the city of Amargosa and had a magnitude of 4.6 degrees on the Richter Scale (main reference for measuring these phenomena), causing cracks in houses and buildings.

*earthquake: a sudden violent movement of the earth’s surface or crust.

*dust: dry fine powdery material, such as particles of dirt, sand, earth or pollen. *liver: a large organ in the body that cleans the blood and produces bile.

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RESULTIf you scored more @Your answers show that you are not a person who worries a lot. It seems that things that are still going to happen do not occupy much room in your thoughts. It is good to keep calm. Just do not forget that planning some things can be good, such as your studies.

If you scored more %Too much worrying is not your style, but you are also not the kind of person that never worries about anything. Your answers show that you usually plan and think about what you have to do, for example, but without letting this dominate your thoughts.

If you scored more #By the answers you chose, it seems that you are a person who worries quite a lot. Exams, trips, activities that are going to happen soon... All these take up a lot of room in your thoughts. If you notice that you are not feeling comfortable about this, talk to an adult you trust

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1) The day before an exam at school, you: @ Feel fine, confident.% You feel a little nervous.# You can’t sleep you feel so worried.

2) How do you feel after finishing your homework?% Relieved that you have finished your homework. @ Relaxed, just like you feel most of the time. # Worried about the next homework you will have to do.

3) Feeling worried is:# Something constant in your day to day.% How you feel now and again*, especially when you have to face a difficult situation. @ Something you hardly ever feel during your day to day.

4) If you have something very important planned for the weekend, such as a trip somewhere, how do you feel? @ Happy with the fact that something new is going to happen. # Worried about a number of things, such as if everything is going to work out fine, if the weather is going to be good, if you are going to have fun... % A little bit anxious*, but happy.

5) When a friend says he needs to tell you some news, you:% Imagine some good things and some not so good. @ You soon think that it must be something incredible.# You worry, thinking that something bad has happened.

6) By mistake* you break a household object that your parents really like. So:% You worry about their reaction, but not too much, as you know you did not do it on purpose*. # You become desperate thinking about their reaction. @ You quickly tell them what happened so that you can forget about it and move on.

7) What do people most say to you?@ Do you not worry about anything?% You are actually quite relaxed.# You worry too much.

8) When the day ends, you:# Are already thinking about everything you want or need to do the following day.@ Normally feel good and calm. % Think about what you are going to do the next day, but without getting too anxious.

Are you a worried* person?

*worried: unhappy because you are thinking about problems or unpleasant things that might happen.

*now and again: from time to time

*anxious: afraid or nervous especially about what may happen.

*by mistake: without intending to, unintentionally.

*on purpose: with intention, in an intentional manner

Aerial view of Ipanema beach, Rio de Janeiro,

on Sunday, September 6th. Over 180 days after

the confirmation of the first covid-19 case

in Brazil, the country continues to suffer from

the pandemic.

On August 30th, the French soccer team Lyon became the winner of the last season of the Women's Champions League, beating Germany's Wolfsburg by 3-1.

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