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3.Copya sentencefromparagraph4 thatbestexpressestheideathatbusiness
helpsspreadtheuseofEnglish.Includea reportingphrasethatnamesthe
sourceofthequotedsentence. _- Summarizeparagraphs5 and6 intwoorthreesentences. _
Reading 2
ThisnewspaperarticlecontainssuppOlifortheviewthatEnglishis notdestined
tobecometheworld language.Ittellsabouta lawthatwasconsideredinBrazilto
prohibittheuseofEnglishinsomeareasofBrazilianlife.Theoriginalaliiclewas
dividedintomanyshortparagraphs,whichis thestyleusedinnewspapersbecause
newspapercolumnsarenarrow.Here,paragraphshavebeencombinedtoimprove
thecoherence.BrazilConsidersLinguisticBarricade!
1 InBrazil'sshoppingmalls,themassiveconsumeristshrinesformerlyknown
hereascentroscomerciais,windowsthatusedtoadvertiseapromoc;aonow
trumpet"Sale."Descontoshasbecome"50percentoff,"andtheupcoming
collectionsthatwereoncebilledasprimavera/veraoarenowtoutedas
"spring/summer."A hairdressingsaloncallsitselfExuberant;a watchstoreis
namedOvertime;a restaurantgoesbythenameNewGarden.
2 InBrazil,thelargestPortuguese-speakingnationintheworld,Englishis
takingover.AndDeputyAldoRebelosays"Basta!""Itis timetofightthis
disrespectofourlanguage,"saysMr.Rebelo,theauthorofa newbilldesigned
to"promoteanddefend"theLusitanian[Portuguese]language."Peoplefeel
humiliatedandoffendedbyhavingtopronouncewordsina languagethatis not
theirs.Buttheyareobligedto,becauseshopownersorotherpeoplewantto
exhibita falseknowledge,"Rebelosays."Thisisthepublicdomain;peopleneed
tobuythings,togointoshoppingcenters,butpeoplecannotcommunicate
fluentlybecauseoftheabuseofforeignexpressionsinourlanguage."
3 Rebelo'stongue-lashingagainstlinguisticinvasionisa reactionto
globalization'smarch.Heisnotaloneinthedefenseofmothertongues.Poland
recentlypasseda lawtoenforcelanguagepuritybybanningforeignwordsfrom
everydaytransactionsunlessPolishtranslationsareprovidedalongside.A Polish
languagecouncilwillcatchviolators,whocouldfacestifffines.Poland'scampaign
hasbeencomparedtothenotoriousFrenchefforttostampout"franglais."
4 With 178 millionnativespeakersworldwide,Portugueseranksseventh
amongmost-spokennativelanguagesafterMandarin,Hindi,Spanish,English,
Arabic,andBengali.IDownie,Andrew."BrazilConsidersLinguisticBmTicade."ChristianScienceMonitor6 Sep.2000: 26 pars.
13 Sep. 2004 <http://csmonitor.com/cgi-bin/durableRedirect.pl?/durable12000109/06/fp7s2-csm.shtml>.