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Day four of the Rio Olympics left many jogar dama sozinho wondering why Michael Phelps had ever retired. The most successful Olympian of all time has now won 21 golds in four separate games. His latest came in the 200 metres butterfly and freestyle relay.

Now, they’re the UK’s highest mountains but they are under water. Scientists have returned from an expedition exploring the peaks off the west coast of Scotland. The mission: jogar dama sozinho to log the marine life around them. And I think they’ve discovered many new species.

If you were asked to dedicate a statue to the late actress and comedian Lucille Ball you'd want to capture her beauty, her strong looks and her jogar dama sozinho stylish presence. Unfortunately one sculptor was judged to have failed that test when he jogar dama sozinho unveiled this bronze statue. So a new artist, Carolyn Palmer, was commissioned and this is what she produced for residents in Lucille Ball's hometown in western New York State. The original artist, Dave Poulin, offered to remake it but was turned down.

Transcrição para o Português

O dia quatro da Olimpíada do Rio deixou muitos se perguntando por que Michael Phelps chegou a se aposentar. O atleta olímpicojogar dama sozinhomaior sucesso na história agora tem 21 medalhasjogar dama sozinhoouro conquistadasjogar dama sozinhoquatro Jogos. As últimas vieram no 200 m nado borboleta e revezamentojogar dama sozinhonado livre.

Agora, essas são as montanhas mais altas da Grã-Bretanha, mas estão debaixo d’água. Cientistas retornaramjogar dama sozinhouma expediçãojogar dama sozinhoque exploraram os picos submersos na costa oeste da Escócia. A missão: registrar a vida marinha ao redor deles. E eu acho que eles descobriram uma nova espécie.

Se te pedissem uma estátua dedicada à falecida atriz e comediante Lucille Ball, você tentaria capturarjogar dama sozinhobeleza, presença visual e estilo. Infelizmente um escultor fracassou nesse teste ao revelarjogar dama sozinhoestátuajogar dama sozinhobronze. Assim, uma nova artista, Carolyn Palmer, recebeu a tarefa e isso foi o que ela produziu para os moradores da cidadejogar dama sozinhoLucille Ball no oeste do Estadojogar dama sozinhoNova York. O artista original, Dave Poulin, se ofereceu para rafazer a estátua, mas teve a proposta recusada.

Words and definitions

jogar dama sozinho wondering

asking oneself

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to make an official record

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elegant and fashionable

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made public in a ceremony

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Exercise

Use one of the words or phrases from Lingohack to complete each of these sentences. Note that you may have to change the form of a word or phrase to complete the sentence correctly.

wondering / to log / stylish / unveiled

1. I bought a new watch in France. It's very _________.

2. Mary is bad at sums so I was _________ how on earth she managed to get high marks in the maths test.

3. Any changes made to the schedule will be _________ on the computer.

4. After two months of hard work, the artist was proud to see his masterpiece _________ to the public.

Answers

1. I bought a new watch in France. It's very stylish.

2. Mary is bad at sums so I was wondering how on earth she managed to get high marks in the maths test.

3. Any changes made to the schedule will be logged on the computer.

4. After two months of hard work, the artist was proud to see his masterpiece