Correio na Finlândia responde cartas a Papai Noel:jogos de bingo betboo

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jogos de bingo betboo Spare a thought for this man from Rovaniemi in Finland.

While many are on their Christmas holidays, Santa Claus and his team will be working jogos de bingo betboo overtime.

In the main post office, the year's most jogos de bingo betboo hectic period is underway. They receive around half a million letters from children all over the world.

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Transcriçãojogos de bingo betbooportuguês

Tenha dó desse homemjogos de bingo betbooRovaniemi, na Finlândia.

Enquanto vários aproveitam suas fériasjogos de bingo betbooNatal, Papai Noel ejogos de bingo betbooequipe estarão fazendo hora extra.

Na agência centraljogos de bingo betboocorreios da cidade, o período mais caótico do ano está a todo vapor. Eles recebem meio milhãojogos de bingo betboocartasjogos de bingo betboocrianças do mundo inteiro.

Elas têm que ser respondidas e a equipe quer evitar uma acumulaçãojogos de bingo betbootrabalho.

E se você se comportou bem neste ano, ele pode estar indo para os seus lados.

Vocabulary

jogos de bingo betboo spare a thought - remember someone sympathetically

jogos de bingo betboo overtime - longer than an ordinary shift

jogos de bingo betboo hectic - busy, chaotic

jogos de bingo betboo backlog - work accumulated

jogos de bingo betboo heading your way - going where you are

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Exercise

spare a thought / overtime / hectic / backlog / heading your way

1. There have been numerous studies indicating that people are becoming increasingly forgetful as a result of modern __________ lifestyles. Researchers have labelled the condition "busy lifestyle syndrome", with stress being the possible culprit behind day-to-day memory lapses.

2. As Africa's economic fortunes rise and the continent continues to be charmed by superpowers, __________ for the millions of Africans in faraway lands.

3. Hundreds of thousands of workers may be sitting idly by during the ongoing government shutdown, but comedians are working __________ to find the humour amidst the partisan political turmoil.

4. "We have no safety concerns, however, advice to members of the public is that if smoke is __________, closing your windows would be a good common sense measure."

5. Tom McPhail, the firm's head of pensions research, said it was "extremely sorry for the delays", but was making "significant progress in clearing the __________" and hoped to have all systems running normally again soon.

Answers

Source: How easy is it to forget your children? http://bbc.in/1c8V4Bh

2. As Africa's economic fortunes rise and the continent continues to be charmed by superpowers, spare a thought for the millions of Africans in faraway lands.

Source: Letter from Africa: 'Not welcome in Europe' http://bbc.in/IRB0qr

3. Hundreds of thousands of workers may be sitting idly by during the ongoing government shutdown, but comedians are working overtime to find the humour amidst the partisan political turmoil.

Source: Shutdown and debt limit offer comic fodder http://bbc.in/1dIXYcZ

4. "We have no safety concerns, however, advice to members of the public is that if smoke is heading your way, closing your windows would be a good common sense measure."

Source: Fire crews tackle metal recycling blaze in Lincoln http://bbc.in/JveX9a

5. Tom McPhail, the firm's head of pensions research, said it was "extremely sorry for the delays", but was making "significant progress in clearing the backlog" and hoped to have all systems running normally again soon.

Source: Royal Mail shares jump sharply on market debut http://bbc.in/19uR8Iw