Programação de notícias - Semana 3
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3.1.2 – Inglês [Jane Eyre]
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Chapter III
‘Perhaps you may—who knows? Have you any relations besides Mrs. Reed?’
‘I think not, sir.’
‘None belonging to your father?’
‘I don’t know. I asked Aunt Reed once, and she said possibly I might have some poor, low relations called Eyre, but she knew nothing about them.’
‘If you had such, would you like to go to them?’
I reflected. Poverty looks grim to grown people; still more so to children: they have not much idea of industrious, working, respectable poverty; they think of the word only as connected with ragged clothes, scanty food, fireless grates, rude manners, and debasing vices: poverty for me was synonymous with degradation.
‘No; I should not like to belong to poor people,’ was my reply.
‘Not even if they were kind to you?’
I shook my head: I could not see how poor people had the means of being kind; and then to learn to speak like them, to adopt their manners, to be uneducated, to grow up like one of the poor women I saw sometimes nursing their children or washing their clothes at the cottage doors of the village of Gateshead: no, I was not heroic enough to purchase liberty at the price of caste.
‘But are your relatives so very poor? Are they working people?’
‘I cannot tell; Aunt. Reed says if I have any, they must be a beggarly set: I should not like to go a begging.’
‘Would you like to go to school?’
Again I reflected: I scarcely knew what school was: Bessie sometimes spoke of it as a place where young ladies sat in the stocks, wore backboards, and were expected to be exceedingly genteel and precise: John Reed hated his school, and abused his master; but John Reed’s tastes were no rule for mine, and if Bessie’s accounts of school-discipline (gathered from the young ladies of a family where she had lived before coming to Gateshead) were somewhat appalling, her details of certain accomplishments attained by these same young ladies were, I thought, equally attractive. She boasted of beautiful paintings of landscapes and flowers by them executed; of songs they could sing and pieces they could play, of purses they could net, of French books they could translate; till my spirit was moved to emulation as I listened.
Besides, school would be a complete change: it implied a long journey, an entire separation from Gateshead, an entrance into a new life.
‘I should indeed like to go to school,’ was the audible conclusion of my musings.
‘Well, well! who knows what may happen?’ said Mr. Lloyd, as he got up. ‘The child ought to have change of air and scene,’ he added, speaking to himself; ‘nerves not in a good state.’
Bessie now returned; at the same moment the carriage was heard rolling up the gravel-walk.
‘Is that your mistress, nurse?’ asked Mr. Lloyd. ‘I should like to speak to her before I go.’ [p. 33 -34]
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[0001] By Rédaction Africanews
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<Ramadan: iftar on Zanzibar draws thousands to stadium> By Rédaction Africanews with AFP - Thousands took part in one of Zanzibar's largest communal Iftar meals at the island's Amani Stadium, where Muslims and non-Muslims gathered to break the fast at sunset during Ramadan.
"We have just managed to showcase to the whole world that Zanzibar is a destination of peace, unity and love," said Arif Abbas Manji, the head of the Zanzibar Commission for Tourism.
That the event drew so many people was also an intentional goal for the organisers.
"We aim to break a few records in terms of the number Iftar. The record, apart from Mecca and from Medina, the record was was at around 7000 people. So we aimed at 15,000 thousand people, to surpass it by about 100 percent", explained Arif Abbas Manji.
In Tanzania, around 37 percent of the population are Muslim. But on the island of Zanzibar, around 99 percent of the population share this faith.
[tradução automática] Ramadã: iftar em Zanzibar atrai milhares para estádio > Milhares participaram de uma das maiores refeições comunitárias de Iftar de Zanzibar no Estádio Amani, na ilha, onde muçulmanos e não muçulmanos se reuniram para quebrar o jejum ao pôr do sol durante o Ramadã.
"Acabamos de mostrar a todo o mundo que Zanzibar é um destino de paz, unidade e amor", disse Arif Abbas Manji, chefe da Comissão de Turismo de Zanzibar.
O fato de o evento ter atraído tantas pessoas também foi um objetivo intencional para os organizadores.
"Nós pretendemos quebrar alguns recordes em termos do número Iftar. O recorde, além de Meca e Medina, o recorde era de cerca de 7000 pessoas. Então nós visamos 15.000 mil pessoas, para superá-lo em cerca de 100 por cento", explicou Arif Abbas Manji.
Na Tanzânia, cerca de 37% da população é muçulmana. Mas na ilha de Zanzibar, cerca de 99 por cento da população compartilha dessa fé.
→ link acessado (08/03/2026): https://www.africanews.com/2026/03/08/ramadan-iftar-on-zanzibar-draws-thousands-to-stadium/
[0002] By Rédaction Africanews
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<More airstrikes batter Tehran, Iran refuses to surrender >
By Rédaction Africanews with AP - More airstrikes hit the Iranian capital Tehran on Saturday afternoon. They follow explosions that echoed across Iran’s capital earlier on Saturday morning. The strikes appeared to target downtown Tehran and government buildings there.
The Iranian capital continued to face heavy bombardments from both Israel and the United States on Saturday.
US President Donald Trump vowed "very hard strikes" if the country did not surrender unconditionally. But Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian rejected the idea of surrender immediately: "That we surrender unconditionally, they should take that dream to their grave. What we are committed to are the international law, human frameworks, and the principles they talk about, they should be committed to those principles."
Trump also claimed that Iran had surrendered to its neighbours, as Pezeshkian said that Iran would not strike other countries in the region unless they attack first.
For the past week, Iran fired missiles at numerous other nations in the Middle East, including the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Kuwait.
The strikes mainly targeted US military bases in the countries, but missiles also struck hotels and infrastructure.
→ link acessado (08/03/2026): https://www.africanews.com/2026/03/07/more-airstrikes-batter-tehran-iran-refuses-to-surrender/
[tradutor automático] Mais ataques aéreos atingem Teerã, o Irã se recusa a se render
Mais ataques aéreos atingiram a capital iraniana Teerã na tarde deste sábado. Eles acompanham explosões que ecoaram pela capital do Irã no início da manhã de sábado. Os ataques pareciam ter como alvo o centro de Teerã e os prédios do governo de lá.
A capital iraniana continuou a enfrentar pesados bombardeios de Israel e dos Estados Unidos no sábado.
O presidente dos EUA, Donald Trump, prometeu "ataques muito duros" se o país não se rendesse incondicionalmente. Mas o presidente iraniano, Masoud Peizeshkian, rejeitou a ideia de rendição imediatamente: "Que nos entreguemos incondicionalmente, eles deveriam levar esse sonho para o túmulo. O que estamos comprometidos são com o direito internacional, estruturas humanas e os princípios sobre os quais eles falam, eles deveriam estar comprometidos com esses princípios."
Trump também afirmou que o Irã [deveria se render] aos seus vizinhos, já que Peizeshkian disse que o Irã não atacaria outros países da região a menos que atacassem primeiro.
Na semana passada, o Irã disparou mísseis contra várias outras nações do Oriente Médio, incluindo os Emirados Árabes Unidos, Bahrein e Kuwait.
Os ataques atingiram principalmente bases militares dos EUA nos países, mas mísseis também atingiram hotéis e infraestrutura.
[0003] By Rédaction Africanews
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< Kenya: Nairobi battles flood waters after heavy overnight rains>
By Rédaction Africanews with AP - Motorists in the Kenyan capital were stranded for hours on Saturday after roads were flooded following heavy rains overnight.
The military was deployed to assist emergency rescue services, and the local toll road operator waived fees for an elevated road.
Heavy rain began on Friday and continued overnight, submerging vehicles and forcing motorists in some areas to wade through hip-high water to reach higher ground.
A military rescue unit was deployed overnight to support emergency services as Kenya Red Cross response units struggled to reach people in need.
Rain has been pounding the country since late February, which marks the start of the long-rains season.
Previous rain seasons have seen flooding, landslides, and mudslides that have left hundreds of people dead and seen thousands of others displaced.
→ link acessado (08/03/2026): https://www.africanews.com/2026/03/07/kenya-nairobi-battles-flood-waters-after-heavy-overnight-rains/
[tradutor automático] Quênia: Nairóbi luta contra águas inundadas após fortes chuvas noturnas
Os motoristas da capital queniana ficaram presos por horas no sábado, depois que as estradas foram inundadas após fortes chuvas durante a noite.
Os militares foram destacados para auxiliar os serviços de resgate de emergência, e o operador rodoviário de pedágio local dispensou taxas por uma estrada elevada.
A chuva forte começou na sexta-feira e continuou durante a noite, submergindo veículos e forçando os motoristas de algumas áreas a passar por águas altas para chegar a terrenos mais altos.
Uma unidade de resgate militar foi implantada durante a noite para apoiar os serviços de emergência, já que as unidades de resposta da Cruz Vermelha do Quênia lutaram para alcançar pessoas necessitadas.
A chuva vem atingindo o país desde o final de fevereiro, o que marca o início da temporada de chuvas longas.
As temporadas anteriores de chuva viram inundações, deslizamentos de terra e deslizamentos de terra que deixaram centenas de pessoas mortas e viram milhares de outras deslocadas.
[0004]By Africanews
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<Egypt in 'state of near-emergency' as conflict threatens economy>
By Rédaction Africanews and AFP - The war in the Middle East has pushed Egypt to an economic state of near emergency.
That's was the warning on Thursday from President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, over fears of runaway inflation in the import-dependent country.
The conflict between the US, Israel and Iran has seen strikes on Egypt's Gulf allies and paralysed trade through the Strait of Hormuz.
The conflict could also spell trouble for the Suez canal - a vital waterway for Egypt and key source of foreign currency.
The Egyptian pound fell to an 8-month low against the US dollar at close of business on Thursday. The currency has lost two-thirds of its value since 2022.
At a military academy event, Sisi said "the current crisis might have some repercussions on prices", warning that price-gouging traders could be tried "in military courts", according to a statement from his spokesman.
El-Sisi said he was attempting mediation efforts to stop the war but Iran has said it's not asking for a ceasefire or negotiations with the United States.
→ link acessado (08/03/2026): https://www.africanews.com/2026/03/06/egypt-in-state-of-near-emergency-as-conflict-threatens-economy/
[tradutor automático] Egito em 'estado de quase emergência' enquanto conflito ameaça economia
Por Rédaction Africanews e AFP - A guerra no Oriente Médio levou o Egito a um estado econômico de quase emergência.
Essa foi a advertência na quinta-feira do presidente Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, por temores de inflação descontrolada no país dependente de importações.
O conflito entre os EUA, Israel e Irã viu ataques aos aliados do Egito no Golfo e paralisou o comércio através do Estreito de Ormuz.
O conflito também pode significar problemas para o canal de Suez - uma via navegável vital para o Egito e principal fonte de moeda estrangeira.
A libra egípcia caiu para uma mínima de 8 meses em relação ao dólar americano no fechamento dos negócios na quinta-feira. A moeda perdeu dois terços de seu valor desde 2022.
Em um evento da academia militar, Sisi disse que "a crise atual pode ter algumas repercussões nos preços", alertando que os comerciantes que engolem preços podem ser julgados "em tribunais militares", de acordo com uma declaração de seu porta-voz.
El-Sisi disse que estava tentando esforços de mediação para parar a guerra, mas o Irã disse que não está pedindo um cessar-fogo ou negociações com os Estados Unidos.
