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por  Vera Queiroz (17/04/2003)

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Iraqi Weapons Declaration

Last Saturday, the government of Iraq gave a declaration of its weapons programs to the United Nations. A U-N Security Council resolution ordered Iraq to report on its nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons programs by December eighth. The time limit was widely considered Iraq's final chance to prevent a military attack.

The Security Council also required Iraq to agree to U-N weapons inspections. The first U-N inspectors arrived in late November. U-N weapons inspections were started after Iraq's defeat in the nineteen-ninety-one Gulf War. Four years ago, inspectors left the country because they were not permitted to visit all the areas they wanted to examine.

The U-N resolution required Iraq to surrender any weapons of mass destruction. It called for serious measures if Iraq failed to do so. Iraq could be found in violation of the resolution if its weapons declaration is believed to include false information or not complete.

(by Cynthia Kirk, VOA SPECIAL ENGLISH, In the News, December 14, 2002.)

II. Encontre a palavra (de referência) a qual o pronome em negrito se refere.

1. In the nineteen-nineties, Iraq admitted making three kinds of biological weapons, including one that spreads the deadly anthrax bacteria.
R: one se refere a um tipo de weapon.

2. Four years ago, inspectors left the country because they were not permitted to visit all the areas they wanted to examine.
R: they se refere a inspectors


III. Complete as orações abaixo com o conectivo apropriado. Cuidado, pois três deles não serão utilizados no exercício.
(if, and, however, that, or, so, therefore)

1. People came from all around the country and stood in very cold weather to take part in the demonstration.
2. American officials have warned Saddam Hussein to disarm or face serious action.
3. Iraqi officials did not say if the declaration provides new evidence to support Iraq's claim that it has destroyed all its old biological and chemical weapons.

IV. Qual a melhor tradução para a palavra em negrito?

The first casualties of the war

1. causas
2. conseqüências
3. casualidades
4. baixas (mortes)
5. eventualidades

R: A resposta correta é a letra d. Veja que temos aqui um falso cognato. Casualty significa baixa (morte por acidente ou guerra).

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