Pan-American Games 2011

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                                                          Pan-American Games 2011
                                           The greatest sporting festival in the Americas

About  6,000 athletes from 42 countries will take part in the Pan- American Games in Guadalajara.

The event will begin on October 14 and Brazil will be sending its best athletes.

The Pan-American Games are like a big party. A party that will begin on October 14 and end on October 30. Only countries from the American continent can take part. About 6,000 athletes from 42 countries will compete for medals in 44 sports. This will be the 16^th edition of the Games. The USA has won first place in the medals table in 13 of the 15 previous editions (in only two editions did the Americans come in second, in 1951 and 1991). Brazil's performance has improved in the last two Games. In 2003, Brazil won 123 medals - 29 of them gold. In the 2007 Pan-American Games, in Rio, Brazil broke its record for medals, winning 157 in total, with 52 gold medals. But even so, it ranked third, behind Cuba, which won 59 gold medals.

Brazil is looking for medals in several sports - Brazil is a major world power in sports like volleyball, beach volleyball and soccer, both in men’s and women’s events. However, over the 15 editions of the Pan-American Games, the most successful sports for Brazil have been athletics, swimming, judo and sailing. In addition to these, Brazil has a good chance of winning medals in several other sports. The Brazilian delegation includes some Olympic and World Champions, such as César Cielo, Maurren and Fabiana Murer.

Vocabulary

medals table – quadro de medalhas 

previous – anteriores

to look for – lutar por / buscar  

major – importante 

sailing – vela

1- How many countries will take part in the Pan-American Games?

(     ) a- 123          (     ) b- 42         (     ) c- 59

2- Which edition of the Pan-American Games is this?

(     ) a- 16^th          (     ) b- 52^nd        (     ) c- 30^th

3- How many athletes will take part in the games?

(     ) a- 1951        (     ) b- 2007      (     ) c- 6,000

4- How many medals did Brazil win in 2003?

(     ) a- 57            (     ) b- 123                  (     ) c- 157

5- How many gold medals did Cuba win in 2007?

(     ) a- 29            (     ) b- 59        (     ) c- 44

6- How many sports are there in Pan-American Games 2011?

(     ) a- 44            (     ) b- 42       (     ) c- 29

7- When will the party begin?

(     ) a- on October 30           

(     ) b- on October 15           

(     ) c- on October 14

8- What is Pan-American like?

(     ) a- a big medal    

(     ) b- a big party     

(     ) c- a big athlete

9- When will the party end?

(     ) a- on October 30           

(     ) b- on October 15           

(     ) c- on October 14

10- Which country won the first place in the medals table in 13 editions?

(     ) a- Brazil        (     ) b- Mexico   (     ) c- The USA

Steve Jobs

Tributes for “visionary” Steve Jobs

The visionary who co-founded Apple, died Wednesday , October 5,  at age 56, after a long battle against pancreatic cancer

       Steve Jobs changed the way we use technology. He changed the daily habits of millions by reinventing computing, music and mobile phones. He moved technology from garages to pockets, took entertainment from discs to bytes and turned gadgets into extensions of the people who use them. His death sparked an outpouring of tributes as world leaders, business rivals and fans alike lamented his premature passing and celebrated his monumental achievements. Thousands of celebrities and ordinary people went on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to record their tributes and memories of the man behind products such as the iPod, the iPhone, the iPad.

    President Barack Obama said Wednesday night that the "world has a lost a visionary" with the passing of Apple founder Steve Jobs. "Steve was among the greatest of American innovators - brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and talented enough to do it," the president said in a statement. "He transformed our lives, redefined entire industries, and achieved one of the rarest feats in human history: he changed the way each of us sees the world," Mr Obama said.
      Apple has posted this statement on its website: “Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring mentor. Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple.”

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Steve Jobs Quotes:

“Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.”

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

A lot of companies have chosen to downsize, and maybe that was the right thing for them. We chose a different path. Our belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to open their wallets.

“Our goal is to make the best devices in the world, not to be the biggest.”