1. A avareza ou ganância (greed) é definida como o apego demasiado e sórdido ao dinheiro; enorme desejo de adquirir e acumular riquezas. Veja um exemplo de uso do termo “greed”.Ex: To avoid real problems, NFL and NBA can’t be consumed by greed. [Para evitar problemas de verdade, a NFL e a NBA não podem ser consumidas pela ganância.]2. A gula (gluttony) é definida, de uma forma geral, como os excessos na comida e na bebida. Vejam esta definição em inglês.Ex.: Gluttony is the the habit of eating and drinking too much. [A gula é o hábito de comer e beber demais.]3. A ira (wrath) é definida como cólera, raiva e desejo de vingança. Costuma produzir consequências devastadoras num piscar de olhos.Ex.: Her wrath scared everyone who tried to approach her. [A ira assustava a todos que tentavam se aproximar dela.]4. A inveja (envy) é o desgosto, ódio ou pesar pelo sucesso ou alegria do outro.Ex.: Mike felt a twinge of envy when he saw them together. [Mike sentiu uma ponta de inveja quando os viu juntos.]5. A preguiça (sloth) é o pecado da aversão ou pouca disposição para o trabalho.Ex.: Sloth was the reason why he became a compulsive gambler. [A preguiça foi o motivo pelo qual ele se tornou um jogador compulsivo.]6. O orgulho (pride) pode ser definido como um conceito muito elevado que alguém faz de si mesmo, se julgando melhor que o outro.Ex.: They did it out of pride. [Eles fizeram isto por orgulho.]7. A lúxuria (lust) é o desejo passional, egoísta e desenfreado pelo prazer sensual e material.Ex.: Lust consumed him, as did impatience. [A luxúria o consumiu, assim como a impaciência.]

''THREE THOUGHTS ON DYING''

After a death in his family, Philip Davis reflects on the child-like panic we are all going to feel at the end of adulthood, when we discover how distinctively singular and unbelievably unnecessary it is to die .......

Two summers ago in the archive of the Harry Ransom Center in Austin, Texas, I found a letter from the poet Josephine Carson to Bernard Malamud's wife, Ann, written in 1981 when Ann's mother was dying in some terrible slow rhythm of her own. It wasn't strictly a part of my main story, but I typed it out:

If one can become the helpful witness of one's mother's dying and feel one's way through it along parallel sympathetic lines exactly the way you, for instance, must have had to do with your children so as not to interrupt the proper sequence of their learning (the syntax is everything, I think, in all learning)--if one can find a way to do that, then one can learn a profound lesson about our lives that doesn't come so dramatically or convincingly in any other situation.

If not, wrote Carson, the parent has to die alone and secretively, as though the communication waves were jammed. I thought of this again when the consultant told me that a lot of patients die just after their relatives leave the room. Then they leave too. My dad once said that his own father had died saying simply, "Ta-ta"............

''Titanic: 100 Year Obsession''

In common with many people around the world, I've been fascinated with the Titanic story ever since I first heard about it as a young boy growing up in southern England.

 

I've always felt a tiny bit invested in the saga too because my grandfather was a merchant seamen based in Titanic's home port, Southampton, and occasionally we'd visit him at the docks.  I can still picture the big liners, the giant ropes tethering them and the huge cranes filling their holds.

 

Then, as a young man, I had several friends who worked at BBC Radio Solent, the area's main local radio station, in whose building, South Western House, Titanic's passengers spent their last night before setting sail.  It was said the main studio was haunted by the spirit of one of those on board. 

 

A distant view of the building is visible in the opening moments of the famous movie.

 

So, I was pleased to be asked to file a story for Al Jazeera English from the National Geographic exhibitionin Washington DC titled, "Titanic: 100 Year Obsession."

 

When you walk in your eye goes straight to a scale model of the ship, as she was in 1912, built to the same blueprints that Harland and Wolff of Belfast used to put the real thing together.

Further round the exhibit and you come across a scale model of the ship as she is today, three kilometres down on the Atlantic seabed, it takes your breath away.
 

Richard McWalters, from National Geographic told me why he thinks this story is as compelling today as it was one hundred years ago.

"If you imagine Boeing corporation for example bringing out their latest airplane, the largest airplane they ever made and onboard was Bill Gates, George Clooney people like that ... and for this tragedy to then happen on top of that and these people perished ... it really struck a chord."

There are monuments and statues in honour of Titanic all over the world in memory of the fifteen hundred souls who perished on the ship's maiden voyage.

I went to one in Washington DC that offers another clue as to why we remember this ship, even though there have been worse shipwrecks since Titanic went under. It was erected in honour of, "the young, the old, the rich, the poor, the ignorant and the learned," in other words all members of society who died that day.

The point is, Titanic's crew and passengers had to face agonising decisions. Who got a seat in one of the all too few lifeboats? Women and children certainly - but which men? Once in a lifeboat, should they come back to pick-up those in the water and risk being overwhelmed? McWalters put it this way.

"This is very much like a Shakespearian story ... a bit of the moral play going on so people could show their true colours so to speak and how they would respond in a situation like that."
 
Thanks to Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, stars of James Cameron's movie Titanic, which has just been released in 3D, the story is reaching younger audiences all the time.

I went to a local cinema in Georgetown where I found a large group of teenage girls who were carrying Titanic posters and who were clearly in love with Leonardo - Jack Dawson in the story. I asked them what do you love about the movie?

 

Leonardo, of course, but beyond that it was that they liked, "the intensity and the fear".
 
They were aged about fifteen years old and as such are living proof that the Titanic's story is likely to endure another one hundred years - they'll tell their children and their kids will pass it onto their own - and so by watching the popular movie they're helping to keep alive the memory of that terrible tragedy one hundred years ago.

''The English Bulldog''

Contrary to its physical appearance, the English bulldog is in factone of the gentlest dogs there is. In fact, English bulldogs are very good pets for families with children as they get along quite well. Aspuppies, English bulldogs can be bundles of energy and a handful to handle. However, as they grow older, they tend to become calmer and easier to handle.
Where does the English bulldog originate from? Despite its name, this breed actually traces its roots all the way to Asia. In the old times, nomads brought their mastiffs to Britain. These mastiffs were ferocious and were perfect for fighting and holding down prey. When bull baiting became popular in Britain, a new breed was needed – thus the birth of the bulldog. After some time, this breed was cross bred with the pug, resulting in the English bulldog as we know it today.
One issue with English bulldogs is the fact that they tend to drool a lot. That is why they need to be located in a well ventilated area and they must not be exposed to too much exercise – a perfect pet for the sedentary person!

Dog lovers all over the world cannot help but adore this breed. Today, there are many other breeds of bulldogs, with the Americanbulldog being one of the most popular. For many, this is THE bulldog that they know. Yet, actually, this type of bulldog originates from the English bulldog, a gentle and friendly animal.

''THE YEAR THE WORLD WENT DAYGLOW''

                               Matthew Engel puts on his bell-bottoms and pads back 40 years to ask why the world erupted in 1968, and what was achieved. A longer version of this article appears in the new Intelligent Life magazine ...

Any history of 1968 is going to be full of if onlys, what ifs, counterfactuals and might-have-beens. You can construct a zillion parallel universes of what could have happened if a single event had turned out a fraction differently. The reality was astonishing enough. And, as the 40th anniversary approaches, the year continues to maintain a remarkable grip on anyone with a sense of modern history.

There was, quite simply, an eruption: a global explosion of political, cultural and social energy that was at once both thrilling and terrifying. It had been rumbling and spitting for at least five years beforehand (since 1963, the year Philip Larkin said sexual intercourse was invented) and continued to send out lava flows for some time after that.

There was also a short version of '68--that brief period when "the revolution" (whatever that might have meant), as discussed in a thousand French cafés, and dingy student dormitories and flats across the world, felt like an imminent certainty...

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''Inside a Honda Accord''

That's where I was, driving to my first education-related interview, when I learned of the attacks on the World Trade Center. It was a picturesque September morning. I was listening to NPR, when all of a sudden they switched from local to national coverage to give us minute-by-minute updates of what was happening.

It was a true juxtaposition of images and sound, my eyes taking in the morning sun as it bounced off leaves and was absorbed by the grassy fields that marked my way to a local nature reserve. The sound, the voice of Peter Jennings and other correspondents working to make sense of the chaos unfolding in real time in New York City. It was bizarre and frightening. I remember trying to explain it to the man I was meeting with, the director of a wildlife sanctuary where I was trying to land a gig as a volunteer tour guide.

Fresh from hiking 1,000 miles of the Appalachian Trail after quitting my job as a newspaper reporter, I was looking to gain entrance into the field of education, hoping to parlay my affinity for nature and my abilities as a journalist into something new. Fortunately, the director of the reserve decided to give me a shot. I was paired with a veteran staffer, taken on a tour of the grounds, and given the green light to welcome school groups to the sanctuary.

I used my experience there to land a paying job at a local YWCA, working with kindergarten and early elementary school children. My gig at the "Y" helped me get some substitute teaching work at area middle and high schools. Eventually, I was hired as a full-time building substitute at a middle school, where I spent time as a sub and special-ed paraprofessional.

Later that year I worked as a journalism and creative writing teacher at a summer arts camp, then went on to graduate school, where I studied English education. After earning a degree and passing the state's teacher test, I landed a job teaching English and journalism to high school students in Massachusetts. I'm now in my eighth year working at the secondary level. 

In addition to being linked to 9/11, my ascension from volunteer tour guide to full-time classroom teacher also has parallels with the meteoric rise of a certain New England Patriots quarterback. Tom Brady, a 2001 sixth-round draft choice, went from being a bench-riding rookie to Super Bowl MVP. While I don't have any trophies to boast of, I do have an excellence in teaching award, bestowed upon me by one of the members of my high school's 2010 graduating class. While the award is nice recognition for the hard work I've put in, even more meaningful is the personalized message that accompanied the award, written by one of my former students.
Just as I hope that Tom Brady's best days as a quarterback are not behind him, the same goes for myself as an educator. Currently enrolled in a second master's degree program, I hope to continue to learn about ways I can be an effective teacher and make a positive difference in the lives of my students. On this day, 10 years after my journey as an educator began, I am thankful to those who have helped me grow from a young man uncertain about his place in the world to a (slightly older) man who, while still seeking, has landed on a path that's proven to be both personally and professionally rewarding.