The World, in English - April
Updated: Apr 27
Hello and welcome! Here you will find everything that happened this week.
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Now Meta wants to understand... your brain?
Mark Zuckerberg has a new goal: to understand how the brain reacts to different types of stimuli like images, sounds, and language.
With the new AI model TRIBE v2, scientists can show a video and the system estimates which areas of the brain are activated. Think of it like a translator, but instead of translating languages, it translates brain activity.
It might sound simple, but it’s actually a huge step forward. The model has 70 times more resolution and can even predict reactions in situations it has never seen before.
This kind of technology could help researchers study the brain using simulations on a computer, which may speed up discoveries related to diseases like Alzheimer’s and depression.
📚Vocabulary
Goal = objetivo
Understand = compreender, entender
Stimuli = estímulos
Brain activity = atividade cerebral
Instead of = ao invés de
It Might = pode até
Predict = prever
Huge = gigante
Research = pesquisa
Disease = doença
Fasten your seat belts… teenagers might be able to drive
Congresso Nacional do Brasil is analyzing a proposal that could allow teenagers aged 16 to get a driver’s license.
The idea is to make Brazil more similar to countries like the United States and the United Kingdom, where teenagers can drive with adult supervision.
However, the proposal is facing strong resistance. According to the Observatório Nacional de Segurança Viária, human behavior is the main cause of more than 37,000 deaths per year in traffic accidents in Brazil.
This raises an important question: is it safe to allow younger drivers on the road?
The project also includes other possible changes to Brazil’s traffic laws (CTB).
📚Vocabulary
Fasten your seat belt = aperte seu cinto de segurança
Analyzing = analisando
Proposal = proposta
Allow = permitir
Driver's license = carteira de motorista
Similar = parecido
Supervision = supervisão
Facing = enfrentando
According to = de acordo com
Main = principal
Deaths = mortes
Resistance = resistência
Traffic accident = acidente de trânsito
Raise = levantar
Road = estrada
Law = lei
Fly me to the moon…
The Artemis II mission, led by NASA, sent four astronauts on a journey around the Moon for the first time in over 50 years.
The mission will last about 10 days. Although the spacecraft will not land on the Moon, astronauts will be able to observe and take pictures of its far side.
The goal is to better understand how humans can survive in space and prepare for future missions, including a possible trip to Mars.
The Artemis program is expected to cost over $100 billion and includes several steps. The next mission is planned for 2028.
📚Vocabulary
Mission = missão
Led by = liderado por
Journey = viagem
Last = durar
Although = embora
Spacecraft = nave espacial
Astronaut = astronauta
Land = pousar
Far side = lado distante
Observe = observar
Goal = objetivo
Cost = custar
Survive = sobreviver
Future = futuro
Trump to Iran: “It’s now or never”
Donald Trump made a controversial post on his social media account, giving Iran a deadline to make a deal and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
"Tuesday will be Power Day and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the fuckin' Strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in hell - JUST WATCH! Praise to Allah. President Donald J. Trump".
He warned that if Iran does not comply, the U.S. could attack important infrastructure and take control of Iranian oil.
The post came after the rescue of a U.S. pilot who had been attacked and was missing for two days.
📚Vocabulary
Controversial = controverso
Deadline = prazo final
Make a deal = fazer um acordo
Reopen = reabrir
Wrapped up = embrulhado em, junto em
Allah = Deus
Warned = avisou
Comply = cumprir
Rescue = resgate
Attacked = atacado
Missing = desaparecido
Praise to = louvado seja
POP Emergency!! Anitta + Shakira
Anitta is getting ready to release her new album EQUILIBRIVM on April 16.
She recently performed two new songs on Domingão, and fans are already excited.
But the big surprise? A collaboration with Shakira called “Choka Choka”.
The song will be released on Thursday and performed live on Saturday Night Live, one of the biggest TV shows in the U.S.
Pop fans, stay alert. This one has hit potential written all over it.
📚Vocabulary
Getting ready = se preparando
Release = lançar
Album = álbum
Recently - recentemente
Perform = apresentar
Excited = animado
Collaboration = colaboração
Biggest = maior
Fans = fãs
Live = ao vivo
Lady Gaga cancels show just hours before starting
Lady Gaga canceled a concert just three hours before it was scheduled to begin in Montreal.
She explained on Instagram that she has been dealing with a respiratory infection and her condition got worse.
Her doctor advised her not to perform, and she said she wouldn’t be able to deliver the quality her fans deserve.
This isn’t the first time she has had to cancel shows during this tour. Earlier this year, she also rescheduled several performances.
Let’s hope Mother Monster recovers soon.
📚Vocabulary
Cancel = cancelar
Concert = show
Scheduled = marcado
Begin = começar
Performance = apresentação
Dealing with = lidando com
Infection = infecção
Condition = condição
Worse = pior
Doctor = médico
Advised = aconselhou
Able to = capaz de
Deliver = entregar
Recover = se recuperar
Earlier = mais cedo
Reschedule = remarcar
Are you looking for something to watch?
Here are two words for you: HIGH POTENTIAL.
This TV show, available on Disney+ and Hulu, is seriously addictive.
The story follows Morgan Gillory, a single mother of three who works as a cleaner for the Los Angeles Police Department. One day, she unexpectedly solves a complex case… and everything changes.
She is then recruited as a consultant and starts working with Detective Adam Karadec, whose logical and structured style is completely different from her intuitive and chaotic way of thinking.
The show mixes crime, family life, and mystery, including the disappearance of her husband 15 years ago.
Warning: you will start creating your own theories while watching.
📚Vocabulary
Available = disponível
Addictive = viciante
Single = solteira
Cleaner = faxineira
Unexpectedly = inesperadamente
Case = caso (criminal)
Solve = resolver
Change = mudar
Detective = detetive
Logical = logico
Structured = estruturado
Clue = pista
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