quarta-feira, 8 de novembro de 2017


 Have you ever heard of a blog and social media page called Humans of New York? Read the text in the About Section of the blog to learn about it.



My name is Brandon and I began Humans of New York in the summer of 2010. HONY resulted from an idea that I had to construct a photographic census of New York City. I thought it would be really cool to create an exhaustive catalogue of the city’s inhabitants, so I set out to photograph 10,000 New Yorkers and plot their photos on a map. I worked for several months with this goal in mind. But somewhere along the way, HONY began to take on a much different character. I started collecting quotes and short stories from the people I met, and began including these snippets alongside the photographs. Taken together, these portraits and captions became the subject of a vibrant blog, which over the past two years has gained hundreds of thousands of followers. With over 300,000 collective followers on Facebook and Tumblr, HONY provides a worldwide audience with daily glimpses into the lives of strangers in New York City.
STANTON, Brandon. About. New York[2017?]. Disponível em: www.humanofnewyork.com/about.Acesso em 17.nov.2017

1-       Brandon Stanton says that he collects “quotes and short stories” from the people he meets on the streets of New York. Look at the vocabulary below and translate the words.
a)       Current activities
b)       Global affairs
c)       Inner conflicts
d)       Relationships with Family and friends
e)       Pieces of advice
f)        Special moments in their lives
g)       Dreams and ambitions
h)       Other

2-       O que você entende por legendas e fotolegendas? Faça uma relação da sua pesquisa com “portraits and captions”

3-       Humans of New York  inspirou projetos similares em outras cidades. As imagens abaixo são de Humans of Singapore e refletem o conceito mencionado por Brandon Stanton na seção About  do seu site. 

Olhe as imagens e leia as legendas e depois escolha a afirmativa correta sobre as pessoas no perfil.

Humans of Singaporehttp://humansofsg.com/



Portrait 1




“What was the happiest moment of your life?”

“When I got a stable job and bought my mother a 

house. Things were quite bad, and so many times 

you feel like you’re being singled out and given all 

the bad things in the world. But I guess sometimes 

it’s best to ignore what’s happening and continue 

working harder. The rest works itself out, one way 

or another.”

“What’s the one piece of advice you would give to 

someone else going through the same thing?”

“Have a support system. Friends, family, girlfriend, 

anything. It helps.”   


Portrait 2




“When you’re growing up, you don’t realize the 

value of family. But when you have a child of your 

own - that changes things. You start realizing the 

sacrifices your parents made for you, and the time 

and effort they put into raising you.”

“And have you told them that?”

“Not yet.”



Assinale a afirmativa correta:

 a)       They mention, in diferent ways, their relationships with other people that are important  in their lives.  (     )

b)       They discuss the conflicts they have with their parentes and other Family members.(     )





4-       Leia os textos novamente e indique se as frases abaixo são (T) True, (F) False, ou (NM) not mentioned.


A)       We know the names of the people depicted in the portraits. (    )

B)       The man in portrait 1 was probably out of work for some time. (    )
C)       It is likely that he had help from his Family, friends, and girlfriend during a difficult period in his life. (    )

D)      The man in portrait 2 recognizes the importance of his Family now, but he probably didn´t when he was a child. (    )
E)       The sono f the man in portrait 2 is 5 years old. (    )


F)       The  man will probably not tell his son about how the values his parentes. (    )


Atividade adaptada do livro Circles 1º ano.ensino médio/ Viviane Cristina Carvalho Kirmeliene...[et al.]_ 1.ed _ São Paulo:FTD,2016_ (Coleção circles) material de divulgação PNLD 2018 - Ensino médio.

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