Question

BRAZIL IS MASSIVE Brazil is the fifth most significant and most populated country in the world. In relative terms, Europe is slightly larger than Brazil, making it the largest country in South America. Brazil is not only enormous, BUT it also boasts about two-thirds of the Amazon Rainforest. ALTHOUGH this is a fact about Brazil to be proud of, the government is doing little to nothing to preserve it. Amazon, ON THE OTHER HAND, is the largest rainforest, AND the place still has the world’s largest river in volume. While Amazon is a unique place on earth, the world’s largest swamp is also in Brazil. The Pantanal is an “up and coming” tourist destination in the last five years. 02- Answer the questions below based on the text. a) What is the largest country in South America? b) Is Amazon the smallest rainforest in Brazil? c) What is the world’s largest swamp? 03- What idea does each of the highlighted words express? (Que idéia cada uma das palavras destacadas expressa?)

Answer 1

Resposta:

A) O Brasil é o maior pais da américa do sul

B) Não a Floresta Amazônica é a maior floresta tropical do mundo

C) Everglades . O local é um dos maiores ecossistemas pantanosos do Hemisfério Ocidental. Localizado no sul da Flórida, a menos de duas horas de Miami, o Everglades cobre uma área de 1,5 milhão de acres, sendo também o maior pântano do mundo.