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For today’s reading comprehension, we’re going to read a BBC Brasil article about an indigenous couple who met on the Internet.

Casal indígena se conhece na internet

Excerpt: “O casal Gasodá Suruí e Maria Leonice, ou Tori Tupari, seu nome indígena, se conheceu pela Internet e até casou pela rede. Eles são um exemplo de como as novas tecnologias estão permeando a vida dos povos indígenas no Brasil. “Muita gente não acredita em internet, eles acham que é uma ilusão”, diz Tori.”

Read the full article here

There’s also a neat little video with parts of the interview from the article, so you can watch that, too:

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Questions

1. What site did the couple meet on? What program did they use to chat?

2. How far away from each other did the couple live?

3. When did the couple first meet in person? When did they get married?

Answers after the jump.

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For all of you in New York and in the U.S. Northeast, be sure to check out the exhibit sponsored by the Sociedade da Língua Portuguesa da Organização das Nações Unidas (UNSRC), known in English as the UN Portuguese Language Society.

The UNSRC will host an exhibit featuring one hundred pieces by eight indigenous artists from the Amazon. The artists come from a variety of tribes, including the Tukano, Wanano and Kokoma tribes. Check out some of the pieces here.

The exhibition will take place from October 26 through November 6th at the UN, located at 2 United Nations Plaza in Manhattan.

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