ALCOHOL - A dangerous game to play.

 The legal limit for driving after drinking alcohol is 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood when tested.

But there is no sure way of telling how much you can drink before you reach this limit. It varies with each person depending on your weight, your gender, if you´ve eaten and what sort of drinks you have had.

Some people might reach their limit after only about three standard drinks.  In fact, your driving ability can be affected by just one or two drinks.

Even if you are below the legal limit, you could still be taken to court if a police officer thinks your driving has been affected by alcohol.

   It takes about one hour for the body puts out the alcohol in one standard drink.   

So, if you have a heavy drinking session in the evening you find that your driving ability is still affected the next morning, or you could even find that you are still over the legal limit.  

In a test with professional drivers, the more alcoholic drinks they had had the more certain they were to performance his ability to drive on... and less able they were to do it!

Alcohol is the major cause of road traffic accidents.

 One in three of the drivers killed in road accidents have levels of alcohol which are over the legal limit, and road accidents after drinking are the biggest cause of death among young men.

More than half of the people stopped by the police to take a breathalyzer test have a blood alcohol concentration more than twice the legal limit.

So the only way to be sure you are safe is not to drink at all.

The Digital Divide

A recent survey has shown that the number of people in the United Kingdom who do not intend to get internet access has risen. These people, who are known as  'net refuseniks', make up 24% of UK households, or 9.2 million people in total.

The research also showed that more than 70 percent of these people said that they were not interested in getting connected to the internet. This number has risen from just over 50% in 2010, with most giving lack of computer skills as a reason for not getting internet access, though some also said it was because of the cost.

More and more people are getting broadband and high speed net is available almost everywhere in the UK, but there are still a significant number of people who refuse to take the first step.

The cost of getting online is going down and internet speeds are increasing, so many see the main challenge to be explaining the relevance of the internet to this group.

This would encourage them to get connected before they are left too far behind.    The gap between those who have access to and use the internet is the digital divide, and if the gap continues to widen, those without access will get left behind and miss out on many opportunities, especially in their careers.

PREPOSITIONS IN ENGLISH? A HARD INVENTORY ABOUT ENGLISH PREPOSITION

HERE AN INVENTORY ABOUT  ENGLISH PREPOSTION:

your prepositon´s problem finished!!!!  Halleluyaaaa!

P R E P O S I T O N:

1)    About:           [sobre, a respeito de] 

                       1) Let´s talk about you?                 2) Everything about you.

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2)    Above:           [acima;por cima]  

1) A Director is above a Manager.          2) The stars are above the sky.

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3)    Across:              [através; sobre superficie]  

1)  A new bridge was built across the river.                     2) He is walking across the street.

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4)    After:              [após; depois de]

1)    Day after Day 2) After hour       3) After this class I will go to lunch.

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5)    Against:          [Contra]

1)    You are against me?       2) Everybody is against you.

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6)    Among:          [Entre; no meio – quando há mais de 3 elementos]

1)   There is one child among the victims.   2) Only one chance among many.

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7)    At:                            [Horas; local definido; endereços; datas]

1)    We are at home.              2) I am going to leave at 10:00am.

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8)    Before:         [Antes de; perante]

1)    Before I leave, I need to close the door.   2) Three days before.

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9)    Behind:           [Atrás]

1)    I live behind that building.                  2) Look behind.

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10)          Below:       [ Abaixo de; sob]

1)    The crime is below the investigation.      2) There is nothing below us.

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11)          Beneath:    [Abaixo; debaixo por baixo]

1)     He is stay beneath the tree.      2) This film is not indicating to children beneath 14 year-old.

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12)          Beside:      [Ao lado de]

1)    My house is beside a gas station.     2) He is there beside that car.

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13)          Between:   [Entre; no meio- quando há 2 elementos]

1)    Not allowed between us. 2) There is nothing between you and me.

14)          By:             [por volta de; até; próximo de]

1)      Contact us by phone.       2) A book by Machado de Assis.    3) He´ll be here by midday.

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15)          Down:        [para baixo; abaixo – como indicação e ou posição]

1)    Go down two blocks.       2 ) I am so down.     3) The Sun is going down.

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16)          For:            [para; por; durante]

1)     Let´s go for another drink.         2) I am going to do it for you.  3) It´s not necessary for me.

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17)          From:         [apartir de – da origem; destinatário e ou ponto inicial]

1)    From today I Will stop to smoke.     2) This E-mail is from Curitiba.

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18)          In:               [Dentro de; em – Indica interior de; locais; eventos e períodos de tempo]

1)     My birthday is in December.     2) The meeting is in the morning.   3) Made in Brazil.

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19)          In front of:  [Em frente de]

1)    He is in front of the house.       2) We are in front a big problem.

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20)          Inside:       [Dentro]

1)    Intel inside.    2) The Money is inside the bag.

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21)          Instead of: [Em vez de]

1)    I prefer a coke instead of Pepsi.

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22)          Into:           [para dentro – indica movimento]

1)    She is going into the store.       2) He is entering into the car.

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23)          Near:          [perto de]

1)    We are arriving near the point.           2) He lives near here.

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24)          Next to:      [Junto a; próximo]

1)    What is the next step?     2) Next class we are going to study…

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25)          Of:              [de – indica posse; autoria; fazer parte de algo]

1)    I did a series of tests.      2) Lots of people die of hunger everyday.

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26)          Off:            [Fora de; desligamento – Indica movimento para fora ou estar fora]

1)The elevators are Off.                2) Your team is off finals.

27)          On:             [Em, sobre; em cima; antes de dia semana; definição endereço; em ação]

1)    The magazine is on the table.  2) On Saturdays.         3) On the beach.

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28)          Onto:          [para cima – indica movimento]

1)    The plane is onto the clouds.   2) We are going onto them.

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29)          Out of:       [Fora; para fora – indica estar fora de uma posição]

1)    Get out of here.   2) The elevator is out of the work.  3) Stay out of it!

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30)          Outside:     [do lado de fora; estar do outro lado]

1)They are outside. Open the door.                2) The truth is outside.

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31)          Over:                   [Acima de; por cima; por sobre – Indica posição hierárquica]

1)    A viaduct was built over the avenue. 2) Over the rainbow.    3)Over you

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32)          Since:        [desde – Indica um tempo; data passada]

1)    I live here since 2004.              2) Father to Sons since 1985

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33)          Through – Throughtout:        [Através de; por; durante; penetração de lado ao outro]

1)    He is traveling through the country.

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34)          To:             [Para; a ; indica direção – movimentação – Dar para alguém]

1)    Give to me.    2) He walked to door.           3) Happy birthday to you!

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35)          Towards:   [Em direção a; em relação a]

1)     Brazil is going towards the future.       2) The bandit escaped toward the garden.

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36)          Under:        [De baixo de; posição por baixo; indica estar embaixo de algo]

1)    Poor people live under the bridge.    2) Let the kids under control.

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37)          Until - till:    [Até – refere-se a tempo]

1)    We are going to stay here until they arrive.             2) He fought till die.

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38)          Up:             [Acima; para cima; para o alto – Indica posição]

1)    He climbed up the mountain.    2) He is upstairs.                   3) Drive up there.

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39)          With:          [Com – Indicação somatório; o ajuntamento de mais alguém ou algo]

1)     Coffee with Milk.         2) Me with you.      3) Let´s go with us.

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40)          Without:     [Sem – Indica sem conteúdo; sem ninguém ou algo]

1)    They are without clothes.          2) Without paper.