Portuguese activity, aimed at students in the 1st year of high school, with a view to studying the sign indicative of "back”. The initial excerpt of the news is taken as a starting point. The world loses $1 trillion a year by failing to treat depression and anxiety.
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Question 1 - Read the opening excerpt of the news entitled The world loses $1 trillion a year by failing to treat depression and anxiety.
Recent research by the World Health Organization (WHO) suggests that ineffective treatment of depression and anxiety is creating major economic problems.
These mental health disorders cost the global economy $1 trillion each year, according to the study, published Tuesday in the magazine. The Lancet Psychiatry. In addition, WHO physician Shekhar Saxena told US National Public Radio, mental illnesses cause "many deaths and disability."
From the point of view of health, it has always made sense to treat these disorders, said in a statement the director-general of WHO, Dr. Margaret Chan. For her, "this new study confirms that it also makes sense from an economic point of view." […]
Available in: http://super.abril.com.br/ciencia. Accessed on: May 9, 2016.
The sign indicative of crasis was intentionally removed from the above news, by the author of this activity. Identify and correct the passages in which the backquote must be present:
Question 2 - Watch:
I. Professionals are called upon to reassess the methods implemented.
II. The researchers explained the study step by step.
III. Ineffective treatments for mental illnesses interfere with the economy.
Regarding the use or not of the backlash, the sentence is correct:
there
b) II
c) III
d) I, II and III.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca – Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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