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Bras liberate women from sex slavery ................................................................................. 2 Bras liberate women from sex slavery (in English)......................................................... 3 Bras liberate women from sex slavery ............................................................................. 6 Leitura complementar ..................................................................................................... 11

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Bras liberate women from sex slavery (in English)

Lisa Cohen, The CNN Freedom Project Ending Modern-Day Slavery tm_004

Editor's Note: How can individuals help combat modern-day slavery? Watch "Taking a Stand, Making a Difference".

taring down a mountain of bras in her basement, Kimba Langas knew things had gotten out of hand.

The stay-at-home-mom started collecting unwanted bras as a way to help women on the other side of the world. It started small through word of mouth, and then a Facebook page. But the bras quickly overran her home in suburban Denver, Colorado. They were in her basement, in her garage, in her car. They were in bags, in boxes, in envelopes. Her husband, Jeff, tried to navigate his way around them, but it wasn't easy. "He was constantly moving boxes out of his way to access his tools," Langas said. "Down in the basement is where he keeps his table saw and other large tools, so besides having to move boxes, he would suffer a scolding from me from getting sawdust all over the bras!" And the neighbors were beginning to talk, too. "If the weather's nice I usually count and box up bras in my garage," Langas said. "The neighborhood boys who are always around playing in the cul-de-sac try to pretend they're not watching!"

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Langas collects unwanted bras for a charity called "Free the Girls" which gives them to young women coming out of sex trafficking in Mozambique - not to wear, but to sell in used clothing markets where bras are a luxury item and command top dollar. The girls can make three times the average wage, more than enough to support themselves and not be trafficked again. Sitting in her living room packing boxes of bras with her four-year-old son, Wyatt, she reflects on how quickly the little project took off. It was the pastor of her church who came up with the idea for "Free the Girls." He was planning on moving to Mozambique for missionary work, and called Langas to see if she would run the project with him. She thought it sounded like fun. "One of the things that was so appealing to me for "Free the Girls," besides the catchy name, was donating bras," she said. "I had probably five or six bras in the back of my drawer. As women, you know, we buy a bra, don't try it on, get it home, wear it once, it doesn't fit. And it's one of those items where you'd like to donate it when you donate clothes to a charity, but you're not sure. Do we donate bras? What do we do with bras?" Apparently, that sentiment resonated with women across the U.S.. Shortly after launching the Facebook page, the bras started coming. The response was much bigger than she expected. "I remember in the beginning how excited I would get to pick up envelopes and small boxes, and wow, if a box had 50 or even 100 bras that was crazy," Langas said. "And all of a sudden, you know, 800 bras, 1,000 bras, 1,250 bras. "There was a drive in Arizona and the women collected 8,000 bras. There's a church in Tennessee that collected 3,000 bras. There's a group here in Denver that collected 1,250 bras. It's just one of those things that caught on and spread." It spread so much that Langas had to rent a storage unit to hold them all. But now she has a big problem: How is she going to move 25,000 bras 10,000 miles (15,000 kilometers)? A shipping container would cost $6,500; money she says she just doesn't have. When she hears about people traveling to Mozambique, she asks them to take an extra suitcase with them, filled with bras. But her goal is to raise enough money to ship all of them.

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In the meantime, she is encouraged by the volunteers helping her and motivated by the young victims she is fighting for, happy to do her small part in the fight to end modern-day slavery. "Eventually it is going to change," she says. "I know it is. And if it's not in my generation, I hope that my son gets to see major change and I hope, by the time he's out of college or maybe even my age, hopefully sooner, he will be like, "Slavery? What? Oh, I read about it in my textbook."

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Lisa Cohen, The CNN Freedom Project Ending Modern-Day Slavery tm_004

Editor's Note: How can individuals help combat [Como as pessoas podem ajudar a combater] modern-day slavery [a escravido moderna]? Watch [Assista (ao vdeo)] "Taking a Stand, Making a Difference". Cf. Falsas Gmeas: SEE x LOOK x WATCH

taring down a mountain of bras [Olhando para uma montanha de sutis] in her basement [no poro de sua casa], Kimba Langas knew things had gotten out of hand [sabia que a situao tinha fugido ao seu controle].

Cf. Como no traduzir THING The stay-at-home-mom [A me e dona-de-casa] started collecting unwanted bras [comeou a coletar sutis doados] as a way to [como forma de] help women on the other side of the world. It started small through word of mouth [boca a boca], and then [e depois] a Facebook page. Cf. Pronncia: S inicial But the bras quickly overran her home [rapidamente tomaram conta da casa] in suburban [nos arredores de] Denver, Colorado. They were in her basement, in her garage, in her car. They were in bags [sacos; sacolas], in boxes, in envelopes. Her husband, Jeff, tried to navigate his way around them [tentava andar pela casa em meio a tanto suti], but it wasn't easy. Cf. Qual a diferena entre HOUSE e HOME? Cf. Vocabulrio: Bairro de baixa renda

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"He was constantly moving boxes out of his way [Ele vivia tendo que mudar as caixas de lugar] to access his tools [para poder usar as ferramentas]," Langas said. "Down in the basement is where he keeps his table saw [serra circular] and other large tools, so besides having to move boxes [ento alm de ter de ficar tirando as caixas de lugar ], he would suffer a scolding from me [ele ainda levava uma bronca minha] from getting sawdust all over the bras [por deixar todos os sutis sujos de serragem ]!" Cf. Falsos Cognatos: LARGE And the neighbors were beginning to talk, too [E os vizinhos estavam comeando a falar tambm]. "If the weather's nice [Se o tempo estiver bom,] I usually count and box up [eu costumo contar e encaixotar] bras in my garage," Langas said. "The neighborhood boys [Os garotos do bairro] who are always around playing in the cul-de-sac [que sempre brincam na rua sem sada] try to pretend they're not watching [fingem que no esto olhando]!" Cf. Vocabulrio: Tempo Cf. Falsos Cognatos: PRETEND Langas collects unwanted bras for a charity [para uma instituio de caridade] called "Free the Girls" which gives them [que os entrega] to young women [a garotas] coming out of sex trafficking [resgatadas do trfico sexual] in Mozambique [em Moambique] - not to wear [no para uso pessoal], but to sell in used clothing markets [mas para serem vendidos em mercados de roupas usadas] where bras are a luxury item [onde os sutis so artigo de luxo] and command top dollar [e custam muito caro]. Cf. Como digo trfego e trfico em ingls? Cf. Como se diz usar em ingls: USE ou WEAR? The girls can make three times the average wage [As meninas conseguem ganhar trs vezes mais do que a mdia salarial ], more than enough [mais do que o suficiente] to support themselves [para garantirem seu prprio sustento] and not be trafficked again [e no serem traficadas outra vez]. Cf. Qual a pronncia de AVERAGE? Cf. Gramtica: Modal verbs (1): CAN Cf. Falsas Gmeas: DO x MAKE Sitting in her living room [Sentada em sua sala de estar] packing boxes of bras [embalando caixas de sutis] with her four-year-old son, Wyatt [com

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Wyatt, o filho de quatro anos], she reflects on how quickly the little project took off1 [ela se lembra de como o pequeno projeto deslanchou ]. Cf. Gramtica: Adjetivos Numricos Cf. Falsas Gmeas: SMALL x LITTLE It was the pastor of her church [Foi o pastor da igreja que frequenta] who came up with the idea for [quem deu a ideia do projeto] "Free the Girls." He was planning on moving to [Ele estava pensando em se mudar para ] Mozambique for missionary work, and called [ligou para] Langas to see if she would run [se ela tocaria] the project with him. She thought it sounded like fun [Ela ficou entusiasmada]. Cf. Ortografia: Dobrar Consoantes "One of the things that was so appealing to me [que mais me chamou ateno] for "Free the Girls," besides the [alm do] catchy name [nome sugestivo; nome fcil de lembrar], was donating bras [foi doar sutis]," she said. "I had probably five or six bras in the back of my drawer [no fundo da gaveta]. As women, you know, we buy a bra, don't try it on [no experimenta], get it home, wear it once [usa uma vez], it doesn't fit [e (percebe que) no serve]. And it's one of those items where you'd like to donate it when you donate clothes to a charity, but you're not sure [mas voc fica em dvida]. Do we donate bras [A gente doa suti; certo doar sutis]? What do we do with bras?" Cf. Pronncia: Roupa Apparently, that sentiment resonated with [sensibilizou] women across the U.S.. Shortly after launching [Logo aps o lanamento] the Facebook page, the bras started coming [comearam a chegar]. The response was much bigger than she expected. Cf. Falsas Gmeas: RESPONSE x ANSWER x REPLY "I remember in the beginning how excited I would get to pick up [como eu ficava animada em ir buscar] envelopes and small boxes, and wow [e, nossa,], if a box had 50 or even [at mesmo] 100 bras that was crazy [era uma loucura]," Langas said. "And all of a sudden [E, de repente], you know, 800 bras, 1,000 bras, 1,250 bras.

Take off um phrasal verb cujo significado decolar em contextos aeronuticos. Por extenso de sentido, pode tambm ser empregado para se referir a crescimento ou aumento rpido de qualquer outra atividade. Nesses casos, as tradues podem ser deslanchar, engrenar, decolar, crescer ou aumentar rapidamente etc.

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Cf. Falsos Cognatos: EXCITED Cf. Ortografia: Vrgula "There was a drive [Houve uma campanha] in Arizona and the women collected 8,000 bras. There's a church in Tennessee that collected 3,000 bras. There's a group here in Denver that collected 1,250 bras. It's just one of those things that caught on and spread [ uma daquelas coisas que engrenam e se espalham]." It spread so much that Langas had to rent a storage unit [teve de alugar um depsito] to hold them all [para guardar todos os sutis]. But now she has a big problem: How is she going to move [enviar; transportar; despachar] 25,000 bras 10,000 miles (15,000 kilometers)? A shipping container [Um container em um cargueiro] would cost $6,500; money she says she just doesn't have. When she hears about people traveling to [Quando ela fica sabendo de algum que vai para ] Mozambique, she asks them to take [ela pede que levem] an extra suitcase [uma mala a mais] with them, filled with [recheada de; cheia de] bras. But her goal [Mas seu objetivo] is to raise enough money [ arrecadar dinheiro suficiente] to ship all of them. Cf. Como traduzir PEOPLE? Cf. Ingls Americano X Ingls Britnico: TRAVEL Cf. Falsas Gmeas: RAISE x RISE In the meantime [Enquanto isso], she is encouraged by the volunteers helping her [ela recebe o incentivo de voluntrios que a ajudam ] and motivated by the young victims she is fighting for [e se sente motivada pelas jovens vtimas por quem ela est lutando ], happy to do her small part [feliz por dar sua pequena contribuio] in the fight to end modern-day slavery [na batalha para pr fim escravido moderna]. "Eventually [Um dia] it is going to change [a situao vai mudar]," she says. "I know it is [Tenho certeza]. And if it's not in my generation, I hope that my son gets to see major change [tenho esperana de que meu filho testemunhe mudanas profundas] and I hope, by the time he's out of college [quando ele estiver saindo da faculdade] or maybe even my age [ou ento quando chegar minha idade], hopefully sooner [tomara que antes disso], he will be like [ele diga algo assim], "Slavery [Escravido]? What [O qu]? Oh, I read about it in my textbook [Ah, eu li sobre o assunto no livro]." Cf. Falsos Cognatos: EVENTUALLY Cf. Sabe traduzir o pronome IT? Tem certeza?

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Cf. Falsos Cognatos: MAJOR Cf. Falsos Cognatos: COLLEGE

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:: Como se diz nascer em bero de ouro em ingls? :: Falsos Cognatos: SECRETARY :: Phrasal Verbs: MAKE UP :: much many a lot; each every; most; none nobody nothing; enough :: Humor: Would you marry the same man? :: Gramtica: Masculino e Feminino :: Como traduzir EMPOWER? :: Frases: Katharine Hepburn

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