The Power Of Yoga
By Richard Corliss
Stars do it. Sports do it. Judges in the highest courts do it. Let's do it:
that yoga thing. A path to enlightenment that winds back 5,000 years
in its native India, yoga has suddenly become so hot, so cool, so very
this minute. It's the exercise cum meditation for the new millennium,
one that doesn't so much pump you up as bliss you out.
Is yoga more than the power of positive breathing? Can’t it, say, cure
cancer? Is yoga, in other words, a science?
By even asking the question, we provoke a clash of two powerful cultures,
two very different ways of looking at the world. The Indian tradition
develops metaphors and ways of describing the body (life forces, energy
centers) as it is experienced, from the inside out. The Western tradition
looks at the body from the outside in. The East treats the person; the West
treats the disease. "Our system of medicine is very fragmented," says Dr.
Carrie Demers, who runs the Center for Health and Healing at the
Himalayan International Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy of the
USA in Honesdale, Pa. "We send you to different specialists to look at
different parts of you. Yoga is more holistic; it's interested in the
integration of body, breath and mind"
01. 0 texto
a) lista os prós e contras da Yoga.
b) leva ao descrédito as práticas da Yoga.
c) questiona a origem da Yoga.
d) elogia os métodos da medicina ocidental.
e) enfatiza a força positiva da Yoga para o bem-estar do ser humano.
02. Considere as afirmações a seguir.
I- Há um crescente interesse pela Yoga.
II- A Yoga não é uma prática milenar.
III- A visão da prática médica oriental é fragmentada.
Está(ão) correta(s)
a) apenas I.
b) apenas I e II.
c) apenas II e III.
d) apenas II. e) I, II e III.
03. A expressão "so very this minute" (l. 3 e 4) tem sentido semelhante a
a) energetic.
b) gradual.
c) fashionable.
d) fast.
e) powerful.
04. A expressão "Let's do it" (l. 1) está relacionada à idéia de.
a) contraste
b) exemplificação.
c) dúvida.
d) exigência. e) convite.
05. Se o sujeito da oração “ that winds back 5,000 years in its native India" (l. 2-3) se referisse a uma expressão no plural e fosse mantido o tempo verbal, os termos sublinhados
a) ficariam inalterados.
b) seriam trocados para "winded" e'their'.
c) se transformariam em "winded" e "it".
d) seriam substituídos por "wind" e 'their'.
e) passariam para "wind" e 'theirs".
06. Observe que, na linha 1, o "it" se repete. A que se refere?
a) Stars. b) Sports. c) Judges. d) India. e) Yoga.
07. A melhor tradução para o termo bliss out em " ... one that doesn't so much pump you up as bliss you out" (l. 5) é
a) auxilia.
b) alegra.
c) transforma.
d) adequa.
e) capacita
08. Assinale a alternativa que melhor completa o sentido do período: There is great evidence of the benefits of Yoga, ______________ some people still question this practice.
a) consequenfly
b) thus
c) however
d) despite
e) while
1 e 2 a 3 c 4 e 5 d 6 e 7 b 8 c
