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A cooperative was founded in 1947 by photographers Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, George Rodger and David Seymour. All them had been involved in the Second World War. Rodger had walked hundreds of miles to escape Japanese in Burma. And Seymour received a medal for his work in American intelligence.

However, all of founders of Magnum had been photographers for some time. Photographic work they were famous for dated back further. Capa's photos of the Spanish Civil War were called 'finest pictures of front-line action ever taken'.

They all appreciated an importance of showing the world what really happens during this major conflicts and world crises, so they decided to produce the best documentary photography at this time. Cartier-Bresson once commented, 'Some photographers tell the news step by step as if making an accountant's statement.' He and Magnum, on the other hand, felt that the news had to be shown in that way that would engage most the people who are unable to experience world-changing events at firsthand. Tragically, within a decade of the start of Magnum, the half of its original founders died while covering other wars. However, agency had started to employ other top-class photographers and its work was sure to continue.

Today, Magnum is some goal for many young photographers. It still produces the finest documentary photographs of world events. Recent coverage has included events in Caribbean and Civil Wars in Africa, and while Magnum photographers cover these events we will be able to appreciate both best and worst of humanity.

(Grammar Lab:34)

Task 8. Here is a description of the process by which a foreign student can get a university place at a Brazilian university. Analyze the usage of the articles.

HOW TO GET INTO UNIVERSITY IN BRAZIL

If you want to take an undergraduate course at a Brazilian state university, the first step is to enrol for the Vestibular, which is the national university entrance examination. You will need a foreigner’s ID registration number, or RNE. Atyou can see previous years’ Vestibular exams. Enrolments finish in September and the first phase exams take place in November. You have to decide when you enrol and which university course you want to take, and you can consult the previous year’s exam results to see what score you need to get in order to pass the first phase. The first phase exam is a multiple-choice general exam, covering chemistry, biology, physics, maths, geography, history, Portuguese and English. If you do well, you can then proceed to the second phase, which is a Portuguese written exam. There are many schools specialising in preparing students to take the Vestibular exam. These are called cursinhos (or ‘little courses’).

But there are alternative ways of getting into Brazilian universities. If you already have a university degree recognised by a Brazilian university, and an RNE, you can apply to study for a higher degree, or be accepted onto a degree course without taking the Vestibular.

To get your home university degree recognised, it has to be evaluated as being equivalent to a degree course in Brazil. You have to show a transcript of all your undergraduate exam results. The evaluation process takes 8 to 10 months. It will be difficult to get equivalence for a non-standard degree, such as (in my case) Chinese Studies, which is not offered at Brazilian universities.

A third way into Brazilian university is to start a course at a private university, and then apply for a transfer after two months to the public university of your choice.

(Grammar for Academic Writing: 10)

Home task: Vocabulary in Use Units 8, 15.

Lesson 4. Adjectives and adverbs

Do you always know whether to use happy or happily, good or well, prettier or more pretty? Do you know the differences in form and use between adjectives and adverbs, and between comparative and superlative forms? This Lesson will help you when you wonder whether to use an -er ending or the word more to make a comparison. It will help you when you are not sure where to position adjectives and adverbs in a sentence.

A. Adjectives

1. Use adjectives to modify nouns or pronouns.

I like a tidy room. I keep my room tidy. It is tidy.

2. Adjectives have no plural form. Use the same form with singular or plural nouns.

a different story, some different stories

3. Always use a capital letter with an adjective describing nationality.

a Turkish restaurant, a Korean wedding

4. The -ing form of the verb and the past participle form can be used as adjectives.

an exciting movie The movie is exciting.

аn educated man That man is educated.