Nome: Pedro Silva Nº: 13 Turma: SD-R / SD-G Área: Inglês - Continuação Formadora: Maria Teresa Meliço Mediadora: Maria Eduarda Luz Curso: Técnico/a

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1 Nome: Pedro Silva Nº: 13 Turma: SD-R / SD-G Área: Inglês - Continuação Formadora: Maria Teresa Meliço Mediadora: Maria Eduarda Luz Curso: Técnico/a de Informática - Instalação e Gestão de Redes.

2 Famous Portuguese and their professions

3 Actress Fernanda Serrano was born in Lisbon on November 15, She is a Portuguese actress and model. She has been a model since the age of fifteen, and debuted as an actress in Barcelona in 1996, participating in the film Muere, Mi Vida. She is known as being the protagonist in several soap operas.

4 Artist Joana Vasconcelos was born in Paris on November 8, She is a contemporary Portuguese artist and she is considered one of the most striking artists of the last decade. Having taken her degree in 1996, she often works with sculpture and installation. Her most famous work, Nectar, belongs to the Berardo Collection and is exhibited at the Berardo Collection Museum, in CCB.

5 Athlete Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, born in Funchal on February 5, 1985, is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a midfielder and on the wing at Real Madrid. Ronaldo began his career in the Andorinha de Santo António Football Club. He is currently one of the best paid football players in the world. In April 2012 he was considered the most valuable football player in the world, after a study that attributed gains of 40 million euros annually to the Portuguese player.

6 Chef José Avillez was born in Lisbon on 24 October He is a Portuguese chef and entrepreneur. He is one of the most respected chefs in Portugal and was a chef at the Tavares Restaurant from 2008 to This restaurant was awarded a star by the Michelin Guide in The technoemotional type of cuisine has already made him won several international awards, including the Chef of the Future in 2005 by the International Academy of Gastronomy.

7 Doctor Manuel Vicente Alfredo da Costa was a Portuguese distinguished professor and surgeon. He was born on February 2, 1859, in Margao (Portuguese India), but it was in Portugal that he completed his academic career. The recognition he received resulted especially from his studies and initiatives in the field of obstetrics. He died on April 2, 1910, without having achieved his greatest dream - the construction of a maternity hospital. Finally, on December 5, 1932 his name was given to our still known maternity.

8 Journalist Julio Magalhães was born in Porto on February 7, He is one of the most recognizable faces of Portuguese journalism. Former Director of TVI Information, editor and anchorman of TV news station at the weekend, he is currently managing director of the Porto Channel. It is also noteworthy that he also began publishing books in 2003.

9 Lawyer Antonio Marinho Pinto de Sousa was born in Vila Cha Marão, Amarante, on September 10, Having taken a degree in Law, he began his career as a journalist, having held leadership roles at ANOP - Portuguese News Agency. This lawyer was a member of the General Council and president of the Human Rights Commission. He delivered several lectures, wrote articles in the Expresso, in the Bulletin of the Bar Association, in the Diário de Coimbra and published some books: Faces of Justice in 2003, Dura Lex - Portraits of Portuguese Justice in 2007, and An Unequal Combat in 2010.

10 Racing driver Tiago Monteiro was born in Porto on 24 July 1976 and is a Portuguese famous racing driver. He debuted in this category at the service of the Jordan team in In 2006, he competed with the renamed Midland F1 Racer, the Russian naturalized Canadian Alex Schneider. In the middle of that year, the team was sold to the Dutch company Spyker, manufacturer of cars. In 2007, because he had not achieved a place in a Formula 1 team, he joined the WTCC championship by Seat Sport, where he still races. That year, he won his first two victories at WTCC in the 2nd heats in Puebla and Estoril.

11 Scientist Alexandre Quintanilha was born on August 9, He is an internationally renowned Portuguese physicist and professor at the Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar. He took a degree in Theoretical Physics in 1968, and a doctorate in Solid State Physics in In 1991 he was appointed director of the Centre for Experimental Cytology and professor at the Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, at the University of Porto. He is also the coordinator of the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, also in Porto.

12 Singer Ana Moura was born in Santarém in September She is a Portuguese fado singer that is internationally recognized. She debuted with Keep my life in hand (2003), and then released It happened (2004). She sings in several places in the evening and became known on television with Antonio Pinto Basto in Fado of Portugal. She managed to achieve the Triple Platinum for sales exceeding 55,000 units, and the remaining 120 weeks in the Top 30, Portugal.

13 Writer José de Sousa Saramago was born in Golegã on November 16, 1922 and died on June 18, He was a Portuguese writer, screenwriter, essayist, journalist, dramatist, novelist and poet. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in In 1995 he also won the Camões Prize, the most important literary prize of the Portuguese language. Saramago was considered responsible for the international recognition of effective Portuguese prose. On August 24, 1985 he was awarded the grade of Commander of the Military Order of St. James of the Sword and on December 3, 1998 he was elevated to the Grand Collar of the same Order.