multitasking has brought alarming consequences to modern society.

widespread technology has only brought benefits to human beings.

working on planes and coffee shops on weekends is a strategy of seduction.

all technology workers have been diagnosed with attention-deficit disorders.

excessive work makes professionals more effective in the age of 24-7 technology.

"actually" (line 9) means rarely.

"curtail" (line 11) is the opposite of reduce

"overwhelmed" (line 34) and unaffected are synonymous.

"immediacy" (line 41) and proximity are antonyms

"spawned" (line 47) could be replaced by generated.

"as well as curtail the common practice of cc-ing everybody when sending out an e-mail." (lines 11-13) – contrast

"but when an e-mail goes out and five people get cc-ed," (lines 15-16) – reason.

"In fact, he loves it." (lines 18-19) – condition.

"Besides, during tough economic times, who will want to miss any information…" (lines 30-32) – addition

"Work is very seductive, but yet we're actually less effective." (lines 52-53) – consequence

62 percent of professionals report that they spend a lot of time sifting through irrelevant information to find what they need; 68 percent wish they could spend less time organizing information and more time using the information that comes their way.

Workers admit that not being able to lay their hands on the right information at the right time impedes their ability to work efficiently; 85 percent agree that not being able to access the right information at the right time is a huge time-waster.

More than 80 percent of the survey participants admit they have no problem in handling increases in information flow because they have learned to sort the important messages.

While an average workday for white-collar workers is 8.89 hours, the survey finds that, on average, 7.89 working hours are used conducting research, attending meetings, and searching for previously created documents.

Though white-collar professionals, in general, spend an average of 2-3 hours daily conducting online research, at least one in 10 spend four or more hours with the same task on an average day.

criticize the increasing price of ethanol and flex fuel cars.

condemn the excessive use of renewable energy sources in Brazil.

announce a recent and relevant change in Brazil’s energy complex.

report on the excessive use of cane and ethanol for electricity generation in Brazil.

explain why gasoline consumption has suddenly dropped in Latin American countries.

petroleum and oil products are the most significant energy sources in Brazil, followed by sugar-cane ethanol and hydroelectric power.

petroleum and oil products must be the top priority of the Brazilian government.

ethanol derived from sugar-cane has surpassed all other forms of power generation in Brazil.

hydroelectric plants have always been the most efficient source of energy in Brazil.

hydroelectric plants and cane-based ethanol are, nowadays, the most productive sources of energy in Brazil.

oil and derivatives will always remain the only energy source to be used in motors.

sugar-cane based ethanol is efficient as fuel for cars, but cannot be used to generate electricity.

the consumption of ethanol is expected to drop in the future – 2006 was a historical exception in energy demands.

the production of oil has boomed after 2006, as a result of the historical tendency for the manufacture of exclusive petroleum-driven motors.

it was important that Brazil be able to supply all its needs in generating energy, with renewable fuels like ethanol, hydroelectric power and petroleum.

“gasoline consumption in the country dipped almost 4 percent to 18 billion liters.” (lines 30-31)

“Tolmasquim said it was important that Latin America’s largest country was self-sufficient in the three main sources of energy,” (lines 32-34)

“Brazil met its oil needs with domestic output for the first time in 2006.” (lines 34-35)

“It still needs to import some light crude to mix with heavy local crudes…” (lines 36-37)

“but it also exports heavy oil.” (line 37)

“14.7 percent share” (lines 10-11) – refers to the energy generated by biofuels and hydro-energy.

“10.4 billion liters” (line 27) - refers to the consumption of hydrous ethanol in 2006.

“4 percent” (line 31) – refers to the increase in gasoline consumption in 2007.

“418,000 bpd” (line 39) – refers to amount of barrels of gasoline produced per day in Brazil.

“44.9 percent” (line 47) – refers to the percentage that renewable energy sources represented in 2006.

uses much more renewable energy than other countries in the world.

uses just 13 percent of the renewable energy sources produced around the world.

still has to go a long way to reach the global levels of renewable energy use.

does not consume as much ethanol and plant-based biodiesel as other nations.

cannot compete with the international production of ecofriendly fuels.