UNICAMP 2004 Inglês - Questões

D. H. Lawrence, autor conhecido por discutir a natureza das relações amorosas em obras clássicas da literatura inglesa (O amante de Lady Chatterley, Muheres Apaixonadas), publicou, em 1929, o poema abaixo. Leia-o e responda à questão.

Good husbands make unhappy wives

Good husbands make unhappy wives

so do bad husbands just as often;

But the unhappiness of a wife with a good husband

is much more devastating

than the unhappiness of a wife

with a bad husband.

(D.H. Lawrence)

O poema acima compara bons maridos a maus maridos. O que eles têm em comum e no que eles diferem?

O texto a seguir apareceu na revista Men’s Health, no número julho/agosto de 2003. Leia-o e responda à questão.

Don’t drink and ride

Alcohol can increase your risk of being hurt in a car accident, even if you aren’t behind the wheel. A new University of Michigan study reports that men who’ve been drinking are 50 percent more likely to experience a serious injury during a car accident than sober passengers. Even worse, those injuries tend to be up to 30 percent more severe than in accidents in which alcohol isn’t involved. And the increased risk isn’t just from poor judgment. Researchers believe alcohol may temporarily weaken cell membranes, making them more likely to rupture during a crash.

1. a) Que alerta é feito no texto?
   

2. b) Segundo a pesquisa descrita no artigo, pessoas alcoolizadas tornam-se mais vulneráveis em acidentes automobilísticos. Por quê?
   

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2003.

THE TIMES OF INDIA

Wedding party shoots plane down

BELGRADE: A two-seater sports plane on an unauthorised joyride was apparently shot down by mistake when it flew over a Serbian wedding party where guests were firing guns into the air, local media have reported.

Two men were reported to have sustained serious injuries when their aircraft burst into flames and crashed near Kraljevo, central Serbia.

“I heard shots from a wedding party which was very close to the crash site. Then I saw the plane in flames. It was shot in the left wing,” witness Zoran Vukadinovic told reporters on Sunday.

“A few moments later, while attempting a crash landing, it hit overhead power cables,” he said.

Local media said neither of the men held a pilot’s license.

Firing guns into the air at weddings and other celebrations is common in Serbia.

O texto descreve um acidente aéreo. Onde ocorreu esse acidente e o que aparentemente o provocou?

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2003.

THE TIMES OF INDIA

Wedding party shoots plane down

BELGRADE: A two-seater sports plane on an unauthorised joyride was apparently shot down by mistake when it flew over a Serbian wedding party where guests were firing guns into the air, local media have reported.

Two men were reported to have sustained serious injuries when their aircraft burst into flames and crashed near Kraljevo, central Serbia.

“I heard shots from a wedding party which was very close to the crash site. Then I saw the plane in flames. It was shot in the left wing,” witness Zoran Vukadinovic told reporters on Sunday.

“A few moments later, while attempting a crash landing, it hit overhead power cables,” he said.

Local media said neither of the men held a pilot’s license.

Firing guns into the air at weddings and other celebrations is common in Serbia.

1. a) O que aconteceu com o avião depois que ele foi atingido?
   

2. b) O que sabemos sobre os dois homens que estavam na aeronave?