UNICAMP 2005 Inglês - Questões

Katie went to Haiti

Refrain 1

Katie went to Haiti,

Stopped off for a rest.

Katie met a natie,

Katie was impressed.

After a week in Haiti She started to go away,

Then Katie met another natie,

So Katie prolonged her stay.

After a month in Haiti

She decided to resume her trip,

But Katie met still another natie And Katie missed the ship.

So Katie lived in Haiti,

Her life there, it was great,

’Cause Katie knew her Haiti And practically all Haiti knew Katie.

(R. Kimball (ed The complete R. Kimball (ed.), The complete lyrics of Cole Porter. N. York: Da Capo, 1992.)

Vocabulário de apoio:

natie: native

cause: because

Segundo a canção, quantas vezes Katie tentou deixar o Haiti e o que aconteceu nessas ocasiões?

Who sleeps?

Reptiles, birds and mammals all sleep. That is, they become unconscious of their surroundings for periods of time. Some fish and amphibians reduce their awareness but do not ever become unconscious like the higher vertebrates do. Insects do not appear to sleep, although they may become inactive in daylight or darkness.

By studying brainwaves, it is known that reptiles do not dream. Birds dream a little. Mammals all dream during sleep.

Different animals sleep in different ways. Some animals, like humans, prefer to sleep in one long session. Other animals (dogs, for example) like to sleep in many short bursts. Some sleep at night, while others sleep during the day.

Really?

Cows can sleep while standing up, but they only dream if they lie down.

Whales and dolphins are “conscious breathers” and because they need to keep conscious while they sleep in order to breathe, only one half of their brain sleeps at a time.

(Adaptado de http://health.howstuffworks.com/sleep.htm)

O texto descreve algumas características curiosas das vacas e das baleias. Que características são essas?

Who sleeps?

Reptiles, birds and mammals all sleep. That is, they become unconscious of their surroundings for periods of time. Some fish and amphibians reduce their awareness but do not ever become unconscious like the higher vertebrates do. Insects do not appear to sleep, although they may become inactive in daylight or darkness.

By studying brainwaves, it is known that reptiles do not dream. Birds dream a little. Mammals all dream during sleep.

Different animals sleep in different ways. Some animals, like humans, prefer to sleep in one long session. Other animals (dogs, for example) like to sleep in many short bursts. Some sleep at night, while others sleep during the day.

Really?

Cows can sleep while standing up, but they only dream if they lie down.

Whales and dolphins are “conscious breathers” and because they need to keep conscious while they sleep in order to breathe, only one half of their brain sleeps at a time.

(Adaptado de http://health.howstuffworks.com/sleep.htm)

O que o texto afirma sobre os anfíbios, os insetos e os cães, no que diz respeito ao sono?

O texto abaixo foi retirado da obra de Judith Rollins, Between Women, Domestics and their Employers (Temple University Press, 1985, p. 209).

It was this aspect of servitude I found to be one of the strongest affronts to my dignity as a human being. To Mrs. Thomas and her son, I became invisible; their conversation was private with me, the black servant, in the room as it would have been with no one in the room... These gestures of ignoring my presence were not, I think, intended as insults; they were expressions of the employer’s ability to annihilate the humanness and even, at times, the very existence of me, a servant and a black woman.

1. a) Que relação tinha a narradora com a Sra. Thomas e seu filho e como esses a tratavam?
   

2. b) Segundo a narradora, o que esse tratamento expressava?