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Comentadas sobre interpretação de texto | reading comprehension em inglês
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Ano: 2024
Banca:
AMEOSC
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Iporã do Oeste - SC
Prova:
AMEOSC - 2024 - Prefeitura de Iporã do Oeste - SC - Professor de Inglês |
Q3354144
Inglês
Read the scenario and answer the question:
A teacher is designing a lesson plan to improve students' reading comprehension skills. She decides to use a variety of texts, including fiction, non-fiction, and poetry, to expose students to different genres. The lesson plan includes pre-reading activities to activate prior knowledge, guided reading sessions with targeted questions, and post-reading discussions to deepen understanding. Additionally, the teacher incorporates graphic organizers to help students identify main ideas and supporting details.
Which teaching strategy is the teacher primarily using to enhance reading comprehension?
A teacher is designing a lesson plan to improve students' reading comprehension skills. She decides to use a variety of texts, including fiction, non-fiction, and poetry, to expose students to different genres. The lesson plan includes pre-reading activities to activate prior knowledge, guided reading sessions with targeted questions, and post-reading discussions to deepen understanding. Additionally, the teacher incorporates graphic organizers to help students identify main ideas and supporting details.
Which teaching strategy is the teacher primarily using to enhance reading comprehension?
Ano: 2024
Banca:
AMEOSC
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Iporã do Oeste - SC
Prova:
AMEOSC - 2024 - Prefeitura de Iporã do Oeste - SC - Professor de Inglês |
Q3354140
Inglês
Read the passage and answer the following question:
"The advent of digital technology has significantly transformed the landscape of education. Online learning platforms, virtual classrooms, and interactive resources have become integral to contemporary teaching methods. While these innovations offer numerous benefits, such as increased accessibility and flexibility, they also present challenges. For instance, the digital divide remains a significant barrier, with students from underprivileged backgrounds often lacking reliable internet access and technological devices. Educators must navigate these complexities to ensure that the advantages of digital learning are equitably distributed."
What is the primary challenge mentioned in the passage regarding digital technology in education?
"The advent of digital technology has significantly transformed the landscape of education. Online learning platforms, virtual classrooms, and interactive resources have become integral to contemporary teaching methods. While these innovations offer numerous benefits, such as increased accessibility and flexibility, they also present challenges. For instance, the digital divide remains a significant barrier, with students from underprivileged backgrounds often lacking reliable internet access and technological devices. Educators must navigate these complexities to ensure that the advantages of digital learning are equitably distributed."
What is the primary challenge mentioned in the passage regarding digital technology in education?
Ano: 2024
Banca:
AMEOSC
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Iporã do Oeste - SC
Prova:
AMEOSC - 2024 - Prefeitura de Iporã do Oeste - SC - Professor de Inglês |
Q3354137
Inglês
Read the passage:
"My easy carrot cake recipe is perfect, and I think once you bake it, you'll say the same! With loads of freshly grated carrots, depth from vanilla and brown sugar, and velvety cream cheese frosting, this subtly spiced cake is bound to be your new favorite. Fresh carrots and vegetable oil keep the cake super moist for days after baking, so you enjoy slices all week long. One quick tip: Grate the carrots at home. The pre-shredded kind at the grocery store are too thick and very dry and will not give you moist crumbs and the softness that carrot cake is known and loved for. While classic to carrot cakes, you can leave the pecans out or swap them for chopped golden raisins if you like- while perfect to me as-is, you can easily adapt it to make the best carrot cake recipe for you! For more easy cake recipes, try my hummingbird cake recipe, red velvet cake, or spice cake." Source: https://preppykitchen.com/carrot-and-walnut-cake/
Which of the following can be inferred from the passage about the author's preferences for baking?
"My easy carrot cake recipe is perfect, and I think once you bake it, you'll say the same! With loads of freshly grated carrots, depth from vanilla and brown sugar, and velvety cream cheese frosting, this subtly spiced cake is bound to be your new favorite. Fresh carrots and vegetable oil keep the cake super moist for days after baking, so you enjoy slices all week long. One quick tip: Grate the carrots at home. The pre-shredded kind at the grocery store are too thick and very dry and will not give you moist crumbs and the softness that carrot cake is known and loved for. While classic to carrot cakes, you can leave the pecans out or swap them for chopped golden raisins if you like- while perfect to me as-is, you can easily adapt it to make the best carrot cake recipe for you! For more easy cake recipes, try my hummingbird cake recipe, red velvet cake, or spice cake." Source: https://preppykitchen.com/carrot-and-walnut-cake/
Which of the following can be inferred from the passage about the author's preferences for baking?
Ano: 2024
Banca:
AMEOSC
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Iporã do Oeste - SC
Prova:
AMEOSC - 2024 - Prefeitura de Iporã do Oeste - SC - Professor de Inglês |
Q3354134
Inglês
Which of the following best describes the primary
purpose of skimming when reading a lengthy document?
Ano: 2024
Banca:
JVL Concursos
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Júlio Borges - PI
Prova:
JVL Concursos - 2024 - Prefeitura de Júlio Borges - PI - Professor - Língua Inglesa |
Q3353226
Inglês
Texto associado
Read Text I and answer question.
Amazon says more packages are arriving in a day or less
Amazon says it is getting even more packages to customers in one day or sooner – a metric the e-retailer is promoting to customers as it faces heightened competition in online shopping. The company announced that nearly 60% of orders placed through Prime in the top 60 U.S. metro areas in the first quarter arrived the same or next day. That is up from roughly 50% in the second quarter of 2023.
Speedy delivery is a hallmark of Amazon’s Prime subscription offering, which charges members $139 a year for benefits such as two-day shipping and video streaming. The company has said it wants to make same-day and next-day delivery the standard, and it plans to double the number of same-day delivery facilities in the U.S. within the next few years.
“As we get items to customers this fast, customers choose Amazon to fulfill their shopping needs more frequently,” CEO Andy Jassy wrote in his letter to shareholders earlier this month (April, 2024). “And we can see the results in various areas including how fast our everyday essentials business is growing (over 20% y/y in Q4 2023).” And according to RBC Capital Markets data, consumers have been shown to spend and shop more often if they have one-day shipping.
Amazon’s physical footprint swelled between 2020 and 2022 as the pandemic-driven e-commerce boom pushed the company to rapidly add new warehouse and delivery centers to its logistics network. Last year, Amazon retooled that network into eight regions instead of a national model, which the company says has resulted in faster yet cheaper deliveries. Jassy, in his shareholder letter, noted that cost to serve or the cost to get a product to a shopper was down in 2023 by more than 45 cents per unit year over year.
Amazon has already stood up more than 55 same-day delivery sites in the U.S., primarily clustered around major metro areas. The facilities are roughly 100,000 square feet, compared to a typical Amazon warehouse, which can be the size of 26 football fields, and they store a smaller selection of goods that are the topselling items in each city.
Same-day sites also condense the fulfillment process, typically spread across multiple Amazon facilities under one roof. A package makes fewer stops on its route to a shopper’s doorstep, which cuts down on costs per shipment.
Amazon has bolstered investment in fast shipping as traditional retail rivals Walmart and Target have stepped up their delivery game. Walmart says it can deliver items to shoppers in as little as 30 minutes, while Target in March launched a new loyalty program that offers same-day delivery on orders more than $35 in as little as an hour.
Adapted from: https://www.nbcnews.com/business/businessnews/amazon-packages-arriving-quicker-following-heftyinvestment-rcna149840
Mark the statements below as True (T) or False (F), according
to Text I.
( ) Amazon’s physical footprint expanded between 2020 and 2022 as the pandemic-driven e-commerce boom pushed the company to rapidly add new warehouse and delivery centers to its logistics network.
( ) Even if Amazon offers same-day and next-day delivery for free, consumers will stop spending and shopping because, by the end of this year, they will have faced financial difficulties.
( ) In 2023, Amazon retooled its network into eight regions instead of a national model, which the company says has resulted in slower yet cheaper deliveries.
The statements are, in the order presented, respectively:
( ) Amazon’s physical footprint expanded between 2020 and 2022 as the pandemic-driven e-commerce boom pushed the company to rapidly add new warehouse and delivery centers to its logistics network.
( ) Even if Amazon offers same-day and next-day delivery for free, consumers will stop spending and shopping because, by the end of this year, they will have faced financial difficulties.
( ) In 2023, Amazon retooled its network into eight regions instead of a national model, which the company says has resulted in slower yet cheaper deliveries.
The statements are, in the order presented, respectively:
Ano: 2024
Banca:
JVL Concursos
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Júlio Borges - PI
Prova:
JVL Concursos - 2024 - Prefeitura de Júlio Borges - PI - Professor - Língua Inglesa |
Q3353225
Inglês
Texto associado
Read Text I and answer question.
Amazon says more packages are arriving in a day or less
Amazon says it is getting even more packages to customers in one day or sooner – a metric the e-retailer is promoting to customers as it faces heightened competition in online shopping. The company announced that nearly 60% of orders placed through Prime in the top 60 U.S. metro areas in the first quarter arrived the same or next day. That is up from roughly 50% in the second quarter of 2023.
Speedy delivery is a hallmark of Amazon’s Prime subscription offering, which charges members $139 a year for benefits such as two-day shipping and video streaming. The company has said it wants to make same-day and next-day delivery the standard, and it plans to double the number of same-day delivery facilities in the U.S. within the next few years.
“As we get items to customers this fast, customers choose Amazon to fulfill their shopping needs more frequently,” CEO Andy Jassy wrote in his letter to shareholders earlier this month (April, 2024). “And we can see the results in various areas including how fast our everyday essentials business is growing (over 20% y/y in Q4 2023).” And according to RBC Capital Markets data, consumers have been shown to spend and shop more often if they have one-day shipping.
Amazon’s physical footprint swelled between 2020 and 2022 as the pandemic-driven e-commerce boom pushed the company to rapidly add new warehouse and delivery centers to its logistics network. Last year, Amazon retooled that network into eight regions instead of a national model, which the company says has resulted in faster yet cheaper deliveries. Jassy, in his shareholder letter, noted that cost to serve or the cost to get a product to a shopper was down in 2023 by more than 45 cents per unit year over year.
Amazon has already stood up more than 55 same-day delivery sites in the U.S., primarily clustered around major metro areas. The facilities are roughly 100,000 square feet, compared to a typical Amazon warehouse, which can be the size of 26 football fields, and they store a smaller selection of goods that are the topselling items in each city.
Same-day sites also condense the fulfillment process, typically spread across multiple Amazon facilities under one roof. A package makes fewer stops on its route to a shopper’s doorstep, which cuts down on costs per shipment.
Amazon has bolstered investment in fast shipping as traditional retail rivals Walmart and Target have stepped up their delivery game. Walmart says it can deliver items to shoppers in as little as 30 minutes, while Target in March launched a new loyalty program that offers same-day delivery on orders more than $35 in as little as an hour.
Adapted from: https://www.nbcnews.com/business/businessnews/amazon-packages-arriving-quicker-following-heftyinvestment-rcna149840
Based on Text I, choose the correct answer
Ano: 2024
Banca:
AMAUC
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Jaborá - SC
Prova:
AMAUC - 2024 - Prefeitura de Jaborá - SC - Professor de Inglês |
Q3351459
Inglês
"In a recent editorial, the author argues that renewable
energy is not only feasible but essential for the future.
The piece highlights data from multiple studies showing
that countries investing in solar and wind power have
seen significant reductions in carbon emissions.
Furthermore, the editorial cites experts who attest to the
economic benefits, including job creation and energy
independence, associated with transitioning to renewable
sources."
In analyzing a piece of persuasive writing, which of the following elements is most crucial for evaluating its effectiveness?
In analyzing a piece of persuasive writing, which of the following elements is most crucial for evaluating its effectiveness?
Ano: 2024
Banca:
AMAUC
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Jaborá - SC
Prova:
AMAUC - 2024 - Prefeitura de Jaborá - SC - Professor de Inglês |
Q3351448
Inglês
When analyzing a text, which strategy involves making
connections between the text and one's own
experiences, other texts, and the world?
Ano: 2024
Banca:
AMAUC
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Jaborá - SC
Prova:
AMAUC - 2024 - Prefeitura de Jaborá - SC - Professor de Inglês |
Q3351445
Inglês
Read the following passage from a scientific article on the
effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive function.
"Prolonged sleep deprivation has been shown to impair various cognitive functions, including attention, memory, and decision-making. Studies indicate that individuals who sleep less than six hours per night for extended periods experience significant reductions in their ability to concentrate, retain information, and make sound judgments. Moreover, the negative effects of sleep deprivation are cumulative, meaning that even small nightly deficits can add up to substantial impairments over time. These findings underscore the importance of adequate sleep for maintaining optimal cognitive performance."
Which statement best summarizes the author's findings?
"Prolonged sleep deprivation has been shown to impair various cognitive functions, including attention, memory, and decision-making. Studies indicate that individuals who sleep less than six hours per night for extended periods experience significant reductions in their ability to concentrate, retain information, and make sound judgments. Moreover, the negative effects of sleep deprivation are cumulative, meaning that even small nightly deficits can add up to substantial impairments over time. These findings underscore the importance of adequate sleep for maintaining optimal cognitive performance."
Which statement best summarizes the author's findings?
Ano: 2024
Banca:
AMAUC
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Jaborá - SC
Prova:
AMAUC - 2024 - Prefeitura de Jaborá - SC - Professor de Inglês |
Q3351444
Inglês
In the context of communication, which of the following best describes the concept of "active listening"?
Ano: 2024
Banca:
AMAUC
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Jaborá - SC
Prova:
AMAUC - 2024 - Prefeitura de Jaborá - SC - Professor de Inglês |
Q3351443
Inglês
In academic writing, what is the most important
consideration when integrating sources into your text?
Ano: 2024
Banca:
AMAUC
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Jaborá - SC
Prova:
AMAUC - 2024 - Prefeitura de Jaborá - SC - Professor de Inglês |
Q3351442
Inglês
"Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the
statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods
ranging from decades to millions of years. It can be
caused by factors such as biotic processes, variations in
solar radiation received by Earth, plate tectonics, and
volcanic eruptions. Certain human activities have also
been identified as significant causes of recent climate
change, often referred to as 'global warming.'"
Which of the following characteristics best distinguishes an expository text from other textual genres?
Which of the following characteristics best distinguishes an expository text from other textual genres?
Ano: 2024
Banca:
IDCAP
Órgão:
OGMO-Santos - SP
Prova:
IDCAP - 2024 - OGMO-Santos - SP - Trabalhador Portuário Avulso - Estiva |
Q3350566
Inglês
A ship's captain orders the crew to inspect the bilge
before departure. What is the purpose of the bilge in a
maritime vessel?
Ano: 2024
Banca:
IDCAP
Órgão:
OGMO-Santos - SP
Prova:
IDCAP - 2024 - OGMO-Santos - SP - Trabalhador Portuário Avulso - Estiva |
Q3350564
Inglês
The captain of a vessel communicates with the port
authority, saying:
"This is MV Ocean Breeze requesting permission to enter the harbor. Our ETA is 15:30, and we require a pilot to assist with docking."
What is the main purpose of this communication?
"This is MV Ocean Breeze requesting permission to enter the harbor. Our ETA is 15:30, and we require a pilot to assist with docking."
What is the main purpose of this communication?
Ano: 2024
Banca:
IDCAP
Órgão:
OGMO-Santos - SP
Prova:
IDCAP - 2024 - OGMO-Santos - SP - Trabalhador Portuário Avulso - Estiva |
Q3350561
Inglês
Texto associado
O texto seguinte servirá de base para responder à questão.
Cargo ship stuck in river after tide falls
A cargo ship travelling through Cambridgeshire has
become stuck in a river.
The Baltic Arrow is currently in the River Nene, Wisbech,
after the captain reported "grounding" at about 08:49 BST
on Tuesday.
The cargo ship was sailing from Riga, in Latvia, to the
Port of Wisbech with timber in packs.
A port spokesperson said it was a "rare situation" but
because the tide had fallen the plan was to wait "until
[the] vessel is afloat at next high water to free her from
the banks".
The cargo ship was being sailed under the flag of St Kitts
and Nevis to the Port of Wisbech.
Six crew members and two local pilots were on board.
There have been no reported injuries on the 80-metre
(262ft) long vessel and the captain has not reported any
damage.
A spokesperson from Wisbech Port added that a full
investigation will be carried out to find out why it
grounded.
They said: "Since tide has fallen away, plan is to wait
until vessel is afloat at next high water to free her from
banks with additional tug assistance and continue her
pilotage safely into Wisbech Port.
"This is a rare situation to happen at Wisbech. We hope
to have vessel freed this evening and bring her alongside
for discharging as usual."
Grounding can be described as the vessel no longer
being afloat and the hull of the ship touching the river
bed.
On this occasion, it was down to the tide going out whilst
part of the vessel was in contact with the bank, the port
spokesperson said.
They added: "All berths at Wisbech port are NAABSA
berths which stands for 'not always afloat but safely
aground' so technically all vessels ground whilst moored
here during low water.
"The river bed is very soft and sludgy here and the vessel
is designed to safely ground so we are confident of no
ongoing issues."
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cxww2rnxzvlo
According to the text, why did the cargo ship Baltic Arrow
become stuck in the River Nene?
Ano: 2024
Banca:
IDCAP
Órgão:
OGMO-Santos - SP
Prova:
IDCAP - 2024 - OGMO-Santos - SP - Trabalhador Portuário Avulso - Estiva |
Q3350560
Inglês
Texto associado
O texto seguinte servirá de base para responder à questão.
Cargo ship stuck in river after tide falls
A cargo ship travelling through Cambridgeshire has
become stuck in a river.
The Baltic Arrow is currently in the River Nene, Wisbech,
after the captain reported "grounding" at about 08:49 BST
on Tuesday.
The cargo ship was sailing from Riga, in Latvia, to the
Port of Wisbech with timber in packs.
A port spokesperson said it was a "rare situation" but
because the tide had fallen the plan was to wait "until
[the] vessel is afloat at next high water to free her from
the banks".
The cargo ship was being sailed under the flag of St Kitts
and Nevis to the Port of Wisbech.
Six crew members and two local pilots were on board.
There have been no reported injuries on the 80-metre
(262ft) long vessel and the captain has not reported any
damage.
A spokesperson from Wisbech Port added that a full
investigation will be carried out to find out why it
grounded.
They said: "Since tide has fallen away, plan is to wait
until vessel is afloat at next high water to free her from
banks with additional tug assistance and continue her
pilotage safely into Wisbech Port.
"This is a rare situation to happen at Wisbech. We hope
to have vessel freed this evening and bring her alongside
for discharging as usual."
Grounding can be described as the vessel no longer
being afloat and the hull of the ship touching the river
bed.
On this occasion, it was down to the tide going out whilst
part of the vessel was in contact with the bank, the port
spokesperson said.
They added: "All berths at Wisbech port are NAABSA
berths which stands for 'not always afloat but safely
aground' so technically all vessels ground whilst moored
here during low water.
"The river bed is very soft and sludgy here and the vessel
is designed to safely ground so we are confident of no
ongoing issues."
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cxww2rnxzvlo
What reassurance does the port spokesperson give
about the situation?
Ano: 2024
Banca:
IDCAP
Órgão:
OGMO-Santos - SP
Prova:
IDCAP - 2024 - OGMO-Santos - SP - Trabalhador Portuário Avulso - Estiva |
Q3350559
Inglês
Texto associado
O texto seguinte servirá de base para responder à questão.
Cargo ship stuck in river after tide falls
A cargo ship travelling through Cambridgeshire has
become stuck in a river.
The Baltic Arrow is currently in the River Nene, Wisbech,
after the captain reported "grounding" at about 08:49 BST
on Tuesday.
The cargo ship was sailing from Riga, in Latvia, to the
Port of Wisbech with timber in packs.
A port spokesperson said it was a "rare situation" but
because the tide had fallen the plan was to wait "until
[the] vessel is afloat at next high water to free her from
the banks".
The cargo ship was being sailed under the flag of St Kitts
and Nevis to the Port of Wisbech.
Six crew members and two local pilots were on board.
There have been no reported injuries on the 80-metre
(262ft) long vessel and the captain has not reported any
damage.
A spokesperson from Wisbech Port added that a full
investigation will be carried out to find out why it
grounded.
They said: "Since tide has fallen away, plan is to wait
until vessel is afloat at next high water to free her from
banks with additional tug assistance and continue her
pilotage safely into Wisbech Port.
"This is a rare situation to happen at Wisbech. We hope
to have vessel freed this evening and bring her alongside
for discharging as usual."
Grounding can be described as the vessel no longer
being afloat and the hull of the ship touching the river
bed.
On this occasion, it was down to the tide going out whilst
part of the vessel was in contact with the bank, the port
spokesperson said.
They added: "All berths at Wisbech port are NAABSA
berths which stands for 'not always afloat but safely
aground' so technically all vessels ground whilst moored
here during low water.
"The river bed is very soft and sludgy here and the vessel
is designed to safely ground so we are confident of no
ongoing issues."
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cxww2rnxzvlo
In the sentence: "Grounding can be described as the
vessel no longer being afloat and the hull of the ship
touching the river bed," what does the word "grounding"
mean in the context of the text?
Ano: 2024
Banca:
IDCAP
Órgão:
OGMO-Santos - SP
Prova:
IDCAP - 2024 - OGMO-Santos - SP - Trabalhador Portuário Avulso - Estiva |
Q3350557
Inglês
Texto associado
O texto seguinte servirá de base para responder à questão.
Cargo ship stuck in river after tide falls
A cargo ship travelling through Cambridgeshire has
become stuck in a river.
The Baltic Arrow is currently in the River Nene, Wisbech,
after the captain reported "grounding" at about 08:49 BST
on Tuesday.
The cargo ship was sailing from Riga, in Latvia, to the
Port of Wisbech with timber in packs.
A port spokesperson said it was a "rare situation" but
because the tide had fallen the plan was to wait "until
[the] vessel is afloat at next high water to free her from
the banks".
The cargo ship was being sailed under the flag of St Kitts
and Nevis to the Port of Wisbech.
Six crew members and two local pilots were on board.
There have been no reported injuries on the 80-metre
(262ft) long vessel and the captain has not reported any
damage.
A spokesperson from Wisbech Port added that a full
investigation will be carried out to find out why it
grounded.
They said: "Since tide has fallen away, plan is to wait
until vessel is afloat at next high water to free her from
banks with additional tug assistance and continue her
pilotage safely into Wisbech Port.
"This is a rare situation to happen at Wisbech. We hope
to have vessel freed this evening and bring her alongside
for discharging as usual."
Grounding can be described as the vessel no longer
being afloat and the hull of the ship touching the river
bed.
On this occasion, it was down to the tide going out whilst
part of the vessel was in contact with the bank, the port
spokesperson said.
They added: "All berths at Wisbech port are NAABSA
berths which stands for 'not always afloat but safely
aground' so technically all vessels ground whilst moored
here during low water.
"The river bed is very soft and sludgy here and the vessel
is designed to safely ground so we are confident of no
ongoing issues."
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cxww2rnxzvlo
What is the planned course of action to free the Baltic
Arrow from the riverbank?
Ano: 2024
Banca:
AMAUC
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Alto Bela Vista - SC
Prova:
AMAUC - 2024 - Prefeitura de Alto Bela Vista - SC - Professor - Letras - Inglês |
Q3350460
Inglês
Julgue as sentenças abaixo como VERDADEIRAS ou FALSAS.
(__) A estratégia Reading for Detail busca obter uma visão geral e rápida do conteúdo.
(__) A estratégia Skimming busca compreender profundamente o conteúdo, prestando atenção a detalhes específicos.
(__) A estratégia Scanning busca localizar informações específicas.
A sequência CORRETA é:
Ano: 2024
Banca:
VUNESP
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Vista Alegre do Alto - SP
Prova:
VUNESP - 2024 - Prefeitura de Vista Alegre do Alto - SP - Professor de Educação Básica II - PEB II - Inglês |
Q3349247
Inglês
Texto associado
Read the text to answer question.
No one who speaks English has any difficulty understanding the meaning of a sentence like ‘It’s warm in here’. We all recognise that it is a comment on the temperature in some place or other. But why it is being said, and what the speaker wishes to convey by saying it, depends entirely on two things: the context in which it is said and what the speaker wants people to understand (...) The meaning of language depends on where it occurs within a larger stretch of discourse, and thus the relationship that the different language elements have with what comes before and after them. In other words, speakers and writers have to be able to operate with more than just words and grammar; they have to be able to string utterances together.
Our ability to function properly in conversation or writing depends not only on reacting to the context in which we are using the language, but also on the relationship between words and ideas in longer texts.
Words can also mean more than one thing, for example, ‘book’ (= something to read, to reserve, a list of bets, etc.), ‘beat’ (= to win, to hit, to mix, e.g. an egg, the ‘pulse’ of music/a heart) and ‘can’ (= ability, permission, probability – and a container made of metal). Notice that, in these examples, not only can the same form have many meanings, but it can also be different parts of speech.
With so many available meanings for words and grammatical forms, it is the context the word occurs in which determines which of these meanings is being referred to. If we say, ‘I beat him because I ran faster than he did’, ‘beat’ is likely to mean won rather than physically assaulted or mixed (though there is always the possibility of ambiguity, of course).
(Harmer, 1998. Adaptado)
No que diz respeito à coesão, a expressão em negrito no trecho de Harmer (1998) “’beat’ is likely to mean won rather than
physically assaulted or mixed “ estabelece para a segunda parte da sentença a seguinte relação com a primeira parte:
Conheça nossos planos