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Sobre os advérbios (grau, a finalidade, contraste ...) | adverbs (degree, purpose, contrast...) em inglês
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To answer question, read the text below.
The Language of Performance
Well, the word “performative” is generally meant as an insult. It’s meant to trivialize and indicate that someone is play-acting or “faking it.” It suggests that someone is only doing something to be seen doing it, and not because it represents a sincere interest or enjoyment.
This is one of those situations in which metaphors are overextended, and language distorts rather than describes natural human behavior. It is normal for our species for men and women to “perform” acts to impress both our own sex and the opposite sex. Males and females have different sex “roles,” and we “perform” acts to satisfy those roles.
The language seems to “portray” us as “actors performing roles” and implies that we are all essentially “lying” or “faking.” This is the kind of wordcel wordtrap that lends itself to Marxist gender theory ideology and postmodernist thinking.
“Nothing is real, everything is fake. Everything is a performance.”
That’s a frame, but it isn’t the whole picture.
Men are primates. We imitate each other. Monkey see, monkey do. And yes, we do things to try to impress each other. You can frame that in a way that seems trivial or superficial, but it is also foundational to human nature and social hierarchy.
Fonte: https//mrjackdonovan.substack.com/p/on-performative-males
Concerning the previous text, judge the following item.
The period mark that separates the first and the second sentences of the second paragraph could be correctly replaced with the words and hence, preceded by a comma: countries pursuing sovereign AI seek to build end-to-end domestic capabilities, and hence the concept covers both physical computing infrastructure and control over the full data lifecycle.
In today’s IT‑enabled world, a good systems engineer, or administrator for that matter, is one of the lynchpins of any enterprise because they ensure technology works as it is intended. They ensure all systems in an organization work well together. They are responsible for streamlining those systems, but also developing and implementing new technology. They are also the ones that are called upon when there are problems.
An IT systems engineer develops, tests, implements, and evaluates software, servers, network computers, workstations, and more. They develop and implement new software, improve existing processes, upgrade hardware, and do whatever else is necessary to ensure that the organization is streamlined and functional that can meet the business needs. Systems engineers are generally very knowledgeable in mathematical analysis, computer science, and engineering.
Systems engineers understand technology beyond merely engineering it. They understand the role it plays in the larger picture of the organization’s and the individual’s ultimate objectives. In terms of the actual job description, some of the responsibilities of a systems engineer may include, but not be limited to:
• Installing and configuring hardware and software
• Managing servers
• Setting up workstations and accounts
• Maintaining and operating systems
• Troubleshooting
• Ensuring security
• Upgrading systems
• Training staff and customers on new technology
Different companies will have differing requirements in terms of their systems, which means that a systems engineer’s day‑to‑day duties might differ significantly from one organization to another. For example, a manufacturing firm might require unique inventory tracking systems. On the other hand, a cybersecurity firm might require their systems engineer to consult with clients on hardware necessary to support the security system being developed. Therefore, a systems engineer might also consult with clients on what the right software and/ or hardware they need to make certain that their IT system meets their requirements. They might also have direct involvement in the purchasing, installation, testing, and implementation of a project.
Systems Engineers will also evaluate the existing infrastructure to determine how effective it is and advise on how scalable said infrastructure is. Of course, they will also be responsible for resolving any problems that occur when the system is being used. As the Internet now plays a massive role in most companies’ operations, a systems engineer will also review and recommend security measures that will allow the enterprise to operate online safely.
In other words, without a good IT systems engineer, an organization is likely to crumble like a tower of cards when one removes the vital foundation.
Internet: <medium.com> (adapted).
According to the text, judge the following item.
In the third paragraph, the adverb “therefore” can be replaced by thereby.
Adolescence can be rife with anxieties and challenges, but today’s youth face unique threats on a scale encountered by no previous generation, according to an exhaustive new report on their health and wellbeing.
More than one billion people aged 10 to 24 are at risk of poor health outcomes by 2030, which is at least half the global adolescent population, concluded the report published on Tuesday in the Lancet, a leading medical journal. Adolescents are experiencing rising rates of obesity and mental health struggles, while also grappling with the influence of digital technologies and a destabilized global climate.
“Even I was shocked by what some of these numbers and future predictions look like,” says Sarah Baird, a professor of global health and economics at the George Washington University and co‑chair of the Lancet Commission that produced the report. “It’s clear we’re already in, and going to be increasingly in, a crisis of bad health among young people.”
Lancet Commissions are independent research teams convened by the Lancet to examine specific health topics and recommend policy actions. This report was compiled by 44 experts, including ten Youth Commissioners, who reviewed some 550 peer‑reviewed studies since starting their work in 2021. It follows the first report on adolescent health and wellbeing published in 2016.
“What life is like as an adolescent today is very different than ten years ago,” says Baird. “Given all these other competing demands for resources, attention, and focus, adolescents have once again fallen into the background. It’s time to really remind people of why they’re important, and that ignoring them in this time of rapid change is potentially disastrous.”
Though there is some good news in the report’s f indings – declining rates of cigarette smoking and alcohol use and better access to education, particularly for girls – the report warns that the health of young people is at “a tipping point” in an uncertain and rapidly changing world.
Internet: <www.nationalgeographic.com> (adapted).
According to the text and its linguistic aspects, judge the following item.
The adverb “Though” (last paragraph) can be changed by Even if without affecting meaning.
Pick the correct form:
“Among all the participants, Linda read her text ____ .”
Based on the text above, judge item below.
The word ‘while’, in the third sentence of the first paragraph, can be correctly replaced with whereas without changing the meaning.
Read the text below and answer the questions that follow.
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Should schools just say no to pupils using phones?
14th July 2024
Natalie Grice – BBC News
“I wouldn’t say it’s a good thing for a child never to have a smartphone. I think it’s part of a balanced life. You’ve got to live in your own time.”
These are not the words you might expect to hear from a teacher at a school that has never in its history allowed pupils under sixth form age to use a mobile phone on the premises.
But Sarah Owen, deputy head at Stanwell School in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, was simply expressing a personal opinion, rather than the school’s view about a young person’s wider life.
It is clear that she and the school have very firm opinions on what is best for children while they are on school grounds.
For Stanwell pupils in years 7 to 11, that has always meant no phones. Not in lessons, not in the corridor, not at breaktimes.
It is such a long-established rule that it presumably comes as no surprise to pupils and parents when they join the school, which is starting to seem as if it may have been ahead of a growing curve.
In the past few years, a number of schools across Wales and further afield have introduced total bans on mobiles. While Stanwell only asks pupils to keep phones switched off in their bags, others require the devices to be handed in at the start of the day.
Llanidloes High School in Powys is one which has implemented this policy in the past few years and Ysgol Penrhyn Dewi in St Davids, Pembrokeshire, followed suit at the start of this year.
Sarah Owen has been at Stanwell School since 2000 and says that there has always been a no phone policy in the school. For Sarah, it is a question not of trying to impinge on their students’ freedom, but of giving them vital time away from mobile life, for welfare as well as educational reasons.
“We genuinely believe this is in their best interests,” she said. “Phone addiction and screen addiction and scrolling, the loss of concentration, the loss of soft skills around listening and interacting with others, that’s something we need to be concerned about as a society generally.”
“We want children to be interacting with each other, having conversations, playing football, having those connections and interactions with other people.”
Sarah also believes it gives pupils relief from the possibility of being “photographed, filmed, mocked in some way – that’s not a nice way for children to live”. She said she wanted her pupils to have “some sanctuary from the anxiety of feeling so scrutinised and looked at”.
Adapted from: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles
About the linguistic and lexical features of the preceding text, judge the following item.
In the sentence “The poems are quite short” (last sentence of the second paragraph), “quite” is a degree adverb modifying the adjective “short”.
Complete a frase com a forma correta do advérbio:
"She sings ___________ than her sister."
Complete the sentence with the appropriate words:
I - You can choose the chocolate cake or the vanilla cake.
II - The movie was long, but it was really entertaining.
III - I haven’t finished my homework, and my sister hasn’t finished hers .
IV - The restaurant was busy, so we had to wait long to get a table.
Choose the word that best completes the sentence:
“Could you please speak a little more ____, so everyone can understand?”
Four types of English exist in Africa, identifiable in terms of history, functions, and linguistic characteristics. West African Pidgin English has a history going back to the 15th century, 400 years before formal colonization. Creole varieties of English have a history going back to repatriation of enslaved people from the Caribbean and the United States of America in the 19th century. Second language varieties, which are the most widespread on the continent, are prototypically associated with British colonization and its education systems. L1 (first language) English occurred mostly in Southern and East Africa and is best represented in South Africa. The latter shows significant similarities with the other major Southern Hemisphere varieties of English, spoken in Australia and New Zealand.
African Englishes From a Sociolinguistic Perspective.
Internet: <oxfordre.com> (adapted).
Considering the previous text, its ideas and linguistic features, as well as the reading strategies that apply to it, judge the following item.
The word “mostly”, in the fifth sentence of the text, is an adverb that indicates degree.
Choose the option that best fits the context:
"The new law requires companies to ensure that their products are ______ safe and eco-friendly."
"Satellites are deployed_____to improve internet access."
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