(UEMG - 2007)
The Big Match
Kathleen Becker
It's early evening in the Matchmaker's Bar, Lisdoonvarna, in the West of Ireland. A live band is warming up for the dancing later on while matchmaker Willie Daly is starting work: finding suitable partners for his clients. Every September, men and women looking for love come to Lisdoonvarna, Ireland's only spa town. At the matchmaking festival they hope to find "a good match."
The tradition began when farmers came here after the hay harvest had been gathered, bringing their daughters with them. Even today, in remote parts of rural Ireland, it can be difficult to meet your soul mate. Willie Daly wants to help bring people together. A pint glass of Guinness in front of him, Daly hands out forms to fill in and consults his big matchmaking book with contacts and vital statistics. Willie Daly's father was a matchmaker, and his father before him. Initially, Willie Daly was reluctant to get involved. Now in his late 50s, Willie started when he was 24:
Willie Daly
(Standard Irish accent):
The reason I started was where I live it's down on a farm and it looks out on the Atlantic Ocean, it's very pretty and very beautiful and there's great views everywhere. And I was looking around one day, and people kept saying to me, "Willie, when are you going to start, will you start the matchmakings?" And I said "Maybe I will," you know, I wasn't really interested much in it, you know. But then I was looking around and noticing that, as the result of matchmaking having stopped, that a lot of lovely neighbors that I had, existing neighbors, were getting old, dying out, and their houses were being sold to tourists and stuff like that, you know. And I felt that I was losing great friends and neighbors, so I started at that age and I haven't stopped since. I started when I was 24 and I'm still doing it now.
The first match Willie Daly ever made was between a very shy boy who worked on a nearby farm and a local girl. Every time they met the boy's face would go pure red, Daly says. The boy did not realize that the girl had feelings for him. In his frustration he was even talking about emigrating to England. How it all worked out in the end is a long story best told over a pint of stout, but it involves the fake sale of a pig engineered by young Willie Daly. The match was a success, and the couple had eleven children.
Daly and his wife have seven children. Some of them help their dad with the matchmaking. In 35 years, Daly has honed his psychologist's skills. The internet has helped, too. In other ways, his job has become more difficult: Irish women today have a better education, more independence - and higher expectations.
Revista Speak up, setembro de 2006
Vocabulary
1 - after the hay harvest had been gathered - depois da colheita do feno
2 - to hone - aprimora
3 - to match - casar
“And I said „Maybe I will,‟ you know, I wasn't really interested much in it, you know”. About the period in bold, we can say that
the matchmakings didn‟t interest him very much.
he was really interested in the matchmakings.
he was very interested in the matchmakings.
for him, there wasn‟t any interest in the matchmakings.
Gabarito:
the matchmakings didn‟t interest him very much.
(UEMG-2006)
Assinale a alternativa em que o(s) termo(s) em negrito do fragmento citado NÃO contém (êm) traço(s) da função emotiva da linguagem.
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(Uemg 2010) Leia atentamente os versos a seguir e, depois, faça o que é pedido.
Eu sei que vou te amar
Eu sei que vou te amar
Por toda a minha vida eu vou te amar
Em cada despedida, eu vou te amar
Desesperadamente, eu sei que vou te amar
E cada verso meu será
Pra te dizer
Que eu sei que vou te amar
Por toda a minha vida
Eu sei que vou chorar
A cada ausência tua, eu vou chorar
Mas cada volta tua há de apagar
O que esta tua ausência me causou
Eu sei que vou sofrer
A eterna desventura de viver
À espera de viver ao lado teu
Por toda a minha vida
(Vinícius de Morais e Tom Jobim)
No texto dessa letra de música (MPB), observa-se a presença da linguagem coloquial, quando o leitor verifica
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(Uemg 2015) Considerando a análise de aspectos linguísticos dos trechos abaixo, extraídos da obra “Você Verá”, marque (V) para os comentários verdadeiros e (F) para os falsos. Em seguida, assinale a alternativa que apresenta a sequência CORRETA.
( ) Em “Acho a astrologia a ciência dos tolos, e, até prova em contrário, não me considero um deles.” Houve um desvio da norma padrão, que prescreve como certa a expressão “até provem o contrário”, em substituição à expressão sublinhada.
( ) Em “Foi um morticínio, uma coisa que ninguém na região nunca vira(...)”, a palavra morticínio significa assassinato em série.
morticínio significa assassinato em série.
( ) O que aconteceu com o nome do narrador do conto Bem - Stanislaw > Lauro > Lau > Stan - é um fenômeno linguístico semelhante ao ocorrido com o pronome de tratamento Vossa Mercê - Vosmecê > você > cê.
( ) Em “(...) que direito tinha o Bem de se tornar milionário?”, o pronome sublinhado aparece anteposto ao verbo (próclise), uma vez que a preposição o atrai, segundo a norma padrão.
( ) Em “(...) quando a mãe a levava à matinê.” e “(...) pois ainda escutava em mim as risadas”, os pronomes sublinhados são classificados, respectivamente, como oblíquo átono e oblíquo tônico.
( ) Em “Minha mãe sempre dizia: 'Deus protege quem trabalha’”, a regência do verbo proteger não está de acordo com a norma padrão, uma vez que ele é transitivo indireto e, por isso, rege preposição, como em: 'Deus protege a quem trabalha’”.
A sequência correta é
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(UEMG - 2013)
The Birth of a Storyteller
Jackie Torrence spent her childhood in North Carolina, in the southern part of the United States. She was a shy child because she had problems with her teeth, which made it hard for her to talk. Other children teased her because of her speech problem, so she spent much of her childhood playing alone. One of Jackie’s favorite games was to pretend she was on television. She told stories out loud using gestures and dramatic voices. At school, Jackie soon learned that she was good at writing stories, and with the help of her favorite teacher, she started to work on improving her speech.
Jackie’s first storytelling performance was in a library. She was working as a librarian and was asked to entertain a group of children. Jackie told them a story and they loved it! Before long, she began telling stories within her community. Many of her stories came from old American and African-American folktales. Eventually, she started telling stories across North America.
As Jackie’s fame increased, her health decreased. She now has to use a wheelchair, but this has not stopped her storytelling career. Jackie’s stories have been published in books, magazines, and newspapers and she has appeared on radio and television. She has won awards for nine of her sound recordings and three of her television specials.
Adapted from NorthStar 3: Listening and Speaking, 2nd Edition (Longman, p. 57), Helen S. Solórzano and Jennifer P. L. Schmidt.
In the sentence, “She has won awards for nine of her sound recordings and three of her television specials”, the underlined expression shows that
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