(AFA - 2023)
Directions: Read Text V and answer questions 09, 10 and 11 accordingly.
TEXT V
| Oh, I’ve just come from the land of the sun | |
| From a war that must be won | |
| In the name of truth | |
| With our soldiers so brave | |
| 5 | Your freedom we will save |
| With our rifles and grenades | |
| And some help from God | |
| I want to see my family | |
| My wife and child waiting for me | |
| 10 | I’ve got to go home |
| I’ve been so alone you see | |
| You just can’t believe | |
| The joy I did receive | |
| When I finally got my leave | |
| 15 | And I was going home |
| Oh, I flew through the sky | |
| My convictions could not lie | |
| For my country I would die | |
| And I will see it soon | |
| 20 | When I walked through the door |
| My wife she laid upon the floor | |
| And with tears her eyes were sore | |
| I did not know why | |
| Then I looked into her hand | |
| 25 | And I saw the telegram |
| Said that I was a brave, brave man | |
| But that I was dead |
(SUMMER, Bernard; GILBERT, Gillian; HOOK, Peter; MORRIS, Stephen. Lyrics to Love Vigilantes, performed by New Order, Low Life CD, track 1, Universal Music Publishing Group, 1986. Taken from https://lyricfind.com)
Read the statements below considering the aspects of grammar and meaning of Text V.
I. The war referred by the speaker is over.
II. The speaker had been conscripted to engage in combat.
III. Some parts of speech were left out of the phrase in line 4.
IV. The use of the auxiliary verb in line 13 is substandard.
V. The noun in line 17 is a false cognate.
The only correct statements are
I and II.
I and V.
II and III.
III and IV.
Gabarito:
II and III.
I. Afirmativa incorreta. É possível ler, logo no começo da música, "From a war that must be won" (de uma guerra que deve ser vencida). Assim, pode-se inferir que a guerra ainda não acabou.
II. Afirmativa correta. O eu lírico da música é um soldado que foi lutar na guerra e, assim, pode-se dizer que ele foi recrutado.
III. Afirmativa correta. A frase no verso 4 não possui, por exemplo, verbo (mesmo que seu sentido fique subentendido).
IV. Afirmativa incorreta. O uso do verbo auxiliar está correto.
V. Afirmativa incorreta. Convictions não é um falso cognato, significa convicções.
Assim, já que as afirmativas corretas são II e III, a alternativa a ser assinalada é a de letra C.