Questão 4b7a94e3-8f
Prova:UNICAMP 2021
Disciplina:Inglês
Assunto:Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension
Em uma entrevista, a escritora nigeriana Ayobami Adebayo
refletiu sobre os personagens principais (Yejide e Akin) e o
contexto sociopolítico de seu romance Stay With Me.
While writing, I also started thinking
about the middle class in Nigeria. When
Yejide visits her mother-in-law, there’s a
very low fence in front of their house. It’s
barely a fence. When Yejide and Akin
build their own house in the early
nineties, they erect a fence that’s higher
than the house. You can’t see inside.
That was something I observed about
architecture in Nigeria—that at some
point, probably in the eighties and nineties, when things
became quite turbulent and there was all of this insecurity,
one of the ways the people who could afford to insulate
themselves against what was going on did was to build
higher fences, to use money as a shield in a sense. I
wanted that political turbulence to play in the background.
(Adaptado de https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2017/08/08/great-expectations
-interview-ayobami-adebayo/. Acessado em 21/07/2020.)
Segundo a autora, as casas e as cercas na Nigéria
representam
Em uma entrevista, a escritora nigeriana Ayobami Adebayo
refletiu sobre os personagens principais (Yejide e Akin) e o
contexto sociopolítico de seu romance Stay With Me.
While writing, I also started thinking
about the middle class in Nigeria. When
Yejide visits her mother-in-law, there’s a
very low fence in front of their house. It’s
barely a fence. When Yejide and Akin
build their own house in the early
nineties, they erect a fence that’s higher
than the house. You can’t see inside.
That was something I observed about
architecture in Nigeria—that at some
point, probably in the eighties and nineties, when things
became quite turbulent and there was all of this insecurity,
one of the ways the people who could afford to insulate
themselves against what was going on did was to build
higher fences, to use money as a shield in a sense. I
wanted that political turbulence to play in the background.
(Adaptado de https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2017/08/08/great-expectations
-interview-ayobami-adebayo/. Acessado em 21/07/2020.)
Segundo a autora, as casas e as cercas na Nigéria
representam
A
o poder aquisitivo da classe média e sua tentativa de
se distanciar da realidade política.
B
a desigualdade social e seus impactos para a
turbulência política enfatizada no romance.
C
a tentativa da classe média de exercer um impacto na
realidade política nos anos 1980 e 1990.
D
a violência e a corrupção dos anos 1980 e 1990 e seus
impactos nos personagens do romance.
Gabarito comentado
Silvana FariaMestre em Educação pela Universidade Federal de Lavras (UFLA) e Professora de Inglês
A dica para resolução dessa questão, é aplicar a estratégia de leitura scanning, a qual, o candidato deve examinar detalhadamente o texto, selecionando o vocabulário e expressões necessárias, ou a estratégia selectivity, a qual selecionamos apenas o trecho necessário do conteúdo para encontrar a informação, por meio do uso de palavras-chave, palavras cognatas e também um vocabulário específico.
No trecho das linhas 1-4, lê-se que o autor percebeu que a classe média, em um dado momento onde havia insegurança, construiam cercas mais altas do que as casas para se isolar da realidade política.
That was something I observed about architecture in Nigeria—that at some point, probably in the eighties and nineties, when things became quite turbulent and there was all of this insecurity, one of the ways the people who could afford to insulate themselves against what was going on did was to build higher fences, to use money as a shield in a sense. I wanted that political turbulence to play in the background.
Tradução: Isso foi algo que observei sobre a arquitetura na Nigéria - que em algum momento, provavelmente nos anos oitenta e noventa, quando as coisas se tornaram muito turbulentas e havia toda essa insegurança, uma das maneiras pelas quais as pessoas que podiam se dar ao luxo de se isolar do que estava acontecendo era construir cercas mais altas, usar o dinheiro como escudo em certo sentido. Eu queria que aquela turbulência política funcionasse como pano de fundo.
Gabarito do Professor: Letra A.
