When will the bongs begin again regularly?
August 16, 2017 / 10:00 AM
Four years without Big Ben’s bongs? It can’t be right, says UK PM May
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May said
on Wednesday it could not be right for “Big Ben”, the bell in
the British parliament’s clock tower whose bongs
(1)_______, to fall silent for four years during renovations.
May joined other politicians who have protested at the
news that the great bell, which has rung every hour for
most of the past 157 years, would cease its bongs to ensure
the safety of workers carrying out renovations on the tower.
“Of course we want to ensure that people are safe at
work, but it can’t be right for Big Ben to be silent for four
years,” May told reporters.
“I hope that the Speaker (of the House of Commons)
... will urgently look into this and ensure that we can hear
Big Ben through those four years.”
Big Ben’s bongs, which are heard marking the start of
some of the BBC’s flagship news bulletins, are part of the
soundtrack of daily life in the British capital and beyond.
Officially known as the Elizabeth Tower, the clock tower
that houses Big Ben is believed to be the most photographed
building in the United Kingdom. May’s comments were
more restrained than those of her Brexit minister, David
Davis, who said on Tuesday that (2)_____.
Another Conservative politician, member of parliament
Nigel Evans, suggested earlier on Wednesday that the bongs
could be switched back on every evening when the workers
carrying out the renovations of the clock tower finished for
the day.
Steve Jaggs, parliament’s Keeper of the Great Clock,
had announced this week that Big Ben would stop its regular chimes at midday (1100 GMT) on Monday, Aug. 21,
inviting members of the public to gather nearby to hear the
final bongs.
The bell will still toll for important (3)_____ but will
otherwise remain silent until 2021.
Reporting by Estelle Shirbon; editing by Michael
Holden
(Adaptado de Acesso em
16/08/2017)
August 16, 2017 / 10:00 AM
Four years without Big Ben’s bongs? It can’t be right, says UK PM May
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May said on Wednesday it could not be right for “Big Ben”, the bell in the British parliament’s clock tower whose bongs (1)_______, to fall silent for four years during renovations. May joined other politicians who have protested at the news that the great bell, which has rung every hour for most of the past 157 years, would cease its bongs to ensure the safety of workers carrying out renovations on the tower.
“Of course we want to ensure that people are safe at work, but it can’t be right for Big Ben to be silent for four years,” May told reporters.
“I hope that the Speaker (of the House of Commons) ... will urgently look into this and ensure that we can hear Big Ben through those four years.”
Big Ben’s bongs, which are heard marking the start of some of the BBC’s flagship news bulletins, are part of the soundtrack of daily life in the British capital and beyond.
Officially known as the Elizabeth Tower, the clock tower that houses Big Ben is believed to be the most photographed building in the United Kingdom. May’s comments were more restrained than those of her Brexit minister, David Davis, who said on Tuesday that (2)_____.
Another Conservative politician, member of parliament Nigel Evans, suggested earlier on Wednesday that the bongs could be switched back on every evening when the workers carrying out the renovations of the clock tower finished for the day.
Steve Jaggs, parliament’s Keeper of the Great Clock, had announced this week that Big Ben would stop its regular chimes at midday (1100 GMT) on Monday, Aug. 21, inviting members of the public to gather nearby to hear the final bongs.
The bell will still toll for important (3)_____ but will otherwise remain silent until 2021.
Reporting by Estelle Shirbon; editing by Michael
Holden
(Adaptado de
Gabarito comentado
Gabarito: A) In 2021.
Tema central da questão:
O foco desta questão é interpretação de texto em inglês, mais especificamente a habilidade de localizar e compreender informação específica (scanning) referente a datas e eventos dentro de um contexto jornalístico.
Explicação didática e fundamentação teórica:
A pergunta exige que você detecte quando os bongs do Big Ben voltarão a soar regularmente. A técnica de scanning — busca rápida por dados relevantes no texto — é essencial aqui.
No texto, encontra-se o trecho: “The bell will still toll for important (3)_____ but will otherwise remain silent until 2021.”
Isso deixa evidente que, tirando ocasiões importantes, os toques regulares só retornarão em 2021.
Análise das alternativas:
A) In 2021. (Correta)
Está de acordo com a frase do texto, que determina “silent until 2021”. Ou seja, os bongs só voltarão ao ritmo normal em 2021. Estratégia: sempre busque palavras e expressões como until (até), from (a partir de), since (desde) para localizar períodos.
B) In August 2017.
Está errada. Agosto de 2017 é o início do silêncio do sino, não o fim. Atenção para não confundir datas de acontecimentos diferentes.
C) At midday on Monday.
Incorrreta. Este é o momento em que o sino parou, não quando irá reiniciar. Pegadinha comum: tomar datas e horários do texto sem verificar o contexto descrito.
D) They don’t know for sure.
Errada. O texto fornece a informação exata (“until 2021”) e não deixa margem para dúvida ou indefinição.
Dica de prova: Cuidado com termos temporais e a relação causa-efeito. Palavras como until, remain silent e nomes de meses/anos geralmente dão a resposta; não os confunda com outras datas citadas por contexto! Certifique-se de distinguir eventos de início e de término.
Referências e autores:
As técnicas de “scanning” e leitura focada, abordadas por Witte (2013, Inglês para Concursos), são essenciais para provas do tipo. O método é aplicar essas estratégias para buscar rapidamente informações relevantes, evitando distração por detalhes irrelevantes.
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