Na sentença, “…he expressed that belated belief in the pre-eminent
role of culture…” a palavra grifada pode ser substituída por
GLOBALISATION, HUMANISM, MODERNITY:
IN SEARCH OF EQUILIBRIUMMonica Grigorescu*Our time has proved to be amazingly effective in gropingly building up
a civilization which it has proved amazingly inept at putting in order.
(André Maliaux)
After so many crises which have followed each other in as many
areas, we ought to admit that industrial and technological civilization
is creating as many problems as it is capable of resolving. The myth of
progress, one of the founding myths of our civilization, also appears to
have collapsed as a myth. The development of modern society, spectacular
as it is from an economist’s angle of vision, has not been able to society;
stop a slide into human and moral underdevelopment. A deterioration of
quality in relation to quantity makes only those things that can be actually
measured appear to be real; unfortunately, things like poetry, suffering,
or love are hardly quantifiable.
Towards the end of his eventful life, Jean Monnet, a remarkable
figure of the twentieth century, reasoned that, had he been able to start
all over again, he would have begun with culture. A founding father
of what was later to become the European Union, he expressed that
belated belief in the pre-eminent role of culture as a part of greater
civilization after he had tried for several decades to build a prosperous
Europe in economic terms in the aftermath of a devastating war.
*Director of the House of Latin America of the Ministry of Foreign Affair of Romania.
Revista Direito Mackenzie
Towards the end of his eventful life, Jean Monnet, a remarkable figure of the twentieth century, reasoned that, had he been able to start all over again, he would have begun with culture. A founding father of what was later to become the European Union, he expressed that belated belief in the pre-eminent role of culture as a part of greater civilization after he had tried for several decades to build a prosperous Europe in economic terms in the aftermath of a devastating war.
Gabarito comentado
Resposta: Alternativa A — late; delayed
1. Tema central: trata-se de vocabulário em contexto — identificar o sinônimo adequado de belated no trecho. Em provas de Reading Comprehension, dominar equivalência lexical e sentido contextual é essencial.
2. Resumo teórico: Belated significa algo ocorrido ou manifestado tardiamente ou atrasado. Dicionários confiáveis (Cambridge Dictionary; Oxford Learner’s) registram como sinônimos: “late”, “delayed”, “too late”. Em textos, verifica-se pelo contexto temporal: aqui a ideia é de uma crença reconhecida apenas depois de décadas — portanto “tardia”.
3. Fontes: Cambridge Dictionary; Oxford Learner’s Dictionary — registros lexicais de belated = late / delayed. (Citar dicionários é prática comum para confirmar sinônimos em concursos.)
4. Justificativa da alternativa correta (A): “had he been able to start all over again, he would have begun with culture … he expressed that belated belief…” — o autor indica que a valorização da cultura veio tarde, após esforços econômicos. Assim, “late; delayed” reproduz fielmente esse sentido temporal.
5. Análise das incorretas:
B — influenced; affected: indicam causa/efeito ou influência, não tempo. Não transmitem a ideia de atraso temporal.
C — authoritative; imperious: significam “autoritário; imperioso” — descrevem caráter ou tom, não cronologia.
D — impulsive; rash: “impulsivo; precipitado” referem-se a ação sem reflexão, oposto de “belated”, que remete a demora.
E — polite; respectful: cortês/respeitoso — traços de linguagem/comportamento, sem relação com “tardiamente”.
6. Estratégias de interpretação: procure palavras-chave de tempo no contexto; troque mentalmente a palavra por sinônimos temporais (late/delayed) e verifique coerência; use eliminação: descarte alternativas que indiquem qualidade/emotividade em vez de temporalidade.
Conclusão: a escolha A é a única que preserva o sentido temporal indicado pelo contexto — uma crença reconhecida tardiamente.
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