Questão d00b11f3-be
Prova:UFPR 2017
Disciplina:Inglês
Assunto:Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension
Consider the following excerpt:
Difficulty interpreting what I have come to call ‘Ahorita Time’ is a reflection of different cultural understandings of time. Dr
Company explained that if she is giving a talk in Mexico and goes over her allotted time, Mexicans “feel like I am giving them a
gift”. In the UK or the US, however, “The audience starts to leave, feeling like I am wasting their time”.
Choose the alternative that conveys the same meaning of the excerpt above.
Consider the following excerpt:
Difficulty interpreting what I have come to call ‘Ahorita Time’ is a reflection of different cultural understandings of time. Dr
Company explained that if she is giving a talk in Mexico and goes over her allotted time, Mexicans “feel like I am giving them a
gift”. In the UK or the US, however, “The audience starts to leave, feeling like I am wasting their time”.
Choose the alternative that conveys the same meaning of the excerpt above.
A
Mexicans tend to feel lack of respect when talks or lectures go beyond the destined time frames.
B
Dr Company believes that negative feelings from different audiences in talks are due to lack of language comprehension.
C
People in different countries react differently to going over time in talks based on cultural backgrounds.
D
In the US or the UK, it is customary for the audiences to stay over the allotted times of talks and lectures.
E
The interpretation of time by Mexicans and people from different nationalities is a language barrier.
