Questõesde PUC - RJ 2012 sobre Inglês

The author’s resistance to using a smart phone is comparable to his grandparents’ resistance to using a clothes dryer

In the author’s opinion we can’t avoid dealing with technology in the 21st century.

Teenagers are much more familiar to the digital world than adults are.

When he bought a smart phone, the author immediately got adapted to using it.

The author has recently faced some problems for not using a smart phone.

a phone used by those who are digital natives.

a phone which does not have internet access.

a phone that can communicate with people from another planet.

a phone specially designed for second graders.

a phone designed for those who have hearing problems.B

probability – duty.

condition – ability.

obligation – assumption.

possibility – obligation.

impossibility – ability.

a way of saying that something is expected.

like saying things very loudly.

a manner of affirming that someone is wrong.

equivalent to saying things politely.

a way of declaring that one thing is absurd.

those who work in the technology field and those who are against it.

the ones who live in Silicon Valley and those who live in the fields.

the smart phone users and the wireless phone addicts.

those who work for Apple and those who work for Facebook.

the technological natives and the technological foreigners.

to compare the new smart phones to old conventional devices.

to argue that people should adopt simple dumb phones for their daily activities.

to highlight that young people are usually technologically driven and centered.

to analyze the characteristics and the advantages of smart phones.

to prove that old people cannot learn how to use electronic instruments.

declare he has contact with foreign people through his work.

criticize his students’ behaviour towards him and his work methods.

tell the reason why he finally adopted a smart phone.

illustrate the negative effects brought by the increasing use of smart phones.

argue against the indiscriminate use of technology in classrooms.

the author´s dumb phone.

the information needed for the interview.

the author’s smart phone.

the upcoming interview.

the conversation the author had with the TV producer.

“kicking and screaming” in “... by getting a smart phone this week kicking and screaming.” (L.15-16) means “revolutionary”

“odd” in “So one of my students looked at me in an odd and curious way, ...” (L. 21-22) means “respectful”.

“late breaking news” in “I was talking with a producer (...) some late breaking news” (L. 26-29) means “tragic news”.

“a critical period” in “Perhaps we have a critical period in our life for technology”. (L. 63-64) means “a threatening moment”

“soak up” in “When we are young we soak up language so quickly (...)” (L. 64-65) means “absorb”.

the future is here and we must be connected to the world.

the present century has come to make things more difficult for people.

everybody understands that technology is necessary to survive on Earth.

people should try to escape the new century’s negative effects.

digital natives have not noticed that they need to be connected.

the knowledge acquired and the reward taken for trying exploratory actions.

the repeated results presented by algorithms in artificial intelligence.

the immediate benefit taken from reviewing several possible actions.

the ability to use algorithms in artificial intelligence studies.

the opportunities brought by the best algorithms.

the final aim of all human beings is to become the last learners on earth.

human beings are prone to evil of all kinds.

opportunism can work against our learning capacity.

people usually take full advantage of their learning capacity.

human beings are designed to learn through exploratory actions driven by their curiosity.

“take for granted” in “Cooking is something we all take for granted but a new theory suggests that if we had not learned to cook food, not only (...)” (L. 1-3) means “assume”.

“I’m pretty sure” in “I hate to disappoint you, but whate- ver your ambitions, whatever your long-term goals, I’m pretty sure that reading this column isn’t going to further them.” (L. 6-9) means “I’m inclined to say”.

“minor tittle-tattle” in “We humans have a deeply curious nature, and more often than not it is about the minor tittle-tattle in our lives.” (L. 17-19) means “relevant matters”.

“shortcut” in “Neoteny is a shortcut taken by evolution” (L. 42) means “a roundabout route”.

“a deadly-boring species” in “And thank goodness – otherwise we would have evolved to be a deadly-boring species which never wanted to get lost, never tried things to just see what happened or did things for the hell of it.”(L. 86-90) means “diabolical human beings”.

probability – duty.

condition – ability.

obligation – assumption.

possibility – what is desirable.

theoretical ability – suggestion.

In the phrase “I hate to disappoint you, but whatever your ambitions” (L. 6-7), the word “whatever” has the idea of explaining the reason for your ambitions.

In “And yet if I were to say that I will teach you” (L. 12), the word “yet” can be substituted by “therefore”.

In “Our curiosity has us doing utterly unproductive things” (L. 19-20), the word “utterly” means “small”.

In “We just love to know the answers to things” (L. 23), the word “just” tells us that people really like knowing answers.

In the phrase “the lifelong capacity to learn” (L. 49) the word “lifelong” gives the idea that people need a long life to be able to learn.

Human beings are curious by nature.

Curiosity is a valuable asset for our evolution.

Compared to other mammals, humans can be considered more child-like.

Scarce hair, a large brain and playfulness are a child’s characteristics found in adult humans.

Human beings are boring creatures due to their lack of interest in new things.

has difficulty with distractions.

needs to be involved with new and original things.

is inefficient because it needlessly wastes time.

will not happen by chance.

has not evolved enough to help humans survive.

only some people can learn how to cook food.

cooking is an ordinary activity for women.

humans have evolved because they learned how to cook food.

human beings are prone to spend most of their time chewing.

some monkeys can cook food but they spend most of their time chewing.

an endless childhood that characterizes humans.

the unreachable point in maturity for human species.

the infantile behaviour found in human beings.

the retention of characteristics of the young.

the way mammals behave in general.

to prove that by reading this article people will become more attractive to the opposite sex.

to explain that our natural curiosity is partly responsible for our permanent brain evolution.

to argue that only children can learn in a quick, efficient way.

to highlight the fact that mammals are childish and weak.

to criticize human beings’ immature behavior.