Blog do Jelin: Encontro às cegas

THE GUARDIAN ( FEBRUARY 11, 2017)

Entrevistas separadas com Emma e Gervase, que saíram juntos pela primeira vez. Eles não se conheciam até então.

1. Como se chama em inglês esse ‘encontro às escuras’?

a) blind date

b) dark date

c) deaf date

d) dumb date

Emma on Gervase

2. (THE GUARDIAN) What were you ____ for?

a) hoping for

b) waiting

(EMMA) A good time with a nice guy. Oh, and a fancy meal, too.

3. Traduza os adjetivos mencionados na resposta de Emma:

a) good:_______

b) nice:________

c) fancy:________

4. Emma usou a palavra ‘meal’. Qual dos itens abaixo não é uma ‘meal’?

a) coffee

b) breakfast

c) lunch

d) dinner

(THE GUARDIAN) First impressions?
(EMMA) Friendly, bookish (he was reading when I turned up), and pretty cute.

5. Dá para dizer que Emma de início teve uma boa impressão de Gervase? Por quê?

6. O que significa ‘bookish’ neste cotexto?

(THE GUARDIAN) What did you talk about?
(EMMA) Energy policy, vegan food, morality and train travel.

7. Preencha os espaços em branco com policy, police, politics ou politician(s):

a) Eduardo Cunha, the Brazilian_______who led Dilma Rousseff impeachment, has been expelled from office.

b) Trump’s foreign_______on Brazil is practically no-existent.

c) “Most middle-class whites have no idea what it feels like to be subjected to_______ who are routinely suspicious, rude, belligerent, and brutal.” (Benjamin Spock)

8. Would a real vegan eat tofu? Why(not)?

(THE GUARDIAN) Any awkward moments?
(EMMA) None. In fact, it took us ages to stop talking long enough to order.

9. The synonym for ‘awkward’ is

a) ill-mannered

b) embarrassing

c) frustrating

10. Dá pra dizer que a conversa foi animada? Baseado em quê?

11. Explique em português a diferença entre none of us e neither of us

(THE GUARDIAN) Best thing about Gervase?
(EMMA) He was super interesting, a pleasure to talk to, and did not mind me quizzing him.

12. Com ‘quizzing, Emma dá a entender que

a) não demostrou o menor interesse em Gervase.

b) se apaixonou à primeira vista pelo rapaz.

c) estava a fim de tirar sarro com a cara dele

d) fez um monte de perguntas a seu respeito

(THE GUARDIAN) Would you introduce him to your friends?
(EMMA) Absolutely.

13. Com ‘absolutely’, Emma responde sim ou não?

(THE GUARDIAN) Describe him in three words
(EMMA) Kind, considered, intelligent.

(THE GUARDIAN) What do you think he made of you?
(EMMA) I reckon he thought I was an OK date, but perhaps a bit serious.

14. “I reckon” pode ser substituído por:

a) I doubt

b) I can’t believe

c) I suppose

d) I’m sure

15. Traduza a pergunta do Guardian (What do you think he made of you?) para o português.

(THE GUARDIAN) Did you go on somewhere?
(EMMA) To the pub next door for more wine.

(THE GUARDIAN) And... did you kiss?
(EMMA) We did.

(THE GUARDIAN) Marks out of 10?
(EMMA) 9.

(THE GUARDIAN) Would you meet again?
(EMMA) Gervase was a sweet guy but there was no spark for me, sadly.

16. Embora Emma tenha gostado de Gervase, a noite foi um desastre e ela não pretende vê-lo de novo. Certo ou errado? Por quê?

Gervase on Emma

(THE GUARDIAN) What were you hoping for?
(Gervase) Someone I could laugh with and who shares similar values.

17. Assinale a opção correta para ‘rir de’:

a) laugh at

b) laugh with

18. What does “share” mean in the context?

a) give a part of something to someone else

b) do something with someone else

(THE GUARDIAN) First impressions?
(Gervase) She arrived on her bike and wasn’t doing dry January.

19. ‘Do dry January’ is the same as ‘abstain from alcohol throughout the first month of the year. right or wrong?

(THE GUARDIAN) What did you talk about?
(Gervase) Energy efficiency, personality types, vegetarianism.

(THE GUARDIAN) Any awkward moments?
(Gervase) The winking waiting staff.

20. O que Gervase quer dizer com ‘winking waiting staff’’?

(THE GUARDIAN) Best thing about Emma?
(Gervase) A high boredom threshold for talking about energy policy.

21. In Gervase’s opinion, Emma can talk about energy policy for hours on end. Do you agree wit this statement

(THE GUARDIAN) Would you introduce her to your friends?
(Gervase) Yeah, she’d go down well.

22. Explique em português ‘she’d go down well’.

(THE GUARDIAN) Describe her in three words
Smart, alternative, open-minded.

23. Se alguém dissesse que acha você alternativo/a, você diria que é um elogio ou uma ofensa? Por quê?

(THE GUARDIAN) What do you think she made of you?
Government stooge.

24. Gervase acha que Emma considera que ele só estava lá por obrigação. É Isso que ‘government stooge’ dá a entender. Concorda?

(THE GUARDIAN) Did you go on somewhere?
To a pub.

(THE GUARDIAN) And... did you kiss?
There was some kissing.

(THE GUARDIAN) Marks out of 10?
8.

(THE GUARDIAN) Would you meet again?
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