Questões de Inglês

Little Red Riding Hood

 

[1] There once was a young person named Little Red Riding Hood who lived on the edge of a large

forest full of endangered fauna and rare plants. One day her mother asked her to take a basket

of organically grown fruit and mineral water to her grandmother’s house.

– But mother, won’t this be stealing work from the people who have struggled for years to earn

[5] the right to carry all packages between various people in the woods?

Red Riding Hood’s mother assured her that she had called the union secretary and had been

given a special compassionate mission exemption form.

– But mother, aren’t you oppressing me by ordering me to do this?

Red Riding Hood’s mother pointed out that it was impossible for women to oppress each other,

[10] since all women were equally oppressed until all women were free.

On her way to grandma’s house, Red Riding Hood passed a woodchopper and wandered off the

path in order to examine some flowers. She was startled to find herself standing before a wolf,

who asked her what was in her basket.

– I am taking my grandmother some healthy snacks in a gesture of solidarity. Now, if you’ll

[15] excuse me, I would prefer to be on my way.

Red Riding Hood returned to the main path and proceeded towards her grandmother’s house.

But the wolf knew of a quicker route to grandma’s house. He burst into the house and ate

grandma, a course of action affirmative of his nature as a predator. He put on grandma’s

nightclothes and awaited.

[20] Red Riding Hood entered the cottage and said:

– Goodness! grandma, what big eyes you have!

– You forget that I am optically challenged.

– And grandma, what an enormous nose you have!

– Naturally, I could have had it surgically fixed, but I didn’t give in to such societal pressures, my

[25] child.

– And grandma, what very big, sharp teeth you have!

The wolf could not take any more of this, grabbed Little Red Riding Hood and opened his jaws

so wide that she could see her poor grandmother in his belly.

At the same time, the woodchopper burst into the cottage, brandishing an axe.

[30] – Hands off!, cried the woodchopper.

– And what do you think you’re doing?, cried Little Red Riding Hood. If I let you help me now,

I would be expressing a lack of confidence in my own abilities.

– Get your hands off that endangered species! This is a police raid!, screamed the woodchopper.

– Thank goodness you got here in time, said the Wolf. I thought I was a goner.

 

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Little Red Riding Hood’s mother mentions a special compassionate mission exemption form (l. 7).

This form includes a permission to perform the following action:

Little Red Riding Hood

 

[1] There once was a young person named Little Red Riding Hood who lived on the edge of a large

forest full of endangered fauna and rare plants. One day her mother asked her to take a basket

of organically grown fruit and mineral water to her grandmother’s house.

– But mother, won’t this be stealing work from the people who have struggled for years to earn

[5] the right to carry all packages between various people in the woods?

Red Riding Hood’s mother assured her that she had called the union secretary and had been

given a special compassionate mission exemption form.

– But mother, aren’t you oppressing me by ordering me to do this?

Red Riding Hood’s mother pointed out that it was impossible for women to oppress each other,

[10] since all women were equally oppressed until all women were free.

On her way to grandma’s house, Red Riding Hood passed a woodchopper and wandered off the

path in order to examine some flowers. She was startled to find herself standing before a wolf,

who asked her what was in her basket.

– I am taking my grandmother some healthy snacks in a gesture of solidarity. Now, if you’ll

[15] excuse me, I would prefer to be on my way.

Red Riding Hood returned to the main path and proceeded towards her grandmother’s house.

But the wolf knew of a quicker route to grandma’s house. He burst into the house and ate

grandma, a course of action affirmative of his nature as a predator. He put on grandma’s

nightclothes and awaited.

[20] Red Riding Hood entered the cottage and said:

– Goodness! grandma, what big eyes you have!

– You forget that I am optically challenged.

– And grandma, what an enormous nose you have!

– Naturally, I could have had it surgically fixed, but I didn’t give in to such societal pressures, my

[25] child.

– And grandma, what very big, sharp teeth you have!

The wolf could not take any more of this, grabbed Little Red Riding Hood and opened his jaws

so wide that she could see her poor grandmother in his belly.

At the same time, the woodchopper burst into the cottage, brandishing an axe.

[30] – Hands off!, cried the woodchopper.

– And what do you think you’re doing?, cried Little Red Riding Hood. If I let you help me now,

I would be expressing a lack of confidence in my own abilities.

– Get your hands off that endangered species! This is a police raid!, screamed the woodchopper.

– Thank goodness you got here in time, said the Wolf. I thought I was a goner.

 

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This modern version of the fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood addresses different social issues.

One of these issues is:

The headline that better suits the article illustrated by the picture below is:

An overweight woman sits on a chair in Times Square in New York, May 8, 2012.

Reuters/Lucas Jackson

Disponível em: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/15/us-health stroke-obesity-idUSKBN0O027420150515. Acessado em 25/05/2015. Adaptado para fins educacionais.

(Disponível em http://comics.azcentral.com/slideshow?comic=Lawyer&feature_id=Lawyer Acessado em 19/08/2015)

 

Na tirinha acima, o personagem da direita

Read the text to answer.

(http://www.profmauro.net/interpretaccedilatildeo‐de‐tirinhas.)

The item that completes the comic strip is

Leia o texto para responder à questão.

 

Police in England and Wales consider making misogyny a hate crime

Mark Townsend

September 10, 2016    

 

    Police forces across England and Wales are considering expanding their definition of hate crime to include misogyny (hatred, dislike, or mistrust of women, or prejudice against women) after an experiment in one city that saw more than 20 investigations launched in two months.

   The initial success of Nottingham’s crackdown against sexist abuse has drawn national interest after the city’s police revealed that they investigated a case of misogyny every three days during July and August, the first months to see specially trained officers targeting behaviour ranging from street harassment to unwanted physical approaches. 

    Several other forces have confirmed they are sending representatives to Nottingham this month to discuss the introduction of misogyny as a hate crime. Police and campaigners said the initial figures were broadly in line with other categories of hate crime such as Islamophobia and antisemitism but were likely to rise significantly as awareness increased.

      Dave Alton, the hate crime manager for Nottingham police, said: “The number of reports we are receiving is comparable with other, more established, categories of hate crime. We have received numerous reports and have been able to provide a service to women in Nottinghamshire who perhaps would not have approached us six months ago. The reality is that all of the reports so far have required some form of police action.”

 (www.theguardian.com. Adaptado)

No trecho do quarto parágrafo – We have received numerous reports and have been able to provide a service to women... –, o termo destacado em negrito tem sentido equivalente a