Questões de Inglês

Things We Carry on the Sea

We carry tears in our eyes: good-bye father, good-bye
    [mother
We carry soil in small bags: may home never fade in our
    [hearts
We carry carnage of mining, droughts, floods, genocides
We carry dust of our families and neighbors incinerated
    [in mushroom clouds
We carry our islands sinking under the sea
We carry our hands, feet, bones, hearts and best minds
    [for a new life
We carry diplomas: medicine, engineer, nurse,
    [education, math, poetry, even if they mean
    [nothing to the other shore
We carry railroads, plantations, laundromats,
    [bodegas, taco trucks, farms, factories, nursing
    [homes, hospitals, schools, temples... built on
    [our ancestors' backs
We carry old homes along the spine, new dreams in our
    [chests
We carry yesterday, today and tomorrow
We're orphans of the wars forced upon us
We're refugees of the sea rising from industrial wastes
And we carry our mother tongues
[...]
As we drift... in our rubber boats... from shore... to shore...
    [to shore...

PING, W. Disponível em: https://poets.org. Acesso em: 1 jun. 2023 (fragmento).

 

Ao retratar a trajetória de refugiados, o poema recorre à imagem de viagem marítima para destacar o(a)

No man is an island,
Entire of itself;
Every man is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
[...]
Any man's death diminishes me,
Because I am involved in mankind.

DONNE, J. The Works of John Donne. Londres: John W. Parker, 1839 (fragmento).

 

Nesse poema, a expressão “No man is an island” ressalta o(a)

    Studying law offers the opportunity to develop a range of skills and explore many aspects of human life. It gives you the chance to sharpen your mind, strengthen your understanding and deepen your experience across the full range of humanities and social sciences. You acquire both breadth of understanding and depth in the areas that interest you most.

    Law should therefore appeal to those who want to develop both abstract thinking and practical problemsolving. It’s easy to see why you don’t have to become a lawyer just because you’ve done a law degree; many choose other paths. A law degree can give you the skills to be a successful lawyer but also a successful producer, politician, manager, journalist, diplomat or police officer; a law degree equips you for almost any profession that requires intellectual strength combined with a practical approach to the world.

Disponível em: https://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/subjects. Acesso em: abr. 2023. Fragmento.

According to standard English, it´s correct to affirm:

    Studying law offers the opportunity to develop a range of skills and explore many aspects of human life. It gives you the chance to sharpen your mind, strengthen your understanding and deepen your experience across the full range of humanities and social sciences. You acquire both breadth of understanding and depth in the areas that interest you most.

    Law should therefore appeal to those who want to develop both abstract thinking and practical problemsolving. It’s easy to see why you don’t have to become a lawyer just because you’ve done a law degree; many choose other paths. A law degree can give you the skills to be a successful lawyer but also a successful producer, politician, manager, journalist, diplomat or police officer; a law degree equips you for almost any profession that requires intellectual strength combined with a practical approach to the world.

Disponível em: https://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/subjects. Acesso em: abr. 2023. Fragmento.

According to the text, it´s possible to say that

BEING IN CONTROL of… Disponível em: http://quotefancy.com/quote. Acesso em: out 2022

 

In this quote, Marilu Henner stresses the importance of :

Forget the old battles between the left and the right. Welcome to the era of “identity politics,” where loyalties are owed not to class or political party, but to groups defined by gender, ethnicity or sexual orientation. To some people, this is a dangerous trend. True, many minorities have suffered discrimination and exclusion and they deserve to enjoy the rights that the straight, white majority take for granted. But critics claim that the fight for equality has spilled over into hostility towards the majority, with identity group activists telling white people to check their privilege or labelling them white supremacists. Such sentiments have stoked anger among white people who feel very far from privileged or in control, fueling the rise of populism and bringing alt-right (alternative right) figures to the fore. The identity politics movement tells people that their experience as a member of a particular group is what ultimately defines them and gives their lives meaning. This message is destroying society’s broad sense of the common good, increasing antagonism and fragmentation in our society.

FORGET THE old… Disponível em: https://intelligencesquared.com.Acesso em: out 2022.

The expression “take for granted” in the underlined sentence “the rights that the straight, white majority take for granted” has the meaning of: