Questões de Inglês

Em 2020, Joaquin Phoenix ganhou o Oscar de melhor ator por sua interpretação no filme “Coringa”, de 2019. Apresenta-se, a seguir, um trecho de seu discurso na ocasião.

“I think whether we’re talking about gender inequality or racism or queer rights or indigenous rights or animal rights, we’re talking about the fight against injustice. We’re talking about the fight against the belief that one nation, one people, one race, one gender, or one species has the right to dominate, control, and use and exploit another with impunity. I think that we’ve become very disconnected from the natural world, and many of us, what we’re guilty of, is an egocentric worldview: the belief that we’re the center of the universe. We go into the natural world, and we plunder it for its resources. We feel entitled to artificially inseminate a cow, and when she gives birth, we steal her baby even though her cries of anguish are unmistakable. Then we take her milk that’s intended for her calf, and we put it in our coffee and our cereal”.

(Adaptado de https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/joaquin-phoenix-oscaracceptance-speech-transcript-phoenix-wins-for-joker. Acessado em 02/07/ 2021.)

 

Em seu discurso, o ator

A palavra “cringe” viralizou nas redes sociais no Brasil em 2021. Observe sua definição, em português, apontada pelo “Dicionário Informal” on-line:

 

Vergonha alheia;

 

Exemplo de uso da palavra cringe:
A cena que presenciamos ontem foi muito cringe.
É cada situação cringe que presenciamos.
Não consigo nem ver, de tão cringe.

 

Veja, agora, a definição da mesma palavra pelo “Cambridge Dictionary”, também em versão on-line:

 

to suddenly move away from someone or
something because you are frightened

 

to feel very embarrassed:

    • I cringed at the sight of my dad dancing.

(Disponível em: https://www.dicionarioinformal.com.br/diferenca-entre/crin ge/inglês/; https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/cringe. Acessado em 05/07/2021.)

 

Com base nessas duas definições, pode-se dizer que, em português, a palavra “cringe”

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Social media vs. mental health

    Research has revealed that younger and older users alike are in danger of breaking under the pressure of unachievable standards of beauty and success, which are often inherent in the workings of social networking websites.

    Among young adult users, social media notably increases the incidence of anxiety and depression. According to the results of a sizeable study conducted in 2016, users who frequently checked their accounts had a more than twice as high a risk of depression than their less social media-oriented peers. This may partly be due to the fact that social networks create an artificial need to be available 24/7, to respond to messages and emoji reactions instantly. Despite the fact that such platforms are supposed to enhance our sense of connectedness with other people, research has found that they actually have the opposite effect: they render dedicated users lonelier and more isolated.

    However, this shouldn't really surprise us. The hyperconnectedness takes place at a superficial level, eliminating all of the extra elements that make communication more valuable and psychologically constructive. Such elements include eye contact, body language, the possibility of listening for changes in our interlocutor's tone of voice, or the possibility of physical touch.

(Excerpt taken from: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/321498#1.-Social-media-can-affect-mental-health)

 

Glossary

Alike: indistintamente

Unachievable: impossível

Enhance: aumentar

Render: tornar

According to the results of a study conducted in 2016,

READ THE TEXT BELOW, THEN ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.

 

Social media vs. mental health

    Research has revealed that younger and older users alike are in danger of breaking under the pressure of unachievable standards of beauty and success, which are often inherent in the workings of social networking websites.

    Among young adult users, social media notably increases the incidence of anxiety and depression. According to the results of a sizeable study conducted in 2016, users who frequently checked their accounts had a more than twice as high a risk of depression than their less social media-oriented peers. This may partly be due to the fact that social networks create an artificial need to be available 24/7, to respond to messages and emoji reactions instantly. Despite the fact that such platforms are supposed to enhance our sense of connectedness with other people, research has found that they actually have the opposite effect: they render dedicated users lonelier and more isolated.

    However, this shouldn't really surprise us. The hyperconnectedness takes place at a superficial level, eliminating all of the extra elements that make communication more valuable and psychologically constructive. Such elements include eye contact, body language, the possibility of listening for changes in our interlocutor's tone of voice, or the possibility of physical touch.

(Excerpt taken from: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/321498#1.-Social-media-can-affect-mental-health)

 

Glossary

Alike: indistintamente

Unachievable: impossível

Enhance: aumentar

Render: tornar

Among young adult users, social media

READ THE TEXT BELOW, THEN ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.

 

Social media vs. mental health

    Research has revealed that younger and older users alike are in danger of breaking under the pressure of unachievable standards of beauty and success, which are often inherent in the workings of social networking websites.

    Among young adult users, social media notably increases the incidence of anxiety and depression. According to the results of a sizeable study conducted in 2016, users who frequently checked their accounts had a more than twice as high a risk of depression than their less social media-oriented peers. This may partly be due to the fact that social networks create an artificial need to be available 24/7, to respond to messages and emoji reactions instantly. Despite the fact that such platforms are supposed to enhance our sense of connectedness with other people, research has found that they actually have the opposite effect: they render dedicated users lonelier and more isolated.

    However, this shouldn't really surprise us. The hyperconnectedness takes place at a superficial level, eliminating all of the extra elements that make communication more valuable and psychologically constructive. Such elements include eye contact, body language, the possibility of listening for changes in our interlocutor's tone of voice, or the possibility of physical touch.

(Excerpt taken from: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/321498#1.-Social-media-can-affect-mental-health)

 

Glossary

Alike: indistintamente

Unachievable: impossível

Enhance: aumentar

Render: tornar

According to a research, younger and older users

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