Question

2. Destaque os Falsos cognatos no texto abaixo.
A DAY AT WORK
In the moming I attended a meeting between management and union representatives. The discussion was
very comprehensive, covering topics like working hours, days off, retirement age, etc. Both sides were
interested in an agreement and ready to compromise. The secretary recorded everything in the notes.
Eventually, they decided to set a new meeting to sign the final draft of the agreement.
Back at the office, a colleague of mine asked if I had realized that the proposed agreement would be
partially against the company policy not to accept workers that have already retired. pretended to be
realy busy and late for an appointment, and left for the cafeteria. Actually, I didn't want to discuss the
matter at that particular moment because there were some strangers in the office.
After lunch I attended a lecture given by the mayor, who is an expert in tax legislation and has a graduate
degree in political science. He said his government intends to assist welfare programs and senior citizens,
raise funds to improve college education and build a public library, and establish tougher limits on vehicle
emissions because he assumes this is what the people expect from the government.

Answer 1

⇒⇒  Falsos cognatos

A DAY AT WORK

In the morning I attended a meeting between management and union representatives. The discussion was very comprehensive, covering topics like working hours, days off, retirement age, etc. Both sides were

interested in an agreement and ready to compromise. The secretary recorded everything in the notes.  Eventually, they decided to set a new meeting to sign the final draft of the agreement.

Back at the office, a colleague of mine asked if I had realized that the proposed agreement would be partially against the company policy not to accept workers that have already retired. Pretended to be really busy and late for an appointment, and left for the cafeteria. Actually, I didn't want to discuss the matter at that particular moment because there were some strangers in the office.

After lunch I attended a lecture given by the mayor, who is an expert in tax legislation and has a graduate degree in political science. He said his government intends to assist welfare programs and senior citizens, raise funds to improve college education and build a public library, and establish tougher limits on vehicle emissions because he assumes this is what the people expect from the government.

Vocabulary

                             parece                         significa

attended               atender                 compareceu (verbo ''to attend'')

union                     união                     sindicato

comprehensive     compreensivo     geral / abrangente

compromise          compromisso      conceder / comprometer

recorded                recordar              gravar   (verbo ''to record''

eventually              eventualmente   finalmente  /  definitivamente

office                      oficial                   escritório

realize                     realizar                notar / perceber

policy                      polícia                  apólice / diretrizes (de uma empresa)

pretended              pretender            fingir (verbo to pretend)

appointment          apontamento       hora marcada (compromisso)

cafeteria                 cafeteria              refeitório (faculdade/empresa)

actually                   atualmente          na verdade

particular                particular             específico

lecture                    leitura                    palestra  /  conferência

mayor                     maior                     prefeito

tax                           taxa / taxi              imposto

expert                     esperto                 especialista

intend                     entende                planejar / pretender

assist                      assistir                   socorrer /  ajudar                  

college                   colégio                   faculdade

library                     livraria                    biblioteca

assume                  assumir                  presumir

⇒⇒  Falso cognato >>>>   são palavras, em inglês, que são escritas quase da mesma forma que em português, mas que têm a tradução completamente diferente.

Exemplos:

                     parece                 significa

Parents          parentes              pais >> pai e mãe

Relatives        relativos              parentes

Pretend         pretender            fingir

Intend            entender             pretender

College          colégio                faculdade

Lunch             lanche                almoço

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Answer 2

Resposta:

E

Explicação:

Ao ler o texto, o aluno deverá ser capaz de preencher as lacunas com as palavras cognatas apropriadas ao contexto das frases em que estão inseridas. Ele deverá saber que a ordem correta dos falsos cognatos é: attended, recorded, eventually, policy, actually, intends. Veja:

• Na primeira frase, há a informação de que a pessoa participou (ATTENDED) de uma reunião.

• Na segunda frase, há a informação de que a secretária registrou (RECORDED) tudo.

• Na terceira frase, há a informação de que, afinal (EVENTUALLY), decidiram marcar uma nova reunião.

• Na quarta frase, há a informação sobre a política (POLICY) da empresa de não aceitar funcionários que já eram aposentados.

• Na quinta frase, há a informação de que a pessoa não queria, na verdade (ACTUALLY), discutir o problema naquele momento.

• Na sexta frase, há a informação de que o prefeito disse que o seu governo tem a intenção (INTENDS) de ajudar programas de saúde.