Question

4- Identifique o valor semântico dos conectivos, retirados do texto 2, destacados nas frases a seguir:
a) “Now that's just funny to hear, BECAUSE it takes tremendous skill to get where the pros go.”
b) “We're all entitled to have opinions; HOWEVER, if our soccer fans were to talk smack…”
c) “…EVEN THOUGH I can't really watch either sport without getting bored.”

Answer 1

a) “Now that's just funny to hear, BECAUSE it takes tremendous skill to get where the pros go.”

• BECAUSE (porque) explica o porquê do fato citado ser engraçado de ouvir.

b) “We're all entitled to have opinions; HOWEVER, if our soccer fans were to talk smack…”

• HOWEVER (contudo, no entanto) opõe a ideia anterior.

c) “…EVEN THOUGH I can't really watch either sport without getting bored.”

• EVENT THOUGH (mesmo que) é uma conjunção subordinativa concessiva, a qual dá a ideia de contrariedade da opinião anterior, mas sem impedi-la de coexistir.