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Questão 83 (2º semestre) da UFG 2014 (inglês)

2º semestre · Língua Estrangeira · Inglês: Tempos verbais e verbos modais

Read the text and answer questions 81 to 83. · 1ª etapa

ELIF BILGIN GOES BANANAS

Sep 25 2013 Bloggers, People
By Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi

Turkish teen Elif Bilgin has thrilled her teachers, parents and those who care about the planet by discovering a way to make bio-plastic from an item commonly found in our waste bins: banana peels. The 16 year old prodigy always showed promise academically. From the 4th grade, she was put into a school for gifted children, where she was encouraged to develop her already advanced skills and talents. Since then, the teen has excelled at her studies and learned more about climate change and the environment. Somewhat alarmed at what she was discovering, she was determined to find an alternative to petroleum produced plastics.

When Elif found that potatoes and mango peels are already used to make bio-plastic, that fact, combined with the knowledge that Thailand alone discards 200 tons of banana peels per day motivated Elif to work on extracting the starch and cellulose needed for bio-plastic production out of banana peels.

Elif's research took a couple of years, and her trials initially failed: the plastics created weren't strong enough and decayed too quickly. But her persistence paid off, since she obtained the result she was pursuing and this discovery made her win the 2013 Science in Action award, Google's third $50,000 annual competition. Now she'll continue competing as a finalist in the Google Science Fair for the 15-16-year-old category, and will travel, along with 14 other contenders, to the company's Mountain View campus in California.

She is enthusiastic that her discovery will make a difference to the planet: “The reason why I chose this particular aspect of science is that the bio-plastic is such a new concept and its range of use has been widening ever since it has been discovered (especially in the 21st century).” The young inventor's dream is to attend medical school in the US and continue with projects concerning the environment, such as building a greenhouse made of waste materials. No doubt whatever Elif does, future generations will thank her.

Disponível em: <http://eluxemagazine.com/people/elif-bilgin/#sthash.kWg4Muw3.dpuf>. Acesso em: 18 fev. 2014. (Adaptado).

Glossário:
has thrilled: emocionou
peels: cascas
environment: meio ambiente
starch: amido
decayed: deterioraram
paid off: compensou
range of use: gama de uso

The excerpt “The young inventor's dream is to attend medical school in the US and continue with projects concerning the environment” in the last paragraph is written in direct speech as

  1. A
    “If only I had attended medical school in the US and continued with projects concerning the environment.”
  2. B
    “I wish I had attended medical school in the US and continued with projects concerning the environment.”
  3. C
    “I wished I attended medical school in the US and continued with projects concerning the environment.”
  4. D
    “I hope I attend medical school in the US and continue with projects concerning the environment.”
  5. E
    “I would like to have attended medical school in the US and continued with projects concerning the environment.”
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O trecho do texto é discurso indireto: o narrador descreve o sonho de Elif, que é um desejo futuro ("dream is to attend... and continue..."). Para passar ao discurso direto, usamos a fala da própria Elif, em primeira pessoa, mantendo a ideia de futuro.

Analise o tempo verbal:

  1. No original, "to attend" e "continue" são ações ainda por realizar, ou seja, ela ainda não cursou medicina.
  2. Expressões como If only I had attended, I wish I had attended e would like to have attended usam o passado (had attended, to have attended) e expressam arrependimento por algo que não aconteceu. Isso muda o sentido: seria lamentar o passado, e não sonhar com o futuro.
  3. I wished I attended é passado e também não indica um plano futuro.
  4. I hope I attend medical school... and continue with projects... usa o presente com valor de futuro, depois de hope. Isso expressa esperança, isto é, um sonho para o futuro, e mantém a primeira pessoa.

Portanto, a única forma que preserva o sentido de um desejo futuro é a que usa hope com verbos no presente.

Alternativa D.

Pegadinha: As alternativas A, B e E enganam por usarem estruturas de desejo (wish, if only, would like), mas com o tempo passado, o que transforma o sonho futuro em arrependimento.

Por que as outras alternativas estão erradas

  • A"If only I had attended" expressa lamento por algo não realizado no passado, não um sonho futuro.
  • B"I wish I had attended" também indica arrependimento sobre o passado, mudando o sentido.
  • C"I wished I attended" está no passado e não expressa o desejo de realizar algo no futuro.
  • E"Would like to have attended" é perfect infinitive, que fala de um desejo não realizado no passado.

Assunto: Tempos verbais e verbos modais.

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