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Ano: 2009 Banca: AOCP Órgão: CASAN - SC Prova: AOCP - 2009 - CASAN-SC - Advogado |
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From "Conclusion on Global Warming":
One of the big questions of today is whether global warming and climate change can be stopped or whether it is inevitable. Though worried, most scientists believe that if we act now, “serious” climate change and global warming can be avoided. A few, such as James Lovelock who created the GAIA theory of the Earth as a living organism, believes that is far too late to stop the changes that
are now unfolding. Politicians either deny that there is a problem or act as if there is plenty of time to do something. After weighing the arguments we in The GAIA-Movement have had to conclude the following:
• Global Warming and Climate Change are unavoidable as they are already going on and have been so for quite some time;
• they constitute an inevitable catastrophe that will unfold in the years and decades to come;
• this fact cannot be reversed as the politicians in power will not provide the leadership needed to implement the monumental changes needed to reduce greenhouse gas emission and
• the processes set in motion are of such magnitude that they by now can only be postponed or prolonged so as to allow more time for adaptation.
We have reached our conclusions on global warming, climate change and the consequences thereof for food production and a number of other issues after studying books, films, websites, radio interviews, scientific magazines and reports.
The information we have found points in a clear direction and has thus enabled us to make a clear conclusion.
A basic book has been “Six Degrees” by Mark Lynas, a journalist who has studied many scientific reports and from that has been able to describe what may happen to the Earth as it warms 1-2-3-4-5 and even 6 degrees.
Elizabeth Kolbert has written “Field Notes from a Catastrophe”. She has met many scientists working on global warming and the book has much dramatic information.
Several other authors have written books that give many details on global warming and climate change such as “The Last Generation” by Fred Pierce, “The Weather Makers” by Tim Flannery, “A Rough Guide to Climate Change” by Robert Henson, “The Revenge of GAIA” by James Lovelock and “An Inconvenient Truth” by Al Gore, who received the Nobel Peace Prize for his effort to inform about climate change. The last book is also on film and there are several other films that tell about different aspects of climate change and what can be done to build a world on renewable energy.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a UN working group, which also received the Nobel Peace Prize made their latest report in 2007. We have studied the report which presents several models for how the climate may change during the next 100 years.
Text taken from the Gaia Movement: http://www.gaia-movement.org/
On: 10/23/2009
“Gaia” is the name of a Greek goddess of Earth.
What’s the meaning of unfold in this sentence: they constitute an inevitable catastrophe that will unfold in the years and decades to come?
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A alternativa correta é a D - "gradually become clearer and more detailed, develop". Vamos entender o motivo por trás dessa escolha e analisar as outras alternativas para garantir uma compreensão completa.

Primeiro, a questão aborda o significado da palavra "unfold" no contexto da frase: "they constitute an inevitable catastrophe that will unfold in the years and decades to come". Para responder a essa questão, é importante conhecer o significado e os sinônimos de "unfold" e como ele se encaixa no contexto do texto sobre mudanças climáticas e aquecimento global.

Alternativa D - "gradually become clearer and more detailed, develop" é a correta porque "unfold" no contexto dado significa algo que acontecerá progressivamente, se tornando mais claro e detalhado ao longo do tempo. No caso do texto, refere-se a uma catástrofe inevitável que se desenvolverá gradualmente nos próximos anos e décadas.

Agora, vamos analisar as alternativas incorretas:

  • Alternativa A - "wrap, cover": "Wrap" e "cover" significam "enrolar" e "cobrir", respectivamente. Esses termos não fazem sentido no contexto da frase, pois não descrevem um processo que aconteceria gradualmente e se tornaria mais claro ou detalhado.
  • Alternativa B - "destroy, devastate": "Destroy" e "devastate" significam "destruir" e "devastar". Embora o texto fale sobre uma catástrofe, "unfold" não significa "destruir". Ele refere-se ao desenvolvimento gradual da situação.
  • Alternativa C - "vanish, disappear": "Vanish" e "disappear" significam "desaparecer". Esses termos são contrários ao significado de "unfold", que implica que algo se tornará mais evidente com o tempo, não que desaparecerá.
  • Alternativa E - "get revenge, react": "Get revenge" e "react" significam "vingar-se" e "reagir". Esses términos não têm relação com o conceito de algo se desenvolvendo ou se tornando mais claro ao longo do tempo. Portanto, não são adequados no contexto da frase.

Espero que essa explicação tenha ajudado a esclarecer não apenas o significado de "unfold" no contexto específico, mas também como eliminar as alternativas incorretas. Continuem praticando e qualquer dúvida, estou à disposição!

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If a situation or story unfolds, it develops or becomes clear to otherpeople.

desenrolar-se, suceder-se, evoluir

Like a lot of people, I’ve watched the events of the last few days unfold on TV.

As the plot unfolds, you gradually realize that all your initial assumptions were wrong.


https://dictionary.cambridge.org/pt/dicionario/ingles-portugues/unfold


Unfold significa revelar, descobrir e a única alternativa que trás palavras sinonimas a essa é a alternativa (D), clear, detalied, delevop.

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something that will eventually unfold means an untold event that will, at a future point in time, take place, trigger some occurrance of clear importance to all involved

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