Questões do Enem Comentadas sobre interpretação de texto | reading comprehension em inglês

MCPHAIL, W. Disponível em: https://fineartamerica.com. Acesso em: 25 out. 2021.

Ao utilizar a expressão “be a shame if something were to happen to it”, o pássaro

Os recursos verbais e não verbais do cartum fazem referência a situações comuns em aeroportos, motivadas pelo fato de que os(as)

Esse infográfico, composto de textos verbais e não verbais, tem por finalidade

Disponível em: www.cartoonstock.com. Acesso em: 25 out. 2021.

Ao retratar o ambiente de trabalho em um escritório, esse cartum tem por objetivo

Disponível em: https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net. Acesso em: 29 out. 2021 (adaptado).

Esse cartaz de campanha sugere que

I tend the mobile now like an injured bird
We text, text, text our significant words.
I re-read your first, your second, your third,
Look for your small xx, feeling absurd.
The codes we send arrive with a broken chord.
I try to picture your hands, their image is blurred.
Nothing my thumbs press will ever be heard. 
DUFFY, C. Disponível em: www.independent.co.uk. Acesso em: 27 out 2021

Nesse poema, o eu lírico evidencia um sentimento de

A Tean's Viow of Social Media
        Instagram is made up of all photos and videos. There is the home page that showcases the posts from people you follow, an explore tab which offers posts from accounts all over the wold, and your own page, with a notification tab to show who likes and comments on your posts. 
        It has some downsides though. It is known to make many people feel insecure or down about themselves because the platform shoncases the highlights of everyone's lives, while rarely showing the negatives. This can make one feel like their life is not going as well as others, contributing to the growing rates of anxiety or depression in many teens today. There is an underlying desire for acceptance through the number of likes or followers one has.
Disponível em: https://cyberbulling.org. Acesso em 29 out. 2021

O termo “downsides” introduz a ideia de que o Instagram é responsável por

GAULD, T. Disponível em; www.tomgauld.com. Acesso em: 25 out 2021.
Nessa tirinha, o comportamento da mulher expressa

“Two hundred years ago, Jane Austen lived in a world where single men boasted vast estates; single ladies were expected to speak several languages, sing and play the piano. In both cases, it was, of course, advantageous if you looked good too. So, how much has — or hasn't — changed? Dating apps opaquely outline the demands of today's relationship market; users ruminate long and hard over their choice of pictures and what they write in their biographies to hook in potential lovers, and that's just your own profile. What do you look for in a future partner's profile — potential signifiers of a popular personality, a good job, a nice car? These apps are a poignant reminder of the often classist atitudes we still adopt, as well as the financial and aesthetic expectations we demand from potential partners.
GALER,S. Disponível em: www.bbc.com, Acesso em: 8 dez. 2047 (adaptado)

O texto aborda relações interpessoais com o objetivo de

    As my official bio reads, I was made in Cuba, assembled in Spain, and imported to the United States — meaning my mother, seven months pregnant, and the rest of my family arrived as exiles from Cuba to Madrid, where I was born. Less than two months later, we emigrated once more and settled in New York City, then eventually in Miami, where I was raised and educated. Although technically we lived in the United States, the Cuban community was culturally insular in Miami during the 1970s, bonded together by the trauma of exile. What’s more, it seemed that practically everyone was Cuban: my teachers, my classmates, the mechanic, the bus driver. I didn’t grow up feeling different or treated as a minority. The few kids who got picked on in my grade school were the ones with freckles and funny last names like Dawson and O’Neil.
BLANCO, R. Disponível em: http://edition.cnn.com. Acesso em: 9 dez. 2017 (adaptado).

Ao relatar suas vivências, o autor destaca o(a)

A presença de “at odds with” na fala da personagem do cartum revela o(a)

How On-line Gamers are Solving Science’s Biggest Problems

        On paper, gamers and scientists make a bizarre union. But in reality, their two worlds aren’t leagues apart: both involve solving problems within a given set of rules. Genetic analysis, for instance, is about finding sequences and patterns among seemingly random clusters of data. Frame the analysis as a pattern-spotting game that looks like Candy Crush, and, while aligning patterns and scoring points, players can also be hunting for mutations that cause cancer, Alzheimer’s disease or diabetes.

        “Our brains are geared up to recognise patterns”, says Erinma Ochu, a neuroscientist at the University of Manchester, explaining why scientists are turning to gamers for help, “and we do it better than computers. This is a new way of working for scientists, but as long as they learn how to trust game developers to do what they do best — make great games — then they can have thousands of people from all around the world working on their data”.

Disponível em: www.theguardian.com. Acesso em: 8 fev. 2014 (adaptado).

De acordo com a reportagem publicada no jornal The Guardian, os adeptos de jogos eletrônicos podem ajudar os cientistas por terem

Anyway

You can spend your whole life building

Something from nothin’

One storm can come and blow it all away

Build it anyway

You can chase a dream that seems so out of reach

And you know it might not ever come your way

Dream it anyway

[…]

This world’s gone crazy and it’s hard to believe

That tomorrow will be better than today

Believe it anyway

You can love someone with all your heart

For all the right reasons

In a moment they can choose to walk away

Love ’em anyway

McBRIDE, M. Disponível em: www.elyrics.net. Acesso em: 8 fev. 2013 (fragmento).

Com base na palavra “anyway”, que é título da canção, entende-se que o fragmento

A Guide to Harvard “A Cappella!”

        A cappella is such a big deal on all college campuses these days, I thought I’d write a post about what Harvard has to offer (spoiler alert: many incredibly talented groups)! There are so many groups that we have a cappella jams fairly often, and it’s always a good time to go hear the other groups perform.

        Some of my favorite memories are hanging out with my a cappella group members both on campus and around the country (and soon the world during our summer tour!). The Harvard a cappella community is absurdly diverse and talented – I think every Harvard student should take advantage of all we have on campus and go see a show!

Disponível em: https://college.harvard.edu. Acesso em: 11 dez. 2017 (adaptado).

A expressão “a cappella” caracteriza o ato de cantar sem o acompanhamento de instrumentos musicais. A expressão “big deal”, usada com relação a esse tema, indica que

Tendo em vista a abrangência do inglês no contexto global, a falha na comunicação evidenciada nesse diálogo é gerada pelo fato de que os interlocutores 

        What is it about Serena that inspires such vitriol? Is it that she dominates in a sport that was once considered to be for the upper crust at country clubs? One would think that Althea Gibson and Arthur Ashe had put that idea to rest decades ago. Is it that she is considered too aggressive on the court? John McEnroe and Boris Becker seem to take the prize for that. Is it because she wins too much? To hate someone merely because he or she is great only speaks to one’s own insecurity. To attempt to and fault with someone because you cannot figure out how or why they win so often only shows that you have already lost. Or is it that she is unapologetically black? A #CarefreeBlackGirl who speaks her mind, supports her people, and whose only real opponent is herself.

Disponível em: https://theundefeated.com. Acesso em: 28 dez. 2018.

O texto, que discorre sobre Serena Williams, uma das mais bem-sucedidas atletas do tênis, tem o objetivo de

Considerando-se o olhar dos personagens, esse trecho do roteiro de um filme permite reconhecer que a avaliação sobre um lugar depende do(a) 

SIPRESS. Disponível em: www.newyorker.com. Acesso em: 12 jun. 2018.

A presença de “at odds with” na fala da personagem do cartum revela o(a) 

A crítica do livro de memórias de Michelle Obama, ex-primeira-dama dos EUA, aborda a história das relações humanas na cidade natal da autora. Nesse contexto, o uso do vocábulo “unthinkable” ressalta que

Exterior: Between The Museums — Day

    CELINE

    Americans always think Europe is perfect. But such beauty and history can be really oppressive. It reduces the individual to nothing. It just reminds you all the time you are just a little speck in a long history, where in América you feel like you could be making history. Thats why I like Los Angeles because it is so...

    JESSE

    Ugly?

    CELINE

    No, I was going to say “neutral”. Its like looking at a blank canvas. I think people go to places like Venice on their honeymoon to make sure they are not going to fight for the first two weeks of their marriage because they’l I be too busy looking around at all the beautiful things. Thats what people call a romantic place — somewhere where the prettiness will contain your primary violent instinct. A real good honeymoon spot would be like somewhere in New Jersey.

KRIZAN, K.; LINKLATER, R. Before Sunrise: screenplay.

New York: Vintage Books, 2005.

Considerando-se o olhar dos personagens, esse trecho do roteiro de um filme permite reconhecer que a avaliação sobre um lugar depende do(a)