Questão 11
ESPCEX 2017
(EsPCEx - 2017)
Woman who rescued Nigerian ‘witch-child’ beats Obama and Pope Francis to top list of world’s most inspiring people
A woman who rescued a two-year-old boy who had been cast out by his own community for being a “witch-child” has been recognised in an international list of the most inspiring people of the year. Anja Ringgren Lovén, a Danish care worker who rescued the young Nigerian boy back in February 2016, beat the likes of Pope Francis, Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama to top the list of 100 inspiring individuals compiled by German-language OOOM Magazine.
An image of Ms Lovén giving the two-year-old boy (now called Hope) some water was shared around the world, and served to highlight the work she was doing to help orphan children in Nigeria. Witch accusations is a growing problem in many African countries, especially in Nigeria, where Anja’s charity African Children’s Aid Education and Development Foundation cares for other children like Hope.
“When she saw the starving child, she acted like a human being and became an inspiration for millions,” said Georg Kindel, OOOM’s editor-in-chief, who led the jury that chose the list. Speaking today about the experience, she said: “He was the size of a little baby, my whole body froze. I was thinking of my own son when I saw the boy. For me it was clear at that moment that I would fight with all my strength for him to survive.”
Adapted from http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/ worlds-most-inspiring-person-2016-ooom-anja-ringgren-lovennigeria-witch-child-a7460976.html
When Ms Lovén says: “... my whole body froze.” (paragraph 3), she means
she was feeling cold and wanted to leave.
she needed help because she could not walk.
she felt unhappy and wanted to go home
she didn’t want Hope to find out she was there.
she became suddenly paralysed with shock.
Gabarito:
she became suddenly paralysed with shock.
Resolução:
Quando a Srta Lovén diz "my whole body froze" (= meu corpo inteiro congelou), ela faz uso de uma figura de linguagem (figure of speech), a metáfora. Aqui, a expressão está sendo utilizada no sentido de tomar um susto ou entrar em choque (ex: Levei um susto tão grande que congelei.), e não significa que Lovén esteja com frio ou congelada de verdade.
A: she was feeling cold and wanted to leave. = ela estava com frio e queria ir embora.
B: she needed help because she could not walk. = ela precisava de ajuda porque não conseguia andar.
C: she felt unhappy and wanted to go home. = ela se sentiu infeliz e queria ir para casa.
D: she didn’t want Hope to find out she was there. = ela não queria que Hope descobrisse que ela estava lá.
E: she became suddenly paralysed with shock. = ela ficou repentinamente paralisada em choque.