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Jeff Bezos wants a trillion humans in solar system
Just when demographers are ringing alarm bells about overpopulation, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says we need to populate our solar system. Mr. Bezos was asked for his thoughts on humanity living in outer space in a thousand years' time. He replied: "I would love to see, you know, a trillion humans living in the solar system. If we had a trillion humans, we would have at any given time 1,000 Mozarts and 1,000 Einsteins. Space would be full of life and intelligence and energy." He added that he wants to help "build heavy infrastructure that will be used by the space entrepreneurs of future generation, so that ingenuity and imagination can really be unleashed".
(Adapted from https://breakingnewsenglish.com)
In the excerpt "[...] so that ingenuity and imagination can really be unleashed.", the words "ingenuity" and "unleashed" mean, respectively:
Jeff Bezos wants a trillion humans in solar system
Just when demographers are ringing alarm bells about overpopulation, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says we need to populate our solar system. Mr. Bezos was asked for his thoughts on humanity living in outer space in a thousand years' time. He replied: "I would love to see, you know, a trillion humans living in the solar system. If we had a trillion humans, we would have at any given time 1,000 Mozarts and 1,000 Einsteins. Space would be full of life and intelligence and energy." He added that he wants to help "build heavy infrastructure that will be used by the space entrepreneurs of future generation, so that ingenuity and imagination can really be unleashed".
(Adapted from https://breakingnewsenglish.com)
In the excerpt "[...] so that ingenuity and imagination can really be unleashed.", the words "ingenuity" and "unleashed" mean, respectively:
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Sinônimos de 'ingenuity' e 'unleashed'.
'Ingenuity' significa inventividade, criatividade. 'Unleashed' significa liberado, solto. O par 'creativity / released' é o mais adequado ao contexto.
Análise das alternativas
A) 'bound' significa preso, o oposto de 'unleashed'. B) 'naivety' (ingenuidade) é falso cognato. C) 'simplicity' não é sinônimo de 'ingenuity'. E) 'credulity' é crença fácil, e 'secured' significa preso ou protegido. D) é a correta.
Referência: Vocabulário em contexto (inglês instrumental).
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