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1 Thick smog in China forced airlines to cancel
flights, as heavy-polluting factories in Beijing were
temporarily shut down to ease the pollution.
Street lamps and outlines of buildings were barely
5 visible in the Chinese capital, as pedestrians donned
face masks to guard against the smoke. The
government advised residents to stay indoors as much
as possible because the pollution was “severe”.
The flight cancellations prevented the passengers
10 from flying during the first week of the country’s
busiest period of travel, due to the Chinese New Year
on February 10. Many passengers were left waiting at
the airport, as information was scarce.
GLOSSARY
smog – neblina misturada com poluição, nevoeiro com fumaça
In “... pedestrians donned face masks to guard against the smoke.”, (lines 5 and 6), it means that
1 Thick smog in China forced airlines to cancel
flights, as heavy-polluting factories in Beijing were
temporarily shut down to ease the pollution.
Street lamps and outlines of buildings were barely
5 visible in the Chinese capital, as pedestrians donned
face masks to guard against the smoke. The
government advised residents to stay indoors as much
as possible because the pollution was “severe”.
The flight cancellations prevented the passengers
10 from flying during the first week of the country’s
busiest period of travel, due to the Chinese New Year
on February 10. Many passengers were left waiting at
the airport, as information was scarce.
GLOSSARY
smog – neblina misturada com poluição, nevoeiro com fumaça
In “... pedestrians donned face masks to guard against the smoke.”, (lines 5 and 6), it means that
Resolução comentada
'Donned face masks to guard against the smoke' = colocaram máscaras para se proteger da fumaça.
'Donned' significa 'colocaram, vestiram', e 'to guard against' indica proteção. Logo, os pedestres colocaram máscaras para se proteger da fumaça.
Análise das alternativas
A) O texto não fala em fumaça mortal nem em obrigação. B) As máscaras servem para filtrar, não para impedir de respirar. D) Não há menção de que o governo tenha distribuído as máscaras.
Referência: Interpretação de texto (inglês): vocabulário em contexto.
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