EXPRESSÃO IDIOMÁTICA – CRYSTALLIZING MOMENT – IME-2019/2020 – LÍNGUA INGLESA.

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➧ TEXTO:

CHAPTER 2

SCIENCE AND HOPE

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I was a child in a time of hope. I wanted to be a scientist from my earliest school days. The crystallizing moment came when I first caught on that the stars are mighty suns, when it first dawned on me how staggeringly far away they must be to appear as mere points of light in the sky. I'm not sure I even knew the meaning of the word 'science' then, but I wanted somehow to immerse myself in all that grandeur. I was gripped by the splendour of the Universe, transfixed by the prospect of understanding how things really work, of helping to uncover deep mysteries, of exploring new worlds - maybe even literally. It has been my good fortune to have had that dream in part fulfilled. For me, the romance of science remains as appealing and new as it was on that day, more than half a century ago, when I was shown the wonders of the 1939 World's Fair.

Popularizing science - trying to make its methods and findings accessible to non-scientists - then follows naturally and immediately. Not explaining science seems to me perverse. When you're in love, you want to tell the world. This book is a personal statement, reflecting my lifelong love affair with science.

But there's another reason: science is more than a body of knowledge; it is a way of thinking.

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Adaptado de

SAGAN, Carl.

The Demon-Haunted World. Science as a Candle in the Dark.

Headline Book Publishing, 1997.

Disponível em: <http://www.metaphysicspirit.com/

books/The%20Demon-Haunted%20World.pdf>.

Acesso em:22/07/2019.

 

Choose the option that could replace the expression "crystallizing moment" in the sentence

"The crystallizing moment came when I first caught on that the stars are mighty suns"

without changing its meaning.

(A) achievement

(B) milestone

(C) sprawl

(D) edge

(E) serve

Resposta :  B

 - Questão sobre IDIOM:

• CRYSTALLIZING MOMENT  - MOMENTO MARCANTE, MOMENTO ETERNIZANTE, MOMENTO ESPECIAL.

- NO TEXTO:

• I was a child in a time of hope. I wanted to be a scientist from my earliest school days. The crystallizing moment came when I first caught on that the stars are mighty suns, when it first dawned on me how staggeringly far away they must be to appear as mere points of light in the sky..
• (Eu era uma criança em um tempo de esperança. Eu queria ser um cientista desde meus primeiros dias de escola. O momento cristalizador veio quando percebi pela primeira vez que as estrelas são sóis poderosos, quando pela primeira vez me dei conta de quão incrivelmente distantes elas devem estar para aparecerem como meros pontos de luz no céu.)
• Contextualmente, o substantivo MILESTONE (opção B) poderia substituir a expressão “CRYSTALLIZING MOMENT” no  sem mudar seu sentido no texto
• Demais opções incorretas.

- RESOLUÇÃO RÁPIDA:

"The crystallizing moment came when I first caught on that the stars are mighty suns"

without changing its meaning.

(A) achievement (conquista, realização)

(B) milestone (marco histórico)

(C) sprawl (espalhamento, alastramento)

(D) edge (borda, beira, fronteira)

(E) swerve (curva, desvio)