EXPRESSÃO IDIOMÁTICA – THE MORE ... THE MORE – CESPE/2006/ANATEL – ANALISTA ADMINISTRATIVO – LÍNGUA INGLESA.

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(CESPE–2006–ANATEL – ANALISTA ADMINISTRATIVO)

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The importance of mobile telephony has already surpassed that of the traditional fixed telephone system, because the cell phone actually fulfills the function of taking communication to all levels of the population. Its widespread network has opened gateways to regions that formerly had not been benefited by the implementation of a fixed telephone system, such as, for example, many rural areas that are now mobile telephone customers.

The responsibility that cellular telephony carries as an instrument for transforming people’s lives tends to increase enormously in the short term. In Brazil, third generation CDMA 3G EVDO service is already offered and 34 is able to provide handheld resources, similar to CD, DVD and TV, anywhere and at any time, based on Qualcomm's cutting edge CDMA technology.

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Internet: <www.wirtel.co.uk> (with adaptations).

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(   ) The more people use the cellular telephony the more responsibility it takes.

Resposta :  C (Correto)

- Questão sobre o INTERPRETAÇÃO DE TEXTO & IDIOM:

• THE MORE ... THE MORE ( = An increase in one thing (an action, occurrence) causes or correlates to an increase in another thing) - QUANTO MAIS ... MAIS.

• And the more long-term your goal is, the more prolong these feelings. which often make you give up on your goal. – E quanto mais longo for o seu objetivo, mais prolongarão esses sentimentos. que muitas vezes te fazem desistir do seu objetivo.

• The more money we make, the more responsibilities we get. – Quanto mais dinheiro ganhamos, mais responsabilidades temos. [The Free Dictionary]

• The more work you do now, the more free time you'll have this weekend. – Quanto mais trabalho você fizer agora, mais tempo livre terá neste fim de semana. [The Free Dictionary]

• The more he drank, the more violent he became. – Quanto mais bebia, mais violento ficava.. [Cambridge Dictionary]

• It always seems like the more I earn, the more I spend. - Sempre parece que quanto mais eu ganho, mais eu gasto. [Longman Dictionary]

- RESOLUÇÃO RÁPIDA:

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(C) The more people use the cellular telephony the more responsibility it takes.

- O autor no texto afirma que:

• "[...] The responsibility that cellular telephony carries as an instrument for transforming people’s lives tends to increase enormously in the short term." 
• (A responsabilidade que a telefonia celular carrega como instrumento de transformação da vida das pessoas tende a crescer enormemente no curto prazo.)
• IDEIA TEXTUAL: Quanto mais as pessoas usam a telefonia celular, mais responsabilidade a telefonia celular assume (ou leva).
• Portanto, o item está correto.