EXPRESSÃO IDIOMÁTICA – TO THROW / CAST / SHED LIGHT ON something – IME-2019/2020 – LÍNGUA INGLESA.

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➧ TEXTO: 

On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life

CHARLES DARWIN, M.A.

Fellow of the Royal, Geological, Linnæan, etc. societies; Author of Journal of researches during H. M. S. Beagle's Voyage round the world. London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1859. 

Introduction 

When on board H.M.S. 'Beagle,' as naturalist, I was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of the inhabitants of South America, and in the geological relations of the present to the past inhabitants of that continent. These facts seemed to me to ______ some light on the origin of species – that mystery of mysteries, as it has been called by one of our greatest philosophers.

(...) 

Joseph Migga Kiza. Cryptography. In: Computer network

security. Chattanooga: Springer, 2005, p. 257-8 (adapted).

(IME-2019/2020)

Escolha a alternativa que completa o texto apropriadamente:

(A) yield

(B) hold

(C) throw

(D) evoke

(E) convey

Resposta :  C

 - Questão sobre EXPRESSÃO IDIOMÁTICA:

• TO THROW / CAST / SHED LIGHT ON something (= to help to explain something) - AJUDAR A EXPLICAR ALGO.

• As an economist, he was able to shed some light on the problem. - Como economista, ele conseguiu ajudar a explicar o problema. [Cambridge Dictionary]
• I hope my explanation throws light on their behavior. - Espero que minha explicação ajude a entender o comportamento deles. [Merriam-Webster Dictionary]

- NO TEXTO:

• When on board H.M.S. 'Beagle,' as naturalist, I was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of the inhabitants of South America, and in the geological relations of the present to the past inhabitants of that continent. These facts seemed to me to THROW some light on the origin of species – that mystery of mysteries, as it has been called by one of our greatest philosophers.
• IDEIA CONTEXTUAL:  ESSES FATOS ME PARECIAM AJUDAR A EXPLICAR A ORIGEM DAS ESPÉCIES - ESSE MISTÉRIO DOS MISTÉRIOS.
• O verbo TO THROW é parte integrante da expressão idiomática THROW LIGHT ON SOMETING que quer dizer AJUDAR A EXPLICAR A ALGO
• Portanto a opção correta aqui da questão é a alternativa (C).
• Demais opções incorretas.

- RESOLUÇÃO RÁPIDA:

Escolha a alternativa que completa o texto apropriadamente:

(IME-2019/2020) 

(A) yield (render)

(B) hold (segurar)

(C) throw (jogar)

(D) evoke (evocar)

(E) convey (transmitir)