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Royal Navy hands fishing boat to Yemen authorities in counter-piracy operation
An elite team of Royal Marines stormed the fishing vessel on Friday, seizing it back from a gang of suspected Somali pirates. The pirates are believed to have stolen the fishing vessel in order to use it as a platform for launching hijack attempts on cargo ships and tankers in the Gulf of Aden.
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(Adapted fromwww.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/piracy/ Jan 17,2012)
➧ QUESTÃO – (EFOMM-OFICIAL-2013/2014)
In:
‘An elite team of Royal Marines stormed the fishing vessel on Friday (…)’,
the underlined word could be replaced by:
(A) docked
(B) anchored
(C) damaged
(D) assaulted
(E) berthed
Resposta: D |
➧ Questão sobre VOCABULÁRIO AVANÇADO - VERBO TO STORM:
(to storm - storm/stormed/stormed)
- The troops stormed the fortress. — As tropas invadiram a fortaleza. [The Free Dictionary]
- An angry crowd stormed the embassy. — Uma multidão enfurecida invadiu a embaixada. [Longman Dictionary]
- The mob stormed through the streets. — A multidão invadiu as ruas. [Merriam-Webster Dictionary]
- "What difference does it make?". She stormed. — 'Que diferença isso faz?' ela gritou furiosamante.
- "Never!" she stormed. — "Nunca!" ela gritou. [The Free Dictionary]
➧ NO CONTEXTO:
- An elite team of Royal Marines stormed the fishing vessel on Friday, seizing it back from a gang of suspected Somali pirates.
- Uma equipe de elite de fuzileiros da Marinha Real TOMOU DE ASSALTO o navio de pesca na sexta-feira, recuperando-o de uma gangue de supostos piratas somalis.
- Contextualmente, o verbo STORMED carrega semanticamente a ideia de ATACOU (ASSAULTED), INVADIU(INVADED).
- Sendo assim, STORMED pode ser substituído por ASSAULTED apresentado na opção (D).
- Demais opções NÃO cabem contextualmente na sentença.
(A) docked (atracou)
(B) anchored (ancorou)
(C) damaged (danificou)
(D) assaulted
(atacou)
(E) berthed (alojou)