FGN – INGLÊS TÉCNICO

Hildeberto Reis Junior

CONHECIMENTO PRÉVIO

PRÁTICA: vamos ler agora um texto extraido do exame de proficiência, TOEFL, que tem como tema a Dança Clássica x Dança
Contemporânea, falando sobre a famosa dançarina, Isadora Duncan. Antes de ler o texto e responder às questôes do exame,
porém, iremos adquirir conhecimentos lendo sobre a Isadora Duncan e ativando nossas experiências a respeito da dança clássica e
dança moderna

Isadora Duncan (1877-1927)

- She is an American pioneer of dance and is an important figure in both the arts and history
- She is the “Mother of Modern Dance,” Isadora Duncan was a self-styled revolutionary
- She influenced Americans, Europeans and Russians, creating a sensation everywhere she performed.
- Her style of dancing was different from the rigidity of ballet
- She was a free-spiritedness and she was influenced by the high ideals of ancient Greece: beauty, philosophy, and humanity.
- She created a totally new way to dance

Após a ativação de Conhecimento Prévio leia o texto abaixo e tente responder ás questões:

TOEFL- Reading Comprehension

Many artists late in the last century were in search of a means to express their individuality. Modern dance was one of the ways
some of these people sought to free their creative spirit. At the beginning there was no exacting technique, no foundation from
which to build. In later years trial, error, and genius founded the techniques and the principles of the movement. Eventually,
innovators even drew from what they considered the dread ballet, but first they had to discard all that was academic so that the
new could be discovered. The beginnings of modern dance were happening before Isadora Duncan, but she was the first person to
bring the new dance to general audiences and see it accepted and acclaimed.

Her search for a natural movement form sent her to nature. She believed movement should be as natural as the swaying of the
trees and the rolling waves of the sea, and should be in harmony with the movements of the Earth. Her great contributions are in
three areas.

First, she began the expansion of the kinds of movements that could be used in dance. Before Duncan danced, ballet was the only
type of dance performed in concert. In the ballet the feet and legs were emphasized, with virtuosity shown by complicated,
codified positions and movements. Duncan performed dance by using all her body in the freest possible way. Her dance stemmed
from her soul and spirit. She was one of the pioneers who broke tradition so others might be able to develop the art.

Her second contribution lies in dance costume. She discarded corset, ballet shoes. and stiff costumes. These were replaced with
flowing Grecian tunics, bare feet, and unbound hair. She believed in the natural body being allowed to move freely, and her dress
displayed this ideal.

Her third contribution was in the use of music. In her performances she used the symphonies of great masters, including
Beethoven and Wagner, which was not the usual custom. She was as exciting and eccentric in her personal life as in her dance.

1. Which of the following would be the best title for the 3. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage
passage? as an area of dance that Isadora Duncan worked to change?

(A) The Evolution of Dance in the Twentieth Century (A) The music (B) The stage sets
(B) Artists of the Last Century (C) Costumes (D) Movements
(C) Natural Movement in Dance
(D) A Pioneer in Modern Dance 4. Compared to those of the ballet, Isadora Duncan's
costumes were less
2. According to the passage, what did nature represent to
Isadora Duncan? (A) costly (B) colorful (C) graceful (D)
restrictive
(A) Something to conquer (B) A model for movement
(C) A place to find peace (D) A symbol of disorder 5. What does the paragraph following the passage most
probably discuss?

(A) Isadora Duncan’s further contribution to modem dance

(B) The music customarily used in ballet
(C) Other aspects of Isadora Duncan's life
(D) Audience acceptance of the new form of dance
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BY STEVEN LEVY ON 6/30/02 AT 8:00 PM

What's a tablet? It's Microsoft's ambitious effort to remake the PC landscape by kick-starting a cate-gory that's been in the minds
and business plans of visionaries for decades but has never caught on with the public. The new Tablet PC is a pen-based computer
that uses special software cooked up by the brainiacs in Redmond. (The actual machines will be built and marketed by the usual
suspects in the PC business.) Due to arrive in October at prices between $2,000 and $3,000, the Tablet PC is meant not to
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Previous efforts flopped because the machines were too bulky, too limited and too clueless when it came to interpreting people's
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The nine computer makers who plan to release tablets this year, while following the overall vision of the Tablet handed down from
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Now that you know about the tablet, should you change your plans about buying a laptop this summer? Only in certain
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1. Qual é o tema central do texto?

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2. O que é um TABLET de acordo com o texto?

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3. É afirmado no texto que o leitor deve comprar um TABLET nesse verão? Justiquife sua resposta.
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