Atividades da semana
Para toda a sala (entrega até 02/04 18h):
Utilizando dos assuntos trabalhados em sala (predicting, cognates, false cognates, skimming,
scanning), analise os textos e responda as questões a seguir:
● Texto 1
Guaimbê, one of the main buildings
of Paulo Mendes da Rocha, built in
1965.
● Texto 2
“Siren”, from Abus du monde
(The abuses of the world),
France, Rouen, ca. 1510.
New York, The Morgan Library &
Museum.
“One never builds something finished”: the brilliance of architect
Paulo Mendes da Rocha
“All space is public,” says Paulo Mendes da Rocha. “The only private
space that you can imagine is in the human mind.” It is an optimistic
statement from the 88-year-old Brazilian architect, given he is a resident of
São Paulo, a city where the triumph of the private realm over the public
could not be more stark. The sprawling megalopolis is a place of such
marked inequality that its superrich hop between their rooftop helipads
because they are too scared of street crime to come down from the clouds.
But for Mendes da Rocha, who received the 2017 gold medal from
the Royal Institute of British Architects this week – an accolade previously
bestowed on such luminaries as Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright – the
ground is everything. He has spent his 60-year career lifting his massive
concrete buildings up, in gravity-defying balancing acts, or else burying
them below ground in an attempt to liberate the Earth’s surface as a
continuous democratic public realm. “The city has to be for everybody,” he
says, “not just for the very few.”
(www.theguardian.com. Adaptado.)
Medieval Monsters: Terrors, Aliens, Wonders
Monsters captivated the imagination of medieval men and women,
just as they continue to fascinate us today. Drawing on the Morgan’s superb
collection of illuminated manuscripts, this major exhibition, the first of its kind
in North America, will explore the complex social role of monsters in the
Middle Ages.
Medieval Monsters will lead visitors through three sections based on
the ways monsters functioned in medieval societies. “Terrors” explores how
monsters enhanced the aura of those in power, be they rulers, knights, or
saints. “Aliens” demonstrates how marginalized groups in European
societies – such as Jews, Muslims, women, the poor, and the disabled –
were further alienated by being figured as monstrous. The final section,
“Wonders”, considers a group of strange beauties and frightful anomalies
that populated the medieval world.
Medieval Monsters: Terrors, Aliens, Wonders runs from June 8 to
September 23, 2018 at The Morgan Library & Museum.
(www.themorgan.org, s/d. Adaptado.)
1. De acordo com o texto 1, São Paulo:
A) é uma cidade inclusiva onde ricos e pobres coexistem
B) tem falta de áreas públicas recreativas
C) demonstra uma atmosfera otimista
D) é caracterizadas pela grande desigualdade entre pobres e ricos
E) é a megalópole mais violenta do Brasil

2. Conforme o texto 1, Paulo Mendes da Rocha

A) é conhecido por projetar somente edificações subterrâneas.
B) valoriza o caráter público do espaço.
C) superou arquitetos famosos, como Le Corbusier e Frank Lloyd Wright.
D) reside em São Paulo há 60 anos, onde projetou grandes obras.
E) considera que a mente humana resulta do pensamento coletivo.

3. De acordo com o texto 2, o que os grupos sociais retratados na seção “Aliens” têm em comum?

4. Em que seção da exposição a imagem “Siren”, apresentada no texto 2, poderia estar localizada?
Justifique sua resposta com base nas características dos grupos representados em cada seção.

5. Aponte quais cognatos e outros recursos nos textos 1 e 2 te ajudaram a compreender de que se
tratam.