A questão refere-se ao texto abaixo:
Tell me if you’ve heard this one and hate it
by Mike Kennedy
U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich and
President Bill Clinton
For presidents and celebrities as well as ordinary people, cracking jokes can be risky business today, provoking anger and resentment instead of laughter.
The problem is that humor, like beauty, often is in the eye of the beholder.
Consider a jest by President Clinton. At a trade fair on the White House lawn, Clinton and his cabinet came upon a three-foot-high replica of the White House.
With the 4-foot-10 inch secretary of labor, Robert Reich, at his side, Clinton quipped, “Secretary Reich could almost live in there.”
Lighthearted ribbing between longtime pals? Or a remark offensive to those sensitive about their height?
Experts who train people to use humor in business and social relationships say it can be an invaluable tool – but it must be used with sensitivity.
Of course, the line between laughing with someone and laughing at someone isn’t always so clear.
So in today’s litigious and sensitive society should we all take the safest course and avoid any attempts at humor? That would make for a dull world, experts said.
The wrong kind of humor, though, can be destructive. Jokes that attack often cause people to withdraw, or worse, seek revenge.
Supervisors need to be especially careful. Because of the power they hold, their attempts at humor demean an employee.
Of course, some people just can’t take a joke. So what can you do?
“On the politically correct front, there are certain people whose mission is to be offended,” Langley said. “There’s not really much you can do about them.”
Fragiadakis, H. & Maurer, M. Sound Ideas, 1995 (p.81).
A questão refere-se ao texto cujo vocabulário principal segue abaixo.
• as well as = bem como
• ordinary people = pessoas comuns
• to crack jokes = contar piadas
• risky business = negócio arriscado
• anger = raiva
• resentment = ressentimento
• laughter = riso
• like = como
• “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder” = “A beleza
está nos olhos de quem vê”
• often = freqüentemente
• jest = gracejo
• trade fair = feira comercial
• lawn = gramado
• to come upon = deparar-se com
• three - foot - high = 3 pés de altura
• inch = polegada
• secretary of labor = secretário do trabalho
• White House = Casa Branca
• side = lado
• to quip = brincar
• lighthearted = leve, despreocupado
• ribbing = piada
• longtime pals = amigos de longa data
• remark = observação
• sensitive = sensível
• height = altura
• experts = especialistas
• social relationships = relações sociais
• invaluable tool = ferramenta muito útil
• of course = é claro
• the safest course = caminho mais seguro
• to avoid = evitar
• attempt = tentativa
• kind = tipo
• though = contudo
• to withdraw = retrair-se
• or worse = ou pior
• to seek = procurar
• revenge = vingança
• careful = cuidadosos
• power = poder
• to hold = manter
• to demean = rebaixar, humilhar
• employee = funcionário
• to take a joke = aceitar uma piada
• whose = cuja
Considere as afirmações abaixo:
I. Devemos evitar o humor na sociedade atual.
II. Pessoas expostas ao tipo inadequado de humor podem procurar se vingar.
III. O autor afirma que Clinton não poderia ter brincado levianamente com o velho amigo.
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