Questão FC277272
Read the text to answer the question. A man stepped onto the overnight train and told the conductor, “I need you to wake me up in Philadelphia. I’m a deep sleeper and can be angry
Semântica e Significado de Vocábulos (Semantics)
IDECAN · 2015
Read the text to answer the question.
A man stepped onto the overnight train and told the conductor, “I need you to wake me up in Philadelphia. I’m a deep sleeper and can be angry when I get up, but no matter what, I want you to help me make that stop. Here’s $100 to make sure”.
The conductor agreed. The man fell asleep, and when he awoke he heard the announcement that the train was approaching New York, which meant they had passed Philadelphia a long time ago.
Furious, he ran to the conductor. “I gave you $100 to make sure I got off in Philadelphia, you idiot!”
“Wow,” another passenger said to his traveling companion. “Is that guy mad!”
“Yeah,” his companion replied. “But not half as mad as that guy they forced off the train in Philadelphia.”
(English2Go, No 7,The Reader’s Digest Association, 2005. P. 80.)
In “Here’s $100 to make sure” MAKE SURE is closest in meaning to:
- Stop.
- Help.
- Agree.
- Certify.
- Change.
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Na frase do enunciado, "Here's $100 to make sure" o falante pede ao condutor que garanta que ele seja acordado em Philadelphia. Nesse contexto, certify traduz a ideia de assegurar ou garantir que algo aconteça conforme combinado.
Embora certify possa ter sentido formal de atestar ou confirmar, aqui funciona como verbo que expressa a responsabilidade do condutor em confirmar/assegurar a parada solicitada. Ou seja, o passageiro paga para que o condutor tome as providências necessárias e responda por isso.
Portanto, certify é a alternativa correta porque captura a noção de garantir o resultado pedido pelo viajante — que foi justamente o objetivo do pagamento.
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