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ID
5027122
Banca
FUNDEP (Gestão de Concursos)
Órgão
CBM-MG
Ano
2021
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

TEXT II


The most decorated firefighter in FDNY history


By Xavier Jackson 


From the 1970s through the 1990s, there were thousands of fires raging across New York City. And all those fires had one thing in common: they were likely to have faced the likes of Jack Pritchard, the most decorated firefighter in New York City history.

From the beginning, Pritchard had proven himself a worthy member of the team, although his commanding officer was reportedly getting worried about his “near suicidal” tendencies when battling fires. For example, he found himself at the fire of a three-story building with a mentally-challenged child trapped on the third floor. He quickly charged in without oxygen and found the child, before he realized he was trapped. Left with no other exit — and by this point actually on fire himself — Pritchard smothered the child, and leaped to the first floor where he was doused with water and shipped off to the burn ward with the boy.

Pritchard’s next large inferno would be several years later, when he found himself rescuing fellow firefighters from a fire at Waldbaum’s Supermarket in Brooklyn. It was a fire he didn’t even have to go to, since his shift had actually already ended. But that wasn’t going to stop him.

It didn’t take long for him to distinguish himself again. On March 27, 1992, Engine 255 arrived at a fire to find an injured firefighter being pulled from the building after unsuccessfully attempting to rescue a 70-year-old man. Impatient and realizing he didn’t have to wait for orders as he was already in charge, Pritchard charged into the inferno, safety equipment be damned. He found the man, on fire, in his bed. Not hesitating, Pritchard extinguished the flames himself and dragged him out of the building.

He spent the next two months recovering from his burns in the hospital.

Then in July of 1998, Engine 255 pulled up to a fire where Jack Pritchard would perform the most famous heroics of his career. After learning there was an infant trapped in a crib on the fourth floor, Pritchard entered his Supermanmode and fearlessly leaped into the building to locate the baby. 

After taking flames directly to his unprotected face, Pritchard located the baby, still alive. Unfortunately, flames were leaping above the crib, preventing him from lifting the baby to safety. Using his un-gloved hands — because safety was a word that still didn’t exist in his vocabulary — Pritchard grabbed the melting crib and began dragging it out of the room. Breathing carbon monoxide and severely burning his hand the whole way, Pritchard dragged the crib to his fellow firefighters where they assisted in rescuing the infant. For this he was awarded his second Bennett medal — the first was for the Walbaum’s fire — the highest award possible in the FDNY. 

He finally retired from the department in 1999 with the rank of Battalion Chief, ending his career by simply stating “It’s been a real honor to be a firefighter.”


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(Adapted). 

Jack Pritchard is said to be the best firefighter in FDNY because

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  • (A)

    For this he was awarded his second Bennett medal — the first was for the Walbaum’s fire — the highest award possible in the FDNY.

    TRADUÇÃO-->Por isso, recebeu sua segunda medalha Bennett - a primeira foi pelo incêndio de Walbaum - o maior prêmio possível no FDNY

    Ademais, é possível concluir nos parágrafos que foram varios salvamentos de grande monta durante sua carreira

  • A questão cobra interpretação de um texto sobre o bombeiro mais condecorado da história do Corpo de Bombeiros de Nova Iorque.


    Vamos analisar o enunciado:

    Jack Pritchard is said to be the best firefighter in FDNY because... Tradução - Jack Pritchard é considerado o melhor bombeiro do Corpo de Bombeiros de Nova Iorque porque...


    A resposta se evidencia no parágrafo 1.  Vejamos o trecho em questão:

    From the 1970s through the 1990s, there were thousands of fires raging across New York City. And all those fires had one thing in common: they were likely to have faced the likes of Jack Pritchard, the most decorated firefighter in New York City history.
    Tradução - De 1970 a 1990, houve milhares de incêndios em toda a cidade de Nova York. E todos aqueles incêndios tinham uma coisa em comum: provavelmente tiveram a presença Jack Pritchard, o bombeiro mais condecorado da história da cidade de Nova York.
    Analisando as alternativas teremos:


    A) Correto - he repeatedly faced great fires in order to save someone. 
    Tradução - ele repetidamente enfrentou grandes incêndios para salvar alguém.
    Houve milhares de incêndios em toda a cidade de Nova York. E todos aqueles incêndios tinham uma coisa em comum: provavelmente tiveram a presença Jack Pritchard.

    B) Incorreto - his first commanding officer considered him suicidal. 
    Tradução - seu primeiro comandante o considerava suicida.
    O texto não menciona ser o primeiro comandante, apenas seu comandante.

    C) Incorreto - he was treated several times for burns after facing fires. 
    Tradução - foi tratado várias vezes por queimaduras após enfrentar incêndios.
    O texto menciona apenas um tratamento feito por ele.

    D) Incorreto - he saved a mentally-challenged child in his first fire.
    Tradução - ele salvou uma criança com deficiência mental em seu primeiro incêndio.
    O texto não menciona ter sido seu primeiro incêndio.


    Gabarito do Professor: Letra A.