Questão 5027125

• Banca: FUNDEP (Gestão de Concursos)
• Órgão: CBM-MG
• Ano: 2021
• Provas: FUNDEP (Gestão de Concursos) - 2021 - CBM-MG - Oficial Bombeiro Militar
• Disciplina: Inglês
• Assuntos: Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

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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.”

Available at: <https://www.firerescue1.com/fdny/

articles/the-most-decorated-firefighter-in-fdny-history-

jed6X9Qw0PqRnEbF/>. Accessed on: August 13, 2020

(Adapted). 

Pritchard stayed as a firefighter in New York

• A. until he died of his burns.
• B. because he was considered suicidal.
• C. due to his heroic disposition.
• D. for about twenty-nine years.

Gabarito: D

Comentários

• (D)

  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.(20 years)

  TRADUÇÂO-->De 1970 a 1990, houve milhares de incêndios em toda a cidade de Nova York. E todos esses incêndios tinham uma coisa em comum: provavelmente enfrentaram gente como Jack Pritchard, o bombeiro mais condecorado da história de Nova York. (20 anos)

  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. (9 years)

  TRADUÇÂO-->Ele finalmente se aposentou do departamento em 1999 com o posto de Chefe de Batalhão, encerrando sua carreira simplesmente afirmando "Foi uma verdadeira honra ser um bombeiro.(9 anos)

• A questão cobra interpretação de um artigo sobre o bombeiro mais condecorado da história do Corpo de Bombeiros de Nova Iorque.
  
  Vamos analisar o enunciado:
  
  Pritchard stayed as a firefighter in New York ...
  Tradução - Pritchard ficou como bombeiro em Nova York...
  
  A resposta se evidencia nas 2 primeiras e nas 2 últimas linhas do texto.  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.
  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."
  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 enfrentaram gente como Jack Pritchard, o bombeiro mais condecorado da história da cidade de Nova York.
  Ele finalmente se aposentou do departamento em 1999 com o posto de Chefe de Batalhão, encerrando sua carreira simplesmente afirmando "Foi uma verdadeira honra ser um bombeiro".
  Analisando as alternativas teremos:
  
  Pritchard ficou como bombeiro em Nova York...
  
  A) Incorreto - until he died of his burns. = até que ele morreu de suas queimaduras.

  Ele finalmente se aposentou do departamento em 1999 com o posto de Chefe de Batalhão, portanto não morreu de suas queimaduras.
  
  B) Incorreto - because he was considered suicidal. = porque foi considerado suicida.

  O texto menciona nas linhas 3 e 4 que desde o início, Pritchard provou ser um membro digno da equipe, embora seu comandante estivesse supostamente ficando preocupado com suas tendências "quase suicidas" ao combater incêndios. (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.) Ele era muito ousado e se arriscava muito e essa expressão foi claramente usada metaforicamente. Não significa que ele queria cometer suicídio, mas sim que ele arriscava demais a própria vida para salvar as pessoas.
  
  C) Incorreto - due to his heroic disposition. = devido à sua disposição heróica.

  Sua disposição heróica com certeza era apreciada, mas o texto não menciona que essa foi a razão pela qual ele ficou como bombeiro em Nova York.
  
  D) Correto - for about twenty-nine years. = por cerca de vinte e nove anos.
  Começou em 1970 e se aposentou em 1999.
  
  
  
  Gabarito do Professor: Letra D.