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5129944
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IBADE
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SEE-AC
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2020
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Disciplina
Inglês
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The Literary Influences of Superstar Musician David Bowie

BY JOHN O'CONNELL ON 10/31/19 AT 5:00 AM EDT

David Bowie was a pop star for most of his career from the 1960s until his death in 2016. He was known for his flamboyant style, songwriting and the ability to artistically turn on a dime. But Bowie, who died of cancer at 69, was more than a multi-platinum rock and roller. He was also one of the more literate composers in the business.

So much so, in fact, that in conjunction with a career retrospective in 2013 at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, Bowie issued a list of the one hundred books he considered the most important and influential. British music columnist John O'Connell linked this list to Bowie's prolific music. The result? A book called Bowie's Bookshelf out this month from Gallery Books.

William S. Burroughs first made the link between Bowie's lyrics and T. S. Eliot's poetry. In a Rolling Stone interview, Burroughs asked if Hunky Dory's "Eight Line Poem" had been influenced by Eliot's "The Hollow Men." Bowie's reply: "Never read him." But Bowie was definitely exposed to Eliot's influence. "Goodnight Ladies" on Transformer, the album Bowie produced for Lou Reed in 1972, is a riff on the end of the second section, "A Game of Chess," from Eliot's poem "The Waste Land." Eliot, for his part, is deliberately quoting Ophelia's "Good night, sweet ladies" speech from Hamlet. Eliot's method established a new protocol for artistic theft—the modern poet in dialogue with his or her predecessors. Bowie, too, was candid about how much he took from other artists. "You can't steal from a thief," he said when LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy admitted to stealing from Bowie's songs.

Avaiable in : https://www.newsweek.com/2019/11/15, accessed on February 20th, 2020. Adapted. 

The word closest in meaning to ABILITY as in

“the ability to artistically turn on a dime”

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  • The word closest in meaning to ABILITY

    A palavra mais próxima do significado de Habilidade

     

    A) failure.

    Falha

    B) inutility.

    Inutilidade

    C) capability.

    Capacidade

    D) weakness.

    Fraqueza

    E) inactivity.

    Inatividade

    .

    Gabarito: Letra C

  • A questão cobra conhecimento de vocabulário, especificamente sobre palavras sinônimas.

    Vamos analisar o enunciado:

    The word closest in meaning to "ability" as in “the ability to artistically turn on a dime" is...

    Tradução - A palavra mais próxima em significado de "habilidade" como em "a habilidade de artisticamente mudar de foco e direção" é ...

    Vejamos o trecho em questão, o primeiro parágrafo:

    David Bowie was a pop star for most of his career from the 1960s until his death in 2016. He was known for his flamboyant style, songwriting and the ability to artistically turn on a dime. But Bowie, who died of cancer at 69, was more than a multi-platinum rock and roller. He was also one of the more literate composers in the business.

    David Bowie foi uma estrela pop durante a maior parte de sua carreira, desde a década de 1960 até sua morte em 2016. Ele era conhecido por seu estilo extravagante, composições e capacidade de artisticamente mudar de foco e direção. Mas Bowie, que morreu de câncer aos 69 anos, era mais do que um roqueiro multi-platinado. Ele também foi um dos compositores mais letrados do ramo.

    Observação - Diz-se que um compositor é letrado quando ele tem a habilidade de ler, escrever e tocar música.


    A palavra "ability" pode ser traduzida como "habilidade, capacidade" e admite como sinônimos "capability, capacity, competence, skill, talent"


    Analisando as alternativas teremos:


    A) Incorreto - failure. = fracasso

    B) Incorreto - inutility. = inutilidade

    C) Correto - capability. = capacidade

    D) Incorreto - weakness. = fraqueza

    E) Incorreto - inactivity  = inatividade


    Gabarito do Professor: Alternativa C.