- ID
- 5577538
- Banca
- Marinha
- Órgão
- ESCOLA NAVAL
- Ano
- 2021
- Provas
- Disciplina
- Inglês
- Assuntos
Read the text below and answer question.
Dedicated to helping his community
December 2020
When the country went into coronavirus lockdown
this year, one Royal Navy sailor sprang into action to
protect his local community with all the dedication and
efficiency of a military operation.
Chief Petty Officer Sean Mackenzie has served in
the Royal Navy for 29 years and works at Royal Navy Air
Station Culdrose in Cornwall. So when people in his village
of Tregony faced the uncertainty of lockdown in March,
CPO Mackenzie knew exactly what to do.
In the navy, he specialises in logistics at 1700
Naval Air Squadron, which deploys teams of sailors around
the world to allow flying operations on navy warships,
support ships and air bases. He also supervises a team of
70 personnel at Culdrose's extensive supply chain depot.
“From the first day of lockdown, | got together with
a couple of former military men and we created our own
group,” he said. “We did rounds of the village and we
deliberately made it as military as we could. | wanted to
help my community and these people in it are all part of
that together.”
His team of volunteers, which grew to 27 people,
immediately set up a 'smiley-face system” where anyone,
many of them elderly, could indicate with a simple sign in
their window if they needed help or not.
Regular smiley-face patrols were soon underway
every day in the village of around 450 households. This
was followed by a 'buddy system”, where socially-isolated
people could receive a visit and talk to someone - for many
it could be their only contact all day, [...] from a safe
distance outside.
The team also prepared an emergency kitchen
[...] established their own foodbank and updated
noticeboards with the latest advice.
They bought food for those who could not get out,
including up to 20 visits a day to the local shop. Soon, dogwalking and pizza-delivery services followed as well as a
medicine delivery service, which collected more than 2,000
prescriptions over lockdown, which were then personally
handed out to each patient.
Al of this was on top of Chief Petty Officer
Mackenzie's responsibilities at work, where he continued
as a key-worker, helping to ensure that the Royal Navy
could still meet its key defence requirements.
“ was really aware that everyone needed help and
| was capable of helping. | was also aware that my own
parents were sat in a similar situation, but 300 miles away.
Here | could do something to help my community.”
He has now been singled out for an award by the
commanding officer of RNAS Culdrose, Captain Stuart
Finn, who said: “Chief Petty Officer Mackenzie has
displayed exemplary leadership skills, both in his
professional capacity with the Royal Navy and a selfless
approach to service in his local community.”
(Adapted from “Dedicated to helping his community”. Naval
News, p. 39, December 2020. & https:/Mww.cornwalllive.com)
Decide if the statements below are true (T) or false (F)
according to the text. Then choose the option that contains
the correct sequence.
( ) After retiring from the Navy, Sean Mackenzie decided
to help his community during coronavirus lockdown.
( ) Sean Mackenzie was helped by a team of 70
volunteers.
( ) People could show that they needed help by putting a
sign in their window.
( ) Mackenzie and other volunteers helped people in
different ways, such as delivering food and medicine
to them.
( ) Mackenzie's parents, who live near him, also needed
help during lockdown.