Questão Q3150200 - Língua Inglesa

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The Reasons Why We Dance As a choreographer, I get asked to share my opinion about a myriad of dance-relatedtopics, from the practical, like “How can dance help you get in shape?” to the existential, like “Ismy dancing a projection of my self-image?”. But the question I think matters most is: why dopeople dance? What is about moving our bodies to a song we love that is so joyfully Pavlovian?Why do we watch videos and take lessons on something that could be labeled as trivial? Why dowe love it so? There are the obvious answers. We dance for physical fitness, mental clarity, emotionalstability, and other such pluses. However, all these benefits could be attained by other means –though I confess I have yet to find a better alternative than a great “cha cha”* to lift both one’sheart rate and spirits. There must be something glorious about dancing that is more than justintangible. We cannot seem to explain it, yet we all know it so well that we do not hesitate totap our feet to a Gershwin melody or pulse with the percussion of a samba rhythm. Perhaps dance is the way we express ourselves when words are insufficient. The joy wefeel over newfound love, the determination we have in the face of great sorrow or adversity, thepassionate fire of our youth, and the peacefulness of our softer and more graceful years – maybethey are never expressed more fully than through a waltz, or a tango, or a jive. We all want tobe understood, and if we could truly speak the words that describe our feelings, how deep andpowerful they would surely be. But alas, those words never seem to come to us just right. Maybedance is simply a translator for the human heart. Perhaps dance is the medium through which we show the world who we truly are and whowe can be. All of us, if we are honest, believe deep down that we are not ordinary. We knowourselves to be wonderfully unique, with many layers of personality and talent woven in such away that no one on earth could possibly have our same make-up. We know it. We just do notalways know how to prove it. Maybe dance gives us the opportunity. And perhaps dance is howwe choose to remember, how we hold on to the past. It is how we relive __ fun-filled days ofour youth or __ time we looked into their eyes and knew they were the one. It is our tribute tothe heroes of yesterday who jitterbugged like carefree boys and girls, when tomorrow they wouldmarch as men and women to defend freedom’s cause. It is the chance to be __ princess again,waiting for __ outstretched hand and the call to __ romance that is graceful, true, and not asforgotten as the cynics say. When we dance, we can remember them all a little better, feel thebutterflies once again, and if only for a moment, return to the purest part of our lives when timewas of no matter…for we were dancing. Why do we dance? Every answer will be different, and that is as it should be. Perhaps thebetter question is, “Why would we not?”*Cha Cha: an energetic modern dance.(Available in: https://dancewithmeusa.com/why-we-dance-the-reasons/ – text especially adapted for this test). The sentence “Perhaps dance is the way we express ourselves when words are insufficient.” (l. 13) is an example of how to use reflexive pronouns. Which of the alternatives below also shows a reflexive pronoun used correctly?

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Annie and Jenna looked at themselves in the mirror before leaving for the costume party and noticed they had swapped their masks by mistake.

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Josh and Peter are working on a project, so they’ve been calling themselves every day and spending hours on the phone discussing it.

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Kathy can’t cook very well, so she asked her friend to help herself to prepare the cakes for the school party.

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Mark bought him a new watch, and I think it fits Mark’s style.

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The cat is playing with its tail.

The sentence “Perhaps dance is the way we express ourselves when words are insufficient...