O repórter francês e a investigação sobre o kilt (Fuvest 1999)
DESPITE French horror at England’s violent football louts, who smashed up Marseilles on June 15th before a match between England and Tunisia, some Britons still get a friendly press in France: the Scots. They have been widely praised for their seemingly indomitable high spirits (amid expected defeat on the playing field) and sense of fair play. One French reporter, impressed by the “indestructible smile and ever-genuine kindness” of Scots fans, has called for an inquiry into the “euphoric effects”—more potent, it seems, than Viagra or Prozac—of wearing a kilt. Scottish fans who imbibe gallons of beer and whisky and who occasionally bare their bottoms are readily forgiven.
THE ECONOMIST JUNE 20TH 1998
[Charge abaixo do texto: um homem de boina (francês) conversa animadamente com um homem gordo de chapéu e gravata segurando uma taça; ao lado, um torcedor escocês de kilt xadrez ergue um copo com uma das mãos e levanta a saia com a outra, mostrando o traseiro. Há uma bola de futebol no chão entre eles.]
Fonte: The Economist, June 20th 1998.
According to the passage, one French reporter
- A) attributed the euphoria of Scots fans to their high intake of beer and whisky.
- B) decided to investigate the powerful effects of the kilts traditionally worn by the Scots.
- C) said that wearing a kilt could hardly produce a greater feeling of euphoria than taking Viagra or Prozac.
- D) was convinced that the euphoria produced by wearing a kilt was longer-lasting than that produced by Viagra or Prozac.
- E) demanded that a study about the powerful “euphoric effects” of wearing a kilt should be conducted.