O que significa "seemingly indomitable high spirits" (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.
“their seemingly indomitable high spirits” (lines 7-8) means that
- A) nothing seems to affect their cheerful state of mind.
- B) alcohol appears to raise their spirits.
- C) their apparent feeling of invulnerability is impressive.
- D) their high team spirit appears to be indestructible.
- E) the more they drink, the more high-spirited they seem to become.