Czytanki · A2
A onça que apareceu no rio
On their third day at a river lodge near Poconé, a group gets up at five hoping to see a jaguar. While the boatman takes them slowly up the river they see caimans, jabiru storks and howler monkeys; by ten it is terribly hot and they nearly give up — then a jaguar that was sleeping in the shade on the bank gets up and swims across the river in front of the boat.
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Ogólny sens
1. What did the group want to see, and did they see it?
Pokaż odpowiedź
A jaguar — yes, at the very end, when one crossed the river in front of the boat.
Szczegół
2. Why did they get up so early?
Pokaż odpowiedź
The guide had told them that the animals come out early in the morning, before the heat.
Szczegół
3. Which animals did they see before the jaguar?
Pokaż odpowiedź
Caimans sunbathing on the sand, two jabiru storks and howler monkeys shouting in the trees.
Szczegół
4. Why did everybody want to go back at ten?
Pokaż odpowiedź
It was terribly hot and no jaguar had appeared.
Wnioskowanie
5. Why did nobody say anything when they saw the jaguar?
Pokaż odpowiedź
They didn’t want to frighten it away — and they were amazed.
Słowa, które warto znać
- a onçajaguar (onça-pintada)
- os bichosanimals (informal)
- o piloteiroboatman, boat driver (Pantanal word)
- subir o rioto go upriver
- a margemSłoworiver bankW zwrotachIsso pode dar margem a mal-entendidos.Qual seria a margem para negociar o prazo?
- o jacarécaiman
- o tuiuiújabiru stork, symbol of the Pantanal
- o bugiohowler monkey
- desistirto give upW zwrotachPor pior que esteja a situação, não podemos desistir.Isso não significa, contudo, que devamos desistir.
- atravessarto cross