O anúncio adiado
B2.2 · Ouve primeiro o texto completo. Depois ouvirás cada fragmento duas vezes: escreve durante as pausas. Ouve novamente o texto completo e compara com o modelo. Podes repetir a escuta ou consultar o texto como apoio.
Rever
We were about to announce the results of the photography competition when one of the judges noticed a mistake in the entry list. Two pictures had been recorded under the same number, although they belonged to different participants. The exhibition was due to open that evening, and delaying the announcement would disappoint people who had travelled a long way. Nevertheless, publishing an uncertain result seemed less fair than asking everyone to wait. We explained the problem without naming either photographer and offered to send an update as soon as the records had been checked. The correction took an hour, rather than the whole afternoon we had feared. By then, most visitors had begun looking at the pictures for themselves. Several said they appreciated being told what had gone wrong, even if the delay had changed their plans.
- one of the judge → one of the judges
«one of the judges»: A referência é plural; mantém a terminação -s do nome nesta passagem.
- had been record → had been recorded
«had been recorded»: Nesta passiva, been é seguido do particípio terminado em -ed, não da forma base.
- they belong → they belonged
«they belonged»: A ação situa-se no relato passado; mantém -ed em vez de a passar para o presente.
- less fare than → less fair than
«less fair than»: Fair significa justo nesta comparação; fare é tarifa ou preço do transporte.
- as soon has → as soon as
«as soon as»: As forma a expressão temporal as soon as; has seria uma forma de have.
- for them selves → for themselves
«for themselves»: Themselves é o pronome reflexo plural e escreve-se numa palavra.
Compara separadamente palavras ouvidas e ortografia. Não há nota automática. Aceita-se outra pontuação normativa que conserve relações e sentido; mudar uma vírgula não implica uma palavra mal ouvida. Revê depois maiúsculas e diacríticos com o modelo.
Mantém as palavras, a ordem, os artigos, as preposições e as terminações. Não substituas por sinónimos nem desenvolvas contrações. As seis notas são exemplos de revisão: compara o texto inteiro, não apenas essas seis zonas. Incluem-se transcrições completas alternativas em variantes_aceptadas: são variantes de escrita da mesma mensagem, não sinónimos.
Apóstrofos retos e curvos são equivalentes; mantém contrações e possessivos.
- We were about to announce the results of the photography competition when one of the judges noticed a mistake in the entry list. Two pictures had been recorded under the same number, although they belonged to different participants. The exhibition was due to open that evening, and delaying the announcement would disappoint people who had traveled a long way. Nevertheless, publishing an uncertain result seemed less fair than asking everyone to wait. We explained the problem without naming either photographer and offered to send an update as soon as the records had been checked. The correction took an hour, rather than the whole afternoon we had feared. By then, most visitors had begun looking at the pictures for themselves. Several said they appreciated being told what had gone wrong, even if the delay had changed their plans.