Questões de Língua Inglesa do ano 2011

Nevertheless.

As a matter of fact.

As a result.

In no time.

Sooner or later.

“whose” (line 14) can be replaced by which or that.

“safaris” (line 10) is in inverted commas to signal that there are no real safaris in Zimbabwe anymore for the local tourist authorities have banned them because they regard them as politically incorrect.

if “has become” (line 2) is replaced by became, no change whatsoever in meaning will take place in the sentence.

“for scuba-diving” (lines 6 and 7) can be replaced by in order to scuba dive.

“must” (line 19) expresses the notions of desirability or advisability.

to use in an exploitative fashion lakes, rivers and coastal areas that are surrounded by luxuriant vegetation.

to offer a tourist something that looks suspiciously cheap.

the use of washing products or detergents that do not affect or damage rivers or forests.

to hide or obscure ecologically damaging activities deliberately in order to profit from a given situation.

to use a green pigment to gun paint elephants without harming them.

“cheerfully” (line 8) is synonymous with selfishly.

“pursue” (line 10) means the same as observation.

“widely” (line 17) is an exact synonym of tentatively.

“revenues” (line 20) means precisely the same thing as taxation.

“follow” (line 22) can be replaced in this particular context by stick to.