Choose the letter that best defines the phrase bygone times in the passage.
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Gabriel García Márquez was a Literary Giant
With a Passion for Journalism
By Karla Zabludovsky Friday, April 18,2014
The late Gabriel García Márquez holds a special place in the hearts of journalists.
Like Charles Dickens, Mark Twain and Ernest Hemingway — or contemporaries like Pete Hamill and Tom Wolfe — García Márquez, a titan of 20th century literature, honed his writing skills as a reporter
before he became a celebrated novelist.
Even as his literary star rose, García Márquez, known colloquially across Latin America as Gabo, spoke proudly, tenderly and frequently about journalism.
“Those who are self-taught are avid and quick, and during those bygone times, we were that to a great extent in order to keep paving the way for the best profession in the world… as we ourselves called
it,” said García Márquez during a speech about journalism at the 52nd Assembly of the Inter American Press Association in 1996.
Newsweek Magazine
Choose the letter that best defines the phrase bygone times in the passage.
- A)by the present time
- B)occurring at this time
- C)a period time in the past
- D)a short time ago
- E)most recent time
Resposta:
A alternativa correta é C)
A expressão "bygone times" no texto refere-se a "a period time in the past" (um período no passado), conforme a opção C. No contexto, García Márquez utiliza essa expressão para evocar uma época anterior, destacando como os jornalistas daquela época eram ávidos e rápidos, referindo-se a um momento histórico já transcorrido, não ao presente ou a um tempo recente.
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