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Evie Kalo is what you might call a serial homeswapper. She and her husband are among the millions of global workers who became fully remote during the pandemic. Ever since, they’ve swapped their apartment in Amsterdam for a series of “workcations” across Europe, in places such as a beach in Barcelona and a French Riviera resort town. “What we love about it is that we trust people to be at our home because they are trusting us to be at theirs,” says Kalo.
The couple tries to stay in each place for about two weeks so they can have enough time to explore sites around their busy work schedules. Home swaps allow people to attain the kind of journeying lifestyle they desire at a fraction of the cost of purchasing a pricey holiday — or second home. By capitalising on their own most valuable asset — a house or apartment — they’re able to stay in other people’s comfortable accommodations around the world.
So far, people are finding their homes informally through work colleagues or friends. Others have turned to social media. Yet, the most popular method is the search on online marketplaces.
Globally, the number of swaps finalised per day on Home Exchange (an online marketplace) in August 2022 was up 50% from August 2019, according to statistics provided by the company. The company has also seen the average trip length increase well beyond the standard seven days in 2019. Some 59% of its members now want to stay for 10 days or more, and many are opting for locations closer to home. Domestic travel is 25% higher than it was is 2019, which is attributed to workcation deals to a great extent.
(Mark Johanson. www.bbc.com, 30.08.2022. Adaptado.)
In the fragment from the second paragraph “they’re able to stay in other people’s comfortable accommodations around the world”, the underlined word refers most specifically to
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home swappers.
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couples with busy work schedules.
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money-saving travellers.
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people searching for a second home.
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people seeking travel for leisure.
Solução
Alternativa Correta: A) home swappers.
A resposta correta é a alternativa A) porque a palavra "they" no trecho "they’re able to stay in other people’s comfortable accommodations around the world" refere-se especificamente aos "home swappers". O texto descreve Evie Kalo e seu marido como parte de um grupo de pessoas que praticam o "home swapping" — a troca de casas para combinar trabalho e lazer. Assim, o pronome "they" está ligado diretamente a essa categoria de pessoas que trocam suas casas por acomodações em outros locais.
O conceito de "home swapper" é estabelecido logo no início do texto, onde Evie Kalo é apresentada como um exemplo de "serial homeswapper". Isso indica que "they" se refere a pessoas que, assim como ela, trocam suas residências regularmente para desfrutar de novos destinos enquanto mantêm suas atividades de trabalho. Portanto, o pronome abrange todos os que participam dessa prática.
As outras alternativas são imprecisas, pois "they" não está se referindo especificamente a viajantes que economizam dinheiro, casais com agendas de trabalho ocupadas ou pessoas em busca de uma segunda casa, mas sim àqueles que utilizam o sistema de troca de casas como forma de viajar e trabalhar remotamente.
Institução: UNIFESP
Ano da Prova: 2023
Assuntos: Interpretação Textual em Inglês
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