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Leia a entrevista, retirada do site da revista eletrnica Readers Digest:

Denzel Washington, Good Guy

One of Hollywood's biggest stars
By Jesse Kornbluth, from Reader's Digest / June 2009.
Despite his paycheck ($20 million a picture) and prestige (two Academy Awards, heroic roles in
The Pelican Brief and other films), Denzel Washington, 54, insists he is rather ordinary. A loving
father and husband, he is always impeccably polite and calm in public.
Speaking to Reader's Digest from a set in Los Angeles, Washington is thoughtful in
conversation and quick to laugh.

Q. There's a photo of you in an overcoat and a cap sitting alone in the stands before President
Barack Obama's inauguration. Why did you arrive there two hours early?
A. Not two hours earlier than that. It was my wife's doing. [Washington has been married for
26 years to wife Pauletta.] If my son's ball game is at 7 p.m., we are there at 5 p.m. The
inauguration was scheduled for 11:30 a.m. She had us there at 7 a.m.

Q. What were you thinking?

A. How cold I was.
[President Barack Obama took office in
January 20th, 2009, winter time in the U.S.]

Q. Before he was elected, President Obama said in

an interview with TV host Tyra Banks that he'd like
you to play him in a movie. Is he a natural character
for you?
A. It's very flattering that he said that. But when his
story is ready to be told, I'll be too old. And if it were
made right now, he has too much to do to have me
hanging around asking for tips on how to play him.
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"I'm a regular guy with a great job," says

Denzel Washington.

Q. In private life, you work hard to be the good guy. You're a dedicated reader of the Bible.
What book of the Bible are you reading right now?
A. [The First Epistle of] John, chapter 3, the passage about obedience, sin, and lawlessness.
This is my second time through. I have four books left, then I'll start reading it all over again.

Q. For decades you've said, "I'm not a celebrity. I'm just an actor who's more popular right now."
Of course you know you're a star. Why so modest?
A. I am who I am a regular guy with a great job. How I'm analyzed belongs to someone else.
In a few minutes, I've got a kid's game to go to, and then I'm taking our daughter to auditions.
Today, that's my job.
Reader's Digest . Disponvel em: <http://www.rd.com/your-america-inspiring-people-and-stories/qa-denzel-washingtongood-guy/article134554.html>. Adaptado. Acesso em: 19 dez. 2013. 11h42min.

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Caro(a) aluno(a), no se preocupe com a extenso da entrevista ou com o vocabulrio
desconhecido. Leia algumas dicas que o ajudaro a entender melhor o texto:

faa uma primeira leitura, grifando as palavras que conhece ou cujo sentido voc
consegue inferir pelo contexto;
nas leituras posteriores, anote breves frases que resumam a parte mais importante de
cada pergunta e resposta;
use o dicionrio para esclarecer o significado apenas das palavras essenciais para a
compreenso adequada da leitura;
lembre-se de que voc no precisa saber exatamente a traduo de cada palavra para
compreender, em linhas gerais, o assunto de um texto.

Bom trabalho!
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colegas a respeito disso e anote as suas concluses.
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faz as perguntas) e do entrevistado (aquele que responde s perguntas). Na entrevista em
estudo, quem o entrevistado? Voc o conhece? Troque ideias com seus colegas e anote o
que sabe/descobriu a respeito dele.
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3. Localize onde est a informao que indica quem o entrevistador e identifique o seu nome.
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4. Nesta entrevista, quais so as marcas (negrito, itlico, iniciais dos nomes, logomarca da
revista ou do jornal etc.) que identificam o entrevistador e o entrevistado? Voc j leu outras
entrevistas em que essa identificao era diferente? Explique-a.
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5. Analise o ttulo da entrevista. O que ele sugere a respeito do entrevistado?
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6. H um texto introdutrio antes da entrevista. Ainda que voc no conhea todas as palavras,
fixe-se naquelas cujo sentido voc sabe, ou consegue inferir, e troque ideias com seus colegas:
qual a finalidade do texto introdutrio? Quais informaes relevantes ele apresenta?
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7. As questes abaixo tm a finalidade de auxili-lo(a) na localizao de informaes explcitas

na entrevista, ampliando a sua compreenso textual e enriquecendo a sua estratgia de leitura
de textos em lngua estrangeira. Atente para as palavras conhecidas e cognatas. Voc pode
escrever as respostas em portugus.
a) Quanto o ator Denzel Washington fatura por filme?
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b) Qual a idade dele?

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c) O primeiro pargrafo da entrevista descreve algumas caractersticas do ator. Anote, pelo

menos, trs delas.
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d) Releia a primeira pergunta da entrevista e identifique a relao entre a cerimnia de posse

do presidente americano Barack Obama e o ator Denzel Washington.
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e) Na terceira pergunta da entrevista, o entrevistador apresenta um anseio que o presidente

Barack Obama revelou durante o programa da apresentadora de TV Tyra Banks. Qual era esse
desejo?

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f) Que livro Denzel Washington estava lendo na ocasio em que foi entrevistado? Quantas
vezes ele j leu aquele livro?
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g) Ao terminar a entrevista, Denzel Washington disse que precisava fazer algumas atividades
do cotidiano. Quais eram essas aes?
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