Questão 752629

Direction: Read the text below and answer questions 36 to 40 according to it.

TEXT II

“Of course, when I first arrived in Australia, the emphasis

was on the future, not the past. I was being introduced to

a new life in a very different world from the one I´d been

born into, and my new mum and dad were putting a lot of

5 effort into facing the challenges that experience brought.

Mum didn´t worry too much about my learning English

immediately, since she knew it would come through day-

to-day use. Rather than trying to rush me into it, she

thought it was far more important at the outset to comfort

10 and care for me, and gain my trust. You don´t need words

for that. She also knew an Indian couple in the

neighborhood, Saleen and Jacob, and we would visit them

regularly to eat Indian food together. They would speak

with me in my own language, Hindi, asking simple

15 questions and translating instructions and things Mum and

Dad wanted me to know about how we´d live our life

together. Being so young when I got lost and coming from

a very basic background, I didn´t speak much Hindi,

either, but being understood by someone was a huge help

20 in becoming comfortable about my new surroundings.

Anything my new parents weren´t able to communicate

through gestures and smiles, we knew Saleen and Jacob

could help us with, so we were never stuck.

[…]

25 My transition to life in another country and culture wasn´t

as difficult as one might expect, most likely because,

compared to what I´d gone through in India, it was obvious

that I was better off in Australia. Of course, more than

anything, I wanted to find my mother again, but once I´d

30 realized that was impossible, I knew I had to take

whatever opportunity came my way to survive. Mum and

Dad were very affectionate, right from the start, always

giving me lots of cuddles and making me feel safe, secure,

loved, and, above all, wanted.

35 […]

I had often heard music emanating from other people´s

radios. Seeing or hearing babies cry also affected me

strongly, probably because of memories of my little sister,

Shekila. The most emotional thing was seeing other

40 families with lots of children. I suppose that, even in my

good fortune, they reminded me of what I´d lost.”

(BRIRLEY, 2016 p. 7 - 10)

(Source: BRIERLEY, Saroo. Lion. Penguin: Canada, 2019)

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