Trudny egzamin islandzkich 15-latkĂłw...?

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PiÄtnastolatki z pĂłĹnocnej Islandii podchodzÄce do standardowego egzaminu oceniajÄcego ich znajomoĹÄ jÄzyka angielskiego musiaĹy przetĹumaczyÄ bardzo skomplikowany tekst z angielskiego na islandzki. PoĹrĂłd sĹĂłw, ktĂłre trzeba byĹo przeĹoĹźyÄ, byĹy m. in.: ubiquitous, accompaniment, sedentary, solemnly, sombereyed, lurching, postmodern/ transmodern, artifact, arm-drag, arrogance, ploy.

Nauczyciele w pĂłĹnocnej Islandii skrytykowali egzamin z powodu tego, Ĺźe miaĹ nie uwzglÄdniÄ szkolnego prawa i programu. PoniĹźej znajduje siÄ fragment tekstu, ktĂłry uczniowie musieli przetĹumaczyÄ. Co o nim myĹlicie?

„…In high country like the Snowline Ranch where Miner works, temperatures can seesaw from 80Â°F to 8Â°F in a single day, and so pneumonia is a constant threat. It occupies MinerÂ´s attention as he rides through the cattle. If some of them get caught in a downpour during cold weather, heÂ´s fatally behind the curve. He must seize upon the earliest symptom: that lone calf amid the lurching sea of fur and fat with a single drooping ear, at which point MinerÂ´s horse separates the calf from the others and the cowboy swings his long rope. Catch the calf with the first loop, reach for the meds in the saddlebag, inject the Nuflor. Done right, the calf barely notices, returns to the herd and by the end of October is 600 pounds and received by his owner with an approving half smile…”

ĹšrĂłdĹo: http://www.mbl.is/english/news/2014/10/28/could_you_translate_this/.
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