Read the passage from Gulliver's Travels. He has been eight years upon a project for extracting sunbeams out of cucumbers, which were to be put in phials hermetically sealed, and let out to warm the air in raw inclement summers. He told me, he did not doubt, that, in eight years more, he should be able to supply the governor’s gardens with sunshine, at a reasonable rate: but he complained that his stock was low, and entreated me "to give him something as an encouragement to ingenuity, especially since this had been a very dear season for cucumbers."

Which phrase from the passage best helps the reader to identify the passage as a satire?

He has been eight years upon a project for extracting sunbeams out of cucumbers
which were to be put in phials hermetically sealed
He told me, he did not doubt, that, in eight years more, he should be able to supply the governor’s gardens
but he complained that his stock was low

My conductor pressed me forward, conjuring me in a whisper "to give no offence, ... He has been eight years upon a project for extracting sunbeams out of ... to be put in phials hermetically sealed, and let out to warm the air in raw inclement summers. I ... However it is not doubted, that this invention may be capable of great ...

Explanation:

He has been eight years upon a project for extracting sunbeams out of cucumbers.

Explanation:

the best asnwer is b "les encantan los juguetes nuevos" because you are talking about them

the correct answer is option d. none of these. it is noted that options a, b, and c share the same content.

despite the valid answer provided at the last sentence of each of the options, a question/answer format shouldn't include humourous themed responses such as "you bet your thermal pj's we do." - unless of course, the answer is carried out in an informal environment. this could be replaced with a simple "yes" or "it is necessary".

the question should be re-phrased to a more appropiate syntaxis. instead of "do we need the greenhouse effect? ", it should be written as "is the greenhouse effect necessary? " in order to give it a general scope, instead of limiting the answer to the needs of "we" the humans.