tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48049049112958551282024-03-13T14:52:43.407-03:00Journey Through EnglishTravel with us and discover the world!Jonathas dos Santos Benvindohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615518477760938182noreply@blogger.comBlogger186125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804904911295855128.post-4445064385824474272013-03-07T15:30:00.001-03:002013-07-05T18:19:53.462-03:00The Brazilian Educational System<span style="font-size: large;">Hello everyone!</span><br />
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So, today we're going to talk about study in Brazil. I'm gonna tell you what I saw from the brazilian school system.<br />
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When we are about two years old, our parents take us to what we call the <b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Pre-School</span></b>, that's optional. The "<b><span style="color: #0b5394;">Maternal</span></b>", for kids from two to five years old, is basically a playgroup. Then comes the <b><span style="color: #0b5394;">Kindergarten</span></b>, for kids from three to six years old, and it has a more academic focus for small kids.<br />
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After Kindergarten, the kid goes to what we call the <b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Fundamental Education</span></b>, for kids from six to fourteen years old, and it is mandatory. It is divided into two levels: <b><span style="color: #38761d;">The Fundamental Education I</span></b> (from the first to the fourth grade, which would be the <b><span style="color: #38761d;">Elementary School</span></b>) and <b><span style="color: #38761d;">The Fundamental Education II</span></b> (form the fifth to the eighth grade, which would be the <b><span style="color: #38761d;">Middle School</span></b>). In the first they learn Portuguese, Math, Science, History, Geography, and in the second, they learn all of those plus a different language, like English.<br />
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After that, they go the <b><span style="color: #e69138;">High School</span></b>, which we call <b><span style="color: #e69138;">Middle Education</span></b>, and that's for children from fifteen to seventeen/eighteen years old. It only takes three years. During this period, the children are trained so hard in order to take the tests to enter the college or university. They can also be trained for specific entrance exams in a kind of course we call "<span style="color: #c27ba0;">Cursinho</span>" (<span style="color: #c27ba0;">Little Course</span>, literally), that takes only one year. It is kind of the High School, but it trains you to enter the college.<br />
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Then, the best part is to know you entered the college! In Brazil we call it <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Superior Education</span></b> (<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Higher Education</span></b>). Once the student has successfully completed the High School he takes a test for the university he wants to go to. If you want to go to a public university, the test is harder, because you don't pay anything to study there! Now, if you want to go to a private university, it is easier. The Brazilian government has a program called "University for All" (ProUni). In the end of the High School, you can take a test called ENEM (High School National Exam). After that you can enroll in this program. You choose two private universities you'd like to go to, and according to your score, it tells you if you can go to any of those universities. There is also a program called Sisu (Unified Selection System), which is for federal universities, and it is harder. College or University in Brazil take usually four or five years. Then the student can go to a higher level of studies. Then he starts working...<br />
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I guess that's all! Would you like to share with us the Educational System of your country? Leave a comment below! Keep studying!<br />
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This is the first post of 2013! The world didn't end!Today we're gonna read a text with some words related to this time of the year. Can you tell what the colored words mean in your language? Pay close attention:<br />
Essa é a primeira postagem de 2013! O mundo não acabou! Hoje vamos ler um texto com algumas palavras relacionadas à essa época do ano. Você pode dizer o que as palavras coloridas significam? Preste atenção:<br />
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"Everything starts when we are setting the <span style="color: blue;"><b>Christmas Tree</b></span>. It's a very good moment because we know <span style="color: blue;"><b>Christmas</b></span> is coming! We choose the best <b><span style="color: blue;">decoration</span></b> for our house, like the <b><span style="color: blue;">socks at the fireplace</span></b>, the lights hanging on the walls and <b><span style="color: blue;">bright star</span></b> on the top of the Christmas Tree. Here in Brazil, as the day draws nearer, people go to the supermaket and buy the things they will eat at <b><span style="color: blue;">dinner</span></b> of the 24th of December. Some time after the dinner, people give <b><span style="color: blue;">gifts</span></b> one to another. Everybody gets happy! Then they wait until <b><span style="color: blue;">midnight</span></b>, when you can see a lot of <b><span style="color: blue;">fireworks</span></b> in the sky. But sometimes people forget why we <b><span style="color: blue;">celebrate </span></b>Christmas. Jesus was sent from <b><span style="color: blue;">Heaven</span></b>, he is the son of <b><span style="color: blue;">God</span></b>, and He came to this earth and lived the perfect life and died for our <b><span style="color: blue;">sins</span></b>, because God doesn't allow sin into his Heaven, and when we die, if we had accepted Jesus as our <b><span style="color: blue;">Savior</span></b>, we are going to Heaven. He was born about 2012 years ago, and that's why we celebrate Christmas. We give gifts because Jesus and his family got gifts from three <b><span style="color: blue;">kings</span></b> who came to see the new born baby, in the city of <b><span style="color: blue;">Bethlehem</span></b>. But there is also a funny person in Christmas, his name is <b><span style="color: blue;">Santa Claus</span></b>. He is a very old and fat man who wears red and white clothes and gives gifts to every children in the world if they had been good children throughout the year.<br />
After Christmas, comes the <b><span style="color: blue;">New Year</span></b>. In Brazil, people like to wear <b><span style="color: blue;">white clothes</span></b>. They also say that you can have <b><span style="color: blue;">good luck</span></b> in the next year if you eat <b><span style="color: blue;">lentils</span></b>. If you are at the <b><span style="color: blue;">beach</span></b>, you will see people jumping over seven <b><span style="color: blue;">waves</span></b>, that brings good luck. And finally the <b><span style="color: blue;">countdown</span></b>. Lots of firework in the sky, people <b><span style="color: blue;">hugging</span></b> each other, happiness! They like to <b><span style="color: blue;">make plans</span></b> for the next year, to <b><span style="color: blue;">achieve goals</span></b>, like buying their new house, having a car, going on a trip... Some people can achieve their dreams, some can't... But if you want to reach a goal, you have to <b><span style="color: blue;">fight for it</span></b>, not literally, but you have to <b><span style="color: blue;">work hard</span></b> to make your dream <b><span style="color: blue;">come true</span></b>. You can't <b><span style="color: blue;">give up</span></b>! Say it: "<b><span style="color: blue;">I won't give up!</span></b>".<br />
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Espero que tenha gostado desse texto e que tenha conseguido traduzir todas as palavras coloridas.<br />
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Today I would like to talk a little bit about my country, Brazil! I'm gonna write a short text about it and you have to figure out if there is anything in it which I have posted about, ok? For example:<br />
"Brazil is the largest country in South America." - From this sentence, you can say that I posted about <a href="http://travelthroughenglish.blogspot.com.br/2011/07/countries-and-nationalities-part-1_07.html">Countries and Nationalities</a>, about <a href="http://travelthroughenglish.blogspot.com.br/2010/11/comparisons.html">Comparisons</a> (largest), and so on...<br />
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"When I was a little boy at school, my teachers used to tell me that each one of the four colors in the Brazilian flag had a different meaning: the green represents the forests and woodlands, the yellow is for the gold that existed in abundance, the blue represents the brazilian sky and each star represents a brazilian state and, finally, there is a saying on a white band, 'Ordem e Progresso', that is, 'Order and Progress'...<br />
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Brazil was discovered by Portuguese in the year of 1500 a.C.. Well, actually, there were already people here in Brazil when they arrived, and these people were the Indians, Indegenous, the native-born. There was a very important tree at that time, and it was called 'pau-brasil', that is, 'brazilwood', and you could extract a dye from that tree, which Indians used to paint their faces and bodies with.<br />
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At the end of the seventeenth century, exports of Brazilian sugar started to decline, and Portugal had to look for new sources of income. The Bandeirantes, "followers of the banner", had an <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">original purpose which was to capture and force amerindians into slavery from 1580 to 1670, but they focused on mineral wealth from 1670 to 1750. The Bandeiras, "flags" in Portuguese, are like slave-hunting expeditions. They found much gold, silver and other minerals . In a short way, Portugal has got nearly all the gold found in Brazil, and it is in many countries all over the world.</span></span><br />
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If you visit <a href="http://www.lisbonlux.com/magazine/the-10-most-magnificent-treasures-of-golden-lisbon/">this site</a>, you'll see "<i>The 10 Most Magnificent Treasures of Golden Lisbon</i>", it's worth reading!</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Hoje eu gostaria de falar um pouco sobre o meu país, o Brasil! Eu vou escrever um pequeno texto sobre ele e você tem que descobrir se há alguma coisa nele sobre a qual eu postei, ok? Por exemplo:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Brazil is the largest country in South America.". - A partir desta frase, você pode dizer que eu postei sobre Países e Nacionalidades, sobre as comparações (largest), e assim por diante ...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"When I was a little boy at school, my teachers used to tell me that each one of the four colors in the Brazilian flag had a different meaning: the green represents the forests and woodlands, the yellow is for the gold that existed in abundance, the blue represents the brazilian sky and each star represents a brazilian state and, finally, there is a saying on a white band, 'Ordem e Progresso', that is, 'Order and Progress'...</span>
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Brazil was discovered by Portuguese in the year of 1500 a.C.. Well, actually, there were already people here in Brazil when they arrived, and these people were the Indians, Indegenous, the native-born. There was a very important tree at that time, and it was called 'pau-brasil', that is, 'brazilwood', and you could extract a dye from that tree, which Indians used to paint their faces and bodies with.<br />
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At the end of the seventeenth century, exports of Brazilian sugar started to decline, and Portugal had to look for new sources of income. The Bandeirantes, "followers of the banner", had an <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">original purpose which was to capture and force amerindians into slavery from 1580 to 1670, but they focused on mineral wealth from 1670 to 1750. The Bandeiras, "flags" in Portuguese, are like slave-hunting expeditions. They found much gold, silver and other minerals . In a short way, Portugal has got nearly all the gold found in Brazil, and it is in many countries all over the world.</span></span><br />
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If you visit <a href="http://www.lisbonlux.com/magazine/the-10-most-magnificent-treasures-of-golden-lisbon/">this site</a>, you'll see "<i>The 10 Most Magnificent Treasures of Golden Lisbon</i>", it's worth reading!"</div>
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Espero que tenham gostado de aprender um pouco sobre o Brasil. Claro, isso não é toda a história, isso é apenas um pequeno texto com algumas informações sobre o Brasil que você pode ler e aprender mais Inglês!<br />
Espero que tenham gostado!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">See you!</span>Jonathas dos Santos Benvindohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615518477760938182noreply@blogger.com0R. José Geromini, 80 - Tupã - São Paulo, 17603-390, Brasil-21.93802 -50.4996375-21.939861 -50.502105 -21.936179000000003 -50.49717tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804904911295855128.post-3432313011729553782012-01-27T10:18:00.000-02:002012-01-27T10:18:34.342-02:00We're back!<span style="font-size: large;">Hey guys!</span><br />
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Did you have a good time? I hope so...<br />
One month after the last post, I'm here to say that we are back (really?)!<br />
So, we are back!<br />
I hope you keep on reading this blog!<br />
Have a good time!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">See you!</span>Jonathas dos Santos Benvindohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615518477760938182noreply@blogger.com0R. José Geromini, 80 - Tupã - São Paulo, 17603-390, Brasil-21.93802 -50.4996375-21.939851 -50.5020945 -21.936189000000002 -50.4971805tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804904911295855128.post-78412557697243972122011-12-24T10:39:00.001-02:002011-12-24T10:39:38.961-02:00Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Hello everyone!</span></div>
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Today I'm writing the last post of 2011. </div>
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I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.</div>
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Thank you so much for reading this blog.</div>
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We'll be back next year!</div>
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I hope Santa gives you many gifts.</div>
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And, once again, thank you so much for reading our blog.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">See you in </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">2012</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">!</span></div>Jonathas dos Santos Benvindohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615518477760938182noreply@blogger.com1R. José Geromini, 80 - Tupã - São Paulo, 17603-390, Brazil-21.93802 -50.4996375-21.939861 -50.502105 -21.936179000000003 -50.49717tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804904911295855128.post-69562925199136694902011-12-01T17:52:00.001-02:002011-12-02T18:30:00.737-02:00Holidays - Exercises<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Hey!</span><br />
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Like I said, today you'll answer some exercises if you read those posts about Holidays:<br />
Como eu disse, hoje você responderá algumas perguntas se você leu os posts sobre Feriados:<br />
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Today I bring you the third part of our class about holidays. Pay close attention to it if you want to answer the future exercises about it. <br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">The Independence Day</span></b> is on July 4, a day for picnic and patriotic parades all over the US and this holiday honors the USA's birthday. There are concerts and fireworks.<br />
In Brazil, it falls on May 1, but in the USA, it's on the first Monday of September. It's the <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Labor Day</span></b>, a day to honor the working people of the nation. For some people it's the end of the summer vacation season and the school year begins.<br />
In Brazil, on September 7, 1822, D. Pedro de Alcântara de Bragança proclaimed the independence of our nation. It's the <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Independence Day</span></b>. There are parades all over the country and fireworks. Some people like to go to the beach or places like that on this day. <br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Columbus Day</span></b> is a federal holiday celebrated on the second Monday in October. This day commemorates when Christpher Columbus landed in the New World on October 12, 1492.<br />
On October 12, too, in Brazil, is the day of the patroness of the country, <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Nossa Senhora Aparecida</span></b>. This is a very important day for catholics, because Nossa Senhora Aparecida is Jesus's mother, but they idolize images, but I'm evangelic.<br />
In October we have the scariest holiday. It's <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Halloween</span></b>, October 31. The best thing of it is when people dress up with funny or scary costumes and say "Trick or Treat". It's so funny!<br />
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On November 2, in Brazil, we have a day when we go to the cemetery to visit the graves of people who we loved but are dead... It's called Day of the Dead or <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">All Soul's Day</span></b>.<br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Veterans Day</span></b> falls on November 11. This day was established to honor americans who have fought in World War I, but today it honors veterans who have served in all wars in which the US have fought.<br />
On November 15, we have the <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Proclamation of the Brazilian Republic</span></b>.On this day in the year of 1889, according to Wikipedia, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="hps">It was</span> <span class="hps">brought</span> <span class="hps">to</span> <span class="hps">federal</span> <span class="hps">presidential</span> <span class="hps">republican form</span> <span class="hps">of government in Brazil</span><span class="">, dropping the</span> <span class="hps">parliamentary</span> <span class="hps">constitutional monarchy</span> <span class="hps">of the Empire of</span> <span class="hps">Brazil and </span><span class="hps">therefore</span> <span class="hps">ending the</span> <span class="hps">sovereignty of the</span> <span class="hps">Emperor</span> <span class="hps">Pedro</span> <span class="hps">II.</span> <span class="hps">It was then</span> <span class="hps">proclaimed a republic</span> <span class="hps">of the United States</span> <span class="hps">of Brazil."</span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="hps">In Brazil, again, we have the <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Black Conciousness Day</span></b>. It falls on November 20, and it is dedicated to the reflexion about the inclusion of the black people in Brazilian society. This day was chosen to coincide with Zumbi dos Palmares's Day. This man was the last leader of the Quilombo dos Palmares. </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="hps">The Quilombo</span> <span class="hps">dos Palmares</span> <span class="hps">was</span> <span class="hps">a</span> <span class="hps">self-sustainable community</span>, a kingdom <span class="hps">formed by</span> <span class="hps">black slaves</span> <span class="hps">who had escaped</span> <span class="hps">from Brazilian farms, </span><span class="hps">prisons and</span> <span class="hps">slave quarters</span>.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Thanksgiving Day</span></b> is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November. It was created to thank for the harvest, in 1621. Some think that this was the first Thanksgiving feast of the nation. People usually eat what they ate in 1621: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">roast turkey, cranberry sauce, potatoes, and pumpkin pie.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day</span></b> is on December 7. On this day, in 1941, more than 2,400 military service personnel died during the surprise attack by Japanese forces, and it caused the United States to enter the World War II.</span></span><br />
And finally, December 25, the day the church chose to celebrate Jesus's birthday. On this day, many children write letters for Santa Claus, asking for presents like a bike or a doll. I'm writing mine... This day is called <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Christmas Day</span></b>.<br />
Six days after Christmas, many people go to the beach, in the night, to wait for the new year, and it starts all over again...<br />
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I hope you liked our lesson about holidays.<br />
Next holiday is Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, don't forget it!<br />
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Hoje eu trago a vocês a terceira parte da nossa aula sobre feriados. Preste atenção a ela se você quiser responder os futuros exercícios sobre ela.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span title="The Independence Day is on July 4, a day for picnic and patriotic parades all over the US and this holiday honors the USA's birthday.">O <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Dia da Independência</span></b> é em 4 de julho, um dia para o piquenique e desfiles patrióticos em todo os EUA e esta honra do feriado de aniversário dos EUA. </span><span title="There are concerts and fireworks.">Há concertos e fogos de artifício.</span><span title="In Brazil, it falls on May 1, but in the USA, it's on the first Monday of September.">No Brasil, ela cai em 01 de maio, mas nos EUA, é na primeira segunda-feira de setembro. </span><span title="It's the Labor Day, a day to honor the working people of the nation.">É o <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Dia do Trabalho</span></b>, um dia para homenagear as pessoas que trabalham da nação. </span><span title="For some people it's the end of the summer vacation season and the school year begins.">Para algumas pessoas é o fim da temporada de férias de verão eo ano escolar começa.</span><span title="In Brazil, on September 7, 1822, D. Pedro de Alcântara de Bragança proclaimed the independence of our nation.">No Brasil, em 7 de setembro de 1822, D. Pedro de Alcântara de Bragança proclamou a independência de nossa nação. </span><span title="It's the Independence Day.">É o <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Dia da Independência</span></b>. </span><span title="There are parades all over the country and fireworks.">Há desfiles em todo o país e fogos de artifício. </span><span title="Some people like to go to the beach or places like that on this day.">Algumas pessoas gostam de ir à praia ou lugares assim neste dia.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span title="Columbus Day is a federal holiday celebrated on the second Monday in October.">O <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Dia de Cristovão Colombo</span></b> é um feriado federal comemorado na segunda segunda-feira em outubro. </span><span title="This day commemorates when Christpher Columbus landed in the New World on October 12, 1492.">Este dia comemora quando Cristovão Colombo desembarcou no Novo Mundo em 12 de outubro de 1492.</span><span title="On October 12, too, in Brazil, is the day of the patroness of the country, Nossa Senhora Aparecida.">Em 12 de outubro, também, no Brasil, é o dia da padroeira do país, <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Nossa Senhora Aparecida</span></b>. </span><span title="This is a very important day for catholics, because Nossa Senhora Aparecida is Jesus's mother, but they idolize images, but I'm evangelic.">Este é um dia muito importante para os católicos, porque Nossa Senhora Aparecida é a mãe de Jesus, mas eles idolatram imagens, mas eu sou evangélico.</span><span title="In October we have the scariest holiday.">Em outubro temos o mais assustador feriado. </span><span title="It's Halloween, October 31.">É <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Halloween</span></b>, 31 de outubro. </span><span title="The best thing of it is when people dress up with funny or scary costumes and say "Trick or Treat".">A melhor coisa é quando as pessoas se vestem com roupas engraçadas ou assustadoras e dizem "Gostosuras ou Travessuras". </span><span title="It's so funny!">É tão engraçado!</span><span title="On November 2, in Brazil, we have a day when we go to the cemetery to visit the graves of people who we loved but are dead...">Em 2 de novembro, no Brasil, temos um dia quando vamos ao cemitério para visitar os túmulos de pessoas que nós amamos, mas estão mortos ... </span><span title="It's called Day of the Dead or All Soul's Day.">É chamado de Dia dos Mortos ou <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Dia de Finados</span></b>.</span><span title="Veterans Day falls on November 11.">O <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Dia dos Veteranos</span></b> cai em 11 de novembro. </span><span title="This day was established to honor americans who have fought in World War I, but today it honors veterans who have served in all wars in which the US have fought.">Este dia foi criado para homenagear os americanos que lutaram na Primeira Guerra Mundial, mas hoje homenageia veteranos que serviram em todas as guerras em que os EUA lutou.</span><span title="On November 15, we have the Proclamation of the Brazilian Republic.On this day in the year of 1889, according to Wikipedia, "It was brought to federal presidential republican form of government in Brazil, dropping the parliamentary constitutional monarchy of the Empire of Brazil">Em 15 de novembro, temos a <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Proclamação da Republica Brasileira</span></b>. Neste dia no ano de 1889, de acordo com a Wikipedia, "foi instaurada a forma republicana federativa presidencialista de governo no Brasil, derrubando a monarquia constitucional parlamentarista do governo do Brasil </span><span title="and therefore ending the sovereignty of the Emperor Pedro II. It was then proclaimed a republic of the United States of Brazil."">e, portanto, acabando com a soberania do Imperador Pedro II. Foi então proclamada a República dos Estados Unidos do Brasil".</span><span title="In Brazil, again, we have the Black Conciousness Day.">No Brasil, mais uma vez, temos o <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Dia da Consciência Negra</span></b>. </span><span title="It falls on November 20, and it is dedicated to the reflexion about the inclusion of the black people in Brazilian society.">Cai em 20 de novembro, e é dedicado à reflexão sobre a inclusão do povo negro na sociedade brasileira. </span><span title="This day was chosen to coincide with Zumbi dos Palmares's Day.">Este dia foi escolhido para coincidir com o <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Dia de Zumbi dos Palmares</span></b>. </span><span title="This man was the last leader of the Quilombo dos Palmares.">Este homem foi o último líder do Quilombo dos Palmares. </span><span title="The Quilombo dos Palmares was a self-sustainable community, a kingdom formed by black slaves who had escaped from Brazilian farms, prisons and slave quarters.">O Quilombo dos Palmares era uma comunidade auto-sustentável, um reino formado por escravos negros que haviam escapado das fazendas brasileiras, prisões e senzalas.</span><span title="The Thanksgiving Day is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November.">O <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Dia de Ação de Graças</span></b> é comemorado na quarta quinta-feira em novembro. </span><span title="It was created to thank for the harvest, in 1621.">Ele foi criado para agradecer a colheita, em 1621. </span><span title="Some think that this was the first Thanksgiving feast of the nation.">Alguns pensam que esta era a festa de Ação de Graças primeiro da nação. </span><span title="People usually eat what they ate in 1621: roast turkey, cranberry sauce, potatoes, and pumpkin pie.">As pessoas costumam comer o que comiam em 1621: peru assado, molho de cranberry, batatas e torta de abóbora.</span><span title="Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day is on December 7.">O <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Dia de Lembrança de Pearl Harbor</span></b> é em 7 de dezembro. </span><span title="On this day, in 1941, more than 2,400 military service personnel died during the surprise attack by Japanese forces, and it caused the United States to enter the Worl War II.">Neste dia, em 1941, mais de 2.400 funcionários do serviço militar morreu durante o ataque surpresa pelas forças japonesas, e que com que Estados Unidos para entrassem no Segunda Guerra Mundial.</span><span title="And finally, December 25, the day the church chose to celebrate Jesus's birthday.">E, finalmente, 25 de dezembro, dia em que a igreja escolheu para comemorar o aniversário de Jesus. </span><span title="On this day, many children write letters for Santa Claus, asking for presents like a bike or a doll.">Neste dia, muitas crianças escrevem cartas para Papai Noel, pedindo presentes como uma bicicleta ou uma boneca. </span><span title="I'm writing mine...">Eu estou escrevendo a minha ... </span><span title="This day is called Christmas Day.">Este dia é chamado de <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Natal</span></b>.</span><span title="Six days after Christmas, many people go to the beach, in the night, to wait for the new year, and it starts all over again...">Seis dias depois do Natal, muitas pessoas vão à praia, à noite, para esperar o ano novo, e começa tudo de novo ...</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span title="Six days after Christmas, many people go to the beach, in the night, to wait for the new year, and it starts all over again...">Espero que tenham gostado da nossa aula sobre feriados.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span title="Six days after Christmas, many people go to the beach, in the night, to wait for the new year, and it starts all over again...">See you!</span></span></span>Jonathas dos Santos Benvindohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615518477760938182noreply@blogger.com0R. José Geromini, 80 - Tupã - São Paulo, 17603-390, Brazil-21.93802 -50.4996375-21.939861 -50.502105 -21.936179000000003 -50.49717tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804904911295855128.post-27545703558337075472011-11-10T12:26:00.001-02:002011-11-14T14:20:09.279-02:00Holidays - II<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Hello again!</span><br />
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Today I'm gonna post the second part of our lesson about Holidays. I'm gonna post about what people do during a holiday in the United States as in Brazil. I hope you like it:<br />
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I think that the most anticipated holiday is <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Easter</span></b>. It falls on a spring Sunday, but varies from year to year. It's a Christian holiday that celebrates Jesus Christ's resurrection. In the USA, parents give their children baskets of candy and many americans follow an old tradition of coloring hard-boiled eggs. In Brazil, people usually give chocolate eggs, and children love it when they see a rabbit, a traditional symbol of Easter in Brazil.<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The next holiday happens in Brazil. It is called <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Tiradente's Day</span></b>, or in English, Toothpuller's Day and it falls on April 21. Tiradentes (Joaquim José da Silva Xavier) was a dentist and was a leading member of the Brazilian revolutionary movement known as Inconfidência Mineira "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">whose aim was full independence from the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Portuguese</span> colonial power and to create a Brazilian republic. When the plan was discovered, Tiradentes was arrested, tried and publicly hanged. Since the 19th century he has been considered a national hero of Brazil and patron of the Minas Gerais Military Police.", according to Wikipedia. I don't think people do anything here in Brazil during this holiday...</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">On April 22 is celebrated the <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Earth Day</span></b>. It was first celebrated in 1970 in the USA. This day was created to make people worry about their environment, to promote ecology and encourage respect for life on earth.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">The <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Labor Day</span></b> is on May 1 in Brazil. In the USA, it falls on the first Monday of September. We usually say "Oh God, thank you! I don't need to work or study today!" but some people work on this day...</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">On the second Monday of May is celebrated the <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Mother's Day</span></b>. People give flowers and cards to their mother. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">My mom, particularly, says that on this day, I and my sister have to do the dishes, wash our clothes, clean the house, because it's HER day... I love her!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">The next holiday falls on the last Monday of May, the </span><b style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Memorial Day</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">. It was created to honor the people killed in the American Civil War but it has become a day on which the dead are remembered. The flying of the American flag is widespread. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Speaking of the <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">American flag</span></b>, on June 14 people display their American flags outside their homes and business.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">Like the mothers, the <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">fathers</span></b> also have their day. It falls on the third Sunday of June. Many children give cards and presents to their fathers. In Brazil, it falls on the second Sunday of August.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">On the next post, you'll learn about more holidays, don't miss it!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;"><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; line-height: normal;" title="Today I'm gonna post the second part of our lesson about Holidays.">Hoje eu vou postar a segunda parte de nossa lição sobre feriados.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; line-height: normal;" title="I'm gonna post about what people do during a holiday in the United States as in Brazil.">Eu vou postar sobre o que as pessoas fazem durante um feriado nos Estados Unidos como no Brasil. </span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; line-height: normal;" title="I hope you like it:">Espero que gostem:<br /></span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; line-height: normal;" title="I think that the most anticipated holiday is Easter."><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">Acho que o feriado mais esperado é a </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Páscoa</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">. </span></span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; line-height: normal;" title="It falls on a sping Sunday, but varies from year to year.">Ela cai em um domingo de primavera, mas varia de ano para ano. </span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; line-height: normal;" title="It's a Christian holiday that celebrates Jesus Christ's resurrection.">É um feriado cristão que celebra a ressurreição de Jesus Cristo. </span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; line-height: normal;" title="In the USA, parents give their children baskets of candy and many americans follow an old tradition of coloring hard-boiled eggs.">Nos EUA, os pais dão aos filhos cestas de doces e muitos norte-americanos seguem uma velha tradição de colorir ovos cozidos. </span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; line-height: normal;" title="In Brazil, people usually give chocolate eggs, and children love it when they see a rabbit, a traditional symbol of Easter in Brazil.">No Brasil, as pessoas costumam dar ovos de chocolate, e as crianças adoram quando vêem um coelho, um símbolo tradicional da Páscoa no Brasil.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;"><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; line-height: normal;" title="The next holiday happens in Brazil.">O próximo feriado acontece no Brasil. </span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; line-height: normal;" title="It is called Tiradente's Day, or in English, Toothpuller's Day and it falls on April 21."><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">Ele é chamado de </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Dia de Tiradentes</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">, ou em Inglês, "Toothpuller's Day"e ele cai em 21 de abril. </span></span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; line-height: normal;" title="Tiradentes (Joaquim José da Silva Xavier) was a dentist and was a leading member of the Brazilian revolutionary movement known as Inconfidência Mineira "whose aim was full independence from the Portuguese colonial power and to create a Brazilian republic. When the plan was discovered, Tiradentes">Tiradentes (Joaquim José da Silva Xavier) foi um dentista e foi um dos principais membros do movimento revolucionário brasileiro conhecido como "Inconfidência Mineira", "cujo objetivo era a plena independência do poder colonial Português e criar uma república brasileira. Quando o plano foi descoberto, Tiradentes </span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; line-height: normal;" title="was arrested, tried and publicly hanged. Since the 19th century he has been considered a national hero of Brazil and patron of the Minas Gerais Military Police.", according to Wikipedia.">foi preso, julgado e enforcado publicamente. Desde o século 19, ele tem sido considerado um herói nacional do Brasil e patrono da Polícia Militar de Minas Gerais.", segundo a Wikipedia. </span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; line-height: normal;" title="I don't think people do anything here in Brazil during this holiday...">Eu não acho que as pessoas fazem alguma coisa aqui no Brasil durante este feriado ...</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; line-height: normal;" title="On April 22 is celebrated the Earth Day."><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">Em 22 de abril é comemorado o </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Dia da Terra</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">. </span></span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; line-height: normal;" title="It was first celebrated in 1970 in the USA.">Foi celebrado pela primeira vez em 1970 nos EUA. </span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; line-height: normal;" title="This day was created to make people worry about their environment, to promote ecology and encourage respect for life on earth.">Este dia foi criado para fazer as pessoas se preocupam com o meio ambiente, para promover a ecologia e estimular o respeito à vida na Terra.</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; line-height: normal;" title="The Labor Day is on May 1 in Brazil."><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">O </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Dia do Trabalho</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> é em 1 de maio no Brasil. </span></span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; line-height: normal;" title="In the USA, it falls on the first Monday of September.">Nos EUA, ele cai na primeira segunda-feira de setembro. </span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; line-height: normal;" title="We usually say "Oh God, thank you! I don't need to work or study today!"">Costumamos dizer: "Oh Deus, obrigado! Eu não preciso trabalhar ou estudar hoje!"</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; line-height: normal;" title="but some people work on this day...">mas algumas pessoas trabalham neste dia ...</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; line-height: normal;" title="On the second Monday of May is celebrated the Mother's Day."><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">Na segunda segunda-feira de maio é comemorado o </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Dia das Mães</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">. </span></span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; line-height: normal;" title="People give flowers and cards to their mother.">As pessoas dão flores e cartas para sua mãe. </span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; line-height: normal;" title="My mom, particularly, says that on this day, I and my sister have to do the dishes, wash our clothes, clean the house, because it's HER day...">Minha mãe, em particular, diz que neste dia, eu e minha irmã temos que lavar a louça, lavar nossas roupas, limpar a casa, porque é o dia dela ... </span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; line-height: normal;" title="I love her!">Eu amo ela!</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; line-height: normal;" title="The next holiday falls on the last Monday of May, the Memorial Day."><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">O próximo feriado cai na última segunda-feira de maio, o </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Dia da Lembrança</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">. </span></span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; line-height: normal;" title="It was created to honor the people killed in the American Civil War but it has become a day on which the dead are remembered.">Foi criado para homenagear as pessoas mortas na Guerra Civil Americana, mas tornou-se um dia em que os mortos são lembrados. </span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; line-height: normal;" title="The flying of the American flag is widespread.">O hasteamento da bandeira americana é muito difundido. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;"><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; line-height: normal;" title="Talking about the American flag, on June 14 people display their American flags outside their homes and business."><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">Falando sobre a </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">bandeira americana</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">, em 14 de junho as pessoas colocam suas bandeiras americanas para fora de suas casas e negócios.</span></span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; line-height: normal;" title="Like the mothers, the fathers also have their day."><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">Como as mães, os </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">pais</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> também têm o seu dia. </span></span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; line-height: normal;" title="It falls on the third Sunday of June.">Ela cai no terceiro domingo de junho. </span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; line-height: normal;" title="Many children give cards, and presents to their fathers.">Muitas crianças dão cartas e presentes a seus pais. </span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; line-height: normal;" title="In Brazil, it falls on the second Sunday of August.">No Brasil, cai no segundo domingo de agosto.<br /></span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; line-height: normal;" title="On the next post, you'll learn about more holidays, don't miss it!">No próximo post, você vai aprender sobre férias mais, não perca!</span></span><br />
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Some days ago, November began... Time flies! Here in Brazil we started the month with a holiday. Well, it was not exactly on November 1, it was on November 2, we celebrated the All Souls' Day, right after the Day of All Saints and Halloween. This day, November 2, as you probably know, is the day when people go to the cemetery and take candles and flowers with them to their dead relatives and pray for them.<br />
In this post, I'm going to talk about some important holidays here in Brazil as in the United States. You'll also be able to read about what people do during a holiday. Pay close attention to it:<br />
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The first holiday of the year is, of course, the <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">New Year's Day</span></b>. It's celebrated on January 1. In Brazil most people go to the beach, in white clothes, and jump over seven waves "for luck". Some people keep lentil in their purse for luck too. Here in Brazil, people also start in this day doing things like eating better, saving money, working not too hard, going to the gym, studying... In the USA, people also have goals for the New Year, but they go to New York to see the ball fall down and the fireworks at Times Square. Who can't go to New York, go to the city center where of course there's Christmas decoration and fireworks and parades and live music. This is the first day of the year...<br />
The next holiday is the <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Martin Luther King Day</span></b>. It is a federal holiday celebrated on the third Monday in January. The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. was an African-American clergyman who is recognized for his tireless efforts to win civil rights for all people through nonviolent means. We do not have this holiday in Brazil.<br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Groundhog Day</span></b> is the next one. It is February 2, and it has been celebrated since 1887. On Groundhog Day, many people gather in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, to see if groundhog Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow after emerging from his burrow, thus predicting six more weeks of winter weather. We also don't have this holiday in Brazil.<br />
The most lovely holiday is, without any shadow of doubt, is the <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Valentine's Day</span></b>. On this day, people in the USA give cards to their friends with sayings like "I love you" or with drawings by the person delivering the card. It's a very lovely day. In Brazil this day is celebrated on June 12 and people give candies, cards and the man usually calls his girlfriend.<br />
The next one is on the third Monday of February, it's the <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Presidents' Day</span></b>. It was created to honor George Washington, the USA's first president.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="hps">Alguns</span> <span class="hps">dias atrás</span>, Novembro começou<span class="hps">...</span> <span class="hps">O tempo voa!</span> <span class="hps">Aqui no Brasil</span> <span class="hps">nós começamos</span> <span class="hps">o mês com</span> <span class="hps">um feriado.</span> <span class="hps">Bem, não</span> <span class="hps">era exatamente</span> <span class="hps">em 1 de novembro</span><span class="">, foi</span> <span class="hps">em 2 de novembro</span>, comemoramos <span class="hps">o Dia</span> <span class="hps">de Finados</span>, logo após o <span class="hps">Dia</span> <span class="hps">de Todos os Santos</span> <span class="hps">e</span> o <span class="hps">Dia das Bruxas.</span> <span class="hps">Neste dia,</span> <span class="hps">02 de novembro</span>, <span class="hps">como você provavelmente sabe</span><span class="">, é o dia</span> <span class="hps">quando as pessoas vão</span> <span class="hps">ao cemitério</span> <span class="hps">e levam</span> <span class="hps">velas e flores</span> <span class="hps">com eles para</span> <span class="hps">seus parentes mortos</span> <span class="hps">e para orar por eles</span>.<br /><span class="hps">Neste post</span>, vou <span class="hps">falar sobre alguns</span> <span class="hps">feriados importantes</span> <span class="hps">aqui no Brasil</span> <span class="hps">como nos Estados</span> <span class="hps">Unidos.</span> <span class="hps">Você também poderá</span> <span class="hps">ler sobre o que</span> <span class="hps">as pessoas fazem </span><span class="hps">durante um feriado</span>. <span class="hps">Preste muita atenção</span> <span class="hps">a ele:</span></span></span><br />
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class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">É</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">comemorado em </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">01 de janeiro</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">. </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">No Brasil</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">a maioria das pessoas</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> vão</span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;"> à praia</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">, </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">com roupas brancas,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">e pulam</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">sete ondas</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps atn" style="color: #333333;">"</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">para dar sorte". </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">Algumas pessoas guardam</span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;"> lentilha</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> em suas carteiras </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">para dar sorte</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">também.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">Aqui no Brasil</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">, as pessoas também </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">começam</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">neste dia</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> a </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">fazer coisas como</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">comer melhor</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">, </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">poupar dinheiro,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">trabalhar não</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">muito duro,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">ir à academia</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">, estudar</span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">Nos EUA</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">, as pessoas também </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">têm metas</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">para o Ano Novo</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">, mas </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">eles vão para</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">Nova York para ver</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">a bola</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">cair e</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">os fogos de artifício em</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">Times Square.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">Quem não pode</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">ir para Nova York</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">, vá para o </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">centro da cidade onde</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">, naturalmente, há </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">decoração de Natal</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">e fogos de artifício</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">e desfiles</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">e música ao vivo</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">. </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">Este</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">é o primeiro dia</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">do ano...</span><br /><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">O próximo feriado</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">é o</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="hps">Dia de Martin Luther</span> </span></b><span class="hps"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">King</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">É</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">um feriado federal</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">comemorado no</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">terceiro domingo de</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">janeiro.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">O reverendo</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">Martin</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">Luther</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">King,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">Jr.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">era um clérigo </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">Africano-Americano que</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">é reconhecido</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">por seus esforços</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">incansáveis para </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">conquistar direitos civis</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">para todos os povos</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">através de meios</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">não-violentos.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">Nós não temos</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">este feriado</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">no Brasil.</span><br /><span class="hps"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">O </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Dia da Marmota</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">é</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> o</span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;"> próximo.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">É</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> em </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">02 de fevereiro</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">, e tem </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">sido comemorado</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">desde 1887.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">No</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">Dia da Marmota,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">muitas pessoas</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">se reúnem em</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">Punxsutawney</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">, Pensilvânia, </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">para ver se</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> a marmota </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">Punxsutawney</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">Phil</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">vê</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">sua sombra</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">depois de sair de</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">sua toca</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">, </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">prevendo assim</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">mais seis semanas de</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">inverno</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">. </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">Nós</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">também não temos</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">este feriado</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">no Brasil.</span><br /><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">O feriado mais</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">bonito</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">é, sem</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">qualquer sombra de dúvida</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">, o </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>Dia </b><span class="hps"><b>dos Namorados</b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">. </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">Neste dia</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">, as pessoas </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">nos EUA</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">dão</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">cartões para</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">seus amigos com</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps atn" style="color: #333333;">frases como "</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">eu te amo" </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">ou com</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">desenhos feitos pela</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">pessoa que entrega</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">o cartão.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">É um dia </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">muito lindo</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">. </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">No Brasil, esse</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">dia é comemorado</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">em 12 de junho</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">e</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">as pessoas dão </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">doces,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">cartões e</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">o homem</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #333333;">costuma ligar para</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: 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Today I'll post a song that you probably know... It is sang by Bruno Mars and Travie McCoy and is called <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Billionaire</span></b>. The video is here:<br />
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Hoje postarei uma música que você provavelmente conhece... É cantada por Bruno Mars e Travie McCoy e se chama <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Billionaire</span></b>. O vídeo está aqui:<br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Billionaire - Travie McCoy and Bruno Mars</span></b><br />
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(Bruno Mars)<br />
I wanna be a billionaire so fucking bad.<br />
Buy all of the things I never had.<br />
I wanna be on the cover of Forbes magazine.<br />
Smiling next to Oprah and the Queen.</div>
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Oh everytime I close my eyes.<br />
I see my name in shining lights.<br />
Yeah, a different city every night oh<br />
I, I swear the world better prepare<br />
for when i'm a billionaire.</div>
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(Travie McCoy)<br />
Yeah I would have a show like Oprah<br />
I would be the host of everyday christmas give Travie a wish list.<br />
I'd probably pull an Angelina and Brad Pitt<br />
and adopt a bunch of babies that ain't never had shit.<br />
Give away a few Mercedes like here lady have this.<br />
And last but not least grant somebody they last wish.<br />
It's been a couple months that i've been single so<br />
you can call me Travie Claus minus the ho ho.<br />
Ahaa get it.<br />
I'd probably visit where Katrina hit<br />
and damn sure do alot more than FEMA did.<br />
Yeah can't forget about me stupid.<br />
Everywhere I go imma have my own theme music.</div>
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Oh everytime I close my eyes<br />
(What you see? What you see? bro) I see my name in shining lights.<br />
(Ahan, ahan and what else?) Oh ye-eah a different city every night oh<br />
I, I swear the world better prepare<br />
for when I'm a billionaire.<br />
Oh oh oh oooh when I'm a billionaire.<br />
Oh oh oh oooh.</div>
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(Travie McCoy)<br />
I'll be playing basketball with the president.<br />
Dunking on his delegates.<br />
Then I compliment on his political etiquette.<br />
Toss a couple milli in the air just for the heck of it<br />
But keep the fives, twentys, tens, and bens completely separate<br />
And yeah I'll be in a whole new tax bracket<br />
We in recession but let me take a crack at it<br />
I'll probably take whatevers left and just split it up<br />
So everybody that I love can have a couple bucks<br />
And not a single tummy around me would know what hungry was<br />
Eating good sleeping soundly<br />
I know we all have a similar dream<br />
Go in your pocket pull out your wallet<br />
And put it in the air and sing</div>
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(Bruno Mars)<br />
I wanna be a billionaire so fucking bad<br />
Buy all of the things I never had<br />
Uh, I wanna be on the cover of Forbes magazine<br />
Smiling next to Oprah and the Queen<br />
(What up Oprah?) Oh everytime I close my eyes<br />
(what you see? What you see? bro) I see my name in shining lights.<br />
(Ahan, ahan and what else?) Yeah a different city every night oh<br />
I, I swear the world better prepare for when I'm a billionaire.<br />
Oh oh oh oooh when i'm a billionaire.<br />
Oh oh oh oooh.</div>
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I wanna be a billionaire so fucking bad.</div>
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Today we're starting a new section here. I'll post a text, any kind of text, and I'll give you some questions about it and you'll have to interpret it. It's very good to practice the language.<br />
Today's text says that language classes are popular in America's public schools and was written by Mohamed Elshinnawi:<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black;"><strong>Language Classes Popular in America's Public Schools</strong></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cfe2f3; font-family: inherit;">More than 900 young students arrive at Kent Gardens Elementary every morning to take part in a system-wide language training program known as partial immersion. Its aim is to help students become fluent in a foreign language of their choice. In this particular school, French is the language being offered.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">"Half of the day is spent with a French immersion teacher, where they learn math and science in French and the other part of the day is spent with the English teacher where they are taught social studies and language arts in English," says Annie Dwyer, a 5th grade French teacher.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Students not only receive instruction in the French language but are also exposed to the cultures of French-speaking countries. They interact with teacher-interns from France. Some students host the French interns in their homes, establishing personal cultural links.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Students at Kent Gardens Elementary come from many different cultural backgrounds, and they give many different reasons for wanting to be fluent in a foreign language.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">"I am actually Muslim," says Rosa Ahmat, "so my parents want me to learn about other cultures and people from other places."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Anwar Mendes says he expects to travel a lot in the future. "So I will have a pretty good chance of meeting a person that speaks French."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">"It will be very hard to get a good job if you do not know the other languages," says Neha Rana.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Many educators support that belief. They say immersing young students in foreign language study for at least half of their school day gives them the mult-lingual skills they'll need to succeed in an increasingly global economy.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">There are other benefits as well. "It expands the mind of the child and also gives them a greater cultural awareness of other cultures and makes them more tolerant of others' differences," says 6th grade French teacher Christine Bedoret.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Some critics of immersion programs believe that spending half the school day learning in a foreign language could negatively impact students' fluency in English. Richard Gordon, a 6-grade English and social studies teacher, disagrees. "One thing I noticed when I teach my students coming from the foreign language program is that they are very oral, they are very vocal, and they can express themselves very well in my English classes."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">But French teachers like Francoise Brottet admits there are challenges involved in the immersion program. "Since they do not understand everything (we say), we have to find creative and different ways to teach them."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Young students have their own challenges. "It can be a bit confusing at times, because you learn the terms in French and sometimes some tests and homework you get are written in English," says 6th grader Kimia Zadegan.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Over the past decade, hundreds of American public schools have begun offering partial immersion programs to teach students Latin, Spanish, German, Japanese and many other languages.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Dr. Robyn Hooker, Kent Gardens' Principal, says that many of the students at the school are already multi-lingual, as well as multi-cultural, when they enroll. "Many of the children in our school, because it is an international school, come to us speaking perhaps two or three and in some instances four languages, so it becomes a part of our responsibility to prepare children for global society — and that always includes the languages."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Hooker believes the training students are receiving at Kent Gardens — and in similar language immersion schools across the country — will help them to communicate more effectively not just in their own American polyglot, but in the 21st century's increasingly global village.</span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;">1.</span></strong> <em>(UFV 2008)</em> What kind of program is offered by Kent Graden Elementary to its students?</div>
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<strong><span style="color: red;">2.</span></strong> <em>(UFV 2008)</em> Does the text present arguments for or against this type of program? Justify.</div>
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<strong><span style="color: red;">3.</span></strong> <em>(UFV 2008)</em> According to Richard Gordon, the students participating in immersion programs</div>
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(a) double the quotient of intelligence by practicing the language.</div>
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(b) improve their English fluency.</div>
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(c) forget their mother language.</div>
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(d) become, in general, shy and quiet.</div>
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(e) greatly improve the writing skills.</div>
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<strong><span style="color: red;">4. </span></strong><em>(UFV 2008)</em> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="hps">In</span> <span class="hps">a</span> <span class="hps">studyon</span> <span class="hps">the relationship between</span> <span class="hps">language and culture,</span> <span class="hps">Kramsch</span> <span class="hps">explains</span> <span class="hps">that </span><span class="hps">trans,</span> <span class="hps">inter</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">multicultural</span> communication is a complex and <span class="hps">mental ability</span>, <span class="hps">involving</span> <span class="hps">a </span><span class="hps">specific aspect</span> <span class="hps">of language learning</span>: the ability to <span class="hps">learn the language</span><span class="hps">/culture</span> of <span class="hps">another</span> <span class="hps">without losing</span> your<span class="hps"> own</span> <span class="hps">and thus</span> <span class="hps">move</span> <span class="hps">between these</span> <span class="hps">"worlds</span>".</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: normal;">"Multicultural" people can play different social roles, linguistically and culturally appropriate in a situation of contextualized interaction.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: normal;">Considering Kramsch's tought, choose the alternative that presents a phrase from the text that confirms this explanation:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: normal;"> (a) "It expands the mind of the child and also gives them a greater cultural awareness of other cultures and makes them more tolerant of other's differences."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: normal;"> (b)"It can be a bit confusing at times, because you learn the terms in French and sometimes tests and homework you get are written in English."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: normal;"> (c) "It will be very hard to get a good job if you do not know the other languages."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: normal;"> (d) "So I will have a pretty good chance of meeting a person that speaks French."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: normal;"> (e) "Since they do not understand everything we say, we have to find creative and different ways to teach them."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><strong><span style="color: red;">5.</span></strong> <em>(UFV 2008, adapted)</em> The words <em>their</em> (5th line, 2nd paragraph) and <em>they</em> (1st line, 4th paragraph) refer, respectively, to the words:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> (a) "Schools" and "languages"</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> (b) "Students" and "schools"</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> (c) "Educators" and "students"</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> (d) "Students" and "educators"</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> (e) "Language" and "educators"</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><strong><span style="color: red;">6.</span></strong> <em>(UFV 2008)</em> The passage of the text in the 6th paragraph in Passive Voice "some tests and homework you get are written in English" can be written in the Active Voice as:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> (a) Someone wrote the tests and homework you get in English.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> (b) Someone writes the tests and homework you get in English.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> (c) Someone will write the tests and homework you get in English.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> (d) Someone is writing the tests and homework you get in English.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> (e) Someone writes the tests and homework you got in English.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-size: large;">Hey people!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333;">Hoje estamos começando uma nova seção aqui. Eu postarei um texto, qualquer tipo de texto, e darei a você algumas perguntas sobre ele e você terá que interpretá-lo. Esse é um bom jeito de praticar o idioma.<br />
O texto de hoje fala que aulas de idioma são populares em escolas públicas da América e foi escrito por Mohamed Elshinnawi:<br />
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(Leia o texto acima, destacado em <span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">azul</span>)<br />
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<span style="color: #333333;"><strong><span style="color: red;">1.</span></strong> <em>(UFV 2008)</em> Que tipo de programa é oferecido na Kent Graden Elementary para seus estudantes?</span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: red;">2.</span></strong> <em>(UFV 2008)</em> O texto apresenta argumentos contra ou a favor deese tipo de programa? Justifique.</div>
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<strong><span style="color: red;">3.</span></strong> <em>(UFV 2008)</em> De acordo com Richard Gordon, os estudantes que participam em programas de imersão</div>
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(a) dobram o quoeficiênte de inteligência ao praticar o idioma.</div>
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(b) melhora sua fluência no Inglês.</div>
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(c) esquecem o idioma materno.</div>
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(d) se tornam, em geral, tímidos e quietos.</div>
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(e) melhoram bastante as habilidades de escrita.</div>
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<strong><span style="color: red;">4. </span></strong><em>(UFV 2008)</em> Em um estudo sobre a relação entre idioma e cultura, Kramsch explica quea comunicação trans, inter ou multicultural é uma habilidade complexa e mental, envolvendo um aspecto específico do aprendizado de um idioma: a habilidade de aprender o idioma/cultura de outro sem perder a sua própria e então transitar entre esses dois "mundos". Pessoas "multiculturais" conseguem desenvolver dois papéis diferentes na sociedade, linguistica e culturalmente adequados em uma situação de interação contextualizada.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: normal;">Levando em conta o pensamento de Kramsch, escolha a alternativa que apresenta um frase do texto que confirma essa explicação:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: normal;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: normal;"> (a) "It expands the mind of the child and also gives them a greater cultural awareness of other cultures and makes them more tolerant of other's differences."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: normal;"> (b)"It can be a bit confusing at times, because you learn the terms in French and sometimes tests and homework you get are written in English."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: normal;"> (c) "It will be very hard to get a good job if you do not know the other languages."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: normal;"> (d) "So I will have a pretty good chance of meeting a person that speaks French."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: normal;"> (e) "Since they do not understand everything we say, we have to find creative and different ways to teach them."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><strong><span style="color: red;">5.</span></strong> <em>(UFV 2008, adapted)</em> As palavras their (5ª linha, 2º parágrafo) e they (1ª linha, 4º parágrafo) referem-se, respectivamente, às palavras:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> (a) "Schools" e "languages"</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> (b) "Students" e "schools"</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> (c) "Educators" e "students"</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> (d) "Students" e "educators"</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> (e) "Language" e "educators"</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><strong><span style="color: red;">6.</span></strong> <em>(UFV 2008)</em> O trecho do texto no 6º parágrafo na Voz Passiva "some tests and homework you get are written in English" pode ser escrito na Voz Ativa como:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> (a) Someone wrote the tests and homework you get in English.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> (b) Someone writes the tests and homework you get in English.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> (c) Someone will write the tests and homework you get in English.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> (d) Someone is writing the tests and homework you get in English.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> (e) Someone writes the tests and homework you got in English.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;">Espero que goste!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">See you!</span></span></div>Jonathas dos Santos Benvindohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615518477760938182noreply@blogger.com0R. Bezerra de Menezes, 205-299 - Tupã - São Paulo, 17605-440, Brazil-21.9381907 -50.5269189-21.9400317 -50.5293864 -21.9363497 -50.5244514tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804904911295855128.post-36103538287532857352011-10-17T12:48:00.000-02:002011-10-28T11:42:58.032-02:00Articles - Exercises<span style="font-size: large;">Hey guys!</span><br />
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Today I brought you some exercises about Articles. If you didn't read my post about it, click <a href="http://travelthroughenglish.blogspot.com/2011/10/articles.html">here</a>.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;">1.</span></strong> Complete the sentence with A or An:<br />
<strong><span style="color: orange;">a)</span></strong> That's _____ very beautiful blouse! You should wear it!<br />
<strong><span style="color: orange;">b)</span></strong> I saw _____ airplane yesterday!<br />
<strong><span style="color: orange;">c)</span></strong> I saw _____ big airplane yesterday!<br />
<strong><span style="color: orange;">d)</span></strong> A: How long will it take?<br />
B: About _____ hour or two.<br />
<strong><span style="color: orange;">e)</span></strong> This horse is horny. It's _____ horny horse.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;">2.</span></strong> Complete with The, A or An:<br />
<strong><span style="color: orange;">a)</span></strong> _____ book you told me about was sold...<br />
<strong><span style="color: orange;">b)</span></strong> _____ girl was trying to run from his brother, that's what I saw.<br />
<strong><span style="color: orange;">c)</span></strong> _____ elephant bothers many people, two elephants bother even more...<br />
<strong><span style="color: orange;">d)</span></strong> In _____ future, I hope things get better.<br />
<strong><span style="color: orange;">e)</span></strong> In _____ near future I'm going to have a baby!<br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;">3.</span></strong> Tell me, is it right or wrong?<br />
<strong><span style="color: orange;">a)</span></strong> My mother said the strange word yesterday but I don't remember which one...<br />
<strong><span style="color: orange;">b)</span></strong> I'll watch a movie you told me about.<br />
<strong><span style="color: orange;">c)</span></strong> A book you were reading seemed to be very interesting!<br />
<strong><span style="color: orange;">d)</span></strong> The candy you gave me was dirty!<br />
<strong><span style="color: orange;">e)</span></strong> I saw a beautiful girl this morning.<br />
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Hey, I'm sorry for that "horny horse". I lack creativity...<br />
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I'll be posting the answers for all the exercises.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">See you!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hey guys!</span><br />
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Hoje eu trouxe a você alguns exercícios sobre Artigos. Se você não leu meu post sobre isso, clique <a href="http://travelthroughenglish.blogspot.com/2011/10/articles.html">aqui</a>.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;">1.</span></strong> Complete the sentence with A or An:<br />
<strong><span style="color: orange;">a)</span></strong> That's _____ very beautiful blouse! You should wear it!<br />
<strong><span style="color: orange;">b)</span></strong> I saw _____ airplane yesterday!<br />
<strong><span style="color: orange;">c)</span></strong> I saw _____ big airplane yesterday!<br />
<strong><span style="color: orange;">d)</span></strong> A: How long will it take?<br />
B: About _____ hour or two.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: orange;">a)</span></strong> _____ book you told me about was sold...<br />
<strong><span style="color: orange;">b)</span></strong> _____ girl was trying to run from his brother, that's what I saw.<br />
<strong><span style="color: orange;">c)</span></strong> _____ elephant bothers many people, two elephants bother even more...<br />
<strong><span style="color: orange;">d)</span></strong> In _____ future, I hope things get better.<br />
<strong><span style="color: orange;">e)</span></strong> In _____ near future I'm going to have a baby!<br />
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<strong><span style="color: orange;">a)</span></strong> My mother said the strange word yesterday but I don't remember which one...<br />
<strong><span style="color: orange;">b)</span></strong> I'll watch a movie you told me about.<br />
<strong><span style="color: orange;">c)</span></strong> A book you were reading seemed to be very interesting!<br />
<strong><span style="color: orange;">d)</span></strong> The candy you gave me was dirty!<br />
<strong><span style="color: orange;">e)</span></strong> I saw a beautiful girl this morning.<br />
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Hey, me desculpe por aquele "horny horse". Eu tenho falta de criatividade...<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">See you!</span>Jonathas dos Santos Benvindohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615518477760938182noreply@blogger.com0R. Bezerra de Menezes, 215 - Tupã - São Paulo, 17605-440, Brazil-21.9381907 -50.5269189-21.9400317 -50.5293864 -21.9363497 -50.5244514tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804904911295855128.post-33235284040399203472011-10-12T20:03:00.001-03:002011-10-18T21:37:31.644-02:00Articles<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">What's up?</span><br />
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Today... today... I don't know what to say...<br />
Well, today we're going to learn how to use an article. Do you know what an article is? If you don't, an article is basically an adjective, and articles modify nouns. I think you know about all this because we see this in nearly every post here...<br />
There are two kinds of articles:<br />
If I say "I should read the English book because I'm going to take a test." I mean that I should read a <i>specific</i> book, but if I say "I should read a book because I want to gain knowledge." I mean <i>any</i> book.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><b>DEFINITE ARTICLES:</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: orange;">The</span></b></i> is used before singular and plural nouns when the noun is specific or particular. <i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">The</span></b></i> shows that the noun is definite, that it refers to a particular member of a group, for example:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> "<i>The</i> <u>house</u> that was burning was rebuilt." - In this example, we're talking about a <i>sp</i><em>ecific</em> house, the house that was burning.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> "I was happy to see <span class="red"><i>the</i></span> <u>woman</u> whose bag was left in the bus station!" - Now, we're talking about a <em>particular</em> woman. Even if we don't know her name, it's still a particular woman because it's the one whose bag was left in the bus station.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> "I saw <i>the</i> <u>computer</u> you were talking about in that store." - Here, we're talking about a <em>specific</em> noun.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: orange; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; line-height: 1.4;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Here you have some tips for using </span><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">The</span></b></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> with geographical nouns:</span></span></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px;">- Names of rivers, oceans and seas: <span class="red"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><b>the</b></span></i></span> Nile, <span class="red"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">the</span></i></b></span> Pacific</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">- Points on the globe: <span class="red"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">the</span></i></b></span> Equator, <span class="red"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">the</span></i></b></span> North Pole</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">- Geographical areas: <span class="red"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">the</span></i></b></span> Middle East, <span class="red"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">the</span></i></b></span> West</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">- Deserts, forests, gulfs, and peninsulas: <span class="red"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">the</span></i></b></span> Sahara, <span class="red"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">the</span></i></b></span> Persian Gulf, <span class="red"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">the</span></i></b></span> Black Forest, <span class="red"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">the</span></i></b></span> Iberian Peninsula</span></span></div>
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<i style="color: blue; font-weight: bold;">A/ An </i>show that the noun that was modified is indefinite. <strong><span style="color: blue;"><em>A/ An</em></span></strong> refer to any member of a group, for example:</div>
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"My sister really wants to have <em>a</em> <u>dog</u> but I have no money!" - In this example, it refers to any dog.</div>
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"Please, call <em>a</em> <u>doctor</u> now!" - Now, we don't want to see a specific doctor, we need any doctor who's available.</div>
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"I saw <em>a</em> <u>computer</u> there, but I ain't sure if it is the one you were talking about..." - Here, there probably were many computers. We are talking about a single, non-specific thing, a computer.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: cyan;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Here you have some tips for using <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>A</b></span> or <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>An</b></span>:</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">- Use <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">A</span></b> when the next word begins with the <u>SOUND</u> of a consonant: <b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">a</span></i></b> <u>b</u>oy, <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">a</span></b> <u>g</u>irl, <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">a</span></b> <u>p</u>erson...</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">- Use <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">An</span></b> when the next word begins with the <u>SOUND</u> of a vowel: <b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">an</span></i></b> <u>a</u>irplane, <b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">an</span></i></b> <u>e</u>lephant, <b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">an</span></i></b> <u>u</u>nicycle...</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">- You should use <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">An</span></b> with words like "<u>hour</u>" because it sounds like a <u>vowel</u>.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">- And you should use <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">A</span></b> with words like "<u>horse</u>" because it sound like what? Haha, a <u>consonant</u>!</span></div>
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Hey! That's it for today...</div>
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Hoje... hoje... eu não sei o que dizer...</div>
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Bom, hoje vamos aprender como usar um artigo. Você sabe o que é um artigo? Se você não sabe, um artigo é basicamente um adjetivo, e um artigo modifica o substantivo. Eu acho que você já sabe sobre tudo isso porque nós vemos isso em quase todos os posts aqui...</div>
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Se eu digo <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;">"I should read the English book because I'm going to take a test." quer dizer que eu deveria ler um livro <i>específico</i>. Mas se eu digo "</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;">I should read a book because I want to gain knowledge." quer dizer que eu deveria ler <i>qualquer</i> livro.</span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: orange; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.4;">The</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.4;"> é usado antes de substantivos singulares e plurais quando o substantivo é específico ou particular.</span><i style="line-height: 1.4;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">The</span></b></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.4;"> mostra que o substantivo é definido, que ele refere a um membro particular de um grupo, por exemplo:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> "<i>The</i> <u>house</u> that was burning was rebuilt." - Nesse exemplo, estamos falando de uma casa <i>específica</i>, a casa que estava quimando.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> "I was happy to see <span class="red"><i>the</i></span> <u>woman</u> whose bag was left in the bus station!" - Agora, estamos falando de uma mulher em <i>particular</i>. Mesmo se não sabemos o nome dela, ainda é uma mulher em particular pois é a mulher cuja bolsa foi deixada na estação de ônibus.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> "I saw <i>the</i> <u>computer</u> you were talking about in that store." - Aqui, falamos sobre um substantivo <i>específico</i>.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: orange; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; line-height: 1.4;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Aqui você tem algumas dicas para usar o </span><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">The</span></b></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> com substantivos geográficos:</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px;">- Nomes de rios, oceanos e mares: <span class="red"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><b>the</b></span></i></span> Nile, <span class="red"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">the</span></i></b></span> Pacific</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">- Pontos no globo: <span class="red"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">the</span></i></b></span> Equator, <span class="red"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">the</span></i></b></span> North Pole</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">- Áreas geográficas: <span class="red"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">the</span></i></b></span> Middle East, <span class="red"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">the</span></i></b></span> West</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">- Desertos, florestas, golfos, e penínsulas: <span class="red"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">the</span></i></b></span> Sahara, <span class="red"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">the</span></i></b></span> Persian Gulf, <span class="red"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">the</span></i></b></span> Black Forest, <span class="red"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">the</span></i></b></span> Iberian Peninsula</span></span></div>
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<i style="color: blue; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.4;">A/ An </i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.4;">mostra que o substantivo que foi modificado é indefinido. </span><strong style="line-height: 1.4;"><span style="color: blue;"><em>A/ An</em></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.4;"> referem a qualquer membro de um grupo, por exemplo:</span></div>
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"My sister really wants to have <em>a</em> <u>dog</u> but I have no money!" - Nesse exemplos, se refere a qualquer cachorro.</div>
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"Please, call <em>a</em> <u>doctor</u> now!" - Agora, não queremos ver um médico específico, nós precisamos de um médico que esteja disponível.</div>
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"I saw <em>a</em> <u>computer</u> there, but I ain't sure if it is the one you were talking about..." - Aqui, provavelmente havia muitos computadores. Estamos falando sobre uma coisa não específica, um computador.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: cyan;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Aqui você tem algumas dicas para usar <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>A</b></span> ou <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>An</b></span>:</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">- Use <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">A</span></b> quando a próxima palavra começa com <u>SOM</u> de uma consoante: <b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">a</span></i></b> <u>b</u>oy, <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">a</span></b> <u>g</u>irl, <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">a</span></b> <u>p</u>erson...</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">- Use <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">An</span></b> quando a próxima palavra começa com <u>SOM</u> de vogal: <b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">an</span></i></b> <u>a</u>irplane, <b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">an</span></i></b> <u>e</u>lephant, <b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">an</span></i></b> <u>u</u>nicycle...</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">- Você deve usar <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">An</span></b> with com palavras como "<u>hour</u>" porque soa como uma <u>vogal</u>.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">- E você deveria usar <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">A</span></b> com palavras como "<u>horse</u>" porque ela soa como o que? Haha, uma <u>consoante</u>!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Você gostou disso? Que tal alguns exercícios?</span></div>
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Hey! Isso é tudo por hoje...<br />
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</div>Jonathas dos Santos Benvindohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615518477760938182noreply@blogger.com0R. José Geromini, 80 - Tupã - São Paulo, 17603-390, Brazil-21.93802 -50.4996375-21.939861 -50.502105 -21.936179000000003 -50.49717tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804904911295855128.post-27430875393830781612011-10-11T18:53:00.003-03:002011-12-02T19:25:21.438-02:00Asking for and Giving Directions in English<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Hey people!!!</span><br />
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Well, as I said, I can't keep on posting everyday because I'm always away from my computer... But today is holiday, so I have some time to post...<br />
Today we're going to learn how to give and ask for directions in English. First of all, we have to know the places of a city, for example, the market, or the library.<br />
Can you figure out the name of the following places in your language?<br />
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We can <u>read books and newspapers</u> at the <b>library</b>.<br />
In the <b>market</b> you can <u>buy things like fruits, vegetables, cleaning products</u>...<br />
If you are not from my city, you can visit the <b>tourist information office</b> <u>for help about where to go</u>...<br />
You can <u>learn things like Math, History and English</u> in the <b>school</b>.<br />
At the <b>hospital</b> there are <u>sick people who want to be healed</u> and there are doctors who help them.<br />
You can <u>withdraw money</u> in the <b>bank</b>.<br />
And in the <b>zoo</b>, there will be different <u>kinds of animals</u>.<br />
At the <b>park</b> there will probably be <u>toys and children, and their aprents</u> will be there too.<br />
You can <u>watch good movies</u> at the <b>cinema</b>.<br />
In the <b>church</b>, you can <u>worship God</u>, in my case I trust in Jeovah, my God.<br />
The <b>hotel</b> is the place where people <u>pay for a room and sleep there and eat there for some time</u>, usually when they are on vacation.<br />
You can <u>watch</u> soccer, basketball, handball, volleyball, <u>any sport</u> in a <b>stadium</b>.<br />
And finally, in the <b>museum</b>, you can <u>see paintings or sculptures, bones of a dinosaur</u> and things like that.<br />
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Here we have the map of NY and its main parts:<br />
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Now that you know some places of a city, how can you ask for or give directions?<br />
Here are some phrases and questions that you can say that are very useful:<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><b>ASKING FOR DIRECTIONS:</b></span><br />
How do I get to...?<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">What's the best way to...?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Where is …?</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Can you tell me the best way of getting to...?</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: x-small;">GIVING INFORMATION:</span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">Go straight on (until you come to…).</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Turn back./Go back.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Turn left/right (into… street).</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Go along …</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Go ahead.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Cross …</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Take the first/second road on the left/right</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">It's on the left/right.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">straight on</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">It's next to....</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">It's between..... </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">It'sat the end (of) ....</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">...on/at the corner.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">...behind.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">...in front of.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">It's (just) around the corner.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: x-small;">LANDMARKS:</span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Can you see a large sign / roundabout?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">On your left there will be a hospital / the police station...</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Just after the level crossing / shopping centre (or mall)...</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Go past the ...</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Traffic lights</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Crossroads, junction </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Signpost </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Now read this dialog for a better understanding:</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>Tourist:</b></span></i> Excuse me. is tehre a bank around here?</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Police Officer:</span></i></b> Yes, there is a city bank on the corner of Central and Maple Avenue. Do you know how to get there? </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">T.: </span></i></b>yes, I do, thanks! And are there hotels in thsi area?</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">P.O.:</span></i></b> Well, there isn't any hotel around here but there are two hotels next to Saint Peter's theater, there is one across from the park and there is a Youth Hostelnear the museum. You have to take number 7 bus to get there. The bus stop is in front of the Youth Hostel.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">T.:</span></i></b> Just one more question. Is there a good Brazilian restaurant near the hostels?</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">P.O.:</span></i></b> No, there aren't Brazilian restaurant in the town. But there is a delicious Italian restaurant behind the Youth Hostel and a Mexican restaurant across from Saint Peter's theater.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">T.:</span></i></b> Ok. Thanks anyway. Bye!</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;"><i>New Fast English, Book I, page 123, Elton da Silva Vargas e Wellington da Silva Rehder</i></span></span></div>
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That's all for today! Hope you liked it.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">image: <a href="http://www.nyctourist.com/map1.htm">http://www.nyctourist.com/map1.htm</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">See you!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Hey people!!!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br />
Bom, como eu disse, eu não poso ficar postando todos os dias pois eu sempre estou longe do meu computador... Mas hoje é feriado, então eu tenho algum tempo para postar...<br />
Hoje vamos aprender como dar e pedir direções em Inglês. Primeiro, temos que conhecer os lugares da cidade, por exemplo, o mercado ou a biblioteca.<br />
Você pode descobrir o nome dos seguintes lugares no seu idioma?<br />
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We can <u>read books and newspapers</u> at the <b>library</b>.<br />
In the <b>market</b> you can <u>buy things like fruits, vegetables, cleaning products</u>...<br />
If you are not from my city, you can visit the <b>tourist information office</b> <u>for help about where to go</u>...<br />
You can <u>learn things like Math, History and English</u> in the <b>school</b>.<br />
At the <b>hospital</b> there are <u>sick people who want to be healed</u> and there are doctors who help them.<br />
You can <u>withdraw money</u> in the <b>bank</b>.<br />
And in the <b>zoo</b>, there will be different <u>kinds of animals</u>.<br />
At the <b>park</b> there will probably be <u>toys and children, and their aprents</u> will be there too.<br />
You can <u>watch good movies</u> at the <b>cinema</b>.<br />
In the <b>church</b>, you can <u>worship God</u>, in my case I trust in Jeovah, my God.<br />
The <b>hotel</b> is the place where people <u>pay for a room and sleep there and eat there for some time</u>, usually when they are on vacation.<br />
You can <u>watch</u> soccer, basketball, handball, volleyball, <u>any sport</u> in a <b>stadium</b>.<br />
And finally, in the <b>museum</b>, you can <u>see paintings or sculptures, bones of a dinosaur</u> and things like that.<br />
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Aqui temos o mapa de NY e suas partes principais:<br />
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Agora que você conhece alguns lugares da cidade, como pedir ou dar informações?<br />
Aqui estão algumas frases e perguntas que você poder fazer e que são muito úteis:<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><b>PERGUNTANDO DIREÇÕES:</b></span><br />
How do I get to...?<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">What's the best way to...?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Where is …?</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Can you tell me the best way of getting to...?</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><b>DANDO INFORMAÇÕES:</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">Go straight on (until you come to…).</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Turn back./Go back.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Turn left/right (into… street).</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Go along …</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Go ahead.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Cross …</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Take the first/second road on the left/right</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">It's on the left/right.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">straight on</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">It's next to....</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">It's between..... </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">It'sat the end (of) ....</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">...on/at the corner.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">...behind.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">...in front of.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">It's (just) around the corner.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><b>PONTOS DE REFERÊNCIA:</b></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Can you see a large sign / roundabout?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">On your left there will be a hospital / the police station...</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Just after the level crossing / shopping centre (or mall)...</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Go past the ...</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Traffic lights</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Tourist:</span></i></b> Excuse me. is tehre a bank around here?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Police Officer:</span></i></b> Yes, there is a city bank on the corner of Central and Maple Avenue. Do you know how to get there? </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">T.:</span></i></b> yes, I do, thanks! And are there hotels in thsi area?</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">P.O.:</span></i></b> Well, there isn't any hotel around here but there are two hotels next to Saint Peter's theater, there is one across from the park and there is a Youth Hostelnear the museum. You have to take number 7 bus to get there. The bus stop is in front of the Youth Hostel.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">T.:</span></i></b> Just one more question. Is there a good Brazilian restaurant near the hostels?</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">T.:</span></i></b> Ok. Thanks anyway. Bye!</span></span><br />
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</div>Jonathas dos Santos Benvindohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615518477760938182noreply@blogger.com0R. José Geromini, 80 - Tupã - São Paulo, 17603-390, Brazil-21.93802 -50.4996375-21.939861 -50.502105 -21.936179000000003 -50.49717tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804904911295855128.post-35111307004807526182011-09-20T22:47:00.000-03:002011-09-20T22:47:25.802-03:00Today is a very happy day!Hey guys!<br />
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Are you as happy as I am? Today our blog is getting old. Well, actually it always gets old... But today it is its birthday. That's why I'm really happy!!! As you could see, now this blog has a logo, my mother created it. It's pretty nice, ain't it? I wanna thank you all again for reading, sharing, commenting and I want you to keep on doing that.<br />
There will be some changes on the blog very soon. I want this blog to answer all your questions in a simple, easy and better way, so that you can learn more and more. I'll spend some time working on that, I promisse.<br />
I know you might not read all the posts, you might not even read this one, but if you are reading it, I want you to know that I thank you too much (again) for learning from this blog.<br />
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Thanks!Jonathas dos Santos Benvindohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615518477760938182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804904911295855128.post-51274239475879230482011-09-10T15:30:00.001-03:002011-09-10T15:30:46.252-03:00One Year Old<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Hey guys!</span><br />
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I am really happy because in 10 days our blog will be 1 year old!<br />
I want to thank you all for reading, commenting and sharing my blog. Without you, this blog would have only 3 posts...<br />
In the beggining, I thought it would take all the time I had, but I knew how to organize my day to post on this blog... As you started reading, I started posting more and more, and now this blog has more than 160 posts... I know I could have posted about more things, but sometimes I was too lazy... But I used to think that there are many people around the world who wants to learn English, and that feeling made me lose my laziness and keep posting. I thank you all.<br />
I hope you are enjoying my blog, and I hope it can be 2 years old as soon as you can blink.<br />
Keep reading it!<br />
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<br />Jonathas dos Santos Benvindohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615518477760938182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804904911295855128.post-51409236003588857842011-09-07T11:25:00.001-03:002011-09-15T19:46:27.014-03:00School in the USA<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Hello!</span><br />
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I'm really sorry for not posting here. On the previous post, I told you I would tell you what I did some days before that post. Well, I met some americans from he Baptist Church in Texas. They are really very friendly and I hope to see them very soon. They spent around 12 days here in Brazil, in my city, but they have also gone to surrounding cities to share the gospel with other people. I helped them by traslating what they said. It was a really good time. By the way, the song I posted on the previous post is from a CD that they have given to some people who helped them. To be short, that's what I did.<br />
In the begginning of this post I apologized for not posting. I'll tell you why. I started a thecnical course on Design of Civil Construction and it is really very splendiferous. I think I'll be able to post only on Saturdays or Sundays because I'm always away from my computer...<br />
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My teacher wanted us to talk to an american person about how the school in the USA is. I talked to two or three people and I created a video to tell you what the said. If you want, you can pause the video to read it slowly:<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">See you!</span>Jonathas dos Santos Benvindohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615518477760938182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804904911295855128.post-91798164375055438642011-08-07T13:23:00.000-03:002011-08-07T13:23:33.925-03:00Listening - All of Creation<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Hello!</span><br />
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Well, first of all, I'd like to apologize for spending many days without posting. I'll tell you later what I did these days.<br />
Today, I brought a gospel song, sung by Mercy me. It's called "<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">All of Creation</span></b>":<br />
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Here, you can read the lyrics:<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 23px;"><i> Separated</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 23px;"><i> Until the veil was torn</i></span><br />
<span class="line line-s" id="line_2" style="background-color: transparent; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-weight: normal; height: auto; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: visible; overflow-y: visible; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>The moment that hope was born</i></span></span><span class="line line-s" id="line_3" style="background-color: transparent; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-weight: normal; height: auto; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: visible; overflow-y: visible; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>And guilt was pardoned once and for all</i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c493d; line-height: 23px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></i></span></span><span class="line line-s" id="line_4" style="background-color: transparent; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-weight: normal; height: auto; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: visible; overflow-y: visible; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Captivated </i></span></span><span class="line line-s" id="line_4" style="background-color: transparent; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-weight: normal; height: auto; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: visible; overflow-y: visible; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>But no longer bound by chains</i></span></span><span class="line line-s" id="line_5" style="background-color: transparent; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-weight: normal; height: auto; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: visible; overflow-y: visible; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Left at an empty grave</i></span></span><span class="line line-s" id="line_6" style="background-color: transparent; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-weight: normal; height: auto; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: visible; overflow-y: visible; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>The sinner and the sacred resolved</i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c493d; line-height: 23px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></i></span></span><span class="line" style="background-color: transparent; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-weight: normal; height: auto; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: visible; overflow-y: visible; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>[chorus:]</i></span></span><span class="line line-s" id="line_7" style="background-color: transparent; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-weight: normal; height: auto; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: visible; overflow-y: visible; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>And all of creation, sing with me now</i></span></span><span class="line line-s" id="line_8" style="background-color: transparent; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-weight: normal; height: auto; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: visible; overflow-y: visible; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Lift up your voice and lay your burden down</i></span></span><span class="line line-s" id="line_9" style="background-color: transparent; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-weight: normal; height: auto; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: visible; overflow-y: visible; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>And all of creation, sing with me now</i></span></span><span class="line line-s" id="line_10" style="background-color: transparent; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-weight: normal; height: auto; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: visible; overflow-y: visible; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Fill up the heavens, let His glory resound</i></span></span><span class="line line-s" id="line_11" style="background-color: transparent; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: visible; overflow-y: visible; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #888888;"><b><i><br />
</i></b></span></span><span class="line line-s" id="line_12" style="background-color: transparent; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-weight: normal; height: auto; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: visible; overflow-y: visible; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Time has faded </i></span></span><span class="line line-s" id="line_12" style="background-color: transparent; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-weight: normal; height: auto; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: visible; overflow-y: visible; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>And we see him face to face</i></span></span><span class="line line-s" id="line_13" style="background-color: transparent; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-weight: normal; height: auto; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: visible; overflow-y: visible; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Every doubt erased </i></span></span><span class="line line-s" id="line_13" style="background-color: transparent; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-weight: normal; height: auto; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: visible; overflow-y: visible; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Forever we will worship the king</i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c493d; line-height: 23px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></i></span></span><span class="line" style="background-color: transparent; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-weight: normal; height: auto; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: visible; overflow-y: visible; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>[repeat chorus]</i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c493d; line-height: 23px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></i></span></span><span class="line line-s" id="line_14" style="background-color: transparent; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-weight: normal; height: auto; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: visible; overflow-y: visible; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Ohh ah ohhh...ohh ah ohhh</i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c493d; line-height: 23px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></i></span></span><span class="line line-s" id="line_15" style="background-color: transparent; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-weight: normal; height: auto; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: visible; overflow-y: visible; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>The reason we breathe</i></span></span><span class="line line-s" id="line_15" style="background-color: transparent; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-weight: normal; height: auto; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: visible; overflow-y: visible; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Is to sing of His glory</i></span></span><span class="line line-s" id="line_16" style="background-color: transparent; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-weight: normal; height: auto; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: visible; overflow-y: visible; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>And for all he has done </i></span></span><span class="line line-s" id="line_16" style="background-color: transparent; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-weight: normal; height: auto; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: visible; overflow-y: visible; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Praise the father, praise the son and the spirit in one</i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c493d; line-height: 23px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></i></span></span><span class="line" style="background-color: transparent; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-weight: normal; height: auto; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: visible; overflow-y: visible; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>[repeat chorus 2x]</i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c493d; line-height: 23px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></i></span></span><span class="line line-s" id="line_17" style="background-color: transparent; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-weight: normal; height: auto; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: visible; overflow-y: visible; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>And every knee will bow </i></span></span><span class="line line-s" id="line_17" style="background-color: transparent; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-weight: normal; height: auto; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: visible; overflow-y: visible; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Oh, and every tongue </i></span></span><span class="line line-s" id="line_17" style="background-color: transparent; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-weight: normal; height: auto; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: visible; overflow-y: visible; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Praise the father, praise the son and the spirit in one</i></span></span><span class="line line-s" id="line_17" style="background-color: transparent; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-weight: normal; height: auto; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: visible; overflow-y: visible; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br />
</i></span></span><span class="line line-s" id="line_17" style="background-color: transparent; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-weight: normal; height: auto; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: visible; overflow-y: visible; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">Source:<i> </i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><a href="http://www.metrolyrics.com/all-of-creation-lyrics-mercy-me.html">http://www.metrolyrics.com/all-of-creation-lyrics-mercy-me.html</a> (Adaptaded)</span></span></span><span class="line line-s" id="line_17" style="background-color: transparent; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-weight: normal; height: auto; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: visible; overflow-y: visible; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><br />
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On today's post, you will learn the <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">c</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><b>o</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>l</b></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">o</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">r</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">s</span></b> in English.<br />
Did you know that in the UK they say "colours"? In the US they say "colors", without the letter "U" in the middle.<br />
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In the beginning, there were only three colors, called Primary Colors:<br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Red</span></b>, the color of fire, the color of love, the color of our blood<br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Blue</span></b>, the color of the sea, the color of tranquility, the color of the sky<br />
and <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Yellow</span></b>, the color of the sun, the color of some types of cheese, the color of sunflowers<br />
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By mixing Red and Blue, we get the <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">Purple</span></b>, the color of violets.<br />
By mixing Blue and Yellow, we get the <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">Green</span></b>, the color of grass.<br />
And by mixing Red and Yellow, we get the <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Orange</span></b>, the color of an orange!<br />
These are the Secondary Colors.<br />
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Look at this picture:<br />
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Then we have the Tertiary Colors, which are:<br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">Brown</span></b>, the color of wood.<br />
And <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Grey</span></b> or Gray, the color of a rain cloud.<br />
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And by mixing every color, we get the <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;">White</span></span></b>, the color of light, the color of the moon.<br />
When there is no color, it is <b>Black</b>, the color of the vacumm.<br />
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When you add Black to a color, you call it "dark [color]"<br />
Black adds shadow to a color:<br />
Blue + Black = Dark blue<br />
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And when you add White to a color, you call it "light [color]".<br />
White makes a color lighter:<br />
Blue + White = Light blue<br />
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Some people say that <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">Pink </span></b>is the color of girls.<br />
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Here are some phrases with colors:<br />
"The U.S. flag is blue, red and white."<br />
"The Brazilian flag is green, yellow, blue and white."<br />
"Penguins are black and white."<br />
"It doesn't matter if you're black or white." - Michael Jackson<br />
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I hope you like this lesson!<br />
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Here you have a quiz about Reflexive Pronouns. If you want to learn what Reflexive Pronouns are, click <a href="http://travelthroughenglish.blogspot.com/2011/07/reflexive-pronouns.html">here</a>.<br />
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I hope you like it!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hello guys!</span><br />
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Aqui você tem um quiz sobre Reflexive Pronouns. Se você quiser saber o que são Reflexive Pronouns, clique <a href="http://travelthroughenglish.blogspot.com/2011/07/reflexive-pronouns.html">aqui</a>.<br />
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Espero que goste!<br />
<br />Jonathas dos Santos Benvindohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615518477760938182noreply@blogger.com0R. Bezerra de Menezes, 215 - Tupã - São Paulo, 17605-440, Brazil-21.9381907 -50.5269189-21.9400317 -50.5293864 -21.9363497 -50.5244514tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804904911295855128.post-49914579157496682942011-07-09T18:38:00.000-03:002011-07-09T18:38:01.176-03:00Reflexive Pronouns<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">How do you do?</span><br />
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Today we're gonna talk about the <u>Reflexive Pronouns</u>. Pay attention to the video below:<br />
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On the next post, I'll bring some exercises.<br />
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