sexta-feira, 28 de janeiro de 2011

Pro-Jovem,2 IngVip



Source: www.ingvip.com

Pro-Jovem is a government project developed during the Lula's former president of Republic, actually I got a useful link posted by Professor Fuvio C. Perini. For more information access http://www.ingvip.com He also works with translation and online classes, check out this interesting videos, you find out on the site INGÊS VIP the full English course, as well texts available with audio from VOA Special English, among conversations videos' classes. Not only for Brazilian, but students worldwide can access and practise English. 

Pedro: Hi Mariana, How are you today?
Mariana: Not bad(1), thanks. And you?
Pedro:
 Very well(2). Are you from here(3)?
Mariana: No, I'm not
Pedro: So, where are you from(4) Mariana?
Mariana: I'm from São Paulo
Pedro: Oh, you're from São Paulo. That's good. And Julia, is she from São Paulo?
Mariana: No, she's not. She is from Goiás.
Pedro:
 Oh, she is from Goiás. Mariana, what's your phone number(5)?
Mariana: My phone number? It's 555-1679
 


Pedro: Hi Lucas, What's up?
Lucas: What's up man(6)? What is it? All right(7)!
 
 

                                      Vocabulary
1. Not bad
 = Tudo bem
2. Very well = Muito bem
3. Are you from here? = 
Você é daqui?
4. Where are you from? = 
De onde você é?
5. What's your phone number? =
 Qual é o número do seu telefone?
6. Man = 
"cara"
7. All right = 
"legal"

Family Album, USA, 37



Source: Family Album

quinta-feira, 27 de janeiro de 2011

ING VIP's Site

Today I'm going to talk about a useful Brazilian site, I mean ING VIP, designed by Fuvio C. Perini a Brazilian Interpeter there you can improve your English, not only for Brazilian ones, but everyone can access and improve their English, you'll find out there English Courses, for instance, follow up this link http://www.ingvip.com/curso-conversacao/aula1.htm or just browser the home page http://www.ingvip.com very useful. As well as, for those live in São Paulo State, to be more specific Sorocaba and Region, keep in touch with him and getting started to take online classes. Great job, great site. I hope you like this posting and good luck watching the video

Source: www.ingvip.com, Video Aula, part 1

Lucas: Hello
Pedro: Hi Lucas, How are you (1)?
Lucas: I'm fine, thank you. How are you?
Pedro: Fine, thanks(2)
Julia: Good morning Pedro
Pedro: Oh, good morning Julia
Julia: Hello, I'm Julia. What's your name(3)?
Lucas: Hi Julia, My name is Lucas. Nice to meet you(4)
Julia: Nice to meet you too (5)
Mariana: Julia, Hi
Julia: Hi Mariana, you are late(6)
Mariana: Sorry. What's up?(7)
Julia: This is Mariana. She's my friend. This is Pedro. Ah, and this is Lucas. He is his friend
Lucas: Nice to meet you Mariana
Pedro: Hi Mariana, how are you?
Mariana: Just fine(8)
Julia: Oh, it's my bus. Good night Pedro, good night Lucas
Pedro: Good night Julia, Good night Mariana
Mariana: Bye bye, tchau

Rondon Project in Carnauba dos Dantas


Workshop about Tourism Spot in Carnaúba dos Dantas

Since 24th of January a staff of Teachers of Rondon’s project came from Cruz Alta’s University, located in Rio Grande Sul state in order to develop projects in different sections, Leadership by Professor Ana Paula, Waleska and Janaina and a team of 21 teachers and students have been developing some project with the local Carnauba’s population, in particular Teachers Matheus Cadori and Adriele Martins are developing the project about Tourism Spot in order to graduate Local guides, promoting the Sustainable Tourism in Carnaúba dos Dantas, a small town located in the countryside of Rio Grande do Norte State.

Actually the Rodon’s project have been developing in different states of Northeast, as well nearby cities from Seridó Region.

Check out pictures of the tourism’s spot workshop:

                                  



                                 Right to left: Matheus Cadori, Rondon Project, teacher of Tourism spot, me, Carlos tour guide, and Teacher Adriele Martins.

The Radio Centenary


Source: www.speakup.com.br
Language level: Pre-intermediate 
Standard: American accent


The Radio Centenary

On January 13th 1910 the De Forest Radio Laboratory transmitted the first public radio broadcast of a live performance from New York’s Metropolitan Opera House. Enrico Caruso and Ricardo Martin performed arias from Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci. On the 100th anniversary of this event, radio stations around the world continue to broadcast to millions of listeners. Experts predict the death of radio again and again; but radio not, only survives today, it prospers!

THE GREAT SURVIVOR

How has radio survived the introduction of television, then cable and satellite services, and, more recently, mp3 players, the Internet and Podcasts? US radio station owner Steve Keeney explains: “Radio re-invents itself. Today radio is more local and targets its audiences. For example, talk radio stations are also very popular because they let listeners express their views.”

THE PIRATE STATIONS
In the 1960s radio had an important role in the birth of pop culture. Teenagers around the world listened to the latest pop music on transistor radios, which they hid under their pillows from disapproving parents. This was the age of pirate radio and rebellion against laws that regulated transmissions. Today radio transmitters are so small that pirate FM stations broadcast illegally all over the world. London has over 20 illegal stations, including Shine 87.9 and Genesis.

LOCAL

Public radio stations NPR and the BBC, in the US and UK have also evolved: for example, the BBC has local stations in every region and city in Britain. The BBC remains very successful, with over 30 million people listening to its seven national stations every week. Tradition and innovation are very important at the BBC: while Radio 4’ The Archers in the world’s longest-running soap opera, it has over a million listeners each week using the BBC’s internet-based iPlayer. Listener Wendy Lee from Devon suggests: “Radio survives because it’s free. You simply turn it on and listen.”

Marconi and the Birth of Radio (no audio)

Guglielmo Marconi was fascinated by the work of German physicist Heinrich Hertz on electromagnetic waves. During a summer holliday in the mountains near Biella, Italy in 1894, he had the inspired the idea of suing Hertzian waves to communicate in the following months, he worked radio set. The first version transmitted a weak signal form the window of his laboratory to the end of the garden. His first real victory came beyond a hill at the bottom of his garden. The Italian government didn’t recognize the importance of Marconi’s invention, so he went to England to the Wireless Telegraph Trading Signal Company and introduced wireless telegraphy to the world. 


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Family Album 36



Source: Family Album

quarta-feira, 26 de janeiro de 2011

Renée Zellweger



Source: Speak Up
Language level: Intermediate
Standard: American


RENÉE ZELLWEGER

Being Beatrix

Peter Rabbit’s author, Beatrix Potter, lived from 1866 to 1943 and her life has inspired a major feature film. Miss Potter stars Renée Zellweger in the title role, while the cast also includes Ewan McGregor (not to be confused with the Mr. McGregor of the Peter Rabbit story) and Emily Watson, Miss Potter enables the Texan-born Zellweger to try not an English accent, something that she has already done in the Bridget Jones movies. Here she talks about the challenge of playing the famous children’s writer:

Renée Zellweger
(Standard American accent)

When people closest to her would describe her, they would describe her as “merry,” or “jolly,” “joyful,” “happy” and “glowing,” that she had a glow, that her…what was it?...her…she had “laughing, brilliant blue eyes,” which was…I mean, so many contradictions when your read the information about who she might have been, you know, she’s this very creative, outgoing…very…expressive person, on one hand and, quite the contrary, she…was very introverted and uncomfortable in public and in big crowds and felt very displaced, didn’t want to be outwardly expressive, that she spoke quietly, but…she was very assertive, you know, she was very certain and yet reserved, I mean, so many contradictions and so much information to choose from, and all of it hearsay, for the most part.

THE LAKE DISTRICT.

Although she was born in London’s fashionable Kensington area, Beatrix Potter preferred life in the English Lake District. The Tale of Peter Rabbit was first published in 1902 and this was followed by more than 20 popular books. Miss Potter’s royalties as an author enabled her to buy up some 15 Lake District farms, which she would later leave to the National Trust.

Renée Zellweger:

I can understand the appeal of wanting to be away from the exchanges that you have on a daily basis, because of the public persona, I understand that you’d want to go to places a bit more remote to that your exchanges are a hit more natural, especially for a person who is so introverted and private, you know. . I completely understand it. And you could see, walking around, the quit that it brings, the quit that she probably craved and …access to all those things that she liked most, the things that inspired her, everywhere. I mean just the colors, I mean, when you think about the colors that she used in her paintings, I mean the light’s just a little bit different and, you know, it just…the quit enables you to sit in it for a while and take it in and you can see how that would just feed this woman’s work and make it so rich. Why wouldn’t she want to be there, you know? You could…feel it.

THE DIRECTOR

Miss Potter is directed by the Australian Chris Noonan, whose last film was a delightful comedy about a little pig called Babe. Renée Zellweger clearly enjoyed working with Noonan:

Renée Zellwegen

He’s probably the nicest man on the planet, we all sort of kind of…we all sort of decided half-way though that he must be the nicest person alive, never raises his voice, is just very gentle, and, at the same time has a very quiet confidence and is curious. He has a lot of fun, he has a child-like curiosity that’s ever present. He’s looking around and wondering, wondering “uhum, what next?” He’s always discovering something as it goes along. And he’s a very likeable man and I enjoyed this. It seemed to, I don’t know, t just, it seemed like a perfect partnership, you know, the…the lady who created these beautiful stories that resonate with children, and Chris and his curiosity and his gentle manner and how he handled the telling of the story. It just…it seemed right.