Pro-jovem, part 14, Inglês vip

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Boss: Ready(1) for your second day at work?
Mariana: Yes, I am 
Boss: OK, Let's start(2). We are starting the high season(3). High season is when people travel more. Our high season is during(4) the summer(5).
Mariana: Yes, that is true(6). It is during summer that people have vacations(7).
Boss: That's right(8). So those are the places(9) people want to visit more: Porto Seguro, Recife, Rio de Janeiro.
Do you know any of these places?
Mariana: No, I don't
 

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Mariana: Good afternoon. Travel agency. How can I help you?(10)Customer: Good afternoon. I want to go to Ceará with my family during summer. We are five: My wife(11), three children and me.
Mariana: How would you like to go? By bus(12) or by airplane?
Customer: By airplane
Mariana: Just a second sir. I'm going to see the prices for you OK? It's R$ 899,99
Customer: But the prices are too high! It's very expensive.
Mariana: Well sir(13), it's summer, the high season
Customer: High seasons? High prices, it's very expensive. Can't you give me a discount?(14)Mariana: Just a second, sir. I'm sorry, sir. Summer is a high season. Airplane tickets(15) are expensive, hotels too. But if you go before Christmas(16), we can give you a big discount. I can send(17) you an email with the prices. I'm sending it right now(18). Have a nice day(19).  

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                                      Vocabulary
 1. Ready  = Pronto(a)
 2. Let's start = Vamos começar
 3. High season = Alta temporada
 4. During = durante
 5. Summer = verão
 6. That is true = Isso é verdade
 7. Vacations = férias
 8.  That's right = Está certo
 9. Places = Lugares
 10. How can I help you?  = Como posso ajudá-lo?
 11. Wife = esposa
 12. By bus = De ônibus
  13. Sir = Senhor
 14. Can't you give me a discount? = Você não pode me dar um desconto?
 15. Tickets  = passagens
 16. Before Christmas = antes do Natal
 17. Send = Enviar
 18. Right now = Já, agora
 19. Have a nice day = Tenha um bom dia

Yoko Ono

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Standard: American accent

Source: www.speakup.com.br

Language level: Upper intermediate

Opinions about Yoko Ono vary immensely. For her admires, like music critic Byron Coley, she is “one of the most important and enduring artist of the last half-century.” For her detractors, she is a mediocre performance artist whose dominance of her husband John Lennon led to the break-up of the Beatles. And yet, whether you love her or hat her, Yoko Ono is an important figure in the history of our times: who can forget the famous bed-ins that she and John staged in 1969, as a protest against the Vietnam War?

THERE WWILL BE AN ANSWER…

41 years later, the 77-year-old Yoko is still going strong. Last year she released an album on her son Sean Lennon’s Chimera label. Called Between My Head and the Sky, it features the first performance by the famous Plastic Ono Band since 1973. And whereas critics laughed at Yoko’s music in the past, this time she has received rave reviews. For The Daily Telegraph of London, for example, the album is “fantastically cool, fearlessly weird.” Here Yoko talks about the new album and the solution to the world’s problem:

Yoko Ono

(Japanese accent)

Oh, well, the solution is already here, but some people don’t realize it, and some people do. And the solution is to use the strong vibration that we discovered, such as music, such as art. They have (a) very strong vibration. One is auditory and the other is visual, but the visual vibration is very important, too. The visual vibration create future, creates things, and (the) auditory vibration heals things. So, between the two, if you can cover the earth with the vibration of art and (the) vibration of music, and this will become a planet of music and art, and that’s when everything’s going to be healed and we are going to have a peaceful world. Just like that. It’s going to happen very fast. And then, between us, we will still have this beautiful vibration of peace, which we will send it to the universe.

A WITCH

And Yoko doesn’t seem bothered about the criticism she received in the past. She called her last album, which was released in 2007, Yes, I’m a Witch:

Yoko Ono:

I had a life of my own, which had nothing to do with critics, you know. So, when they were attacking me, if that meant so much to me, I would be dead now. I mean, you know, spiritually dead. But it didn’t affect me so much because I was so much into my own music, and what to do about it and what to give to the world. And I was proud that I was giving so much, though they didn’t know that I was giving! And now this (is) very nice, I just don’t want myself to become sugar-coated.

IMAGINE

And she is positive about today’s artists:

What they’re doing now is incredibly revolutionary, and we don’t know it. I’ll tell you why: because, you know, they’re going into the area of communication, of imagining and communicating, no through words, but through vibration. And that’s really going to be the most important thing that’s going to happen to us, that we will be communicating and correcting the thing in the Planet Earth and everything through just thinking, through imagining.

THE NEW MEDITATION

Nor is she worried about today’s youngsters:

Yoko Ono:

In Japan there’s a group of children who don’t want to come out of their own room. And that’s being a very, very difficult thing for parents. And they’re all so upset that “My child is always in the room, and we have to just put a plate of food in front of it, and they just take it in.” And they’re thinking that that’s a terrible thing that the children (are) doing, but I think that those children are (the) equivalent of gurus 5,000 years ago, something like that, who’s being meditating, and it’s a form of meditation, and they are trying to not be with other people in their rooms meditating and somehow changing the world through meditation. And I don’t know if they (are so aware of that, but that’s what’s happening. And it’s a beautiful thing that’s happening, but, of course, the parents think (sic) it’s a terrible thing that’s happening. And it’s interesting, interesting that some of the kids decided that that’s the only way that they can survive or be alive.

Pro-jovem, part 13, Ingles vip

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Pedro: Hello, I'm Pedro
Boss1: Hello Pedro, How can I help you(1)?
Pedro: I'm here because the job you are offering(2) as a salesman(3) in your clothing store(4)
Boss1: I'm sorry Pedro, but the job is already taken(5).
Pedro: OK, bye.
 

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Pedro: Excuse me(6)Boss2: Yes
Pedro: Are you looking for waiters(7)?
Boss2: Oh yes, we are!
Pedro: Do I know you? You look familiar(8).Do you have a clothing store?
Boss2: Oh no, but my brother has a clothing store. So, you are here because you want to be a waiter. Can I ask you some questions?
Pedro: Yes. My name is Pedro, and my birthday is in December, 24th, 1982. And I think I can be(9)a good waiter, because I'm very nice with people...
Boss2: OK, OK. Are you a little nervous(10)?
Pedro: Yes, I am. How do you know?
Boss2: You don't need to be nervous. Relax, ok? Can you stay all day?
Pedro: Yes, yes!
Boss2: Then I can show you some things, and see if you can have the job
Pedro: OK, that's fine!(11)
Boss2:  Well Pedro,  the job is easy. You have to write(12) here what the people want and serve them, OK?
Pedro: OK
Boss2: OK, let's try(13). Let's pretend(14) I am a customer, OK?
Pedro: OK
Boss2: I want three soft drinks and four sandwiches
Pedro: You want all of this? You eat a lot(15)!
Boss2: No, no Pedro. You can't say things like that(16) to clients. You have to write it and bring(17) it here, OK?
Pedro:  OK, sorry.
Boss2: Let´s go! This is going to be a long day... 

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                                      Vocabulary
 1.  How can I help you? = Como posso ajudá-lo?
 2. Offering = Oferecendo
 3. Salesman = Vendedor
 4. Clothing store = Loja de roupas
 5. The job is already taken = O emprego já foi preenchido
 6. Excuse me = Com licença
 7. Waiters = garçons
 8. You look familiar  = Você me parece familiar
 9. I think I can be = Eu acho que posso ser
 10. A little nervous = Um pouco nervoso
 11. That's fine = Está ótimo!
 12. Write = Escrever
 13. Let's try = vamos tentar
 14. Pretend = fingir
 15. You eat a lot!  = Você come muito!
 16. You can't say things like that =  Você não pode dizer coisas assim
 17. Bring = Traze

Ace in the hole, word and their stories

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Now, WORDS AND THEIR STORIES, a program in Special English by the Voice of America.

It is surprising how many expressions that Americans use every day came from the card game of poker. For example, you hear the expression, ace in the hole, used by many people who would never think of going near a poker table. An ace in the hole is any argument, plan or thing kept hidden until needed. It is used especially when it can turn failure into success.

In poker and most card games, the ace is the highest and most valuable card. It is often a winning card. In one kind of poker game, the first card to each player is given face down. A player does not show this card to the other players. The other cards are dealt face up. The players bet money each time they receive another card.

No one knows until the end of the game whose hidden card is the winner. Often, the ace in the hole wins the game.

Smart card players, especially those who play for large amounts of money, closely watch the person who deals the cards. They are watching to make sure he is dealing honestly. They want to be sure that he is not dealing off the bottom of the stack of cards. A dealer who is doing that has stacked the deck. He has fixed the cards so that he will get higher cards. He will win and you will lose.

The expression, dealing off the bottom, now means cheating in business, as well as in cards. And when someone tells you that the cards are stacked against you, he is saying you do not have a chance to succeed.

In a poker game you do not want to let your opponents know if your cards are good or bad. So having a poker face is important. A poker face never shows any emotion, never expresses either good or bad feelings. No one can learn – by looking at your face – if your cards are good or bad.

People now use poker face in everyday speech to describe someone who shows no emotion.

Someone who has a poker face usually is good at bluffing. Bluffing is trying to trick a person into believing something about you that is not true.

In poker, you bluff when you bet heavily on a poor hand. The idea is to make the other players believe you have strong cards and are sure to win. If they believe you, they are likely to drop out of the game. This means you win the money they have bet.

You can do a better job of bluffing if you hold your cards close to your vest. You hold your cards close to you so no one can see what you have. In everyday speech, holding your cards close to your vest means not letting others know what you are doing or thinking. You are keeping your plans secret.

We are not bluffing when we say we hope you have enjoyed today’s program.

(MUSIC)

This Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES was written by Marilyn Rice Christiano. This is Bob Doughty.

U2 ON TOUR

Source: www.speakup.com.br

Language level: Pre-Intermediate

Standards: American and British accents

U2 ON TOUR

U2, the great rock band, is having a busy Autumn. After playing in Europe, the group is now heading to New Zealand and Australia. Earlier this year the group cancelled tour dates in the USA. Lead singer Bono injured his back. Luckily for U2 fans, he has now recovered and the tour is back on the road!

THE CLAW!

The 360º tour is unique. The group performs on a special stage: the Claw 200 trucks transport the stage from city to city. The enormous structure serves as stage, lighting system, video centre and sound system. It’s like a huge spaceship in the middle of the stadium. Lights flash. The music roars. And Bono is in constant motion as he sings and dances. The Claw is a spectacular stage, but Bono is the star.

DUBLINERS

U2 have been together since 1976. What is the secret of their success? Guitarist The Edge explains, “We’re a real band. We’re committed and loyal. And we’re real friends.” The group met as school boys at Dublin’s Mount Temple Comprehensive School. Bono even met his wife Alison Stewart, as the same school.

RELIGION

Incredibly, the group almost never existed. Bono and The Edge attended prayer meetings in the 1970s and their Christian beliefs contradicted the rock’n’ roll lifestyle. They decided to continue, but their Christian beliefs remains important to them.

AFRICA

The group’s religious beliefs are the inspiration behind their charity work. Bono is world-famous as an advocate for Live Aid, ONE and DATA in the fight to end poverty in Africa. He’s a friend of world leaders and receives invitations to speak at events like the 2005 G8 Summit. Some people accuse him of arrogance. He admits, “I’m sick of Bono, and I am Bono!”

FASHION

This autumn is an import time for Alison Hewson, Bono’s wife, and her ethical clothing collection EDUN. Alison and Bono founded EDUN to promote business and create jobs in Africa in 2005. So far the collection hasn’t been a success. But new designer Sharon Wauchob and partners, international fashion house LVMH, should change that, EDUN was recently re-launched during New York’s Fashion week to positive reviews by major media in the US.

Those Names: Bono and the Edge (no audio)

Bono’s real name is Paul Hewson. His first nickname was Steinheg Van Huyse No Leg Bangbangbang. It evolved info Bonavox of O’Connell Street. bonavox was a Dublin store that sold hearing aids. This nickname became BonoVox – terrible Latin for ‘good voice’ –and finally Bono. Guitarist The Edge is really David Evans. Bono gave him his nickname because of the way he observes life from the edge and his angular face. 

Feliz Aniversário (Blogueiros Brasileiros) e Internacionais

Hoje estamos completando um ano e quero agradecer a todos os parceiros blogueiros no Brasil, por todos que acessam e divulgam meu blog, Teclasap, Blog do Denilson de Lima, Voa News, Maganews, English Experts, Elllo.Org, Teacher Manoel Carlos, estes são os que eu divulgo, blogs parceiros não tenho nem palavras para agradecer, a não ser a todos que adicionaram meu blog e que eu divulgo. Este blog não tem nenhuma intenção de roubar exercícioss, mas a minha função e divulgar as dicas de outros blogs parceiros; a todos os blogueiros da região e do sul do País, e em vários partes do mundo, muito obrigado.

Today English tips is turning 1 year on air, and I want to thank all those partners/bloggers in Brazil and those who access and promote it, Teclasap, Denilson de Lima, Voa News, Maganews, English Experts, Elllo.Org, Teacher Manoel Carlos, this is ones I use tips on my blog, I have no words to thank you so much, unless for those who added my blog which I promote them on my blog. I have no intention to steal Exercises, the purpose is spread tips from the others bloggers/partners; for those blogger from the region, the South and throughout Brazil, as well those located in different parts of the world, Thank you so much. I'm sure for those who visit here and promote Tour Guide (English tips) are providing a resource material for Students overseas, just a click on twitter, Facebook, StumbleUpon among other social Networking. God bless you all, you are really special.

Pro-jovem, part 12, Inglês Vip

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Boss: Nice to meet you. Pleas, sit down(1). What's your name?
Mariana: My name is Mariana Soares
Boss: Date of birth(2)
Mariana: April 14th, 1981
Boss: What are your skills(3)?
Mariana: My skills?
Boss: Yes, what can you do(4)?
Mariana: Oh, OK. I can use the computer, I'm good at writing...
Boss: Good. Can you Stay(5) all day? Then(6) I can show you some things(7) and see if you can be a good call center operator
Mariana: OK, no problem
Boss: Well Mariana, this is where we work. We are a travel agency(8) and you can be our call center operator
Mariana: OK, good. What do I have to do?
Boss: You have to answer questions(9) the customers(10) make. It is about the places(11) they want to visit, the prices(12). But don't worry(13), you are going to be trained to know all this information
Mariana: OK
Boss: OK, ready(14) for your first test?
Mariana: Yes
Boss: I'm going to call you, pretending to be(15) a customer, and ask(16) you some questions OK?
Mariana: OK
Boss: OK, just a second. Hang on(17), I have to answer this. Mariana!
Mariana: Oops, sorry!
 

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                                      Vocabulary
 1.  Sit down = Sente-se
 2. Date of Birth = Data de Nascimento
 3. Skills = habilidades
 4. What can you do? = O que você sabe fazer?
 5. Stay = ficar
 6. Then = Então
 7. Some things = Algumas coisas
 8.  Travel agency = Agência de viagens
 9. Answer questions = Responder perguntas
 10. Customers = Clientes
 11. Places = Lugares
 12. Prices = Preços
 13. Don't worry = Não se preocupe
 14. Ready = pronto(a)
 15. Pretending to be  = fingindo ser
 16. Ask = perguntar
 17. Hang on = aguarde