Pro-Jovem, part 27, Inglês vip

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Julia:  Mariana! What are you doing here? You are sick(1)!

Mariana:  I was sick! I’m fine now!

Julia: That’s good. How were your resting days(2)?

Mariana: They were so boring(3). I was anxious(4) to get out of bed(5) and go out. Were you at home

Yesterday?

Julia: No, I was not.

Mariana: So, where were you yesterday(6)?

Julia: I was at work, writing for the newspaper…

Mariana: Let’s go shopping.

Julia: What do you want to buy?

Mariana: Clothes(7). I need new clothes to work.

Julia:  What do you need?

Mariana: I need new pants(8), t-shirts(9), sweater(10)…The office has air conditioning(11). I need socks(12) and new shoes(13)…

Julia: Wow! When was the last time(14) you went shopping?

Mariana: It’s was a long time ago(15).

Julia: I can see that. You need everything(16).

Mariana:  Were you alone yesterday, Julia?

Julia:  No, I was not.

Mariana: So, who was with you?(17)

Julia: Pedro and Lucas were with me.

Mariana: Why were they with you?

Julia: They were helping me with the story. Why do you ask?

Mariana: No, nothing.

Julia: I know why, you miss(18) Pedro…

Julia: So, what are the things you like?
Mariana: I like that jeans skirt(19), those basic T-shirts, that dress(20) and that red coat(21).

Julia: Ok. Let’s get them. Wait, aren’t you buying  those high heels(22)? You should buy those.

Mariana: I usually(23) don’t use high heels.

Julia: Mariana, every woman need high heels. You can use it when you go out with Pedro…

Mariana: Knock it off(24), Julia!

 

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                                      Vocabulary
 1. Sick  = doente
 2. Resting days = Dias de descanso
 3. Boring = chato, entediante
 4. Anxious = ansioso(a)
 5. Get out of bed = Sair da cama
 6. Where were you yesterday? = Onde você estava ontem?
 7. Clothes = roupas
 8. Pants  = calças
 9. T-shirts = camisetas
 10. Sweater = Suéter, agasalho
 11. Air conditioning = ar condicionado
 12. Socks = meias
 13. Shoes = sapatos
 14. The last time = a última vez
 15. A long time ago = Há muito tempo
 16. Everything = tudo
 17. Who was with you? = Quem estava com você?
 18. Miss = sentir saudades
 19. Skirt = saia
 20. Dress = Saia
 21. Coat = casaco
  22. High heels = saltos altos
  23. Usually = normalmente
  24. Knock it off != "pare com isso!"

Earthhour

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Steven	Rachel

Rachel: So Steven, we've been talking about Costa Rica and how beautiful nature is there and how important it is to preserve it. What do you do in your life to save the environment or to protect the environment?

Steven: It's almost daily that I think about this question that you just asked me. For example in my university I made this project for promoting Earth Hour which is just turning off the lights for one hour and enjoy a concert or some activity that doesn't require

 electricity. This Earth Hour is actually produced or created in Australia but we just trying to promote eco-systems, eco-friendly programs to the world.

Rachel: That sounds great, so how many people attended the event?

Steven: More than two hundred people from the university came in and watch and enjoyed and actually all of them stayed and we also attracted faculty people which we never thought they would ever come and it's impressive

 that all these people actually wanted to make a change to the world.

Rachel: So that sounds like an amazing project Steven. If other students in universities around the world wanted to organize something like it, what were the steps you went through

 to organize that event?

Steven: Well, this even was mostly already planned by this organization called earth hour of course. However, in order to make the idea to actually work, we went through lots ofpaperwork

. We tried to recruit as many people

 through advertisement and trying to be as eco-friendly as possible by reducing paper, and also we tried to recruit activities from the university in order to promote people to come in and enjoy this wonderful concert, and of course we had some marshmallow, chocolate, cracker which attracted most of the people.

Rachel: That sounds wonderful. So you had the barbeque as well as the concert and then candlelight as well. Is that right?

Steven: Yeah, I actually had candles which is lighting the concert and of course the barbeque. This was the main attraction for people but also because of this they learned that by turning off one hour of light they can actually survive. They can actually survive without the internet or turning on the lights and doing their homework

Pro-jovem, part 26, Inglês vip

Source: http://www.ingvip.com/curso-de-conversacao.htm 

Pedro: I must thank you(1) Julia. This visit was very interesting.

Julia:  Yes, It’s was…

Pedro: I owe you one(2)…

Julia: You owe me one? You can give me a hand(3) with the story.

Lucas:  This is a good opportunity, Pedro. Now you can learn how to use computers.

Julia: So, how can I start(4) this story?

Pedro:  Let me think(5). This morning, I was in a real Tv station. My friends Pedro and Lucas were with me.

It was a wonderful experience.

Lucas:  Good start. Ok, the story is ready. Now, save the file(6).

Pedro: Where can we save it?

Lucas: You should create a  folder(7), and call it  “newspapers”.

Pedro: Ok.

Julia:  Thanks guys, you were a big help.

Pedro: Can we surf on the internet(8) now?

Lucas: Yes you can. Let’s create an email for you.

Pedro: Let me think about my e-mail address…

Julia: You should put your name. Let’s try pedro.silva. p-e-d-r-o.s-i-l-v-a@aluba.

Lucas: Man, check it out(9). I have a blog on the internet.

Pedro: A blog? What is it?

Lucas: What world do you live in(10),  Pedro?

Pedro:  I never (11) use the internet.

Lucas:  I love the internet, I have a blog, a photolog,  do my research(12) for the school, using the research sites. It’s so cool(13).

Pedro:  That’s  true(14). I was not into(15) computers. But now I’m starting to like it.

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                                      Vocabulary

 1. I must thank you  = Eu devo agradecer você

 2. I owe you one = Eu te devo uma

 3. Give me a hand = "Me dar uma mão"

 4. How can I start = Como posso começar?

 5. Let me think = Deixe-me pensar

 6. Save the file = Salve o arquivo

 7. folder = pasta

 8. surf on the internet  = Navegar pela internet

 9. Check it out = Dê uma olhada

 10. What world do you live in? = Em que mundo você vive?

 11. Never = Nunca

 12. Research = Pesquisa

 13. It's so cool = É tão legal

 14. That's true = Isso é verdade

 15.  I was not into = "Eu não curtia"

How can I translate Let it Be?

Source: www.speakup.com.br

Language level: Pre-intermediate

Standards: British and american accents

Do you know what does LET IT BE mean? Have a look at the article based on the lyric song by Beatles.

LIVING LANGUAGE

All You Need is Love

In the 1960s millions of foreign students learnt English by listening to The Beatles. And they still do. Pop – or “Popular” – music helped make the English language popular: foreign countries can dub British and American films and TV shows, but they can’t dub pop songs! They are a great way to learn English and The Beatles, the greatest pop group of all, are an excellent example.

THE MESSAGE

Most of the early Beatles songs were about love: She loves You (Yeah! Yeah!) and the linguistically bizarre Love me Do. For a language student, the song All You Need Is Love is more useful. It is a simple and positive message and it is repeated many times in the song. Not only that, the chorus shows you how to express the same concept in a different way: “Love is All you Need.” You can take this phrase and apply it to other ideas: “All you Need is money,”  or “Money is all you need.” “All you need is intelligence,” or “Intelligence is all you need,” “All you need is common sense,” or “Common sense is all you need” etc. If you are using a plural, you must adapt it: for example: “All you need are good friends: good friends are all you need,” “All you need are credit cards, credit cards are all you need” etc.

YESTERDAY

And, for a simple introduction to the simple past, what better example than Paul McCartney’s melancholic song, Yesterday: “Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away, but now it looks as if they’re here to stay.” Here again in you can build your own phrases: “Yesterday my life seemed so easy, but today it’s a disaster,” “Last year the economy looked good, but now it’s terrible,” “Three years ago Italy had the best team in the world, but now it’s terrible,” “Three years ago Italy had the best team in the world, but that’s probably not true today, “The list goes on…

LET IT BE

McCartney also wrote the beautiful song, Let it Be. This was about his mother Mary, who died when Paul was a teenager in Liverpool. “Let It Be,” was Mrs. McCartney’s phrase for “Don’t Worry,” but it is a rare example of the subjunctive in English. Other examples include the English national anthem, “God Save the Queen” and Star wars, “ May the Force Be With you, “but that’s another story…

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Marta, the sky is the limit

Source: www.maganews.com.br

Sport

Marta: the sky is the limit!

In January she was voted the best women’s soccer player in the world, for the fifth consecutive time

    Every year FIFA organizes a gala ceremony in Zurich, Switzerland, to toast [1] the best soccer players in the world. Attending [2] this event has become routine forBrazil's Marta. In January this year she was voted best player in the world for the fifth straight time. FIFA's glamorous gala evening contrasts with the poor childhood Marta had in Dois Riachos, a small town in Alagoas state. Marta Vieira da Silva was born in a very poor family. Her parents separated when she was just a baby. Her passion for soccer took hold [3] when she was seven years old. As there were no other girls who liked soccer there, she started playing with the boys.

International career and medals!

Marta was just 14 years old when she went to Rio de Janeiro to have a trial [4] for Vasco da Gama.  Years later she was signed [5] to play for a Swedish [6] club. The Brazilian player lived in the cold city of Umea for five years and even learned the Swedish language. In 2009 she left Europe for the United States to compete in the American League, the best organized women's soccer league in the world. In the past two years, Santos has managed to take Marta on loan [7] to play in some short tournaments. Playing for Brazil, she has won two gold medals at the Pan-American Games, in 2003 and 2007, and two silver medals at the Olympics, in 2004 and 2008, and was runner up [8] in 2007's world championship. Marta is just 24. Besides soccer, she has another passion: playing guitar.

Matéria publicada na edição de número 59 da revista Maganews.

(Áudio – Laís Hatton)

Foto - Bruno Miani 

Vocabulary

1 to toast – aqui = premiar / brindar

2 attending (to attend) – frequentar / comparecer

3 to take hold – exp. idiom. = despertar / começar

4 trial – teste

5 to sign – contratar / assinar contrato

6 swedish - sueco

7 to loan – tomar emprestado / por empréstimo

8 runner up - vice

Pro-jovem, part 25, inglês vip

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Lucas:  Community TV Station!! I can’t believe(1) we are here.

Recepcionist: Hello,  how can I help you?

Julia:  We are here to see how the Community TV Station works(2).
Recepcionist: Oh, it’s nice to have to have you here. The studios are on the second floor(3). Right now(4), we
are recording(5) one show. You can follow(6) it if you want, and I can explain(7) how everything(8) works. Ok?
Pedro: That’s nice.

Recepcionist: This is how we work. On the first floor, we have a group of people who make the scripts(9),

And another(10) that takes care of(11) the production. Clothes, set(12) , locations, guests(13)…Then, there is the hostess(14)

Of the show, the camera man…
Julia:  This is very interesting. Thanks for your time! Your training project is very good!

Recepcionist:  You’re welcome! You should send(15) me a copy of the newspaper. We are always looking for

Reporters here.

Julia: Sure thanks a lot.

Recepcionist:  Ok you’re welcome.
Pedro: Excuse me, miss(16). How do we get to our neighborhood from here, downtown? Is it too complicated?

Recepcionist:  No, no. Down the street(17) there is a bus stop(18). Take the bus(19) and get off(20) on the fifth stop…Ok?

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                                      Vocabulary
 1. I can't believe  = Mal posso acreditar
 2. Works = funciona
 3. Second floor = Segundo andar
 4. Right now = Neste momento
 5. Recording = gravando
 6. Follow = Acompanhar, seguir
 7. Explain = Explicar
 8.  Everything = Tudo
 9. Scripts = roteiros
 10. Another = Um outro,uma outra
 11. Takes care of = Cuida de
 12. Set  = cenário
 13. Guests = convidados
 14. Hostess = Apresentadora
 15. Send = enviar
 16.  Miss = senhorita
 17. Down the street = Descendo a rua
 18. Bus stop = ponto de ônibus
 19. Take the bus  = Pegue o ônibus
 20. Get off = Desça

The Canterbury Tales

The Canterbury Tales

Source: Speak Up
Language level: Basic
Standard: British accent

Canterbury, a beautiful city in Kent just 56 miles (90 kilometres) southeast of London, is the original home of Christianity in England. St. Augustine, who converted the English to Christianity, came to Canterbury in 597 AD and built St. Martin’s – England first church.

MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL

Canterbury is, however, more famous for another date, 29^th December 1170. This is the day that Archbishop Thomas Becket became a Christian martyr, when he was murdered inside the Cathedral by supporters of King Henry II. Pilgrims pay homage to him by travelling from London to his shrine in Canterbury Cathedral. The 14^th century English poet Geoffrey Chaucer wrote about the pilgrims in his literary classic The Canterbury Tales. Visitors can now step back into the Middle Ages and join the pilgrims at The Canterbury Tales Visitors’ Attraction: a fascinating audiovisual experience. This popular attraction, inside St. Margaret’s Church in the city centre, takes visitors on an imaginary journey from London’s Tabard Inn to Becket’s shrine in Canterbury Cathedral. On the way, Chaucer’s characters come to life and tell their humourous, romantic and occasionally horrific stories. There’s the Knight and his story of two men who fall in love with the same young girl; there’s the wonderful Wife of Bath who reveals what women truly desire; and the Pardoner who scares everyone with a tale of death and trickery. The journey ends at a medieval market where traders sell souvenirs.

PICTURESQUE

Canterbury is situated on the bank of the River Great Stour and the boat of the Historic River Tour Company offer a good way to discover the city’s history and escape its busy streets. The countryside around Canterbury offers small picturesque villages, ancient woods and two popular seaside resorts in Whitstable and Herne Bay.

Geoffrey Chaucer

Chaucer had an adventurous life (1342/43-1400). He served in King Henry it’s diplomatic service in his teens; in fact, he was taken prisoner in France when he was just fifteen. He was released when the King paid a ransom of sixteen pounds (€20). He spent his life employed by various members of Royal Family and became a respected gentleman of the court. In 1372 he travelled to Genoa to establish a trade agreement, and to Florence to negotiate a loan for the King. During his visit he discovered the work of Giovanni Boccaccio. Boccaccio’s Decameron on doubt inspired him to write English’s literature’s first masterpiece: The Canterbury Tales.

Travel Info

The Canterbury Tales St. Margaret’s Street, Canterbury, CT1 2TG

Email: info@canterburytales.org.uk

Museum of Canterbury with Robert Bear Museum

Stour Street, Canterbury, CT1 2NZ

Website: http://www.canterbury.musem.co.uk