Pro-jovem, part 32, Inglês vip

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Source: Inglês vip

Julia:  Hello. I’m Julia, I write for my Office’s newspaper.

Guy:  Hello, Julia, it’s nice to talk with you(1).

Julia:  Where do you work?

Guy: I work at a radio station called(2) “Open Air”.

Julia:  That’s in my city!

Guy:  Really!? Would you like to be one of the guests of the show? Tomorrow we are having young people to discuss the difficulties of getting a job(3).

Julia:  Of course, I can bring a friend of mine(4).

Teacher: Hello guys. What are you doing here? I thought everybody was home(5)!

Julia: Oh, Hi boss. We were doing some research(6) on the internet, but we are leaving(7) now.

Teacher: Oh, the internet. All my students love the internet. But let me give you an advice(8). Try(9) to look for(10)information on reliable(11) sites. All right I have to go. I just dropped by(12), to see if the lights were on(13).

Julia: Guess what!(14) We are going to a radio station tomorrow.
Teacher: Why are you going to a radio station ?

Pedro: Because we were invited(15) to be one of the guests(16) in a program!

Teacher: Hum! That’s exciting(17)! I have one sister who(18) works in a radio station. It is on the east part(19) of the city. It is called Open Air. 

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                                      Vocabulary
 1. It's nice to talk with you  = É um prazer falar com você
 2. Called = chamado(a)
 3. Getting a job = conseguir um emprego
 4. A friend of mine = um amigo meu
 5. I thought everybody was home = Eu achei que todos estavam em casa
 6. Research = Pesquisa
 7. Leaving = saindo
 8.  Advice = conselho
 9. Try = tentar
 10. Look for = procurar
 11. Reliable = confiável
 12. I just dropped by = eu só "dei uma passada"
 13. If the lights were on = Se as luzes estavam acesas
 14. Guess what! = "adivinha só!"
 15. We were Invited  = nós fomos convidados
 16. Guests = convidados
 17. Emocionante =
 18. Who = que
 19. East part = parte leste

Words and Their Stories: Food Expressions, Part Three

Source: www.voanews.com 

Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. We present more expressions about food. They are from Elenir Scardueli, a listener in Brazil.

My mother always told us there is no use crying over spilled milk. That means you should not get angry when something bad happens and cannot be changed. People said my mother was a good egg. She would always help anyone in need. We never had to walk on eggshells around her. We did not have to be careful about what we said or did because she never got angry at us. She also told us you have to break some eggs to make an omelet. This means you have to do what is necessary to move forward. 

My mother believed you are what you eat. A good diet is important for good health. She would always give us nutritious food. She liked serving us meat and potatoes for dinner. Meat and potatoes can also mean the most important part of something. It describes someone who likes simple things. Here is another expression about meat: one man’s meat is another man’s poison. In other words, one person might like something very much while another person might hate the same thing.

My father was also a good and honest person. People said he was the salt of the earth. He would never pour salt on a wound, or make someone feel worse about something that was already a painful experience. However, sometimes he told us a story that seemed bigger than life. So we had to take it with a grain of salt. That is, we could not believe everything he told us.

My husband has a good job. He makes enough money to support our family. So we say he brings home the bacon. He can cut the mustard, or do what is expected of him at work. It is easy to find my husband in a crowd.  He stands almost two meters tall. He is a tall drink of water.

I take the train to work. It is not a pleasant ride because the train can be full of people. It is so crowded that we are packed like sardines – just like small fish in a can.

My supervisor at work is sometimes out to lunch. She is out of touch and does not always know what is going on in our office. Yet she is right about one thing: there is no such thing as a free lunch. Something may appear to be free of charge, but there may be a hidden cost.

When we fail to see problems at work, my supervisor tells us to wake up and smell the coffee. We need to pay more attention and fix the problem.

I once made a big mistake at the office and felt foolish. I had egg on my face.

Over the weekend, my friend invited me to watch a football game on television. But I do not like football. It is not my cup of tea.

We hope this program has given you food for thought, that is, something to think about.

(MUSIC)

This program was written by Shelley Gollust. I'm Faith Lapidus. You can find more WORDS AND THEIR STORIES at our website, voaspecialenglish.com.

Landscapes, Canyons

Yesterday morning, me, Joelson and Jailma went to Fundoes, a beautiful place located around 5 kilometres away the down town. There, is a Canyons rock forming, as well as there are some petroglyph, engravings in low relief (carving on the rock).

During the winter local people, tourists go there in order to bath on its clean water, check out the pictures bellow, for more info, visit my Facebook profile.  

                                        

  

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Pro-jovem, part 31, Inglês vip

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Julia: Hi Pedro, What a surprise!(1)

Pedro: I was studying in the library(2) and I decided to come downstairs(3) to use the internet.

Julia:  I was preparing to go back home(4), but now that you are here, why don’t you teach(5) how to use it?

Pedro: Ok. First: the good thing(6) about the internet is that you are connected to the whole world(7) by computer! For example, think about a place(8) far, far away from here.

Julia:  Hum, let me see(9), Bangladesh!

Pedro:  Bangladesh!? Where is it?

Julia:  Bangladesh is a country(10), in the Asian continent. Pedro, what were you doing in during(11) your Geography class(12)?!

Pedro: If we go(13) to a search site(14), we can find(15) all kinds(16) of information  about Asian and its countries. We can even(17)  make friends in Asia!

Julia: But I don’t speak any Asian language(18). How  could(19) I make friends in Asia?

Pedro: You speak English.

Julia: I was thinking about the war in Iraq the other day(20)! Can we find information about that?

Pedro: Let’s see. We can find a website and look for news(21) about Iraqian war(22). Oh, I have a friend who wasliving(23) in France until last year. And he was always writing me about a museum called(24) Louvre. Let’s see what that is.

Julia: Oh, the Louvre is very famous art museum. I would like to know more about journalism.

Pedro: Ok, let’s look about journalists. Here, a discussion group about young journalists.

Julia: Perfect!

Pedro:  Go ahead, Julia! Type something(25)…
  

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                                      Vocabulary
 1.  What a surprise! = Que surpresa!
 2. Library = Biblioteca
 3. Downstairs = andar de baixo
 4. Go back home = voltar para casa
 5. Teach = ensinar
 6. Thing = coisa
 7. Connected to the whole world = conectado ao mundo inteiro
 8. Place  = lugar
 9. Let me see = Deixe-me ver
 10. Country = país
 11. During = durante
 12. Class = aula
 13. If we go = se nós formos
 14. Search site = site de busca
 15.  Find = encontrar
 16. Kinds = tipos
 17. Even = até mesmo
 18. Language = língua
 19. Could = poderia
 20. The other day = outro dia
 21. News = notícias
  22. War = guerra
  23. Living = morando
  24. Called = chamado
  25. Type something = Digite alguma coisa

Capitalism a love Store: Michael Moore

Source: Speak Up 

Language Level: Proficiency

Standard: American accent

Speakers: Jason Bermingham and Chuck Rollando

MICHAEL MOORE

CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORE

Michael Moore Capitalism and Me

MICHAEL MOORE

CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORE

Michael Moore Capitalism & Me

For the last 20 years, Michael Moore’s documentaries have exposed –in a tragicomic way – the disturbing side of the American dream. His First film, Roger & Me, was released in 1989 and it showed the disastrous effects on his home town, Flint, Michigan, when the General Motors factory closed. He has since examined the fully of American’s love of guns, in Bowling for Columbine (2002), of the so-called war on terror, in Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004), and the lack of health insurance in Sicko (2007). His latest film, Capitalism: A Love Story, which hit theaters in 2009 and is now out on DVD, focuses on Wall Street. when Moore met with the Press, he was asked who loves who in the movie:

MONEY, MONEY, MONEY

Michael Moore

(Standard American accent)

Capitalists love their money and they not only love their money, they love our money! The upper 1 percent, who have more financial wealth than the bottom 95 per cent! I mean, seriously, when anthropologists dig us up, what do you think they’re going to call that? Seriously, what do you think they’re going to cal us? There’s a name for it. We wouldn’t like the name, we would never use the name right now, but they’ll have a name for us, and I have a good idea what it is, when they see that the 95 per cent were essentially beholden to the 1 per cent. So, the rich love their money and they love our money and they want our money and they could never get enough. It’s the dirtiest word in capitalism, is “enough.” There’s no such thing as enough. They want more and more. It’s like a beast and you have to stop the beast and that’s why ate end, I said you can’t regulate the beast. You really have to put a stake in its heart…as long as we have an economic system that is not democratic and that’s what I’m calling for, a democratic economic system, that…where you and I have a say in how this economy is run. That’s all I’m asking for, that we just apply the democracy that we love to our economy.

GOLDMAN SAHS

One of the features of the financial collapse of 2008 was that Lehman Brother, a rival to the powerful investment bank, Goldman Sachs, was essentially eliminated. Other banks were rescued with vast sums of money and they later paid back their loans. Did this mean that capitalism was now “back on track?”

Michael Moore:

Some of these banks have so-called “repaid” – they…they took this money from us and then had it for seven, nine months, or whatever. I mean, if you give me $20 billion, like Goldman Sachs, I’m not an investor, but I’ll bet you I could do something with $ 20 billion and nine months later, you know, but the unemployment rate went up again this month, the foreclosure rate continues to be extremely high. These are the real things that affect real people, not that…the fact that the stock market now is back over 9000 and Goldman Sachs is posting records profits and, as you said, they brilliantly helped to eliminate the competitions, so that they have now essentially a Soviet-style investment firm. It’s always…it’s got me about how, in terms of how those who call themselves capitalists actually admire the Soviet system of no competition, no choice, and eliminate everything in your path.

PROPAGANDA

For much of his career Moore has been a hate figure for the American right, and several health insurance firms accused him of inaccuracy in Sicko. Yet Obama’s healthcare reform proposals also seem to have angered many Americans. There have been protests at town hall meetings all over the country. Moore was asked what he thought of this:

Michael Moore:

As far as the crazy, angry people at this town hall meetings, while it’s true that was well-organized and well-financed by the industry, and you should have no misconceptions about that, and if you don’t believe that they do those sorts of things, you just need to get a transcript of the Bill Moyers show, from  July (2009), where the Vice President of CIGNA health insurance went public and told the story on how the health insurance industry put up money and got together to have a campaign to smear me and Sicko, and how to tell lies about Sicko, and his name was Wendell Potter, and you should look it up on the internet and it’s a stunning sort of admission of how they identify journalists, to sort of feed things to the journalists they believe will just kind of start repeating the same old, same old line, that if you repeat it enough, it just becomes truth, I’ve experienced that ever since, I mean, Roger & Me, when General Motors had a little packet that they would send to journalists, trying to discredits me and the film, but to really hear one of their own explain how they do this, it’s an amazing thing to see. And so when I saw those…the mobs at the town hall meetings, I…I thought, well I’m not surprised by this. They’re very good at this: that’s why they usually win!

Speaking without fear...Tip number 1

Actually one of the most difficult for beginners is "Speaking without fear," I'm not talking about speaking without mistakes, they are very common, and of course do not imitate a native-speaker, just choose an accent, it's up to you. Check out the tip bellow and keep in touch with the language, never give up, invite some friends and getting started to practise English. Take classes? Invite your class mate and getting started a group, I mean, you are a self-taught or attend private class, practise as much as possible and go ahead, check out the tip number 1 posted originally by English Vip http://www.ingvip.com 

1. Speak without Fear the biggest problem most people face in learning a new language is their own fear.  They worry that they won’t say things correctly or that they will look stupid so they don’t talk at all.  Don’t do this.  The fastest way to learn anything is to do it – again and again , until you get it right.  Like anything, learning English requires practice.  Don’t let a little fear stop you from getting what you want. 

Brazilians eating more sugar and less fruit

Source: www.maganews.com.br

Dietary habits

Brazilians eating more sugar and less fruit

An IBGE survey has shown that Brazilians are eating too much sugar and not enough fruit and vegetables 

    Eating rice and beans [1] for lunch was always been a very common habit for millions and millions of Brazilians. However, in recent years Brazilians have been eating less of this traditional dish[2]. Between 2003 and 2009 Brazilians ate 40% less rice and 26% fewer beans. In addition, domestic consumption of soft drinks [3]  rose [4]  by 40% and beer consumption rose by 23%. These are the findings[5] of a study carried out by the IBGE between 2008 and 2009. The result of the study was only released in late December 2010.   The IBGE survey revealed some disturbing [6]  facts about the eating habits of Brazilians. One is that Brazilians are consuming more and more processed food [7]  and less fruit and vegetables than they should. The daily consumption of fruit and vegetables, foods considered to be very healthy, makes up less than 3% of the Brazilian diet. The ideal amount [8]  would be between 9% and 12%, according to nutritionists.

Excess sugar

But the most worrying fact is that Brazilians are consuming more sugar [9]  than they should. Sugaraccounts for almost 17% of the calories ingested [10] every day by Brazilians. This includes the sugar added to coffee and fruit juices [11], as well as the sugar found in soft drinks, candy [12],cookies  [13] and various processed foods. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that sugar should not account for more than 10% of our daily calorie intake [14]. Several studies have shown that excess sugar can contribute to obesity and diseases such as diabetes and cancer, among others.

Matéria publicada na edição de número 59 da revista Maganews.

Áudio: David Hatton

Fotos - Ag. Vanderlei Alvarenga / André Dias (menina) e Agência Brasil (alimentos)

Vocabulary

1 rice and beans – arroz e feijão

2 dish – prato

3 soft drink – refrigerante

4 to rise – crescer

5 findings – descobertas / revelações

6 disturbing – preocupante

7 processed food – aqui = comida industrializada

8 amount – quantidade

9 sugar – açúcar

10 ingested – ingerida / consumida

11 juice –suco

12 candy – bala

13 cookie – biscoito

14 intake – aqui = consumo