Pro-jovem, part 38, Inglês vip

Source: http://www.ingvip.com/curso-conversacao/aula38.htm

Recycling Girl: How will you apply(1) this project in your neighborhood?

Mariana: We will put up posters around the neighborhood, explaining(2) why recycling is so important. And then we will develop the selective recycling and teach(3) our neighbors how they can put(4) their trash.

Recycling Girl: So far, so good(5). When will the selective recycling start to work(6)?

Pedro: It will start to work in two months.

Recycling Girl: Wow! You are running out of time(7)! You will have to work hard(8) for the next two months.

Pedro:  We know.  But it is for a good cause.

Recycling Girl: Well, my friends, this is what I had to say to you. Do you have any more questions(9)? I’ll beglad(10) to help you.

Pedro:  Well, we don’t know how we can make the community understand(11) the value(12) of recycling.

Recycling Girl: That is a good question. This is what you have to say to your community: We, humans, producemore and more(13) trash every day. But we have a limited space to throw it away(14). Are you thinking about trash cans? But you should(15) think about earth(16), rivers, lakes(17) , oceans…Because there is where the trash is going one way or another(18). So the most important thing(19) about recycling is how it brings less damage(20) to the environment. I’ll show you something. Look how long it takes(21) for these materials to decompose(22).

Pedro:  To decompose?

Julia:  Yes, totally disappear(23) from the environment. Glass(24): More than 4000 years. Rubber(25): We don’t know. Aluminium can : 200 to 500 years. Plastic: more than 100 years. Metal:  more than 100 years.Cigarrettes(26): 5 years. Matches(27):  6 months. Paper:  from three to six months.

Pedro: Wow! Some of this trash lasts longer(28) than we do!

   

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                                      Vocabulary
 1. Apply  = aplicar
 2. Explaining = explicando
 3. teach = ensinar
 4. Put = por, colocar
 5. So far, so good = até agora, tudo bem
 6. Start to work = começar a funcionar
 7. Running out of time = "correndo contra o tempo"
 8.  Work hard = trabalhar duro
 9. Questions = perguntas
 10. Glad = contente
 11. Understand = entender
 12. Value = valor
 13. More and more = cada vez mais
 14. Throw it away = jogá-lo fora
 15. Should  = deveriam
 16. Earth = planeta Terra
 17. Lakes = lagos
 18. One way or another = de uma forma ou de outra
 19. The most important thing = a coisa mais importante
 20. Less damage = menos danos
 21. How long it takes = quanto tempo leva
  22. Decompose = decompor-se
  23. Totally disappear = desaparecer totalmente
  24. Glass = vidro
  25. Rubber = borracha
  26. Cigarettes = cigarros
  27. Matches = fósforos
  28. Lasts longer = duram mais tempo

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Pro-jovem, part 37, Inglês vip

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Recycling girl:Hello people. How are you doing today?
Mariana: Fine, thanks
Recycling girl: So, you are interested in doing a project about recycling. Here is what I can do to help you. First, I can show you how the recycling center works(1), and then, we can talk about your project. How about that?(2)Mariana: That's FineRecycling girl: But first I must say something(3). When I see young people like you caring about(4) the environment(5) and involved with social causes, I feel(6) that we have a future
Julia: So, tell me. How is the work here at the recycling center?Recycling girl: Well, we have more than 300 workers(7) that bring us, every day, our raw material(8).
Pedro: Raw material? What is your raw material?Recycling girl: Well, all kind of trash(9) that can be recycled. Specially paper and plastic.We work with aluminumcans(10) and glasses(11) too.
Pedro: When did you start with this program?Recycling girl: We started five years ago with 30 workers, and now we have 300. For the next year we will have more than 500 workers.
Mariana: So, recycling is not only good for the environment. It can be a job opportunity(12) too.Recycling girl: Yes, it can.
Pedro: How many(13) neighborhoods adopt(14) the recycling system today?Recycling girl: In this city, more than 50 neighborhoods adopt it
Julia: Where else(15) will you develop it?Recycling girl: We are counting on(16) you to develop it down in your neighborhood. Now, tell me one thing. Why did you decide to make a project about recycling?
Julia: I was talking to my neighbors(17) and we realized(18) that there were few(19) people taking care of(20) our neighborhood. We could see(21) trash on the streets everywhere(22). So, we thought that if we developed a project that involves all the community, we could make our neighborhood cleaner(23) and improve(24) our life quality.Recycling girl: That's a wonderful idea  

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                                      Vocabulary
 1.  Works = funciona
 2. How about that? = Que tal?
 3. First I mus say something = primeiro eu devo dizer algo
 4. Caring about = Importando-se sobre
 5. Environment = meio-ambiente
 6. Feel = sentir
 7. Workers = trabalhadores
 8.  Raw material = matéria-prima
 9. Trash = lixo
 10. Cans = latas
 11. Glasses = vidros
 12. Job opportunity = oportunidade de emprego
 13. How many = quantos
 14. Adopt = adotam
 15. Where else  = onde mais
 16. Counting on = contando com
 17. Neighbors = vizinhos
 18. Realized = percebemos
 19. Few = poucos(as)
 20. Taking care of = cuidando de
 21. We could see = Nós podíamos ver
  22. Everywhere = em todos os lugares
  23. Cleaner = mais limpo(a)
  24. Improve = melhorar

Remembering Paul Newman

Remembering Paul Newman

Source: Speak Up

Language level: Advanced

Speaker: Chuck Rollando

Standard: American accent

As you know, Hollywood legend Paul Newman died in 2008 at the age of 83. Yet he was more than just a film star: he was also a racing driver and a political activist who said he felt proud when he learnt that he was number 19 on Richard Nixon’s enemies list. More importantly, he was philanthropist whose “Newman’s Own” food company gave more than $200 million to charity.

As a tribute to him, here are some excerpts from an interview he gave in 2006, when he was promoting one of his last films, the animated feature Cars, for which he provided the voice of Doc Hudson. Newman was asked what was the secret to making a good movie:

Paul Newman

(Standard: American accent)

Well, there are so many ingredients that go into making a film. That’s one of the reasons, incidentally, why I like racing. I mean, it’s a very simple sense of winning. It’s down to a thousandth of a second now, and electronically, and that’s a very uncomplicated conclusion. There’s so many things that go into making a film: the director, the actors that you’re working with, the time that you have to rehearse, whether you catch up with a character in time.

There are so many different ingredients that go into making a performance. It’s pretty hard to tell which performer performed the best. Somebody may have started out with a piece of junk and brought it up to past mediocrity so that it was pretty damn good. And another guy starts out with a beautiful script, a deliciously-defined character, a marvelous director, a comfortable schedule, he’s got everything going for him: I would give the credit to the guy in front of him.

THE EARLY DAYS OF TV

Newman then reminisced about his experiences in the 1950s, when he worked in television:

Paul Newman:

Live television, in those days, was really exciting because you didn’t have a hell of a lost time to work on things, and if there was a mistake made, it was not retrievable by having another take. So I think that working under that kind of pressure was a good experience for any actor; and some funny thing happened, too. Sets felt down. I can remember Walter Cronkite in a thing  called You Are There and Joana of Arc was being burned at the stake and the fire began to crackle and then they cut away to Walter Cronkite in the 20^th century setting and said, “And you were there.” And, little by little, the smoke from the set started to filter into the broadcast room and there was Walter!

GET YOUR KICKS ON ROUTE 66

Newman then talked about the time he and his wife, Joanne Woodward, drove along Route 66, the famous road which provided the setting for Cars:

Paul Newman:

Actually, we started up north and we drove to Las Vegas. And it said “All you can eat for a-buck-and-a-quarter,” I think. And we went into these casinos and the spreads were extraordinary; I mean, fresh shrimp – I’m talking 1951 –fresh shrimp and lobster, and a table laid out lie you’d never seen before. And we had a lovely meal and then Joanne put 160 bucks in the slot machine and I lost about $400 playing blackjack. So that meal was not really a-buck-and-a-quarter!

COMMITMENT

In conclusion Newman was asked what advice he had for the many people who felt disillusioned with politics:

Paul Newman:

Be engaged. I was campaigning at the University of Cincinnati and they admitted with a certain amount of shame that the students there, only 19 per cent of the eligible students had voted in the 2004 election. But they had taken polls, the polls had looked good, but the kids were on cell phones and they weren’t being polled and the figures were going to be staggering because the kids were engaged. Figures came out: 19 per cent. So, if people who have the privilege of voting don’t vote, then you have to ask if…if they’re really getting what they deserve. We have less of a percentage of eligible voters voting then vote in Iraq. I think that’s shameful.

So, if people get engaged, they can make the changes: they don’t get engaged, then we just have a chauffeur up there motoring us wherever he wants to go, instead of us, you know, giving the directions.

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Words and their stories, deep six

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Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES.

Sailors seem -- to those of us on land -- to lead exciting, even mysterious lives. Many things are different at sea. Even the language is different.

Simple words like "right" and "left" are not the same. On a ship, "right" is "starboard." And "left" is "port."

Sailors are responsible for many colorful English expressions.

One of these is deep-six. It means to hide something or put it where it will not be found. You can also deep-six, or reject a proposal.

One language expert says that deep six is the bottom of the ocean. "Deep," in this case, means deepest. The "six" in the expression comes from the six feet that make up a fathom -- which is a little less than two meters.

Sailors measure the depth of the water in fathoms. Thus, the deep six is the deepest fathom...the final six feet at the bottom of the ocean.  A sailor who never wants to see something again will give it the deep-six. He will drop it from the ship to the ocean bottom.

You can deep-six something even if you are not a sailor. All you do is throw it away or put it where it will never be found. You might, for example, deep-six an unplesant letter from a former friend.

Another expression linked to sailing is batten down the hatches. That is what sailors do to prepare their ship for a storm at sea.

Battens are thin pieces of wood. Hatches are the openings in the deck. Before a storm, sailors cover the hatches with waterproof material. Then they nail on battens to hold the hatch coverings firmly in place. This keeps rain and waves out of the ship.

Now, people use the expression to mean to prepare for dealing with any kind of trouble.

A news report, for example, might say that people in Washington were battening down the hatches for a big winter storm. Or a newspaper might report that "defense lawyers were 'battening down the hatches' for testimony by someone who observed the crime."

An old expression of the sailors that is still heard is to sail under false colors. Experts on language say the expression was born more than two hundred fifty years ago, when pirates sailed the seas, attacking and robbing trade ships.

Pirate ships often flew the flag of a friendly country as they sailed toward the ship they planned to rob.They sailed under false colors until they were close enough to attack. Then the pirates pulled down the false flag, and showed their true colors. They raised the pirate flag -- with its picture of a skull and crossed bones.

Today, a person, not a ship, is said to sail under false colors. Such a person appears to be something he is not. His purpose is to get something from you. If you are careful, you will soon see his true colors, and have nothing to do with him.

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This VOA Special English program, WORDS AND THEIR STORIES, was written by Marilyn Christiano. This is Warren Scheer.