POOF AND THE LIGHT GOES OFF (TECLASAP)

Piadas traduzidas: POOF and the light goes off

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A 72-year-old man [um homem de 72 anos] goes for [vai fazer] a physical [um check-up]. All of his tests [exames] come back with normal results. The doctor says, “Jerry,everything looks great [está tudo ótimo]. How are you doing [Como você se sente] mentally and emotionally? Are you at peace [em paz] with God [Deus]?”

Cf. “TEST” nem sempre quer dizer “teste”

Jerry replies [responde], “God and I are tight [próximos, íntimos]. He knows I have poor eyesight [não enxergo bem], so he’s fixed it [ele me ajuda, ele me quebra um galho] for when [na hora que] I get up [eu levanto] in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom [para ir ao banheiro], *poof*!, the light goes on [a luz se acende]. When I’m done [quando eu termino], *poof*!, the light goes off [se apaga].”

Cf. Vocabulário: Banheiro

“Wow, that’s incredible [que fantástico, que maravilha, que incrível (lit.)],” the doctor says.

A little later in the day [Um pouco depois], the doctor calls [liga para] Jerry’s wife [a esposa de Jerry]. “Ginger,” he says, “Jerry is doing fine [está bem] but I had to call you because I’m in awe [muito surpreso, boquiaberto, estupefato] of his relationship[com o relacionamento que ele tem] with God. Is it true [É verdade] that he gets up during the night and *poof *!, the light goes on in the bathroom, and when he’s done, *poof*! the light goes off?”

“OH MY GOODNESS!” [AI, MEU DEUS DO CÉU!] Ginger exclaims. “He’s peeing[fazendo xixi] in the fridge [na geladeira] again [de novo]!”

Cf. Humor: We aim to pleaseCf. Qual é a tradução de “PISS”
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Words and Their Stories: Nicknames for New York City

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Now the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES.

A nickname is a shortened form of a person's name. A nickname also can be a descriptive name for a person, place or thing. Many American cities have nicknames. These can help establish an identity, spread pride among citizens and build unity.

A few years ago, some marketing and advertising experts were asked to name the best nickname for an American city. The winner was the nation’s largest city, New York. The top nickname was the Big Apple.

You might wonder how New York got this nickname. In the early nineteen seventies, the city had many problems. The number of visitors was falling. So a campaign was launched to give the city a new image. The head of the New York Conventions and Visitors Bureau decided to call the city, The Big Apple.

There are several explanations for where this name came from. Language expert Barry Popik studied the question and wrote about it on his website. He says John Fitz Gerald, a writer for a New York newspaper, used the name the Big Apple to mean New York in the nineteen twenties. Mr. Fitz Gerald wrote about horse races. He heard the name used by men who worked at a racetrack in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Mister Fitz Gerald wrote: “The Big Apple. The dream of every lad that ever threw a leg over a thoroughbred and the goal of all horsemen. There’s only one Big Apple. That’s New York.”

In horse racing, the expression meant “the big time,” the place where large amounts of money could be won. The Big Apple became the name of a night club in the Harlem area of New York City in nineteen thirty-four. It also was the name of a popular dance and a hit song in the nineteen thirties.

But it is not the only nickname for America’s largest city. Barry Popik’s website lists almost one hundred nicknames that describe New York. The best known are the Capital of the World. Empire City. Gotham. The City So Nice They Named It Twice. And the City That Never Sleeps. You can hear about the city in the song, “New York, New York” by Frank Sinatra.

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This program was written by Shelley Gollust. I'm Barbara Klein. You can find more WORDS AND THEIR STORIES at voaspecialenglish.com.

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LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.

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 Listen to the song,choose the correct words or fill in the gaps:

Thought that I was going crazymadaway
Just having one thesethisthose days yeah
Didn't know howwhatwhere to do
Then there was himheryou

And everything went frombetweenuntil wrong to right
And the sunmoonstars came out and filled up the sky
The music you were listeningplayingpaying really blew my mind
It was love at thirssecondfirst sight

'cause baby when I heard you
For the first time I knewunderstoodrealized
We were meantmetmean to be as one

Was exhaustedsleepytired of running out of luck
Thinking 'bout giving downup yeah
Didn't know what to do
Then there was you

And everything  from wrong to right
And the stars came out and filled up the 
The music you were playing really blew my mind
It was  at first sight

'cause baby when I heard you
For the first 
I knew we were meant to be as one

And everything went from wrong to right
And the stars came out and filled up the sky
The music you were playing really blew my mind
It was love at first sight

Are these emotions positive or negative?

attractive positivenegative capable positivenegative shocked positivenegative  aggressive positivenegative

cheerful  positivenegative dynamic  positivenegative  humorous  positivenegative desperate positivenegative

helpful  positivenegative  insecure positivenegative aggressive positivenegative   passionate positivenegative 

reliable  positivenegative successful positivenegative    confused positivenegative worried positivenegative 

wise positivenegative tolerant positivenegative

Read and fill in the gaps with these words:           

        album  soap opera  singer  category  born  nominated

         sixteen  millions  known  young  most  written  won

Kylie Minogue is a famous singer, actress and songwriter. She was  in Australia in 1968. She started her career when she was very . She became  all over the world through her role in the television 'Neighbours' when she was only  years old. After eight years she became a  too. Her fame came little by little and now she has  of fans all over the world. Some of her  popular songs are "Locomotion", "I Should Be So Lucky", "Confide in Me", "Spinning Around", "Can't Get You out of My Head", "Red Blooded Woman",etc.

"Love at First Sight" is a dance-pop song from her  "Fever". The song was  by Minogue, Richard Stannard, Julian Gallagher, Ash Howes and Martin Harrington, and produced by Stannard and Gallagher. The song was  for the 2002 Grammy Awards in the  "Best Dance Recording", providing Minogue with her first Grammy nomination. It also  the MTV Europe Music Award for "Best Pop" in 2002.