English Class/thursday/26th- Guided Conversation

What's up? In order to know how your English Understanding is, I decided to put you on proof.In this Class you'll have the opportunity to show yourself how good you are .I'll separate you in two or three groups. To each group I'll give two equal conversations in Portuguese. In these conversations , you'll find many structures we've been studying in our last classes.I strongly believe that you all are able to translate and perform these conversations in class.The way I see it,if you help one another , everything will be easy and funny.Good luck!


Conversation One:

*Olá meu amigo!Quais são as novas?
#Estou procurando um emprego novo , mas está difícil.
*Eu sei , mas embora seja dificil, você precisa continuar tentando.
#As vezes me sinto como se fosse um animal procurando comida.
*Pense antes de falar. Até onde eu sei , você não é um animal.Mesmo que você não acredite nisso, você é mais inteligente do que pensa.
#Muito obrigado minha amiga/meu amigo. Eu gosto de você como se fosse minha irmã/meu irmão.
*É muita bondade sua!Que horas são , por favor?
#Faltam vinte para as oito, por quê?
*Caraca!Estou atrasada para meus cursos!
#Cursos? O que você quer dizer?
*Estou estudando Inglês e Espanhol.
#Tchau e tenha uma boa aula.


Conversation Two:

*Com licença senhor, pode me ajudar?
#Lógico que sim!Em que posso ajuda la?
*Eu preciso ir a esse endereço e não sei qual ônibus tomar.
#Deixa eu ver...Não se preocupe madame/rapaz.Você pode pegar o 165-A ou o 182-C porque ambos vão para esse lugar.
*Muitíssimo obrigado senhor. Embora eu more aqui desde Janeiro, eu ainda não conheço a cidade muito bem.
#É compreensível, porque minha irmã, assim como meu amigo Anderson,nunca sabe qual onibus tomar para voltar pra casa. Eles dois costumam me ligar quando estão perdidos.


Vocabulary:

endereço = landmark
é muita bondade sua = it's very kind of you!
voltar pra casa = to get home/to get back home
pegar/tomar onibus = to take a bus
fazer curso = to take a course

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English Class - April 2nd - Idiomatic Expressions

*bite someone's head off
*be rude without any reason
*give a person a good scolding

*Have you seen Bira somewhere?
#No, I haven't. Why?
*I'm afraid I have bitten his head off yesterday.
#Really?What's going on?
*I thought he was flirting my girlfriend .
#You certainly made a terrible mistake.
* Yeah, I know. What Am I supposed to do to make it up to him?
#You better apologize.

***bite the dust

*If you think that I'm going to bite the dust just because I wasn't employed this time, you are certainly wrong;cos' I'll fight with all strengh to find a better job.

***blow it
***get the message
***build castles in the air
***cat got your tongue?

#Hello Bruno, what's up?
*Do you remember that new classmate I've told you about?
#Yeah! That wonderful blue eyes girl!
*I think that I have a crush on her.
#Are you in love again?
*I'm serious this time.
#Why don't you tell her?
*I'm afraid of blowing it.
#Don't be silly. If you don't tell her you will never know.
*Oh, my gosh!
#What?
*Look at there, she is coming!

*Hello guys!What a nice surprise to see you both here.!
#Hi sabrina!
#Hi, there!
*Hey, what's up Bruno? Your face is getting red!
#Really? I mean, I don't think so.
*Are you okay? Come on, tell me what's wrong with you. Cat got your tongue?
#So stop building castles in the air.

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English Class - April,2nd - Conjunctions

*as well as

# J.B, as well as Israel, teaches English at church.
# I know how to speak English , as well as Spanish, very well.

*because

# He said he cannot go, because he is very busy.
# I didn't finish my homework yet, cos' my father asked me to help my sister to do hers.

*before

# Look before you leap.
# Learn before you teach.

*both...and

# Both Renata and Vanusa are good students.
# I both sing and dance very well.
# She both speaks and reads perfectly.

*but

# I can't ask you to speak correctly but I haven't taught you how to.
# She is a good student but restless.(impatient).
# The way I see it , he is young but sensible.

*either...or

# Either apologize or go away.
# As far as I'm concerned , my friend will arrive either tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. I'm not sure about that.

*even if

# Even if you don't accept my point of view, I won't change it anyway.
# I'll keep studying seriously even if you say that it's hard to speak english.

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