English Class/26/03/thursday- Conjunctions

*After

#The books will be sent to the library after I have read them.
#I will comment just after I know your point of view.

*Although/though

*Although I am your teacher, I'm not supposed to have all the answers. Never forget that nobody is perfect.

*Though Ronaldo is really overweight , He is much better than the great number of players.

*As

#As I told you before ,I strongly believe that English is an opened door to the world.

#As your brother ,I must help you to overcome your problems.

*As if/as though

#He gives orders as if he were the master of the house.

#Sometimes I fell if I were the worst man of the world.

*She talks as though she understood about everything.

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English Class/26-03/thursday

Idiomatic Expressions

1)The apple of someone's eyes.

* I have three wonderful daughters. I love all of them but the oldest Sabrina is my right hand. I know I can count on her for everything. Actually she 's the apple of my eyes...I mean, My favorite one.

* I don't have a car , however, I promised myself that when I decide to buy one I will buy the best one. The one I've dreamed all my life... The apple of my eyes...a red Ferrari.

2)At the end of someone's rope.

* Rebeca's life is getting more and more complicated. Yesterday morning she had a car accident, arrived late to work and got fired immediately...after that a lot of bad things came out of the blue just to complicate a little more her situation. She is getting nervous and nervous...don't talk to her, let her alone ...cos' she is at the end of her rope.

* Have you ever been at the end of your hope? What for? What happened to you ?

3)Beat around the bush.

* Andrew and Michael are the owners of a big company. They are up to make an important and hard decision...to say to a job's candidate that he is not going to be employed:

*Michael:" Well, I took a look on your resume and I really appreciated what I've seen. You are really prepared to work either for this company or for any company you apply for. Let's face it, the problem with your resume is that we can't offer you the same or higher salary you certainly deserve. For this reason, I feel so sorry to say you that unfortunately you are not in our plans.

*Andrew: " Thanks for coming. We made our decision and you are not the one we are looking for. Thanks a lot and good luck next time"

* Michael, as well as Andrew,decided do not employ the candidate . While Michael was beating around the bush, Andrew went straight to the source.


4)Bend over backwards.

* When you have a dream that can change your life for good, you certainly bend over backwards to make it come true. You don't mind how many years you are going to work without vacations or how many sleepless nights you are going to spend dreaming about your dream.

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I believe I can fly - English video class

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we are the world with english subtittle

This is the first video that I put on blog. It was chosen because its message has helped millions of people around this trouble world. The subtittle is in English , so take your dictionaries and translate it to Portuguese according to your knowledge.This videos is special cos' you can see , at the time they are singing, all the names of those special singers that offered their talents in favor of the people from Africa. I hope you can remember them. Sing with them and have a goood study.

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Special English Lesson

Questions from " Rumors, rumors, rumors or truth"

1- What was the first question that a curious girl asked to her friend?

a) She asked if her friend was or not interested in someone.

b) She only wanted to know about a rumor.

c) Do you happen to have taken an interest in anybody in particular recentely?


2- What for did she want to know that?

a) Cos' she noticed that there was somebody looking at her friend.

b) She is just trying to join a couple.

c) She is trying to check nformation.

3- What is the meaning of the word "rumor"?

a) Rumor is something that can be truth or not.

b) I have no idea , rumor is rumor.

c) Rumor is a gossip.


4- According to the story , why is so important to know the truth about a rumor?

a) because it's better to go straight to the source.

b) because it's good to tell the truth.

c) because it's the best thing to do when you are in doubt.


5- Does her friend really have a crush on Mason?

a) Yes, she really has.

b) yes, she does.

c) Yep. She does and everybody knows it.


6- Why will the girl have a little competition to take Mason's heart away?

a) There are other girls around him.

b) There is a girl named Marni fighting for his love.

c) Because a girl whose name starts with a "m" also likes him.


7- Does Mason lke Marni?

a) Mason likes every girl that smiles to him.

b) He is a stallion and has no feelings.

c) I think he doesn't like anybody.


8- Why will the girl get in trouble if she tells the truth about Mason?

a) Because Mason has a wandering eye for many girls.

b) Because she likes both her friend and wants the best for them.

c) Because Mason has an eye for different ladies.


9- What for is the girl telling these things to her friend?

a) She just wants to be honest with her friend.

b) She doesn't want to see her frend suffering.

c) Because nobody deserves Mason.


10- Does Mason date a lot of women?

a) I dont know..but he likes to take pictures of a lot of girls.

b) It's hard to say but...I think he is not reliable.

c) He is just a poor boy that loves girls.

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Vc tem saído muito? - Have you been going out much?

Tradução


* Então, vc tem saido muito? Alguns shows ou algo assim?

#Alguns shows...é tão engraçado ! Continuo topando com o Mason por aí...e sempre vejo a Devan por perto.

* Devan está em toda parte.

# Mas tenho que saber...você e o Mason estão , tipo, ficando?

* Não!!!!

# Tem certeza?

*Tenho plena certeza, Porque?

#Não, apenas me questionava sobre isso, sei lá. Ouvi um boato, totalmente infundado...de que você está a fim do Mason.

* Como é? Tá falando sério?

# Sim, que mal há nisso?Porque não?

* Sei lá, quer dizer ...eu gosto dele, é um cara legal, mas eu não tô a fim dele.

# Porque não?

*Bem, sei lá. Ele não faz meu tipo, mas...

# Vc tá a fim do Jason?

* Não! Mas quer saber o que eu acho?Não estou totalmente certa disso, mas acho que a Amanda gosta dele.

# Amanda e Mason? Isto é maravilhoso! É perfeito!




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Have you been going out?

*So , Have you been going out much? Any shows or anything ?

# A few shows, it's so funny ! I keep on running into Mason... and then I always see Devo, not far behind.

* Devan's around a lot.

# But I have to know...Are you and Mason, like , together?

* No!

# Are you sure?

* Uh, yeah! I'm definitely sure. Why?

#No , I just was wondering. I don't know. I just heard a rumor. It's unsubstantiated...but I heard that you like Mason.

* What? Are you serious?

# Yeah, what's wrong with that? Why not?

* I don't know. I mean, I like him, he is great...he's a great guy...but I don't" like him", like him.

#Why?

* Well, I just don't know. He's not my type... but...

#Jason?

*No! But you know what I think? I'm not totally sure, but I think Amanda likes him.

# Amanda and Mason? This is awesome! This is perfect!

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