domingo, 20 de setembro de 2009
Wednesday - September 23th
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"On this particular day , I decided to go for a run down Copacabana Beach.The sun was shining, people were laughing, chatting , sunbathing and the beach was packed.There were people playing volleyball and children were running around , flying kites and having a wonderful time.I stopped my run momentarily because I needed to make a phone call and I noticed that I had just run out of telephone tokens.So I decided to stop at a snackbar to buy some and also to buy some coconut water."
1- to go for a run down - fazer uma corrida,cooper
2- laughing - rindo
3- sunbathing - tomando banho de sol, se bronzeando
4- packed - lotada abarrotada
5- running around - correndo pra lá e pra cá
6- flying kites - empinando pipas
7- having a wonderful time - se divertindo pra valer
8- make a phone call - fazer um telefonema
9 - noticed - notei
10- telephone tokens - fichas telefônicas
11- snack bar - lanchonete,quiosque
12- coconut water - água de côco
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"Because being in a tropical paradise like Brazil would not be complete without coconut water. As the vendor gave me my change, she looked down at my shoes and said:
___" Hey hun, watch out! Your shoes is undone!"
___Sorry , can you run that by me again?
___"Sorry hun !, I don't speak English but anyways check your shoes, your shoes!
"Tennis ...She then pointed to my shoes and I realised what she was trying to tell me. Ahh, tennis = running shoes.
1- vendor = vendedora
2- change = troco
3- hun = honey = querido
4- watch out = look out = cuidado!
5- undone = desamarrado
6- can you run that by me again? = pode repetir?
7- anyways = seja como for
8- poited to = apontou para
9- running shoes = tenis
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"I tied my shoes and I continued on with my run down Copacabana Beach. Shortly after, I saw someone with a white t-shirt and a canadian flag...and I called to this person and said:
___Hey! Are you Canadian too?
___You bet! Yourself?
___Yeah! Funny running into a fellow Canadian in Rio , eh?
___Yeah! That's for sure! Go figure!
___Well, enjoy your stay!
___You too,bud!
1- to tie = amarrar
2- shortly after = pouco tempo depois
3- you bet! Yourself =
4- funny running into a fellow = é legal encontrar um conterrãneo
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