Monday Class - November 9th

Translate these sentences to English:

1- Por que você não pode trabalhar hoje?
2- Você pode repetir isso pra mim?
3- Eu não consigo cuidar da Lorena sozinho. Poderia mne ajudar?
4- Até onde eu sei, ninguém quer nos ajudar.
5- Não se preocupe meu amigo, você é como se fosse meu irmão e eu te ajudarei.
6- Ela não gosta de viajar, gosta?
7- Minhas folhas ( de papel) estão acabando , por isso vou mandat um email pra você.
8- O tempo está quente demais , por isso você deve beber muita agua.
9- Estou com dor de cabeça, por isso vou tomar um remédio.
10- Minha esposa passou as férias na praia de Salvador.
11- Ouvi dizer que você está tendo um relacionamento fora do casamento com uma linda mulher.
12- Minha água tá acabando , é melhor eu comprar mais.
13- Mesmo embora você seja meu amigo, você não pode fazer isso.
14- O que você quer dizer?
15- Meu dinheiro acabou , então não posso ajudar a pagar a conta.

Translate these sentences to Portuguese:

1- The meeting will take place at J.B's at 9:00 pm.
2- Where's Lorena? I have no idea. Last time I saw her , she was running around with her friends.
3- How will the weather be like tomorrow?
4- I'm not looking for trouble.
5- You are american , aren't you?
6- Even though São Paulo had got three red cards , Grêmio was not able to beat it and the game ended in a draw and the team from Morumbi is the new leader of the Brazilian Soccer League till sunday.
7- I really don't know what you mean.
8- Who is? It's me Alexandre! May I talk to you a little?
9- Why can't you understand what I am trying to tell you?
10 - Never say that again!
11- If you were my friend , you would tell her that I'm in love with her.
12- There's nothing I can do for you.
13- Yesterday I ran into my boss downtown. He was with another woman and I got confused? I really didn't know that he was running around with that woman.
14- What would you do if you were the President of Brazil?
15- If you don't tell her what happened, you won't get away with it.

Tuesday - November - 3rd

A loving father realized that his little daughter's birthday was coming and he didn't buy her present yet. So, He went to a toy store and asked to the saleswoman:

___How much is the Barbie doll in the shopwindow?

Politely the woman wanted to know:

___Which one? Because we got:

**Barbie goes to fitness = 19,95 u$

**Barbie plays volleyball= 19,95 u$

**Barbie goes shopping = 19,95 u$

**Barbie goes to the beach=19,95u$

**Barbie goes to the ball=19,95u$

**Barbie divorced lawyer= 265,95u$


Disconcerted, the man replied:

____Why does the Barbie divorced lawyer cost more expensive than the other ones?

And the saleswoman very calm explained:

____It's easy to understand Sr. Actually the Barbie divorced lawyer brings together...


**Bob's car

**Bob's moto

**Bob's yatch

**Bob's plane

**Bob's furniture

**and Bob's mobile.
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Vocabulary :

1- A loving father - um pai amoroso
2- to realize - se dar conta, perceber
3- toy store - loja de brinquedos
4- saleswoman - vendedora
5- yet - ainda
6- shopwindow - vitrine
7- politely - educadamente
8- we got - nós temos
9- goes to fitness - vai para academia
10 - goes to the ball - vai ao baile
11- divorced lawyer - advogada divorciada
12- disconcerted - desconsertado, sem jeito
13- replied - questionou
14- brings together - traz como adicional
15- yatch - iate
16- furniture - mobília

Wednesday - November - 4 th

A first grade teacher explains to her class that she is an American.

She asks her students to raise their hands if they were American too.

Not really knowing why but wanting to be like their teacher, their hands explode into the air like flashy fireworks.

There is, however, one exception. A girl named Kristen has not gone along with the crowd.

The teacher asks her why she has decided to be different.

"Because I am not an American."

"Then", asks the teacher, "What are you?"

"I'm a proud Canadian," boasts the little girl.

The teacher is a little perturbed now, her face slightly red. She asks Kristen why she is a Canadian.

"Well, my mom and dad are Canadians, so I'm a Canadian too."

The teacher is now angry. "That's no reason," she says loudly. "What if your mom was a moron, and your dad was a moron. What would you be then?"

A pause, and a smile. "Then," says Kristen, "I'd be an American."
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Thursday - November 5th - Review

Translate these sentences to English:

1- Por que você não pode trabalhar hoje?
2- Você pode repetir isso pra mim?
3- Eu não consigo cuidar da Lorena sozinho. Poderia mne ajudar?
4- Até onde eu sei, ninguém quer nos ajudar.
5- Não se preocupe meu amigo, você é como se fosse meu irmão e eu te ajudarei.
6- Ela não gosta de viajar, gosta?
7- Minhas folhas ( de papel) estão acabando , por isso vou mandat um email pra você.
8- O tempo está quente demais , por isso você deve beber muita agua.
9- Estou com dor de cabeça, por isso vou tomar um remédio.
10- Minha esposa passou as férias na praia de Salvador.
11- Ouvi dizer que você está tendo um relacionamento fora do casamento com uma linda mulher.
12- Minha água tá acabando , é melhor eu comprar mais.
13- Mesmo embora você seja meu amigo, você não pode fazer isso.
14- O que você quer dizer?
15- Meu dinheiro acabou , então não posso ajudar a pagar a conta.

Translate these sentences to Portuguese:

1- The meeting will take place at J.B's at 9:00 pm.
2- Where's Lorena? I have no idea. Last time I saw her , she was running around with her friends.
3- How will the weather be like tomorrow?
4- I'm not looking for trouble.
5- You are american , aren't you?
6- Even though São Paulo had got three red cards , Grêmio was not able to beat it and the game ended in a draw and the team from Morumbi is the new leader of the Brazilian Soccer League till sunday.
7- I really don't know what you mean.
8- Who is? It's me Alexandre! May I talk to you a little?
9- Why can't you understand what I am trying to tell you?
10 - Never say that again!
11- If you were my friend , you would tell her that I'm in love with her.
12- There's nothing I can do for you.
13- Yesterday I ran into my boss downtown. He was with another woman and I got confused? I really didn't know that he was running around with that woman.
14- What would you do if you were the President of Brazil?
15- If you don't tell her what happened, you won't get away with it.

Monday - October 5th

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"Alright! So here come the run phrasals verbs :

* My first phrasal verb was "run down". I said in my story that I ran down Copacabana Beach. In this case , "run down", has nothing to do with going up or down. It simply means to run in that direction.
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*My second phrasal verb was "run around". I said that the children were running around having a good time at the beach. In this case, run around means to run in different directions all at once.Children who are so full of energy are always doing that!They are running around having a good time.
However, run around, does have alternate meanings. Run around can also mean for example that " My husband was running around with another woman". In this case , "run around" means to have an affair with another woman.It means to cheat on someone.So be very careful how you use the phrasal verbs , because sometimes they have a different meaning for the same phrasal verb.
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1- all at once - todos ao mesmo tempo
2- full of energy - cheias de energia
3- however - no entanto, entretanto, contudo
4- alternate meanings - significados alternativos
5- to have an affair - ter um caso
6- to cheat on - trair

Tuesday - October 6th

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*My third phrasal verb is "run out of"..and you want to be very careful how you use this! In many different languages , run out of is equivalent to finish or end. However , in English we do not say it like that. When we have no supply of something , as in my example, I ran out of telephone tokens. Then you would not say :"the telephone tokens are finished".You would say : " I ran out of telephone tokens" , other kinds of supply:
*I ran out of paper
*I ran out of money
*I ran out of milk.
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*My fourth phrasal verb is "run something by someone". In this case you are simply asking for someone to repeat something. So you can ask , sorry ...can you run that by me again?. This simply means to repeat something and it's a very popular expression here in North America.A very very popular question.

### Well, I think that there are no words to put on vocabulary. As far as I'm concerned , you are able to translate this class , aren't you?
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Wednesday - October 7th

Today I'll teach the English expression “I meant to”. “Meant” is the past tense of “mean”, and I know you probably know what “mean” means. (Sorry, there are a lot of “means” in that sentence!) I guess you often ask, “What does this word mean?” or you say “Now I understand what the sentence means”.

Now look at these sentences:

I meant to go to the supermarket, but I did not have any money with me.

I meant to do my English homework, but my friend visited me, and we talked all evening.

I meant to speak to my mother, but she was not at home when I telephoned.

I meant to go to Anselmo's , but I really didn't know if he would be there.

“I meant to..” means “it was my plan, or my intention to..” do something. And it is an expression we often use when we have to explain why we have not done something! “I meant to send Lorena's birthday card, but I could not find a good one.” “I meant to meet my friend in town, but I had to stay home preparing Anselmo's lessons .”

Why am I explaining about “I meant to..” in this class? Well, This expression is very useful and I meant to teach you , but I really didn't have any idea whether you knew it or not. I have been worried. I meant to be a better teacher , but sometimes I forget you are almost fluent in English .

Thursday - October 8th

Everyday Conversation

Anselmo: Er, excuse me. I need some help...

J.B: Oh, yes, sure.

Anselmo: Does this train go to Barra Funda?

J.B: No, it doesn't. This is the green line. Barra Funda... Do you have a subway map?

Anselmo: Sure, here it is.

J.B: Let's see... OK, this is where we are, Consolação. You have to take this train to Paraíso and then transfer to the blue line. Then you'll transfer again to the...

Anselmo: Wait. I'm sorry, where do I transfer?

J.B.: At the Paraíso station.

Anselmo: Paraíso... Let me make a note. And then which train do I take?

J.B: Take the blue line, and then get off at the Sé station. That's S-E.

Anselmo: S-E. Are we almost there?

J.B: Almost. At Sé, take the red line. Barra Funda will be your 5th stop.

Anselmo: I think I got it. Paraiso, blue line, Sé, red line. Thanks!

J.B: No problem.
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