Shopping for a Sweater
Salesman - Can I help you?
Customer - Yes, I'm looking for a sweater.
S - What size are you?
C - I'm an extra large.
S - How about this one?
C - Yes, that's nice. Can I try it on?
S - Certainly, there's the changing rooms over there.
C - Thank you.
S - How does it fit?
C - It's too large. Do you have a large?
S - Yes, here you are.
C - Thank you. I'll have it, please.
S - OK, how would you like to pay?
C - Do you take credit cards?
S - Yes, we do. Visa, Master Card and American Express.
C - OK, here's my Visa.
S - Thank you. Have a nice day!
C - Thank you, goodbye.
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Vocabulary
1- size - tamanho
2- to try something on - provar algo ( pra ver se serve)
3- changing rooms - provador, vestiário
4- over there - ali
5- I'll have it - ficarei com esse
6- Do you take credit cards?
Questions :
1- What was the customer looking for in a shop?
2- What was his size?
3- Did the customer like the first sweater offered by the salesman?
4- Why didn't he buy it ?
5- What happened when he tried it on?
6- how did he pay for the sweater?
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Let's practice this conversation as much time as necessary to get the fluency.
domingo, 31 de janeiro de 2010
February 2nd - At the Airport
At the Airport
Checking In
1. Good morning. Can I have your ticket, please?
2. Here you are.
1. Thank you. Would you like smoking or non-smoking?
2. Non-smoking, please.
1. Would you like a window or an aisle seat?
2. An aisle seat, please.
1. Do you have any baggage?
2. Yes, this suitcase and this carry-on bag.
1. Here's your boarding pass. Have a nice flight.
2. Thank you.
Passport Control
1. Good morning. Can I see your passport?
2. Here you are.
1. Thank you very much. Are you a tourist or on business?
2. I'm a tourist.
1. That's fine. Have a pleasant stay.
2. Thank you.
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Vocabulary
1- Can I have your ticket? - Pode me mostrar sua passagem?
2- aisle seat - assento no corredor
3- suitcase - mala
4- carry-on bag - bagagem de mão
5- boarding pass - cartão de embarque
6- pleasant - agradável
Checking In
1. Good morning. Can I have your ticket, please?
2. Here you are.
1. Thank you. Would you like smoking or non-smoking?
2. Non-smoking, please.
1. Would you like a window or an aisle seat?
2. An aisle seat, please.
1. Do you have any baggage?
2. Yes, this suitcase and this carry-on bag.
1. Here's your boarding pass. Have a nice flight.
2. Thank you.
Passport Control
1. Good morning. Can I see your passport?
2. Here you are.
1. Thank you very much. Are you a tourist or on business?
2. I'm a tourist.
1. That's fine. Have a pleasant stay.
2. Thank you.
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Vocabulary
1- Can I have your ticket? - Pode me mostrar sua passagem?
2- aisle seat - assento no corredor
3- suitcase - mala
4- carry-on bag - bagagem de mão
5- boarding pass - cartão de embarque
6- pleasant - agradável
February 3rd - Asking for directions
1. Excuse me. Is there a bank near here?
2. Yes. There's a bank on the corner.
1. Thank you.
2. You're welcome.
Directions II
1. Excuse me. Is there a supermarket near here?
2. Yes. There's one near here.
1. How do I get there?
2. At the traffic lights, take the first left and go straight on. It's on the left.
1. Is it far?
2. Not really.
1. Thank you.
2. Don't mention it.
2. Yes. There's a bank on the corner.
1. Thank you.
2. You're welcome.
Directions II
1. Excuse me. Is there a supermarket near here?
2. Yes. There's one near here.
1. How do I get there?
2. At the traffic lights, take the first left and go straight on. It's on the left.
1. Is it far?
2. Not really.
1. Thank you.
2. Don't mention it.
February 4th - In the Hotel
Getting a Room for the Night
1. Good evening. Can I help you?
2. Yes, please. I'd like a room for the night.
1. Would you like a single room, or a double room?
2. A single room, please. How much is the room?
1. It's $55 per night.
2. Can I pay by credit card?
1. Certainly. We take Visa, Master Card and American Express. Could you fill in this form, please?
2. Do you need my passport number? No, just an address and your signature.
1. (fills out the form) Here you are.
2. Here's your key. Your room number is 212.
1. Thank you.
2. Thank you. If you need anything, dial 0 for the reception area. Have a good stay!
1. Good evening. Can I help you?
2. Yes, please. I'd like a room for the night.
1. Would you like a single room, or a double room?
2. A single room, please. How much is the room?
1. It's $55 per night.
2. Can I pay by credit card?
1. Certainly. We take Visa, Master Card and American Express. Could you fill in this form, please?
2. Do you need my passport number? No, just an address and your signature.
1. (fills out the form) Here you are.
2. Here's your key. Your room number is 212.
1. Thank you.
2. Thank you. If you need anything, dial 0 for the reception area. Have a good stay!
February 8th - In a Restaurant
Ordering a Meal
1. Hi. How are you doing this afternoon?
2. Fine, thank you. Can I see a menu, please?
1. Certainly, here you are.
2. Thank you. What's today's special?
1. Grilled tuna and cheese on rye.
2. That sounds good. I'll have that.
1. Would you like something to drink?
2. Yes, I'd like a coke.
1. Thank you. (returning with the food) Here you are. Enjoy your meal!
2. Thank you.
1. Can I get you anything else?
2. No thanks. I'd like the check (bill - UK English), please.
1. That'll be $6.75.
2. Here you are. Keep the change!
1. Thank you! Have a good day!
2. Bye.
1. Hi. How are you doing this afternoon?
2. Fine, thank you. Can I see a menu, please?
1. Certainly, here you are.
2. Thank you. What's today's special?
1. Grilled tuna and cheese on rye.
2. That sounds good. I'll have that.
1. Would you like something to drink?
2. Yes, I'd like a coke.
1. Thank you. (returning with the food) Here you are. Enjoy your meal!
2. Thank you.
1. Can I get you anything else?
2. No thanks. I'd like the check (bill - UK English), please.
1. That'll be $6.75.
2. Here you are. Keep the change!
1. Thank you! Have a good day!
2. Bye.
February 9th - Lorena's Family
Someone - Hey Lorena! Do you live in the white house at the middle of the street ?
Lorena - Yes, I live in that house with my parents and my female dog.
Someone - How is your pet's name?
Lorena - Her name is Pitucha.
Someone - You should say it names is , shouldn't you?
Lorena - No way! Pitucha isn't "it' . She is a member of my family. Actually my parents treats her as if she were my sister.
Someone - Do you take your dog for a walk everyday?
Lorena - No , My father takes her for a walk every monday , tuesday and sunday. I just take her for a walk on wednesday , thursday and friday.
Someone - Who takes Pitucha on saturday?
Lorena - On saturday we all go to the park and Pitucha comes with us.
Someone - Do you help your mother with the housework?
Lorena - Even though it's none of your business I will answer cos' you are my friend.
Someone - So?
Lorena - Of course I help my mother. I like to wash the dishes and help her in the kitchen. My mom cooks very well.
Someone - who cleans your room?
Lorena - What do you mean with who? Me of course!
Lorena - Yes, I live in that house with my parents and my female dog.
Someone - How is your pet's name?
Lorena - Her name is Pitucha.
Someone - You should say it names is , shouldn't you?
Lorena - No way! Pitucha isn't "it' . She is a member of my family. Actually my parents treats her as if she were my sister.
Someone - Do you take your dog for a walk everyday?
Lorena - No , My father takes her for a walk every monday , tuesday and sunday. I just take her for a walk on wednesday , thursday and friday.
Someone - Who takes Pitucha on saturday?
Lorena - On saturday we all go to the park and Pitucha comes with us.
Someone - Do you help your mother with the housework?
Lorena - Even though it's none of your business I will answer cos' you are my friend.
Someone - So?
Lorena - Of course I help my mother. I like to wash the dishes and help her in the kitchen. My mom cooks very well.
Someone - who cleans your room?
Lorena - What do you mean with who? Me of course!
Third Conditional - Review - Jan/23th/2010
Na terceira condicional usamos o passado perfeito e o futuro do passado perfeito. Lembra se do tempo perfeito? É aquele formado pelo auxiliar HAVE + o Participio passado do verbo principal. Observe novamente as frases . Dessa vez colocarei a mesma frase nas três condicionais possíveis. Observe as alteraçõesa de acordo com os auxiliares e tempos verbais:
**1-condicional> Anselmo will improve his English , if he studies every week.
**2-condicional> He would improve his English, if he studied every week.
**3-condicional> He would have improved his English, if he had studied every week.
###Observe que no passado perfeito o auxiliar HAVE passou a ser usado como HAD, exatamente por se tratar de passado. Mas o verbo principal continuou no passado participio
Observe esse exemplo:
**If I have money , I will buy a car for you.
**If I had money , I would buy a car for you.
**If I had had money, I would have bought a car for you.
###Esse é um raro caso onde o passado é colocado duas vezes na mesma frase , e lado a lado. O que nos leva a pensar que algo está errado, mas não está. Vamos analisar com bastante calma. O auxiliar para o tempo perfeito é HAVE, certo? Se a frase está no passado então o auxiliar também vai para o passado , certo? E o passado de Have é Had. Assim na terceira condicional o primeiro HAD se refere ao passado do auxiliar Have. E o segundo Had? Esse , por sua vez , se refere ao passado participio do verbo Have que tambem é HAD.
###A terceira condicional é facilmente identificada por ter duas formas de passado na mesma frase. HAD , que é passado do auxiliar HAVE , e o passado participio do verbo principal.
###A terceira condicional tambem é a única representada pela forma WOULD HAVE. E depois do would have sempre vem o verbo principal no passado particípio.
###Para identificar os verbos numa lista de verbos , basta seguir essa ordem: A primeira fileira será sempre do verbo no infinitivo , e quase sempre o verbo vem acompanhado da partícula "to", que identifica o infinitivo. O infinitivo é usado na primeira condicional pois representa o tempo presente. A frase da primeira condicional tem seu futuro com WILL. Porém na frase condicional não podemos usar o "to". Se a frase estiver na terceira pessoa , obedecemos a regra e acrescentamos o "s" ao verbo.
**If I speak again, He will understand./ Se eu falar de novo, ele entenderá.
**If she speaks again, I will understand./ Se ela falar novamente, eu entenderei.
###Na segunda fileira da lista de verbos encontramos o passado simples. Dessa vez o verbo vem sem a particula "to" porque ele já está no passado. Frases no passado simples são representadas pela segunda condicional. No passado não é necessário acrescentar "s" na terceira pessoa. A frase da segunda condicional tem seu futuro com Would.
**Would you help me , If I asked you?/ Vc me ajudaria , se eu te pedisse?
**She wouldn't understand you, if you didn't repeat everything again./ Ela não te entenderia , se vc não repetisse tudo de novo.
###A terceira fileira dos verbos geralmente indica o verbo no tempo continuous(ing). É possivel fazer frases condicionais com o tempo continuous. Observe:
**If I were travelling, I wouldn't be here./Se eu estivesse viajando , eu não estaria aqui.
**If she is studying, I won't talk to her./ Se ela estiver estudando , eu não falarei com ela.
### Na quarta e última fileira dos verbos, encontramos o passado particípio, que é usado na terceira condicional seguido pelo futuro do passado perfeito.( would have + participio). Em Português o particípio é representado pelas partículas ( ado, ido). Sonhado, partido, amado, sofrido, ...etc.
***If I had dreamed with her, I would have awoken happier/ Se eu tivesse sonhado com ela, eu teria acordado mais feliz.
***If Anselmo had given up/ he wouldn't have learned about the conditionals./Se Anselmo tivesse desistido, ela não teria aprendido sobre as condicionais.
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1-If I had bought that car , I would have saved money.
2- If I would have spoken English well ,I had understood many songs.
3- Would you help me , If I asked you to?
4- She wouldn't have come, if she had been working.
5- If I would study more,I understood the conditionals.
6- If I work tomorrow ,.I will be tired in the end of the day.
7- If I worked yesterday ,I would be tired in the end of the day.
8- If I would have worked yesterday , I had been tired in the end of the day.
9- Suzana wouldn't like to watch tv, if she had time.
10- Suzana won't like to watch tv , if she has time.
11- Suzana wouldn't have liked to watch tv, if she had had time.
12- My brother hadn't been well ,if I wouldn't have helped him.
13- My brother won't be well, If I don't help him.
14- My brother wouldn't be well , If I didn't help him.
15- Will you be at home ,if I arrive at 7?
16- Would you be at home ,If I arrived at 7?
17- Would you have been at home , If I had arrived at 7?
18- If I like her, I will ask her to marry me.
19 - If I liked her , I would ask her to marry me.
20 - If I had liked her , I would have asked her to marry me.
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**1-condicional> Anselmo will improve his English , if he studies every week.
**2-condicional> He would improve his English, if he studied every week.
**3-condicional> He would have improved his English, if he had studied every week.
###Observe que no passado perfeito o auxiliar HAVE passou a ser usado como HAD, exatamente por se tratar de passado. Mas o verbo principal continuou no passado participio
Observe esse exemplo:
**If I have money , I will buy a car for you.
**If I had money , I would buy a car for you.
**If I had had money, I would have bought a car for you.
###Esse é um raro caso onde o passado é colocado duas vezes na mesma frase , e lado a lado. O que nos leva a pensar que algo está errado, mas não está. Vamos analisar com bastante calma. O auxiliar para o tempo perfeito é HAVE, certo? Se a frase está no passado então o auxiliar também vai para o passado , certo? E o passado de Have é Had. Assim na terceira condicional o primeiro HAD se refere ao passado do auxiliar Have. E o segundo Had? Esse , por sua vez , se refere ao passado participio do verbo Have que tambem é HAD.
###A terceira condicional é facilmente identificada por ter duas formas de passado na mesma frase. HAD , que é passado do auxiliar HAVE , e o passado participio do verbo principal.
###A terceira condicional tambem é a única representada pela forma WOULD HAVE. E depois do would have sempre vem o verbo principal no passado particípio.
###Para identificar os verbos numa lista de verbos , basta seguir essa ordem: A primeira fileira será sempre do verbo no infinitivo , e quase sempre o verbo vem acompanhado da partícula "to", que identifica o infinitivo. O infinitivo é usado na primeira condicional pois representa o tempo presente. A frase da primeira condicional tem seu futuro com WILL. Porém na frase condicional não podemos usar o "to". Se a frase estiver na terceira pessoa , obedecemos a regra e acrescentamos o "s" ao verbo.
**If I speak again, He will understand./ Se eu falar de novo, ele entenderá.
**If she speaks again, I will understand./ Se ela falar novamente, eu entenderei.
###Na segunda fileira da lista de verbos encontramos o passado simples. Dessa vez o verbo vem sem a particula "to" porque ele já está no passado. Frases no passado simples são representadas pela segunda condicional. No passado não é necessário acrescentar "s" na terceira pessoa. A frase da segunda condicional tem seu futuro com Would.
**Would you help me , If I asked you?/ Vc me ajudaria , se eu te pedisse?
**She wouldn't understand you, if you didn't repeat everything again./ Ela não te entenderia , se vc não repetisse tudo de novo.
###A terceira fileira dos verbos geralmente indica o verbo no tempo continuous(ing). É possivel fazer frases condicionais com o tempo continuous. Observe:
**If I were travelling, I wouldn't be here./Se eu estivesse viajando , eu não estaria aqui.
**If she is studying, I won't talk to her./ Se ela estiver estudando , eu não falarei com ela.
### Na quarta e última fileira dos verbos, encontramos o passado particípio, que é usado na terceira condicional seguido pelo futuro do passado perfeito.( would have + participio). Em Português o particípio é representado pelas partículas ( ado, ido). Sonhado, partido, amado, sofrido, ...etc.
***If I had dreamed with her, I would have awoken happier/ Se eu tivesse sonhado com ela, eu teria acordado mais feliz.
***If Anselmo had given up/ he wouldn't have learned about the conditionals./Se Anselmo tivesse desistido, ela não teria aprendido sobre as condicionais.
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1-If I had bought that car , I would have saved money.
2- If I would have spoken English well ,I had understood many songs.
3- Would you help me , If I asked you to?
4- She wouldn't have come, if she had been working.
5- If I would study more,I understood the conditionals.
6- If I work tomorrow ,.I will be tired in the end of the day.
7- If I worked yesterday ,I would be tired in the end of the day.
8- If I would have worked yesterday , I had been tired in the end of the day.
9- Suzana wouldn't like to watch tv, if she had time.
10- Suzana won't like to watch tv , if she has time.
11- Suzana wouldn't have liked to watch tv, if she had had time.
12- My brother hadn't been well ,if I wouldn't have helped him.
13- My brother won't be well, If I don't help him.
14- My brother wouldn't be well , If I didn't help him.
15- Will you be at home ,if I arrive at 7?
16- Would you be at home ,If I arrived at 7?
17- Would you have been at home , If I had arrived at 7?
18- If I like her, I will ask her to marry me.
19 - If I liked her , I would ask her to marry me.
20 - If I had liked her , I would have asked her to marry me.
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Vocabulary
1- Taught = past participle of the verb " teach" = ensinei
2- get = obter,adquirir
3- Come to thing of it = falando nisso
4- Have you ever = você já ...
5- amount = quantia, valor,montante
6- found a way = past participle of the expression " find a way" = dar um jeito,encontrar um meio.
7- to be kidding = I'm not kidding = falo sério,não to brincando
8- to grow - crescer / grew
9- to worry about - preocupar- se com
10- to deal with - lidar com
11- to employ - empregar,contratar
12- cops = slang for policemen = policiais
13- Election time = período de eleição
14- to agree = concordar
15- to cut something short - interromper algo
16- to mind - se importar , ligar
17- Likewise - o mesmo pra você
2- get = obter,adquirir
3- Come to thing of it = falando nisso
4- Have you ever = você já ...
5- amount = quantia, valor,montante
6- found a way = past participle of the expression " find a way" = dar um jeito,encontrar um meio.
7- to be kidding = I'm not kidding = falo sério,não to brincando
8- to grow - crescer / grew
9- to worry about - preocupar- se com
10- to deal with - lidar com
11- to employ - empregar,contratar
12- cops = slang for policemen = policiais
13- Election time = período de eleição
14- to agree = concordar
15- to cut something short - interromper algo
16- to mind - se importar , ligar
17- Likewise - o mesmo pra você
sexta-feira, 22 de janeiro de 2010
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## If you live in other countries and want to learn Portuguese in order to blow the roof of the mother during the World Soccer Cup and Olympics, I would love to prepare a special Course for you.
Just send me an email and let's do it!!!
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