Hello guys!
Este é o último post do ano, então eu gostaria de agradecer a todos que por aqui passaram em 2009 e espero que tenham aprendido algo com o blog e voltem a usá-lo em 2010 e em muitos outros anos. Ano que vem terei muitas novidades para vocês e muitos novos assuntos. Aproveito para desejar um ano cheio de vitórias para todos. Aproveite o momento para sonhar e acreditar que os sonhos podem se tornar reais. Também tenha em mente que o Natal e as coisas boas devem acontecer durante o ano inteiro e não somente neste momento. Fazer o bem é sempre bom, mantenha seu espírito natalino pro resto da vida, todos os dias...
Merry Xmas and Happy New Year!
Roberto Santos
Este ano você participou de algum Santa Secret? Ganhou um awesome gift ou missed the boat?
window shopping = olhar vitrinas de lojas
hanging up = (hang up) pendurar
carols = canções de Natal
wrapping = (wrap) embrulhar
mistletoe = ramo de visco usado como decoração em árvores de Natal
peeking at = (peek at) espiar
lap = colo
Santa Secret = amigo secreto
awesome gift = presente da hora / bacana
miss the boat = ficar a ver navios
Interrogative Pronouns
Why do you study English?
What are you doing now?
What time do you usually wake up?
When were you born?
Where do you live?
Which color do you prefer: black or white?
Who is your favorite actress?
Whose book is yours?
What is the weather like?
How are you?
How tall is your sister?
How high is that mountain?
How much money do you have?
How many cities did you visit last year?
How far is your house from school?
How old is your brother?
How big is that pencil?
How deep is the Atlantic Ocean?
How often do you play socer?
How long does it take you to get at school?
Pay attention! Preste atenção ao uso de alguns dos pronouns acima:
How tall is your sister?
How high is that mountain?
How much money do you have?
How many cities did you visit last year?
How far is your house from school?
How old is your brother?
How big is that pencil?
How deep is the Atlantic Ocean?
How often do you play socer?
How long does it take you to get at school?
Usamos why em perguntas, para responder sempre usaremos because.
Usamos which geralmente quando na pergunta colocamos opções para que a pessoa escolha. Muitas vezes as opções não aparecem na pergunta, mas pelo assunto torna-se óbvio uma quantidade restrita de opções.
Ao usar whose, colocamos o objeto de posse logo após o pronome e não no final da pergunta.
A composição what...like é usada para perguntar sobre descrições: físicas, metereológicas, lugares... Like neste caso não é um verbo. Preste sempre atenção pois "What do you like?" (Do que você gosta?) nada tem a ver com "What does your sister look like?" (Como é a sua irmã?) ou "What's the weather like?" (Como está o tempo?).
How much é sempre usado antes de palavras incontáveis, ou seja, que não possuem forma plural no Inglês. Você aprenderá isso futuramente. How many por sua vez acompanha palavras no plural que sejam contáveis. Ambos servem para questionar quantidades.
Doug: Hi, Tim. 01. are you?
Tim: Not bad. 02. was your Christmas?
Doug: Fantastic.
Tim: Oh! 03. did you do?
Doug: I went home for Christmas.
Tim: 04. is home?
Doug: Australia.
Tim: 05. long did you go for?
Doug: I spent three wonderful weeks there.
Tim: 06. did you leave?
Doug: I left on December 15th.
Tim: 07. did you do in Australia?
Doug: I saw my family and friends and visited all my favorite places.
Tim: 08. far is it to Australia?
Doug: It's eight and a half hours by plane.
Tim: 09. airline did you take?
Doug: I took Singapore Airlines.
Tim: 10. didn't you take Australia - Asia Airline?
Doug: Because they were booked out.
Tim: 11. did you get back?
Doug: I got back yesterday.
Tim: 12. met you at the airport?
Doug: My brother met me.
Tim: 13. did you do on Christmas Day?
Doug: We had a big party at my parents' house.
Tim: 14. attended the party?
Doug: My whole family came. Everybody was there except for my sister. She couldn't come.
Tim: 15. not? 16. was she?
Doug: She was in another city.
Tim: 17. city was she in?
Doug: She was here, in Chai Yi. She had come to spend Christmas with me.
Answers:
01. how 02. how 03. what 04. where 05. how 06. when 07. what 08. how 09. which 10. why 11. when 12. who 13. what 14. who 15. why 16. where 17. which
Vocabulary! Ouça a estória abaixo e aprenda mais vocabulary e também a pronunciation das palavras. Quanto mais ouvir, melhor. Faça uma lista das palavras desconhecidas e traduza-as, monte frases usando essas palavras para treinar.
Santa Claus is someone who will remain in the hearts of children forever. He is the make-believe person who brings toys and other gifts to children at Christmas. To grown-ups, he is a special symbol of good will and selfless giving.
Santa Claus also has some other names: Saint Nicholas, St. Nick, Kris Kringle, Pelznickel.
Santa Claus also has some other names: Saint Nicholas, St. Nick, Kris Kringle, Pelznickel.
Two of his names -- Santa Claus and Saint Nicholas -- both come from the Dutch who settled in New York long ago.
The Dutch believed Saint Nikolaas gave gifts to children. They honored this kindly saint with a yearly festival on December sixth. The English-speaking people who lived nearby greatly enjoyed Dutch festivals. And they brought the Saint and the custom of giving gifts into their own celebration at Christmas time.
The Dutch spoke the name "Saint Nikolaas" very fast. It sounded like "Sinterklaas." And so, when the English said this word, it sounded like Santa Claus.
West of New York, in Pennsylvania, many German farmers had also heard of Saint Nikolaas. But they called him Pelznickel. This word came from "pelz," meaning fur, and "nickel" for Nicholas. And so, to the Germans of Pennsylvania, Saint Nicholas or Pelznickel was a man dressed in fur who came once a year with gifts for good children.
Soon, people began to feel that the love and kindness Pelznickel brought should be part of a celebration honoring the Christkindl, as the Germans called the Christ child. After a time, this became Kris Kringle. Later, Kris Kringle became another name for Santa Claus himself.
Whatever he is called, he is still the same short, fat, jolly old man with a long beard, wearing a red suit with white fur.
The picture of Santa Claus, as we see him, came from Thomas Nast. He was an American painter born in Bavaria. He painted pictures for Christmas poems. Someone asked him to paint a picture of Santa Claus.
Nast remembered when he was a little boy in southern Germany. Every Christmas, a fat old man gave toys and cakes to the children. So, when Nast painted the picture, his Santa Claus looked like the kindly old man of his childhood. And through the years, Nast's painting has remained as the most popular picture Of Santa Claus.
Santa can be seen almost everywhere in large American cities during the Christmas season. Some stand on street corners asking for money to buy food and gifts for the needy. Others are found in stores and shopping centers.
It is easy to find them by the long lines of children waiting to tell Santa what they want for Christmas.
The Dutch believed Saint Nikolaas gave gifts to children. They honored this kindly saint with a yearly festival on December sixth. The English-speaking people who lived nearby greatly enjoyed Dutch festivals. And they brought the Saint and the custom of giving gifts into their own celebration at Christmas time.
The Dutch spoke the name "Saint Nikolaas" very fast. It sounded like "Sinterklaas." And so, when the English said this word, it sounded like Santa Claus.
West of New York, in Pennsylvania, many German farmers had also heard of Saint Nikolaas. But they called him Pelznickel. This word came from "pelz," meaning fur, and "nickel" for Nicholas. And so, to the Germans of Pennsylvania, Saint Nicholas or Pelznickel was a man dressed in fur who came once a year with gifts for good children.
Soon, people began to feel that the love and kindness Pelznickel brought should be part of a celebration honoring the Christkindl, as the Germans called the Christ child. After a time, this became Kris Kringle. Later, Kris Kringle became another name for Santa Claus himself.
Whatever he is called, he is still the same short, fat, jolly old man with a long beard, wearing a red suit with white fur.
The picture of Santa Claus, as we see him, came from Thomas Nast. He was an American painter born in Bavaria. He painted pictures for Christmas poems. Someone asked him to paint a picture of Santa Claus.
Nast remembered when he was a little boy in southern Germany. Every Christmas, a fat old man gave toys and cakes to the children. So, when Nast painted the picture, his Santa Claus looked like the kindly old man of his childhood. And through the years, Nast's painting has remained as the most popular picture Of Santa Claus.
Santa can be seen almost everywhere in large American cities during the Christmas season. Some stand on street corners asking for money to buy food and gifts for the needy. Others are found in stores and shopping centers.
It is easy to find them by the long lines of children waiting to tell Santa what they want for Christmas.
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Roberto Santos
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