L 0023: Directions

Vocabulary! Na L 0022 você aprendeu o nome de vários lugares que encontramos em uma cidade. Agora você irá aprender como dar directions (instruções) para uma pessoa chegar a algum lugar, ou mesmo para você saber como chegar a algum lugar.

Veja alguns exemplos. Clique no player abaixo para ouvir a pronúncia. Primeiro os interlocutores falarão normalmente, depois repetirão de forma mais devagar. Repita quantas vezes achar necessário:

1:
A: Excuse me. Is there a grocery store around here?

(Com licença. Tem uma mercearia por aqui?)

B: Yeah. There's one right across the street. 

(Sim. Tem uma do outro lado da rua.)

2:

A: Can you tell me how to get to Phoenix?  

(Você pode me dizer como eu chego na Phoenix?)

B: Sorry. I don't live around here. 

(Desculpa. Eu não moro por aqui.)

3:

A: Where's Tanner's Leather Shop?  

(Onde fica a Tanner's Leather Shop?)

B: It's on the corner of Holly and Vine. Next to the library. 

(Fica na esquina da Holly com a Vine. Ao lado da biblioteca.)

4:

A: How do you get to the bank? 

(Como eu chego ao banco?)

B: Go straight down this street for two blocks. Turn left when you get to Maple Street. Stay on Maple for half a block. It's on the left hand side.

(Desça esta rua por duas quadras. Vire à esquerda quando você chegar na rua Maple. Mantenha-se na Maple por meia quadra. Fica do lado esquerdo.)  

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Pocket-toon! Veja a tirinha abaixo e aprenda mais expressões.

to be stuck = estar preso, sem poder mover-se
I'm stuck in the traffic jam.
(Estou preso no trânsito.)

loser = perdedor, fracassado
He's a loser.
(Ele é um fracassado.)

schmuck = idiota, imbecil
My boss is such a schmuck.

(Meu patrão é um baita imbecil.)

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Aprenda algumas expressões básicas:

Asking for directions

Could you tell me how to get to (… the bank)? 

Você poderia me dizer como eu chego ao (... banco)?

Pardon me, I'm lost, how do I get to (…the bank)? 

Com licença, eu estou perdido, como eu chego ao (... banco)?

Which is the best route to (…Phuket Town)? 

Qual é o melhor caminho para a (...Phuket Town)?

Could you direct me to (…the beach)? 

Você poderia me guiar para (... a praia)?

Which way do I go to get to (…the hospital)? 

Por qual caminho chego ao (... hospital)?

Where's (... the park)?

Onde fica (... o parque?)

 

Giving directions

Go straight ahead. / Go ahead. / Go on. 

(Siga em frente.)

Go down / Go straight down - Go up / Go straight up 

(Desça / Suba)

It's on your left. / It's on your right. 

(Fica à sua esquerda. / Fica à sua direita.)

Turn left. / Turn right. 

(Vire à esquerda. / Vire à direita.)

It's about 50 kilometers. 

(Fica daqui a 50 kilometros.)

Walk for three blocks.

(Ande por três quadras.)

Cross the street. 

(Atravesse a rua.)

It's on / at the corner of First and Second. 

(Fica na esquina da First com a Second.)

It's in the middle of the block. 

(Fica no meio da quadra.)

Drive south on 4233. 
(Dirija ao sul pela 4233.)
It's next to the bank. 

(Fica ao lado do banco.)

It's behind the post office. 

(Fica atrás dos correios.)

It's between the café and the library. 

(Fica entre a cafeteria e a biblioteca.)

It's in front of the park. 

(Fica em frente ao parque.)

It's opposite / across from the hotel. 

(Fica do outro lado da rua em frente ao hotel.)

It's on Village Street. 

(Fica na rua Village.)

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i-Pocket Pod! Você conhece a cantora Cher? Leia um pouco sobre a vida dela e depois faça a atividade proposta.

Cher, born Cherilyn Sarkisian on May 20, 1946) is an American pop singer-songwriter, actress, director and record producer. She has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, three Golden Globe Awards and a People's Choice Award for her work in film, music and television.

Cher began her career at the age of seventeen and came to prominence as one half of the pop rock duo Sonny & Cher with the success of their song "I Got You Babe" in 1965. She subsequently established herself as a solo recording artist, and became a television star in the 1970s with the variety show The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, for which she won a Golden Globe Award. A well received performance in the film Silkwood earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1984. In the following years, Cher starred in a string of hit films including Mask, The Witches of Eastwick, and Moonstruck, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1988. 

Cher is the only female solo artist to reach the Top Ten of the Billboard Hot 100 in each of the previous four decades. Her hit dance single "Believe" is her biggest-selling recording and was the best-selling single of 1999, having sold over 10 million copies worldwide. She holds the Hot 100 record for the longest hit-making career span, with 33 years between the release of her first and most recent #1 singles, in 1965 and 1998. Cher ended her 3-year-long "Farewell Tour" in 2005 as the second most successful tour by a female solo artist of all time.

With a career lasting over 40 years, Cher has sold over 100 million records worldwide. After a three-year hiatus and retirement from touring, Cher returned to the stage in 2008 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas where she is currently performing her show Cher at the Colosseum. 

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Assista ao vídeo da música "Walking in Memphis", Cher no i-Pocket Pod e depois ouça novamente para completar as lacunas.

"Walking In Memphis"

Put on my suede shoes

And I boarded the
Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues
In the of the pouring rain

W.C. Handy, won't you look down over me?
Yeah, I got a class ticket
But I'm as blue as a can be

Then I'm walking in Memphis
I was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale
Walking in Memphis
But do I feel the way I feel?

Saw the of Elvis on Union Avenue
Followed him up to the of Graceland
I watched him right through

Now security, they not see him
They hovered 'round his tomb
There's a pretty thing waiting for the King
Down in the Jungle Room

When I was walking in Memphis
I was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale
Walking in Memphis
But do I feel the way I feel?

Walking in Memphis (Walking in Memphis)
I was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale (Walk)
Walking in Memphis (Walking in Memphis)
But do I feel the way I feel?

They got catfish on the
They got in the air
Reverend Green be glad to you
you haven't got a prayer
Boy, you've got a in Memphis

Now Gabriel plays
Every at the Hollywood
And they brought me to see him
They me if I would

Do a little ?
And I with all my might
He said, "Tell me, are you a Christian, ?"
And I said, "Man, I am ."

Walking in Memphis (Walking in Memphis)
I was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale (Walk)
Walking in Memphis (Walking in Memphis)
But do I feel the way I feel?

Walking in Memphis (Walking in Memphis)
I was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale (Walk)
Walking in Memphis (Walking in Memphis)
But do I feel the way I feel?

Put on my suede shoes

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Answers:

blue - plane - middle - first - girl - really - ghost - gates - walk - did - just - little - really - really - table - gospel - see - when - prayer - piano - Friday - down - asked - number - sang - child - tonight - really - really - blue

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L 0020: Past Continuous, Parts of The Body & More

Grammar! Hoje você aprenderá como usar o past continuous. Os tempos contínuos do Inglês passam sempre a ideia de duração da ação, o que acaba dando maior ênfase ao tempo da ação. Na L 0006 você aprendeu o present continuous e a forma para o past continuous é bem parecida, a única coisa que muda é que o verbo to be virá no passado. Veja:

I was cooking dinner last night.

She was listening to music when I arrived.

You were studying when I called you.

Michael and Paul were playing soccer while Jack was watching television.

Nos exemplos acima há três tipos diferentes de uso do past continuous:

1. Descrição de ações isoladas:

I was cooking dinner last night.

Neste caso usaremos apenas o past continuous para descrever a ação. Veja que formamos o past continuous do seguinte modo: 

to be passado + verbo principal + ing

2. Ação principal interrompida por uma outra ação:

She was listening to music when I arrived.

You were studying when I called you.

Veja que nos dois exemplos temos duas ações acontecendo, mas uma interrompe a outra, ou passa a ideia de interrupção, mesmo que não afete a primeira. Neste caso, a ação principal vem no past continuous e a ação que "interrompe" vem no simple past (L 0008 - L 0009).

3. Ações que estão acontecendo ao mesmo tempo, são ações independentes e uma não interrompe a outra:

Michael and Paul were playing soccer while Jack was watching television.

Neste caso ambas ações são independentes e vem no past continuous, pois nenhuma interrompe ou passa a ideia de interrupção sobre a outra.

Para formar as formas negativa e interrogativa usa-se as mesmas regras do verbo to be no passado. Para a negativa acrescenta-se not após o verbo to be, e na interrogativa inverte-se o verbo to be com o sujeito. Veja:

I was cooking last night.

I was not (= wasn't) cooking last night.

Was I cooking last night?

You were listening to music yesterday.

You were not (= weren't) listening to music yesterday.

Were you listening to music last night?

Como você responderia as seguintes questões? Escreva suas respostas no espaço dado e confira depois com alguns exemplos de respostas:

a) What were you doing last night?

b) Were you cooking last night?

c) What was your mother doing yesterday?

d) Was your father playing soccer last weekend?

e) Were you and your friends studying English last Friday?

Veja alguns exemplos de respostas:

a) What were you doing last night?
I was having dinner with my friends.
I was dancing in my bedroom.
I was studying for my tests.

b) Were you cooking last night?
Yes, I was.
No, I wasn't.

c) What was your mother doing yesterday?
She was baking a cake.
She was watching the soap opera.
She was listening to Roberto Carlos' songs.

d) Was your father playing soccer last weekend?
Yes, he was.
No, he wasn't.

e) Were you and your friends studying English last Friday?
Yes, we were.
No, we weren't.

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Vocabulary! Você sabe o nome das partes do corpo? Complete a crossword abaixo traduzindo para o Inglês as parts of the body.










 

Agora aprenda as principais partes do corpo:

head	cabeça	hair	cabelo
		forehead	testa
		face	rosto
		eyebrow	sombracelha
		eyelid	pálpebra
		eyelashes	cílios
		eye	olho
		nose	nariz
		nostril	narina
		cheek	bochecha
		ear	orelha
		jaw	mandíbula
		mouth	boca
		lips	lábios
		tongue	língua
		tooth	dente
		chin	queixo
neck	pescoço
throat	garganta
shoulder	ombro
chest	peito	breasts	seios
back	costas
arm	braço	armpit	sovaco
		elbow	cotolevo
		forearm	antebraço
		wrist	pulso
		hand	mão
		thumb	dedão
		index finger	dedo indicador
		middle finger	dedo do meio
		ring finger	dedo anular
		little finger	dedinho
		palm	palma da mão
		fingernail	unha (mão)
belly	barriga
navel	umbigo
waist	cintura
hip	quadril
buttocks	bumbum
vagina	vagina
penis	pênis
leg	perna	thigh	coxa
		knee	joelho
		calf	panturrilha
		shin	canela
		foot	pé
		ankle	tornozelo
		heel	calcanhar
		big toe	dedão do pé
		toes	dedos do pé
		toenail	unha (pé)

Algumas parts of the body podem receber nomes especiais, de uma forma mais informal. Veja também algumas gírias e expressões, além de palavras nojentinhas:


umbigo = belly button

pênis = dick, cock 

vagina = pussy

seios = tits, boobs
barriga tanquinho = six pack

pneuzinho = love handles 

dedinho da mão = pinky

pelos pubianos = bush, pubes
mamilo = nipple
ânus = asshole 
pele = skin
espinha = pimple

verruga = wart

sarda = freckle

costeletas = sideburns

barba = beard

bigode = moustache

cavanhaque = goatee
pinta = spot 

Palavras nojentinhas...c.c. = b.o. (body odor)chulé = foot odorbafo = bad breathpum = fartcatota = snot remela = sleepydust, matter, eye boogerssuor = sweat xixi = peefezes = poo  
 

Será que você consegue entender as expressões em vermelho? Tente fazer esse pequeno quiz, coloque a letra da oração que melhor explica a expressão:

1. You did it. You have to face the music.
2. Yes. You hit the nail on the head.
3. You two don't see eye to eye.
4. You have to learn it by heart.
5. You are an old hand at teaching.
6. That's great! You keep everything under your thumb.
7. You don't want to stick your neck out, do you?

a. You have to memorize it.
b. You're experienced.
c. You have control of the situation.
d. You don't want to take the risk.
e. You have to accept the consequences of you actions.
f. You don't agree with each other.
g. You're absolutely right.

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Answers:

1-e / 2-g / 3-f / 4-a / 5-b / 6-c / 7-d

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i-Pocket Pod! Você conhece a cantora Kylie Minogue? Leia um pouco sobre a carreira dela e então faça a atividade proposta. 







Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE (born 28 May 1968) is an Australian pop singer, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing her career as a recording artist in 1987. Her first single, "Locomotion", spent seven weeks at number one on the Australian singles chart and became the highest selling single of the decade. This led to a contract with songwriters and producers Stock, Aitken & Waterman. Her debut album, Kylie (1988), and the single "I Should Be So Lucky", each reached number one in the United Kingdom, and over the next two years, her first 13 singles reached the British top ten. Her debut film, The Delinquents (1989) was a box-office hit in Australia and the UK despite negative reviews.

Initially presented as a "girl next door", Minogue attempted to convey a more mature style in her music and public image. Her singles were well received, but after four albums her record sales were declining, and she left Stock, Aitken & Waterman in 1992 to establish herself as an independent performer. Her next single, "Confide in Me", reached number one in Australia and was a hit in several European countries in 1994, and a duet with Nick Cave, "Where the Wild Roses Grow", brought Minogue a greater degree of artistic credibility. Drawing inspiration from a range of musical styles and artists, Minogue took creative control over the songwriting for her next album, Impossible Princess (1997). It failed to attract strong reviews or sales in the UK, but was successful in Australia.

Minogue returned to prominence in 2000 with the single "Spinning Around" and the dance-oriented album Light Years, and she performed during the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Her music videos showed a more sexually provocative and flirtatious personality and several hit singles followed. "Can't Get You Out of My Head" reached number one in more than 40 countries, and the album Fever (2001) was a hit throughout the world, including the United States, a market in which Minogue had previously received little recognition. Minogue embarked on a concert tour but cancelled it when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005. After surgery and chemotherapy treatment, she resumed her career in 2006 with Showgirl: The Homecoming Tour. Her tenth studio album X was released in 2008 and was followed by the KylieX2008 tour. In 2009, she embarked upon her For You, for Me Tour, her first concert tour of the US and Canada.

Although she was dismissed by some critics, especially during the early years of her career, she has achieved worldwide record sales of more than 68 million, and has received notable music awards, including multiple ARIA and Brit Awards and a Grammy Award. She has mounted several successful concert tours and received a Mo Award for "Australian Entertainer of the Year" for her live performances. She was awarded an OBE "for services to music", and an Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2008.

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Assista ao vídeo da música "Speakerphone" da Kylie Minogue no i-Pocket Pod abaixo, depois ouça a música novamente e aprenda a cantar com ela seguindo a letra. Aprenda mais partes do corpo!

 
Music make you lose control

Lights... Mind... Eyes... Hearts...

Lights (Flashin')
Sound (Clashin')
Minds (Blowin')
Body (Rockin')
Eyes (Lockin')
Lips (Touchin')
Hearts (Pumpin')
Pressure (Risin')
Breath (Takin')
Rump (Shakin')
Music (Make you)
Lose (Control)

Play it on your speakerphone
Track repeat go on and on

Drop your socks and grab your mini boom box
Do the pop lock body rock
Let the beat drop
Till your shell shocked
Baby what, tell me what you got
Rock hard like a sinner block

To your head bone
Temple bone
Through your jaw bone
To your neck bone
Collar bone
Let it go on
To your back bone
Moving on
Through your hip bone
When you're

Playin' it on your speakerphone
Track repeat go on and on

Lights (Flashin')
Sound (Crashin')
Minds (Blowin')
Body (Rockin')
Eyes (Lockin')
Lips (Touchin')
Hearts (Pumpin')
Pressure (Risin')
Breath (Takin')
Rump (Shakin')
Music (Make you)
Lose (Control)

Play it on your speakerphone

With your friend or on your own
On the street or in your home
Fill the buzz and hum along

Play it on your speakerphone
Let the stars collide

Stop your pockets goin' ring-a-ding-dong
Turn your thing on speakerphone
We can get it on
Set your mind on
Freaky mode
Where you wanna go?
Feel the buzz grow
Let it glow

To your head bone
Temple bone
Through your jaw bone
To your neck bone
Collar bone
Let it go on
To your back bone
Moving on
Through your hip bone
When you're playing on your speakerphone
Track repeat go on and on

Lights (Flashin')
Sound (Crashin')
Minds (Blowin')
Body (Rockin')
Eyes (Lockin')
Lips (Touchin')
Hearts (Pumpin')
Pressure (Risin')
Breath (Takin')
Rump (Shakin')
Music (Make you)
Lose (Control)

Play it on your speakerphone

With your friend or on your own
On the street or in your home
Fill the buzz and hum along

Play it on your speakerphone
Let the stars collide

Drop your socks and grab your mini boom box, box, box, box, box, box...
(Let the beat drop)
Drop your socks and grab your mini boom box
Do the pop lock body rock
Let the beat drop, drop, drop, drop, drop, drop, drop, drop, drop, drop..
Drop your socks and grab your mini boom box, box

Play it on your speakerphone

Lights (Flashin')
Sound (Crashin')
Minds (Blowin')
Body (Rockin')
Eyes (Lockin')
Lips (Touchin')
Hearts (Pumpin')
Pressure (Risin')
Breath (Takin')
Rump (Shakin')
Music (Make you)
Lose (Control)

Play it on your speakerphone
Let the stars collide

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