Roberto Carlos sign for Corinthians
quarta-feira, 16 de dezembro de 2009
SOUTH AMERICAN NEWS
Roberto Carlos agrees to sign for Corinthians
By Soccernet staff
December 2, 2009
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Roberto Carlos will be reunited with former Real Madrid and Brazil team-mate Ronaldo at Corinthians.
The former Brazil left-back has confirmed that he has agreed a two-year deal with the club and will officially sign on December 20, where he will link up with striker Ronaldo, as the team attempt to win the Libertadores Cup, the South American version of the Champions League, for the first time in their 100-year history.
Carlos, who won 124 Brazilian caps, joined Fenerbahce in the summer of 2007 from Real Madrid, but will return to his home country to join the Sao Paolo team after the Turkish league finishes for its winter break.
"I'm anxious to get to Corinthians, put their shirt on, feel the support of the fans and make history alongside Ronaldo," Carlos told Radio Record. "Corinthians are a club who are investing, they want to be Libertadores champions next year, they're a club building confidence to become champions.
"I'm proud to be able to play in the same team as [Ronaldo] again."
Although Carlos has announced the move, Corinthians are yet to officially confirm the transfer, but club president Andres Sanchez is confident the fans will see the Brazilian greats reunited.
"Roberto Carlos is very close, he is yet to sign a contract but he gave his word and that is enough," he said. "First he must return from Turkey and we hope to put a shirt on him between Christmas and the New Year. At the latest he will be here in early January."
Roberto Carlos agrees to sign for Corinthians
By Soccernet staff
December 2, 2009
Comment
Roberto Carlos will be reunited with former Real Madrid and Brazil team-mate Ronaldo at Corinthians.
The former Brazil left-back has confirmed that he has agreed a two-year deal with the club and will officially sign on December 20, where he will link up with striker Ronaldo, as the team attempt to win the Libertadores Cup, the South American version of the Champions League, for the first time in their 100-year history.
Carlos, who won 124 Brazilian caps, joined Fenerbahce in the summer of 2007 from Real Madrid, but will return to his home country to join the Sao Paolo team after the Turkish league finishes for its winter break.
"I'm anxious to get to Corinthians, put their shirt on, feel the support of the fans and make history alongside Ronaldo," Carlos told Radio Record. "Corinthians are a club who are investing, they want to be Libertadores champions next year, they're a club building confidence to become champions.
"I'm proud to be able to play in the same team as [Ronaldo] again."
Although Carlos has announced the move, Corinthians are yet to officially confirm the transfer, but club president Andres Sanchez is confident the fans will see the Brazilian greats reunited.
"Roberto Carlos is very close, he is yet to sign a contract but he gave his word and that is enough," he said. "First he must return from Turkey and we hope to put a shirt on him between Christmas and the New Year. At the latest he will be here in early January."
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•Do you need to communicate effectively in English in your work?
•Do you want to study in an English speaking country and need to understand more?
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The definition of croutons
quarta-feira, 2 de dezembro de 2009
Small diced or shaped pieces of fried bread used to garnish soup and salads.
Pequenos pedaços ou em forma de cubos de pão frito usadas para enfeitar a sopa e saladas
Pequenos pedaços ou em forma de cubos de pão frito usadas para enfeitar a sopa e saladas
caesar salad
A tossed salad of greens, anchovies, croutons, and grated cheese with a dressing of olive oil, lemon juice, and a raw or coddled egg.
free range chicken
What Does "Free-Range" Chicken
Eggs Really Mean? Health Matters
Minutes Article
Oct 14, 2005
About Raised Chickens --- I Didn’t Know That!
I stopped buying regular farmed eggs a long time ago when I learned of the practices used to mass produce eggs by keeping hens cooped up and keeping artificial light on for longer time periods then daylight hours forcing hens to increase their egg production. I also learned about the unhealthy food hens were being fed. What an education!
I looked at egg cartons marked “Free Range” which were much more expensive and so I thought “These must be healthy,” but hesitated because no where on the carton did it indicate what kind of food the hens were being fed, nor did it say on the carton, “organic” and that made me suspicious.
So I did my homework and switched to organic eggs even though the price was still more expensive. I was happy with the knowledge that I was getting healthy and nutritious eggs.
Now here’s what I didn’t know about what “free-range” really meant.
Free-range, as defined by the USDA, allows labels that imply, and the producers very much want you to believe, that the bird spent its days freely roaming the countryside eating healthy food.
This is far from the truth!
What they don’t tell you is that this labeling legally means the bird was given access to the outside for as little as five minutes each day, and not that it actually did go out. Nowhere does the USDA demand that they feed so called “Free-Range” hens hormone or anti-biotic free healthy food. Very disturbing!
It’s truly sad that our USDA and the FDA are more concerned about protecting egg producer’s profits than they are about the general public’s good health. We see the same situation with most processed foods.
While we are on the subject of eggs and the blatant disregard the USDA and the FDA have for our health, let’s talk about mass produced chickens and how they impact on our health.
U.S. chickens, unless they are truly free range and are organically raised, are raised in confinement in a small cage, so let me share this 2002 headline and article with you:
"US confinement-raised poultry not good enough for the Russians"
Early in March, 2002, Russia imposed a ban on the importation of all poultry from the United States.
Vladimir Fisinin, vice president of the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, explained his government's position in the March 20th issue of The Moscow Times: "I would like to note that American farmers are injecting chickens with antibiotics used to treat people. This is prohibited in Russia." According to Fisinin, US poultry producers use such large doses of these drugs that they accumulate in the tissues of the birds. "It is dangerous," he said, "especially for children and older people."
Fisinin also asserted that giving antibiotics to chickens fosters the growth of drug-resistant bacteria. US medical experts agree. In a study in The New England Journal of Medicine, researchers randomly selected 407 chickens from 26 stores in Georgia, Maryland, Minnesota, and Oregon. More than half of the chickens were tainted with antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
(McDonald, L. C., et al. "Quinupristin-Dalfopristin-Resistant Enterococcus Faecium on Chicken and in Human Stool Specimens."N Engl J Med345, no. 16 (2001): 1155-60.)
Now here’s another headline I’m sure you missed:
"Antibiotic-resistant bacteria NOT found in free-range chickens"
One of the problems with raising large numbers of animals in confinement is that disease is more common, resulting in a greater reliance on antibiotics. Over time, the bacteria mutate and become resistant to the drugs.
When we humans become infected with these antibiotic-resistant bacteria, there are fewer effective medications available to treat us.
A survey of E. coli bacteria isolated from poultry raised in a state-of-the-art confinement poultry operation at a university found that all the bacteria were resistant to the commonly used antibiotic, Tetracycline, Streptomycin and Sulphonamide (Sulphafurazole).
By contrast, all the strains of bacteria isolated from free-range birds were sensitive to the drugs. (Ojeniyi, A. A. (1989). "Public health aspects of bacterial drug resistance in modern battery and town/village poultry" Acta Vet Scand 30(2): 127-32.)
Now for the third headline which puts the icing on the cake and tells you exactly where the interests of pharmaceutical companies and the producers of mass confinement raised chickens lie. They are totally committed to making multi-millions of dollars regardless of the consequences of their actions.
"Cipro's sister drug, Baytril, is being wasted on chickens."
Infected poultry are now being treated with Baytril, a drug very similar to the anthrax-fighting antibiotic Cipro.
The FDA, health advocates, and an editorial in The New England Journal of Medicine have all urged Bayer, the producer, to withdraw the drug from the poultry industry. Bayer, veterinarians, and commercial poultry producers are in strong opposition. If Baytril is withdrawn, they argue, the United States will have to alter its poultry-raising practices.
That is exactly what needs to happen. It makes no sense to raise chickens or any other animals under conditions in which infection is anticipated and expected, requiring the routine use of antibiotics.
Bayer officials say they need more proof of damage to humans before they will stop supplying Baytril to chicken producers.
There is plenty of proof out there, but Bayer and the mass-produced poultry industry choose to ignore it.
Consider this: Why are today’s hens diseased and dead within two years if not sold beforehand for food purposes? Why do these young hens produce eggs so abundantly during their first and only year of egg production?
Young chicks are given hormones and antibiotics in their feed. Result ---- Chicks put on extra weight very quickly and their reproductive system develops prematurely causing an unnatural burst of egg production which quickly wears out the hen.
The onslaught of poisons soon overwhelms the hen’s liver causing the hen to develop liver cancer in about 20 months. Producers consign these hens to the slaughter house when their useful life is over and just before liver cancer can be detected. And we buy those chickens at the market.
Hormone drugged and antibiotic treated hens begin laying eggs at about 5 months of age.
Naturally raised hens, given healthy feed, don’t begin laying eggs until at least 10 to 12 months of age, and live at least twice as long as the diseased chickens.
You can now see the economic value in producing an enormous number of artificially engineered eggs and hens in a short period of time as opposed to naturally raised healthy hens and eggs. It’s all about money. How sad!
Ask yourself, what is the human cost of ingesting these hormones and antibiotics when you eat these eggs and chickens? Is it a wonder that so many millions of people have so many developed diseases?
Unless congress passes a law mandating the change in the way poultry is raised in this country, the only ones who can force the industry to change its ways, are you. When you switch to buying organically raised chickens and the diseased chickens or chicken parts are left sitting on the shelves, the poultry industry will get the message and be forced to change their ways.
Shop your health food store for organic chickens. Get a group together and ask your local supermarket to order organic chickens for you. Won’t work? --- don’t have a health food store nearby? (We sometimes travel 100 miles to get to one), find one in a distant city, make a day of it, and stock up on chicken, eggs and other truly organic foods.
It’s a lot cheaper to prevent disease than to pay for affecting a cure.
To your good health and longevity,
Eggs Really Mean? Health Matters
Minutes Article
Oct 14, 2005
About Raised Chickens --- I Didn’t Know That!
I stopped buying regular farmed eggs a long time ago when I learned of the practices used to mass produce eggs by keeping hens cooped up and keeping artificial light on for longer time periods then daylight hours forcing hens to increase their egg production. I also learned about the unhealthy food hens were being fed. What an education!
I looked at egg cartons marked “Free Range” which were much more expensive and so I thought “These must be healthy,” but hesitated because no where on the carton did it indicate what kind of food the hens were being fed, nor did it say on the carton, “organic” and that made me suspicious.
So I did my homework and switched to organic eggs even though the price was still more expensive. I was happy with the knowledge that I was getting healthy and nutritious eggs.
Now here’s what I didn’t know about what “free-range” really meant.
Free-range, as defined by the USDA, allows labels that imply, and the producers very much want you to believe, that the bird spent its days freely roaming the countryside eating healthy food.
This is far from the truth!
What they don’t tell you is that this labeling legally means the bird was given access to the outside for as little as five minutes each day, and not that it actually did go out. Nowhere does the USDA demand that they feed so called “Free-Range” hens hormone or anti-biotic free healthy food. Very disturbing!
It’s truly sad that our USDA and the FDA are more concerned about protecting egg producer’s profits than they are about the general public’s good health. We see the same situation with most processed foods.
While we are on the subject of eggs and the blatant disregard the USDA and the FDA have for our health, let’s talk about mass produced chickens and how they impact on our health.
U.S. chickens, unless they are truly free range and are organically raised, are raised in confinement in a small cage, so let me share this 2002 headline and article with you:
"US confinement-raised poultry not good enough for the Russians"
Early in March, 2002, Russia imposed a ban on the importation of all poultry from the United States.
Vladimir Fisinin, vice president of the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, explained his government's position in the March 20th issue of The Moscow Times: "I would like to note that American farmers are injecting chickens with antibiotics used to treat people. This is prohibited in Russia." According to Fisinin, US poultry producers use such large doses of these drugs that they accumulate in the tissues of the birds. "It is dangerous," he said, "especially for children and older people."
Fisinin also asserted that giving antibiotics to chickens fosters the growth of drug-resistant bacteria. US medical experts agree. In a study in The New England Journal of Medicine, researchers randomly selected 407 chickens from 26 stores in Georgia, Maryland, Minnesota, and Oregon. More than half of the chickens were tainted with antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
(McDonald, L. C., et al. "Quinupristin-Dalfopristin-Resistant Enterococcus Faecium on Chicken and in Human Stool Specimens."N Engl J Med345, no. 16 (2001): 1155-60.)
Now here’s another headline I’m sure you missed:
"Antibiotic-resistant bacteria NOT found in free-range chickens"
One of the problems with raising large numbers of animals in confinement is that disease is more common, resulting in a greater reliance on antibiotics. Over time, the bacteria mutate and become resistant to the drugs.
When we humans become infected with these antibiotic-resistant bacteria, there are fewer effective medications available to treat us.
A survey of E. coli bacteria isolated from poultry raised in a state-of-the-art confinement poultry operation at a university found that all the bacteria were resistant to the commonly used antibiotic, Tetracycline, Streptomycin and Sulphonamide (Sulphafurazole).
By contrast, all the strains of bacteria isolated from free-range birds were sensitive to the drugs. (Ojeniyi, A. A. (1989). "Public health aspects of bacterial drug resistance in modern battery and town/village poultry" Acta Vet Scand 30(2): 127-32.)
Now for the third headline which puts the icing on the cake and tells you exactly where the interests of pharmaceutical companies and the producers of mass confinement raised chickens lie. They are totally committed to making multi-millions of dollars regardless of the consequences of their actions.
"Cipro's sister drug, Baytril, is being wasted on chickens."
Infected poultry are now being treated with Baytril, a drug very similar to the anthrax-fighting antibiotic Cipro.
The FDA, health advocates, and an editorial in The New England Journal of Medicine have all urged Bayer, the producer, to withdraw the drug from the poultry industry. Bayer, veterinarians, and commercial poultry producers are in strong opposition. If Baytril is withdrawn, they argue, the United States will have to alter its poultry-raising practices.
That is exactly what needs to happen. It makes no sense to raise chickens or any other animals under conditions in which infection is anticipated and expected, requiring the routine use of antibiotics.
Bayer officials say they need more proof of damage to humans before they will stop supplying Baytril to chicken producers.
There is plenty of proof out there, but Bayer and the mass-produced poultry industry choose to ignore it.
Consider this: Why are today’s hens diseased and dead within two years if not sold beforehand for food purposes? Why do these young hens produce eggs so abundantly during their first and only year of egg production?
Young chicks are given hormones and antibiotics in their feed. Result ---- Chicks put on extra weight very quickly and their reproductive system develops prematurely causing an unnatural burst of egg production which quickly wears out the hen.
The onslaught of poisons soon overwhelms the hen’s liver causing the hen to develop liver cancer in about 20 months. Producers consign these hens to the slaughter house when their useful life is over and just before liver cancer can be detected. And we buy those chickens at the market.
Hormone drugged and antibiotic treated hens begin laying eggs at about 5 months of age.
Naturally raised hens, given healthy feed, don’t begin laying eggs until at least 10 to 12 months of age, and live at least twice as long as the diseased chickens.
You can now see the economic value in producing an enormous number of artificially engineered eggs and hens in a short period of time as opposed to naturally raised healthy hens and eggs. It’s all about money. How sad!
Ask yourself, what is the human cost of ingesting these hormones and antibiotics when you eat these eggs and chickens? Is it a wonder that so many millions of people have so many developed diseases?
Unless congress passes a law mandating the change in the way poultry is raised in this country, the only ones who can force the industry to change its ways, are you. When you switch to buying organically raised chickens and the diseased chickens or chicken parts are left sitting on the shelves, the poultry industry will get the message and be forced to change their ways.
Shop your health food store for organic chickens. Get a group together and ask your local supermarket to order organic chickens for you. Won’t work? --- don’t have a health food store nearby? (We sometimes travel 100 miles to get to one), find one in a distant city, make a day of it, and stock up on chicken, eggs and other truly organic foods.
It’s a lot cheaper to prevent disease than to pay for affecting a cure.
To your good health and longevity,
Rio - Olympics
quinta-feira, 26 de novembro de 2009
Can Rio Solve Its Crime Problem Before the Olympics?
Just two weeks ago, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said between delirious sobs in Copenhagen that the International Olympic Committee's decision to award the 2016 Olympic Games to Rio de Janeiro was a vindication of Brazil's social and economic advances. But the elephant in the room was the precarious security situation in the once great city, now fallen into decay, and that elephant made its presence felt on Oct. 17. At least 14 people were killed and eight more were injured after violent shoot-outs between rival drug gangs careened out of the favela slums and into neighboring communities. In the most spectacular incident, three officers were killed after gangsters shot down a police helicopter.
Rio’s Olympics Quest: Can It Handle the 2016 Games?
Olympic Dreams Realized, Brazil Steps into the Spotlight
The day of violence — a school got hit in the cross fire and more than 10 buses were torched — has underscored the challenge of creating a secure environment for hundreds of thousands of foreign tourists in a state where close to 6,000 people are killed each year, more than 1,000 of them by police. The homicide rate in Rio had been falling in recent years, but it is on the rise again. And authorities, acutely aware that last weekend's violence occurred in the Olympic spotlight, didn't sound exactly reassuring.
(See five great stadium designs.)
"We told the International Olympic Committee that this is not easy, and they know that," Rio Governor Sergio Cabral said. "We don't want just to be ready for special days — for that we can put 40,000 police on the streets. I told them we want to get to 2016 and have a peaceful Rio de Janeiro before, during and after the Games."
Recent attempts at community policing in at least two favelas, including one in the heart of the touristy South Side, have given Cabral some grounds for optimism. By stationing officers inside the community rather than just storming it at the first signs of trouble, police have gained a measure of confidence and credibility among residents.
(See pictures of Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Brazil.)
But the program has been limited, and the task ahead remains enormous. Out of Rio's more than 1,000 favelas, the so-called Pacifier Police Divisions have been introduced in just four — authorities lack either the resources or the manpower to implement them all across the city, and they have resisted root-and-branch reforms of police forces that are unprofessional, corrupt, poorly paid and poorly armed in comparison to the drug gangs they face.
Some previous attempts at community policing went wrong after residents accused officers of the same corrupt practices that are endemic throughout Brazil's police forces. This time around, authorities are hiring rookie cops to avoid the bad habits of veterans and paying them bonuses in the hopes that they won't resort to accepting bribes.
"It is a genuine attempt to change the way policing is done, but it will take a generation to make a start, not one or five or 10 years," says Tom Phillips, co-director of Dancing with the Devil, a new film about traffickers and cops in a Rio favela. "But resources are stretched, and they are doing it in just a handful of communities out of a thousand. If they tried doing it in 20 or 50, then they'd do a bad job in all of them."
(Read "Can Rio Handle the 2016 Olympics?")
But if Rio's local government can at least claim to be conscious of the challenge, the same cannot be said for the IOC and FIFA, international soccer's governing body, which chose Brazil as the host of the 2014 World Cup. Delegates awarded Rio the Olympics for legitimate reasons, and no soccer fan would argue that the city's legendary Maracana Stadium does not deserve to host the World Cup. But both organizations sidestepped the problem of law enforcement and ensuring the safety of the hundreds of thousands of foreigners who are expected at those events.
The final IOC report made little mention of the security situation other than to euphemistically note that the city "faces public security challenges." FIFA, for its part, declared that Brazil's "authorities have the know-how and resources to improve the situation before 2014, and would have the determination to manage it during the 2014 FIFA World Cup."
(Read "London 2012: An Olympics Progress Report.")
Before the Games and the World Cup were awarded, Rio officials played down the security angle, and they were delighted at the willingness of the IOC and FIFA to turn a blind eye to the problem. Now, though, they are the ones who are left to deal with the problem. Last weekend was a reminder that, tough as it may be to meet the tight schedule for building the stadiums and the public-transportation infrastructure that is required to host these events, that may turn out to be the easy part.
Just two weeks ago, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said between delirious sobs in Copenhagen that the International Olympic Committee's decision to award the 2016 Olympic Games to Rio de Janeiro was a vindication of Brazil's social and economic advances. But the elephant in the room was the precarious security situation in the once great city, now fallen into decay, and that elephant made its presence felt on Oct. 17. At least 14 people were killed and eight more were injured after violent shoot-outs between rival drug gangs careened out of the favela slums and into neighboring communities. In the most spectacular incident, three officers were killed after gangsters shot down a police helicopter.
Rio’s Olympics Quest: Can It Handle the 2016 Games?
Olympic Dreams Realized, Brazil Steps into the Spotlight
The day of violence — a school got hit in the cross fire and more than 10 buses were torched — has underscored the challenge of creating a secure environment for hundreds of thousands of foreign tourists in a state where close to 6,000 people are killed each year, more than 1,000 of them by police. The homicide rate in Rio had been falling in recent years, but it is on the rise again. And authorities, acutely aware that last weekend's violence occurred in the Olympic spotlight, didn't sound exactly reassuring.
(See five great stadium designs.)
"We told the International Olympic Committee that this is not easy, and they know that," Rio Governor Sergio Cabral said. "We don't want just to be ready for special days — for that we can put 40,000 police on the streets. I told them we want to get to 2016 and have a peaceful Rio de Janeiro before, during and after the Games."
Recent attempts at community policing in at least two favelas, including one in the heart of the touristy South Side, have given Cabral some grounds for optimism. By stationing officers inside the community rather than just storming it at the first signs of trouble, police have gained a measure of confidence and credibility among residents.
(See pictures of Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Brazil.)
But the program has been limited, and the task ahead remains enormous. Out of Rio's more than 1,000 favelas, the so-called Pacifier Police Divisions have been introduced in just four — authorities lack either the resources or the manpower to implement them all across the city, and they have resisted root-and-branch reforms of police forces that are unprofessional, corrupt, poorly paid and poorly armed in comparison to the drug gangs they face.
Some previous attempts at community policing went wrong after residents accused officers of the same corrupt practices that are endemic throughout Brazil's police forces. This time around, authorities are hiring rookie cops to avoid the bad habits of veterans and paying them bonuses in the hopes that they won't resort to accepting bribes.
"It is a genuine attempt to change the way policing is done, but it will take a generation to make a start, not one or five or 10 years," says Tom Phillips, co-director of Dancing with the Devil, a new film about traffickers and cops in a Rio favela. "But resources are stretched, and they are doing it in just a handful of communities out of a thousand. If they tried doing it in 20 or 50, then they'd do a bad job in all of them."
(Read "Can Rio Handle the 2016 Olympics?")
But if Rio's local government can at least claim to be conscious of the challenge, the same cannot be said for the IOC and FIFA, international soccer's governing body, which chose Brazil as the host of the 2014 World Cup. Delegates awarded Rio the Olympics for legitimate reasons, and no soccer fan would argue that the city's legendary Maracana Stadium does not deserve to host the World Cup. But both organizations sidestepped the problem of law enforcement and ensuring the safety of the hundreds of thousands of foreigners who are expected at those events.
The final IOC report made little mention of the security situation other than to euphemistically note that the city "faces public security challenges." FIFA, for its part, declared that Brazil's "authorities have the know-how and resources to improve the situation before 2014, and would have the determination to manage it during the 2014 FIFA World Cup."
(Read "London 2012: An Olympics Progress Report.")
Before the Games and the World Cup were awarded, Rio officials played down the security angle, and they were delighted at the willingness of the IOC and FIFA to turn a blind eye to the problem. Now, though, they are the ones who are left to deal with the problem. Last weekend was a reminder that, tough as it may be to meet the tight schedule for building the stadiums and the public-transportation infrastructure that is required to host these events, that may turn out to be the easy part.
The girl from Uniban - mid-thigh-length red dress
Herald News ServicesNovember 10, 2009
In Brazil, famed for its tiny bikinis and carefree attitude, a university student has been expelled after violent protests by students outraged at the short outfit she wore on campus.
The Universidade Bandeirante (Uniban) said it had expelled the student, Geysi Villa Nova Arruda, 20, for "flagrant disrespect of ethical principles, academic dignity and morality," in a statement published in some Sunday newspapers.
Her dress sparked student protests on Oct. 22 in this largely Roman Catholic country.
A video showed Arruda sitting in a classroom in a mid-thigh-length red dress, then six military police officers protecting her as she left the campus wearing a white jacket. A line of students stood by chanting "whore."
Another video showed a mob stopping and kicking her car and blocking her when she tried to escape on foot.
Uniban said it had also suspended a number of students identified by video footage and witness accounts of taking part in the violence last month. The university's legal adviser said Arruda had been expelled for "gestures" and "attitudes" she had manifested rather than because of her short outfits.
In Brazil, famed for its tiny bikinis and carefree attitude, a university student has been expelled after violent protests by students outraged at the short outfit she wore on campus.
The Universidade Bandeirante (Uniban) said it had expelled the student, Geysi Villa Nova Arruda, 20, for "flagrant disrespect of ethical principles, academic dignity and morality," in a statement published in some Sunday newspapers.
Her dress sparked student protests on Oct. 22 in this largely Roman Catholic country.
A video showed Arruda sitting in a classroom in a mid-thigh-length red dress, then six military police officers protecting her as she left the campus wearing a white jacket. A line of students stood by chanting "whore."
Another video showed a mob stopping and kicking her car and blocking her when she tried to escape on foot.
Uniban said it had also suspended a number of students identified by video footage and witness accounts of taking part in the violence last month. The university's legal adviser said Arruda had been expelled for "gestures" and "attitudes" she had manifested rather than because of her short outfits.
jokes
Ol' Fred had been a religious man who was in the hospital, near death. The family called their preacher to stand with them. As the preacher stood next to the bed, Ol' Fred's condition appeared to deteriorate and he motioned frantically for something to write on.
The pastor lovingly handed him a pen and a piece of paper, and Ol' Fred used his last bit of energy to scribble a note, then he died. The preacher thought it best not to look at the note at that time, so he placed it in his jacket pocket.
At the funeral, as he was finishing the message, he realised that he was wearing the same jacket that he was wearing when Ol' Fred died.
He said, "You know, Ol' Fred handed me a note just before he died. I haven't looked at it, but knowing Fred, I'm sure there's a word of inspiration there for us all."
He opened the note, and read out loud, "Hey, you're standing on my oxygen tube?"
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The pastor lovingly handed him a pen and a piece of paper, and Ol' Fred used his last bit of energy to scribble a note, then he died. The preacher thought it best not to look at the note at that time, so he placed it in his jacket pocket.
At the funeral, as he was finishing the message, he realised that he was wearing the same jacket that he was wearing when Ol' Fred died.
He said, "You know, Ol' Fred handed me a note just before he died. I haven't looked at it, but knowing Fred, I'm sure there's a word of inspiration there for us all."
He opened the note, and read out loud, "Hey, you're standing on my oxygen tube?"
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Has Rio condition to host the games?
sábado, 3 de outubro de 2009
Rio readies for the Olympics
STADIUMS
Despite the considerable sports infrastructure built for the 2007 Pan-American Games, Rio will have to build from scratch nearly half the stadium capacity it needs and carry out renovations to provide another 24 percent of the minimum required seating. This will require building a wide array of facilities such as an arena for diving and water polo. The Maracana soccer stadium is expected to be up to par by 2016 because it will be upgraded for the 2014 soccer World Cup to be held in Brazil.
TRANSPORTATION
Rio has a limited metro system that does not link the city center and most of its hotels to the outskirts of Barra da Tijuca, where the venues will be concentrated. The city will spend $5 billion on rapid-transit bus lines to cut through traffic between Barra and the beachside neighborhoods of Copacabana and Ipanema. Organizers say athletes should get to events within 25 minutes, though fans may sit through up to an hour of traffic.
SECURITY
Rio is notorious for violent crime in its shantytowns, or "favelas," driven largely by warring drug gangs. While most of the events are far from Rio's slums, some venues, such as the Maracana soccer stadium, are in areas considered to be high risk. Organizers note that despite these concerns, there were no serious security problems during previous events such as the Pan-American Games and the 1992 Earth Summit.
ENVIRONMENT
The government says it will invest $4 billion to clean up the oft-polluted waters used for sailing and other water sports.
ACCOMMODATION
Rio needs to build several complexes including the Olympic Village that will provide some 25,000 of the 48,000 hotel rooms needed for the Games. Even with these facilities, the city still plans to provide a considerable amount of the total accommodation through cruise ships docked in the port areas of Rio.
STADIUMS
Despite the considerable sports infrastructure built for the 2007 Pan-American Games, Rio will have to build from scratch nearly half the stadium capacity it needs and carry out renovations to provide another 24 percent of the minimum required seating. This will require building a wide array of facilities such as an arena for diving and water polo. The Maracana soccer stadium is expected to be up to par by 2016 because it will be upgraded for the 2014 soccer World Cup to be held in Brazil.
TRANSPORTATION
Rio has a limited metro system that does not link the city center and most of its hotels to the outskirts of Barra da Tijuca, where the venues will be concentrated. The city will spend $5 billion on rapid-transit bus lines to cut through traffic between Barra and the beachside neighborhoods of Copacabana and Ipanema. Organizers say athletes should get to events within 25 minutes, though fans may sit through up to an hour of traffic.
SECURITY
Rio is notorious for violent crime in its shantytowns, or "favelas," driven largely by warring drug gangs. While most of the events are far from Rio's slums, some venues, such as the Maracana soccer stadium, are in areas considered to be high risk. Organizers note that despite these concerns, there were no serious security problems during previous events such as the Pan-American Games and the 1992 Earth Summit.
ENVIRONMENT
The government says it will invest $4 billion to clean up the oft-polluted waters used for sailing and other water sports.
ACCOMMODATION
Rio needs to build several complexes including the Olympic Village that will provide some 25,000 of the 48,000 hotel rooms needed for the Games. Even with these facilities, the city still plans to provide a considerable amount of the total accommodation through cruise ships docked in the port areas of Rio.
American Comments
For an industrializing nation like Brazil, an up-and-comer on the international scene closer and closer to world-power status, the olympics might help to clean up the violent image of Rio and announce its presence (similar to Beijing). still can't believe a city like buenos aires has never hosted the games.
mvkapfer says: October 2, 2009, 8:17 PM EThopefully this means we get the 2018 or 2022 World Cup
king_pair says: October 2, 2009, 8:12 PM ETChicago were just like Paris last time. Complacent. Seemed to think that wheeling out Barack would guarantee victory (look at the front page of this site, for example!); forgot that Brazil and Spain had great speakers too. Oprah? Please. Absolutely nobody outside of the US cares about Oprah. Bid video was weird ("Home of the blues"!? How is that the message you want to project?) and ultimately there are too many good hosts out there to need to go back to the US for a ninth time.
thefinalfrontier says: October 2, 2009, 8:9 PM ETSorry for Chicago missing out, but it's probably for the best. I have felt all along that Rio should and will get it. I can't even recall when South America has hosted the Games. It's about time for them to have their chance.
Rev_Dr_Love says: October 2, 2009, 8:3 PM ETthat's a slap in the face....
mvkapfer says: October 2, 2009, 8:17 PM EThopefully this means we get the 2018 or 2022 World Cup
king_pair says: October 2, 2009, 8:12 PM ETChicago were just like Paris last time. Complacent. Seemed to think that wheeling out Barack would guarantee victory (look at the front page of this site, for example!); forgot that Brazil and Spain had great speakers too. Oprah? Please. Absolutely nobody outside of the US cares about Oprah. Bid video was weird ("Home of the blues"!? How is that the message you want to project?) and ultimately there are too many good hosts out there to need to go back to the US for a ninth time.
thefinalfrontier says: October 2, 2009, 8:9 PM ETSorry for Chicago missing out, but it's probably for the best. I have felt all along that Rio should and will get it. I can't even recall when South America has hosted the Games. It's about time for them to have their chance.
Rev_Dr_Love says: October 2, 2009, 8:3 PM ETthat's a slap in the face....
Rio 2016
COPENHAGEN -- Finally, South America gets an Olympics. The 2016 Games are going to Rio de Janeiro.
In a vote of high drama, the bustling Brazilian carnival city of beaches, mountains and samba beat surprise finalist Madrid, which got a big helping hand from a very influential friend.
Final Voting
A look at the voting shows that Madrid kept a solid core of voters for all three ballots. Once Chicago was out, its supporters seemed to head to the Rio de Janeiro camp. Once Tokyo was out, its supporters also seemed to go Rio's way.
First round
Madrid 28
Rio 26
Tokyo 22
Chicago 18
Second round
Rio 46
Madrid 29
Tokyo 20
Final round
Rio 66
Madrid 32
Chicago was knocked out in the first round -- in one of the most shocking defeats ever in International Olympic Committee voting. Even Tokyo, which had trailed throughout the race, did better -- eliminated after Chicago in the second round.
Speaking from the White House on Friday, President Barack Obama said he has "no doubt" Chicago put together the strongest bid it could to win the right to host, adding he wished he had brought back better news from the voting in Copenhagen, where his personal appeal did not help his adopted hometown win.
Obama said he had called the president of Brazil to congratulate him.
Rio spoke to the IOC members' consciences: The city argued that it was simply unfair that South America has never hosted the Games, while Europe, Asia and North America have done so repeatedly.
"It is a time to address this imbalance," Brazil's charismatic president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, told the IOC's members before they voted. "It is time to light the Olympic cauldron in a tropical country."
The final result was decisive: Rio beat Madrid, 66 votes to 32. Chicago got just 18 votes in the first round, with Tokyo squeezing into the second round with 22. Madrid was leading after the first round with 28 votes, while Rio had 26.
In the second round, Tokyo was eliminated with just 20 votes. Madrid got 29, qualifying it for the final-round faceoff with Rio, which by then already had a strong lead, with 46 votes.
Rio is only the second country in the Southern Hemisphere to host the Games -- Australia, which has hosted twice, is the other -- and finally won after failed attempts to host in 1936, 2004 and 2012.
Silva, a bearded former union leader, disappeared into a huge group hug with the joyous Rio team after IOC president Jacques Rogge announced the city's name. Football great Pele had tears in his eyes. On Rio's Copacabana beach, where the city will hold beach volleyball in 2016, the crowd of nearly 50,000 people roared. The party there was expected to go on well into the night.
Wojciechowski: Flame's out
The Windy City was blown away with failed 2016 bid, but some Olympic proposals shouldn't die, as Gene Wojciechowski writes. Story
Brazil now will hold the world's two biggest sporting events in the space of just two years: In 2014 it will stage the World Cup, and Rio will host the final.
The slap to Chicago was such that some IOC members were left squirming. The city's plans for Olympic competition along its stunning Lake Michigan waterfront had long made it a front-runner and earned support from the highest possible level -- Obama himself. First lady Michelle Obama flew in two days before the vote to butter up IOC members, an essential part of the selection process. And Obama himself flew in Friday morning.
IOC members had seemed wowed, posing for photos with Mrs. Obama and taking souvenir shots of the president with their mobile phones. But, in the vote, Chicago was shunned.
"Either it was tactical voting, or a lot of people decided not to vote for Chicago whatever happened," IOC member Gerhard Heiberg said. "Nobody knows, but everybody is in a state of shock. Nobody believes it. I'm very sorry about it."
Rio's bid, while high on romance, is not without risk. Because of Rio's high crime and murder rates, security will be a constant issue in 2016. Preparing Rio for the Olympics will cost billions of dollars -- money that critics said could have been better spent on tackling the city's social problems.
But the lure of that untapped frontier proved too strong for the IOC to turn down.
Rio readies for the Olympics
STADIUMS
Despite the considerable sports infrastructure built for the 2007 Pan-American Games, Rio will have to build from scratch nearly half the stadium capacity it needs and carry out renovations to provide another 24 percent of the minimum required seating. This will require building a wide array of facilities such as an arena for diving and water polo. The Maracana soccer stadium is expected to be up to par by 2016 because it will be upgraded for the 2014 soccer World Cup to be held in Brazil.
TRANSPORTATION
Rio has a limited metro system that does not link the city center and most of its hotels to the outskirts of Barra da Tijuca, where the venues will be concentrated. The city will spend $5 billion on rapid-transit bus lines to cut through traffic between Barra and the beachside neighborhoods of Copacabana and Ipanema. Organizers say athletes should get to events within 25 minutes, though fans may sit through up to an hour of traffic.
SECURITY
Rio is notorious for violent crime in its shantytowns, or "favelas," driven largely by warring drug gangs. While most of the events are far from Rio's slums, some venues, such as the Maracana soccer stadium, are in areas considered to be high risk. Organizers note that despite these concerns, there were no serious security problems during previous events such as the Pan-American Games and the 1992 Earth Summit.
ENVIRONMENT
The government says it will invest $4 billion to clean up the oft-polluted waters used for sailing and other water sports.
ACCOMMODATION
Rio needs to build several complexes including the Olympic Village that will provide some 25,000 of the 48,000 hotel rooms needed for the Games. Even with these facilities, the city still plans to provide a considerable amount of the total accommodation through cruise ships docked in the port areas of Rio.
-- Reuters
"We have sent out a message that we want to go global," Heiberg said.
Now, Africa and Antarctica are the only continents never to have been awarded an Olympics.
Madrid's surprising success in reaching the final round came after former IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch made an unusual appeal for the Spanish capital, reminding the IOC's members as he asked for their vote that, at age 89, "I am very near the end of my time."
Samaranch ran the IOC for 21 years before Rogge took over in 2001.
Obama himself spent only a few hours in the Danish capital and left before the result was announced. Former IOC member Kai Holm said that the brevity of his appearance may have counted against Chicago.
The short stopover was "too business-like," Holm said. "It can be that some IOC members see it as a lack of respect."
Senior Australian IOC member Kevan Gosper surmised that Asian voters may have banded together for Tokyo in the first round, at Chicago's expense.
"I'm shocked," Gosper said. "The whole thing doesn't make sense other than there has been a stupid bloc vote."
He worried that the shock exit could do "untold damage" to the already testy relations between the IOC and the U.S. Olympic Committee. They had recent flare-ups over revenue sharing and a USOC TV network.
"To have the president of the United States and his wife personally appear, then this should happen in the first round is awful and totally undeserving," Gosper said.
Added Dennis Oswald, another member: "It was a defeat for the USOC, not for Chicago."
The biggest bloc of voters on the IOC -- 46 -- are Europeans.
An uncomfortable moment came during Chicago's presentation when an IOC member from Pakistan, Syed Shahid Ali, noted that going through U.S. customs can be harrowing for foreigners. Obama responded that he wanted a Chicago games to offer "a reminder that America at its best is open to the world."
But the IOC's last two experiences in the United States were bad: The 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics were sullied by a bribery scandal and logistical problems and a bombing hit the 1996 Games in Atlanta.
Obama had held out the enticing prospect of a Chicago Games helping to reconnect the United States with the world after the presidency of George W. Bush. He told the IOC earlier Friday that the "full force of the White House" would be applied so "visitors from all around the world feel welcome and will come away with a sense of the incredible diversity of the American people."
Now, Chicago can only rue what might have been. And Obama's gamble of expending his own political capital on the bid ended in failure.
The last U.S. city to bid for the Summer Games, New York, did scarcely better. It was ousted in the second round in the 2005 vote that gave the 2012 Games to London.
Tokyo did better than many expected by reaching the second round. It had offered reassurances of financial security, with $4 billion already banked for the Games.
But the fact that the Olympics were held only last year in Asia, in Beijing, handicapped the Japanese capital's bid.
Its plans for a highly compact Games, sparing athletes tiring travel by holding all but one event within 5 miles of the city center, were technically appealing. But the bid failed to generate real enthusiasm, even in Japan. Tokyo had the lowest public backing in IOC polls.
Tokyo's final presentation Friday to the IOC, while smooth and heartfelt, lacked the buzz that the Obamas and Rio generated. Tokyo was simply overshadowed, failing to convince IOC members that it really wanted or needed the Games.
In a vote of high drama, the bustling Brazilian carnival city of beaches, mountains and samba beat surprise finalist Madrid, which got a big helping hand from a very influential friend.
Final Voting
A look at the voting shows that Madrid kept a solid core of voters for all three ballots. Once Chicago was out, its supporters seemed to head to the Rio de Janeiro camp. Once Tokyo was out, its supporters also seemed to go Rio's way.
First round
Madrid 28
Rio 26
Tokyo 22
Chicago 18
Second round
Rio 46
Madrid 29
Tokyo 20
Final round
Rio 66
Madrid 32
Chicago was knocked out in the first round -- in one of the most shocking defeats ever in International Olympic Committee voting. Even Tokyo, which had trailed throughout the race, did better -- eliminated after Chicago in the second round.
Speaking from the White House on Friday, President Barack Obama said he has "no doubt" Chicago put together the strongest bid it could to win the right to host, adding he wished he had brought back better news from the voting in Copenhagen, where his personal appeal did not help his adopted hometown win.
Obama said he had called the president of Brazil to congratulate him.
Rio spoke to the IOC members' consciences: The city argued that it was simply unfair that South America has never hosted the Games, while Europe, Asia and North America have done so repeatedly.
"It is a time to address this imbalance," Brazil's charismatic president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, told the IOC's members before they voted. "It is time to light the Olympic cauldron in a tropical country."
The final result was decisive: Rio beat Madrid, 66 votes to 32. Chicago got just 18 votes in the first round, with Tokyo squeezing into the second round with 22. Madrid was leading after the first round with 28 votes, while Rio had 26.
In the second round, Tokyo was eliminated with just 20 votes. Madrid got 29, qualifying it for the final-round faceoff with Rio, which by then already had a strong lead, with 46 votes.
Rio is only the second country in the Southern Hemisphere to host the Games -- Australia, which has hosted twice, is the other -- and finally won after failed attempts to host in 1936, 2004 and 2012.
Silva, a bearded former union leader, disappeared into a huge group hug with the joyous Rio team after IOC president Jacques Rogge announced the city's name. Football great Pele had tears in his eyes. On Rio's Copacabana beach, where the city will hold beach volleyball in 2016, the crowd of nearly 50,000 people roared. The party there was expected to go on well into the night.
Wojciechowski: Flame's out
The Windy City was blown away with failed 2016 bid, but some Olympic proposals shouldn't die, as Gene Wojciechowski writes. Story
Brazil now will hold the world's two biggest sporting events in the space of just two years: In 2014 it will stage the World Cup, and Rio will host the final.
The slap to Chicago was such that some IOC members were left squirming. The city's plans for Olympic competition along its stunning Lake Michigan waterfront had long made it a front-runner and earned support from the highest possible level -- Obama himself. First lady Michelle Obama flew in two days before the vote to butter up IOC members, an essential part of the selection process. And Obama himself flew in Friday morning.
IOC members had seemed wowed, posing for photos with Mrs. Obama and taking souvenir shots of the president with their mobile phones. But, in the vote, Chicago was shunned.
"Either it was tactical voting, or a lot of people decided not to vote for Chicago whatever happened," IOC member Gerhard Heiberg said. "Nobody knows, but everybody is in a state of shock. Nobody believes it. I'm very sorry about it."
Rio's bid, while high on romance, is not without risk. Because of Rio's high crime and murder rates, security will be a constant issue in 2016. Preparing Rio for the Olympics will cost billions of dollars -- money that critics said could have been better spent on tackling the city's social problems.
But the lure of that untapped frontier proved too strong for the IOC to turn down.
Rio readies for the Olympics
STADIUMS
Despite the considerable sports infrastructure built for the 2007 Pan-American Games, Rio will have to build from scratch nearly half the stadium capacity it needs and carry out renovations to provide another 24 percent of the minimum required seating. This will require building a wide array of facilities such as an arena for diving and water polo. The Maracana soccer stadium is expected to be up to par by 2016 because it will be upgraded for the 2014 soccer World Cup to be held in Brazil.
TRANSPORTATION
Rio has a limited metro system that does not link the city center and most of its hotels to the outskirts of Barra da Tijuca, where the venues will be concentrated. The city will spend $5 billion on rapid-transit bus lines to cut through traffic between Barra and the beachside neighborhoods of Copacabana and Ipanema. Organizers say athletes should get to events within 25 minutes, though fans may sit through up to an hour of traffic.
SECURITY
Rio is notorious for violent crime in its shantytowns, or "favelas," driven largely by warring drug gangs. While most of the events are far from Rio's slums, some venues, such as the Maracana soccer stadium, are in areas considered to be high risk. Organizers note that despite these concerns, there were no serious security problems during previous events such as the Pan-American Games and the 1992 Earth Summit.
ENVIRONMENT
The government says it will invest $4 billion to clean up the oft-polluted waters used for sailing and other water sports.
ACCOMMODATION
Rio needs to build several complexes including the Olympic Village that will provide some 25,000 of the 48,000 hotel rooms needed for the Games. Even with these facilities, the city still plans to provide a considerable amount of the total accommodation through cruise ships docked in the port areas of Rio.
-- Reuters
"We have sent out a message that we want to go global," Heiberg said.
Now, Africa and Antarctica are the only continents never to have been awarded an Olympics.
Madrid's surprising success in reaching the final round came after former IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch made an unusual appeal for the Spanish capital, reminding the IOC's members as he asked for their vote that, at age 89, "I am very near the end of my time."
Samaranch ran the IOC for 21 years before Rogge took over in 2001.
Obama himself spent only a few hours in the Danish capital and left before the result was announced. Former IOC member Kai Holm said that the brevity of his appearance may have counted against Chicago.
The short stopover was "too business-like," Holm said. "It can be that some IOC members see it as a lack of respect."
Senior Australian IOC member Kevan Gosper surmised that Asian voters may have banded together for Tokyo in the first round, at Chicago's expense.
"I'm shocked," Gosper said. "The whole thing doesn't make sense other than there has been a stupid bloc vote."
He worried that the shock exit could do "untold damage" to the already testy relations between the IOC and the U.S. Olympic Committee. They had recent flare-ups over revenue sharing and a USOC TV network.
"To have the president of the United States and his wife personally appear, then this should happen in the first round is awful and totally undeserving," Gosper said.
Added Dennis Oswald, another member: "It was a defeat for the USOC, not for Chicago."
The biggest bloc of voters on the IOC -- 46 -- are Europeans.
An uncomfortable moment came during Chicago's presentation when an IOC member from Pakistan, Syed Shahid Ali, noted that going through U.S. customs can be harrowing for foreigners. Obama responded that he wanted a Chicago games to offer "a reminder that America at its best is open to the world."
But the IOC's last two experiences in the United States were bad: The 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics were sullied by a bribery scandal and logistical problems and a bombing hit the 1996 Games in Atlanta.
Obama had held out the enticing prospect of a Chicago Games helping to reconnect the United States with the world after the presidency of George W. Bush. He told the IOC earlier Friday that the "full force of the White House" would be applied so "visitors from all around the world feel welcome and will come away with a sense of the incredible diversity of the American people."
Now, Chicago can only rue what might have been. And Obama's gamble of expending his own political capital on the bid ended in failure.
The last U.S. city to bid for the Summer Games, New York, did scarcely better. It was ousted in the second round in the 2005 vote that gave the 2012 Games to London.
Tokyo did better than many expected by reaching the second round. It had offered reassurances of financial security, with $4 billion already banked for the Games.
But the fact that the Olympics were held only last year in Asia, in Beijing, handicapped the Japanese capital's bid.
Its plans for a highly compact Games, sparing athletes tiring travel by holding all but one event within 5 miles of the city center, were technically appealing. But the bid failed to generate real enthusiasm, even in Japan. Tokyo had the lowest public backing in IOC polls.
Tokyo's final presentation Friday to the IOC, while smooth and heartfelt, lacked the buzz that the Obamas and Rio generated. Tokyo was simply overshadowed, failing to convince IOC members that it really wanted or needed the Games.
phrasals
1- To look for = procurar
2- To look after = cuidar
3- To look at = olhar para
4- To look out = tomar cuidado
5- To look forward = aguardar com ansiedade
6- To bring forward = antecipar
7- To back off = se afastar
8- To aim something at somebody = apontar algo para alguém
9- To ask somebody out = convidar alguém para sair
10- To wake up = acordar
11- To get up = se levantar (qdo se está deitado)
12- To stand up = levantar se (qdo se está sentado)
13- To sit down = sentar se
14- To turn off = desligar
15- To turn on = Ligar
16- To have lunch = almoçar
17- To have dinner = jantar
18- To have breakfast = tomar café da manhã
19- To get over = se recuperar
20- To aim at something = almejar
21- To ask somebody after somebody = perguntar á alguém sobre outra pessoa.
22- To ask backup = solicitar reforço
23- To back something up = movimentar algo para trás
24- To back something up = pedir que algo seja explicado novamente
25- To go on = continuar
26- To give something back = devolver
27- To go away = ir embora
28- To run away = fugir
29- To break up = terminar relacionamento, romper compromisso
30- To go straight to the source = ir direto ao assunto
31- To call up = telefonar
32- To fly away = ir adiante
33- To carry on = continuar
35- To shut up = calar a boca
2- To look after = cuidar
3- To look at = olhar para
4- To look out = tomar cuidado
5- To look forward = aguardar com ansiedade
6- To bring forward = antecipar
7- To back off = se afastar
8- To aim something at somebody = apontar algo para alguém
9- To ask somebody out = convidar alguém para sair
10- To wake up = acordar
11- To get up = se levantar (qdo se está deitado)
12- To stand up = levantar se (qdo se está sentado)
13- To sit down = sentar se
14- To turn off = desligar
15- To turn on = Ligar
16- To have lunch = almoçar
17- To have dinner = jantar
18- To have breakfast = tomar café da manhã
19- To get over = se recuperar
20- To aim at something = almejar
21- To ask somebody after somebody = perguntar á alguém sobre outra pessoa.
22- To ask backup = solicitar reforço
23- To back something up = movimentar algo para trás
24- To back something up = pedir que algo seja explicado novamente
25- To go on = continuar
26- To give something back = devolver
27- To go away = ir embora
28- To run away = fugir
29- To break up = terminar relacionamento, romper compromisso
30- To go straight to the source = ir direto ao assunto
31- To call up = telefonar
32- To fly away = ir adiante
33- To carry on = continuar
35- To shut up = calar a boca
Tips
sábado, 12 de setembro de 2009
Study English - Tips for Success
Here are some tips for success to help you as you study English.
Study English Every Day
It's important to study English every day. However, don't exaggerate! Study for thirty minutes every day instead of two hours once a week. Short, steady practice is much better for learning than long periods on an irregular basis. This habit of studying English every day will help keep English in your brain fresh.
Study English Using Different Methods to Learn
Don't just use one way to study English. Use a variety of methods which will help all the parts of your brain (multiple intelligences) help you. For example, if you are learning new vocabulary, create a word map, describe a picture, make a list and study that, type out the words five times. All of these methods together help to reinforce your learning.
Study English by Finding some Friends
There is nothing like having a few friends to study English together. You can practice the exercises together, have conversations together (in English!), and, as you study English together, help each other with exercises you may not understand.
Study English by Choosing Topics that Interest You
One of the most important things to do is to study English using topics that you like. This will help motivate you because you will also be learning about a topic you find interesting while you study English.
Here are some tips for success to help you as you study English.
Study English Every Day
It's important to study English every day. However, don't exaggerate! Study for thirty minutes every day instead of two hours once a week. Short, steady practice is much better for learning than long periods on an irregular basis. This habit of studying English every day will help keep English in your brain fresh.
Study English Using Different Methods to Learn
Don't just use one way to study English. Use a variety of methods which will help all the parts of your brain (multiple intelligences) help you. For example, if you are learning new vocabulary, create a word map, describe a picture, make a list and study that, type out the words five times. All of these methods together help to reinforce your learning.
Study English by Finding some Friends
There is nothing like having a few friends to study English together. You can practice the exercises together, have conversations together (in English!), and, as you study English together, help each other with exercises you may not understand.
Study English by Choosing Topics that Interest You
One of the most important things to do is to study English using topics that you like. This will help motivate you because you will also be learning about a topic you find interesting while you study English.
Business Vocabulary
segunda-feira, 31 de agosto de 2009
1- to smile on = to feel positive about something or someone, or to treat them in a very positive way:
* The government began to smile on small businesses when it realized that they were the key to economic growth.
* Anderson went to the interview smiling on the possibility to be employed in that big company.
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2- to wing it = improvisar = to perform or speak without having prepared what you are going to do or say:
* I hadn't had time to prepare for the talk, so I just had to wing it.
* Anderson wasn't prepared for the interview , that's why he needed to wing it.
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3 - to ramble on something = longa e confusa dissertação =
to talk or write in a confused way, often for a long time:
* When the police officer asked me about the accident I rambled on many things and he took me to the district.
* When I asked you to talk about yourself I really didn't mean it .
...............................
4- easy-going = adjetivo para pessoa tranquila , que não se irrita facilmente e é fácil de lidar.= relaxed and not easily upset or worried:
* When I saw Anderson and Michely at first glance I realised that they got an easy-going attitude ,easy-going type of guys.
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5- razor-sharp = afiado,afiada = adjective, extremely sharp:
* When she asked me if I loved her I offered a razor -sharp answer that convinced her .
* Sometimes a razor-sharp sentence is much better than a ten minutes dissertation.
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6 - to shift in/into = mudar de posição,rumo,foco = a change in position or direction:
* We were talking about her promotion but she prefered to shift into her travel to USA.
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7 - seasoned = ter conhecimentos elevados em determinada área,ser experiente = having a lot of experience of doing something and therefore knowing how to do it well:
* He is a seasoned expert in human rights.
* a seasoned traveller.
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8 - to be laid off = to get the sack = ser demitido
*I was laid-off from my job because the company was on the verge of bankruptcy.
* The government began to smile on small businesses when it realized that they were the key to economic growth.
* Anderson went to the interview smiling on the possibility to be employed in that big company.
.................................
2- to wing it = improvisar = to perform or speak without having prepared what you are going to do or say:
* I hadn't had time to prepare for the talk, so I just had to wing it.
* Anderson wasn't prepared for the interview , that's why he needed to wing it.
................................
3 - to ramble on something = longa e confusa dissertação =
to talk or write in a confused way, often for a long time:
* When the police officer asked me about the accident I rambled on many things and he took me to the district.
* When I asked you to talk about yourself I really didn't mean it .
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4- easy-going = adjetivo para pessoa tranquila , que não se irrita facilmente e é fácil de lidar.= relaxed and not easily upset or worried:
* When I saw Anderson and Michely at first glance I realised that they got an easy-going attitude ,easy-going type of guys.
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5- razor-sharp = afiado,afiada = adjective, extremely sharp:
* When she asked me if I loved her I offered a razor -sharp answer that convinced her .
* Sometimes a razor-sharp sentence is much better than a ten minutes dissertation.
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6 - to shift in/into = mudar de posição,rumo,foco = a change in position or direction:
* We were talking about her promotion but she prefered to shift into her travel to USA.
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7 - seasoned = ter conhecimentos elevados em determinada área,ser experiente = having a lot of experience of doing something and therefore knowing how to do it well:
* He is a seasoned expert in human rights.
* a seasoned traveller.
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8 - to be laid off = to get the sack = ser demitido
*I was laid-off from my job because the company was on the verge of bankruptcy.
Irregular verbs
segunda-feira, 24 de agosto de 2009
cast – cast – cast [arremessar, atirar]
catch – caught – caught [pegar, apanhar]
choose – chose – chosen [escolher]
come – came – come [vir]
cost – cost – cost [custar]
creep – crept – crept [rastejar]
cut – cut- cut [cortar]
deal – dealt – dealt [negociar, tratar]
dig – dug – dug [cavar]
do – did – done [fazer]
draw – drew – drawn [desenhar]
drink – drank – drunk [beber]
drive – drove – driven [dirigir (veículo)]
eat – ate – eaten [comer]
fall – fell – fallen [cair]
feed – fed – fed [alimentar]
feel – felt – felt [sentir]
fight – fought – fought [lutar]
find – found – found [encontrar (Compare "FOUND x FOUNDED x FUNDED")]
flee – fled – fled [fugir, escapar]
fly – flew – flown [voar; pilotar]
forbid – forbade – forbidden [proibir]
forget – forgot – forgotten [esquecer]
forgive – forgave – forgiven [perdoar]
freeze – froze – frozen [congelar]
get – got – gotten [obter]
give – gave – given [dar]
go – went – gone [ir]
grind – ground – ground [moer]
grow – grew – grown [crescer; cultivar]
have – had – had [ter]
hear – heard – heard [ouvir]
hide – hid – hidden [esconder]
hit – hit – hit [bater, atingir]
hold – held – held [segurar; abraçar]
hurt – hurt – hurt [ferir, machucar; magoar]
keep – kept – kept [manter]
know – knew – known [saber; conhecer]
lay – laid – laid [pôr; botar ovos (Compare "LIE" com "LAY")]
lead – led – led [liderar]
leave – left – left [deixar, partir]
lend – lent – lent [emprestar (Compare "LEND" com "BORROW")]
let – let – let [deixar]
lie – lay – lain [deitar (Compare "LIE" com "LAY")]
lose – lost – lost [perder]
make – made – made [fazer, fabricar]
mean – meant – meant [significar]
meet – met – met [encontrar; conhecer]
overcome – overcame – overcome [superar]
overtake – overtook – overtaken [alcançar; conseguir]
pay – paid – paid [pagar]
put – put – put [pôr, colocar]
quit – quit – quit [desistir, abandonar]
read /riid/ – read /réd/ – read /réd/ [ler]
ride – rode – ridden [cavalgar; andar (de bicicleta); passear]
ring – rang – rung [tocar (campainha)]
rise – rose – risen [erguer-se (Compare "RISE" com "RAISE")]
run – ran – run [correr; concorrer (em eleição)]
saw – sawed – sawn [serrar]
say – said – said [dizer]
see – saw – seen [ver]
seek – sought – sought [buscar; procurar]
sell – sold – sold [vender]
send – sent – sent [enviar]
set – set – set [pôr, colocar; ajustar]
shake – shook – shaken [tremer]
shed – shed – shed [derramar]
shine – shone – shone [brilhar, reluzir]
shoot – shot – shot [atirar; filmar]
show – showed – shown [mostar, exibir]
shrink – shrank – shrunk [encolher]
shut – shut – shut [fechar]
sing – sang – sung [cantar]
sink – sank – sunk [afundar]
sit – sat – sat [sentar]
slay – slew – slain [matar, assassinar]
sleep – slept – slept [dormir]
slide – slid – slid [deslizar, escorregar]
speak – spoke – spoken [falar]
spend – spent – spent [gastar]
spin – spun – spun [fazer girar]
spit – spit / spat – spit / spat [cuspir]
spread – spread – spread [espalhar; disseminar, difundir]
spring – sprang – sprung [saltar]
stand – stood – stood [ficar em pé; suportar]
steal – stole – stolen [furtar]
stick – stuck – stuck [fincar, enfiar]
sting – stung – stung [picar, ferroar]
stink – stank – stunk [feder]
strike – struck – struck [golpear; atacar]
strive – strove – striven [esforçar-se]
swear – swore – sworn [jurar]
sweep – swept – swept [varrer]
swim – swam – swum [nadar]
swing – swung – swung [balançar]
take – took – taken [tomar]
teach – taught – taught [ensinar; lecionar]
tear – tore – torn [rasgar]
tell – told – told [contar]
think – thought – thought [pensar]
throw – threw – thrown [jogar, atirar]
undergo – underwent – undergone [submeter-se a]
understand – understood – understood [entender]
uphold – upheld – upheld [sustentar; apoiar]
wear – wore – worn [vestir; usar (roupa)]
win – won – won [vencer]
wind /uaind/ – wound /uaund/ – wound /uaund/ [enrolar; dar corda] Cf. Homógrafas: WOUND (pt, pp of WIND) / WOUND (n.)
write – wrote – written [escrever]
catch – caught – caught [pegar, apanhar]
choose – chose – chosen [escolher]
come – came – come [vir]
cost – cost – cost [custar]
creep – crept – crept [rastejar]
cut – cut- cut [cortar]
deal – dealt – dealt [negociar, tratar]
dig – dug – dug [cavar]
do – did – done [fazer]
draw – drew – drawn [desenhar]
drink – drank – drunk [beber]
drive – drove – driven [dirigir (veículo)]
eat – ate – eaten [comer]
fall – fell – fallen [cair]
feed – fed – fed [alimentar]
feel – felt – felt [sentir]
fight – fought – fought [lutar]
find – found – found [encontrar (Compare "FOUND x FOUNDED x FUNDED")]
flee – fled – fled [fugir, escapar]
fly – flew – flown [voar; pilotar]
forbid – forbade – forbidden [proibir]
forget – forgot – forgotten [esquecer]
forgive – forgave – forgiven [perdoar]
freeze – froze – frozen [congelar]
get – got – gotten [obter]
give – gave – given [dar]
go – went – gone [ir]
grind – ground – ground [moer]
grow – grew – grown [crescer; cultivar]
have – had – had [ter]
hear – heard – heard [ouvir]
hide – hid – hidden [esconder]
hit – hit – hit [bater, atingir]
hold – held – held [segurar; abraçar]
hurt – hurt – hurt [ferir, machucar; magoar]
keep – kept – kept [manter]
know – knew – known [saber; conhecer]
lay – laid – laid [pôr; botar ovos (Compare "LIE" com "LAY")]
lead – led – led [liderar]
leave – left – left [deixar, partir]
lend – lent – lent [emprestar (Compare "LEND" com "BORROW")]
let – let – let [deixar]
lie – lay – lain [deitar (Compare "LIE" com "LAY")]
lose – lost – lost [perder]
make – made – made [fazer, fabricar]
mean – meant – meant [significar]
meet – met – met [encontrar; conhecer]
overcome – overcame – overcome [superar]
overtake – overtook – overtaken [alcançar; conseguir]
pay – paid – paid [pagar]
put – put – put [pôr, colocar]
quit – quit – quit [desistir, abandonar]
read /riid/ – read /réd/ – read /réd/ [ler]
ride – rode – ridden [cavalgar; andar (de bicicleta); passear]
ring – rang – rung [tocar (campainha)]
rise – rose – risen [erguer-se (Compare "RISE" com "RAISE")]
run – ran – run [correr; concorrer (em eleição)]
saw – sawed – sawn [serrar]
say – said – said [dizer]
see – saw – seen [ver]
seek – sought – sought [buscar; procurar]
sell – sold – sold [vender]
send – sent – sent [enviar]
set – set – set [pôr, colocar; ajustar]
shake – shook – shaken [tremer]
shed – shed – shed [derramar]
shine – shone – shone [brilhar, reluzir]
shoot – shot – shot [atirar; filmar]
show – showed – shown [mostar, exibir]
shrink – shrank – shrunk [encolher]
shut – shut – shut [fechar]
sing – sang – sung [cantar]
sink – sank – sunk [afundar]
sit – sat – sat [sentar]
slay – slew – slain [matar, assassinar]
sleep – slept – slept [dormir]
slide – slid – slid [deslizar, escorregar]
speak – spoke – spoken [falar]
spend – spent – spent [gastar]
spin – spun – spun [fazer girar]
spit – spit / spat – spit / spat [cuspir]
spread – spread – spread [espalhar; disseminar, difundir]
spring – sprang – sprung [saltar]
stand – stood – stood [ficar em pé; suportar]
steal – stole – stolen [furtar]
stick – stuck – stuck [fincar, enfiar]
sting – stung – stung [picar, ferroar]
stink – stank – stunk [feder]
strike – struck – struck [golpear; atacar]
strive – strove – striven [esforçar-se]
swear – swore – sworn [jurar]
sweep – swept – swept [varrer]
swim – swam – swum [nadar]
swing – swung – swung [balançar]
take – took – taken [tomar]
teach – taught – taught [ensinar; lecionar]
tear – tore – torn [rasgar]
tell – told – told [contar]
think – thought – thought [pensar]
throw – threw – thrown [jogar, atirar]
undergo – underwent – undergone [submeter-se a]
understand – understood – understood [entender]
uphold – upheld – upheld [sustentar; apoiar]
wear – wore – worn [vestir; usar (roupa)]
win – won – won [vencer]
wind /uaind/ – wound /uaund/ – wound /uaund/ [enrolar; dar corda] Cf. Homógrafas: WOUND (pt, pp of WIND) / WOUND (n.)
write – wrote – written [escrever]
telephone tokens
quinta-feira, 20 de agosto de 2009
Telephone tokens were once widespread medium of exchange for people wanting to talk on public phones with someone before there were telephone cards to collect and use. These tokens were once widely used in Europe, Israel, Japan, and South America, and are still used today in Turkey.
Phone tokens started in Chicago, where public phones would accept only tokens. These were used in the U.S. until 1944 when they were eliminated and most of the tokens were melted down to make shell casings. The earliest-known telephone token dates from 1885, when it was produced for the PAN Telephone Company in Saint Louis, Missouri. Rather than being deposited in the phone, the token was given to an attendant or placed in a coin box to gain access to the phone booth.
This practice of using tokens and allowing their specific value to float with the going rate for a phone call eventually became the standard world-wide practice. This came in especially handy in European countries where currencies changed once you crossed borders, but a token could still be useful.
In some countries, such as Italy, they were even used informally as cash equivalents.
Phone tokens started in Chicago, where public phones would accept only tokens. These were used in the U.S. until 1944 when they were eliminated and most of the tokens were melted down to make shell casings. The earliest-known telephone token dates from 1885, when it was produced for the PAN Telephone Company in Saint Louis, Missouri. Rather than being deposited in the phone, the token was given to an attendant or placed in a coin box to gain access to the phone booth.
This practice of using tokens and allowing their specific value to float with the going rate for a phone call eventually became the standard world-wide practice. This came in especially handy in European countries where currencies changed once you crossed borders, but a token could still be useful.
In some countries, such as Italy, they were even used informally as cash equivalents.
who versus that - when do I use them ?
quinta-feira, 6 de agosto de 2009
I kind of talked about this question in episode 7, but other people have also asked the same thing recently, including Corinne, so I thought it would be worth going into a little further.
The quick and dirty answer is that you use who when you are talking about a person and that when you are talking about an object. Stick with that rule and you'll be safe.
But, of course, it is also more complicated than that. The who-goes-with-people rule is the conventional wisdom (1,2), but, on the other hand, I did find a credible reference that says otherwise. I was shocked to see that my American Heritage Dictionary says,
It is entirely acceptable to write either the man that wanted to talk to you, or the man who wanted to talk to you (3). [emphasis added]
Wow. So I dug around some more and found that there is a long history of writers using that as a relative pronoun when writing about people. Chaucer did it, for example (4).
So, it's more of a gray area than some people think, and if you have strong feelings about it, you could make an argument for using that when you're talking about people. But my guess is that most people who use who and that interchangeably do it because they don't know the difference. I don't consider myself a grammar snob-–this is “quick and dirty” grammar, after all-–but in this case, I have to take the side of the people who prefer the strict rule. To me, using that when you are talking about a person makes them seem less than human. I always think of my friend who would only refer to his new stepmother as the woman that married my father. He was clearly trying to indicate his animosity and you wouldn't want to do that accidentally.
Finally, even if you accept the conventional wisdom, there are some gray areas and strange exceptions. For example, what do you do when you are talking about something animate that isn't human? That's a gray area, and it can actually go either way. I would never refer to my dog as anything less than who, but my fish could probably be a that.
One strange exception is that you can use whose, which is the possessive form of who, to refer to both people and things (5,6,7,8) because English doesn't have a possessive form of that. So it's fine to say, "The desk whose top is cluttered with grammar books," even though it is obviously ridiculous to say, "The desk who is made of cherry wood."
So now you understand the details, but you can also remember the quick and dirty rule that who goes with people and that goes with things.
The quick and dirty answer is that you use who when you are talking about a person and that when you are talking about an object. Stick with that rule and you'll be safe.
But, of course, it is also more complicated than that. The who-goes-with-people rule is the conventional wisdom (1,2), but, on the other hand, I did find a credible reference that says otherwise. I was shocked to see that my American Heritage Dictionary says,
It is entirely acceptable to write either the man that wanted to talk to you, or the man who wanted to talk to you (3). [emphasis added]
Wow. So I dug around some more and found that there is a long history of writers using that as a relative pronoun when writing about people. Chaucer did it, for example (4).
So, it's more of a gray area than some people think, and if you have strong feelings about it, you could make an argument for using that when you're talking about people. But my guess is that most people who use who and that interchangeably do it because they don't know the difference. I don't consider myself a grammar snob-–this is “quick and dirty” grammar, after all-–but in this case, I have to take the side of the people who prefer the strict rule. To me, using that when you are talking about a person makes them seem less than human. I always think of my friend who would only refer to his new stepmother as the woman that married my father. He was clearly trying to indicate his animosity and you wouldn't want to do that accidentally.
Finally, even if you accept the conventional wisdom, there are some gray areas and strange exceptions. For example, what do you do when you are talking about something animate that isn't human? That's a gray area, and it can actually go either way. I would never refer to my dog as anything less than who, but my fish could probably be a that.
One strange exception is that you can use whose, which is the possessive form of who, to refer to both people and things (5,6,7,8) because English doesn't have a possessive form of that. So it's fine to say, "The desk whose top is cluttered with grammar books," even though it is obviously ridiculous to say, "The desk who is made of cherry wood."
So now you understand the details, but you can also remember the quick and dirty rule that who goes with people and that goes with things.
My blogs
Hi João,
I took a quick look at the first 2 blogs this morning, and they look good. There are a couple very small suggestions I might add; I'll do when I have a little more time to look at it.
We recently installed high speed internet at our house (Lilian has been bugging me for almost 2 years, and I finally made the changes to do it). With high speed ("always on"), we are also able to install a camera here. It probably won't be until later this year, but I want to install a camera in our back yard. I'll let you know the url for the website after I do that.
Well, I'd better get back to work before someone sees me writing personal emails. Bye!
I took a quick look at the first 2 blogs this morning, and they look good. There are a couple very small suggestions I might add; I'll do when I have a little more time to look at it.
We recently installed high speed internet at our house (Lilian has been bugging me for almost 2 years, and I finally made the changes to do it). With high speed ("always on"), we are also able to install a camera here. It probably won't be until later this year, but I want to install a camera in our back yard. I'll let you know the url for the website after I do that.
Well, I'd better get back to work before someone sees me writing personal emails. Bye!
co - worker
thanks for your e-mail.my fan didn't respond me until now.haha.^^i think he can understand me better.anyway .thanks for your portugal message.i like chat with you too.I won't call you teacher again,we are co-worker.right? tomorrow i'll take a exam.it's so boring.but i'll try my best.
ok.see you next time.have a nice time.bye
ok.see you next time.have a nice time.bye
abiding by something
Hi teacher JB:
Last time I promised you that I would send the introduction of Rich Dad Poor Dad content.I hope you enjoy it.
You are going to go to canada, wish you luck and have a good time.
see you around
Last time I promised you that I would send the introduction of Rich Dad Poor Dad content.I hope you enjoy it.
You are going to go to canada, wish you luck and have a good time.
see you around
fourth July
Hi JB , Happy 4th of July!!!! I hope you have a great day with family and friends. I'm already hearing about everyone's plans for swimming, BBQs, and fancy desserts. Personally, I'm having a traditional 4th.A BBQ by the pool with family and friends and ribs and chicken. I love it. Then some cake and homemade ice cream. Doesn't get any better than that. I hope your day is special for you too. For those of you who have friends and loved ones in the military I want to thank you for the sacrifice that you and they are making to ensure our freedom and independence into the future. Please know that you have a grateful nation supporting you. Have fun everyone. I'll talk to you next week. Best of success, John P. Myers
apologizes
HEy, teacher, how are you??
I'm so sorry I coudn't go to your house last weekend. I've been out these days. I went to my grandfather's farm. He made a surgery. Sorry!
About the course, we find another one to study with us. Maybe I am gonna pay you on this friday, before the course begin...
Sorry teacher!!!
I'm so sorry I coudn't go to your house last weekend. I've been out these days. I went to my grandfather's farm. He made a surgery. Sorry!
About the course, we find another one to study with us. Maybe I am gonna pay you on this friday, before the course begin...
Sorry teacher!!!
I want you here
hi dear i don't know what to say after ur sweet words. I don't want u to go back to ur home I want u to come here Egypt to set every thing right. I know u'll think that i'm a dreamer but I think that life is too short to spend it away from each other. but i have one question that really bothers me do u really love me or do u love me because u miss the feeling of being in love? I don't say that i don't believe u, On the contraryI beleive it thoroughly I just want u to think deeply about that but if this is true that u love me because of being who i am, just know that i do too. I wish u come back soon.
shaima'
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hi love how r u? i hope u r alright and how's ur family say hi to them. when u'll be here cause i miss u. I've always dreamt of my unusual loves tory i think i've found it. r u really the sweet and kind and sensitive and cultured and romantic person that i can see in u ?!! if u r that person, i think i'm the happiest girl in the world cause I think I've found my one.
u wanted to know about me: sometimes i can be crazy that i can play and laugh and make fun like a child. other times i can think sensible and be sophisticated. my friends and family say that i'm a reliable person and a kind person that u can ask me for advice or a help. they say that i have a strong personality but romantic. I've always thought that when i meet my one i'll indulge totally in his love. I like to read.
i hope u can come soon to know more about u but i think that i know u years ago and i've looked always for somebody like u.
don't forget me. write me as we have a deal. Allah be with u. see u soon
with love
shaima'
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hi love how r u? i hope u r alright and how's ur family say hi to them. when u'll be here cause i miss u. I've always dreamt of my unusual loves tory i think i've found it. r u really the sweet and kind and sensitive and cultured and romantic person that i can see in u ?!! if u r that person, i think i'm the happiest girl in the world cause I think I've found my one.
u wanted to know about me: sometimes i can be crazy that i can play and laugh and make fun like a child. other times i can think sensible and be sophisticated. my friends and family say that i'm a reliable person and a kind person that u can ask me for advice or a help. they say that i have a strong personality but romantic. I've always thought that when i meet my one i'll indulge totally in his love. I like to read.
i hope u can come soon to know more about u but i think that i know u years ago and i've looked always for somebody like u.
don't forget me. write me as we have a deal. Allah be with u. see u soon
with love
thank you teacher
Hi teacher JB,
I recieved your invitaion about Facebook profile where I saw your picture . Last time I am very appreciate you for teaching me some important things and shared your experience that is how to become a successful man. i am glad to be your friend.
Yours sincerely,
Anson choi
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"I'm so glad to have a friend like u I hope we can be real friends too I'm looking forward to meeting u oline soon bye"
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That´s great.. I am happy beacuse you are enjoying so much...
I miss you.... I like the conversations with you.
so... continue to enjoy a lot..
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WOW!!
you are faster!! hehe
So much thank you Jb. Of course it helped me a lot!!!!
We have to deal a meeting in msn cause i have microfone now!
For u listen my poor english and my ugly voice! =)
Thanks again!
See ya!
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hi, Jb
i put it in anexo. I hope dont be angry with my poor english.. unless i already had approved of a english test to be aupair
abraços!
Dandinhaa
I recieved your invitaion about Facebook profile where I saw your picture . Last time I am very appreciate you for teaching me some important things and shared your experience that is how to become a successful man. i am glad to be your friend.
Yours sincerely,
Anson choi
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"I'm so glad to have a friend like u I hope we can be real friends too I'm looking forward to meeting u oline soon bye"
...............................................
That´s great.. I am happy beacuse you are enjoying so much...
I miss you.... I like the conversations with you.
so... continue to enjoy a lot..
.......................................]]
WOW!!
you are faster!! hehe
So much thank you Jb. Of course it helped me a lot!!!!
We have to deal a meeting in msn cause i have microfone now!
For u listen my poor english and my ugly voice! =)
Thanks again!
See ya!
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hi, Jb
i put it in anexo. I hope dont be angry with my poor english.. unless i already had approved of a english test to be aupair
abraços!
Dandinhaa
using the article "the"
Veja abaixo as situações em que o “the” deve ser empregado:Regra 1 – antes de substantivos no singular ou plural quando você está falando sobre coisas que tanto você quando o interlocutor tem conhecimento. For instance:
- Are you going to the supermarket?
- What did you think of the film?
- Did you see the girl?
Regra 2 – antes localizações geográficas ou áreas, conjunto de estados ou ilhas, cadeias de montanhas, mares e rios. Example:
- the Amazon, the Far Eeast, the Black Sea, the United Kingdom, the United States.
Regra 3 – antes de grupos de pessoas, instrumentos científicos e musicais e animais quanto estamos tratando-os como categorias. Example:
- Lula remains committed to the poor.
- I like to play the guitar
- Are you going to the supermarket?
- What did you think of the film?
- Did you see the girl?
Regra 2 – antes localizações geográficas ou áreas, conjunto de estados ou ilhas, cadeias de montanhas, mares e rios. Example:
- the Amazon, the Far Eeast, the Black Sea, the United Kingdom, the United States.
Regra 3 – antes de grupos de pessoas, instrumentos científicos e musicais e animais quanto estamos tratando-os como categorias. Example:
- Lula remains committed to the poor.
- I like to play the guitar
fine
Bom dia, pessoal! Como vocês estão? Bom, I’m fine, thanks (eu estou bem obrigado)! Melhor impossível! I feel really fine in (estou me sentindo ótimo em) Curitiba, minha nova morada! Notem aí que os diferentes usos da palavra “fine” já começaram a ser usados. Vamos a outros então!?
Imagine-se conversando com um americano e ele em determinado momento diz “man, it’s not fine to get a fine, you know“. O que você acha que ele quis dizer com isto? Bem, a intenção dele foi a de dizer que receber uma multa (get a fine) não é nada legal (fine). Calma não precisam se assustar! Basta lembrar que “fine” pode significar “bem”, “bom”, “ótimo” e “legal”; porém, também quer dizer “multa” ou ainda o verbo “multar”.
Se você quizer dizer que uma peça de roupa vai lhe cair bem nada de dizer “well”. Sei que parece mais lógico! No entanto, em tal situação encha o peito e diga “that’ll suit me fine” (este me cairá bem).
Mas não acaba por aí não! Vejam só! O que você acha de um “fine wine” (vinho excelente de boa qualidade)? Que tal se você tiver uma “fine collection of Impressionist paintings” (uma fina/requintada coleção de quadros Impressionistas)? Ou ainda “fine hair” (cabelo fino, ralinho)? Ou então uma “fine layer of ash” (fina camada de cinza)?
No inglês britânico “fine” é também sinônimo de “sunny” (ensolarado). Desta forma, você pode dizer “fine weather” (tempo ensolarado), “fine day” (dia ensolarado), “fine weekend” (final de semana ensolarado), etc.
Será que você agora já sabe o que é um “fine-tooth comb”? Sabia que além de um instrumento para tirar piolhos podemos também dizer “fine-tooth comb operation”? Pronto! Aproveitem para deixar respostas e comentários aí abaixo! Para encerrar quero acrescentar que informalmente “fine” também pode ser algo “ruim” ou “incoveniente”. Geralmente usado na frase “that’s a fine thing to say about…” (tá aí algo bastante desagradável de se dizer a respeito de…).
Observem com um palavrinha tão pequena, que nos acompanha desde o início de um curso de inglês, pode dar uma baita dor de cabeça caso não saibamos seus mais diferentes usos e significados! Fiquem atentos e recorram sempre a um dicionário em caso de dúvida! That’s it! Have a wonderful week, you all! Take care…
Imagine-se conversando com um americano e ele em determinado momento diz “man, it’s not fine to get a fine, you know“. O que você acha que ele quis dizer com isto? Bem, a intenção dele foi a de dizer que receber uma multa (get a fine) não é nada legal (fine). Calma não precisam se assustar! Basta lembrar que “fine” pode significar “bem”, “bom”, “ótimo” e “legal”; porém, também quer dizer “multa” ou ainda o verbo “multar”.
Se você quizer dizer que uma peça de roupa vai lhe cair bem nada de dizer “well”. Sei que parece mais lógico! No entanto, em tal situação encha o peito e diga “that’ll suit me fine” (este me cairá bem).
Mas não acaba por aí não! Vejam só! O que você acha de um “fine wine” (vinho excelente de boa qualidade)? Que tal se você tiver uma “fine collection of Impressionist paintings” (uma fina/requintada coleção de quadros Impressionistas)? Ou ainda “fine hair” (cabelo fino, ralinho)? Ou então uma “fine layer of ash” (fina camada de cinza)?
No inglês britânico “fine” é também sinônimo de “sunny” (ensolarado). Desta forma, você pode dizer “fine weather” (tempo ensolarado), “fine day” (dia ensolarado), “fine weekend” (final de semana ensolarado), etc.
Será que você agora já sabe o que é um “fine-tooth comb”? Sabia que além de um instrumento para tirar piolhos podemos também dizer “fine-tooth comb operation”? Pronto! Aproveitem para deixar respostas e comentários aí abaixo! Para encerrar quero acrescentar que informalmente “fine” também pode ser algo “ruim” ou “incoveniente”. Geralmente usado na frase “that’s a fine thing to say about…” (tá aí algo bastante desagradável de se dizer a respeito de…).
Observem com um palavrinha tão pequena, que nos acompanha desde o início de um curso de inglês, pode dar uma baita dor de cabeça caso não saibamos seus mais diferentes usos e significados! Fiquem atentos e recorram sempre a um dicionário em caso de dúvida! That’s it! Have a wonderful week, you all! Take care…
UP
Continuando com a série dos vários significados de UP, há um pequeno texto de Thelma Wilson Cook, onde ela faz uma brincadeira com a palavra UP e seus vários usos com phrasal verbs em inglês. Foi publicado na edição de junho de 1986 da revista Reader´s Digest (Seleções).
Upon my word!
We all seem to be hung up on up. We put up with, use up, come up, butter up, line up, punch up and belly up.
Houses are opened up, lighted up, warmed up, cleaned up and closed up. Motors are fired up, gassed up and charged up. Boats are sped up, slowed up, tied up and laid up.
If we are mixed up, we must hurry up and shape up or we´ll be fouled up.
And, heaven help us, we drink up with 7-up.
If you think up other examples, don´t call me up. I´m up the wall with up. I give up!
Thelma Wilson Cook
Upon my word!
We all seem to be hung up on up. We put up with, use up, come up, butter up, line up, punch up and belly up.
Houses are opened up, lighted up, warmed up, cleaned up and closed up. Motors are fired up, gassed up and charged up. Boats are sped up, slowed up, tied up and laid up.
If we are mixed up, we must hurry up and shape up or we´ll be fouled up.
And, heaven help us, we drink up with 7-up.
If you think up other examples, don´t call me up. I´m up the wall with up. I give up!
Thelma Wilson Cook
New uses for the word "like"
Hello, everybody! Todos sabemos dos dois significados principais da palavra like: o verbo “gostar”, e a preposição “como”. Porém, na fala cotidiana like tem outros usos que você provavelmente não vai encontrar nos livros didáticos.
1) Usado para hesitar enquanto pensa no que vai falar (quase igual a “tipo” em português).
A: Do you think you´ll pass the math test?
B: I don´t know … Like … I think I will, but then again, I haven´t studied enough, you know.
2) Usado para relatar o que alguém disse (usado com be).
A: What did your dad say when you told him you´d crashed his new car?
B: Man, he was like, “I´m so gonna kill you, you little S#@$&!!!”
3) Como um “atenuante”, para reduzir a força da fala.
A: Do you study a lot?
B: I, like, enjoy studying, but not, like, every day and stuff.
A: Could you do it, like, tomorrow?
B: Oh, of course. No problem.
4) Aproximadamente.
He´s like, eighty years old and he´s still working out.
5) Usado para reclamar.
My girlfriend takes me for granted. You know, it´s like, whenever I give her some flowers and everthing, she thinks it´s my obligation to do it, you know, it´s like, she doesn´t care about how I feel and everything.
1) Usado para hesitar enquanto pensa no que vai falar (quase igual a “tipo” em português).
A: Do you think you´ll pass the math test?
B: I don´t know … Like … I think I will, but then again, I haven´t studied enough, you know.
2) Usado para relatar o que alguém disse (usado com be).
A: What did your dad say when you told him you´d crashed his new car?
B: Man, he was like, “I´m so gonna kill you, you little S#@$&!!!”
3) Como um “atenuante”, para reduzir a força da fala.
A: Do you study a lot?
B: I, like, enjoy studying, but not, like, every day and stuff.
A: Could you do it, like, tomorrow?
B: Oh, of course. No problem.
4) Aproximadamente.
He´s like, eighty years old and he´s still working out.
5) Usado para reclamar.
My girlfriend takes me for granted. You know, it´s like, whenever I give her some flowers and everthing, she thinks it´s my obligation to do it, you know, it´s like, she doesn´t care about how I feel and everything.
Can you understand that?
Acredite, o texto abaixo está em Inglês! Você é capaz de ler?
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three terms expressions
Blood, sweat and tears – Sangue, suor e lágrimas (very hard work!)
Here, there and everywhere – Em todos os lugares
Lock, stock and barrel – em todos os lugares
Every Tom, Dick and Harry – todas as pessoas
Signed, sealed and delivered – Algum trabalho acabado ou projeto entregue
Between you, me and the gatepost – Completamente confidencial
Going once, going twice, sold/gone – O que é dito em leilões
Ready, set, go – Frase dita antes de uma corrida ou jogo
The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth – A mais pura verdade
In no way, shape or form – Em absoluto
Here, there and everywhere – Em todos os lugares
Lock, stock and barrel – em todos os lugares
Every Tom, Dick and Harry – todas as pessoas
Signed, sealed and delivered – Algum trabalho acabado ou projeto entregue
Between you, me and the gatepost – Completamente confidencial
Going once, going twice, sold/gone – O que é dito em leilões
Ready, set, go – Frase dita antes de uma corrida ou jogo
The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth – A mais pura verdade
In no way, shape or form – Em absoluto
Phrasals verbs list
sexta-feira, 17 de julho de 2009
This is a list of about 200 common phrasal verbs, with meanings and examples.
*Phrasal verbs are usually two-word phrases consisting of verb + adverb or verb + preposition.
* Think of them as you would any other English vocabulary.
* Study them as you come across them, rather than trying to memorize many at once.
* Use the list below as a reference guide when you find an expression that you don't recognize. The examples will help you understand the meanings.
* If you think of each phrasal verb as a separate verb with a specific meaning, you will be able to remember it more easily. Like many other verbs, phrasal verbs often have more than one meaning.
* As well as learning their meanings, you need to learn how to use phrasal verbs properly.
* Some phrasal verbs require a direct object (someone/something), while others do not.
* Some phrasal verbs can be separated by the object, while others cannot. Review the grammar lesson on phrasal verbs from time to time so that you don't forget the rules!
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1-ask someone out./ invite on a date./ Brian asked Judy out to dinner and a movie.
2-ask around ./ ask many people the same question ./I asked around but nobody has seen my wallet.
add up to something equal Your purchases add up to $205.32.
back something up reverse You'll have to back up your car so that I can get out.
back someone up support My wife backed me up over my decision to quit my job.
blow up explode The racing car blew up after it crashed into the fence.
blow something up add air We have to blow 50 balloons up for the party.
break down stop functioning (vehicle, machine) Our car broke down at the side of the highway in the snowstorm.
break down get upset The woman broke down when the police told her that her son had died.
break something down divide into smaller parts Our teacher broke the final project down into three separate parts.
break in force entry to a building Somebody broke in last night and stole our stereo.
break into something enter forcibly The firemen had to break into the room to rescue the children.
break something in wear something a few times so that it doesn't look/feel new I need to break these shoes in before we run next week.
break in interrupt The TV station broke in to report the news of the president's death.
break up end a relationship My boyfriend and I broke up before I moved to America.
break up start laughing (informal) The kids just broke up as soon as the clown started talking.
break out escape The prisoners broke out of jail when the guards weren't looking.
break out in something develop a skin condition I broke out in a rash after our camping trip.
bring someone down make unhappy This sad music is bringing me down.
bring someone up raise a child My grandparents brought me up after my parents died.
bring something up start talking about a subject My mother walks out of the room when my father brings up sports.
bring something up vomit He drank so much that he brought his dinner up in the toilet.
call around phone many different places/people We called around but we weren't able to find the car part we needed.
call someone back return a phone call I called the company back but the offices were closed for the weekend.
call something off cancel Jason called the wedding off because he wasn't in love with his fiancé.
call on someone ask for an answer or opinion The professor called on me for question 1.
call on someone visit someone We called on you last night but you weren't home.
call someone up phone Give me your phone number and I will call you up when we are in town.
calm down relax after being angry You are still mad. You need to calm down before you drive the car.
not care for someone/something not like (formal) I don't care for his behaviour.
catch up get to the same point as someone else You'll have to run faster than that if you want to catch up with Marty.
check in arrive and register at a hotel or airport We will get the hotel keys when we check in.
check out leave a hotel You have to check out of the hotel before 11:00 AM.
check someone/something out look at carefully, investigate The company checks out all new employees.
check out someone/something look at (informal) Check out the crazy hair on that guy!
cheer up become happier She cheered up when she heard the good news.
cheer someone up make happier I brought you some flowers to cheer you up.
chip in help If everyone chips in we can get the kitchen painted by noon.
clean something up tidy, clean Please clean up your bedroom before you go outside.
come across something find unexpectedly I came across these old photos when I was tidying the closet.
come apart separate The top and bottom come apart if you pull hard enough.
come down with something become sick My nephew came down with chicken pox this weekend.
come forward volunteer for a task or to give evidence The woman came forward with her husband's finger prints.
come from somewhere originate in The art of origami comes from Asia.
count on someone/something rely on I am counting on you to make dinner while I am out.
cross something out draw a line through Please cross out your old address and write your new one.
cut back on something consume less My doctor wants me to cut back on sweets and fatty foods.
cut something down make something fall to the ground We had to cut the old tree in our yard down after the storm.
cut in interrupt Your father cut in while I was dancing with your uncle.
cut in pull in too closely in front of another vehicle The bus driver got angry when that car cut in.
cut in start operating (of an engine or electrical device) The air conditioner cuts in when the temperature gets to 22°C.
cut something off remove with something sharp The doctors cut off his leg because it was severely injured.
cut something off stop providing The phone company cut off our phone because we didn't pay the bill.
cut someone off take out of a will My grandparents cut my father off when he remarried.
cut something out remove part of something (usually with scissors and paper) I cut this ad out of the newspaper.
do someone/something over beat up, ransack (Br.E., informal) He's lucky to be alive. His shop was done over by a street gang.
do something over do again (N.Amer.) My teacher wants me to do my essay over because she doesn't like my topic.
do away with something discard It's time to do away with all of these old tax records.
do something up fasten, close Do your coat up before you go outside. It's snowing!
dress up wear nice clothing It's a fancy restaurant so we have to dress up.
drop back move back in a position/group Andrea dropped back to third place when she fell off her bike.
drop in/by/over come without an appointment I might drop in/by/over for tea some time this week.
drop someone/something off take someone/something somewhere and leave them/it there I have to drop my sister off at work before I come over.
drop out quit a class, school etc I dropped out of Science because it was too difficult.
eat out eat at a restaurant I don't feel like cooking tonight. Let's eat out.
end up eventually reach/do/decide We ended up renting a movie instead of going to the theatre.
fall apart break into pieces My new dress fell apart in the washing machine.
fall down fall to the ground The picture that you hung up last night fell down this morning.
fall out separate from an interior The money must have fallen out of my pocket.
fall out (of hair, teeth) become loose and unattached His hair started to fall out when he was only 35.
figure something out understand, find the answer I need to figure out how to fit the piano and the bookshelf in this room.
fill something in to write information in blanks (Br.E.) Please fill in the form with your name, address, and phone number.
fill something out to write information in blanks (N.Amer.) The form must be filled out in capital letters.
fill something up fill to the top I always fill the water jug up when it is empty.
find out discover We don't know where he lives. How can we find out?
find something out discover We tried to keep the time of the party a secret, but Samantha found it out.
get something across/over communicate, make understandable I tried to get my point across/over to the judge but she wouldn't listen.
get along/on like each other I was surprised how well my new girlfriend and my sister got along/on.
get around have mobility My grandfather can get around fine in his new wheelchair.
get away go on a vacation We worked so hard this year that we had to get away for a week.
get away with something do without being noticed or punished Jason always gets away with cheating in his maths tests.
get back return We got back from our vacation last week.
get something back receive something you had before Liz finally got her Science notes back from my room-mate.
get back at someone retaliate, take revenge My sister got back at me for stealing her shoes. She stole my favourite hat.
get back into something become interested in something again I finally got back into my novel and finished it.
get on something step onto a vehicle We're going to freeze out here if you don't let us get on the bus.
get over something recover from an illness, loss, difficulty I just got over the flu and now my sister has it.
get over something overcome a problem The company will have to close if it can't get over the new regulations.
get round to something finally find time to do (N.Amer.: get around to something) I don't know when I am going to get round to writing the thank you cards.
get together meet (usually for social reasons) Let's get together for a BBQ this weekend.
get up get out of bed I got up early today to study for my exam.
get up stand You should get up and give the elderly man your seat.
give someone away reveal hidden information about someone His wife gave him away to the police.
give someone away take the bride to the altar My father gave me away at my wedding.
give something away ruin a secret My little sister gave the surprise party away by accident.
give something away give something to someone for free The library was giving away old books on Friday.
give something back return a borrowed item I have to give these skates back to Franz before his hockey game.
give in reluctantly stop fighting or arguing My boyfriend didn't want to go to the ballet, but he finally gave in.
give something out give to many people (usually at no cost) They were giving out free perfume samples at the department store.
give something up quit a habit I am giving up smoking as of January 1st.
give up stop trying My maths homework was too difficult so I gave up.
go after someone follow someone My brother tried to go after the thief in his car.
go after something try to achieve something I went after my dream and now I am a published writer.
go against someone compete, oppose We are going against the best soccer team in the city tonight.
go ahead start, proceed Please go ahead and eat before the food gets cold.
go back return to a place I have to go back home and get my lunch.
go out leave home to go on a social event We're going out for dinner tonight.
go out with someone date Jesse has been going out with Luke since they met last winter.
go over something review Please go over your answers before you submit your test.
go over visit someone nearby I haven't seen Tina for a long time. I think I'll go over for an hour or two.
go without something suffer lack or deprivation When I was young, we went without winter boots.
grow apart stop being friends over time My best friend and I grew apart after she changed schools.
grow back regrow My roses grew back this summer.
grow up become an adult When Jack grows up he wants to be a fireman.
grow out of something get too big for Elizabeth needs a new pair of shoes because she has grown out of her old ones.
grow into something grow big enough to fit This bike is too big for him now, but he should grow into it by next year.
hand something down give something used to someone else I handed my old comic books down to my little cousin.
hand something in submit I have to hand in my essay by Friday.
hand something out to distribute to a group of people We will hand out the invitations at the door.
hand something over give (usually unwillingly) The police asked the man to hand over his wallet and his weapons.
hang in stay positive (N.Amer., informal) Hang in there. I'm sure you'll find a job very soon.
hang on wait a short time (informal) Hang on while I grab my coat and shoes!
hang out spend time relaxing (informal) Instead of going to the party we are just going to hang out at my place.
hang up end a phone call He didn't say goodbye before he hung up.
hold someone/something back prevent from doing/going I had to hold my dog back because there was a cat in the park.
hold something back hide an emotion Jamie held back his tears at his grandfather's funeral.
hold on wait a short time Please hold on while I transfer you to the Sales Department.
hold onto someone/something hold firmly using your hands or arms Hold onto your hat because it's very windy outside.
hold someone/somethingup rob A man in a black mask held the bank up this morning.
keep on doing something continue doing Keep on stirring until the liquid comes to a boil.
keep something from someone not tell We kept our relationship from our parents for two years.
keep someone/something out stop from entering Try to keep the wet dog out of the living room.
keep something up continue at the same rate If you keep those results up you will get into a great college.
let someone down fail to support or help, disappoint I need you to be on time. Don't let me down this time.
let someone in allow to enter Can you let the cat in before you go to school?
look after someone/something take care of I have to look after my sick grandmother.
look down on someone think less of, consider inferior Ever since we stole that chocolate bar your dad has looked down on me.
look for someone/something try to find I'm looking for a red dress for the wedding.
look forward to something be excited about the future I'm looking forward to the Christmas break.
look into something investigate We are going to look into the price of snowboards today.
look out be careful, vigilant, and take notice Look out! That car's going to hit you!
look out for someone/something be especially vigilant for Don't forget to look out for snakes on the hiking trail.
look something over check, examine Can you look over my essay for spelling mistakes?
look something up search and find information in a reference book or database We can look her phone number up on the Internet.
look up to someone have a lot of respect for My little sister has always looked up to me.
make something up invent, lie about something Josie made up a story about about why we were late.
make up forgive each other We were angry last night, but we made up at breakfast.
make someone up apply cosmetics to My sisters made me up for my graduation party.
mix something up confuse two or more things I mixed up the twins' names again!
pass away die His uncle passed away last night after a long illness.
pass out faint It was so hot in the church that an elderly lady passed out.
pass something out give the same thing to many people The professor passed the textbooks out before class.
pass something up decline (usually something good) I passed up the job because I am afraid of change.
pay someone back return owed money Thanks for buying my ticket. I'll pay you back on Friday.
pay for something be punished for doing something bad That bully will pay for being mean to my little brother.
pick something out choose I picked out three sweaters for you to try on.
point someone/something out indicate with your finger I'll point my boyfriend out when he runs by.
put something down put what you are holding on a surface or floor You can put the groceries down on the kitchen counter.
put someone down insult, make someone feel stupid The students put the substitute teacher down because his pants were too short.
put something off postpone We are putting off our trip until January because of the hurricane.
put something out extinguish The neighbours put the fire out before the firemen arrived.
put something together assemble I have to put the crib together before the baby arrives.
put up with someone/something tolerate I don't think I can put up with three small children in the car.
put something on put clothing/accessories on your body Don't forget to put on your new earrings for the party.
run into someone/something meet unexpectedly I ran into an old school-friend at the mall.
run over someone/something drive a vehicle over a person or thing I accidentally ran over your bicycle in the driveway.
run over/through something rehearse, review Let's run over/through these lines one more time before the show.
run away leave unexpectedly, escape The child ran away from home and has been missing for three days.
run out have none left We ran out of shampoo so I had to wash my hair with soap.
send something back return (usually by mail) My letter got sent back to me because I used the wrong stamp.
set something up arrange, organize Our boss set a meeting up with the president of the company.
set someone up trick, trap The police set up the car thief by using a hidden camera.
shop around compare prices I want to shop around a little before I decide on these boots.
show off act extra special for people watching (usually boastfully) He always shows off on his skateboard
sleep over stay somewhere for the night (informal) You should sleep over tonight if the weather is too bad to drive home.
sort something out organize, resolve a problem We need to sort the bills out before the first of the month.
stick to something continue doing something, limit yourself to one particular thing You will lose weight if you stick to the diet.
switch something off stop the energy flow, turn off The light's too bright. Could you switch it off.
switch something on start the energy flow, turn on We heard the news as soon as we switched on the car radio.
take after someone resemble a family member I take after my mother. We are both impatient.
take something apart purposely break into pieces He took the car brakes apart and found the problem.
take something back return an item I have to take our new TV back because it doesn't work.
take off start to fly My plane takes off in five minutes.
take something off remove something (usually clothing) Take off your socks and shoes and come in the lake!
take something out remove from a place or thing Can you take the garbage out to the street for me?
take someone out pay for someone to go somewhere with you My grandparents took us out for dinner and a movie.
tear something up rip into pieces I tore up my ex-boyfriend's letters and gave them back to him.
think back remember (often + to, sometimes + on) When I think back on my youth, I wish I had studied harder.
think something over consider I'll have to think this job offer over before I make my final decision.
throw something away dispose of We threw our old furniture away when we won the lottery.
turn something down decrease the volume or strength (heat, light etc) Please turn the TV down while the guests are here.
turn something down refuse I turned the job down because I don't want to move.
turn something off stop the energy flow, switch off Your mother wants you to turn the TV off and come for dinner.
turn something on start the energy, switch on It's too dark in here. Let's turn some lights on.
turn something up increase the volume or strength (heat, light etc) Can you turn the music up? This is my favourite song.
turn up appear suddenly Our cat turned up after we put posters up all over the neighbourhood.
try something on sample clothing I'm going to try these jeans on, but I don't think they will fit.
try something out test I am going to try this new brand of detergent out.
use something up finish the supply The kids used all of the toothpaste up so we need to buy some more.
wake up stop sleeping We have to wake up early for work on Monday.
warm someone/something up increase the temperature You can warm your feet up in front of the fireplace.
warm up prepare body for exercise I always warm up by doing sit-ups before I go for a run.
wear off fade away Most of my make-up wore off before I got to the party.
work out exercise I work out at the gym three times a week.
work out be successful Our plan worked out fine.
work something out make a calculation We have to work out the total cost before we buy the house.
Br.E.: British English; N.Amer.: North American
Phrasal Verbs Quiz >
*Phrasal verbs are usually two-word phrases consisting of verb + adverb or verb + preposition.
* Think of them as you would any other English vocabulary.
* Study them as you come across them, rather than trying to memorize many at once.
* Use the list below as a reference guide when you find an expression that you don't recognize. The examples will help you understand the meanings.
* If you think of each phrasal verb as a separate verb with a specific meaning, you will be able to remember it more easily. Like many other verbs, phrasal verbs often have more than one meaning.
* As well as learning their meanings, you need to learn how to use phrasal verbs properly.
* Some phrasal verbs require a direct object (someone/something), while others do not.
* Some phrasal verbs can be separated by the object, while others cannot. Review the grammar lesson on phrasal verbs from time to time so that you don't forget the rules!
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1-ask someone out./ invite on a date./ Brian asked Judy out to dinner and a movie.
2-ask around ./ ask many people the same question ./I asked around but nobody has seen my wallet.
add up to something equal Your purchases add up to $205.32.
back something up reverse You'll have to back up your car so that I can get out.
back someone up support My wife backed me up over my decision to quit my job.
blow up explode The racing car blew up after it crashed into the fence.
blow something up add air We have to blow 50 balloons up for the party.
break down stop functioning (vehicle, machine) Our car broke down at the side of the highway in the snowstorm.
break down get upset The woman broke down when the police told her that her son had died.
break something down divide into smaller parts Our teacher broke the final project down into three separate parts.
break in force entry to a building Somebody broke in last night and stole our stereo.
break into something enter forcibly The firemen had to break into the room to rescue the children.
break something in wear something a few times so that it doesn't look/feel new I need to break these shoes in before we run next week.
break in interrupt The TV station broke in to report the news of the president's death.
break up end a relationship My boyfriend and I broke up before I moved to America.
break up start laughing (informal) The kids just broke up as soon as the clown started talking.
break out escape The prisoners broke out of jail when the guards weren't looking.
break out in something develop a skin condition I broke out in a rash after our camping trip.
bring someone down make unhappy This sad music is bringing me down.
bring someone up raise a child My grandparents brought me up after my parents died.
bring something up start talking about a subject My mother walks out of the room when my father brings up sports.
bring something up vomit He drank so much that he brought his dinner up in the toilet.
call around phone many different places/people We called around but we weren't able to find the car part we needed.
call someone back return a phone call I called the company back but the offices were closed for the weekend.
call something off cancel Jason called the wedding off because he wasn't in love with his fiancé.
call on someone ask for an answer or opinion The professor called on me for question 1.
call on someone visit someone We called on you last night but you weren't home.
call someone up phone Give me your phone number and I will call you up when we are in town.
calm down relax after being angry You are still mad. You need to calm down before you drive the car.
not care for someone/something not like (formal) I don't care for his behaviour.
catch up get to the same point as someone else You'll have to run faster than that if you want to catch up with Marty.
check in arrive and register at a hotel or airport We will get the hotel keys when we check in.
check out leave a hotel You have to check out of the hotel before 11:00 AM.
check someone/something out look at carefully, investigate The company checks out all new employees.
check out someone/something look at (informal) Check out the crazy hair on that guy!
cheer up become happier She cheered up when she heard the good news.
cheer someone up make happier I brought you some flowers to cheer you up.
chip in help If everyone chips in we can get the kitchen painted by noon.
clean something up tidy, clean Please clean up your bedroom before you go outside.
come across something find unexpectedly I came across these old photos when I was tidying the closet.
come apart separate The top and bottom come apart if you pull hard enough.
come down with something become sick My nephew came down with chicken pox this weekend.
come forward volunteer for a task or to give evidence The woman came forward with her husband's finger prints.
come from somewhere originate in The art of origami comes from Asia.
count on someone/something rely on I am counting on you to make dinner while I am out.
cross something out draw a line through Please cross out your old address and write your new one.
cut back on something consume less My doctor wants me to cut back on sweets and fatty foods.
cut something down make something fall to the ground We had to cut the old tree in our yard down after the storm.
cut in interrupt Your father cut in while I was dancing with your uncle.
cut in pull in too closely in front of another vehicle The bus driver got angry when that car cut in.
cut in start operating (of an engine or electrical device) The air conditioner cuts in when the temperature gets to 22°C.
cut something off remove with something sharp The doctors cut off his leg because it was severely injured.
cut something off stop providing The phone company cut off our phone because we didn't pay the bill.
cut someone off take out of a will My grandparents cut my father off when he remarried.
cut something out remove part of something (usually with scissors and paper) I cut this ad out of the newspaper.
do someone/something over beat up, ransack (Br.E., informal) He's lucky to be alive. His shop was done over by a street gang.
do something over do again (N.Amer.) My teacher wants me to do my essay over because she doesn't like my topic.
do away with something discard It's time to do away with all of these old tax records.
do something up fasten, close Do your coat up before you go outside. It's snowing!
dress up wear nice clothing It's a fancy restaurant so we have to dress up.
drop back move back in a position/group Andrea dropped back to third place when she fell off her bike.
drop in/by/over come without an appointment I might drop in/by/over for tea some time this week.
drop someone/something off take someone/something somewhere and leave them/it there I have to drop my sister off at work before I come over.
drop out quit a class, school etc I dropped out of Science because it was too difficult.
eat out eat at a restaurant I don't feel like cooking tonight. Let's eat out.
end up eventually reach/do/decide We ended up renting a movie instead of going to the theatre.
fall apart break into pieces My new dress fell apart in the washing machine.
fall down fall to the ground The picture that you hung up last night fell down this morning.
fall out separate from an interior The money must have fallen out of my pocket.
fall out (of hair, teeth) become loose and unattached His hair started to fall out when he was only 35.
figure something out understand, find the answer I need to figure out how to fit the piano and the bookshelf in this room.
fill something in to write information in blanks (Br.E.) Please fill in the form with your name, address, and phone number.
fill something out to write information in blanks (N.Amer.) The form must be filled out in capital letters.
fill something up fill to the top I always fill the water jug up when it is empty.
find out discover We don't know where he lives. How can we find out?
find something out discover We tried to keep the time of the party a secret, but Samantha found it out.
get something across/over communicate, make understandable I tried to get my point across/over to the judge but she wouldn't listen.
get along/on like each other I was surprised how well my new girlfriend and my sister got along/on.
get around have mobility My grandfather can get around fine in his new wheelchair.
get away go on a vacation We worked so hard this year that we had to get away for a week.
get away with something do without being noticed or punished Jason always gets away with cheating in his maths tests.
get back return We got back from our vacation last week.
get something back receive something you had before Liz finally got her Science notes back from my room-mate.
get back at someone retaliate, take revenge My sister got back at me for stealing her shoes. She stole my favourite hat.
get back into something become interested in something again I finally got back into my novel and finished it.
get on something step onto a vehicle We're going to freeze out here if you don't let us get on the bus.
get over something recover from an illness, loss, difficulty I just got over the flu and now my sister has it.
get over something overcome a problem The company will have to close if it can't get over the new regulations.
get round to something finally find time to do (N.Amer.: get around to something) I don't know when I am going to get round to writing the thank you cards.
get together meet (usually for social reasons) Let's get together for a BBQ this weekend.
get up get out of bed I got up early today to study for my exam.
get up stand You should get up and give the elderly man your seat.
give someone away reveal hidden information about someone His wife gave him away to the police.
give someone away take the bride to the altar My father gave me away at my wedding.
give something away ruin a secret My little sister gave the surprise party away by accident.
give something away give something to someone for free The library was giving away old books on Friday.
give something back return a borrowed item I have to give these skates back to Franz before his hockey game.
give in reluctantly stop fighting or arguing My boyfriend didn't want to go to the ballet, but he finally gave in.
give something out give to many people (usually at no cost) They were giving out free perfume samples at the department store.
give something up quit a habit I am giving up smoking as of January 1st.
give up stop trying My maths homework was too difficult so I gave up.
go after someone follow someone My brother tried to go after the thief in his car.
go after something try to achieve something I went after my dream and now I am a published writer.
go against someone compete, oppose We are going against the best soccer team in the city tonight.
go ahead start, proceed Please go ahead and eat before the food gets cold.
go back return to a place I have to go back home and get my lunch.
go out leave home to go on a social event We're going out for dinner tonight.
go out with someone date Jesse has been going out with Luke since they met last winter.
go over something review Please go over your answers before you submit your test.
go over visit someone nearby I haven't seen Tina for a long time. I think I'll go over for an hour or two.
go without something suffer lack or deprivation When I was young, we went without winter boots.
grow apart stop being friends over time My best friend and I grew apart after she changed schools.
grow back regrow My roses grew back this summer.
grow up become an adult When Jack grows up he wants to be a fireman.
grow out of something get too big for Elizabeth needs a new pair of shoes because she has grown out of her old ones.
grow into something grow big enough to fit This bike is too big for him now, but he should grow into it by next year.
hand something down give something used to someone else I handed my old comic books down to my little cousin.
hand something in submit I have to hand in my essay by Friday.
hand something out to distribute to a group of people We will hand out the invitations at the door.
hand something over give (usually unwillingly) The police asked the man to hand over his wallet and his weapons.
hang in stay positive (N.Amer., informal) Hang in there. I'm sure you'll find a job very soon.
hang on wait a short time (informal) Hang on while I grab my coat and shoes!
hang out spend time relaxing (informal) Instead of going to the party we are just going to hang out at my place.
hang up end a phone call He didn't say goodbye before he hung up.
hold someone/something back prevent from doing/going I had to hold my dog back because there was a cat in the park.
hold something back hide an emotion Jamie held back his tears at his grandfather's funeral.
hold on wait a short time Please hold on while I transfer you to the Sales Department.
hold onto someone/something hold firmly using your hands or arms Hold onto your hat because it's very windy outside.
hold someone/somethingup rob A man in a black mask held the bank up this morning.
keep on doing something continue doing Keep on stirring until the liquid comes to a boil.
keep something from someone not tell We kept our relationship from our parents for two years.
keep someone/something out stop from entering Try to keep the wet dog out of the living room.
keep something up continue at the same rate If you keep those results up you will get into a great college.
let someone down fail to support or help, disappoint I need you to be on time. Don't let me down this time.
let someone in allow to enter Can you let the cat in before you go to school?
look after someone/something take care of I have to look after my sick grandmother.
look down on someone think less of, consider inferior Ever since we stole that chocolate bar your dad has looked down on me.
look for someone/something try to find I'm looking for a red dress for the wedding.
look forward to something be excited about the future I'm looking forward to the Christmas break.
look into something investigate We are going to look into the price of snowboards today.
look out be careful, vigilant, and take notice Look out! That car's going to hit you!
look out for someone/something be especially vigilant for Don't forget to look out for snakes on the hiking trail.
look something over check, examine Can you look over my essay for spelling mistakes?
look something up search and find information in a reference book or database We can look her phone number up on the Internet.
look up to someone have a lot of respect for My little sister has always looked up to me.
make something up invent, lie about something Josie made up a story about about why we were late.
make up forgive each other We were angry last night, but we made up at breakfast.
make someone up apply cosmetics to My sisters made me up for my graduation party.
mix something up confuse two or more things I mixed up the twins' names again!
pass away die His uncle passed away last night after a long illness.
pass out faint It was so hot in the church that an elderly lady passed out.
pass something out give the same thing to many people The professor passed the textbooks out before class.
pass something up decline (usually something good) I passed up the job because I am afraid of change.
pay someone back return owed money Thanks for buying my ticket. I'll pay you back on Friday.
pay for something be punished for doing something bad That bully will pay for being mean to my little brother.
pick something out choose I picked out three sweaters for you to try on.
point someone/something out indicate with your finger I'll point my boyfriend out when he runs by.
put something down put what you are holding on a surface or floor You can put the groceries down on the kitchen counter.
put someone down insult, make someone feel stupid The students put the substitute teacher down because his pants were too short.
put something off postpone We are putting off our trip until January because of the hurricane.
put something out extinguish The neighbours put the fire out before the firemen arrived.
put something together assemble I have to put the crib together before the baby arrives.
put up with someone/something tolerate I don't think I can put up with three small children in the car.
put something on put clothing/accessories on your body Don't forget to put on your new earrings for the party.
run into someone/something meet unexpectedly I ran into an old school-friend at the mall.
run over someone/something drive a vehicle over a person or thing I accidentally ran over your bicycle in the driveway.
run over/through something rehearse, review Let's run over/through these lines one more time before the show.
run away leave unexpectedly, escape The child ran away from home and has been missing for three days.
run out have none left We ran out of shampoo so I had to wash my hair with soap.
send something back return (usually by mail) My letter got sent back to me because I used the wrong stamp.
set something up arrange, organize Our boss set a meeting up with the president of the company.
set someone up trick, trap The police set up the car thief by using a hidden camera.
shop around compare prices I want to shop around a little before I decide on these boots.
show off act extra special for people watching (usually boastfully) He always shows off on his skateboard
sleep over stay somewhere for the night (informal) You should sleep over tonight if the weather is too bad to drive home.
sort something out organize, resolve a problem We need to sort the bills out before the first of the month.
stick to something continue doing something, limit yourself to one particular thing You will lose weight if you stick to the diet.
switch something off stop the energy flow, turn off The light's too bright. Could you switch it off.
switch something on start the energy flow, turn on We heard the news as soon as we switched on the car radio.
take after someone resemble a family member I take after my mother. We are both impatient.
take something apart purposely break into pieces He took the car brakes apart and found the problem.
take something back return an item I have to take our new TV back because it doesn't work.
take off start to fly My plane takes off in five minutes.
take something off remove something (usually clothing) Take off your socks and shoes and come in the lake!
take something out remove from a place or thing Can you take the garbage out to the street for me?
take someone out pay for someone to go somewhere with you My grandparents took us out for dinner and a movie.
tear something up rip into pieces I tore up my ex-boyfriend's letters and gave them back to him.
think back remember (often + to, sometimes + on) When I think back on my youth, I wish I had studied harder.
think something over consider I'll have to think this job offer over before I make my final decision.
throw something away dispose of We threw our old furniture away when we won the lottery.
turn something down decrease the volume or strength (heat, light etc) Please turn the TV down while the guests are here.
turn something down refuse I turned the job down because I don't want to move.
turn something off stop the energy flow, switch off Your mother wants you to turn the TV off and come for dinner.
turn something on start the energy, switch on It's too dark in here. Let's turn some lights on.
turn something up increase the volume or strength (heat, light etc) Can you turn the music up? This is my favourite song.
turn up appear suddenly Our cat turned up after we put posters up all over the neighbourhood.
try something on sample clothing I'm going to try these jeans on, but I don't think they will fit.
try something out test I am going to try this new brand of detergent out.
use something up finish the supply The kids used all of the toothpaste up so we need to buy some more.
wake up stop sleeping We have to wake up early for work on Monday.
warm someone/something up increase the temperature You can warm your feet up in front of the fireplace.
warm up prepare body for exercise I always warm up by doing sit-ups before I go for a run.
wear off fade away Most of my make-up wore off before I got to the party.
work out exercise I work out at the gym three times a week.
work out be successful Our plan worked out fine.
work something out make a calculation We have to work out the total cost before we buy the house.
Br.E.: British English; N.Amer.: North American
Phrasal Verbs Quiz >
datilografia
sexta-feira, 12 de junho de 2009
Curso completo totalmente interativo de Digitação/Datilografia, você aprende e desenvolve uma digitação rápida e correta em seu próprio computador de forma prática e divertida com o recurso de jogos! Se impressione com os resultados! Curso produzido a partir das necessidades daqueles que desejam aperfeiçoar e aumentar a velocidade de digitação. - Possui Estatísticas de desempenho dos alunos guardadas por usuário. 
Ajuste para controle de duração da aula (curta/ média/longa)
Geração de históricos individuais por aluno- Configuração de teclado (padrão internacional/ brasileiro)
Controle dos efeitos sonoros (exibição de sons e musica)
Relatório sobre velocidade, precisão e teclas problemáticas
Índice de toques por minuto.
TAM: 3.0 MB
Ajuste para controle de duração da aula (curta/ média/longa)Geração de históricos individuais por aluno- Configuração de teclado (padrão internacional/ brasileiro)
Controle dos efeitos sonoros (exibição de sons e musica)
Relatório sobre velocidade, precisão e teclas problemáticas
Índice de toques por minuto.
TAM: 3.0 MB
Hospedagem: Easyshare
Evaluation Elementary 7
1 ... you have an appointment today?
Does
Do
Are
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2 Carol doesn't ... a VCR.
have
has
is
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3 Does John ... a date tonight?
have
go
has
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4 Do John and Carol have computers?
No, they aren't.
No, he doesn't.
No, they don't.
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5 Does Jake have a VCR?
Yes, they do.
Yes, he is.
Yes, he does.
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6 Susan ... up at 6:00 everyday.
gets
get
do get
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7 Carol doesn't ... Spanish.
speaks
speak
to speak
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8 They ... French.
don't read
doesn't read
not read
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9 Where ... you live?
goes
are
do
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10 He ... TV at night.
watch
watches
does
Does
Do
Are
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2 Carol doesn't ... a VCR.
have
has
is
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3 Does John ... a date tonight?
have
go
has
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4 Do John and Carol have computers?
No, they aren't.
No, he doesn't.
No, they don't.
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5 Does Jake have a VCR?
Yes, they do.
Yes, he is.
Yes, he does.
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6 Susan ... up at 6:00 everyday.
gets
get
do get
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7 Carol doesn't ... Spanish.
speaks
speak
to speak
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8 They ... French.
don't read
doesn't read
not read
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9 Where ... you live?
goes
are
do
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10 He ... TV at night.
watch
watches
does
Evaluation Elementary 8
1 Does Carol have a videotape?
Yes. But she doesn't have a VCR.
Yes. His VCR is new.
That videotape is really great.
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2 Do you have plans tonight?
Yes, I have a date.
No, I'm not.
Yes, please.
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3 What time do you get up?
Yes, I do.
I speak Russian.
At seven thirty.
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4 Do you work in Lima?
Yes, at ten fifteen.
Yes. He has a job there.
Yes, I do.
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5 What is he?
He's at home.
He's Susan's brother.
He's a businessman.
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6 How many languages does he speak?
Two. France and England.
Three. French, English and Italian.
Only one child.
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7 Where are you from?
On Ocean Avenue.
New York.
At 350 Ocean Avenue.
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8 I have a son.
Do you have a son?
How old is he?
What's that?
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9 What's that?
It's Mike.
It's a CD.
It's expensive.
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10 Does she have a computer?
Yes, she is.
No, she doesn't.
No, she isn't.
Yes. But she doesn't have a VCR.
Yes. His VCR is new.
That videotape is really great.
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2 Do you have plans tonight?
Yes, I have a date.
No, I'm not.
Yes, please.
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3 What time do you get up?
Yes, I do.
I speak Russian.
At seven thirty.
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4 Do you work in Lima?
Yes, at ten fifteen.
Yes. He has a job there.
Yes, I do.
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5 What is he?
He's at home.
He's Susan's brother.
He's a businessman.
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6 How many languages does he speak?
Two. France and England.
Three. French, English and Italian.
Only one child.
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7 Where are you from?
On Ocean Avenue.
New York.
At 350 Ocean Avenue.
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8 I have a son.
Do you have a son?
How old is he?
What's that?
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9 What's that?
It's Mike.
It's a CD.
It's expensive.
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10 Does she have a computer?
Yes, she is.
No, she doesn't.
No, she isn't.
Evaluation Beginner 7
1 The ratings of this TV program are ...
up.
at.
out.
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2 How often ... go sailing?
you do
do you
you
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3 How long ... a driving lesson?
is
are
is it
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4 You have to walk before ... run.
can you
I can
you can
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5 You cannot drive ... you have got a driver's license.
before
after
but
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6 ... have to stop at red lights or stop signs.
You
People
both A and B
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7 The weather for today is ...
grey and curly.
clear and cool.
tall and heavy.
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8 How ... does an English lesson cost?
much
long
both A and B
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9 A sailing lesson ... 50 dollars.
cost
costs
cost as much as
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10 When ... the boats leave the dock?
does
don't
both A and B
up.
at.
out.
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2 How often ... go sailing?
you do
do you
you
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3 How long ... a driving lesson?
is
are
is it
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4 You have to walk before ... run.
can you
I can
you can
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5 You cannot drive ... you have got a driver's license.
before
after
but
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6 ... have to stop at red lights or stop signs.
You
People
both A and B
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7 The weather for today is ...
grey and curly.
clear and cool.
tall and heavy.
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8 How ... does an English lesson cost?
much
long
both A and B
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9 A sailing lesson ... 50 dollars.
cost
costs
cost as much as
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10 When ... the boats leave the dock?
does
don't
both A and B
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