Today is Michelle Obama's Birthday. She was born in January 17.  Mrs Obama is an American lawyer and writer. She is married to the 44th and current President of the United States, Barack Obama. I admire her because she is  like us , she manages of being a mother, a wife and take care of a carreer. 

   
                                Happy Birthday from Brazil,  Mrs Michelle Obama

!!!!! 

Guaíba Av  / Ipanema Beach / Porto Alegre - RS Brazil    This is the ideal place to do what I'm doing: watching  and filling my  soul of peace.

PICK UP: os 9 significados do phrasal verb e suas traduções

1. to take hold of something and lift it up from a surface [pegar alguma coisa de uma superfície]

• As Jeff was early for his dental appointment, he picked up a magazine that was lying on the reception desk and started browsing through it.

• Como Jeff estava adiantado para a consulta com o dentista, ele pegou uma revista que estava sobre a mesa da recepção e começou a folheá-la.

2. to collect someone or something, esp. by car [pegar alguém ou algo, esp. de carro]

• “Can you pick me up at the airport when I come back from my business trip to Chicago?”, Roger asked Bob.
• “Você pode me pegar no aeroporto quando eu voltar da minha viagem de negócios a Chigago?”, Roger pediu a Bob.
• “I can’t believe I’ve been so absent-minded lately! I’ve left my wallet at home again. I have to go back to pick it up!”, said Louis.
• “Eu não acredito que ando tão distraído ultimamente! Deixei minha carteira em casa de novo. Tenho que voltar para pegá-la!”, disse Louis.

3. to improve; to get better, esp. business, the economy, etc. [melhorar, esp. negócios, a economia etc.]

• “Our boss told us that if business doesn’t pick up this quarter, he will have to start letting people go”, Stanley told Will.
• “Nosso chefe nos disse que, se os negócios não melhorarem neste trimestre, ele vai ter de começar a demitir pessoas”, Stanley contou a Will.

Cf. Expressões Idiomáticas: Pagar a conta

4. to learn through observation and practice [aprender informalmente]

• Even though Paul never really took French classes, he picked up the language quickly
  while he was living in Paris some years ago.
• Embora Paul nunca tenha tido aulas de francês para valer, ele aprendeu o idioma rapidamente quando estava morando em Paris, alguns anos atrás.

5. to receive radio signals, TV channels, etc. [captar sinais de rádio, canais de televisão, etc.; “pegar”]

• “With the new antenna, our TV can pick up channels from TV stations over five hundred
  miles away”, Burt told his friend James.
• “Com a antena nova, nossa TV consegue pegar canais de estações de TV a 500 milhas de distância”, Burt disse a seu amigo James.

6. to buy or get something [“pegar”; comprar alguma coisa]

• “I haven’t had time to fix dinner. Can you pick up some pizza on your way back from
  work?”, Cathy asked her husband over the phone.
• “Não tive tempo de preparar a janta. Você pode comprar uma pizza no caminho de volta do trabalho?”, Cathy pediu ao marido pelo telefone.

7. to catch a disease [pegar doença]

• “Unfortunately Rick picked up some unusual kind of infection that kept him in bed for
  a few days”, Rick’s brother told us.
• “Infelizmente, Rick pegou um tipo de infecção incomum que o fez ficar de molho por al- guns dias”, o irmão de Rick nos contou.

8. to resume [retomar, recomeçar]

• “That’s it for today, folks. We’ll pick up with chapter five tomorrow”, said the professor.*
• “Por hoje é só, pessoal. Amanhã vamos retomar a partir do capítulo cinco”, disse o professor.

9. to try to get to know someone hoping to have a sexual relationship [tentar conhecer alguém na esperança de ter relacionamento sexual; “pegar alguém”)

• Dominic was always hanging out at the same bar trying to pick up women.
• Dominic estava sempre no mesmo bar tentando pegar mulher.

FROM TECLA SAP 

Song Worksheet ( Present Perfect)

I Still Haven’t  find What I’m Looking For

By U2

I have… …………….. the highest mountains

I have ……………….. through the fields

Only to be with you

Only to be with you.

I have …………………, I have …………………..

I have ……………….. these city walls

These city walls

Only to be with you.

CHORUS

But I still haven't.. …………………

What I'm looking for.

But I still haven't ..…………………

What I'm looking for.

I have ………………… honey lips

Felt the healing in her finger tips

It burned like fire

This burning desire

I have ………………..… with the tongue of angels

I have ………………….. the hand of a devil

It was warm in the night

I was cold as a stone.

CHORUS

I believe in the Kingdom Come

Then all the colours will bleed into one

Bleed into one.

But yes, I'm still running.

You broke the bonds

And you loosed the chains

Carried the cross of my shame

Oh my shame, you know I believe it.

Song Worksheet

Adele - Rolling in the Deep

Song Worksheet

 

1) Circle the word that Adele sings:

 

There’s a fire

 

starting in my (cart/ heart/ fart)

Reaching a fever pitch,

it’s bringing me out the (dark/ bark/ shark)

Finally I can see you crystal clear

Go head and sell me out

and I'll lay your s*** bare

See how I leave

with every (peace/ peas/ piece) of you

 

Don’t underestimate the things that I will do

There’s a fire starting in my (cart/ heart/ fart)

 

Reaching a fever pitch

And its bring me out the dark

The scars of your love

Remind me of us

They keep me (feeling/ thinking/ dreaming)

 

That we almost had it all

The scars of your love

they (leaf/ lift/ leave) me breathless

 

I can’t help feeling

 

2) Order the song lines:

 

......... To the beat

......... You had my heart inside of your hand

......... And you played it

......... We could have had it all

......... Rolling in the deep

 

3) Complete the gaps with one of  these words:

 

told ,  shared , remind ,leave, there or  burn

 

Baby I

have no story to be ....................

But I’ve heard one of you

And I’m gonna make your head ......................

Think of me in the depths of your despair

Making a home down .......................

It reminds you of the home we .........................

The scars of your love

............................... me of us

They keep me thinking

that we almost had it all

The scars of your love

they ..................... me breathless

I can’t help feeling

 

 

4) Order the scrambled letters to  find the missing word:

 

 

 

Throw your luso ...........................

 

through every open door

Tunoc ........................... your blessings

 

to find what you look for

Turned my worors ............................

 

into treasured gold

You pay me back in dink .......................

 

and reap just what you sow

DUNGA NAMED NEW BRAZIL COACH

"I won't be selling a dream. I'll sell them the reality. And the reality is that we need a lot of work. We can't keep thinking that we're the best. We were the best.

CHARM, ELEGANCE AND CAPACITY

     
                     You have my  respect and admiration

Learning New Words

                           This man is not enjoying the sun. He's here as a punishment.

Edmond Aviv was ordered by a US judge to hold a sign saying he was a bully. Aviv was convicted of harassing his neighbour and her disabled children.  He was also sentenced to two weeks in jail and community service.
Aviv claims the judge has ruined his life. But he didn't respond when asked if he was sorry.

Vocabulary:

bully

person who frightens or hurts smaller or weaker people

harassing

behaving in a way that upsets and annoys people

disabled

not having one or more of the physical or mental abilities that most people have

sentenced

given a punishment by a judge

ruined

destroyed

Forehead = testa, fronte

Forehead = The part of the face above the eyebrows.

earlobe = lóbulo da orelha

A soft, sometimes rounded, fleshy part hanging from thelower part of the ear

Dimple = (substantivo) ondulação, covinha

A small depression in the flesh, either one that existspermanently in the chin or one that forms in the cheekswhen one smiles

Chin = (substantivo) queixo

 

The prominence of the lower jaw, forming the lowerextremity of the face, below the mouth.

I didn't realize that Tony wasn't a child anymore until I sawthe first hair growing on his chin. 

.

Cheek = Part of either side of the face

Hey people, let's talk?

Hi there!!
Could you share your thoughts with me?

Then tell me...Do you like to meet different people? 

                 What do you do in order to meet them?

Phrasal Verbs

Let's review some phrasal verbs:

GET OVER - To start to feel better after something bad.

I got over the flu.

TAKE OFF - To decolate.

The plane took off at 5.

RING UP - To call someone

Did you ring me up this morning?

HANG AROUND - To stay in a place with no purpose.

She likes to hang around with her friends at the mall.

COME OUT - To be published

My favorite band's new album comes out this week.

WALK OUT ON - To abandon, leave behind.

I can't understand why a parent would walk out on his/her children.

BE OUT TO - To be able to

I'm out to do anything to fulfill my dreams.

Damien Rice - The Blower's Daughter - Official Video

Ana Carolina & Seu Jorge - É Isso Aí (Ao Vivo)

Let's write !!!

Skyline Pigeon - Elton John

Neymar and Messi

What's The difference between Neymar and Messi? It's easy! 

The first is Brazilian and the second one is Argentine. 

What I want to say? Both are brilliant!!!!

Middle English

William, the Conquerer ( o conquistador) impôs o dialeto francês ( Norman French ) à região que hoje conhecemos como Reino Unido. Isso perdurou por mais de 300 anos . A língua da aristocracia na Inglaterra era o Francês. Desaparece o "old English " e surge o " middle one" marcado pela influência das línguas Celta , Latina , Normanda, Anglo Saxão, Escandinava e mais fortemente pela língua Francesa. Embora a influência fosse enorme, pouco alterou a gramática da língua inglesa na época.  Isto demonstra que, por mais forte que possa ser a influência de uma língua sobre outra, esta influência normalmente não vai além de um enriquecimento de vocabulário, dificilmente afetando a pronúncia ou a estrutura gramatical.

Muito vocabulário novo foi incorporado com a introdução de novos conceitos administrativos, políticos e sociais, para os quais não havia equivalentes em inglês. Em alguns casos, entretanto, já existiam palavras de origem germânica, as quais, ou acabaram desaparecendo, ou passaram a coexistir com os equivalentes de origem francesa, em princípio como sinônimos, mas, com o tempo, adquirindo conotações diferentes.

Exemplos:

Anglo-Saxão	Francês		Anglo-Saxão	Francês		Anglo-Saxão	Francês		Anglo-Saxão	Francês
answer ask begin bill chicken child clothe come doom	respond question commence beak poultry infant dress arrive judgement		end fair feed folk freedom ghost happiness help	finish beautiful nourish people liberty phantom felicity aid		hide house hunt kin kingly leave look mistake ox	conceal mansion chase relations royal depart search error beef		pig sheep shut sight wedding wish work yearly	pork mutton close vision marriage desire labor annual