Friday, 18 September 2009
The Slacker's Soliloquy
Thursday, 10 September 2009
Halo (Auréola)
Remember those walls I built (Lembra-se daquelas paredes que eu ergui?)
Well, baby they're tumbling down (Bem, baby, elas estão desmoronando)
And they didn't even put up a fight (E elas nem resistiram à queda)
They didn't even make up a sound (E a queda nem sequer foi barulhenta)
I found a way to let you in (Encontrei uma maneira de te deixar entrar)
But I never really had a doubt (Mas eu realmente nunca tive dúvida)
Standing in the light of your halo (Quando em frente da luz da sua Auréola)
I got my angel now (Eu tenho o meu anjo agora)
It's like I've been awakened (É como se eu estivesse sido despertada)
Every rule I had you breaking (Tantas regras eu tive que quebrar)
It's the risk that I'm taking (É o risco que estou correndo)
I ain't never gonna shut you out (Eu nunca vou te deixar de lado)
Everywhere I'm looking now (Em Todo lugar que estou olhando agora)
I'm surrounded by your embrace (Você me cerca com o seu abraço)
Baby I can see your halo (Baby, eu posso ver a sua Auréola)
You know you're my saving grace (Você sabe que é a minha graça salvadora)
You're everything I need and more (Você é tudo que eu mais precisava)
It's written all over your face (Isso está escrito em todo o teu rosto)
Baby I can feel your halo (Baby, eu posso sentir a sua Auréola)
Pray it won't fade away (Vou rezar para que ela não desapareça)
Do your halo halo halo (Faça sua Auréola)
I can see your halo halo halo (Eu posso ver a sua Auréola)
Do your halo halo halo (Eu posso sentir a sua Auréola)
I can see your halo halo halo (Eu posso ver a sua Auréola )
Hit me like a ray of sun (Me atingiu como um raio de sol)
Burning through my darkest night (Queimando através da minha noite escura)
You're the only one that I want (Você é o único que eu desejo)
Think I'm addicted to your light (Eu estou viciada em tua luz)
I swore I'd never fall again (Eu jurei que não me apaixonaria novamente)
But this don't even feel like falling (Mas eu nem me sinto como se estivesse me apaixoando)
Gravity can't forget (A gravidade não pode se esquecer)
To pull me back to the ground again (De me colocar no chão outra vez.)
Feels like I've been awakened (É como se eu estivesse a ser despertada)
Every rule I had you breaking (Tantas regras eu tive que quebra)
The risk that I'm taking (É o risco que estou correndo)
I'm never gonna shut you out (Eu nunca vou te deixar de lado)
Everywhere I'm looking now (Em Todo lugar que estou olhando agora)
I'm surrounded by your embrace (Você me cerca com o seu abraço)
Baby I can see your halo (Baby, eu posso ver a sua Auréola)
You know you're my saving grace (Você sabe que é a minha graça salvadora)
You're everything I need and more (Você é tudo que eu preciso e ainda mais)
It's written all over your face (Isso está escrito em teu rosto)
Baby I can feel your halo (Baby, eu posso sentir a sua auréola)
Pray it won't fade away (Vou rezar para que ela não desapareça)
I can feel your halo halo halo (Eu posso ver a sua Auráola)
I can see your halo halo halo (Eu posso ver a Auréola)
I can feel your halo halo halo (Eu posso sentir a Auréola)
I can see your halo halo halo (Eu posso ver a sua Auréola)
I can feel your halo halo halo (Eu posso ver a sua Auréola)
I can see your halo halo halo (Eu posso ver a sua Auréola)
I can feel your halo halo halo (Eu posso sentir a sua Auréola)
I can see your halo halo halo (Eu posso ver a sua Auréola)
Halo, halo (Auréola, auréola)
Everywhere I'm looking now (Em Todo lugar que estou olhando agora)
I'm surrounded by your embrace (Você me cerca com o seu abraço)
Baby I can see your halo (Baby, eu posso ver a sua Auréola)
You know you're my saving grace (Você sabe que é a minha graça salvadora)
You're everything I need and more (Você é tudo que eu preciso e ainda mais)
It's written all over your face (Isso está escrito em teu rosto)
Baby I can feel your halo (Baby, eu posso sentir a sua auréola)
Pray it won't fade away (Vou rezar para que ela não desapareça)
I can feel your halo halo halo (Eu posso ver a sua Auréola)
I can see your halo halo halo (Eu posso ver a Auréola)
I can feel your halo halo halo (Eu posso sentir a Auréola)
I can see your halo halo halo (Eu posso ver a sua Auréola)
I can feel your halo halo halo (Eu posso ver a sua Auréola)
I can see your halo halo halo (Eu posso ver a sua Auréola)
I can feel your halo halo halo (Eu posso sentir a sua Auréola)
I can see your halo halo halo (Eu posso ver a sua Auréola)
Wednesday, 9 September 2009
How to Write a Book Report
They are a way to think more deeply about a book you've read and to demonstrate your understanding.
Most teachers have their own requirements, and sometimes a specific format they expect you to follow, so be sure to check, but the following general elements of a book report or book review should be helpful.
Introduction
Here you want to provide basic information about the book, and a sense of what your report will be about. You should include:
Title (underlined)/Author
Publication Information: Publisher, year, number of pages
Genre
A brief (1-2 sentences) introduction to the book and the report/review.
Body
There are two main sections for this part. The first is an explanation of what the book is about. The second is your opinions about the book and how successful it is. There are some differences between reports on fiction or other imaginative writing and reports on non-fiction books.
But for both, a good place to start is to explain the author's purpose and/or the main themes of the book. Then you can summarize.
For fiction or other creative writing:
Provide brief descriptions of the setting, the point of view (who tells the story), the protagonist , and other major characters. If there is a distinct mood or tone, discuss that as well.
Give a concise plot summary. Along with the sequence of major events, you may want to discuss the book's climax and resolution, and/or literary devices such as foreshadowing. But, if you are writing a review, be careful not to give away important plot details or the ending.
For non-fiction:
Provide a general overview of the author's topic, main points, and argument. What is the thesis? What are the important conclusions?
Don't try to summarize each chapter or every angle. Choose the ones that are most significant and interesting to you.
Analysis and Evaluation
In this section you analyze or critique the book. You can write about your own opinions; just be sure that you explain and support them with examples. Some questions you might want to consider:
Did the author achieve his or her purpose?
Is the writing effective, powerful, difficult, beautiful?
What are the strengths and weaknesss of the book?
For non-fiction, what are the author's qualifications to write about the subject? Do you agree with the author's arguments and conclusions?
What is your overall response to the book? Did you find it interesting, moving, dull?
Would you recommend it to others? Why or why not?
Conclusion
Briefly conclude by pulling your thoughts together. You may want to say what impression the book left you with, or emphasize what you want your reader to know about it.
(Adapted from: http://www.infoplease.com/homework/wsbookreporths.html)
Sunday, 6 September 2009
"THE COUNTRY LIFE" - By: Peter Cincotti
Time can fly and days go by
Its speed we can't control
It's been 30 years of city life
And now we're growing' old
There's nothing' more we needed for
And there's nothing' left to do
So let's spend the autumn years ahead of us
Like the summers of our youth
I never knew of much we had back then
But it's not too late to have it all again
I wanna wake up to the music
Of humming birds in harmony
I wanna feel the morning sunlight
Filling up the room
I wanna listen to the silence
That's singing through the scenery
I wanna smell the roses of our love
The day they bloomed
Let's go back and find
The simple world we knew
Cause I still wanna live again
The country life with you
Country life with you
Taxi cabs and traffic jams
Subways on the ground
Don't you miss the day when all we hear
The nature’s quiet sounds
I'm tired of just remembering
When their memories left to make
Just you and me in a hundred miles
Of greenery and lake
Oh take me to that peaceful place I miss
Cause I can't spend another day like this
I wanna wake up to the music
Of humming birds in harmony
I wanna feel the morning sunlight
Filling up the room
I wanna listen to the silence
Singing through the scenery
I wanna smell the roses of our love
The day they bloomed
Let's go back and find
The simple world we knew
Cause I still wanna live again
The country life with you
Don't let it be another thing
We always meant to do
Just let me live again
The country life with you
Country life with you
Thursday, 3 September 2009
THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE (presente simples)
As orações abaixo estão no simple present tense, um tempo para expressar ações habituais no presente.
I GO to school every day.
She WORKS at Petrobrás.
Affirmative form
1. Para conjugar verbos no presente, basta somente retirar o to do infinitivo e usar o verbo para as pessoas I (eu), you (você), we (nós), you (vocês) e they (eles, elas) :
Verb: To dance
Exemplos de uso:
I dance ( eu danço)
You dance ( você dança)
we dance ( nós dançamos)
you dance ( vocês dançam)
they dance ( eles/elas dançam)
2. Para as pessoas he (ele), she (ela) e it (ele, ela), você deverá:
a)Adicionar -es quando o verbo terminar em ss, sh, ch, x, z, e o:
to kiss ( beijar)
he kisses (ele beija)
she kisses (ela beija)
it kisses (ele/ela beija)
to go (ir)
he goes (ele vai)
she goes (ela vai)
it goes (ele/ela vai)
Adicionar -ies aos verbos terminados em consoante + y, mas retire o y:
to study ( estudar)
he studies (ele estuda)
she studies (ela estuda)
it studies (ele/ela estuda)
to cry ( chorar)
he cries (ele chora)
she cries (ela chora)
it cries (ele/ela chora)
Adicionar somente um -s aos verbos com outras terminações quaisquer, inclusive vogal + y:
To dance
He dances ( ele dança)
She dances ( ela dança)
It dances ( ele/ela dança)
to stay ( ficar)
he stays (ele fica)
she stays (ela fica)
it stays (ele/ela fica)
Os verbos to be (ser, estar), to have (ter, possuir) e there to be (haver, existir) não seguem as regras acima.
Advérbios que normalmente acompanham o presente simples:
Always - sempre
Never – nunca
often = frequenly – frequentemente
seldom = rarely – raramente
sometimes - algumas vezes
every day (week,…) – todos os dias (semana,….)
once a day – uma vez por dia
twice a day – duas vezes por dia
Negative Form
Você deve usar doesn’t (não) para as pessoas he, she, it e don’t (não) para as demais pessoas. O verbo, que vem depois de doesn’t ou don’t, não sofre mudanças, isto é,fica na forma infinitivo sem o to.
sujeito + doesn’t ou don’t + verbo no infinitivo sem o to
Exemplo com o verbo to study:
I don’t study (eu não estudo)
you don’t study (você não estuda)
he doesn’t study (ele não estuda)
she doesn’t study (ela não estuda)
it doesn’t study (ele/ela não estuda)
we don’t study (nós não estudamos)
you don’t study (vocês não estudam)
they don’t study (eles/elas não estudam)
Interrogative form
Coloca-se does antes das pessoas he, she, it e do antes das demais pessoas. O verbo fica no infinitivo sem o to.
Do ou does + sujeito + verbo no infinitivo sem o to
do I study?
do you study?
does he study?
does she study?
does it study?
do we study?
do you study?
do they study?
Alguns verbos:
to play (jogar, brincar, tocar)
to live (viver, morar)
to work ( trabalhar )
to study (estudar)
to return ( retornar)
To ask (perguntar)
To answer (responder)
to give ( dar)
to drive (dirigir)
to walk (andar, caminhar)
to cook (cozinhar)
to listen (escutar )
to start (começar)
to finish (terminar, acabar)
to sleep (dormir)
to go (ir)
to read (ler)
to dance (dançar)
to speak ( falar)
to talk (conversar)
EXERCISES
Choose the correct alternative.
1. I (work, works) downtown.
2. She usually (talk, talks) to him.
3. John (love, loves) you.
4. He often (wait, waits) for me.
5. The old man (like, likes) fish.
6. The boys (swim, swims) every day.
7. We (buy, buys) apples at the supermarket.
8. I (like, likes) bread and butter.
9. Dr. Wood (keep, keeps) his money in the bank.
10. You always (take, takes) the wrong bus.
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Supply the Tense.
1. Jane ……..(try) to learn how to swim every day.
2. They often …… (dance) in the club on weekends.
3. We always……..(go) to the country in the spring.
4. My friend ………(live) in London.
5. My father …………(drive) to the village once a week.
6. I ……….(buy) newspaper at the corner.
7. The boy …….. (kiss) his mother every morning.
8. We never …….. (wash) ourselves after dinner.
9. She always……..(wait) for me in front of school.
10. Karen and I ………. (do) our homework together.
11. She always …….. (miss) the school bus.
12. She …….. (brush) her hair before going to sleep.
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Complete the sentences. Use do/ does – don’t / doesn’t
1. ……………. your brother go to school in the morning?
2. My sister ………………. go to bed early. She goes to bed very late.
3. I ……………..make my breakfast. My father makes it.
4. My mother ……………. get up at 6. She gets up at 7:30
5. Turtles ……………… fly. They lay eggs.