UNIVERSIDADE DE SOROCABA
PÓS GRADUAÇÃO EM LÍNGUA INGLESA
TRADUÇÃO LITERÁRIA- PROF. DR. JOHN MILTON

POR: JAQUELINE MARIA PACHECO

Olá pessoal, fiz esta versão para o Inglês do texto “Crônica do Amor” de Arnaldo Jabor, crítico, cineasta e jornalista carioca, espero que gostem! :)

Love Chronic

Nobody loves other person for the qualities that she has, otherwise the honests, nice and nonsmokers would have a line of interested people knocking on their door.
Love isn’t close to do a sum, doesn’t obbey to reason. The true love happens for the empathy, magnetism, for a stellar conjunction.
Nobody loves other person because she is poilte, well dressed and is Caetano’s fan. That’s just reference.
We love for the smell, for the mistery, for the peace the other gives you, or for the torment that causes.
You love that sassy. You wrote a dozen of letters that she didn’t answer, you gave flowers that she let dry.
You like rock and she likes chorinho, you like beach and she hates sun. You hate Christmas and she hates New Year, even hating you both match. So?
So, she has a way of smile that let you paralyzed, her kiss is more addictive than LSD, you love arguing over her and she loves pick you on. This has a name.
You love that jerk, he says he’s coming and doesn’t call, he puts the first rag on he founds in the closet.
He can’t stay a week on the jobs, he is always broke, and is a little womanizer.
He doens’t have the slightest vocation to chaming prince and even so you like him.
When his hands touches the back of your neck, you just melt like butter. He plays harmonica, loves animals and writes poems. Why do you love this guy?
Don’t ask me, you are smart, read books, magazines, newspapers. You like the Coen brothers and Robert Altman’s movies, but you know that a good romantic comedy has its worth too.
You are pretty. Your hair was born to be shaken on a shampoo commercial and your body has all its curves on their place. You are independent, steady job, have a good balance in the bank, you like to travel, music, you’re crazy about computers and your fettucine ao pesto is unbeatable.
You’re always in a good mood, don’t nag all the time and love sex. With a resumé like this, girl, why are you without a love?
Oh, love, that fox. I wish love wouldn’t be a feeling, but a mathematic equation:
ME PRETTY+YOU INTELLIGENT= 2 IN LOVE
It doesn’t work like this...
Love doesn’t requires prior knowledge, even a SPC consult. We love just because of the indefinite things from love.
Honest people exist of millions, there are a lot of generous men and women, good drivers and good parents. It’s raining people like that. But nobody can be the way that the love of your life is! Think about it.
Asking is the more effective way of deserving. It’s the biggest possibility of who needs.

Arnaldo Jabor

Expressões com cores

He is green – Se por acaso você estiver lendo um texto em inglês e se deparar com essa frase, não se assuste. Provavelmente, o texto não está descrevendo nenhum marciano e nem caracterizando o incrível Hulk.
O adjetivo green nessa frase se refere a cor da fruta quando ainda não está madura. Por esse motivo, essa expressão é utilizada para falar que alguém ainda é imaturo, ou inexperiente para fazer algo.

Observe os demais exemplos:
We can’t ask him to do this work, he is still green.(Nós não podemos pedir a ele para fazer este trabalho, ele ainda é inexperiente.)

My friend would like to work in an office, but she is green.(Minha amiga gostaria de trabalhar em um escritório, mas ela é inexperiente.)

A cor Green também é utilizada para dizer que alguém está com inveja.

My neighbor got green when she saw my new car.(Minha vizinha ficou verde de inveja quando viu meu novo carro.)

Há outras expressões em inglês que também utilizam cores como metáfora:
- red: irritado, bravo

Ex.: She is red because she lost her wallet.(Ela está irritada porque perdeu sua carteira.)
- blue: triste, deprimido

Ex.: They were blue yesterday night.(Eles estavam tristes ontem à noite.)
Keep on studying guys!

AMERICAN BREAKSFAST

ARE YOU A CHOCOHOLIC?

Do you like chocolate? Do you like it very much? Does a piece of chocolate satisfy you or isn't it enough for you? Do you need a bar of chocolate when you feel depressed? Just one? Be careful - you may be addicted!

Chocolate contains small amounts of three drugs. When you get too much of any of the three drugs, your body becomes chemically dependent - addicted on the drug.

One of the drug is caffeine, which is also in coffee and tea. Caffeine is a stimulant and can also interfere with the way you absorb vitamins. Another drug in chocolate is also a mild stimulant. And the third drug causes your brain to produce a type of hormone that makes you feel happy. That is why you like chocolate so much!

In Britain, the average person eats nine kilos of chocolate a year. That's too much! And too much of any drugs is harmful.

So next time you unwrap the second, third or fourth bar of chocolate: watch out!!
(adapted from Sweet Sensation 2000)

Halloween Afternoon Class

Our class now was very funny too, the girls were awsome!!!! Thanks people!

Halloween Morning Class

IT WAS VERY FUNNY OUR CLASS TODAY, WE WATCHED A PART OF A MOVIE, PLAYED BINGO USING HALLOWEEN VOCABULARY, BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT WAS THAT MY STUDENTS LEARNED SOME FOREING CULTURE !

Students: Hugo, Michel and Marcela :P

Halloween Class

Halloween

O Dia das Bruxas (Halloween é o nome original na língua inglesa) é um evento tradicional e cultural, que ocorre nos países anglo-saxônicos, com especial relevância nos Estados Unidos, Canadá, Irlanda e Reino Unido, tendo como base e origem as celebrações dos antigos povos(não existe referências de onde surgiram essas celebrações).


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A origem do halloween remonta às tradições dos povos que habitaram a Gália e as ilhas da Grã-Bretanha entre os anos 600 a.C. e 800 d.C., embora com marcadas diferenças em relação às atuais abóboras ou da famosa frase "Gostosuras ou travessuras", exportada pelos Estados Unidos, que popularizaram a comemoração. Originalmente, o halloween não tinha relação com bruxas. Era um festival do calendário celta da Irlanda, o festival de Samhain, celebrado entre 30 de outubro e 2 de novembro e marcava o fim do verão (samhain significa literalmente "fim do verão" ).

Levado para os Estados Unidos pelos colonizadores, o Halloween é, hoje em dia, uma das festas mais populares do país. Fantasiados conforme manda o figurino fantasmagórico, meninos e meninas percorrem as casas vizinhas repetindo a frase: "Trick or Treat?" (travessuras ou gostosuras), e recebem doces em troca do sossego dos donos da casa.

A palavra halloween é originária do inglês, onde é a contração de duas palavras: hallowed - santo e o final "e'en" - noite, ou "All Hallow Eve", que significa Noite de Todos os Santos. É comemorada no dia 31 de Outubro.Tem origem há centenas de anos atrás, onde é hoje a Grã Bretanha e o norte da França. Lá viviam os celtas. Os celtas comemoravam o Halloween. Eles tinham uma religião chamada Wicca. Os sacerdotes wiccas eram chamados druidas.

http://http//www.prof2000.pt/users/bejml/bruxas.htm

Now to my students a little culture in English, Have Fun!!!

Traditions - Jack-o'-Lantern (The pumpkin with the face and a candle inside)An Irish folktale says that a man named Jack tricked the devil up into a tree and then carved a cross into the bark, trapping him. Jack made a deal with the devil, saying that if he never tempted him again, he would let him down. After Jack died, God wouldn't let him into heaven because of his drunken ways and the devil wouldn't let him into hell. However, the devil gave Jack a single ember to light his way through the darkness of eternity, which Jack placed inside a hollowed-out turnip. In America, pumpkins outnumbered turnips and so they became "Jack's lantern.

Traditions - trick-or-treating
The American tradition of "trick-or-treating" probably dates back to the early All Souls' Day parades in England.During the festivities, poor citizens would beg for food and families would give them pastries called "soul cakes" in return for their promise to pray for the family's dead relatives. The distribution of soul cakes was encouraged by the church as a way to replace the ancient practice of leaving food and wine for roaming spirits. The practice, which was referred to as "going a-souling" was eventually taken up by children who would visit the houses in their neighborhood and be given ale, food, and money.

Vacations

Good evening, students and teachers que seguem este blog, como teacher e como aluna estou aqui para passar algumas atividades extras pra quem não quer deixar de estudar inglês durante as férias.

• Movies são uma boa pedida para os dias gélidos de Julho e claro acompanhados de uma boa popcorn, aproveite para assistir com Subtitles in English ou sem subtitle somente com o audio em english.

Books também são para os dias frios e para quem gosta de um pouco mais de concentração, os de suspense e aventura ajudam a entreter.

Web sites com exercícios de grammar and listening.

Musics and video clips com legendas em inglês http://www.youtube.com/

Enjoy your free time!!!

Terça feira July 14th estarei no CAMBRIDGE DAY in Sorocaba!Com a presença de autores da editora fazendo palestras para profissionais de inglês.

bye bye Jackie

Hello everybody, I'm writing today some "Proverbs" in Portuguese and their equivalent in English.

Os últimos serão os primeiros.
The last will be the first.

A ocasião faz o ladrão.
Opportunity makes thieves.

Águas paradas são profundas.
Still waters run deep.

Cuida do teu nariz que do meu cuido eu.Não se meta onde não é chamado.
Mind your own business.

Deus ajuda quem cedo madruga.
The early bird catches the worm.

Deus ajuda àqueles que ajudam a si mesmos.
God helps those who help themselves.

A galinha do vizinho sempre é mais gorda.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.

Não julgue pelas aparências.As aparências enganam.
Do not judge by appearances.Looks can be deceiving.

Não se pode julgar um livro pela capa.
You can't tell a book by its cover.You can't judge a book by its cover.

Dize-me com que andas, que dir-te-ei quem és.
A man is known by the company he keeps / Birds of a feather flock together.

De mal a pior.
From worse to worse (or worst). /

Out of the frying pan and into the fire.

Mais vale um passarinho na gaiola do que dois voando.Mais vale um pássaro na mão do que dois voando.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

Nem tudo que reluz é ouro.
All that glitters is not gold.

Nem tudo na vida são flores.
Life is not a bed of roses.

É uma faca de dois gumes.
It's a double-edged sword.

O barato sai caro.
You get what you pay for.

Em terra de cego, quem tem um olho é rei.
Among the blind a one-eyed man is king.

A gota que faltava.
The last drop makes the cup run over.The straw that breaks the camel's back.

Matar dois coelhos de uma cajadada só.
Kill two birds with one stone.

Não adianta chorar sobre o leite derramado.
No use crying over spilt milk.

Word List - Conjunctions

If your texts have lots of repetition, try to use some conjuctions on them. Look at the examples and see the diference:

Last night I went to school, I washed my car, I rented a DVD.

Using conjuctions:

Last Night I went to school then I washed my car, after that I rented a DVD.

Here there's a list of very useful ones. I hope you like of this idea.

See you guys!

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  Conjunctions
  but / still / however
  especially / mainly / particularly
  before
  as / because / since
  so that
  then / after that
  that's why / so
  either ... or
  after all
  after
  of course
  though / although / even though
  or
  as soon as
  as long as
  finally / eventually
  in spite of / even so / all the same
  perhaps ...
  above all
  neither ... nor
  because
  first of all
  for example / for instance

SMS ENGLISH

Not only foreigners, but also native speakers have their problems with the English language. Quite often, teachers despair when reading their students' texts, or on a chat.

Would you like to send an SMS in English? Here is a list with useful characters and their meanings:

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  & - and
  0 - nothing
  2 - two, to, too
  2DAY - today
  A - a / an
  B - be
  B4 - before
  BC - because
  BF - boyfriend
  BK - back
  BRO - brother
  BT - but
  C - see
  D8 - date
  DNR - dinner
  EZ - easy
  F8 - fate
  GF - girlfriend
  GR8 - great
  HOLS - holidays
  HV - have
  I - I, it
  Its - it is
  KDS - kids
  L8 - late
  L8R - later
  M8 - mate
  NE1 - anyone
  PLS - please
  PS - parents
  QT - cutie
  R - are
  SIS - sister
  SKOOL - school
  SMMR - summer
  U - you
  WR - were
  A3 - anyplace, anytime, anywhere
  ASAP - as soon as possible
  B4N - Bye for now
  BAU - business as usual
  BRB - I'll be right back.
  BTW - by the way
  CUL - see you later
  CWOT - complete waste of time
  FTF - face to face
  FYI - for your information
  GMTA - great minds think alike
  HAND - have a nice day
  HRU - how are you
  ICBW - it could be worse
  IDTS - I don't think so
  IMHO - in my humble opinion
  IYKWIM - if you know what I mean
  JK - just kidding
  KOTC - kiss on the cheek
  LOL - laughing out loud
  LSKOL - long slow kiss on the lips
  LTNS - long time no see
  Luv U - I love you.
  Luv U2 - I love you too.
  MON - the middle of nowhere
  MTE - my thoughts exactly
  MU - I miss you.
  MUSM - I miss you so much.
  NP - no problem
  OIC - oh, I see
  PC&QT - peace and quiet
  PCM - please call me
  ROTFL - rolling on the floor laughing
  RUOK - are you ok?
  THNQ - thank you
  U4E - you forever
  UROK - you are okay
  WUCIWUG - what you see is what you get
  WYSIWYG - what you see is what you get
  XLNT - exellent
• 
  

• :-) smiling
  :-* kiss
  :-)) very happy
  :-0 shocked
  :") blushing
  :- :- deja vu
  (_x_) kiss my arse/butt
  <:3 )~ mouse
  :@) pig
  :’-) tears of laughter
  :-P stick tongue out
  :-(*) you make me sick
  x-( you are mad :-" whistling
  ;-) wink
  :-@ screaming
  O:-) saintly

Verb "to make"

Olá Pessoal, hoje teremos treze frases com o verbo make. Na minha opinião, um dos mais fáceis de se aprender. Confiram:

1. Make money: Ganhar dinheiroEx: Bill gates makes lots of money.(O Bill Gates ganha muito dinheiro.)

2. Make a mistake: Cometer um erroEx: They´ve made a serious mistake.(Cometeram um erro grave.)

3. Make a decision: Tomar uma decisãoEx: Lula has to make important decisions.(O Lula tem que tomar decisões importantes.)

4. Make noise: Fazer barulhoEx: Were they making noise?(Elas estavam fazendo barulho?)

5. Make time: Arrumar tempoEx: I´ve got to make time for my friends.(Eu tenho que arrumar tempo para meus amigos.)

6. Make friends with sb: Fazer amizade com aguémEx: We´ve made friends with our new neighbours.(Fizemos amizade com nossos novos vizinhos.)

7. Make sure: Certificar-se, ter certezaEx: Please,make sure she´s at home.(Por favor,certifique-se de que ela está em casa.)

8. Make an effort: Fazer um esforçoEx: We made an effort to convince her.(Fizemos um esforço para convencê-la.)

9. Make up: Compor, constituirEx: They make up only 8% of the university students.(Eles constituem apenas 8% dos alunos universitários.

10. Make a point: Fazer questãoEx: He made a point of talking to her.(Ele fez questão de falar com ela.)

11. Make a trip: Fazer uma viagemEx: We´ll have to make a trip to China.(Teremos que fazer uma viagem à China.)

12. Make do with sth: Se virar com algoEx: You´ll have to make to with this until I get back.(Você vai ter que se virar com isto até eu voltar.)

13. Make it: Conseguir, ter sucessoEx: I wouldn´t have made it without you.(Eu não teria conseguido sem vocês.)Ex: I made it!(Consegui!)

http://www.englishexperts.com.br/

bye bye!!!

FIRST POST

"YOU DON'T NEED LONG ARMS TO EMBRACE THE WORLD, YOU NEED ENGLISH"

(UNKNOWN AUTHOR)

LETS WRITE HERE HOW IMPORTANT IS ENGLISH,

HOW COMMUNICATIVE IS THIS LANGUAGE TODAY.