sexta-feira, 13 de janeiro de 2012

Speak English - Time for leisure: lesson 48

1 - Vocabulary - Vocabulário
* Advantage /advantédi/ - vantagem
* Boring /borênha/ - tedioso, chato
* Expensive /ekspensévi/ - caro
* Free time /frii-táima/ - tempo livre
* Honest /onésti/ - honesta/a
* Lately /lêit-lêi/ - ultimamente
* Nowaday /nôu-arêiz/ - hoje em dia, atualmente
* Open air /ópen-ér/ - ar livre
* Perhaps /per-répis/ - talvez
* Reading /rridênha/ - leitura
* Sedentary /sedentheurí/ - sedentário/a
* Shop /shópa/ - compra
* Sort /sórriti/ - tipo
Than /dênn/ - que, do que, à
* Theatre, Theater (EUA)/firrar/ - teatro
* World /uéld/ - mundo
2 - Useful expressions - Expressões úteis
* I'd rather /ái-duédar/ - Eu prefiro
* Really /rrê-lêi/ - realmente, de verdade
* Sort of thing /sórriti-ovifênha/ - Tipo de coisa ( This is a Sort of thing )
* There is no point /dheris-nôu-pôinti/ - Não está certo
* This is a lot of fun /dhessis-alorofânna / -Isso é muito divertido
* You did your homework /iu-dêdior-roumuórka/ - Você fez sua lição de casa
3 - Verbs - Verbos
* Go camping /gôu-kempênha/ - acampar
* Go round /gôu-ráund/ - sair, visitar, viajar ( I'd rather be at home, or go round a friend's house - Eu prefiro ficar em casa ou ir a casa de um amigo)
* Meet up /mitápa/ - encontar-se (com pessoas casualmente, por acaso) I  meet up with my friends - Encontro-me casualmente com os meus amigos.
Watch /uátchi/ - assistir
4 - Grammar - Gramática
* I'd rather /ái-duédar/ - Eu prefiro
a) I'd rather (I would rather) é traduzido como "eu prefiro" e é seguido pelo verbo no infinitivo sem o to
Exemplo:
* I'd rather spend my time doing sports.
   Eu prefiro passar meu tempo fazendo esportes.
b) A estrutura I'd rather... than... é bastante usada:
Exemplo:
* I'd rather meet my friends than watch TV.
   Eu prefiro encontrar meus amigos a assistir TV.
* I'd rather play basketball than football. (não se repete o verbo)
   Prefiro jogar basquete a futebol.
c) Quando quero que alguém faça algo, posso dizer I'd rather you did... Após I'd rather+pronome, o verbo vem sempre no passado simples.
Exemplo:
* I'd rather you did your homework before going out. /iu-dêdior-roumuórka-bifor-gouênn-anáuti/
   Eu gostaria que você fizesse sua lição antes de sair
* I'd rather Yvonne didn't watch so much TV.
   Eu gostaria que Yvonne não assistisse tanto à TV.
* Rather / Quite - Um tanto quanto
a) Rather pode ser usado também para modificar adjetivos. É aplicado, geralmente, em frases com ideias negativas.
Exemplo:
* Young people are rather sedentary nowadays.
   Jovens são um tanto quanto sedentários hone em dia.
b) Quite tem sentido similar a rather, mas é utilizado em frases com sentido positivo.
Exemplo:
* She quite likes sports, but she prefers to watch films.
   Ela até que gosta de esportes, mas prefere assistir a filmes.
c) Quite é normalmente seguido pelo artigo a/an
Exemplo:
* It is quite an old house.
   É uma casa bem velha.
5 - Exercise
1.Make sentences using I'd rather. (Faça frases usando I'd rather)
Ex.: read a book
I'd rather read a book.

a) listen to music / meet up with friends
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b) decide what to do later.
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c) you washed the dishes.
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d)watch television / read a magazine.
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e) read the newspapers / books.
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f) you didn't smoke.
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g) send an-e-mail / telephone
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h) you cooked the dinner.
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i) get a taxi / a bus.
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j) you went to the bank to pay the bill.
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k) eat at home / go to the restaurant
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02.Fill in the blankets with quite (with positive words) and rather (with negative words)
     (Preencha as lacunas com quite (palavras positivas) e rather (com palavras negativas)
Ex.: Young people today are quite knoeledgeable but rather sedentary.

a) Joe's apartment is _____________ neat but _______________ small.
b) the cinema was __________ stuffy but ______________ big.
c) Nancy's ideas were __________ interesting but _______________  complicated.
d) This carpet is _______________expensive but _____________ beautiful.
e) She is _________ beautiful but _______________ self-confident.
f) Watching TV may be ___________ interesting or _____________ boring.
g) Her house is in a _______________ nice place but ______________ far away.

03.Re-write these sentences with rather and quite. (reescreva as orações com rather e quite)
Ex.: This car has a good performance.
This car has quite a good performance.

a) The wind was strong
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b) This film interesting.
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c) Tom is intelligent but lazy.
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d) Today was a tring day.
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e) We can go to the beach. The weather is warm.
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f) The cinema is far from here.
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g) The car is good but expensive.
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