sábado, 18 de fevereiro de 2012

Speak English - What did you say? - lesson 54

1 - Vocabulary - Vocabulário
* Businesswoman /bêziness-uumênn/ - mulher de negócios (masc. businessman)
* Dedicated /dedikeiréda/ - dedicado/a
* Fussy/faassí/-meticuloso/a, minucioso/a, agitado/a
* Gratitude/graratíuda/-gratidão
* Insecure/ansekior/-inseguro/a
* Patient/peixânti/-paciente
* Understanding/anderstendênha/-compreensivo/a
* Whenever/uenéver/-sempre que
2 - Useful expressions - Expressões úteis
* It was nothing/êti-iázi-nofênha/
   Não foi nada
* I'm on good terms/aiman-gúdi-thérmis/
   Estou me relacionando bem com outra pessoa
* I'm over the moon/aimôver-dhe-múnna/
   Estou muito feliz, nas nuvens
* I'm proud of  something/áima-práuda-óva-sâmmi-fênha/
   Estou orgulhoso de algo, tenho orgulho de algo
* I'm proud of someone /áima-práuda-óva-sâmmi-uânna/
   Estou orgulhoso de alguém, tenho orgulho de alguém
* You have my gratitude /iú-révi-maigraratíuda/
   Você tem minha gratidão
* She is very edgy /shi-is-veuriádi/
   Ela é muito nervosa.
* Now I feel good! /nau-aifiu-gúdi/
   Agora eu estou bem!
3 - Verbs - Verbos
* Ask /áska/ - perguntar
* Help out /rêu-páuti/ - ajudar em momento de necessidade
   I have to help out - Eu tenho que ajudar
* Predict /pré-dékti/ - predizer, prever
* Say /sêi/ - dizer
* Show /shóu-a/ - mostrar, apresentar
* Tell /tchéla/ - dizer, contar
* Worry /uôrri/ - preocupar-se
4 - Reported Speech /repúred-ispítchi/ - Discurso Direto
a) Reported speech serve para relatar o que alguém disse em discurso direto;
* Ms green said that the letter was very good. - Senhorita verde disse que a carta era muito boa.
b) Veja abaixo a combinação de verbos no reported speech.
   Quoted Speech /kuoréda-ispíiti/ - discurso citado
   Simple present
Ex.:
* The letter is very good - A carta é muito boa.
I am writing the letter now - Estou escrevendo a carta agora.
* I finished the letter this morning. - Eu terminei a carta esta manhã.
   Reported Speech
   Simple past
Ex.:
* She said (that) the letter was very good - Ela disse (que) a letra era muito boa.
* She said that she was writing the letter - Ela disse que estava escrevendo a carta.
* She said that had finished the letter that morning - Ela disse que havia terminado a carta naquela manhã.
* She said that she finished the letter that morning - Ela disse que ela terminou a carta naquela manhã.
Observação: Should, ought e might não mudam
* I should file these documents.
   She said that she should file these documents.
   Ela disse que deveria arquivar estes documentos.
c) Quando falamos sobre fatos presentes, não é secessário mudar o verbo quando usamos reported speech.
* Sabrina said that she works in a factory.
   Sabrina disse que trabalha em uma fábrica.
* The teacher said that mathematics is not difficult.
   O professor disse que matemática não é difícil.
d) Quando o verbo na forma imperativa, em reported speech, ele fica na forma infinitiva (to say, to tell etc)
Ex.: "Can you file these documents for me, Susan?", Jim asked.
Jim asked Susan to file those documents for her.
Jim pediu a Susan que arquivasse aqueles documents para ela.
e) Os verbos mais utilizados na introdução de um reported speech são (seguidos de that)
Ex.:
* add /áda/ - acrescentar
* admit /adméti/ - admitir
* agree /agrêi/ - concordar, aceitar
* announce /anâunci/ - anunciar
* argue /aguiu - discutir
* believe /bô-lívi/ - acreditar
* complain /kamplêina/ - reclamar
* confirm /kanfórma/ - confirmar
* consider /kansirér/ - considerar
* decide /dê-sáide/ - decidir
* doubt /dáuti/ - duvidar
* expect /ákis -pékti/ - esperar
* explain /ékis-plêina/ - explicar
* mean /mínna/ - significar ; média; malvado
* mention /menshânna/ - mencionar
* predict /pré-dékti/ - predizer
* remark /rrê -márka/ - comentar, observar, comentário, observação
* replay /rri-plêi/ - responder
* say /sêi/ - dizer
* suggest /sudjêsti/ - sugerir
* tell /tchéla/ - contar
5 - Exercise
1.Re-write the sentences in reported speech. (Reescreva as frases em discurso direto.)
a) Mr Steven, "You should work harder.
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b) "I will help you whenever necessary", Mike informed Cynthia.
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c) Julian said, "Kuala Lumpur is the capital of Malaysia."
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d) Yvonne said, "Ms Green is not in her office."
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e) Liz told Jessica, "I won't be here tomorrow morning."
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f) He asked her, "What are you doing tonight?"
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g) Maria said, "I have never been to Saudi Arabia."
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h) Peter announced, "Camile has had a baby."
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i) Janice mentioned, "The postman did not come last week."
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2.Complete the sentences with said or told (Complete as frases com said e told)
a) Mike ____________ me that he could not come the following day.
b) Joshua __________ that Janice was too fussy.
c) He _________ that he would help her.
d) The students _____________ the principal that the school's court was not good.
e) Jack _____________ us about the problems in the company.
f) The doctor ______________ that I should drink more water.

3.Change the quoted speech to reported speech. (Mude o discurso direto para discurso indireto)
a) "Can you close the door for me, Patrick?" Mary asked.
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b) "Do not hesitate to contact me if you need anything." Samuel said to Mr. Winter.
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c) The teacher said to the students. "Study hard if you want to have good grades."
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d) "Let's have some coffee, Ingrid" suggested Dan.
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e) The mother said. "Don't go out without an umbrella my daughter."
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f) The lawyer asked the witness. "Try to explain what hapened."
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g) "Don't walk so fast. Anthony," asked Teresa.
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