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Sunday, December 17, 2006

Inter 01x0 barça

The audio is from Gaucha AM.

Inter 01x0 barça

The audio is from Guaiba AM!!

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Bush and Condee Hu's on first

Este vai dar o que falar!!!
a piada eh velha mas ficou otima!!!
cheers,
Pyta

Saturday, December 02, 2006

ANSWERS QUICKie 6

  1. b
  2. c
  3. d
  4. c
  5. a

Sunday, November 12, 2006

UFSM 2002

The Power Of Yoga
By Richard Corliss
  1. Stars do it. Sports do it. Judges in the highest courts do it. Let's do it:
  2. that yoga thing. A path to enlightenment that winds back 5,000 years
  3. in its native India, yoga has suddenly become so hot, so cool, so very
  4. this minute. It's the exercise cum meditation for the new millennium,
  5. one that doesn't so much pump you up as bliss you out.
  6. Is yoga more than the power of positive breathing? Can’t it, say, cure
  7. cancer? Is yoga, in other words, a science?
  8. By even asking the question, we provoke a clash of two powerful cultures,
  9. two very different ways of looking at the world. The Indian tradition
  10. develops metaphors and ways of describing the body (life forces, energy
  11. centers) as it is experienced, from the inside out. The Western tradition
  12. looks at the body from the outside in. The East treats the person; the West
  13. treats the disease. "Our system of medicine is very fragmented," says Dr.
  14. Carrie Demers, who runs the Center for Health and Healing at the
  15. Himalayan International Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy of the
  16. USA in Honesdale, Pa. "We send you to different specialists to look at
  17. different parts of you. Yoga is more holistic; it's interested in the
  18. integration of body, breath and mind"

01. 0 texto
a) lista os prós e contras da Yoga.
b) leva ao descrédito as práticas da Yoga.
c) questiona a origem da Yoga.
d) elogia os métodos da medicina ocidental.
e) enfatiza a força positiva da Yoga para o bem-estar do ser humano.

02. Considere as afirmações a seguir.
I- Há um crescente interesse pela Yoga.
II- A Yoga não é uma prática milenar.
III- A visão da prática médica oriental é fragmentada.
Está(ão) correta(s)
a) apenas I.
b) apenas I e II.
c) apenas II e III.
d) apenas II. e) I, II e III.

03. A expressão "so very this minute" (l. 3 e 4) tem sentido semelhante a
a) energetic.
b) gradual.
c) fashionable.
d) fast.
e) powerful.

04. A expressão "Let's do it" (l. 1) está relacionada à idéia de.
a) contraste
b) exemplificação.
c) dúvida.
d) exigência. e) convite.

05. Se o sujeito da oração “ that winds back 5,000 years in its native India" (l. 2-3) se referisse a uma expressão no plural e fosse mantido o tempo verbal, os termos sublinhados
a) ficariam inalterados.
b) seriam trocados para "winded" e'their'.
c) se transformariam em "winded" e "it".
d) seriam substituídos por "wind" e 'their'.
e) passariam para "wind" e 'theirs".

06. Observe que, na linha 1, o "it" se repete. A que se refere?
a) Stars. b) Sports. c) Judges. d) India. e) Yoga.

07. A melhor tradução para o termo bliss out em " ... one that doesn't so much pump you up as bliss you out" (l. 5) é
a) auxilia.
b) alegra.
c) transforma.
d) adequa.
e) capacita

08. Assinale a alternativa que melhor completa o sentido do período: There is great evidence of the benefits of Yoga, ______________ some people still question this practice.
a) consequenfly
b) thus
c) however
d) despite
e) while

1 e 2 a 3 c 4 e 5 d 6 e 7 b 8 c

Friday, November 10, 2006

1000 words


para aqueles q sabem usar o word melhor q eu...


http://esl.about.com/library/vocabulary/bl1000_list1.htm

Wednesday, November 01, 2006

dove: campaign for real beauty

Hey fellas!
para aqueles q nao lembraram, ai estah o video daquela aula!!
cheers!
pyta

Dove

Hey folks!!
lembram da aula sobre dove e a campanha?
agora eh soh comparar!!
cheers!!
pyta

Thursday, October 26, 2006

QUICKie 6


BOMBAY BLOCKBUSTERS

1. India has a busy and exciting movie industry. It produces more than 300 three-

2. hour blockbusters every year. The Indian people love the “big screen”. “We give

3. the people dreams” says Anupam Kishani, one of India’s great actors. “When

4. they watch our films, they can escape from their lives for a time”.

5. Satish Arnad is a movie director. He is working on a new, big, and expensive

6. blockbuster in the studios of Bombay’s “film city”, the home of India’s movie

7. industry.

8. “This movie has all the right ingredients,” he says. “There are songs, dances,

9. fights, love scenes, and a good story. We have two of India’s great stars in it, too.”

10. In the studio, the day’s work is starting. Hundreds of people are ______ around;

11. everyone is doing their job: carrying equipment, making tea, checking cameras,

12. talking to the producer or one of the actresses. There is a lot of noise. Suddenly it

13. stops. The actress is in front of the camera; she is looking at a pice of paper...

14. Satish Arnard calls “action!”... and the cameras start. Another Bombay blockbuster,

15. Deewana, is nearly ready for the movie theathers of India.

1. What sort of text is it?

a) a letter b) an article c) a movie script d) a menu

2. Where is it from?

a) an encyclopedia b) a cookbook c) a magazine d) a diary

3. What do you think the topic is?

a) cooking b) advertising c) theme parks d)movie-making

4. Na linha de número 10 uma palavra foi omitida, troque pela alternativa correta:

a) run b) runs c) running d) runing e) ran

5. Se a expressao “and the cameras start” (linha 14) estivesse no singular deveria ficar assim:

a) and the camera starts

b) and a camera start

c) and one camera start

d) and a camera is starting

e) and the camera is startting

ANSWERS QUICKie 5

  1. A
  2. D
  3. C
  4. A

Tuesday, October 03, 2006

Respostas pra página 20!


Se vc ficou curioso(a) sobre as respostas pro quiz da pg 20, ai está o link prometido!!
have fun!!
http://magazines.ivillage.com/cosmopolitan/archive/0,,666475,00.html

cheers!!!

Thursday, September 28, 2006

QUICKie 5


THE GOOD ENGLISH GUIDE






1. Everyone allows students of English to have occasional problems with the English

2. language. Native speakers, however, are expected to be immune to difficulties. This is

3. unfair. In hearing the language from birth, native speakers acquire all the mistakes and

4. misunderstandings made by their parents, friends and colleagues. Thankfully English is

5. versatile enough for these errors, not to matter too much. The language remains

6. intelligible and understandable even when it is full of mistakes. But it is no bad thing for

7. these “native” mistakes to be corrected and this is what the good word guide has send

8. out to. Martin Manser has listed the 2.000 words and expressions that are the most

9. frequently misused and provides a concise explanation of the reasons for the error and,

10. more importantly, what the correct usage is. It may come as a shock to some to realize

11. they have been speaking incorrectly for years, but now is as good a time as any to find

12. that out.



01. A alternativa correta de acordo com o texto é

a) Even native speakers need correction for their mistakes

b) Students of English make lots of mistakes.

c) English is an extremely difficult language to be learned.

d) To learn a language you need a very good dictionary

e) There are 2.000 words and expressions in English.


2. A forma passiva da frase “ everyone allows students of English to have problems” (linha 1) é “Students of English ..................to have problems”.


a) Were allowed

b) Have been allowed

c) Allow

d) Are allowed

e) Will be allowed


03. A palavra “however” (linha 2) pode ser substituída, sem alteração de sentido, por:


a) Therefore

b) Consequently

c) On the other hand

d) As a result of

e) Needless to say


04. The word “their” (line 4) refers to:


a) Native speakers

b) Difficulties

c) Mistakes and misunderstandings

d) Parents, friends and colleagues

e) Languages


HAVE FUN!!!

SEE YA ALL NEXT WEEK FOLKS!!!!!!!



PYTA

respostas QUICKie 4




i guess this would make a good image for the text, what do you think?
  1. A
  2. D
  3. C
  4. A
  5. A
  6. E

back to action!!


sorry folks, i have been out of the net for a while...

but here i am again!!!

enjoy the postsssssssss


pyta

Thursday, August 17, 2006

Crônica da Conquista

No need to say more!!

Thursday, August 10, 2006

Súplica à América

Súplica à América
de Emanuel Neves

Quando a bola chutada por Alex roçou a trave, eu viajei no tempo. Voltei a ser criança, deitado em meu quarto escuro. Minha janela se iluminava pelos fogos. Vi jogadores em branco e preto correndo para abraçar o gordo goleiro Almeida. Por um átimo, tive nítida a imagem do Sarriá colorado de 1989. Mas um urro de força sobre-humana me despertou do pesadelo. Como há 17 anos, meus olhos estavam mareados. A lembrança da vitória paraguaia começava a sumir da memória. Ao meu redor, vi braços apontando para as estrelas e escutei divinos e impublicáveis impropérios. Eu já não sentia mais a dor que carregava há quase duas décadas. Às margens do Guaíba, eu sentei. E chorei. Enquanto as lágrimas pingavam no solo santo, fui arremessado na corrente do tempo novamente. Estava na arquibancada fria do Gigante, onde hoje se erguem os imponentes camarotes. Ouvia os mais velhos. Desconhecidos, em sua maioria.
Entre cervejas e amendoins, narravam as façanhas do mágico time dos anos 70. Contavam da habilidade de Lula. Do cotovelo de Dom Elias. De Escurinho, o predestinado. De Minelli e seus triângulos. De Caçapava anulando Rivelino. Do mítico Manguita e de tantos outros. Mas todos, sem exceção, se empolgavam ao lembrar da maestria do camisa 5, deus de rara técnica. Havia os mais antigos ainda, que me descreviam o incrível Rolo Compressor, os Eucaliptos, Vicente Rao, Larry, Bodinho, Chinesinho, Odorico, Oreco, Nena, os Gre-Nais do passado, goleadas homéricas e uma infinidade de craques e seus feitos, que me pareciam saídos de um conto. Porém, quando a bola rolava, eu tentava apoiar um time que não estava à altura daquelas histórias. Enquanto o rival empilhava títulos, eu colecionava frustrações. Tinha a certeza inabalável de que havia nascido na época errada. Sentia que perdera nossa época de ouro. Mesmo assim, meu coloradismo arraigado desde o berço só fazia crescer. Nem eu mesmo entendia porque continuava amando tanto aquele clube. Quando Oscar Ruiz apontou o centro do campo, na quinta-feira, eu compreendi. Eu vi a mística alvi-rubra aflorando. Eu vi a vida sendo escrita. Foi reservado para nós, para a nossa geração, levar o Internacional e sua senda de vitórias à plaga mais distante. No momento de desbravar novas terras, a história e seus ciclos nos traz de novo um adversário de força incontestável. Como em 75, contra o Cruzeiro, de Nelinho, Raul e Piazza, uma máquina mineira de jogar bola. Hoje, a coisa parece ser ainda mais complicada.
Prepara-te, torcedor! Tu vais viver as duas semanas mais nervosas de tua vida. Vais sonhar com a vitória e ter pesadelos com a derrota. Quando acordar, sorrirás tranqüilo, ciente de que o verdadeiro sonho ainda está vivo. Os ponteiros de teu relógio não andarão e parecerão retroceder. As folhas de teu calendário teimarão em não cair. Serás fustigado por todos os lados, por quem teme a tua glória. Mas tenhas a certeza absoluta, irmão, de que não estarás sozinho.Para onde tu olhares, verás uma camisa vermelha. Elas se multiplicarão como por obra e graça divina. Nas ruas da cidade. Por onde passares. Em tua mente. Em teu corpo. Use-a. Celebre-a. Ame com ela e a ela. Teus problemas ficam para depois. Teu trabalho fica para depois. Tuas contas ficam para depois. Tua saúde e teu futuro ficam para depois. Tua vida é teu clube e teu clube é tua vida. Respire Inter. Coma e beba Inter. Durma e acorde cada vez mais Inter. Serás colorado antes de seres filho. Serás colorado antes de seres pai, antes de seres marido e mulher. Serás colorado antes de seres humano. Tu és um seguidor. E nada vai te separar na hora mais importante da história de teu time. Da tua história. Da nossa história.
Apoie, sempre e incondicionalmente. Cante a pleno pulmão e quando não o tiver mais. Não esmorecerás nunca! Tu nasceste da negação e és filho da persistência. A garra foi criada à imagem e semelhança da torcida colorada. Em 16 de agosto, tu viverás um dia mágico. Verás uma procissão sem igual. De todos os pagos e rincões, as almas se abalarão até o Gigante. Tu jogarás junto.
Por ti e pela tua família. Pelos que estão vivos e pelos que ainda hão de nascer. Não te preocupes com os que já se foram. Pois eles estarão lá, contigo. O trabalho de um colorado começa nesta vida e continua na próxima. Dos círculos infernais por onde Dante passeou, ao sétimo céu, espíritos imortais estarão presentes e darão seu apoio. Históricos e anônimos. De boa ou má índole. Todos colorados em sua essência. Tu não te preocuparás com o clima. Chuva ou sol. Calor ou frio. Mesmo que o céu mande pedras ou enxofre. Nada te impedirá. Tu estarás no Beira-Rio. Em pé nas arquibancadas, tu olharás para o gramado. Sentirás que o lema criado para a competição mais importante do século está defasado. Já é guerra há muito tempo. Tu não vês mais jogadores. Eles não usam mais uniformes. Vestem armaduras de um rubro sagrado. São templários de tua nação. Travam uma cruzada pacífica, de amor e vibração. Trazem consigo toda a história deste clube e dessa terra. Têm o peito de aço, tal qual Dario. E a humildade de Tesourinha, que jogava por tão somente dois litros de leite. São chimangos e maragatos. São Terra e Cambará. São lanceiros negros, brancos e vermelhos. São o mais fino exemplar da raça gaudéria. Fortes. Aguerridos. Bravos. Contam com toda a virtude derramada sobre o Pampa. Honram ao teu Internacional. Como tu sempre pediste. E te darão a Libertadores, ainda que tardia.Que esta seja a aurora precursora de tua verdadeira época de glórias, meu Colorado. Que tu tenhas valor e constância. Que tua luta não seja ímpia, nem injusta. Que tuas façanhas sirvam de modelo, enfim, à toda a terra. Salve, Bodinho, Dom Elias e também o Falcão. Salve, Tinga, Sóbis e Fernandão. Salve, Feijó, Ballvé, Carvalho e os Poppe Leão. Salve, Minelli, Ênio Andrade, Teté e o Abelão.Salve, ramo de louros, invicto e tri-campeão. Salve, quinta estrela, roubada no Zveittão. Salve, sete Waldomiro, das vaias à redenção. Salve, Célio Silva chutando a bola e o chão. Salve, poeta Nelson Silva. Meu respeito e adoração.
Salve, ao teu Celeiros de Ases, nossa máxima exaltação. Salve, passado alvi-rubro, festa no meu coração. Salve, Rolo Compressor, toda a glória e tradição! Salve, Gol Iluminado, mar vermelho, êxtase e explosão. Salve, velho coreano. Que falta fazes, irmão! Salve, Dunga, Taffarel, Renteria e Perdigão. Por que não? Salve, Librelatto, és anjo rubro e branco junto ao Pai da criação. Salve, Gre-Nal do Século, exemplo de superação. Salve, Fabiano e a inesquecível humilhação. Salve, à Doze, à Fico, à Popular e à Nação! Salve, Salve, à torcida do povão. A maior e melhor desse rincão! Salve, o S, o C e o I, entrelaçados em força e paixão. Salve, Manto Sagrado, objeto de adoração. Salve, Gigante, minha vida e inspiração. Salve, Colorado, muito mais que a religião. Salve, enfim, à América, nossa guerra e obsessão!E todos salvem a ti, Internacional. Que Deus te ilumine e os céus te guiem em tua maior batalha. Como o filho curvado frente ao pai, eu me ajoelho. Peço a benção e estendo a mão. A ti, rogo essa prece. Te saúdo em oração.Toda a honra e toda a força, agora, a ti pertencem. Teu legado alvi-rubro será inexorável e eterno como o Tempo. Como o Vento. Defenderei teu nome, tuas cores e tua bandeira. Contra tudo e contra todos. Ontem, hoje e todo o sempre. Nesse mundo e nos outros.Te dedico a vida e suplico a América.Em nome de toda a família colorada.E que assim seja.
Emanuel Neves

Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Internacional Brasil Copa Libertadores goals

Tuesday, August 08, 2006

JibJab-This Land

funny clip from Jib Jab
This land

Bush:
This land is your land, this land is my land
I’m a Texas tiger, you’re a liberal weiner
I’m a great crusader, you’re a herman munster
This land will surely vote for me

Kerry:
This land is your land, this land is my land
I’m an intellectual, you’re a stupid dumb ass
I’m a purple heart winner, and yes its true, I won it thrice
This land will surely vote for me

Bush:
You have more waffles than a house of pancakes
You offer flip flops, I offer tax breaks
You’re a U.N. pussy and yes its true that I kick ass
This land will surely vote for me

Kerry:
You cant say nuclear, that really scares me
Sometimes a brain can... come in quite handy
But its not gonna help you, because I won three purple hearts
This land will surely vote for me

Bush:
You’re a liberal sissy

Kerry:
You’re a right wing nut job

Bush:
You’re a pink coat comey

Kerry:
You’re as dumb as a doorknob

Bush:
(HEY) You got that Botox

Kerry:
But I still won three purple hearts

Both:
This land will surely vote for me

Indian: (talking)
This land was my land



People:
But now its our land

Schwarzenegger:
From California

Clinton:
To the New York Is... hey what'd I do??

Kerry:
From the liberal weiners

Bush:
To the right wing nut jobs

Kerry:
This land belongs

Bush:
This land belongs

Both:
This land belongs to you and me

Bush:

(YEAH) oh and Dick Cheney too!

JibJab Second Term

Funny JibJab video about Bush's second presidential term.

Second Term


1. Yes, I’m comin’ back to serve a second term.
2. This time I won the national elec-she-un!
3. Oh, thanks to you O-hi-a,
4. And dear brother Jebedia,
5. We get four more years to rule in Washington!
6. Good God he’s comin’ back to serve a second term.
7. We were hoping in ’04 we’d get a turn.
8. But we lost the vicious battle,
9. Now they’re stuck without a paddle!
10. Who will save us from con-ser-va-tiz-eum?
11. I will stabalize Iraq in my second term.
12. And I will amend the con-sti-tu-sheun.
13. Then I’ll eliminate all the taxes,
14. That are breakin; all our back-siz.
15. And push for more pri-vat-i-za-she-un!
16. We cannot believe he won a second term.
17. He destroyed the trans-atlantic alli-unce!
18. Heck, I’ll extend a friendly offer,
19. Barbeque and beers in Crawford!
20. Mending fences broken by pre-emp-she-un!
21. We want peace on earth throughout his second term.
22. We want Iraqis to have free elec-she-uns.
23. There’s a beef here, let’s dispatch it,
24. And bury that ol’ hatchet.
25. Yes, we’ve been through stormy weather,
26. Now it’s time to work together!
27. Gather round the ol’ chuck wagon,
28. It’s a grand time we’ll be havin’,
29. In the four years he has left in Wash-ing-ton!

Sunday, August 06, 2006

QUICKie 4

UFPR / 99

Call us sentimental, but you can't beat a good old family reunion to give you a warm glow all over. Especially if you know it's the first of many. That's why we took a chair back to a forest, to see the next generation of trees growing up healthy and strong in its place. A sort of trip back to its roots.
We've been working hard to make sure all wood comes from well managed forests, both temperate and tropical, where timber harvesting is carefully regulated, to allow for regrowth.
Working in conjunction with timber traders, foresters, certification organizations, indigenous peoples' groups and environmental institutions, we helped to set up the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).
The primary aim of this organization is to promote sustainable forest management, awarding certificates to the ones that make the grade. All wood from these forests is stamped with the FSC trademark, so you can buy it with a clear conscience.
In many countries, major retailers are becoming part of WWF sponsored Buyers Groups, committed to buying timber and wood products only from well managed forests. Companies in Germany, Austria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Switzerland, the UK and the USA are already on board.
In the UK alone, the Buyers Group includes at least 70 companies. These companies account for almost one third of all wood products traded annually in the UK, with a value of several billion US dollars.
This work, combined with our other major campaigns to address climate change and promote sustainable fishing practices, should help us go a long way towards restoring the balance of nature.
Your own company could easily get involved too. Next time you replace your furniture, or stationery, insist on it having the FSC trademark. If you're not responsible for the buying, it's worth telling the person who is.
The more demand there is for wood approved by the FSC, the easier it will be to convince more forest owners to work with us to save the world's forests.

Please contact us with your ideas, your involvement or even money. After all, we've got millions of babies to look after now.


Aprenda mais sobre o assunto

Choose the right answer

1. The text belongs to the following type
a) advertisement
b) letter
c) newspaper
d) interview
e) manual

2. The text is about
a) The world demand for food
b) The regulations of the wood trade
c) The investmants in the wood market
d) The sustainable exploitation in the wood market
e) Sponsoring the preservation of the rain forest

3. The text aims at
a) criticizing
b) analizing
c) persuading
d) informing
e) instructing

4.The pronoun “that” (IN BOLD) refers to
a) the ones
b) certificates
c) the grade
d) management
e) aim

5. Choose the right alternative according to the text
a) Seventy companies or even more are members of the Buyers Group.
b) About seventeen companies are members of the buyers club.
c ) Seventeen companies or even more are members of the Buyers Group.
d) Less than seventy companies are members of the Buyers Group.
e) not more than seventy companies are members of the Buyers Group.


6. “If you are not responsible for the buying, it’s worth telling the person who is”. The word “if” in the sentence above conveys an idea of...
a) contrast
b) conclusion
c) time
d) cause
e) condition

Have a nice week!

Answers next week!

CHEERS,

Teacher Pyta

BODIES. THE EXHIBITION



Madame Tussaud's wax museum has life-like figures of famous people done in wax but the bodies on display at the Human Body Exhibitions worldwide are created from real human flesh and bones of dead human bodies that have been preserved so they do not decay.

You will see muscles, brain, eyes, lungs, internal body organs, even a preserved fetus but no human skin. The bodies depict the internal state of muscles, bones and other organ during routine activities like reading, playing soccer, standing on his feet or holding a tennis racquet.

The human specimen are preserved according to standard mortuary science then immersed in acetone, which eliminates all body water. A visit to Bodies Exhihibition will probably change the way you think about your body beneath the skin. Human Anatomy turned into a visual art

FONTE: http://labnol.blogspot.com/2006/07/exposed-human-skin-goes-missing-at.html
Enjoy the exhibiton!!
Teacher Pyta

RESPOSTAS QUIcKie 3

1 C
2 B
3 A

obrigado a todos q participaram!!!
Teacher Pyta

Thursday, July 27, 2006

SPAM: A ORIGEM

"Spam" is a popular Monty Python sketch, first broadcast in 1970. In the sketch, two customers are trying to order a breakfast from a menu that includes the processed meat product in almost every item. The term spam (in electronic communication) is derived from this sketch.
Continues at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam_%28Monty_Python%29

E-mail spam is a subset of spam that involves sending nearly identical messages to thousands (or millions) of recipients by E-mail. Perpetrators of such spam ("spammers") often harvest addresses of prospective recipients from Usenet postings or from web pages, obtain them from databases, or simply guess them by using common names and domains. By popular definition, spam occurs without the permission of the recipients.

Learn more at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-mail_spam

Se vc qzr ler e ouvir o dialogo visite:
http://www.detritus.org/spam/skit.html


Special thanx to

GABI - A Estrela Da Manhã!!

QUICKie 3


vc pode postar as respostas durante esta semana!!!

This week a grammar quick!

1 Susan: "Do you intend to buy that book ?”
Karen: "Yes.................”

a) I am b) I don't c) I do d) I intend e) I did


2 As the speaker was speaking in a low voice, I couldn't hear him and my companion couldn't ................

a) also b) either c) too d) neither e) each



3. Complete com o discurso direto
She said: "I can speak six languages fluently".
She said (that) ....................................................

a) she could speak six languages fluently.
b) she spoke six languages fluently.
c) she could spoke six languages fluently.
d) she has spoke six languages fluently.
e) she can spoke six languages fluently.



E bom comeco de agosto!!!!

RESPOSTAS QUIcKie 2


1 d

2 a (Last year’s estimated 1.000 child killings actually represented an improvement: the average figure for the previous three years was more than 1.500.)
improvement: melhora
last year: olhe a data do texto (1992)

3 b

4 e

5 c




Obrigado a todos pela participação.

Será que algum dia resolveremos este grave problema em nosso país?

ANSWERS: Bush singing "Sunday Bloody Sunday"





time o check ur answers!!

Have a look @ http://www.u2wanderer.org/disco/lyrics.php?id=23 and compare with what u heard!!.



and if you want to learn more about the song, just go to
Se quizer saber mais sobre a canção clica em
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday_Bloody_Sunday_(song)#Inspiration_and_recording


obrigado a todos q participaram da atividade!!
thank u all for joining the listening activity!!

Sunday, July 23, 2006

LISTENING!!! Bush singing "Sunday Bloody Sunday"


Listening (easy)
Jogo dos 8 erros.
Resolvi mudar algumas palavras da letra da música. Será q você é capaz de dizer quais são? Não vale checar na letra original, ok?
Pra saber a resposta é só procurar a letra original!
Boa sorte

Sunday Bloody Sunday
U2

I can't understand the news today
I can't close my ice
And make it go away

How long...
How long must we sing this song?
How long? too long! For too long!
Tonight... we can be as one
Tonight

Broken bottles under childrens's feet
Bodies strewn across the dead end streets
But I won't heed the battle cow
It puts my back up
Puts my back up against the door
Sunday, Bloody Sunday

And the battle's just begun
There's many lost, but tell me who has one
The trench is dug within our hurts
Mothers, children, fathers, sisters
Torn apart

Wipe the tears from your eyes
Wipe your tears away
I'll wipe your tears away

Sunday, Bloody Sunday

And it's true we are immune
When fact is fiction and TV reality
And today the millions cry
We it and drink while tomorrow they die

Sunday, Bloody Sunday


Thanks to http://onegoodmove.org and Rx @ http://thepartyparty.com/

Greets to arstechnica!

Friday, July 21, 2006

QUICKie2

Hi folks!! este eh o QUIKie da semana!!
THE DEAD END KIDS: WHO IS KILLING BRAZIL’S STREET CHILDREN?
Kids under 18 in Brazil are being murdered in numbers unmatched anywhere in the world apart from countries openly at war. Last year’s estimated 1.000 child killings actually represented an improvement: the average figure for the previous three years was more than 1.500. Brazilian’s horror at the carnage has inspired the biggest surge of social activism since the 1970s. But the killings continue.
(Newsweek / May, 1992)
01) O assunto abordado no texto é:
a) o problema das crianças que matam nas ruas de nosso país;
b) os maiores de 18 anos, que matam as crianças no Brasil;
c) as crianças de ruas mortas, no Brasil, de 1500 a 1970;
d) o problema das crianças de rua assassinadas todos os anos no Brasil;
e) o movimento social, que acabou com os assassinatos das crianças de rua em 1970.
02) Segundo o texto:
a) no ano de 1991, a média de mortes de crianças de rua diminuiu em relação aos três anos anteriores;
b) o ano de 1991 teve um índice maior de assassinatos de crianças de rua;
c) as crianças de rua têm morrido de fome;
d) as crianças de rua têm matado muitos menores de 18 anos;
e) os assassinatos de crianças começaram em 1970.
03) The best translation for the expression “BRAZIL’S STREET CHILDREN” is:
a) as crianças estão nas ruas do Brasil;
b) as crianças de rua do Brasil;
c) as ruas do Brasil estão cheias de crianças;
d) as crianças de um Brasil estreito;
e) o Brasil com crianças de rua.
04) The wrong translation is:
a) kids = crianças
b) war = guerra
c) under = abaixo
d) improvement = melhora
e) actually = atualmente
05) The correct active voice of “KIDS ARE BEING MURDERED” is:
a) He is being murdering kids.
b) Somebody is being murdering kids.
c) Somebody is murdering kids.
d) Kids are murdering.
e) He is been murdered kid.
RESPOSTAS NA PRÓXIMA SEMANA, MAS SE VC JAH QZR DEIXAR O SEU GABARITO E COLABORAR COM OS COLEGAS, EH SOH DEIXAR NOS COMENTARIOS!!
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND FOLKS,
Teacher Pyta

Saturday, July 15, 2006

AULA DA COPA DO MUNDO


Aqui estão algumas respostas do QUIZ da copa!
Estas são as posições dos jogadores:


  • Goalkeeper

José Luis Chilavert

  • Centre-back

Alessandro Nesta

  • Sweeper

Rafael Marquez

  • Fullback

Roberto Carlos

  • Centre Midfield

Michael Ballack

  • Defensive Midfielder

Dunga

  • Attacking Midfielder

Kaká

  • Winger David

Beckham

  • Striker

Ruud van Nistelrooy

Friday, July 14, 2006

CHOCOLATE!!!


Chocolate That Won't Melt !!!!!!!!!

Chocolate is not widely consumed in the tropics, even though that's where most of the world's cocoa is produced.
The reason: It's too hot.

High temperatures in countries such as Nigeria reduce chocolate into a sticky, gooey mess.
Food scientists have been trying to remedy this situation for decades, and now researchers in Nigeria believe they are close to achieving the holy grail among chocolate manufacturers: a heat-resistant chocolate that actually tastes like chocolate.


read more at: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,203599,00.html

read about chocolate and SEX: http://db.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/mostof_chocolate.shtml

Thursday, July 13, 2006

QUICKie 1



HI FOLKS!!

"QUICKie" is a reading project to help students in their preparation to Vestibular. You will be able to find some reading / vocabulary / grammar activities here every week!
The best of luck,

TEACHER PYTA


DO YOU KNOW THESE 100 WORDS?
They make up about half of all written English!!!!!!


about, after, all, am, an, and, are, as, at, back, be, because, been, big, but, by, came, can, come, could, day, did, do, down, first, for, from, get, go, going, got, had, has, have, he, her, here, him, his, I, if, in, into, is, it, just, like, little, look, made, make, me, more, my, no, not, now, of, off, on, one, only, or, our, out, over, said, saw, see, she, so, some, that, the, their, them, then, there, they, this, to, two, up, very, was, we, well, went, were, what, when, where, which, who, will, with, would, you, your

www.els.sakuragaoka.ac.jp/teachers

Friday, July 07, 2006

THE BLUES PROJECT

The Blues

ok folks!
these are the lyrics we had in "The Blues" Project!

Sinceramente espero q todos tenham gostado e aprendido neste projeto!
Gostaria de agradecer


  • ao meu BLUES BROTHER Flamarion,
  • minha BLUES SISTER Patricia (Literatura)
  • ao sempre disposto, meu amigo e BLUES BROTHER Prof. Kadu (História)

Thanx a lot,

TEACHER PYTA



When The Welfare Turns Its Back On You
Albert Collins

Now what you gonna do, when the welfare turn it's back on you?
Now what you gonna do-hoo-hoo-hoo, when the welfare turn it's back on you
Now, you be standin' there stranded, there's ain't a thing that you can do
Now you look all through your house, yes, you can't, find a piece of bread
Now you look all through your hou-hou-house, yeah, you can't find a piece of bread
Sometime you begin to wonder, if you be better off, better off, dead
You go down to the welfare
Give 'em one, two report
Something they sellin' you
Will surely get your goat
If you tell 'em you sick
You better have a bad cough
'Cause if you don't
They be ready to throw you off
What you gonna do, when the welfare turns it's back on you?
You be standin' there stranded,
There ain't a thing, there ain't a thing you
There ain't a thing-hing-hing-hing-hing,
that you can do

Born Under A Bad Sign
Albert King

One, two
Born under a bad sign
I been down since I begin to crawl
If it wasn't for bad luck, I wouldn't have no luck at all
Hard luck and trouble is my only friend
I been on my own ever since I was ten
Born under a bad sign
I been down since I begin to crawl
If it wasn't for bad luck, I wouldn't have no luck at all
I can't read, haven't learned how to write
My whole life has been one big fight

I ain't lyin'
If it wasn't for bad luck I wouldn't have no kind-a luck
If it wasn't for real bad luck, I wouldn't have no luck at all
Wine and women is all I crave
A big legged woman is gonna carry me to my grave
Born under a bad sign
I been down since I begin to crawl
If it wasn't for bad luck, I wouldn't have no luck at all
Yeah, my bad luck boy
Been havin' bad luck all of my days, yes


Get Off My Back Woman
B.B. King

Yeah, you get off of my back, baby
Can't you tell you're choking me
Oh I ain't no pony, baby
Can't you tell you're choking me
Yeah, you just get off of my back, baby
Can't you see you're hurting me
Well, I don't mind helping you, baby
Every now, now and then
Yes, you ain't helped yourself, baby
Since God knows when
So you just get off of my back now, baby
Can't you see you're hurting me
Yes, I'm standing here telling you, baby
This is the end of the line
Yes, I'm tired of you riding me, baby
I declare I ain't lying
So you just get off of my back, baby
Can't you see you're hurting me
Well, you get off, get off, get off, baby
'Cause you're a heavy, heavy load
Yes, you can catch yourself
Another ride, baby
Somewhere further down the road
You just get off, get off, baby
Can't you see you're hurting me



Sky Is Crying
Albert King

The sky is cryin', look at the tears roll down the street
The sky is cryin', look at the tears roll down the street
I been lookin' for my baby, yeah, an' I wonder where can she be
I saw my baby early one mornin', an' she was walkin' on down the street
I saw my baby early one mornin', an' she was walkin' on down the street
You know it hurt me so bad, yeah, it made my poor heart skip a beat
I got a bad feelin', my baby don't love me no more
I got a real bad, bad feelin', my baby don't love me no more
You know the sky is cryin', yeah, the tears rollin' down my nose
Fading:
The sky is cryin', look at the tears roll down the street



Backwater Blues
Bessie Smith

When it rains five days and the skies turn dark as night
When it rains five days and the skies turn dark as night
Then trouble's takin' place in the lowlands at night
I woke up this mornin', can't even get out of my door
I woke up this mornin', can't even get out of my door
There's been enough trouble to make a poor girl wonder where she want to go
Then they rowed a little boat about five miles 'cross the pond
Then they rowed a little boat about five miles 'cross the pond
I packed all my clothes, throwed them in and they rowed me along
When it thunders and lightnin' and when the wind begins to blow
When it thunders and lightnin' and the wind begins to blow
There's thousands of people ain't got no place to go
Then I went and stood upon some high old lonesome hill
Then I went and stood upon some high old lonesome hill
Then looked down on the house were I used to live
Backwater
blues done call me to pack my things and go
Backwater blues done call me to pack my things and go
'Cause my house fell down and I can't live there no more
Mmm, I can't move no more
Mmm, I can't move no more
There ain't no place for a poor old girl to go


sources: www.wikipedia.org
http://www.harptab.com/lyrics/ly2383.shtml

Thursday, April 13, 2006

internet class

legal!!!!
parece q vc achou. agora eh soh curtir o texto e verificar se suas hipotese estavam corretas. no final dele tem um link para vc ler o texto na íntegra e ateh ouvir se assim desejar!
boa leitura!!
pyta


Desperate Feminist Wives
Why wanting equality makes women unhappy.
By Meghan O'Rourke
Posted Monday, March 6, 2006, at 7:35 PM ET


In The Feminine Mystique, the late Betty Friedan attributed the malaise of married women largely to traditionalist marriages in which wives ran the home and men did the bread-winning. Her book helped spark the sexual revolution of the 1970s and fueled the notion that egalitarian partnerships—where both partners have domestic responsibilities and pursue jobs—would make wives happier. Last week, two sociologists at the University of Virginia published an exhaustive study of marital happiness among women that challenges this assumption. Stay-at-home wives, according to the authors, are more content than their working counterparts. And happiness, they found, has less to do with division of labor than with the level of commitment and "emotional work" men contribute (or are perceived to contribute). But the most interesting data may be that the women who strongly identify as progressive—the 15 percent who agree most with feminist ideals—have a harder time being happy than their peers, according to an analysis that has been provided exclusively to Slate. Feminist ideals, not domestic duties, seem to be what make wives morose. Progressive married women—who should be enjoying some or all of the fruits that Freidan lobbied for—are less happy, it would appear, than women who live as if Friedan never existed.

http://www.slate.com/id/2137537/?GT1=7932

Sunday, March 12, 2006

inter