Este vai dar o que falar!!!
a piada eh velha mas ficou otima!!!
cheers,
Pyta
About Me
- Teacher Pyta
- Professor Licenciado em Letras - Língua Inglesa. Com mais de 15 anos de experiência em cursos de idioma, escolas de ensino médio e cursos pré-vestibulares.
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Bush and Condee Hu's on first
Saturday, December 02, 2006
Sunday, November 12, 2006
UFSM 2002
By Richard Corliss
- Stars do it. Sports do it. Judges in the highest courts do it. Let's do it:
- that yoga thing. A path to enlightenment that winds back 5,000 years
- in its native India, yoga has suddenly become so hot, so cool, so very
- this minute. It's the exercise cum meditation for the new millennium,
- one that doesn't so much pump you up as bliss you out.
- Is yoga more than the power of positive breathing? Can’t it, say, cure
- cancer? Is yoga, in other words, a science?
- By even asking the question, we provoke a clash of two powerful cultures,
- two very different ways of looking at the world. The Indian tradition
- develops metaphors and ways of describing the body (life forces, energy
- centers) as it is experienced, from the inside out. The Western tradition
- looks at the body from the outside in. The East treats the person; the West
- treats the disease. "Our system of medicine is very fragmented," says Dr.
- Carrie Demers, who runs the Center for Health and Healing at the
- Himalayan International Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy of the
- USA in Honesdale, Pa. "We send you to different specialists to look at
- different parts of you. Yoga is more holistic; it's interested in the
- 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
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
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
back to action!!
Thursday, August 17, 2006
Thursday, August 10, 2006
Súplica à América
de Emanuel Neves
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
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
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
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

