Our Amazing Worl

A fisherman in New Zealand discovered a translucent sea creature off Northland's Karikari Peninsula

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A music school in China

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A Trampoline Bridge For Bouncing Across Paris's River Seine

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Adidas Shop Amsterdam

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Bali, Indonesia swim resort

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Frozen wave in Antarctica

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Glasswing Butterfly can be found from Mexico through Panama and Colombia

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Grüner See in Styria , Austria , is a dry park in the winter, and a 12m deep lake in the summer

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In the Gulf of Alaska , two oceans combine but do not mix

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Lenticular clouds over Mount Fuji , Japan

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Paris seen from the Eiffel Tower

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River in Japan filled with cherry blossom petals

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This Village in Giethoorn , Netherlands has no roads and you take a boat to go to different places

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Water slide at the Atlantis Resort, Paradise Island, Bahamas

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Other? Others? ou Another?

Como já é costume, domingão, fim de noite e eu corrigindo tarefas de meus aplicados alunos quando numa surge a dúvida..."Teacher, eu usei "others things", mas não tenho certeza se é isso ou se é "other thing".

Então, achei tempo para publicar a resolução aqui. Na verdade, o uso é bem simples. Let's go:

1) OTHER: (outro/a, outros/as) É usado como adjetivo e não acompanha o plural dos substantivos assim como os demais adjetivos em inglês.

- He was busier yesterday than the other day. (Ele estava mais ocupado ontem do que no outro dia.)
- This car is better than any other available. (Esse carro é melhor que quaisquer outros modelos.)
- She's been out all afternoon long and among other tasks, she has been to the bank. (Ela esteve fora a tarde toda e entre outras tarefas, foi ao banco.)

2) OTHERS: É um pronome, normalmente usado quando os interlocutores já mencionaram alguém (nome próprio ou nome pessoal) anteriormente, omitindo-se de repetir este "alguém" por mais de uma vez.

- Most of students have trouble in understanding "verb to be", but others (students) face this with no doubt (Alguns alunos tem dificuldade em entender o "verb to be", mas outros (alunos) encaram sem nenhuma dúvida.) [Nesse modelo, others são os outros alunos].
- I like apple juice and dislike others. (Eu gosto de suco de maça e não gosto dos outros.) [Ou seja, outros tipos de suco.]

4) ANOTHER: significa 'um outro', 'mais um' (também feminino) e está sempre no singular. Fica mais fácil se imaginarmos uma matemática somando AN e OTHER, assim: AN+OTHER. Por aí, já temos a idéia.

- This is another story! We're going to talk about it later on.  (Esta é uma outra história! Vamos falar disso mais tarde.)
- I'm not used to this kind of party. Let's look for another. (Não estou acostumado a esse tipo de festa. Vamos procurar uma outra.)

Ahhh...Notas:
1) Other ou Another podem ser usados na mesma situação na maioria dos casos.
2) Não confunda com "other's", que se refere ao genitive case, ok?

Agora, que tal praticar com exercícios? Dá uma olhadinha aqui.

That's all, folks!

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Exercises: Other? Others? ou Another?

Então pessoal....façam o exercício abaixo, é rápido...Vocês podem tanto imprimir ou copiar para um documento Word, até eu aprender como fazer aqui mesmo no blog...rsrsrs

Depois, vejam as respostas aqui.

Boa sorte!

• They’ve lost the key to open the door, they’ll need __________ to get in.
• Mike, Sully and Ted will attend the meeting with the __________ guy tomorrow.
• I know that it’s your uncle, but who is the __________ man with him?
• Whitney is hanging out with __________ guy, but she still loves her boyfriend…Strange!
• Let’s stop playing! We’ve been playing for hours and I can’t get __________ minute!
• The staff isn’t complete…we need __________ manager for the IT area.
• I haven’t liked the Ford cars…Could you give me __________ option?
• Some people like to eat meat and chicken and ___________ are vegetarian.

Ou, se sobrou alguma dúvida, entre em contato clicando aqui.

Abraxxx e até a próxima!

Valentine's Day

Poisintão...Assim que é!

De repente, olho no calendário e vejo que é 14/02, Valentine's Day...ou, dia dos namorados, nos EUA.

Rapidamente, a origem do feriado é devida à Lupercalia, uma festa romana que se realizava todo dia 14/02.
A festa homenageava Juno, deusa romana das mulheres e do casamento e Pã, deus da Natureza...



Below, what Americans do on this holiday! Enjoy it!

Valentine's Day in United States

Valentine's Day is celebrated on February 14. It is a festival of romantic love and many people give cards, letters, flowers or presents to their spouse or partner. They may also arrange a romantic meal in a restaurant or night in a hotel. Common symbols of Valentine's Day are hearts, red roses and Cupid.

What do people do?

Many people celebrate their love for their partner by sending cards or letters, giving gifts or flowers and arranging meals in restaurants or romantic nights in hotels. People who would like to have a romantic relationship with somebody may use the occasion to make this known, often anonymously. Valentine's cards are often decorated with images of hearts, red roses or Cupid. Common Valentine's Day gifts are flowers chocolates, candy, lingerie and champagne or sparkling wine. However, some people use the occasion to present lavish gifts, such as jewelry. Many restaurants and hotels have special offers at this time. These can include romantic meals or weekend breaks.

Public life

Valentine's Day is not a public holiday. Government offices, stores, schools and other organizations are open as usual. Public transit systems run on their regular schedule. Restaurants may be busier than usual as many people go out for an evening with their spouse or partner. Valentine's Day is also a very popular date for weddings.

Background

There are a number of Saints called Valentine who are honored on February 14. The day became associated with romantic love in the Middle Ages in England. This may have followed on from the Pagan fertility festivals that were held all over Europe as the winter came to an end. Traditionally, lovers exchanged hand written notes. Commercial cards became available in the mid nineteenth century.

Symbols

The most common Valentine's Day symbols are the heart, particularly in reds and pinks, and pictures or models of Cupid. Cupid is usually portrayed as a small winged figure with a bow and arrow. In mythology, he uses his arrow to strike the hearts of people. People who have fallen in love are sometimes said to be 'struck by Cupid's arrow. Other symbols of Valentine's Day are couples in loving embraces and the gifts of flowers, chocolate, red roses and lingerie that couples often give each other.

http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/valentine-day

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O "S" em He, She, It...

Qual a origem do "s" quando usamos a 3ª pessoa do singular? Por quê é  "He plays" e "I play"?

Bem, um aluno me fez essa pergunta e pesquisei algumas fontes e acabei chegando no Quora.com, numa reportagem de Larissa Gilotti (veja aqui), que trouxe a seguinte informação:

É uma explicação simplificada da filologia da Língua Inglesa:

No Inglês Arcáico certas classes de verbos eram conjugadas na terceira pessoa do singular com as terminações  -þ, -eþ, -aþ (pronunciadas com os sons de 'th', 'eth', 'ath', respectivamente).

Então, por exemplo, o verbo do Inglês Arcáico 'lufian' (to love) era conjugado 'heo lufaþ' (she loves); o verbo 'werian' (to defend) era conjugado 'he wereþ' (he defends).

No Inglês Medieval, a terminação 'eþ'/'aþ' virava 'eth',, como em (e talvez mais familiar) 'she luveth' e 'he defendeth' (mas leve em consideração que no Inglês Medieval haviam muitos dialetos e portanto, muitas formas diferentes de dizer 'she loves'e 'he defends' entre 1066 ~ 1485). 

À medida que o Inglês Medieval evoluiu e era usado em diferentes áreas da Inglterra nos últimos anos da Idade Média, essa terminação verbal tornou-se 'es'. Sendo assim, esses verbos eram conjugados 'she luves' (que se pronuncia 'shay loov-ess') e 'he defendes' (que se pronuncia 'hay deaf-end-ess').

A Língua Inglesa continuou evoluindo e agora ficamos com o 's' na conjugação da terceira pessoa do singular! Ou seja, como todos nós conhecemos, 'she loves' e 'he defends.'

Nota: Tenho que agradecer ao Moises Maciel pela pergunta que originou essa postagem!

Fonte: Quora

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Tradução: Eu, oras!

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This is Interesting. Have you ever though about that?

It takes glass one million years to decompose, which means it never wears out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times!

Gold is the only metal that doesn't rust, even if it's buried in the ground for thousands of years .

Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end .

If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. When a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.

Zero is the only number that cannot be represented by Roman numerals.

Kites were used in the American Civil War to deliver letters and newspapers.

The song, Auld Lang Syne, is sung at the stroke of midnightin almost every English-speaking country in the world to bring in the new year.

Drinking water after eating reduces the acid in your mouth by 61 percent.

Peanut oil is used for cooking in submarines because it doesn't smoke unless it's heated above 450F.

The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.

Nine out of every 10 living things live in the ocean.

The banana cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.

Airports at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.

The University of Alaska spans four time zones.

The tooth is the only part of the human body that cannot heal itself.

In ancient Greece , tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant she accepted.

Warner Communications paid $28 million for the copyright to the song Happy Birthday.

Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

A comet's tail always points away from the sun.

The Swine Flu vaccine in 1976 caused more death and illness than the disease it was intended to prevent.

Caffeine increases the power of aspirin and other painkillers, that is why it is found in some medicines.

The military salute is a motion that evolved from medieval times, when knights in armor raised their visors to reveal their identity.

If you get into the bottom of a well or a tall chimney and look up, you can see stars, even in the middle of the day.

When a person dies, hearing is the last sense to go. The first sense lost is sight.

In ancient times strangers shook hands to show that they were unarmed.

Strawberries are the only fruits whose seeds grow on the outside.

Avocados have the highest calories of any fruit at 167 calories per hundred grams.

The moon moves about two inches away from the Earth each year.

The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.

Due to earth's gravity it is impossible for mountains to be higher than 15,000 meters.

Mickey Mouse is known as "Topolino" in Italy .

Soldiers do not march in step when going across bridges because they could set up a vibration which could be sufficient to knock the bridge down.

Everything weighs one percent less at the equator.

For every extra kilogram carried on a space flight, 530 kg of excess fuel are needed at lift-off.

The letter J does not appear anywhere on the periodic table of the elements.

If you like the above, pass it on to others.....

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Acronyms

Hi, there! Imagine you’re at a restaurant and you hear this:
- I’ll have a BLT.
- ASPA or PDQ?
Or suppose your American friend texts you this: 143.
Pretty crazy, hu? Not really. That’s why I’d like to share with you guys something so common here: abbreviations. This is highly used at work, ads (advertisement signs), blogs, text messages (torpedos), usually in a casual conversation context. It can be hard to understand the full meaning of a phrase if you’re not familiar with. Some of these abbreviations you’re probably already used to seeing around… Oh, one more thing, you need to read it letter by letter (or number by number), don’t try make it a new word. So, let’s get to know some of them, shall we?
1. 143: I love you. I explain: I (1 letter) love (4 letters) you (3 letters)
2. AKA: Also known as
You can use this one to explain a nickname.
Ex: EnglishExperts website aka (you read “ei-kei-ei” or “also known as”) EE is awesome!
3. ASAP: As soon as possible
Ex. Please, this report needs to be done asap!
4. BLT: Bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich
5. DIY: Do it yourself
You’ll find a lot of diy stuff on my website.
Ex: This is a diy project. My diy mirror.
6. FYI: For your information
7. LOL: Laugh out loud
It would be like someone is laughing really hard (gargalhada).
8. OBO: Our best offer
Craigslist has tons of “obo”.
Ex: I’m selling this crib (berço) for U$100 obo.
For sale: dresser (cômoda) and mirror. Cash and pick up only. U$ 150.00 obo for both.
9. PDQ: Pretty darn quick
10. R.I.P.: Rest in peace (Halloween tombstones)
11. TLC: Tender loving care
You’ll find this one for everything that needs “tender loving care”. Ex:
1- When I took Sophie (my cute dog) to the vet because I thought she was sick, the vet said “oh, Sophie is fine, she just needs a little bit of TLC”.
2- On Real Estate (corretora de imóveis) listings, I mean, let’s suppose you read an ad (anúncio) from a house that’s seen better days. So usually the realtor writes “This house needs a bit of TLC but has tons of potential”.
12. TGI Friday: – Thanks God it’s Friday! WooHooo
TGI Friday’s is a restaurant too.

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Dicas para Aprender Inglês.

Hello Everybody!

Como sei que todos vão passar o feriadão estudando (aliás, todos lerão esse email em menos de 10 minutos depois do recebimento...rsrs), seguem umas dicas para você se concentrar.

São dicas simples, que já lhes passei em sala de uma forma ou de outra e aqui, resumidas.

1. Muito Input
Ouvir, ouvir, ouvir. Isso é fundamental. Da mesma forma como aconteceu nos primeiros anos de sua vida.

2. Primeiro a Floresta
Veja a floresta e não apenas a árvore. Dê menos importância às minúcias e às regras gramaticais (fundamentais para textos e literatura, mas não para adquirir fluência).

3. Dê Valor ao Ritmo
Focalize mais a “música” do que a “letra” ao ouvir pessoas falando inglês.

4. Mais Linguagem Corporal
Comece a observar as expressões faciais, os gestos, sem se preocupar com o significado de cada palavra.

5. Maximize o que sabe
Pare de pensar no que falta, no que você não sabe. A questão é valorizar o que sabe e administrar com tranqüilidade o que desconhece.

6. Mais Receptividade
Questione e analise menos, seja mais intuitivo, instintivo.

7. Relax
Tensão e ansiedade de aprender rapidamente acabam causando verdadeiros bloqueios. Dê tempo ao tempo. Segue abaixo a referência bibliográfica para quem deseja adquirir.

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Answer Key: Other? Others? ou Another?

• They’ve lost the key to open the door, they’ll need ANOTHER to get in.
• Mike, Sully and Ted will attend the meeting with the ANOTHER guy tomorrow.
• I know that it’s your uncle, but who is the OTHER man with him?
• Whitney is hanging out with ANOTHER guy, but she still loves her boyfriend…Strange!
• Let’s stop playing! We’ve been playing for hours and I can’t get ANOTHER minute!
• The staff isn’t complete…we need ANOTHER manager for the IT area.
• I haven’t liked the Ford cars…Could you give me ANOTHER option?
• Some people like to eat meat and chicken and OTHERS are vegetarian.

E aí, acertou tudo? Parabéns! 

Se não, volte atrás, dê mais uma olhada ou então me escreva. É só clicar aqui!

Abraxxx e até a próxima!