Revista Inglês Brasil #RIB

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Uma revista voltada para o estudante brasileiro de inglês, com várias dicas e artigos para ajudar você aluno a se desenvolver mais e mais no aprendizado do idioma.

Convido a todos a visitarem o site e lerem os artigos.
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The Big Bang Theory - Prepositions

Hey guys

In this class I bring to you 2 segments of 2 different episodes from The Big Bang Theory to work prepositions and their differences.

Prepositions can be a confusing study to many students from many different native languages and it is important to always observe how they are used.

1 – Watch the video segment composed by two small independent videos of The Big Bang Theory sitcom.



a- What´s the difference between “drive to work” and “drive from work” said by Sheldon? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
b- What´s the difference between “work with me” and “work for me” said by Sheldon and Raj? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
c- What´s the context of the preposition “to” in the sentences “I´m ready to go home” and “You can come to work for me” said by Sheldon? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
d- In the sentence “I can´t drive you for the next few weeks” what is the context of the preposition “for”? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
e- Sheldon says “I got some extra money from the head department”. What´s the context of the preposition “from”? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2- Leonard says he only has access to the lasers “at night”. “Night” is considered a period of the day related to time. Match the prepositions of time with their contexts:
On At In In the
( ) Hours ( ) Dates ( ) Holidays
( ) Month ( ) Seasons ( ) Periods of the day
( ) Weekend ( ) Year ( ) Night

3- Expressions:
a- What does “perfect timing” means? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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ANSWER KEY
1-
a- "Drive to work" - Preposition "to" in this sentence indicates destination.
"Drive from work" - Preposition "from" indicates origin

b- "Work with me" means that Raj and Sheldon are co-workers, they have the same position
"Work for me" means that Sheldon has a higher position than Raj, he would be his superior.

c- In these sentences the preposition "to" is a connection of purpose. The sentence after the preposition is the purpose of the first sentence.

d- "For" is to indicate a duration of time

e- "From" indicates origin meaning that the department is the origin of the money

2-
IN - Months, Years
IN THE - Periods of the day, Seasons
ON - Dates, Holidays, Weekends
AT - Night, Hours

3-
Perfect timing means that they syncronized actions or just had luck on it.

Jeremy - Pearl Jam - Suffix and Prefix

1- Suffixes and Prefixes are a useful element for who reads a lot and needs to study text comprehension. Listen to the song and fill the blanks with the words and their correct suffix or prefix. Use the words below

Draw - Wick - Rule
Attent - Leash - Clear
Gnash - Pick - Hurt
Drop - Harm - Affect




At home
________________ pictures
Of mountain tops
With him on top
Lemon yellow sun
Arms raised in a v
And the dead lay in pools of maroon below

Daddy didn't give _____________
To the fact
That mommy didn't care
King Jeremy the _______________
______________ his world

Jeremy spoke in class today
Jeremy spoke in class today

________________ I remember
_____________ on the boy
Seemed a _______________ little fuck
But we _______________ a lion
________________ his teeth and
Bit the recess ladies breast
How could I forget?
And he hit me with a surprise left
My jaw left ________________
________________ wide open
Just like the day
Like the day I heard

Daddy didn't give _______________
And the boy was something
That mommy wouldn't wear
King Jeremy the ____________________
Ruled his world

Jeremy spoke in class today (3 times)

Try to forget this
Try to erase this
From the black board

Jeremy spoke in class today
Jeremy spoke in spoke in


2- Studying the suffix and prefix from the song, let´s define their functions.
a- Tion: _______________________________________________________________
b- Ed: _________________________________________________________________
c- Ing:_________________________________________________________________
d- Un:_________________________________________________________________
e- Less:________________________________________________________________
f- Ly:__________________________________________________________________

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The Ugly Truth - Simple Present and Present Continuous

Hey guys
After a long time I prepared another video class. Sorry I´ve been away. The year of 2014 has been pretty busier than last year and I´m not having much time to prepare new video classes for the blog.

Today, I bring to you a video class using a segment from the movie The Ugly Truth.


1- Watch the video segment and check the characteristics described by the woman:



( ) tall ( ) short ( ) smart
( ) intelligent ( ) handsome ( ) ugly
( ) successful ( ) athletic ( ) chubby

2- Describe the perfect guy in the woman´s opinion:
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3- In the sentences “You´re not even dating this guy?” and “You don´t even know him” there is a mistake in each of them. What is it? Rewrite the sentences correctly.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4- The sentences: “Whoa..”, “Hey,…”, “I mean…”, “Well,…” are used in what contexts:
( ) Get time to organize ideas ( ) Start a formal sentence
( ) Procedures ( ) Get time to think
5- Vocabulary and expressions:
a- What does “bucks” mean? ___________________________________________
b- What does “dog” mean? ____________________________________________
c- What does “schumck” mean? ________________________________________

6- Give a description of a perfect man or woman in your type: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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ANSWER KEY
1-
Smart
Successful

2-
He is smart, sucessful in a job that means something.
He likes classical music and never gets up before you on a sunday.
He likes dogs, but prefer cats.

3-
Sentence order according the structure.
Aren´t you dating this guy?
Don´t you know him

4-
Get time to orgnize ideas
Get time to think

5-
a- bucks means dollars, relating money
b- dog in this case is a vulgar woman
c- schumck means stupid or imbecile

6-
Personal answer

You´ve got mail - If-clauses

Hi guys

There has been a while since my last post, latey I must confess that my creativity has been low... Hopefully this is over and I´ll be posting many classes.
Today, I bring to you a scene from the movie You´ve got mail, featuring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan.

1 – Watch the video segment and number the sentences spoken by the characters:



If I ever get out of here:
( ) I should marry Orit
( ) I´m gonna start speaking to my mama
( ) I´m having my eyes lasered

2 – Some situations make people think about the future or the past. Debate the following questions among your classmates practicing if-clauses:
a- If you had won a millionaire prize on the lottery,… __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
b- If you had the opportunity of changing your body,… __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
c- If you could time travel,… __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
d- If you could live again any moment of your life,… __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Answer key
1-
2
1
3
2-
Students debate

Text and Reading

STORY HIGHLIGHTS
• NEW: Some people were trampled in the panic to leave the club, Band News reports
• Authorities have confirmed at least 220 people are dead
• Hundreds more are believed to be injured, though there is not an exact count
• The fire started at about 2 a.m. at the Kiss nightclub in Santa Maria

Are you there? Share your story

Sao Paolo, Brazil (CNN) -- A fire swept through a popular nightclub in southern Brazil on Sunday, killing at least 220 people, officials said.
The death toll was expected to climb as firefighters continued to pull bodies from the Kiss nightclub in Santa Maria, said Col. Adilomar Silva, the regional coordinator of civil defense.
Most of those killed appeared to have died of smoke inhalation, he said. Hundreds are believed to have been injured, though an exact count was not immediately available.
Many people were trampled in the panic to leave the club, one security guard told CNN affiliate Band News.
Police described it as the worst tragedy ever to affect Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state, Band News said.
The fire started at about 2 a.m. after the acoustic insulation in the Kiss nightclub caught fire, Silva said.
There was a pyrotechnics show going on inside the club when the fire started. Authorities stopped short of blaming it for the blaze, saying the cause was still under investigation.
The incident called to mind a 2003 nightclub fire in Rhode Island where pyrotechnics used by the heavy metal band Great White ignited a blaze that killed more than 90 people.
Pyrotechnics were also involved in a 2004 night club fire in Argentina that killed 194 people and a 2009 explosion at a night club in Russia that left more than 100 dead.
The Kiss nightclub is popular with young people in Santa Maria, drawing between 2,000 and 3,000 people a night on the weekends.
The blaze broke out during a weekend when students were celebrating the end of summer. Students at many Brazilian universities return to school on Monday.
Santa Maria is home to the Federal University of Santa Maria as well as a number of other private universities and colleges.
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, who has been in Chile for a regional summit, was expected to come to Rio Grado do Sul, the state government said in a statement.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/27/world/americas/brazil-nightclub-fire/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

1 – What happened in the text? What elements of the text helped you?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2 – What other similar events does the text talk about? Were there victims?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3 – How many people did lose their lives?
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4 – The expression “called to mind” could be replaced without changing the context by:
( ) say ( ) forget ( ) tell ( ) remember ( ) mentioned

5 - According to the text, what was happening when the event started?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6 - The text says that many youngsters live in the city. Why?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

POST 100 - The Matrix - Conjunctions

Hi guys

Today It´s the HUNDREDTH POST of Teacher Bruno´s blog. A very important goal was achieved with the blog recently and bigger ones are to come.
I would like to thank so many people who have been essencial for this work I do.
I´m totally sppechless with e-mails I´ve receive with suggestions, doubts and thanks from people world wide.

THANK YOU GUYS


Today´s post includes a new Matrix class using conjunctions.

1 – Watch the vídeo segment from The Matrix and identify the missing conjunction from the sentence.

Oracle: You´ve got the gift, __________ it looks like you are waiting for something else.



2 – This conjunction has the contexto of:
___________________________________________________________________

3 – Can you tell other conjunctions, which works the same context?
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4 – Rewrite the sentence using the conjunctions from activity 3:
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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http://www.4shared.com/video/soy59g0Tba/Matrix_-_Conjunctions.html?

Answer key

1 - But

2 - Contrast

3 - However, Although, Even though, Despite, In spite of

4 -
You´ve got the gift, however it looks like you´re waiting something else.
Although/ Even Though, You´ve got the gift, it looks like you´re waiting something else.
Despite/ In spite of having the gift, it looks like you´re waiting something else

The Matrix - Relative Pronouns

Hey guys

After been off travelling a little, I´m back with new post. Today I´ll post the second class using The Matrix, now using Relative Pronouns.

Relative Pronouns are extremely used in all languages, because they make communication easier.



1 – Identify in the video sentences using Relative Pronouns.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2 – What are the uses of these Relative Pronouns? ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3 – Relative Pronouns are used to link sentences, decompose these sentences. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4 – One interesting use of vocabulary is in the sentences “Even now, in this very room”. What´s the use of “very” in this sentence?
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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The Matrix - Present x Past

2014 GUYS
Welcome to a whole new year of study and development.
How are you feeling about it?

Let´s start?
Today I bring to you a class using The Matrix to work the differences between Present and Past tenses.

1 – Identify in the video sentences using



Simple Present: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Present Continuous: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Simple Past: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Present Perfect: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2 – What´s the difference among these verb tenses? Use the video or the sentences from number 1 to justify your answer. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3 – In the beginning of the video it´s possible to see a Present Continuous time marker. Which one? ____________________________________________________________
Can you give more examples? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4 – Collocations:
The sentence “… when you look out the window” works on collocation using the verb “to look”. Can you give more examples?
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The sentence “Like a splinter in your mind driving you mad” works the verb “to drive”. Can you give more examples? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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ANSWER KEY

1-
Simple Present-
You have the look of a man
This is not far from the truth
Do you believe in fate?
I don´t like the idea I´m not in control of my life
I know exactly what you mean


Present Continuous-
You´re feeling like Alice
He´s expecting to waku up

Simple Past
You were born into a bondage

Present Perfect
You´ve felt it your entire life
That has brought you to me
The world that has been pulled over your eyes

2-
Simple Present is used for Fact and Habits
Present Continuous for ongoing situations
Simple Past for past habits and events
Present Perfect for past actions with a relevance in the present

3-
Right now
At this moment, now, this month, this weekend, tonight

4-
Look for
Look up to
Look up
Look around

Drive you blind
Drive you crazy
Drive you deaf
Drive a car
Drive a bus