Professionals and Amateurs

-- Never be afraid to try something new.

-- Remember, amateurs built the ark.

-- Professionals built the Titanic.

Vocabulary Help

• afraid - temeroso, com medo
• amateurs - amadores
• ark - arca (de No'e)
• build (build, built, built) - construir

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Problems at Home

A doctor has some trouble with the sink, on a public holiday. He calls the local plumber, only to be told it's his day off ...

"But I get called out on my days off, too!" says the doctor, somewhat exasperated, and the plumber relents.

The plumber arrives, and glances over the sink, looking preoccupied. He mumbles something about golf, then hands the doctor a couple of aspirin and walks out, saying,

"Put these in. If it doesn't clear up in 24 hours, come and see me tomorrow."

Vocabulary Help

• trouble - problema
• sink - pia
• public holiday - feriado
• call - chamar
• plumber - encanador
• day off - dia de folga
• too - também
• relent - concordar
• glance - olhar rapidamente
• mumble - resmungar
• walk out - sair
• tomorrow - amanhã

Algumas plantas comuns

Hoje vamos dar uma olhada em alguns tipos de plantas mais comuns, um vocabulário indispensável para melhorar a compreensão do inglês.

Agora sim! Vejam algumas expressões comumente usadas. Espero que gostem e aprendam ainda mais.

1. Alho: Garlic
Ex: It is said that vampires are afraid of garlic. (Dizem que vampiros tem medo de alho.)

2. Cebola: Onion
Ex: Peeling onions makes you cry. (Descascar cebola faz chorar.)

3. Samambaia: Fern
Ex: She watered the fern every day. (Ela regava a samambaia todo dia.)

4. Palmeira: Palm tree
Ex: We were sitting under a palm tree. (Estávamos sentados em baixo de uma palmeira.)

5. Eucalipto: Eucalyptus (gum tree)
Ex: There is a plantation of eucalyptus near the lake. (Há uma plantação de eucalipto perto do lago.)

6. Cedro: Cedar
Ex: That table you bought is made of cedar. (Aquela mesa que você comprou é feita de cedro.)

7. Alga: Algae
Ex: Algae can help reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. (A alga pode ajudar a reduzir o dióxido de carbono na atmosfera.)

8. Musgo: Moss
Ex: He was doing research on plants like moss, algae, etc. (Ele estava fazendo pesquisa sobre plantas como o musgo, alga, etc.)

9. Mamona: Castor oil plant
Ex: They intend to grow castor oil plant on the farm. (Eles pretendem plantar mamona na fazenda.)

10. Cipó: Liana
Ex: Tarzan uses a liana to get around. (Tarzan usa um cipó para se locomover.)

11. Urtiga: Nettle, stinging nettle
Ex: The nettle hurt his skin. (A urtiga machucou a pele dele.)

12. Grama: Grass
Ex: You’ll have to find time to cut the grass. (Você vai ter que arrumar tempo para cortar a grama.)

13. Flor: Flower
Ex: He gave her a flower as a way of apologizing to her. (Ele deu uma flor a ela como uma forma de se desculpar.)

Pink, Green and Yellow

Three men, an Italian, a French and a Portuguese went for a job interview in England.

Before the interview, they were told that they must compose a sentence in English with three main words: "green", "pink" and "yellow".

The Italian was first: "I wake up in the morning. I see the yellow sun. I see the green grass and I think to myself, I hope it will be a pink day."

The French was next: I wake up in the morning, I eat a yellow banana, a green pepper and in the evening I watch the pink panther on TV."

Last was the Portuguese: "I wake up in the morning, I hear the phone "green...green..., I pink up the phone and I say: Yellow?"

Vocabulary Help

• job interview - entrevista de emprego
• tell (tell, told, told) - dizer, contar
• main - principais
• wake up - acordar
• eat (eat, eaten, eaten) - comer
• pepper - pimenta
• pink panther - pantera cor de rosa

Overpaid

A building contractor was being paid by the week. One day he approached the owner of the property and held up the check he'd been given. "This is two hundred dollars less than we agreed on," he said.

"I know," the owner said, "But last week I overpaid you two hundred dollars, and you never complained."

The contractor said, "Well, I don't mind an occasional mistake. But when it gets to be a habit, I feel I have to call it to your attention."

Vocabulary Help

• building contractor - empreiteiro
• pay (pay, paid, paid) - pago
• by the week - por semana
• owner - dono, proprietário
• less - menos
• agree - concordar
• overpay - pagar a mais
• complain - reclamar
• mistake - erro

Paid For Standing

The owner of a manufacturing firm decided to make a surprise tour of the factory. Walking through the warehouse he noticed a young man lazily leaning against a packing crate.

The factory owner angrily said, "Just how much are you being paid?"

The young man replied, "A hundred dollars a week."

The owner pulled out his wallet, peeled off five $20 bills and shouted at the young man:

"Here is a week's pay--now get out and don't come back!"

Without a word, the young man stuffed the money into his pocket and left.

The warehouse manager, standing nearby, stared in amazement.

"Tell me," the boss asked him, "How long has that guy worked for us?"

"He didn't work here," replied the warehouse manager,

"He was just the Fed-Ex guy delivering a package."

Vocabulary Help

• owner - proprietário
• tour - ronda
• factory - fábrica
• through - através
• warehouse - armazém, almoxarifado
• lazy - preguiçoso
• lean - encostar
• packing crate - caixa para transporte de material
• angry - raiva
• are you being paid - quanto ganha
• week - semana
• pull out - retirar
• wallet - carteira
• peel off - retirar
• shout - gritar
• get out - sai daqui
• come back - voltar
• stuff - colocar
• pocket - bolso
• leave (leave, left, left) - sair, partir
• manager - gerente
• amazement - surpresa
• boss - chefe
• guy - sujeito
• deliver - entregar

Too Many Words

A husband looking through the paper came upon a study that said women use more words than men.

Excited to prove to his wife that he had been right all along when he accused her of talking too much, he showed her the study results. It read "Men use about 15,000 words per day, but women use 30,000"

The wife thought for a while, then finally she said to her husband:

"It's because we have to repeat everything we say"

The husband said "What?"

Vocabulary Help

• husband - marido
• paper - jornal
• think (think, thought, thought) - pensar

Prescription

A lady walks into the drug store and asks the druggist for some arsenic.

The druggist asks "Maám, what do you want with arsenic?".

The lady say's "To kill my husband."

"I can't sell you any for that reason" says the druggist.

The lady then reaches into her purse and pulls out a photo of a man and a women in a compromising position, the man is her husband and the lady is the druggist's wife, and shows it to the druggist.

He looks at the photo and says, "Oh, I didn't know you had a prescription!"

Vocabulary Help

• drug store - farmácia
• kill - matar
• sell (sell, sold, sold) - vender
• purse - bolsa
• pull out - retirar
• prescription - receita

Two Guys in a Supermarket

Two guys are moving about in a supermarket when their carts collide.

One says to the other:

"Excuse me, but I'm looking for my wife."

"What a coincidence, so am I, and I'm getting a little desperate."

"Well, maybe I can help you. What does your wife look like?"

"She's tall, with dark hair, long legs and firm tits.

"What's your wife look like?"

"Never mind, let's look for yours!"

Vocabulary Help

• guys - pessoas, homens
• cart - carrinho de supermercado
• look for - procurar
• look like - qual a aparência física, descrição
• dark hair - morena
• long legs - pernas longas
• firm tits - seios firmes, empinados
• never mind - não se incomode
• let look for yours - vamos procurar a sua esposa

Pizza parlor

A blonde went into a pizza parlor. When she said that she'd like a medium pizza, the clerk asked her how many pieces she'd like to have it cut into: six or twelve.

Oh, goodness, six please, said the blonde. I don't think I could ever eat twelve.

Vocabulary Help

• blonde - loura
• pizza parlor - pizzaria
• clerk - atendente
• pieces - pedaços
• how many - quantos
• I don't think I could ever - Eu jamais poderia ...

Confiram treze frases de férias:

1. Planos para as férias: Vacation plans

Ex: What are your vacation plans? (Quais são seus planos para as férias?)

2. Praia, campo: Beach, countryside
Ex: Do you prefer the countryside or the beach? (Você prefere o campo ou a praia?)

3. Tirar férias: Take a vacation
Ex: We’re going to take a three-week vacation. (Vamos tirar férias de três semanas.)

4. Fazer as malas: Pack your suitcases
Ex: There’s still time for you to pack your suitcases. (Ainda dá tempo para você fazer as malas.)

5. Acampamento de férias: Vacation camp
Ex: It’s like going to a vacation camp for him. (É como ir a um acampamento de férias para ele.)

6. Viajar de carro, avião, etc: Travel by car, airplane, etc
Ex: I prefer to travel by car rather than by airplane. (Eu prefiro viajar de carro do que de avião.)

7. Pacote turístico: Package tour
Ex: They bought a package tour to Australia. (Eles compraram um pacote turístico para a Austrália.)

8. Hospedagem: Accommodation
Ex: It includes free accommodation and meals. (Isto inclui hospedagem gratuita e refeições.)

9. Guia turístico: Tour guide, tourist guide
Ex: A tourist guide will help you when you need. (Um guia turístico vai te ajudar quando precisar.)

10. Atrações turísticas: Sights, tourist attraction
Ex: I’ll show you one of the sights of our city. (Vou lhe mostrar uma das atrações turísticas da nossa cidade.)
Ex: It is one of Rio’s major tourist attractions. (Esta é uma das maiores atrações turísticas do Rio.)

11. Roteiro de viagem: Itinerary
Ex: We suggest you follow your itinerary. (Sugerimos que você siga seu roteiro de viagem.)

12. A negócio ou a passeio: Business or pleasure?
Ex: And then he said: “Business or pleasure?”. (E então ele disse: “A negócio ou a passeio?)

13. Aproveitar as férias: Take advantage(usar), enjoy(apreciar)
Ex: He took advantage of his vacation to learn English. (Ele aproveitou as férias para aprender inglês.)
Ex: Enjoy your vacation with your family. (Aproveite suas férias com sua família.)