#96 | Present Perfect with EVER, NEVER, BEFORE, JUST, ALREADY, RECENTLY, STILL e YET – Part II

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3UCCrm4eTUQkJJJ32eDo7P?si=FxrhJKOxRfSMnNl-lg-_pQ No post anterior, trouxe alguns usos bastante comuns do presente perfeito. Agora, você vai apresentar algumas partículas que costumamos usar no mesmo tempo verbal. EVER = já, alguma vez em sua vida (em perguntas) Have you ever driven a truck?Has he ever been to a circus? NEVER = nunca I've never been to New...

#95 | News: Brazilian Amazon released more carbon than it absorbed over past 10 years

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0SlIMQpbrj31aQvUYSMRV4?si=U05h1RV7S7-QkBtSVByzYQ Vocabulary RELEASE = liberar; soltar. “Brazilian Amazon released more carbon than it absorbed over past 10 years.”FIGURE = número. “…it is the first time that we have figures showing that the Brazilian Amazon has flipped.DEFORESTATION = desmatamento. “The study also showed that deforestation […] increased nearly four-fold in 2019” International team of researchers also...

#94 | Principais usos do Present Perfect – Part I

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6zbCvzCqHM0tVNxkiCJH1J?si=OjR_AwyoQk6e9NgzmvOF-A Existem basicamente 12 tempos verbais em inglês. O conceito de aspectos é algo que difere dos nossos tempos verbais em português. Portanto, é importante entender o conceito geral do que o "perfect aspect" significa. O aspecto perfeito deve ser entendido como algo que acontece "antes" do tempo (passado, presente ou futuro) que utilizamos. No...

#93 | Poem: If by Rudyard Kipling

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2GtyZz9Uc6PH71C6cEB2uK?si=C27jY-BwTgmjc0dZv3wSfg Vocabulary BEAR = suportar; aguentar. “If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken”KNAVES = canalhas, pessoas desonestas. “Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools”WORN-OUT = desgastado. “…and build'em up with worn-out tools” IfRudyard Kipling If you can keep your head when all about youAre losing theirs and blaming it on...

#92 | Diferença entre FUN e FUNNY em inglês

https://open.spotify.com/episode/27Vsy5UY8bC9M2relePQVY?si=wUJLq7kdTACuDF8_sIFVdg As palavras FUN e FUNNY têm significado e usos diferentes em inglês e é importante que suas diferenças sejam esclarecidas. Para início de conversa, FUN significa 'divertido' e FUNNY, 'engraçado' (algo que faz rir). FUN Vejamos alguns exemplos com FUN e observe os collocations: We had such fun together.It was fun to go to the beach with Rita’s...

#91 | 9 things you might not know about the Spanish flu

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7nAMGmh0YLxMLGcNsA7fGB?si=ff93c44006574798 The Spanish flu didn’t come from Spain The name suggests that it might have come from Spain but it didn’t. The flu struck the world after World War I and dragged for years to come. However, World War I was coming to an end, and many countries had put censorship on their media not...

#90 | Diferença entre AS e LIKE em inglês

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6uuErJqnpcX9L1oOsrCSzK Vamos iniciar analisando os dois exemplos na tabela abaixo, em que AS assume o sentido de ‘no papel de’, enquanto LIKE tem o sentido de ‘igual a’ ou ‘da mesma forma que’. As your father, I'll help you as much as I can.O falante é o pai do ouvinte.Like your father, I'll help you...

#89 | Short bio: Bill Gates

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4i3LuTl0SLaFC5YhTkfJ3J Vocabulary BLOSSOM = florescer; desenvolver-se. “He blossomed in nearly all his subjects.”LOUSY = péssimo. “Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.”ULTIMATE = melhor; mais importante. “He had become the PC industry’s ultimate kingmaker.” Bill Gates Gates was born William Henry Gates III on October 28, 1955, in...

#88 | Diferença entre adjetivos terminados em -ED e -ING

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2n2Vh4nJwLzMO40PHeDBMF?si=60f8113728b64021 Adjetivos que terminam com -ed Adjetivos que terminam com -ED descrevem um sentimento (ou como alguém se sente) ou uma emoção. É também usado para descrever algo temporário. Dessa forma, esses adjetivos não podem ser usados para descrever um objeto ou situação. Veja alguns exemplos abaixo: I was so bored in that lesson, I...

#87 | Story: The elves and the shoemaker

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2ggRwOlYEVsaIGLAe54FqI Vocabulary EARN = receber; ganhar (dinheiro). “He could not earn enough to keep himself and his wife.”LEATHER = couro. “At last there came a day when he had nothing left but one piece of leather, big enough to make one pair of shoes.”TINY = minúsculo; muito pequeno. “They had brought tiny scissors and hammers...