29.9.13

Estou em processo de abertura da minha empresa, de aulas particulares e traduções! Por isso sumi do mapa por aqui.

Além disso, em breve volto para Londres para estudar tradução na Universidade de Westminter.

Just can't wait!!!

29.4.13

It's been a long time...

Faz tempo que não apareço por aqui! Pois bem, estou envolvida com novos projetos - mas não deixei as aulas de lado, e nem tenho planos desse tipo.

Traduções e legendagens têm tomado bastante o meu tempo, e isso tem sido ótimo, para falar a verdade.

Criei uma empresa junto com meu namorado (o Lule), que também é teacher, e estamos bastante entusiasmados com tudo o que tem acontecido. Criamos um blog (Way English) e lá atualizamos com notícias e novidades sobre nosso trabalho.

Assim que der, volto com alguma dica interessante de inglês que achei por aí.

Wish us luck! :-)

19.12.12

HAVE x DRINK / EAT

Dizemos "eat dinner" ou "have dinner"?

Na verdade, ambos estão corretos, mas são usados em diferentes ocasiões.

Quando nos referimos ao ato em si (comer - mastigar e beber - engolir) usamos DRINK e EAT. Porém, quando nos referimos ao momento em que comemos ou bebemos, usamos HAVE.

Quando convidamos alguém para jantar, almoçar, usamos HAVE. Ou quando nos referimos ao almoço, café da manhã, horários, etc:

Let's have dinner together next week?
He has breakfast with his boss once a week.
What are we having for lunch?

She drinks coffee with sugar.
Chinese don't eat their meals with knives and forks.

Espero ter ajudado!

12.11.12

"Much", "many" and "a lot"

Much, many and a lot.

Taken from: http://www.myenglishpages.com/

Much, many, a lot:

"Much", "many", and "a lot of" indicate a large quantity of something, for example "I have a lot of friends " means I have a large quantity of friends.
Much, many, and a lot are quantifiers.

Study the examples below:

How much money have you got? I haven't got much money.

I have got a lot.

I have got a lot of money.

How many students are in the classroom? There aren't many.

There are a lot.

There are a lot of/lots of students.

In the interrogative forms we use:

much with uncountable nouns. (money, bread, water...)
Example:
How much money/bread/water...is there?
many with countable nouns. (students, desks, windows...)
Example:
How many students/teachers/desks... are there?

(See the lesson on countable and countable nouns )

In the negative forms we use:

much with uncountable nouns. (money, bread, water...)
Example:
I haven't got much money/bread/water...
many with countable nouns. (students, desks, windows...)
Example:
There aren't many students/teachers/desks...

In the affirmative forms:

In spoken English and informal writing we tend to use:

a lot, a lot of, lots of with countable and uncountable nouns.
Example:
"How many students are there in the classroom?"
"There are a lot."
"How many students are there in the classroom?"
"There are a lot of / lots of students"..

In formal written English:

It is also possible (and preferable) to use many and much rather than a lot of, lots of and a lot in formal written English.
Example:
There are many students.
Much time was spent on studying.

So if you're speaking or writing to friends (informal), use a lot, a lot of, lots of. But if you want to be more formal, perhaps it is preferable to use much and many.

Remember:

In affirmative sentences with so, as or too, we also use much / many.

Examples:
"Carla has so many friends."
"She has as many friends as Sue."
"Kevin has too much money."

Summary:

Interrogative	Negative	Affirmative
How many books are there?	There aren't many.	There are a lot.
		There are a lot of books.
		There are lots of books.
		There are many books (formal)
How much money have you got?	I haven't got much.	I've got a lot.
		I've got a lot of money.
		I've got lots of money.
		I have got much money (formal)

Exercise on much, many or a lot
See also "countable and uncountable nouns"
See also " a little and a few"

9.11.12

Qual a diferença entre "SO", "TOO" e "VERY"?

Muito boa a explicação desse teacher sobre a diferença entre "SO", "TOO" e "VERY", inclusive tenho usado esses exemplos em aula.

31.10.12

Too, Very, or So?

Click the answer button to see the correct answer.
(via: http://a4esl.org/q/h/0101/jb-verytooso.html )

This room is ___ dark that I cannot find the light switch.
a. very
b. too
c. so
I think it is ___ hot today to play baseball.
a. very
b. too
c. so
I am ___ sure that I passed the exam that I am not going to wait for the results to be announced.
a. very
b. too
c. so
I think the weather is ___ nice today. I don't want to stay home and watch television
a. very
b. too
c. so
Yesterday I was ___ tired to go to work.
a. very
b. too
c. so
That sweater is ___ small that I cannot wear it
a. very
b. too
c. so
The test was ___ long but I answered all the questions.
a. very
b. too
c. so
I was ___ tired afterwards that I went home to have a nap.
a. very
b. too
c. so
You are never ___ old to learn something new.
a. very
b. too
c. so
I thanked him ___ much for helping me.
a. very
b. too
c. so
This car is ___ old but it still runs well
a. very
b. too
c. so
Yes, but it's ___ old to be worth very much money
a. very
b. too
c. so
Well, I'm not sure. It's __ old that it might be a collector's item soon.
a. very
b. too
c. so
Then it wouldn't be ___ good an idea to sell it now, would it?
a. very
b. too
c. so
I think it will fall apart ___ soon. I'd sell it right away if I were you.
a. very
b. too
c. so
It's ___ soon to know what to do with it. Why don't we wait a while before we decide?
a. very
b. too
c. so

30.10.12

Quote Of The Day - Friendship

How much money have you got?	I haven't got much money.
	I have got a lot.
	I have got a lot of money.
How many students are in the classroom?	There aren't many.
	There are a lot.
	There are a lot of/lots of students.