It's tearing up my heart

Structure Practice

1. It's tearing up my heart
2. To be apart
3. No matter
4. I don't understand just why we...
5. Things are getting out of hand
6. trying too much
7. Let it go/Let me know
8. I can't take it anymore
9. Don't misunderstand/Don't take me wrong
10. What I am trying to tell ya
11. It feels like we're running out of time
12. I'm down on my knees

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Remembering Structures

1- I've been looking forward to...

___Excuse me, Are you Ms. Fransoso?
**  Yes. What can I help you?
___I'm J.B. , the English Teacher.
** Oh, yes! I've been looking forward to talking with you.
___So have I. Your friend has told me lot about you.
** All good. I hope.
__Yes. I heard that you speak English very well, Ms Fransoso.
**Don't believe it. It's not true. I just know some words.
__Have you ever been abroad?
**Yes. I have. A couple of times.
__Were you there for work or on vacation?
**For work. Come to think of it...Do you have time to teach me some English?
__I've been looking forward to becoming your English teacher.
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2- I heard that

___Hey Talita, What's up?
** J.B., my bro! What are you doing here?
___I'm waiting a friend of mine. What about you?
**  I was just walking around to breath some air.
___I heard that you were fired because you slept too much.
** Don't believe it. It's not true.
___Are you sure?
**Yep! I heard that you were looking for a job but nobody wanted to employ you because you lack of experience.
___Who told you that? It's not true. Come to think of it...I've heard a lot about you...
** Oh really? Like what?
___I heard that your father prefers to be with your sis instead of being with you.
**  And I heard that you have only three seconds to go away before I kill you.
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3- How does he like it?

** Tell me Cris...Do you know Bryan from Salt lake City ?
__I've heard a lot about him. Where is he now?
** He is in Brazil.
__How long has he been here?
**He has been here for three days.
__Where is he staying?
**He is staying at Silvio's.
__How does he like it?
**He told me that he is enjoying it a lot because everybody at Silvio's speaks English fluently.
__Where has he been in São Paulo?
**Nowhere. Whatever, he will call me tomorrow and we'll do something.
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4- I've heard a lot about you

___Hi Lucas,  How you doing?

***I'm doing ok. What about you?

___I'm pretty well, thanks!

***I'm sorry , what was your name again?

___I'm João Batista but you can call JB

***Do you know my cousin ......?

___I've heard a lot about her. How is she?

***She is fine. Thanks.

___I'd like you to meet my friend from the U.S.A.

***I've been looking forward to meeting him. Where is he?

___He is in a meeting  now.

***Let me give you my phone number...call me and It will be  my pleasure to meet your friend.

___Nice to see you.

***See you later.

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Talking about myself = falando de mim mesmo

1- Tenho ..... anos.

I'm ..... years old.

2- Sou estudante de inglês.

I'm an English student.

3- Moro em São Paulo mas nasci no .

I live in São Paulo but I'm originally from ...................

4- Eu nasci em (19.....).

I wasn born in 19.....

5- Eu nasci em ( mês)

I was born in .........

6- Eu sou do (país)

I'm from ..................

7- Eu cresci em ................

I grew up in ......................

8- Passei a maior parte da infância na (local/endereço)

I spent most of my childhood at..........................

9- Passava as férias de verão no, na...........

I spent my summers in, at.........................

10- Meus pais são/eram de...........................

My parents are/were from ..........................

11- Quando eu tinha .......anos nós nos mudamos para São Paulo.

When I was ....... years old we moved to São Paulo.

12- Eu sou de uma família grande ( pequena).

I come from a big( small) family.

13- Meus pais eram muito rígidos.

My parents were very strict.

14- Meus pais nos deixavam fazer quase tudo o que queríamos.

My parents pretty much let us do whatever we wanted.

15- Eu era muito mimada.(o)

I was spoiled.

16- Cresci num bairro (relativamente) nobre/simples.

I grew up in a (relatively) wealthy/poor neighborhood.

17- Fui criado numa família (católica,Evangélica,Cristã).

I grew up in very (Catholic,Gospel,Christian) family.

18- Eu sou de uma família (relativamente)simples/rica.

I come from a (relatively) poor/wealthy family.

19-Meus pais são/eram bem de vida.

My parents were pretty well off.

20- Não foi muito fácil.

We never had it easy./It wasn't that easy

How to improve your English

How to Improve English

The importance of the English language cannot be overemphasized. Comfort with English is almost a prerequisite for success in the world today. Regardless of the industry, proficiency in English is an important factor in both hiring and promotion decisions.

A lot of us have studied English in school and are fairly comfortable with reading and writing. However, we hesitate while speaking because we feel that we lack the fluency and may make grammatical mistakes. We are afraid of speaking English in formal situations and we are quick to switch to our native language once we are in the company of our family and friends.

There is no quick fix when it comes to improving your command over a particular language. It always requires a lot of time and effort.

Here are Teacher JB's  top ten tips for success in achieving proficiency and fluency in English:

1. Do not hesitate. Talk to whoever you can. Decide among your circle of friends that you will only talk in English with each other. This way you can get rid of hesitation and also have your friends correct you when you are wrong.
   
2. Start a conversation with strangers in English. Since you do not know them personally, you will feel less conscious about what they would feel about you.
   
3. Maintaining a diary to record the events of your day is a great way to practice your writing skills. Take your time to use new words and phrases when you write in your diary.
   
4. Read the newspaper. Read it aloud when you can. Concentrate on each word. Note down the words you don’t understand and learn their meanings. Try to use these words in your own sentences.
   
5. Watch English movies and English shows on television. Initially, you can read the sub-titles to follow the conversation. As you practice more, you will realize that you are able to follow the conversation without needing to read the sub-titles.
   
6. Set aside an hour every day to watch English news channels. This is one of the most effective ways of improving your comprehension.
   
7. Podcasts are available on the internet. These are audio and video files and many of these can be downloaded for free. These are a great way to practice listening skills and develop an understanding of different accents.
   
8. It is usually quite difficult for a beginner to understand the words of an English song as there is background music and the accent of the artist may be unfamiliar to the listener. Read the lyrics while you listen to the song and you will comprehend better. Once you start following the voice of a particular singer, you will find it much easier to understand the singer’s other songs too.
   
9. Another effective way is to record your own voice and listen to it. You will notice hesitations and pauses. You may also notice that you make some grammatical mistakes while speaking that you do not make while writing. You must aim to improve and rectify these mistakes in subsequent recordings.
   
10. Ask people who speak better for advice. There is no shame in seeking help especially if you are trying to improve yourself. Talk to them in English and ask them to correct you whenever you are wrong.

Norma Jean Baker

 

Norma Jean Baker

Today we're gonna talk about the  movie star Marilyn Monroe. She died many years ago, yet still is one of the best known American women.

2. Her name at birth was Norma Jean Baker. Her life as a child was like a bad dream. She lived with a number of different people, and often was mistreated.

3. At age sixteen Norma Jean married a sailor. But she soon ended that marriage. She changed her hair color from brown to shining gold. And she changed her name to Marilyn Monroe.

4. She wanted to be an actress. And she succeeded. She appeared in a number of Hollywood movies. Millions of people went to see them. By the time Norma Jean had reached the age of twenty-six, her beautiful face and body earned her a place as one of America's leading movie stars.

5. But success and fame were not enough to make her happy. The troubles of her childhood days stayed with her. She drank too much alcohol. She took too many drugs.

6. At the age of thirty-six, she took her own life. She has been dead since nineteen sixty-two. Still, her fame continues to grow. People born long after she died are watching her movies on television. Objects that belonged to her bring huge prices at public sales.

7. People continue to talk about what they feel is her strange death. Some people believe she was murdered. Two investigations showed that she died as the result of too many drugs.

8. Why is the public still so interested in a woman who died so many years ago? A number of reasons. Her exciting but tragic life. Her connections with well-known people. And her image as an especially desirable woman.

9. In the nineteen fifties, many Americans believed sex was a very private subject. People often severely judged those who were sexually appealing.

10. Into this atmosphere burst Marilyn Monroe. As one critic said, her body was round in all the right places. She wore her clothes like skin. When she walked, she moved her lower body in a way that few other actresses had done. Her voice was soft and breathy. She soon became America's golden girl.

11. The story of Marilyn Monroe begins on June first, nineteen twenty-six. Norma Jean was born that day in the West Coast city of Los Angeles, California. Her birthplace was not far from the Hollywood movie studios where she would someday be a star.

12. Her mother, Gladys Baker, suffered from mental problems. Often the mother had to be treated in a hospital for long periods of time. Her daughter was sent to live with a number of different people.

13. The actress later would describe her stays with these foster families as sometimes very unhappy. During the worst experiences, she would go to a movie theater. There the young Norma Jean escaped into the make-believe world of movies.

14. By the time she was seventeen, Marilyn was trying very hard to be a movie actress. She finally was able to get an actors' agent to help her. He got Twentieth Century Fox Company to give Marilyn parts in some movies it produced.

15. Marilyn may have worked more to improve her appearance than to improve her performance in acting classes. Some people at Twentieth Century Fox said she did not like to work at all. She appeared in only one movie. And she had only one line to speak in that. The Fox movie company dismissed her.

16. Soon, however, her agent got her a job at Columbia Pictures. She appeared in a movie called "Ladies of the Chorus." She sang two songs. Several critics praised her performance. But Columbia dismissed her.

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                                          Vocabulary

actress = atriz appealing = atraente at all = absolutamente bad dream = sonho ruim became = tornou-se belonged = pertenciam birth = nascimento birthplace = local de nascimento breathy = sussurrada burst = estourou, explodiu By the time = Na época em que childhood = infancia classes = aulas daughter = filha death = morte describe = descrever desirable = desejável died = morreu dismissed = dispensou During = durante earned = ganhou enough = suficiente exciting = empolgante far from = longe de feel = sentem few = poucos(as) foster = adotivo grow = crescer however = contudo huge prices = preços imensos improve = melhorar line = fala lower = parte de baixo, inferior

make-believe world = mundo de “faz-de-conta” marriage = casamento may = pode (possibilidade) mistreated = mal tratada movie star = estrela de cinema movie theater = cinema murdered = assassinada(o) Often = frequentemente own = próprio(a) parts = papéis praised = elogiaram private subject = assunto particular reached = alcançado right places = lugares certos sailor = marinheiro sang = cantou Several = vários severely judged = julgavam rigorosamente shining = brilhante showed = mostraram skin = pele soft = suave sometimes = às vezes stays = estadias succeeded = foi bem sucedida suffered = sofria took = tirou took = tomava trying = tentando voice = voz was able to get = conseguiu obter well-known = bem conhecidos wore = vestia worst = pior yet = porém

Video Practice

Practice 1

Lesson Three/ be getting to/better/should/friendly advice
   

to be getting


1- I'm getting interested in her. I wanna ask her out. We are gonna drink something somewhere. After that I'm gonna tell her about my feelings.

2- She is getting nervous cos' I talk too much.

3- The dreadful situation in Brazil is getting worse than they thought it would be.

4- Cinthia is getting better and better day after day.

5- My dad is getting worried about my younger sis.

6- I can't get over I'm getting fluent in English!

1. To be getting - estar ficando
2. something - algo,alguma coisa
3. somewhere - em algum lugar,algum lugar
4. feelings - sentimentos
5. too much - demais
6. dreadful - terrível,horrível
7. worse than - pior do que
8. it would be - seria
9. better and better - cada vez melhor
10. worried about - preocupado com
11. I can't get over - Mal consigo acreditar

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you better/ she better - you should do / she should do = friendly advice


1- It will be raining all saturday long . You better buy an umbrella.

2- Your mom is very angry at her . She better apologize.

3- English is a difficult language to learn. He better study another idiom.

4- We are getting fatter and fatter. We better look for a diet.

5- She doesn't love you the way you love her. You better give up and find a new girl.

6- Bianca won't be at home at 4 pm. I better call   before leaving .

1. It will  be raining - estará chovendo
2. umbrella - guarda-chuva
3. angry at - brava com
4. to apologize - se desculpar
5. another - um outro,uma outra
6. fatter and fatter - cada vez mais gordo
7. to look for a diet - procurar uma dieta
8. the way - do modo, da maneira,do jeito
9. to give up - desistir
10. before leaving - antes de sair

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Ain't - is not/are not/ don't /am not/ has not/have not/does not / don't ( used as slang)



1- I ain't gonna work tomorrow cos' I"m gonna take my kids to the zoo..
* I'm not gonna work tomorrow because I'm gonna take my kids to the zoo.

2- I am aware that Madonna will never kiss me. She ain't nothing than a dream.
* I am aware that Madonna will never kiss me. She isn't nothing than a dream.

3- There ain't nothing than spend a time with family.

* There isn't nothing than spend a time with family.

4- Taking the Lord's name in vain ain't funny.

* Taking the Lord's name in vain isn't funny.


5 - I ain't easy; I ain't your toy. I ain't gonna waste my precious time with you.

* I'm not easy; I'm not your toy. I'm not going to waste my precious with you.


6- My life ain't what it used to be.

* My life isn't what it used to be.


7 - If you think I talked everything. You ain't heard nothin' yet!

* If you think I talked everything. You haven't heard nothin ' yet!


8- Your opinion ain't mean anything to me.

* Your opinion doesn't mean anything to me.


9- She ain't got no money in her pocket.

* She doesn't have no money in her pocket.


10- We ain't go nowhere.

*We don't go nowhere.

1. to take my kids - pegar,levar
2. to be aware that - estar ciente de que
3. to spend a time - passar um tempo
4. in vain - em vão
5. to waste - desperdiçar
6. used to be - costuma ser
7. heard ( that )- ouviu/ouviu dizer que
8. to mean - significar,querer dizer
9. pocket - bolso
10. nowhere - lugar nenhum, nenhum lugar

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Grammar Practice

Grammar Practice

Fix Windows

Have to = got to = gotta

1- O verbo have significa " ter"
2- Acompanhado da partícula " to' o verbo passa a ser " ter que"
3- No Inglês britãnico , além da forma ' have' , o verbo 'ter" também é conhecido como " got"
4- Assim sendo , got to é o mesmo que have to
5- A forma abreviada de have to ou got to é gotta
6- Ao usar a forma abreviada , tome cuidado para não escrever ' to" duas vezes.

1- I have to speak with Bruna tomorrow.
I gotta speak with Bruna tomorrow.

2- I have to help my sister with her homework.
I gotta help my sis with her homework.

3- I have to tell her that she is the reason of my happiness.
I gotta tell her she is the reason of my happiness.

4- I have to teach Dani about the correct use of have to.
I gotta teach Dani about the right way to use have to.

5- She has to study today.
She gotta study today.

6- My friend has to look for a job because he has to feed five children.
My friend gotta look for a job cos' he gotta feed five children.

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1. to speak with - falar com
2. homework - dever de casa ( escolar)
3. reason - razão,motivo
4. happiness - felicidade
5. the correct use - o uso correto
6. has - tem ( he/she/it has ) terceira pessoa do verbo have na afirmativa)
7. to feed - alimentar

Want to = wanna

1- O verbo to want significa " querer"
2- "wanna" é a forma abreviada de "want to"
3- Quando se escreve "wanna' não é mais preciso colocar a partícula " to"
4- Usamos " wanna ' apenas na linguagem falada.

1- I want to visit my classmate on weekend.
    I wanna visit my classmate on weekend.

2- If you want to be my friend , you have to respect my rights.
    If you wanna be my friend, you gotta respect my rights.

3- She wants to travel to the  USA because she has to go to her nephew's party.
    She wanna travel to the USA cos' she gotta go to her nephew's party.

4- Vanessa has to find a new job , so she wants to be prepared for the job interview.
    Vanessa gotta find a new job, so she wanna be prepared for the job interview.

5- Dilma Rouseff wants to stop the impeachment process.
    Dilma Rouseff wanna stop the impeachment process.

6- Why do you want to go away now?
    Why do you wanna go away now?

1. classmate - colega de classe
2. to respect sb rights - respeitar os direitos de alguém
3. nephew's party - festa do sobrinho
4. to find - achar,encontrar
5. job interview - entrevista de emprego
6. to go away - ir embora
7. impeachment process

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Going to = gonna

1- O verbo to go significar "ir"
2- Juntamente com a partícula "to" significa "ir para"
3- Precedido pelo verbo to be ( is, are, am) o verbo deixa de ser verbo e passa a ser um auxiliar
4- Assim sendo, going to não significa " indo para"
5- To be going to é o auxiliar do tempo futuro imediato.
6- Ele é usado quando a ação for praticada no momento da fala ou quando a decisão de praticar a ação já foi tomada, ainda que seja realizado em um tempo futuro.

Exemplo:

* Talyta is going to open the door. ( Provavelmente Talyta está se dirigindo á porta para abri-la)
* Lucas is going to cry. ( Provavelmente as lágrimas já se formam e ele vai chorar com certeza.)

Essas frases estão no futuro, mas a ação é imediata. È por isso que chamamos de futuro imediato.

* A forma abreviada de going to é " gonna"

1. to fulfill - realizar,alcançar
2. to take sb by surprise - surpreender,pegar de surpresa
3. to get down to - se aplicar,levar a sério
4. to ask sb out - convidar alguém para sair
5. ball - baile,discoteca
6. to lose its temper - perder a paciência, o juízo

1- She is going to buy a new notebook because hers has broken.
    She's gonna buy a new notebook cos' hers has broken.

2- I am going to fulfill all my dreams this year.
    I'm gonna fulfill  all my dreams this year.

3- We are going to invite all her friends for her birthday. We are going to take her by surprise this time.
We're gonna invite all her friends for her birthday. We're gonna take her by surprise this time.

4- This year Nathalia intends to get her first job. In order to do that She's  going to get down to her business lessons.

This year Nathalia intends to get her first job. In order to do that she's  gonna get down to her business lessons.

5- Why is Moses going to ask Bianca out? Is she going to be his partner at the ball?
    Why is Moses gonna ask Bianca out? Is she gonna be his partner at the ball?

6- Renann is going to lose his temper with you.
    Renann is gonna lose his temper with you.

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