TAKE A NAP, GET SMART



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Did you know, that? I nurse friend had already told me that it's healthy to take a nap during the day, but raeding the short article from Scientific American made things more believeble for me.

Read the text and take notes on what you consider important. Then, compare your notes to mine - how different / similar are our notes?

Try making your comments using the new words you wrote down - the more you use them, the easier it is for you not to forget them. Only continue reading after taking your notes!

SAD...

It was a different day in class today! There were lots of students who were sad, and I'm still worried about what may have made them feel that way.

I was trying to find something cool to post for you guys, but guess what? I came across a cartoon from which you can learn another way of saying you're sad. Read it and write me a message with the idiom you find out.

There is something else I'd like you guys to pay attention to; how would you complete the following sentences? The answer can be found in the comic strip!

* My mother ____ me ____ because I got an F on my math test; she got really angry at me, yelled and everything.

* I forgot to ____ ____ the airconditioning when I left home; it was freezing cold in my room when I got back in the evening.

Have you noticed how much we can learn from such a simple comic strip?

DAR UM BOLO EM ALGUÉM - COMO SERÁ EM INGLÊS?

Ontem foi Dia dos Namorados e muitos estão falando de relacionamentos, presentinhos e afins... Mas e quanto esses relacionamentos nem têm a chance de acontecer? Você já levou um bolo de alguém ou já deixou alguém te esperando sem receber a menor satisfação? Agora você já pode contar as suas histórias em inglês:

Blow somebody off / Blow off somebody / Stand someone up / Stand up someone: dar um bolo em alguém.

* He blew her off after discovering she was just interested in his money.

(Ele deu um bolo nela depois que descobriu que ela só estava a fim do seu dinheiro.)

* She only stood him up because she was grounded and couldn't let him know she wouldn't make it.

(Ela só deu o bolo nele porque estava de castigo e não conseguiu avisá-lo.)

Get/Be blown off / stood up:  levar um bolo de alguém.
* She doesn't know why she got blown off yesterday... She waited in front on the movie theatre for hours but he didn't show up.
(Ela não sabe porque levou um bolo ontem... Ela esperou na frente do cinema por horas mas ele não apareceu.)

* He felt devastated when he realized he had been stood up.
(Ele ficou arrasado quando percebeu que havia levado um bolo.)

Got it?

Write me if you have any questions!

Have you ever been stood up?
Have you ever stodd anyone up?

PHRASAL VERBS - OFF

Hey guys! Drag and drop the definitions to check if you really understand the meaning of these phrasal verbs. If you hit F5 you're gonna have the chance to do the exercise again with some new phrasal verbs.