BARRIGA TANQUINHO - COMO SERÁ EM INGLÊS?

E não é que eu sempre aprendo algo novo ao assistir Friends?

Ross está ajudando Chandler a largar a academia o "treinando" para responder as perguntas que lhe serão feitas para tentar convencê-lo a continuar um membro. Tentando prever o que perguntariam para Chander, Ross pergunta se ele gostaria de ter uma barriga tanquinho. Assista o snippet abaixo: 

Você já se perguntou como dizer "barriga tanquinho" em inglês?

Para descobrir, assista ao vídeo. Depois, clique em "read more"  para verificar se a sua resposta está correta.

Compare o que foi usado no vídeo com o que aparece na tirinha abaixo. A que conclusão você chega?

BLOSSOM: SEX, LIES AND TEENAGERS

Hey you guys! it certainly hasn't been an ordinary day today... It was kind of melancholic and I, all day long, caught myself thinking about the old times.

One of the sweetest memories I have from my early teen years is watching this show - Blossom. I Remember I used to love it, and I wouldn't miss it for the world. Most of the girls my age have probably felt the same.

By watching some episodes I got to look back to my past with a totally different perspective - not of a teen going through all of those typical situations anymore, but kind of like the grown up - which was weird, by the way.

Then, and this part some people might consider even more nonsense than watchin Blossom, I decided to watch it with a third look: the English teacher one. This show is so familiar to me that I hadn't stopped to think about the fact that when I first watched it it was not in English.

Take some time and watch it: you're either identify with it or remember some good old days. And if neither happen, you're going to have the chance to learn some good idioms and more.

After watching, answer some comprehension questions just to make sure you, besides understanding the situation as a whole, also got all of the details.

My point should already be crystal clear by now. However, let me point some things out once again: I've just done what I've been bugging you guys to do. And what is it? Studying real English, choosing that topic, show, song, or whatever that interests you and study it. When you do something with pleasure you not only work your intellectual brain, but also your emotional brain; by doing it you're more likely to retain information and enjoy studying. Better yet: it's probably going to hit you that studying can be, and should be, all about having fun. I'm not just saying it, I mean it. It does work.

Oh, and it's never too much to say: count on me! If YOU had suggested a video, I'd now be posting some questions to help YOU out with something of YOUR interest.

Watch the video, have some fun and learn some English! Click on "Read More" to watch it and do the exercise.

DARIA - THE INVITATION

More often than you may think, a simple cartoon can help you see lots of the things you learn in context. It's true that DARIA is not a very simple cartoon, but if you pay close attention to what the characters say, you're going to have the chance to learn some things you would probably have lots of difficulties finding out in a dictionary.

How would you say that you don't like it when "o pudim fica com aquela pele / nata" on top of it?

watch the video and try to find it out. Then, do the other exercises that follow.

Click here to do the video comprehension exercise.

Click here to do a vocabulary exercise.

Click here to do another vocabulary exercise.