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Tenham todos um Feliz Natal e um ótimo 2012!!!!
HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND A WONDERFUL 2012!!!
CCBEU STAFF
quinta-feira, 15 de dezembro de 2011
ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE
Devemos reconhecer aos legendários Beatles mais essa: nos anos 60, meio mundo aprendeu inglês (ao menos um pouco) graças às suas músicas.
In the 1960s millions of foreign students learned English by listening to The Beatles. And they still do. Pop – or “popular” – music helped make the English language popular: foreign countries can dub British and American films and TV shows, but they can´t dub pop songs! They are a great way to learn English and The Beatles, the greater pop group of all, are an excellent example.
THE MESSAGE
Most of the early Beatles songs were about love: She Loves You (Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!) and the linguistically bizarre Love Me Do. For a language student, the song All You Need Is Love is more useful. It is a simple and positive message and it is repeated many times in the song. Not only that, the chorus shows you how to express the same concept in a different way: “Love is all you need.” You can take this phrase and apply it to other ideas: “All you need is money,” or “Money is all you need,” “All you need is intelligence,” or “Intelligence is all you need,” “All you need is common sense,” or “Common sense is all you need” etc. If you are using a plural, you must adapt it: for example, “All you need are good friends; good friends are all you need,” “All you need are credit cards, credit cards are all you need” etc.
YESTERDAY
And, for a simple introduction to the simple past, what better example than Paul McCartney´s melancholic song, Yesterday: “Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away, but not it looks as if they´re here to stay.” Here again you can build your own phrases: “Yesterday my life seemed so easy, but today it´s a disaster,” “Last year the economy looked good, but now it´s terrible,” “Three years ago Italy had the best team in the world, but that´s probably not true today.” The list goes on …
LET IT BE
McCartney also wrote the beautiful song, Let It Be. This was about his mother Mary, who died when Paul was a teenager in Liverpool. “Let It Be” was Ms. McCartney´s phrase for “Don´t worry,” but it is a rare example of the subjunctive in English. Other examples include the English national anthem, “God Save the Queen” and Star Wars, “May the Force Be With You,” but that´s another story …
Speak Up number 280
In the 1960s millions of foreign students learned English by listening to The Beatles. And they still do. Pop – or “popular” – music helped make the English language popular: foreign countries can dub British and American films and TV shows, but they can´t dub pop songs! They are a great way to learn English and The Beatles, the greater pop group of all, are an excellent example.
THE MESSAGE
Most of the early Beatles songs were about love: She Loves You (Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!) and the linguistically bizarre Love Me Do. For a language student, the song All You Need Is Love is more useful. It is a simple and positive message and it is repeated many times in the song. Not only that, the chorus shows you how to express the same concept in a different way: “Love is all you need.” You can take this phrase and apply it to other ideas: “All you need is money,” or “Money is all you need,” “All you need is intelligence,” or “Intelligence is all you need,” “All you need is common sense,” or “Common sense is all you need” etc. If you are using a plural, you must adapt it: for example, “All you need are good friends; good friends are all you need,” “All you need are credit cards, credit cards are all you need” etc.
YESTERDAY
And, for a simple introduction to the simple past, what better example than Paul McCartney´s melancholic song, Yesterday: “Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away, but not it looks as if they´re here to stay.” Here again you can build your own phrases: “Yesterday my life seemed so easy, but today it´s a disaster,” “Last year the economy looked good, but now it´s terrible,” “Three years ago Italy had the best team in the world, but that´s probably not true today.” The list goes on …
LET IT BE
McCartney also wrote the beautiful song, Let It Be. This was about his mother Mary, who died when Paul was a teenager in Liverpool. “Let It Be” was Ms. McCartney´s phrase for “Don´t worry,” but it is a rare example of the subjunctive in English. Other examples include the English national anthem, “God Save the Queen” and Star Wars, “May the Force Be With You,” but that´s another story …
Speak Up number 280
segunda-feira, 12 de dezembro de 2011
AN EASY QUIZ - ANSWERS
Hey everyone???
And now you can check your easy answers ... hehe!!!
1. How long did the Hundred Years´ War last?
116 years (from 1337 - 1453)
3. Which country makes Panama hats?
Ecuador
3. From which animal do we get catgut?
Sheep and horses
4. In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?
November
5. What is a camel hair brush made of?
Squirrel fur
6. The Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean are named after what animal?
dogs (the name comes from the Latin "Insula Canaria", meaning "island
of dogs")
7. What was King George VI´s first name?
Albert (if you got this one wrong, go and see the film The King´s
Speech)
8. What color is a purple finch?
Crimson
9. Where are Chinese grooseberries from?
New Zealand
10. What color is the black box in a commercial airplane?
Orange
So, how many correct answers did you get?
GLOSSARY:
catgut - categute (cordas de instrumentos musicais feitas de tripa animal
camel hair brush - escova de pelo de camelo
purple finch - tipo de pássaro vermelho, em inglês, violeta
Chinese grooseberries - kiwi
squirrel fur - pelo de esquilo
crimson - carmesim (tom de vermelho forte e brilhante)
Bye!!
And now you can check your easy answers ... hehe!!!
1. How long did the Hundred Years´ War last?
116 years (from 1337 - 1453)
3. Which country makes Panama hats?
Ecuador
3. From which animal do we get catgut?
Sheep and horses
4. In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?
November
5. What is a camel hair brush made of?
Squirrel fur
6. The Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean are named after what animal?
dogs (the name comes from the Latin "Insula Canaria", meaning "island
of dogs")
7. What was King George VI´s first name?
Albert (if you got this one wrong, go and see the film The King´s
Speech)
8. What color is a purple finch?
Crimson
9. Where are Chinese grooseberries from?
New Zealand
10. What color is the black box in a commercial airplane?
Orange
So, how many correct answers did you get?
GLOSSARY:
catgut - categute (cordas de instrumentos musicais feitas de tripa animal
camel hair brush - escova de pelo de camelo
purple finch - tipo de pássaro vermelho, em inglês, violeta
Chinese grooseberries - kiwi
squirrel fur - pelo de esquilo
crimson - carmesim (tom de vermelho forte e brilhante)
Bye!!
quinta-feira, 8 de dezembro de 2011
AN EASY QUIZ - JUST FOR FUN
This is probably the world´s easiest quiz. There are 10 questions and you need to get five right in order to pass.
Are you ready? Here it goes:
1. How long did the Hundred Years´ War last?
2. Which country makes Panama hats?
3.From which animal do we get catgut?
4. In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?
5. What is a camel hair brush made of?
6. The Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean are named after what animal?
7. What was King George VI´s first name?
8. What color is a purple finch?
9. Where do Chinese gooseberries come from?
10. What is the color of the black box in a commercial airplane?
GLOSSARY:
- cargut - categute (cordas de instrumentos musicais feitos de tripa animal)
- purple finch - tipo de pássaro vermelho (em inglês, violeta)
- Chinese gooseberries - kiwi
Don´t forget!! Check the answers next week.
Bye for now.
Fonte: Speak Up 290, October 2011.
Are you ready? Here it goes:
1. How long did the Hundred Years´ War last?
2. Which country makes Panama hats?
3.From which animal do we get catgut?
4. In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?
5. What is a camel hair brush made of?
6. The Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean are named after what animal?
7. What was King George VI´s first name?
8. What color is a purple finch?
9. Where do Chinese gooseberries come from?
10. What is the color of the black box in a commercial airplane?
GLOSSARY:
- cargut - categute (cordas de instrumentos musicais feitos de tripa animal)
- purple finch - tipo de pássaro vermelho (em inglês, violeta)
- Chinese gooseberries - kiwi
Don´t forget!! Check the answers next week.
Bye for now.
Fonte: Speak Up 290, October 2011.
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