Englishando

DOWN, DOWN, DOWN....

2009-11-02T09:31:00.001-08:00

Hey people! Here I'm again...(moment to feel sorry).
Today I don't want to write(why Am I here then?), so I will just put a video with the most epensive TV scene ever made. It's from the 10th season of CSI AND It's AWESOME!
ENJOY IT:
HERE
See you soon...

2009-10-14T11:03:00.000-07:00

Hey! How're you guys(?) doing??
Today the tip is very practical. It's very usefull when you are talking in english on MSN or when you are reading some informal texts.
Like in Brazil, the americans have their msn slangs. One example from Brazil is : Vc(você),Tc(teclar)-alguém use isso ainda?-, Bj(Beijo), Fds(fim de semana) and many others.
In US they have it too, and here are some examples

AFAIK = do inglês “As Far AS I Know”. Tradução – Tanto quanto eu sei
AFK = do inglês “Away From The Keyboard”. Tradução – Longe do computador
ASL = do inglês Age, Sex, Location. Tradução – Idade, Sexo, Localização
BBL = do inglês “Be back later”. Tradução – Volto mais tarde !
OMG = do inglês “Oh My God”. Tradução – Oh Meu Deus
IMO = do inglês “In My Opinion”. Tradução – Na minha opinião
U = do inglês “you”. Tradução – tu
CU = do inglês see you [later]. Tradução – até [mais] logo.
FAQ = do inglês Frequently Answered Questions. Tradução – Respostas às perguntas mais frequentes.
LOL = Abreviatura do inglês “Loughing Out Loud”, que em português se pode traduzir por “Rir às gargalhadas”
MOFO = do inglês Mother Fucker. Tradução – Filho da mãe.

I liked it a lot...they are very creative, aren't they?
I coundn't help laugh of and use the MOFO one....
If you want to see more of those...jus click THERE -----> =D
I saw it on the website ENGLISH EXPERTS, which I've already talked about HERE
That is it...BBL! ;]

2009-10-10T14:55:00.000-07:00

Hey people!
Here I'm again....=D
Today I just want to pad it out....so....let's make a balance about this year until now.
It run too much fast, don't you think??
Seems like yesterday my life was one thing and now, suddenly, everything has changed...
School is almost over, my driver lincense almost coming, PAS, university, Barack Obama winning Nobel prize =P....
And this is just my "work" life....don't mention my emotional and spiritual...
I never thought my eithteen's would be so dramatic...
Well, but life is great and I'm alive, so good BYE(not forever)!
Best wishes for all of you...
See you soon...

2009-10-09T12:00:00.000-07:00

Hey Ladys and Gentleman! How are you??
I'm Ok! Today I want to give you a tip to improve your english: TRANSLATING MUSIC.
It's a wonderful way to learn because everybody likes music and it's a fun way to learn. And it is effective because you practice your understanding, your reading, your listenig AND your vocabulary!
I have to admit that this year I haven't done that pretty much....I think I have only translated 1 or 2 lyrics... shame on me.
But last year I translated a few more and I can say that it's very effective. It helps you a lot...
You can either translate a music from english or translate a portuguese music to english.
I advice you to choose easy musics to understand. Don't start with complicated musics.
A music that I like a lot and it's easy to understand is "LUCKY" from Jason Mraz and Colbie Caliet. It's a great and easy music!
You probably know Jason Mraz from "I'm Yours" because it was a hit last year. If you like this music(I'm yours) and want to translate it, make sure that you CAN translate, otherwise you may be frustated, because this lyric is very difficult.
For those who like Miley Cyrus I advice "The Climb" which is very easy.

Another good thing to do is tranlate news from newspapers, online newspapers and etc. I used to it do a lot too, but this year I'm really lazy...don't follow me on that. ;]
It's very good because it forces you to understand the meaning of the text and teaches you to find the best way to write the same thing in portuguese, or in english, dependind on what language you are translating.

Well, I'm really enjoying to write, but I think this is enough.
See you around....
;;;]]]

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2009-09-23T18:33:00.000-07:00

Hay you guys! ;]
Today I have nothing to say about....any subject. So, I'm going to pad it out(encher linguiça).
The last two weeks were vey busy for me. I had many things to do.
In school I had to read a book about the period of dictatorship in Brazil. It is a good book, but the language doesnt help much and there are too many pages. I also had to read O Manifesto Comunista, from Marx and Engels.
In my english class I had to read(again!) a book named Jane Eyre....it's not the best thing, but it's not good either.
And besides all that I was having my license classes, which were super cool by the way.
Well, that's it. I'm going to sleep now because tomorrow I have a test about the history book.
C you....Bye.

X-men Origins: Wolwerine

2009-09-14T12:19:00.000-07:00

That's right, I'm going to talk about the movie X men Origins: Wolwerine.
I'm not a movie critic, but I'm going to give my impressions about it.
I know, I know...the movie is kind of old, but is certainly gold ;]
I've decided to talk about this movie because before I've watched many people (acctualy everybody) told me the movie was not good or was so so.
But luckly I didn't hear and I watched it.
But first let me introduce you to the plot.
In this movie there's no X-men, just Wolwerine and some other Mutants. Like the name says it's a Wolwerine movie, and that is it.
Now my impressions:
I didn't think it would be great, but for my surprise it was, and it was better then the X-men movies.
There's many action and the special effects are beautifull. The actors fit and the script is very good.
And for those who know wolwerine from the comics, the history, I've heard, is faithful.
Well, the tip has been given. If you like good action movies with good actors and good script, you MUST see it.

Bye....see you soon....
off...

YAPPR???

2009-09-12T17:49:00.000-07:00

Hey people! Here I'm again, and again I want to give you a tip.
Today the tip is a website named YAPPR. I know it sounds strange, but the site is very good.
This site has a lot of options for those who want to learn english. It has videos to be translated by users, translations to be aproved by users and videos with subtitles in portuguese and other languages.
That's right, it's a site where you can translate and put your translation on the internet!!
The only problem is that to watch most of the videos you have to pay, but it's cheap and some videos are for free. Everything else is for free.
Do I have to say anything else??
Yes, I have.... the site is here

I'm Back

2009-09-11T20:15:00.000-07:00

Hey, I'm back in business baby!
After almost a year I decided to get back, and I hope to stay for a long time, because as I know practicing is indispensable to learn a language.
For this first post I would like to give a tip for those who want to learn english as I do.

If you want something new and pleasure to learn english I introduce you "Speak up". It is a national maganize made for people who want to improve or learn english. It's a excellent way of learning, because it has a Cd rom with all reports, a glossary wiht the translation of some words more difficult and some games.
Beside that all the reports are really interesting. They talk about movies, internet, tecnology, music, etc...
And they also have a Twitter. If you don't know what it is, it's like a blog, but you only can write a few caracters(words). People basically say what they are doing at the moment.
If know and you want to follow them, here's the link.

Tipgiven(ficadica).

Vacation....Sweet vacation....

2008-12-10T13:10:00.000-08:00

Ahhhhh, Thanks God It's Vacation!! It's great, but was just me who thought this year went too much fast?? I almost coudn´t see it! Maybe because it was very good for me...I won't forgget this year, this is for sure.
But, as I already said, thanks god I'm in vacation! Despite this year was good, it was pretty tiring too. Too much school, obligations, etc, etc....
My plans to this vacation are just to relax....stay at home, watch movies, sleep,gym(not the drink), internet, food, family, etc, etc.....
Well, I guess this is it! bYE!

WONDERS.......

2008-12-03T15:38:00.000-08:00

What a chaotic world!
We live in a world which has too much information and tecnology(not claiming of this) and we badly note the beauty and the greatness of nature(claiming of this!).
A lot of people are so stressed and bored that they clog themselves with medicine to feel better. But they badly know that(in some cases) this remedys can be change by another : just enjoy the nature and life.
A simple look at the sky can save thousands of people. Of course that is not for everybody, but it seems to be pretty good for me.

VC É UM ENGLISH EXPERT?

2008-10-19T12:07:00.000-07:00

Bom, este post eu vou escrever em português, mas ele tem tudo a ver com inglês, principalmente se você está buscando aprender ou aperfeiçoar a língua Inglesa.
Todos sabem que existem muitas maneiras de aprender inglês, seja por cursinho, lendo livros, morando em um país que fale inglês e também pela internet. E é exatamente sobre essa última opção que vou falar.
Existem por aí muitos sites em inglês nos quais você pode praticar e aprender um pouco, mas poucos deles oferecem as regras gramaticais, a maneira de usar palavras, dicas de palavras, expressões em inglês, e ainda de forma eficiente.
Calma! Podem ter poucos, mas há! E um deles se chama English Experts, um site usado por milhares de pessoas e que tem ajudado a todas á dar um passo a mais na busca pelo conhecimento do inglês.
Esse site é escrito por várias pessoas, mas todas já fluentes no inglês, e algumas até moram em países cujo a língua oficial é o inglês.
Certamente vc não irá aprender tudo lá, mas com certeza irá crescer bastante na sua maneira de entender o inglês.
Várias pessoas já deram seu testemunho sobre o site, dizendo que é excelente e que cresceram muito depois de começarem a visitá-lo.
Mas, como tudo na vida, nada é perfeito. Um ponto fraco do site é a falta de dicas de livros, sejam em português ou em inglês, deixando alguns leitores sem um referencial. E também poderiam escrever mais textos em inglês, e não tantos em português como tem sido feito.
Mas fica aí a dica para os escritores. ;)

Se você ta curioso e quer visitar o site, dá uma entrada aí e vê English Experts

NEWS!! or OLDS??

2008-07-14T11:10:00.000-07:00

Other day I was Watching the news when I saw something stranger and choking at the same time. If you're here in Brazil you probably have seen or heared something about the boy João, who was kill by two militaries. That's right, two militaries!!
Beyond the murder by it self, what let me really angry was the fact that the police in Rio (where are a puch of bad guys and drug dealers) usually haven't done something about or arrested the guilty ones, instead of this they've killed the good citizens with NO REASON!
And to complete the all mess, today I saw other notice showing many other cases like this all over Brazil. At least I hope the guilts would be arrest.
Of course I can´t generalize, but something is really wrong.
What's going on with the Brazil's Justice?
If you didn't see this notice or don't have any idea of what I'm talking about, click HERE .

Starting From the Begin

2008-07-12T12:24:00.000-07:00

Hey Guys!
My name is Guilherme, and I've created this blog to practise my english. Here I'm going to give my opinion about news, movies, music and everything is going on in the world and everything I like.
If you see something wrong in my ortography don't reclaim, but try to help me.
That's All!!