Free advice
Fred Tyler and George Appleby are neighbors. They meet by chance in the street on a Monday morning about 10:00.
George: Hi, Fred. What are you doing home, today ? Not sick, I hope.
Fred: No, nothing like that. I´m home for good. I retired last Friday.
George: Retired ! You´re not so old to retire.
Fred: Yes, I´m fifty. I began work when I was twenty.
George: What are you going to do with yourself now ?
Fred: Well, my wife has a list of things form me to do around the house.
George: Yes, I know... fix the sink in the bathroom, build some storage shelves, clean the attic...
Fred: Yes, those are all on the list. But how did you know it ?
George: All women make out lists like that when their husbands retire. If you listen to her, you´ll be working all the time.
Fred: Yes, you´re quite right.
George: Now, what you have to do, Fred, is take up gardening.
Fred: But I don´t like garden.
George: Well, you´ll need to do something to get out of the house and get some exercise.
Fred: I like to fish.
George: No exercise in that, Fred. Tell you what. We´ll take some long hikes together - starting tomorrow. I´ll see you at sim a.m., Fred, and we´ll start your retirement the right way. So long. (George walks away)
Fred: (to himself) My gosh ! I didn´t know retirement would be so hard. I´ll be too busy doing the things my family and my friends want me to do. If this keeps up, I´ll have to get another job and go back to work again to have some peace.
Vocabulary
Free - De graça / Grátis
Advice - Conselho
By chance - Por acaso
To hope (ed) - Esperar / Ter esperança
Like that - Assim / Como esse
Nothing like that - Nada disso
For good - Para sempre / Permanentemente
To retire (ed) - Aposentar-se
Retirement - Aposentadoria
Yourself - Você mesmo
Sink - Pia
Storage - Depósito
Shelf (pl. - shelves) - Prateleira
Attic - Sótão
To make out - Fazer / Escrever
Quite - Totalmente / Bastante
To take up - Dedicar-se a / Recomeçar
Gardening - Jardinagem
To garden (ed) - Jardinar
To get out (of) - Sair de
To get exercise - Fazer exercício
To get a job - Arrumar / Conseguir emprego
Hike - Caminhada
To take hikes - Fazer caminhadas
a.m - da manhã (horas até o meio-dia)
p.m - da tarde/noite ( horas depois do meio-dia)
So long - Até logo
To walk (ed) away - Ir embora a pé
Gosh - Deus (eufemismo)
Hard - Difícil / Duro
Too - Demais
Busy - Ocupado
To keep up - Continuar
To go back - Voltar
Peace - Paz
Testing Comprehension and Vocabulary
1. Escreva ou complete as respostas de acordo com o texto:
a) Where do Fred Tyler and George Appleby live ?
b) When do they meet ?
c) Was Fred home only that day ? No, Fred was home __________________________.
d) How old is Fred ?
e) When did he begin work ?
f) What does Fred´s wife want him to do around the house ? She wants him to_____ ________________________________________________________________
g) What will Fred be doing if he listens to his wife ? He will be________________
_______________________________________________________________
h) What does George first suggest ? George first suggest that Fred should ______
_________________________________________________________________
i) What does Fred says to this ? Fred says that ____________________________
j) What does Fred like to do ?
k) What does George finally decide ? He decides that they will _________________
____________________________________________________________________
l) In the end what is Fred´s opinion about retirement ? He didn´t think it __________
________________________________________________________________
m) What does Fred finally decide to do ? He decides to _________________________
____________________________________________________________________
2. Preencha as orações abaixo com as seguintes palavras do texto:
make take listen chance like good keep go
a) She wants to ___________ back to work after she has her baby.
b) Children often say things______________that.
c) He decided to ______________up art after he had retired.
d) They met by _______________at the party last night.
e) I have to ____________________ out a list of things to buy at the grocer´s.
f) If you ___________________ up the quarrel, I will call Mum.
g) He says that he is leaving the country for __________________.
h) If they _______________ to their wives, they will be working all the time.
3. Assinale F (false) para as orações erradas e T (true) para as corretas de acordo com o texto;
a) ____ Fred and George planned to meet in the street on Monday morning.
b) ____ Fred was home because he had retired.
c) ____ Fred was home because he was sick.
d) ____ George didn´t believe Fred was so old to retire.
e) ____ Fred had worked for twenty years before he retired.
f) ____ George had made out a list of things that Fred should do after retirement.
g) ____ George thinks that all women wnat their husbands to work around the house after retirement.
h) ____ Fred thinks that George is wrong about this.
i) ____ George thinks that Fred needs some exercise.
j) ____ George thinks that fishing is good exercise.
k) ____ George and Fred will meet early in the morning to go for a walk.
l) ____ Fred believes that after his retirement he will finally have some peace with his family and friends.
4. Escreva o antônimo para cada palavra abaixo. Escolha entre as seguintes palavras do texto:
by chance old clean busy long hard right sick
a) easy b) short c) on purpose d) wrong
5. Escreva o sinônimo para cada palavra abaixo. Escola entre as seguintes palavras do texto;
sick for good fix go back hike so long keep up quite
a) repair b) return c) ill d) walk e) good-bye f) totally g) go on h) forever
6. Responda as perguntas:
a) You do this in water _________________
b) A sport played with a racket and ball on a court _______________
c) You ride in this on water ___________________
d) A walk through the woods
e) You do this on water or snow ________________
f) Callisthenics_________________
g) You do this on ice or a floor______________(ice or roller)
h) Ride a ________________(rhymes with like)
SPECIAL DIFFICULTIES
Advise x Advice
To advise significa aconselhar, recomendar
Advice é o substantivo conselho, recomendação
Exemplos;
George tried to advise Fred.
George said to Fred, "take my advice".
Hope x Wait x Expect
To hope significa esperar, ter esperança, confiança. Hope também pode ser usado como substantivo.
To wair (for) significa esperar, ficar onde está, não agir até que algo ocorra ou alguém / algo apareça. Wait pode também ser usado como substantivo.
To expect significa esperar, estar na expectativa de, acreditar, achar que algo vai acontecer
Exemplos;
The doctor is the hope of the family.
We hope he will help us.
We usually wait for the bus here.
Yesterday we had a long wait.
We are expecting a letter from her.
Listen x Hear
To listen significa escutar, prestar atenção. Usa-se a preposição to quando o verbo é seguido de objeto.
To hear significa ouvir, perceber o som com os ouvidos.
Exemplos:
Listen to me; I´m talking to you.
I couldn´t hear you well on the phone.
Exercícios
1. Preencha as oraçoes abaixo com as palavras advise, advice, hope, wait, expect, listen e hear nas formas adequadas.
a) What do you __________me to do ? I always take your _______________.
b) He is _______________for me at the bus station. I _____________that I´m not late.
c) He was ______________to the radio when he ____________his mother calling him.
d) It´s our_____________to see you again soon.
e) Did you ________________the news about his retirement ?
f) The teacher_______________her students to do their homework correctlu because they are very intelligent.
g) Mrs. Brownis _____________________a baby.
h) _______________to me. I need some _______________from you.
PERSONAL PRONOUNS
Os personal pronouns são usados no subjetive case quando representam o sujeito ativo da oração.
Veja a explicação no vídeo abaixo
Os personal pronouns são usados no objetive case quando representam quaisquer outras funções sintáticas na oração, exceto a de sujeito. Geralmente essas funções são as de objeto direto e indireto. Sua posição é depois de verbos e preposições.
Assista ao vídeo abaixo e compare com os pronomes pessoais, mas agora no objetive case
Veja as diferenças
Subjetive case
I
YOU
HE
SHE
IT
WE
YOU
THEY
Peter is a good boy. He is my son.
Peter and I will be friends forever.
Objetive case
ME
YOU
HIM
HER
IT
US
YOU
THEM
Peter has friends. He sees them at school every day.
He goes out with them on Saturdays.
Come with Peter and me to the party.
Exercícios
1. Reescreva as orações abaixo, substituindo as palavras grifadas por personal pronouns.
a) Answer the door for his wife, please.
b) Finish your dinner, Peter.
c) The manager of the hotel is nice.
d) The soup tastes of soap.
e) The ladies were astonished to find the man playing chess against his dog.
f) When the gentleman got in, the windows were open so he shut the windows.
g) Mary went upstairs when her husband left for work.
h) Put the broom in the cupboard.
i) You and Alice will be good wives.
j) What can I do for you and Alice ?
2. Forme frases usando personal pronouns. Siga o exemplo:
This is Bill´s dinner. (take / to)
Take it to him.
These are Carol´s shoes. (clean /for)
Clean them for her.
a) That is my car. (Drive / for)
b) This is Tommy´s chess game. (play / against)
c) That is our money. (bring / to)
d) That is my parents' newspaper. (read / for)
e) These are the lady´s clothes. (wash / for)
f) These are the boy´s butterflies. (return / to)
3. Assinale a forma correta:
a) I often talk to (his) (him) on the bus.
b) They usually meet (us) (we) at school.
c) He always says good-bye to (my) (me) when (him) (he) leaves.
d) We live far from (them) (their) house.
e) The teacher encouraged (us) (our) to a have a hobby.
f) These butterflies belong to (they) (them).
g) Peter and (they) (them) walk to school with (I) (me) every day.
h) I will show (she) (her) (my) (me) new bathrobe.
i) The children took (them) (their) pencils to school but didn´t bring (them) (their) back.
j) (Him) (His) hair is dirty. He will wash (its) (it) this afternoon.
REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS
Singular
My + self = Myself
Your + self = Yourself
Him + self = Himself
Her + self = Herself
It + self = Itself
Plural
Our + selves = Ourselves
Your + selves = Yourselves
Them + selves = Themselves
One + self = Oneself
The girl burned her little brother this morning.
↓ ↓
sujeito objeto
↑---pessoas diferentes------↑
The girl burned herself this morning.
↓ ↓
sujeito objeto
↑--mesma pessoa------↑
One likes to enjoy oneself. (Qualquer um gosta de se divertir)
Exercícios
1. Responda às perguntas abaixo, substituindo o objeto por um reflexive pronoun. Siga o exemplo.
Did the girl burn her brother´s finger ?
No, she burned herself that day.
a) Did the barber shave the gentleman ?
No, ________________that day.
b) Did the lady cut the meat with her knife ?
No, ___________________with the knife that day.
c) Did the children wash the car ?
No, __________________that day.
d) Did you take care of the kids ?
No, I ____________________that day.
e) Did I encourage my husband to drink ?
No, you ___________________drink that day.
f) Did you see the men in the mirror ?
No, we ______________in the mirror that day.
g) Did the dog hurt you ?
No, it ____________________that day.
h) Did we blame the boy for the accident ?
No, you ________________for the accident that day.
EMPHASIZING PRONOUNS
Veja os exemplos abaixo
Tom himself opened the door. Tom opened the door himself.
↕
emphasizing
pronoun
We ourselves gave the money to Betty last night.
↕
emphasizing
pronoun
We gave the money to Betty ourselves last night.
Os emphasizing pronouns (pronomes enfáticos) são iguais, na forma, aos reflexive pronouns. Entretanto, eles não são usados como objeto da oração, mas sim para enfatizar um substantivo ou pronome a que se referem. Os emphasizing pronouns podem aparecer imediatamente após a palavra que enfatizam ou após o objeto da oração.
She did the work by herself. We went to Europe by ourselves.
A expressão by + emphasizing pronoun significa sozinho, sem ajuda de.
Exercícios
1. Preencha com emphasizing pronouns
a) We took a trip around the world by __________________.
b) Mother ______________made clothes for the children.
c) I answered the question __________________.
d) The pupils did the exercises by __________________.
e) Our relatives helped this sick man __________________.
f) The milkman _____________used to bring the bottles into the kitchen.
g) Finish the work__________________. Don´t ask your mother to help you, boys, says the teacher.
2. Verifique a alternativa correta;
1. Is this house_________? Yes, it belongs to _________. I__________built it with _________own money.
a) your / me / me / mine
b) yours / my / myself / mine
c) your / me / itself / mine
d) yours / me / myself / my
2. The girls _____________were cleaning the house.
a) them
b) theirs
c) themselves
d) herself
3. He took his girl with _________to the party last night.
a) herself
b) him
c) his
d) he
4. One likes to enjoy___________sometimes.
a) himself
b) itself
c) its
d) oneself
5. They told_________ what __________had done all by______________.
a) our / them / themselves
b) ourselves / they / theirs
c) us / they / themselves
d) us / them / them
6. Mary _______________was sitting between Alice and ______________.
a) herself / me
b) her / I
c) herself / I
d) myself / her
7. Alice and _________ will be at your house tonight. We´ll go by____________.
a) me / ourselves
b) mine / myself
c) I / ourserves
d) I / ours
8. Show __________ ___________ house, Fred. I also want to see the sink that you fixed all by _______________.
a) me / his / himself
b) I / your / itself
c) me / his / themselves
d) me / your / yoursef
9. The teacher said to her pupils, Behave ____________kids!
a) yourself
b) himself
c) themselves
d) yourselves
10. The town _____________is not bad, but________________houses are all old.
a) herself / their
b) itself / its
c) himself / his
d) itself / their
Increase your vocabulary and have fun
Bob´s map of Europe was so beautifully drawn that his teacher became suspicious.
- Bob, (she said) - This mas deserves an A plus - but are you sure that no one helped you with it ?
- Oh, no (Bob replied) - No one helped me with the map.
- Come, now (said the teacher) - Are you sure that your father didn´t help you just a little bit ?
- Oh, no, Miss White (replied Bob), - My father didn´t help me, he did it all by himself.
E para finalizar a aula de hoje vamos ouvir uma música relativo ao tema:
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Be Yourself
Someone falls to pieces
Sleeping all alone
Someone kills the pain
Spinning in the silence
To finally drifts away
Someone gets excited
In a chapel yard
Catches a bouquet
Another lays a dozen
White roses on a grave
(yeah)
And be yourself is all
that you can do
(yeah)
To be yourself is all
that you can do
Someone finds salvation
in everyone
And another only pain
Someone tries to hide
himself
Down inside himself he
prays
Someone swears his true
love
Until the end of time
Another runs away
Separate or united?
Healthy or insane?
And be yourself is all
that you can do
(All that you can do)
To be yourself is all
that you can do
(All that you can do)
To be yourself is all
that you can do
(All that you can do)
To be yourself is all
that you can do
Even when you've paid
enough,
Been pulled apart
Or been held up
With every single memory
of
The good or bad
Faces of love
Don't lose any sleep
tonight
I'm sure everything will
end up alright
You may win or lose
But to be yourself is all
that you can do
(Yeah)
To be yourself is all
that you can do
(Oh)
To be yourself is all
that you can do
(All that you can do)
To be yourself is all
that you can do
(All that you can do)
To be yourself is all
that you can
Be yourself is all that
you can
Be yourself is all that
you can do
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Ser Você Mesmo
Alguém cai aos pedaços
Dormindo sozinho
Alguém mata a dor
Girando no silêncio
Pra finalmente ir pra longe
Alguém se excita
Numa capela
Apanha um buquê
Outro coloca uma dúzia
De rosas brancas sobre um túmulo
(yeah)
Ser você mesmo é tudo o que pode fazer
(yeah)
Ser você mesmo é tudo o que pode fazer
Alguém encontra salvação
Em todo mundo
Outro, apenas dor
Alguém tenta se esconder
Por dentro ele reza
Alguém jura verdadeiro amor
Até o fim dos tempos
Outro, foge
Separados ou juntos
Saudáveis ou loucos
Ser você mesmo é tudo o que pode fazer
(tudo o que pode fazer)
Ser você mesmo é tudo o que pode fazer
(tudo o que pode fazer)
Ser você mesmo é tudo o que pode fazer
(tudo o que pode fazer)
Ser você mesmo é tudo o que pode fazer
Mesmo tendo pago o suficiente
Tendo rompido
Sendo impedido
Toda simples memória
Boa ou Má
Traços de amor
Não perca o sono essa noite
Tenho certeza de que tudo terminará bem
Você pode ganhar ou perder Mas ser você mesmo é tudo o que pode fazer
(Yeah)
Ser você mesmo é tudo o que pode fazer
(oh)
Ser você mesmo é tudo o que pode fazer
(tudo o que pode fazer)
Ser você mesmo é tudo o que pode fazer
(tudo o que pode fazer)
Ser você mesmo é tudo o que pode
Ser você mesmo é tudo o que pode
Ser você mesmo é tudo o que pode fazer
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