Teacher: Giulia Schmidt
29/03/2018
28/03/2018
26/03/2018
I don’t care & I don’t mind
- I don't care
This indicates complete detachment and disinterest. It means that something is not important at all. You can do what you like, I don't care, it is nothing to me.
So, watch out! It may sound impolite depending on the context.
- I don't mind
This is a gentle statement indicating general assent. It is a quite polite way of expressing you have no preference, that something doesn't bother you, that you give your permission.
Now that you already know the difference between these two expressions, be careful while using them because they don’t mean the same.
Hope you like it! 
Teacher Nathalie
23/03/2018
A TED Talk to think about education in a context of civil war
It’s been seventeen years since Syrian live in an environment of civil war. Most of the news only focus on the ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) violent terrorist attacks and its daily victims. Due to this fact, we forget about the real necessities of people who live in this area.
In this Talk, Suzanne Kawamleh shares her interesting point of view about the importance of education for Syrian citizens, which she considers as vital as food and health in this context of war.
Teacher Mayda
22/03/2018
Movie Tip: Mary Magdalene
Set in the Holy Land in the first century C.E., a young woman leaves her small fishing village and traditional family behind to join a radical new social movement. At its head is a charismatic leader, Jesus of Nazareth (Joaquin Phoenix), who promises that the world is changing. Mary (Rooney Mara) is searching for a new way of living, and an authenticity that is denied her by the rigid hierarchies of the day. As the notoriety of the group spread and more are drawn to follow Jesus' inspirational message, Mary's spiritual journey places her at the heart of a story that will lead to the capital city of Jerusalem, where she must confront the reality of Jesus' destiny and her own place within it.
Watch the trailer:
Teacher Giulia Schmidt
21/03/2018
Umbrella manufacturing
In rainy days like those we had, it’s essential and is not a DIY tool, so here’s a video about how it’s made…
Teacher Talitha
19/03/2018
Coulda Woulda Shoulda
Have you ever heard it?
Let’s figure it out!
They are informal expressions that mean: could have, would have and should have.
They indicate possible conditions, which are called “wishful thinking”.
In the dictionary: “An expression of regret or disappointmentconcerning a statement, question, explanation, course of action, or occurrence involving hypothetical possibilities, uncertain facts, or missed opportunities.”
For example, we spend our days wondering if we had a lot of money, if we met our soul mate or if we studied instead of wasting time.
> Man, I wish I had bought Apple stock ten years ago.
> Shoulda, woulda, coulda.
Hope you like it!
Have you all a nice week 😉
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Teacher Nathalie
Suffixes and prefixes can help you to understand the meaning of words that you don’t know
Prefixes are groups of letters that we add to the beginning of a word to create a new word. On the other hand, suffixes have the same function, but we add them to the end of a word.
If we know the meaning of the commonest prefixes and suffixes, we can guess easily the meaning of a word.
For example, less is a common suffix that means without. If you read a word ending in less, you know that it means “without something”.
“There are many homeless living under the bridges in São Paulo.”
Homeless = without a home. Someone that doesn’t have a home.
Watch the video bellow by the channel English in Brasil by Karina Fragoso to learn more about common prefixes and suffixes.
Teacher Mayda
16/03/2018
Listening Exercise for Inter 2 Students
Watch the video below (from 5:50 to 6:09) and answer the following questions. You must handle it in the next class (20/03).
1) What is happening in the scene? Describe it.
2) Transcribe the line which has a tag question and specify if it sounds certain or uncertain.
3) What happened to the actress’ tone of voice when she said the tag question?
Teacher Giulia Schmidt
15/03/2018
14/03/2018
Steve Jobs: How to live before you die
This is one of his most famous speeches, check it out:
Also, it’s a very good website to practice English in general 😉
Teacher Luiz Fernando
A day of grief… In loving memory of Stephen Hawking
“Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak knits up the o-er wrought heart and bids it break.”
― William Shakespeare, Macbeth
What a sad day… Tributes poured in on Wednesday to Stephen Hawking, the brightest star in the firmament of science, whose insights shaped modern cosmology and inspired global audiences in the millions. He died at the age of 76 in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
In a statement that confirmed his death at home in Cambridge, Hawking’s children said: “We are deeply saddened that our beloved father passed away today. He was a great scientist and an extraordinary man whose work and legacy will live on for many years. His courage and persistence with his brilliance and humour inspired people across the world.
“He once said: ‘It would not be much of a universe if it wasn’t home to the people you love.’ We will miss him for ever.”
For fellow scientists and loved ones, it was Hawking’s intuition and wicked sense of humour that marked him out as much as the fierce intellect that, coupled with his illness, came to symbolise the unbounded possibilities of the human mind.
“Stephen was far from being the archetypal unworldy or nerdish scientist. His personality remained amazingly unwarped by his frustrations,” said Lord Rees, the astronomer royal, who praised Hawking’s half century of work as an “inspiring crescendo of achievement.” He added: “Few, if any, of Einstein’s successors have done more to deepen our insights into gravity, space and time.”
Today we all lost so much.
RIP
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Teacher Talitha
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