Hello, everybody. Obrigada pelos comentários sobre o formato diferente do episódio da semana passada! Muitos de vocês provavelmente não sabem disso ainda, mas eu utilizo muito esse formato no Curso Básico – explico, dou exemplo, pergunto, dou mais exemplo, falo de novo, apresento mais uma atividade, etc. É um formato de que gosto muito, já que facilita a compreensão e favorece a exposição repetida do aluno ao conteúdo de inglês. Acredito que a opinião geral foi positiva – de vez em quanto, então, teremos um desses ;)

Agora, sobre o episódio de hoje: muita gente viu o título e imaginou que o episódio será sobre a expressão So what?, que é traduzida, sim, como “E daí?”. Só que não é apenas sobre essa expressão que vou falar. É também sobre uma outra, com o verbo care, que pode ser traduzida como “E daí?” também. Read on :)

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So today let’s talk about an expression that could be translated as “E daí?” I’m not talking about So what? although that is a great expression as well, and it does mean “E daí?” When someone says to you “I love my new shoes but I’m not going to wear them tonight because… they’re too colorful”. Yeah, let’s say your friend Joanna is hesitant to wear her new shoes because they’re too colorful and shiny and she’s worried people will talk. You guys are going to the theater tonight, let’s say it’s a formal event, and most people will be dressed in black. Your friend Joanna has these new red and yellow shoes that she’s dying to wear, but she’s concerned that people will talk.

So you just say to her “So what? Who cares if people talk? Just put on your new shoes and enjoy them”. Who cares? I don’t care. Do you care? Who cares if people talk about your shoes? Don’t worry about what other people will think. If you feel like wearing your new, colorful shoes tonight, just go ahead and wear them, and enjoy them! And Joanna asks “What if people talk?” And you tell her “Let them talk! At least you’re giving them something to talk about”. Who cares if they talk?

So you’re a girl and you have been invited to a party tonight and you think your dresses aren’t good enough for the party? If you really wanna go, I’ll bet some of your friends would say “Who cares? Just go anyway”. Now, there are some places that really do require we dress appropriately, as a form of being respectful. I guess showing up to a wedding in bermuda shorts and flip-flops would be disrespectful in most cases. In other cases, however, it is ok to dress following your own style or with a bit of character. It all depends on the situation, I guess. What is your opinion on the subject? I think some situations, or events, are more flexible than others. What I know is, I once went to an event where all the women – that’s right, all the women – were wearing night gowns, and I was wearing pants. That’s right, I didn’t have a night dress at the time and my date said to me “So what? Who cares? Just put on your black pants and no one will notice”.