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Hello, everyone!

O podcast de hoje é sobre another, the other, others. Ouça como dizer:

* Esses são assim, os outros são de outro jeito

* Eu quero mais um (um outro) café

* Vou precisar de mais 3 dias para terminar isso

Transcrição

Hi! This is Ana Luiza and you’re listening to inglesonline podcast. To read the transcript of this audio, go to inglesonline.com.br and type “Como digo em inglês: um outro, os outros” into the search box.

So last week Adriana sent me a question about another, other, others and the others, and I thought it would be a good idea to talk about that in a podcast.

So let me start with another. I guess the most common way to use another is when we say another one, or another person, another car, another woman, etc. Another is basically the same as “um outro” or “uma outra” in Portuguese. In many cases, it means “one more”.

Example, I’ll have another cup of coffee, thanks. That means you’ve already had one or more cups of coffee, and you want to have one more cup of coffee. Like, one more cup of coffee in addition to the cups that you have already had. So you say, I’ll have another cup of coffee.

Sometimes it simply means “um outro” or “uma outra”, like in Portuguese. Example: People have different opinions about television. One popular opinion is, television is just entertainment. Another opinion is, television isn’t a good thing. In this case I could have said “Another one is, television isn’t a good thing” because it was clear that “one” corresponds to opinion, so it means another opinion. Another opinion is, another one is.

There’s a way to use another that doesn’t correspond exactly to the way we use “um outro” or “uma outra”. I’ll give an example: I haven’t finished my report yet. I’ll probably need another 3 days to finish it. You could think of it as “another period of 3 days”, but it’s common to say another 3 days. Another example, one more example: I’ve spent 200 dollars on my site but it still doesn’t work. I’ll have to spend another three hundred dollars to make it work. So, this may sound strange to our Brazilian ears at first, but you’ll get used to it.

So when do you use “the other”, instead of another? Well… that’s actually simple. Think of how you choose between “um outro” and “o outro” in Portuguese. You say “o outro” when you know which “outro” you are talking about. That’s “the other”. So, let’s say, if you have a blue shirt and an orange shirt in front of you and someone asks you, do you want to wear the orange shirt? You could say, no, I want the other shirt. I want the other one, or I want the other shirt. If you wanted some other shirt, but you didn’t know which shirt exactly you wanted, you could say, I want another shirt, or I want another one.

So, more examples. My cousins like horror movies. The other people in my family like comedies. Here, I’m saying “the other people in my family”. It’s very well defined, I’m kind of including the entire group of other people in my family. I’m saying “the other people”. If I said, instead, “My cousins like horror movies. Other people in my family like comedies”. Here, i’m saying that there are people in my family who like comedies. Other people. Maybe some people in my family like comedies, but not all the other people.

Another example, one more example: At my friend’s dinner there was a vegetarian dish. The other dishes included meat. The other dishes. That communicates all other dishes. If I said, “There was a vegetarian dish.

Hello, everyone!

O podcast de hoje fala de algumas expressões idiomáticas. Ouça como dizer:

* É de família

* falar rapidinho com alguém

* Pare de enrolar, de fazer rodeio

Transcrição

Hi, this is Ana Luiza with a new episode of inglesonline podcast. To read the transcript for this podcast go to inglesonline.com.br and type Como digo em inglês: é de família into the search box. This podcast was published on January 30, 2010.

So today I was thinking about some idioms, or idiomatic expressions that I heard or used recently. Here’s one of them: something that runs in the family. That means something that several members of a family share in common. It can be anything, really. It can be a personality trait, or a physical trait, some kind of behavior. So for example: in my case, thick hair runs in the family. My mother has thick hair, and it’s the same with me and my sister. We all have thick hair, so we say that thick hair runs in the family.

I remember when Julia Roberts, the actress, was pregnant and she announced that she was expecting twins. And I remember that she said that twins run in the family. So that means that other people in her family have had twins, maybe she has relatives who are twins… so twins run in the family.

Another expression I want to talk about is touch base. When I worked in sales, my boss would sometimes call me in the middle of the day and she would say, Ana, I just wanted to touch base with you and see how you’re doing. So for example when you call someone and say that you want to touch base with this person it means that you want to make contact, you want to talk to this person briefly, maybe to see how he or she is doing, maybe to let this person know about some change of plans, or just to make some contact.

For example, I usually touch base with my sister via email or Skype. Oh, and in case you’re curious, touch base is an expression that comes from baseball, the sport. And here’s another expression that I have been hearing a lot recently: beating around the bush. When someone is beating around the bush, this person is not saying things in a very direct way. This person is being indirect or vague because maybe they are afraid to say what they really think about something, or they don’t want to hurt someone else’s feelings. You will usually hear people say “Stop beating around the bush” or “Quit beating around the bush”, which means stop being vague, you know, say what you really mean, say what you really think. So, stop beating around the bush and be direct.

So what are your examples? What runs in your family? When was the last time you asked someone to stop beating around the bush?

Talk to you next time.

 

Key expressions:

* It runs in the family (é de família)

* to touch base (fazer um contato com alguém, geralmente breve, a respeito de alguma coisa)

* beating around the bush (dando volta, fazendo rodeio, sendo indireto)

 

Glossary

personality trait = característica de personalidade

briefly = rapidamente

be vague = ser vago

 

What runs in your family?

Hello, everyone!

O podcast de hoje é sobre uma expressão com TAKE. Ouça como dizer:

* Eu demorei quatro horas para ler esse livro

* Quanto tempo demorou para você (fazer alguma coisa)?

* Demore o quanto quiser, não tenha pressa

Transcrição

Hi, this is Ana Luiza of inglesonline.com.br and here’s another episode of the inglesonline podcast. To get a transcript of this episode, go to inglesonline.com.br and look up the post Como digo em inglês: demorou um tempo, published on January 12, 2010. You can use the search box to look up a post. Just type in the title, in the search box, and hit Enviar.

Today I’m going to talk about a couple of ways to use the word TAKE. So there are many many different ways to use take, there are several phrasal verbs, idiomatic expressions, slang expressions that use take, so here I’m going to focus first on this kind of situation… I’m going to give you an example: My sister moved to Italy a few years ago and she didn’t speak Italian when she first got there. She had to study Italian for about one year and a half before she was able to speak fluently.

So here’s how I’m going to say this: it took her 18 months (eighteen, that’s 1, 8) so it took her eighteen months to become fluent in Italian. It took her about one year and a half, right, eighteen months, one year and a half. It took her about one year and a half to really speak Italian fluently.

Here’s another example: some time ago I had a car and I used to drive everywhere. If I needed to go to the pharmacy just around the block, I would drive. If I had to go to the bank which was, like, two blocks away, I would drive. So one day I sold my car, and during the first couple of weeks after I sold my car, I had to get used to being a pedestrian again. You know, look both ways before crossing a street… Making sure I had everything I needed in my pocket before I left the house and so on. So I could say it took me a couple of weeks to get used to being a pedestrian again, or even it took me a while, this is a very common expression, it took me a while, it took me a while to get used to being a pedestrian again. So, whenever someone asks you, How long did it take you to do something? You can answer, Well, it took me a week, it took me three hours, it took me a year to do this. For example it took me four hours to read this book. That means that I read the entire book in four hours.

So what are your examples of how long it took you to do something? There’s no rush here, take your time. Take your time means, you can think about this question and come back tomorrow to post your answer, or you can come back next week, or next month… It doesn’t matter how long it takes you to answer this question. Take your time.

Talk to you soon.

 

Key expressions:

* It took me (a year to do something), It took her (18 months to speak Italian)

* It took me a while

* How long did it take you (to do something)?

* Take your time

 

Glossary

just around the block = ali na esquina, super perto

I had to get used to being = eu tive que me acostumar a ser

look both ways = olhar para os dois lados

making sure = ter/tendo certeza que

it took me a while = levou um tempo pra eu… Eu demorei um tempo para…

whenever = sempre que

there’s no rush = não tem pressa

 

Estou esperando as respostas de vocês! How long did it take you to do… something?

Hello, all!

Aqui vem mais um podcast, dessa vez falando sobre a palavra DOUBT. Ouça e veja como dizer coisas assim:

* Eu tenho uma dúvida.

* Quando você não tiver certeza…

* Sem sombra de dúvida.

Transcrição

Hi, this is Ana Luiza with a new episode of inglesonline podcast. To read the transcription of this podcast, go to inglesonline.com.br and look up the post Como digo em inglês: eu duvido, posted on December 21st 2009.

Today I’m going to talk about the word doubt, d o u b t, and a few common ways to use this word. The inspiration came from… You guessed it, Twitter. What can I say? I love Twitter.

So this word, doubt, came up last week when I gave my twitter followers this tip: when you’re in class, don’t raise your hand and say ‘I have a doubt’. One thing you can say is I have a question. It’s easy to think that ‘I have a doubt’ would be the correct thing to say. Because… after all, in Portuguese we say Eu tenho uma dúvida. But doubt isn’t used that way. If you say that in class, people will probably understand you, but it will sound strange.

And the reason for that is that in English, the word doubt has to do with uncertainty, indecision, or disbelief – disbelief is the state of not believing something. The word doubt does not have to do directly with not understanding something, which is usually the reason why we ask a question.

So you raise your hand, and you say I have a question. Or you could say I would like to ask a question.

So, for example, you can say “I doubt it” when someone tells you that something is going to happen, and you don’t believe it. Someone tells you Brazil is going to win the next World Cup – you could say I doubt it. That means you don’t believe it. You have serious doubts about Brazil’s ability to win the next Cup. So you say I doubt it.

Or someone may ask you, “Are you going to that birthday party on Saturday?” And you say, “Oh, I doubt it. I have an exam on Monday and I have so much work to do, I have to study, so I doubt that I’ll be able to go to the party”. In this case you really don’t believe that you’ll be able to go to the party, right… You really think that it will not be possible. So you say, I doubt it.

So here’s a very common expression with the word doubt. I’m gonna give you an example with this expression: Let’s say you’re in a museum and you see a wonderful painting and you say, This is, without a doubt, the most wonderful painting I have ever seen. Without a doubt… it’s like, sem sombra de dúvida in Portuguese. So, without a doubt that is the most wonderful painting I have ever seen. People also say without doubt. I, myself, prefer without a doubt.

So here’s another common expression. I’ll give you an example. Let’s say someone is giving you instructions on how to take the subway, and this person tells you: always consult your subway map first before you take the subway to go somewhere. And, when in doubt, ask someone for help.

So, “when in doubt” here means, when you’re still not sure, if you have consulted the subway map but that wasn’t enough, you’re still not confident which train you should take… when in doubt, ask someone to help you. In Portuguese that would be something like, se você ainda não tiver certeza.

So leave a comment and tell us, where could you use the expression Without a doubt in your life? Do people around you believe something while you have serious doubts about it? This is Ana Luiza of Inglesonline.com.br . See you next time.

 

P.S. When in doubt também representa o nosso “Na dúvida…”

 

Key expressions:

What’s up, everyone?

Hoje tem mais um post baseado em conversa do Twitter (veja o Inglês Online no Twitter). Umas três semanas atrás eu perguntei lá:

Who do you look like the most: your father or your mother? Com quem você se parece mais: seu pai ou sua mãe?

As respostas foram ótimas porque ilustraram 3 situações diferentes:

* I look nothing like my family Eu não pareço nada com a minha família

* I’m a celebrity look-alike Eu sou sósia de uma celebridade

* I am the spitting image of my father Eu sou a cara do meu pai

Então, resolvi aproveitar os exemplos e falar disso em áudio.

Transcrição

Hi everyone, this is Ana Luiza of Inglesonline.com.br and today I am going to talk a little bit about ‘looking like someone else’. This audio is part of a post published on December 1st, 2009 so to see all the contents of this post, including a transcript, please go to inglesonline.com.br .

So I wanted to post about this because about three weeks ago, I think, I asked this question on Twitter: Who do you look like the most: your mother or your father?

And I actually got a few answers to this question and I wanted to share them with you. One person said something like I look nothing like my family. So, it can happen. People look at you and at your biological parents, and no one can tell that you’re all related because you look nothing like them. It happens.

Another person said something like I am the spitting image of my father. This expression, spitting image, or spitting image – there’s a double ‘t’ in there – means that someone looks very much like someone else. So in the case of this person – it was a guy who said that -he looks a lot like his father, he looks very much like his father, or… you could say he and his father look very much alike, they look very much alike. So we can use this expression, he is the spitting image of his father.

And then a third person, and this was a woman… She said People tell me that I look a lot like Ivete Sangalo. So Ivete Sangalo is a celebrity, she’s a Brazilian celebrity and there’s an expression that is very common, especially when you look a lot like a celebrity, and this expression is look-alike. So we can say, this person is an Ivete Sangalo look-alike. In Portuguese we would say ‘sósia’, ‘Ela é sósia da Ivete Sangalo’. So we could say, she’s an Ivete Sangalo look-alike.

In my case I look more like my mother. Yeah, we are, we are both brunettes. So what about you, who do you look like? Are you a celebrity look-alike? Are you the spitting image of your father, are you the spitting image of your mother? Please tell us in the comment section, and talk to you next time.

This is Ana Luiza of inglesonline.com.br .

 

Key expressions

* look like someone

* look nothing like someone

* someone is the spitting image of (someone else)

* they look alike

* celebrity look-alike

 

Glossário

to share them with you = compartilhar (as respostas) com você

no one can tell = não dá para dizer (literalmente, ninguém consegue dizer)

you’re all related = vocês todos são parentes ou da mesma família

brunette = morena ou que tem cabelo escuro

 

Estou esperando as respostas de vocês! Who do you look like the most?

Hi, everyone! Aqui está a primeira parte da entrevista que fiz com o professor Steve Ford, figura muito conhecida de quem acompanha o Inglês Online há algum tempo. Eu fiz a transcrição da entrevista (logo abaixo) e você pode também

baixá-la em PDF, além do arquivo MP3 que tem o áudio – é só clicar abaixo.

Baixe a transcrição da entrevista em PDF

E se por acaso você não sabe de quem estou falando, dê um pulo na seção Inglês em Vídeo e assista o trabalho desse professor canadense: procure por Peppy nos títulos dos posts e divirta-se com as estórias do Steve (não perca os mais recentes, que tem participação da esposa dele – ela é uma comédia).

Nessa primeira parte da entrevista, Steve conta por que começou a ensinar inglês, como veio parar no Brasil, e fala um pouco também da sua experiência na França. A entrevista toda será apresentada num total de 3 ou 4 partes, portanto fique de olho aqui no site nas próximas semanas.

Extra: Repare como actually é uma palavra super frequente na conversa em inglês, e perceba como ela é usada: o Steve usa actually cinco vezes só nesse pedaço da entrevista. Clique aqui para ver a lição sobre actually e currently

Acesse o site do professor Steve Ford

Clique no player abaixo para ouvir a primeira parte da entrevista aqui mesmo ou fazer o download do áudio.

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Transcrição da entrevista

(Ana) Hi everyone, this is Ana from inglesonline.com.br. Today I am interviewing Steve Ford. Steve is Canadian and he has been teaching English for over fifteen years. He’s the author of the very popular Peppy videos. These are videos where Steve teaches English through storytelling, through singing and they’re a lot of fun to watch… and there’s a bunch of Peppy videos on Inglês Online so you can access Inglês Online, the category Inglês em Vídeo or you can access Steve’s channel on YouTube directly. It’s – Steve correct me if I’m wrong – it’s youtube.com/privateenglishportal.

(Steve) That’s right.

(Ana) That’s right?

(Steve) Yes, that’s correct.

(Ana) OK. So the last word I said there, portal, it’s “portal” like Portuguese

(Steve) Yes, that’s right. Portal, portal, that’s right. Private English Portal, yeah. And you can either type in youtube.com/privateenglishportal.com (forward slash, “barra”) or you can type that in the search engine… you type in “learn English” in the search engine, you can find me there too, so… yeah.

(Ana) How about we get started with a few questions?

(Steve) Sure.

(Ana) We have a good one here: professor Adir asks, How did you get involved with English teaching?

(Steve) Oh, that’s a great question. Well, that was something that happened…actually, when I was doing my major in English. I always loved the English language, literature, culture, so… it was always my passion to, to know languages… especially the English language. So that became more apparent when I started to live in Brazil. Because actually, I lived in Brazil for a total of ten years… kind of a long time for a foreigner to be in Brazil so… During my stay there I actually taught English in Brazil, so… Many of the schools where I got my start as an English teacher were in fact in Brazil, so…

(Ana) Where in Brazil, exactly?