Inglês da Professora Denise Mardegan

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Teacher’s notes Topic: Imaginary wealth and a magazine article Aims:  • To help students use their imaginations to build up a fictitious character • To develop students’ ability to use a variety of question forms and tenses  • To develop students’ communication skills • To develop students’ writing skills   Level: low to mid intermediate   Introduction This lesson takes a light-hearted look at money and magazines. Students invent their extremely wealthy future selves and then take turns to be journalists interviewing and writing for ‘Rich!!’ magazine.   Procedure Write today’s date on the board, substituting the year for ‘2025’. Tell your students that in this class they have to imagine that it is in fact 2025. Tell them how old you are now that it is 2025. Have all students work out their new age and tell either you or a partner. Now tell them that that as well as being older they are also extremely rich. Have students imagine what job they ...

What are conjunctions? Conjunctions are words that can link two sentences together. Sometimes, they are also called connectors. More often than not, they are simply referred to as "joining words."  And, but, so, although, since  and  however  are some commonly used conjunctions. In this section, you will learn how to use conjunctions effectively to link two simple sentences into a more complex one. Conjunctions are also important as they show the relationship between ideas.   These two sentences express two ideas. "The satays are good"   "The chicken wings are fantastic". The use of the conjunction ' and ' in this example simply joins the two ideas together. The writer is merely commenting that the satays and chicken wings are both good in that stall. The satays are good and the chicken wings are fantastic. However, the speaker could have a different intention. By using ' but ', the speaker can contrast the two ideas and ...

However   and   although   are two English words that both loosely mean “but”. Unfortunately, knowing exactly when you should use   however  vs   although  is something that most native English speakers would struggle to explain. The main difference between these two words is that  however  can stand by itself at the beginning of a sentence, with a comma after it.  Although  can’t do this. The words also have slightly different meanings: Although  means “in spite of the fact that…”. However  means “but”. The actual rules about whether to use  however  or  although  are quite complicated, but there is an easy rule that works in almost all situations.  See if you can figure out what it is. Although the weather was cold, we decided not to wear our jackets. We decided not to wear our jackets. However, the weather was cold. We decided not to wear our jackets. Although, it was ra...

Frases de inglês para negócios estão em toda parte.É muito comum o  uso de metaforas. O que é uma metáfora? O dicionário da Macmillan define a metáfora como "uma palavra ou frase que significa uma coisa e é usado para se referir a uma outra coisa, a fim de enfatizar as suas qualidades semelhantes". Inglês para Negócios utiliza uma grande quantidade de imagens metafóricas tais como war, health e assim por diante. Neste post, eu gostaria de explorar a forte relação que existe entre esportes e negócios. Se você olhar para as qualidades que esportes e negócios em geral , você vai começar a ver porque Inglês para Negócios tem tantas metáforas esportivas. Business and Sports: require certain skills are competitive need self- confidence take planning use strategies and tactics take concentration teamwork may be important Vamos então estudar as similaridades entre negócios e esportes. Kick off – to start Example: Good Morning everyone. Shall we kick off the ...

What is Valentine's Day? What is the origin of Valentine's Day? (Why do we celebrate Valentine's Day?) Is Valentine's Day celebrated in your country? How is Valentine's Day celebrated in the United States? How do children celebrate Valentine's Day in school? What do you usually do for Valentine's Day? What do you plan on doing this Valentine's Day? Do you make any special food for Valentine's Day? On Valentine's Day, is it more common for men to give gifts to women or for women to give gifts to men? What are common gifts that people give on Valentine's Day? What is your favorite Valentine's Day memory? What is your Valentine's dream? If you could do anything or receive anything on Valentine's Day, what would it be? Do you know anyone that has become engaged or married on Valentine's Day? Would you want to get engaged or married on a holiday? Why or why not? What is a "valentine"? Have you ever gotten ...

Across the pond This idiom means on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, used to refer to the US or the UK depending on the speaker's location. All mouth and trousers Someone who's all mouth and trousers talks or boasts a lot but doesn't deliver. 'All mouth and no trousers' is also used, though this is a corruption of the original. All my eye and Peggy Martin An idiom that appears to have gone out of use but was prevalent in the English north Midlands of Staffordshire, Cheshire and Derbyshire from at least the turn of the 20th century until the early 1950s or so. The idiom's meaning is literally something said or written that is unbelievable, rumor, over embellished, the result of malicious village gossip etc. All talk and no trousers Someone who is all talk and no trousers, talks about doing big, important things, but doesn't take any action. An Englishman's home is his castle This means that what happens in a person's home or  private li...