Inglês da Professora Denise Mardegan

O inverno este ano esta forte e isto inspirou a preparar uma lição com vocabulário neste tema.  Exemplos de frases: Snow  When snow starts falling, you should get your shovel ready. Too much snow can make driving dangerous. It snows a lot in January in New York. It was snowing this morning. Flurry & blizzard  It’s snowing, but just flurries. We are supposed to have snow flurries all weekend. There is going to be a blizzard tomorrow. Slush & slushy When I stepped in the slush, my shoes and feet got very wet. The road was very slushy. I had to drive slowly. To be snowed under. Because of the blizzard, we were snowed under. It took more than a day for us to dig out. I can’t leave the office early today. I’m snowed under with work. Bob said he was snowed under with schoolwork. A snow job: Jack’s reason for coming late was just a snow job. She gave me a snow job about not having time to finish her homework. If you know any...

(to be) Snowed in : Trapped (somewhere) because of too much snow, most likely due to a recent  snow storm . e.g. The snow was so deep that we were snowed in for three days. Luckily we had enough food to last us a while. (to be) Snowed under:   Overworked; exceptionally busy. e.g. Look, I’m really snowed under at the moment. Can this wait? (to) snowball into something:  Fig. [for something] to become larger or more serious by growing like a snowball being rolled. e.g. This whole problem is  snowballing  into a crisis very rapidly. (to / not to) have a snowball’s chance in hell:  to have no chance at all of achieving something (usually + of + doing sth) e.g. With those grades she doesn’t have a snowball’s chance in hell of getting into college. A snow bunny: 1. Someone learning to ski. e.g. This little slope is for snow bunnies. They call it the ‘ bunny hill ’. 2. A young, attractive female at a  skiing  lodge. e.g. Some...

Gente, que frio é este!!!!! Isto me deu uma inspiração para praticarmos mais os vocabulários de inverno, já que eu não vou sair lá fora pois "I'm very cold". (Estou com muito frio) Cold : frio Winter : Inverno Below zero : abaixo de zero Blanket : cobertor Blizzard : nevasca Cap : touca, capuz Cough : tosse Cold snap : onda de frio Flurry : pé-de-vento Fog : névoa, neblina Foggy: nevoeiro Forecast: Previsão do tempo Freeze : congelar (passado frozen ) Glacier : geleira Gloves : luvas Hibernate : hibernar Ice : gelo Melt : derreter Overcoat : sobretudo Overcast: nublado Scarf : cachecol Shiver : arrepio Sneeze : espirrar Snow, light snow: neve, neve suave Snowflake : floco de neve Snowball : bola de neve Thermomether : termômetro Weather: clima Zero degrees : zero grau Mais vocabulário desta vez separados por categoria: Gerais Esportes: Downhill skiing - descer a montanha esquiando ...