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Morena Baccarin red carpet interview at 26th Israel Film Festival: mais um brasileiro...

Morena Baccarin

A carioca Morena Baccarin mora há anos nos Estados Unidos e ficou conhecida por lá em 2005, quando

interpretou uma alienígina no filme "Serenity", que foi um enorme sucesso entre os geeks. Em 2009, Morena foi a protagonista da série "V" em que interpretou nivamente uma extraterrestre. Em janeiro de 2013, a atriz concorreu ao Screen Actors Guild Awards, o SAG, premiação dos Atores dos estados Unidos, como Melhor Elenco em Série dramática por 'Homeland'.

Collocations with an expert: Fluency MC

You have it in you!

Collocations são combinações  de palavras. Podemos dizer que essas combinações de palavras (collocations)  refere-se ao fato de como uma palavra frequentemente se combina com outra.
Por exemplo, em português dizemos “redondamente enganado”, e não dizemos “redondamente linda”. Algumas palavras se combinam com umas e com outras não!
Nesse vídeo, o genial Jason Levine, Fluency MC, nos mostra algumas Collocations com o verbo "to have".

George's Exploding Wallet

Relying on a wallet as a filing cabinet may present some problems.....Receipts, sweet´n´low packets (tipo adoçante), Irish money, hard candy.. George´s wallet has it all, and it is killing his back, forcing him to lean on one side while eating he then shoves some napking  under the other half of his ass to keep things balanced out.

Word bank:
Rely: contar com
wallet : carteira
filing cabinet: armário
receipts: recibos
sweet´n´low packets: pacotes tipo adoçantes
lean: inclinar

What to  listen for:

1- According to George, everything must go in a case.. you have ____,  _________  and a wallet for $ ( what are the first two);

2- Jerry´s line .."you´ve got more cow here than here.. a wallet is made of leather ( couro ).. before it is tanned ( curtido) it´s called hide",  so a tanned hide becomes leather. Also the reference about the amount of beef (cow meat) contained in a burger.

 3- George can get a free “Save the tiger” poster by presenting a card at any Exxon gas station (petrol station).

1- I might go there

2- My back´s killing me

3- Got a filing cabinet on the half of your ass..                             

4- *At 1'41'' George lists the three roles his wallet plays in his life.    

    What are those?

Why, at the end (from: on) after shaking hands with Jerry, 

George charges for Kramer´s throat..
what did Kramer say that set George off?

Cantar junto também ajuda: I can see clearly now

I can see clearly now the rain is gone
I can see all obstacles in my way
Gone are the dark clouds that had me down
It's gonna be a bright bright bright bright sun shiny day
It's gonna be a bright bright bright bright sun shiny day

Oh yes I can make it now the pain is gone
All of the bad feelings have disappeared
Here is that rainbow I've been praying for
It's gonna be a bright bright bright bright sun shiny day

Look all around there's nothing but blue skies
Look straight ahead there's nothing but blue skies

I can see clearly now the rain is gone
I can see all obstacles in my way
Here is that rainbow I've been praying for
It's gonna be a bright bright bright bright sun shiny day
It's gonna be a bright bright bright bright sun shiny day
Bri-ri-ri-ri-right
Bright bright bright bright sun shiny day
Oh yeah
It's gonna be a bright bright bright bright sun shiny day
It's gonna be a bright bright bright bright sun shiny day
It's gonna be a bright bright bright bright sun shiny day.

What a good energy! Que energia boa vem com essa música!

Ohhh oooo!
The dance hall has to ram, the dance hall has to ram* 
It has to ram in a style and fashion 
The nation has to jam, the nation has to jam
We gonna jam in a style and pattern
Because is I, Papa Winnie, on the microphone stand
The people doesn't know where I really come from
Me tall, me no short, me slim, me not fat
And everytime I rap, me say the crowd hear me say

You are my sunshine my only sunshine
You make me happy, when skies are gray
You never know, Dear, how much I love you
So please don't take my sunshine away

You are the woman, and I am the man
And everything we do, jah knows we do it real strong
We are just modeling up the dance hall, in a style and fashion
Me and my girl, her name is Liana
The talk of the town, is that we have two babies, twins
One of them fat and one of them slim
We call them Rootsie, Rootsie,
Rootsie and Boopsie*, Rootsie, Rootsie, Rootsie and Boops

You are my sunshine... 

Sufferation in the land***, sufferation in the land
**** Killing all my natian Lord I can't understand
Famine in the land, tribulation getting strong
They always have a plan to fool we Africans
Creating war in the East
War in the West
War inthe North
And war in the South
If love were a thing that money can buy
The rich man would live, and the poor man would die

You are my sunshine...

* dancehall has to ram = gênero de música popular Jamaicana.tem que "arrebentar"
** Rootsie and Boopsie: apelido dos filhos de Papa Winnie
*** Sufferation in the land = sofrimento na terra

**** Killing my nation Lord and I can't understand = Matando minha nação, Senhor, não consigo entender

Vamos nos preparar para receber nossos visitantes para os eventos esportivos!

The point is, at least the Chinese are making an effort to learn a foreign language despite of its cultural barriers and demographically, it's difficult to pick up English. Before you make any ignorant racist comments, let me reiterate this: can you even speak Chinese?

We should always learn from each other to enhance cultural exchange. The Chinese are trying their best to learn from the world. Isn't it good if others can learn from the Chinese language and culture?

Do you understand me? Oh, yes

The customs officer: Passport?

The customs officer: Any drugs, explosives or weapons?

Passenger: Yes

The customs officer: Any weapons?....Drugs? ......Explosives?

The customs officer: Hellooooo?

Passenger: Oh, yes. Oh, yes. Yes, yes, yes.

The customs officer: Sir, we have a problem. You don't understand me, do you?

Passenger: Yes!.

SUPERLATIVES - O absoluto.. o mais (ou menos) de todos..

Analogia com o comparative ER -  no superlative we employ EST:

The coldEST, the hottEST, the hardEST 

Examples:

1- São Joaquim and Lages, both in the Santa Catarina state are the coldEST cities in Brazil;

2- Finding a good hotel might the hardEST part about traveling on holidays;

3- The easiEST way to find a roommate is looking up* on the web not always the best*.

The MOST

The most difficult; 

Noronha is the most beautiful place I've ever visited in Brazil.

Math was the most boring subject in high school for me.

1- "The smallEST state of Brazil is Piauí"

2- "Pele is one of Brazil´s  most famous football  

      player"

3- "Lima Duarte is one of the best known* actors   

      on Brazilian tv"

*Know-knew- known : o verbo “saber”, “conhecer”: 

knew=sabia, conhecia; 

known = 'sabido', conhecido, 

well known. = bem conhecido

the best known = o mais conhecido 

Let's compare.....

Vamos continuar comparando, grande parte da vida é competição, então prossigamos ..

As____________ As = tão _________  quanto.

Car A is "as fast* as  car B" , podem ser "as comfortable as", ou  "as good as".

Examples:

1- "The flat I live now is not as big as the one I used to live, however it is much better located".

2- "Real life is not as perfect as it may seem on Facebook" 

3- "Today| the weather is not as cold as yesterday".

More examples:

1-We´ll get there faster if we go by taxi.

2-Speaking Mandarin is not as difficult as writing it.

3-Today is miserable.. I hope the weather  is better tomorrow.

Practice:

1- "In terms of size, MG is _______ than PA as far as the number  

      of people, it is more populated THAN PA."

2- "The regions near big cities are usually __________ than  

      small town, however they have a ______  life quality."

3-  Some people are _________________ than   others..

4-  Staying in a luxury resort  is usually ______________  than   

     staying in a guest house

5- Traveling abroad is a lot _________ if you can speak at least*   

     a bit of the local language.

6- You feel ____speaking in public if you know well the subject.

Answer Key:

More developed\ better\bigger\more friendly\ more expensive-costly\ easier\more confident