segunda-feira, 21 de novembro de 2011

[update] Friendship

Hi, fellas! listen up. I was surfing the net the other day and I visited a website which had some beautiful messages which led me to think about how important my friends are in my life. check out one of the messages.

"My friendship is like an onion which has many
layers in it. It will add taste to your life ,
but if you try to cut it, you will have tears in
your eyes........" 

I don´t know the name of the author but I do know that whoever wrote this message was really inspired.
It´s moving, isn´t it?
That´s it folks, I hope you´ll like it! 

J. Augusto

[update] EMBARRASSMENT, by Manuela L.I-IV

Hi friends.
I hope you have fun with this video that deals with the phonetic.

by Manuela dos Santos silva - (UFS / L.I- IV)
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDR_pZCxKh8]

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Hi friends.
I hope you have fun with this video that deals with the phonetic.
WEBSITE: youtu.be/HDR_pZCxKh8

by Manuela dos Santos silva – (UFS / L.I- IV)

[update] Lessons on the Internet, by Vanessa Martins and Tony Alexandre

9. If teachers put all their lessons on the Internet, students will learn more.

We don't think so because on the net students are likely to not pay much attention than in the classroom because they have a lot of things to access and to distract them.

[update] Clauses and consequences - a comment - by Tatiana

Hello, everyone (:

That's the third question proposed by the book:
#3. If people work only four days a week, their lives will improve.

Well, it depends on factors of many orders. For example: as I see, one more day on the weekend means one more day of rest, but also one more day of expenses (on a weekend we generally spend money with parties, movies, small trips, drinks, food out of home, etc). It means, by consequence, one day less of earning money. I know, it's a very materialistic view of the thing, but it's just an example (and a very pertinent one!).
Anyway, it all depends, of course, on the way you live and face your life. If your job is a cause of worry, anxiety or even unhappiness, there's no one more day of rest on weekends which could make your four days left happier.

[update] PROVERB, BY LAURA

EVERYTHING COMES TO HIM WHO WAITS


I like this proverb, because sometimes in our lives, when we think that we won't get where we want, we shouldn't ever give up our goals because only with patience and determination we'll be able to achieve them.

Dialogue:
Lisa: I'm so happy, ana!
Ana:Why?
Lisa:I worked for many years to buy this car.
Ana: As the old saying goes,'' everything comes to him who waits''.

[update] Proverb, by Jose Augusto

Hello, folks! Here´s the proverb I´d like to share with you guys. I took it from English.com which is an awesome website where you can find proverbs, idioms and much more. If you haven´t been there yet, believe me, you´re missing out. Therefore, I encourage you to go there and check it out.  
"Actions speak louder than words" means that your actions (what you do) communicate more clearly than your words (what you say). It is as if they were louder than words. Example: "Don't tell me how to do this; show me! Actions speak louder than words."
"Actions speak louder than words" means that if you want people to believe your words, you should "speak" with your actions.
by Jose Augusto

[update] Consider the consequences, by Shey and Raphinha

If the cities provide free public transportation, there will be fewer cars on the road and less pollution.
Shey’s opinion:
It depends. If the public transportation got better maybe people wouldn’t wish to have a car, because it’ll be cheaper and more comfortable to go from a place to other. However there will be advertisements about cars, they’ll show to people how comfortable, successful would be keep having a car, so the fleet car is be able to keep increasing.
Raphinha’s opinion:
I agree with the main sentence and disagree with Shey. I think if public transportation was good enough to provide to population an efficient transportation, there would be fewer cars on the streets, because it’d be cheaper and faster go from a place to other by bus, for that way the traffic would be smaller than it use to be. We know the big number of cars ion streets brings about a lot of traffic , so with fewer cars on the streets the traffic would be smaller, because more and more people would be in the buses rather than in the cars. So would be more comfortable to travel by bus from a certain point of view.
Besides there wolud have less polution, because with fewer cars on the streets there would be less emission of  gas.
So go by bus!!!

[update] Proverbs; by Marielle


“When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.”
When we think that all we’ve done is lost because it didn’t happen how we expected, we can’t lose hope. I mean, even if you have came through difficult situations in your life and it seems like you’re banging your head against the wall because you haven’t had the expected reward, you must hang in there and wait because you’ll have other opportunities to achieve your goals. Sometimes  your life does not work out the way you dream,  so you’d be better advised in setting your eyes on  other “doors” around you so that when you get frustrated  with something, you can dream about another one.
There are ups and downs in life and we are guided in different ways and  it’s up to us to choose our own way ( the right one) …just look with faith, and wait! Wait, but know how to do it… it’s the never-ending  hope.  Look carefully and hopefully at the new doors which show up in your life, and be happy!!  ^^

[update] April fool's day, by Marielle

April Fool’s Day!
April Fool’s day is a day when people play some tricks on each other. This is a funny day because most of these tricks are kind of “healthy” and we can tell little lies to our friends, parents, relatives and other people, but, sometimes, some people go too far with these lies. A friend of mine, for example, once told his sister who was at school that their mother was calling her to go home and she really needed talk to the girl, but the school was very far away from their house, but anyway, the girl went there on foot and walked around 30 minutes. She arrived home tired and a little nervous because she thought her mother had a problem. When she realized that it was a trick she got very angry with her brother and gave him a piece of her mind. Also, other people take advantage of this day to practice evil and tell lies which aren’t funny anyway, but they are  the minority.
According to history, until 1564, in France, the first day of the year was celebrated on April 1st. In that year, King Carlos IX decided to adopt the Gregorian calendar which celebrates the New Year on January 1st.
Just for fun, people kept saying “Happy New Year” for each other on April 1st, a day which turned out to be considered the “Fool’s day”.

[update] Mr Duncan - - idioms and proverbs (Marielle)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWrbj9caMHw