Lesson: Essentials/54

Grammar

• A: Where are you going dressed like that? You look like a clown!
  • A: Aonde você está indo vestido desta forma? Você parece um palhaço!
• B: Wow, that hurt! I didn't think I looked great, but to hear I look like a clown!
  • B: Nossa, essa doeu. Eu não achei que estava super bem vestido, mas dizer que estou parecendo um palhaço!
• A: I'm just picking on you. But, seriously, if you're gonna start working as a real estate agent, you better look like one.
  • A: Estou brincando contigo. Mas, falando sério, se você vai começar a trabalhar como agente imobiliário, você deve se apresentar como um deles.
• B: Well, maybe when I start making money I'll buy better clothes.
  • B: Bem, quem sabe quando eu começar a ganhar mais dinheiro eu compro roupas melhores.
• A: Stop acting like a child. You know you have nicer clothes. You're just being lazy and avoiding ironing them.
  • A: Para de agir como uma criança. Você sabe que tem roupas melhores. Você só está sendo preguiçoso e evitando passar roupa.
• B: Fine. I'll go iron a shirt and act like I care.
  • B: Tudo bem. Eu vou passar uma camisa e fazer de conta que eu me importo.
• A: Sometimes you speak as if you didn't want to be successful. We need to work on that attitude!
  • A: Às vezes você fala como se não quisesse ser bem sucedido. Nós precisamos trabalhar esse comportamento.
• B: OK. Now you're just being condescending and starting to piss me off.
  • B: Ok. Agora você está falando como se eu fosse menos que você e está começando a me irritar.
• A: Sorry. I take that back.
  • A: Desculpa. Não está mais aqui quem falou.
• B: You better. Anyways, I gotta go iron that shirt and head to work. I don't wanna be late on my first day.
  • B: Melhor mesmo. De qualquer forma, eu preciso passar aquela camisa e me mandar para o trabalho. Eu não quero chegar atrasado no meu primeiro dia.

Like

A esta altura já sabemos que a palavra like, quando é um verbo, significa gostar. Hoje, veremos um outro uso incrivelmente útil desta palavra, like no sentido de como, quando dizemos que algo é parecido ou semelhante a outra.

Veja alguns exemplos:

• He speaks like a native speaker.
  • Ele fala como um nativo.
• She looks like a supermodel.
  • Ela parece uma supermodelo.
• You sound like your mother.
  • Você soa como a sua mãe.
• He fought like a warrior against the disease.
  • Ele lutou como um guerreiro contra a doença.
• There is no one who sings like Joanna Newsom.
  • Não há ninguém que cante da mesma forma que a Joanna Newsom.

As

1. Usamos as para indicar a função/papel de alguém ou algo.

• He works as a doctor in the morning and as a psychologist in the afternoon.
  • Ele trabalha como médico pela manhã e como psicólogo à tarde.

Like vs. As

• As your friend, I must tell you the truth. (I am your friend.)
  • Como teu amigo que sou, preciso te falar a verdade.
• Like your friend, I must tell you the truth. (I am not your friend, but he/she and I have similar attitudes.)
  • Como fez o teu amigo, eu preciso te falar a verdade.

1. Complete with as or like:

1. His ringtone sounded ____ an alarm.
2. She swims ____ a fish.
3. He works ____ a receptionist three days a week.
4. Weather ____ this always depresses me.
5. I'll do it ____ agreed.
6. I regard them ____ friends.
7. Considered ____ a whole, the project's very good.
8. They were late ____ usual.
9. I gave it to her ____ a present.
10. Stop acting ____ a fool.
11. ____ me, she works hard.
12. The director behaves ____ a spoilt child.
13. I feel ____ a holiday.

Song

Billie Holiday - You Go To My Head

You go to my head,
And you linger like a haunting refrain
And I find you spinning round in my brain
Like the bubbles in a glass of champagne.

You go to my head
Like a sip of sparkling burgundy brew
And I find the very mention of you
Like the kicker in a julep or two.

The thrill of the thought
That you might give a thought
To my plea casts a spell over me
Still I say to myself: get a hold of yourself
Can't you see that it can never be?

You go to my head
With a smile that makes my temperature rise
Like a summer with a thousand Julies
You intoxicate my soul with your eyes
Though I'm certain that this heart of mine
Hasn't a ghost of a chance in this crazy romance,
You go to my head.

Vocabulary

Kids

• Kite
• Balloon
• Slide
• Swing set
• Swing
• Puppet
• Puppeteer
• Sand box
• Merry-go-round
• See-saw
• Toys
• Doll
• Stuffed animal
• Roller blade
• Roller skate
• Ball
• Block
• Marble
• Sticker
• Teddy bear
• Skateboard

http://www.languageguide.org/english/vocabulary/kids/

Conversation

1. What's so good about being a kid?
2. Did you use to play many games while you were a kid? Which one(s)?
3. What did you prefer, outdoor or indoor activities? Why?
4. What was your favorite toy?
5. Did you have many friends in your childhood?
6. Do you still have anything from your childhood (a toy, clothes, etc)? If so, what?
7. What memories do you have from your childhood?
8. What are some of the obligations that children have?
9. When do kids start to have some responsibilities? Which are they?
10. What's so different about being a kid nowadays than in the past?

Review

1. Fill in the blanks with like or as:

1. __________ a young man, he was very energetic and quick.
2. A sick man __________ him shouldn't work so hard.
3. The dictionary defines democracy __________ "government by the people".
4. Don't ask questions. Please do __________ you are told.
5. She looks just __________ her mother.
6. Flowers __________ orchids and gardenias grow only in warm climates.
7. She refers to herself __________ the queen of the kitchen.
8. An opportunity __________ this doesn't present itself every day.
9. Sometimes his secretary dresses __________ a movie star.
10. Mr. Samson works __________ a slave.
11. Paula would like to find a job __________ a newspaper journalist.
12. Mr Hart works __________ a professor at Oxford University.
13. Mary and her sister fight __________ cat and dog.
14. She has been working __________ a vet for a year.
15. "What are you cooking? It smells __________ fish."

2. Rewrite the sentences following the model.

• These balloons are very colorful. / expensive / Those
  • These balloons are very expensive.
  • Those balloons are very expensive.

1. She was playing on the slide. / The kids / not
2. They used to have a puppet collection. / teddy bear / when they were kids
3. Mary prefers roller blade than roller skate. / skateboard / Boys
4. The kids can't go to the merry-go-round / after lunch / for a long time
5. We must fix the kite to give him. / her / them
6. Kids usually have many toys. / stickers / energy
7. Are the toys in the sandbox? / blocks / ball
8. We found some marbles on the floor / not / John
9. He must walk carefully near the slide. / Kids / see-saw
10. The puppeteer began the show. / will / at 5 p.m.

3. Look at the pictures and make sentences:

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4. Sentence listening

Answers

1. That kid wants a teddy bear for her birthday.
2. Would you like to go to the slide?
3. I don't understand what he does with his toys!
4. Were you playing on the see-saw with your brother?
5. Josh will be riding his skateboard all afternoon.

5. Read the text and answer the questions below:

• Children
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Children at Play
Children at play is a common sign seen in American cities urging motorists to slow down. The signs are seen around areas where children frequent, such as playgrounds and schools. They are almost always characterized by the words "Children At Play". They sometimes have a speed limit and/or a picture of a child running posted on them.
Sometimes neighborhood residents post impromptu signs after a child is struck by a vehicle. "Children at Play" signs are inappropriate for public streets since they convey the suggestion that playing on the street is acceptable behavior, which it is not. Additionally, the installation of this sign may lead parents and children to believe they have an added degree of protection which these sign do not provide.

DT   sign

DT   urging

DT   post

DT   impromptu

DT   struck

DT   convey

DT   behavior

DT   provide

1. What does the sign "Children at Play" mean?
2. Where is it possible to see this sign?
3. Which other information can this sign have?
4. In which occasion this sign is impromptu posted?
5. Is this sign acceptable? Why?
6. Is it safe to play on the street nowadays? Why?
7. Did you play on the street when you were a child?

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