English from Brasil # 19 | Ter um plano

...e seguir o plano.

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Hello, hello!

Um causo

Em 2023 eu falhei miseravelmente. Uma ressaca pandêmica, uma auto-cobrança absurda e uma falta de noção enorme me levaram a estipular dezenas de metas em várias áreas da minha vida.

Somente quase no final do ano eu percebi que eu não apenas tinha falhado em quase todas as metas, eu tinha falhado na primeira e mais importante delas: “Ter um plano, e seguir o plano”.

Em 2024, eu repeti o erro… mas, tudo indica que em forma de acerto. Eu decidi ter uma agenda e não abandoná-la. Não me importava como eu usaria essa agenda. A meta era simplesmente não abandoná-la.

Afinal, todos os anos que eu tentei usar uma agenda de papel eu a abandonava antes mesmo do meio do ano. Houveram anos que eu tentei começar (ou recomeçar) uma agenda em agosto (mês do meu aniversário). Uma bagunça que obviamente nunca deu certo!

Meu aniversário é segunda-feira, e com orgulho digo: ainda não abandonei a agenda de 2024. Ela segue sendo usada, se não diariamente, semanalmente.

Eu não preciso tentar começar de novo a partir da semana que vem. Parabéns para mim - já estava na hora!

[continua]

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A quote

“The way I see it, you should live every day like it's your birthday.” — Paris Hilton

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A lesson

The more I teach little kids to read and write in English, the more I learn things I never did when I learnt English. What I want to say is that, perhaps, learning English would be easier if we learnt some strategies as the native speakers do.

I talked about the phonogram IGH three or four times this week during my online lessons. Maybe, you will appreciate it too. Do you know how to pronounce words with it? For example slightest.

Here is a very quick video that can bring you some clarity and the way to feel confident reading other words. Here is the IGH lesson [link], as well as the difference between IGH and EIGH [link]

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A question

"What’s the most memorable birthday celebration you've ever had, and what made it so special?”

(Aproveita a pergunta para praticar o seu inglês nos comentários!)

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FIVE Random Things

🐈 Garfield is Garfield! There are A LOT more of Garfield birthday comic strips here. [link]

🍨 Who wants ice cream? [link]

👶 I won't keep this baby image from you [link]

📳 I never want to hear my phone ring again. [link]

🎂 Shall we agree that the Happy Birthday song in English is quite gloomy? So, we should just embrace its darkness and combine it with the darkness of British humour. Here is a “better” version! Song [link] and lyrics [link]

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Glossary

I stand corrected: used to admit that something you have said or done was wrong.

gloomy: causing or feeling depression

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Se você gostou dessa edição, encaminha para os amigos?

See you next week! 👋🏽

Karen Rito

English from Brasil 🌎✨

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Answer key

Last week’s lesson/ exercise was a list of grammar mistakes.

Did you miss it? Check it out here. [link]

Here are the answers for each one.

1. She doesn’t like to play soccer.

2. I have known him for ten years.

3. He didn’t go to the party yesterday.

4. They are looking forward to meeting you.

5. Where are you going?

6. I am 30 years old.

7. We went to the beach last weekend.

8. I haven’t seen the movie yet.

9. My father has worked in the United States since 2010.

10. The teacher explained the lesson to us.

11. She’s taller than her brother.

12. Could you give me some advice?

13. I’m not used to eating breakfast early.

14. There are a lot of cars on the street today.

15. My friend told me she would come.

16. I went to the mall and bought a new shirt.

17. I’m thinking of going to the gym tonight.

18. If I have time, I’ll call you.

19. I have no idea about it.

20. He works as a doctor.

Is there any that you are not sure of or can’t understand? Let me know in the comments and I may bring future lessons to help you out!