English from Brasil #24 | Nativos falam rápido demais?
Na edição anterior: #23 What if you couldn’t read?
Hello, hello!
Um causo
Muitos alunos reclamam que nativos falam rápido demais. Eu sempre conto essa história.
Aos 17, no meu primeiro emprego numa escola de idiomas, eu trabalhava com duas irmãs da Paraíba: Tatí e Lia. Eram mais velhas, tinham muita experiência de vida e eu gostava de bater papo com elas.
Lembro de Tatí, a mais séria, entrando na secretaria, limpando o balcão com raiva e desabafando. Ou pelo menos eu deduzi que era desabafo – coisa comum, já que tínhamos um chefe meio sem escrúpulos. Deixei o que eu estava fazendo de lado e dei minha atenção a ela. Respondia com “Aham”, “Nossa!”, “Caramba!” “É mesmo?”, “Puxa vida, hein?”“Sério?” sempre que ela fazia uma pausa para recuperar o fôlego – não sei se da raiva, ou da fala tão rápida, tão arrastada, arretada! O que eu também não sei, até hoje, é o que ela estava dizendo. Daquele causo, eu não entendi nem 1%.
Isso acontecia sempre. Elas falavam o mesmo idioma — o meu idioma também! — mas para mim, era como se fosse outro.
E fica a dúvida: falavam rápido demais? Usavam gírias ou palavras de uma região que eu não conhecia? Ou será que só falavam português mesmo, e eu é que tinha um problema?
A quote
"You don’t have to be what everyone expects you to be.” - Enola Holmes
A lesson
This week, I worked on a lesson that I cherish a lot. It is based on the movie trailer Enola, and I developed it inspired by a lesson I watched once.
Checklist:
Watch the trailer (as many times as you need to)
Answer the True or False exercise
Complete the text that explains about the trailer
Look up words you do not understand in a dictionary
Read the text aloud to practice pronunciation
TRUE OR FALSE
Enola needs to find her father.
Enola is Sherlock Holmes’ daughter.
Enola does not wear a hat or gloves.
Enola needs to hide from her brothers.
Enola can’t embroider.
SUMMARY
Word Bank: path / disappears / observe / danger / unconventional / solve / true / Sherlock / detective / intentions / raised / well-bred / younger / mold / resists
The Enola Holmes trailer introduces us to Enola, the younger ______ of the famous detective ______ Holmes. Raised by her mother, Enola had an ______ upbringing—she was taught to ______, listen, and fight rather than behave like a typical ______ lady. One day, her mother suddenly ______, leaving no clues behind. Enola sets off to ______ her, determined to solve the ______ herself. Along the way, she encounters her brothers, ______ and Sherlock, who try to ______ her into a more “proper” young woman, but Enola ______ and decides to follow her own ______. The trailer hints at adventure, ______, and Enola’s quest to uncover her mother’s true ______, all while staying one step ahead of her ______.
A question
"Think of a time when you were curious about something. What did you do, and what did you find out?”
(Aproveita a pergunta para praticar o seu inglês nos comentários!)
FIVE Random Things
🌸 Poetry in English is something I don’t quite love (or maybe understand), this though, is BEAUTIFUL. [link]
🥜 A real army officer! [link]
⛈️ It's ok to rest during the storm. [link]
🦞 The claw machine! [link]
👧🏽 Wanting to read a comic strip, I thought of Mafalda and got curious to know more about her. [link]
🎁 Bonus: Mafalda!
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See you next week! 👋🏽
Karen Rito
English from Brasil 🌎✨
Answers from last week’s lesson:
English from Brasil #23 What if you couldn’t read? ******
Intensive reading involves stopping to look up new words and analyze the language, while extensive reading is reading for pleasure without stopping to focus on individual words.
The three things to consider when choosing a book are genre, level of the book, and how enjoyable it is.
Jack suggests that you should highlight any new words you don’t understand while reading, but not stop to look them up immediately. After finishing a chapter or a set number of pages, you should then go back and look up the highlighted words.
Graded readers are recommended because they are specifically adapted for English learners, making them easier to understand and use everyday English. They help avoid the frustration of reading books that are too difficult.
You should highlight the entire sentence that contains the new word and then create flashcards from these sentences using an app like Anki for smart repetition.