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Heather Dorniden is a
sprinter and was leading the 600 meter race at the finals of the College
Championships. She was competing against the best athletes in the country, and
she was the favorite to win. But with one lap to go, she suddenly tripped and
fell on her face.
The commentators, as well
as the crowd, gasped as they were shocked such a misfortune could happen in a
pivotal moment of the competition. But what she did next stunned the entire
crowd.
Heather serves as a great
example to us all. Even the most talented person will not succeed without
determination and an unwillingness to quit when adversity strikes. It’s not about
how hard we fall, it’s about how we can get up and keep fighting.
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Você
saberia dizer o significado de TO BE RUSTY em português?
É
possível que muitos de vocês não conheçam o significado de tal expressão, mas
dentro de um contexto, as coisas podem ficar bem mais fáceis, não é verdade?
VAMOS
LER ALGUNS EXEMPLOS:
I haven't spoken French for several years so I feel a
little rusty.
My Spanish is sort of rusty as I haven’t practiced it in a long time.
I haven't played chess for a long time so I feel a little rusty.
TO BE RUSTY= When you haven’t done something
in such a long time that you're not as good as you were before.
Ou
seja, usamos tal expressão quando queremos dizer que não fazemos algo há algum
tempo; enferrujado.
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Almost every student of literature or simply every book lover has, at
some point of his or her life, read or heard of Edgar Allan Poe.
Edgar A. Poe was born on January 19, 1809, and died on October 7, 1849
(the cause of his death is still a mystery). Poe had what we can really
consider a hard life, which included a marriage to his own 13-year-old cousin,
problems with other writers, and drinking and gambling issues.
He lived in Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York City, and Boston (USA) and
in the UK. He was an editor, a poet, the first theorist of the short story as
literary form, a critic, a lecturer, and obviously, a short story writer. He
introduced the British Gothic genre, the detective story, science fiction, and
literary criticism into American literature. Needless to say, Poe became a very
important figure in the nineteenth-century North American literature and worldwide.
Although Poe had a reputation in Europe – in France, mostly –, only by
the end of the twentieth century he has been viewed as an important contributor
to the American literature.
Among many bad things that happened to Poe, seeing his mother, Elizabeth
Poe, die of tuberculosis has certainly influenced him. His parents had
separated when Poe was only one year old (Poe and his older brother remained
with Elizabeth until her death). He was then taken in by John and Frances
Allan, a childless couple who has actually never adopted him officially. In
1815, Poe went to Scotland with the Allans. He also attended school in London
before they’ve come back to America.
Having lost (a lot of) money and started drinking a lot, Poe enlisted in
the US army, where he spent eight months. When he got tired of it all, he left
it and tried to contact John Allan, but John refused to see him. Poe then had a
breakdown. That was the moment when he started writing his poems and short stories
in order to make money.
Having said some facts about Poe’s life, let me now talk about my first
contact with him. It was a long time ago when I first heard about this
incredible short story writer. Well, I didn’t know much about him, but it was
love at first sight.
Many years ago, something around the early 2000s, I started saving some
money in order to buy good books to read. I really loved reading and I was
determined to read only the greatest writers. At that time, I had no job (I was
still a student) and, as you may imagine, no money either. I started doing some
translation-related work in order to save some money. I expected to buy some
books with the profit I would make with the translations.
Although I haven’t made a lot of money, I decided that I had to invest
what I had in something useful; therefore, I started buying classic novels. The
first idea was dead simple: find some books that could help me improve my reading
and understanding skills and give me a better repertoire in English.
One day, as I was entering a newsstand nearby, I saw that black-covered
book that was on the verge of changing my entire life as a reader.
The book I am talking about is known as Tales
of the Grotesque and Arabesque, a collection of previously
published short stories by Edgar Allan Poe. The first short story that I read –
The Black Cat – was insanely
incredible and at that right moment, I realized that Poe had been waiting for
me for a long time. It was weird, but I had the feeling that I had seen (or
read) that story before. Well, maybe because of Poe’s influence on other
writers, I don’t know!
The Black Cat is Edgar Allan Poe’s best-known and most often
dramatized story in the world. I have no doubt about that. It is an “eerie short
story of guilt, revenge, psychological horror”. I dare to say it was the tale
that helped spreading Poe’s (good) reputation overseas (it was quite successful
in Europe, for example).
One thing I do love about this tale is the fact that Poe uses its
character, who we never get to know his name, to try to convince the reader that
he (the character) is not crazy:
“Yet, mad am I not - and very surely do I not dream.
But to-morrow I die, and to-day I would unburden my soul. My immediate purpose
is to place before the world, plainly, succinctly, and without comment, a series
of mere household events.”
We may say that, in fact, not only in The Black Cat, but also in other stories his characters seem to be
trying to convince the readers that they are not mad and most of Poe’s killers
are “more talkers than murderers”. As it is possible to see, on his Tell Tale Heart, a short story that is
told by an unnamed narrator who pushes himself really hard to convince us of
his sanity:
“TRUE!—nervous—very,
very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?
The disease had sharpened my senses—not destroyed—not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I
heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell. How, then, am I mad? Hearken! And observe how
healthily—how calmly I can tell you the whole story.”
His writing is incredibly good, and he makes you get so involved that
sometimes you forget the main purpose of the entire talking.
Reading Edgar Allan Poe is an engaging and disturbing experience – I do not
believe that any other writer “has explored and illuminated the human soul more
brilliantly!” You can actually find all elements in Poe’s works. I started to
understand the real meaning of fear in literature after reading (usually at
midnight) his works (horror and detective stories, science fiction, and –
believe it or not – comedy). Poe’s is not only gothic, but also a fun reading.
Don’t you know where to start when you decide to read Edgar Allan Poe?
How about the Black Cat? How about the Fall of the House of Usher?
“During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day
in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the
heavens, I had been passing alone, ... through a singularly dreary tract of
country; and at length found myself, as the shades of the evening drew on,
within view of the melancholy House of Usher.”
I do hope
that you readers have enjoyed this short text about our great short story
writer E. A. Poe. In some instances, I have been unable to trace the owners of
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would enable me to do so. Thank you very much.
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What do you think about
getting to know a little bit more about Poe’s short stories?
The Cask of Amontillado:
How far would you go to
get revenge on somebody who insulted you? Another of Poe’s tales told from the
point of view of the murderer, this 1846 story is the last thing you want to
read if you frighten easily at the thought of buried alive.
The Pit and the Pendulum:
Poe’s best work of historical fiction uses the horrors of the Spanish Inquisition as inspiration for an 1842 tale that, unlike many of his other works, doesn’t rely on the supernatural.
The Masque of the Red Death:
Prince Prospero and his wealthy friends try to avoid the plague by
throwing a masquerade ball. But, as we learn in this 1842 short story, death
doesn’t spare revelers.
Morella:
Death, family, and the grief: these three things are at the heart of this 1835 short story.
"The death of a
beautiful woman is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world." -
Edgar Allan Poe
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O blog ainda não está completamente
reativado, mas uma postagem rápida, antes da volta definitiva, não faz mal a ninguém,
né?
Você sabe o significado de GO DOWN IN HISTORY?
Vejamos alguns exemplos:
The Beatles
will certainly go down in history as a great
rock band.
(Os Beatles irão certamente passar
para a história como uma grande banda de rock.)
Martin Luther
King went down in history as a great spiritual
leader and peace-maker.
(Martin Luther King passou para a
história como um grande líder espiritual e pacificador.)
Já deu para perceber que GO DOWN IN HISTORYquer dizer “passar para a história”, certo?
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Boa semana para todos!
Observação: Esta postagem baseou-se nas dicas de Joe Baily Noble III
e José Roberto A. Igreja. (American Idioms! Um guia prático e atual de
expressões idiomáticas americanas com os significados e usos.
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Todos nós gostamos de férias. Depois de um longo ano de
trabalho, férias são mais do que merecidas; elas são sagradas!
Como eu fiz todo o meu trabalho durante o ano de 2014,
deixo este ano para trás para concentrar minhas forças nos desafios do próximo
ano!
Mas não é legal sair e ser esquecido no trabalho, certo?
Pior, não é legal deixar o pessoal pensando que você vai responder aquele e-mail
ou a mensagem deixada no seu telefone, certo? Além de falta de educação, isso
pode criar inconvenientes no seu retorno!
Sempre sigo o ditado, “seguro morreu de velho” ao pé da letra! Pensando nisso, deixei uma
mensagem automática no meu e-mail coorporativo para que as pessoas saibam que
estou com acesso restrito ou até mesmo sem acesso.
Então, resolvi passar essa dica para vocês: como escrever
uma mensagem automática em inglês. Não se trata de uma explicação, tipo tutorial,
blá, blá, blá, mas de dicas do que escrever.
Eu escrevi assim:
Olá!
Obrigado
pelo seu e-mail. No momento, estou com acesso limitado aos meus e-mails e sem
acesso ao meu telefone. Nos mês de janeiro, estarei de férias, voltando as
minhas funções em fevereiro, quando deverei ler meus e-mails.
Boas
festas e feliz 2015 para você e sua família!
Atenciosamente,
Professor
Bruno Coriolano.
Achei que assim seria
simples e direto e não deixaria de ser cordial. A ideia é bem simples:
(1)Seja
educado! (Olá! Obrigado
pelo seu e-mail.)
(2)Diga
que você está com pouco ou sem acesso ao e-mail, para que as pessoas não fiquem
esperando resposta. (No momento, estou com
acesso limitado aos meus e-mails e sem acesso ao meu telefone.)
(3)Diga
quando poderá responder as mensagens. (Nos
mês de janeiro, estarei de férias, voltando as minhas funções em fevereiro,
quando deverei ler meus e-mails.)
(4)E
deixe uma mensagem educada. (Boas festas
e feliz 2015 para você e sua família!)
(5) Pronto, agora é só dizer tchau! (Atenciosamente,
Professor Bruno Coriolano.)
Viu como é fácil?
Em
inglês é a mesma lógica:
Thank you for your email. I am currently on annual leave and will be
returning in February. I’m not reading my messages at the moment, but I will as
soon as possible.
Merry Christmas and happy New Year!
Kind regards,
EFL teacher Bruno Coriolano.
(1)Seja
educado! (Thank you for your email.)
(2)Diga
que você está com pouco ou sem acesso ao e-mail, para que as pessoas não fiquem
esperando resposta. (I’m not reading my
messages at the moment.)
(3)Diga
quando poderá responder as mensagens. (I am currently on annual leave
and will be returning in February… but I will as soon as possible.)
(4)E
deixe uma mensagem educada. (Merry Christmas and happy New
Year!)
(5)Pronto,
agora é só dizer tchau! (Kind regards, EFL teacher Bruno
Coriolano.)
Percebam que alterei
um pouco a mensagem em inglês. Achei melhor “enxugar” mais um pouco... bem, não
existe apenas uma maneira de deixar uma mensagem automática!
Para todos vocês do
blog, tchau. Até 2015!!!!! J
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Campus da Universidade de Oxford, instituição referência no ensino de
inglês -Universidade de Oxford
O
Ministério da Educação (MEC) lançou nesta segunda-feira (17) o Programa Idioma
Sem Fronteiras, vinculado ao Ciência Sem Fronteiras e voltado para alunos e
professores de línguas que desejam elevar a proficiência em determinada língua.
A medida foi publicada no Diário Oficial da União.
De acordo com dados obtidos pelo GLOBO junto
ao MEC, serão sete línguas estrangeiras abrangidas: inglês, francês, espanhol,
italiano, japonês, mandarim, alemão. Cada instituição brasileira que participar
ganhará um “núcleo de línguas”, responsável por gerir a concessão das bolsas e
ministrar cursos presenciais nos idiomas que comporão o programa.
Os
núcleos também poderão aplicar testes de proficiência para estudantes que
desejam obter um certificado. O portaria esclarece que o novo programa será
custeado por dotação orçamentária da União, mas ainda não há valores exatos,
uma vez que os editais serão lançados conforme a demanda e as parcerias que
forem firmadas.
Alunos
de qualquer disciplina de graduação poderão participar das aulas presenciais e
on-line nos pólos das universidades credenciadas. Conforme O GLOBO apurou, o
edital para o curso de francês pela internet será lançado hoje, onde estarão
disponíveis 1,5 mil logins e senhas para usuários.
No
entanto, só terão direito a bolsas de estudo no exterior os estudantes de
licenciatura em Letras das línguas estrangeiras abrangidas no Idioma Sem
Fronteiras. A ideia é que eles aprofundem o conhecimento imersos em países
falantes da língua que estudam. Em contrapartida, os bolsistas ensinarão
Português para estrangeiros e promoverão a cultura brasileira. A iniciativa já
foi até batizada:
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O 'Português Sem Fronteiras' é nossa língua, nossa cultura. Existe uma procura
muito grande pela nossa língua no exterior. Queremos suprir essa demanda e
permitir a troca de experiências das línguas para promover a maior
internacionalização do Brasil. Eventos como a Copa do Mundo mostraram que os
estrangeiros precisam conhecer nossa cultura – disse a coordenadora do Idioma
Sem Fronteiras, Denise Abreu e Lima.
