sexta-feira, 20 de maio de 2011

Green Day - 21 Guns (Cast Version)

Green Day - 21 Guns (Cast Version)

Do you know what's worth fighting for,
When it's not worth dying for?
Does it take your breath away
And you feel yourself suffocating?
Does the pain weight out the pride?
And you look for a place to hide?
Did someone break your heart inside?
You're in ruins

One, 21 guns
Lay down your arms
Give up the fight
One, 21 guns
Throw up your arms into the sky
You and I

When you're at the end of the road
And you lost all sense of control
And your thoughts have taken their toll
When your mind breaks the spirit of your soul
Your faith walks on broken glass
And the hangover doesn't pass
Nothing's ever built to last
You're in ruins

One, 21 guns
Lay down your arms
Give up the fight
One, 21 guns
Throw up your arms into the sky,
You and I

Did you try to live on your own
When you burned down the house and home?
Did you stand too close to the fire?
Like a liar looking for forgiveness from a stone

When it's time to live and let die
And you can't get another try
Something inside this heart has died
You're in ruins.

One, 21 guns
Lay down your arms
Give up the fight
One, 21 guns
Throw up your arms into the sky

One, 21 guns
Lay down your arms
Give up the fight
One, 21 guns
Throw up your arms into the sky,
You and I

Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly

Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly

I don't know you
But I want you
All the more for that
Words fall through me
And always fool me
And I can't react

And games that never amount
To more than they're meant
Will play themselves out

(Chorus:)
Take this sinking boat and point it home
We've still got time
Raise your hopeful voice you have a choice
You've made it now

Falling slowly, eyes that know me
And I can't go back
Moods that take me and erase me
And I'm painted black

You have suffered enough
And warred with yourself
It's time that you won

(Chorus:)
Take this sinking boat and point it home
We've still got time
Raise your hopeful voice you had a choice
You've made it now

Take this sinking boat and point it home
We've still got time
Raise your hopeful voice you had a choice
You've made it now
Falling slowly sing your melody
I'll sing along

Falling slowly
Sing your melody
I'll sing it now

Snow Patrol feat. Martha Wainwright - Set The Fire To The Third Bar

Snow Patrol feat. Martha Wainwright - Set The Fire To The Third Bar

I find the map and draw a straight line
Over rivers, farms, and state lines
The distance from here to where you'd be
It's only finger-lengths that I see
I touch the place where I'd find your face
My fingers in creases of distant dark places

I hang my coat up in the first bar
There is no peace that I've found so far
The laughter penetrates my silence
As drunken men find flaws in science

Their words mostly noises
Ghosts with just voices
Your words in my memory
Are like music to me
I'm miles from where you are,
I lay down on the cold ground
I, I pray that something picks me up
And sets me down in your warm arms

After I have travelled so far
We'd set the fire to the third bar
We'd share each other like an island
Until exhausted, close our eyelids
And dreaming, pick up from
The last place we left off
Your soft skin is weeping
A joy you can't keep in

I'm miles from where you are,
I lay down on the cold ground
And I, I pray that something picks me up
and sets me down in your warm arms

And miles from where you are,
I lay down on the cold ground
and I, I pray that something picks me up
and sets me down in your warm arms

OneRepublic - All The Right Moves

OneRepublic - All The Right Moves

All the right friends in all the right places
So yeah, we're going down
They've got all the right moves in all the right faces
So yeah, we're going down

Just paint the picture of a perfect place
They've got it better than what anyone's told you
They'll be the King of Hearts, and you're the Queen of Spades
And we'll fight for you like we were your soldiers

I know we've got it good
But they've got it made
And the grass is getting greener each day
I know things are looking up
But soon they'll take us down
before anybody's knowing our name.

They got all the right friends in all the right places
So yeah, we're going down
They got all the right moves and all the right faces
So yeah, we're going down
They said, everybody knows, everybody knows where we're going
Yeah, we're going down
They said, everybody knows, everybody knows where we're going
Yeah, we're going down

Do you think I'm special?
Do you think I'm nice?
Am I bright enough to shine in your spaces?
Between the noise you hear
And the sound you like
Are we just sinking in an ocean of faces?

It can be possible that rain can fall,
Only when it's over our heads
The sun is shining everyday, but it's far away
All the world is dead.

They've got,
They've got all the right friends in all the right places
So yeah, we're going down
We've got all the right moves and and all the right faces
So yeah, we're going down

They said, everybody knows, everybody knows where we're going
Yeah, we're going down
They said, everybody knows, everybody knows where we're going
Yeah, we're going down

It doesn't matter what you see.
I know i could never be
Someone that looks like you.
It doesn't matter what you say
I know i could never face
someone that could sound like you.

All the right friends in all the wrong places
So yeah, we're going down
They've got all the right moves and all the right faces
So yeah, we're going down

All the right friends in all the wrong places
So yeah, we're going down
Theyve got all the right moves and all the right faces
So yeah, we're going down

They said, everybody knows everybody knows where we're going
Yeah we're going down
They said, everybody knows everybody knows where we're going
Yeah we're going down

Yeah we're going down
Yeah we're going down

All the right moves, hey
Yeah, we're going down
All the right moves, hey
Yeah, we're going down

The Cranberries - Ode To My Family

The Cranberries - Ode To My Family

Understand the things I say,
Don't turn away from me
'Cause I spent half my life out there
You wouldn't disagree
D'you see me, d'you see
Do you like me, do you like me standing there
D'you notice, d'you know
Do you see me, do you see me
Does anyone care?

Unhappiness, where's when I was young
And we didn't give a damn
'Cause we were raised
To see life as fun and take it if we can
My mother, my mother she hold me,
Did she hold me when I was out there
My father, my father, he liked me
Oh he liked me, does anyone care?

Understand what I've become,
It wasn't my design
And people everywhere think
Something better than I am,
But I miss you. I miss
'Cause I liked it, 'cause I liked it
When I was out there
D'you know this, d'you know
You did not find me, you did not find
Does anyone care?

Unhappiness, where's when I was young
And we didn't give a damn
'Cause we were raised
To see life as fun and take it if we can
My mother, my mother she hold me,
Did she hold me when I was out there
My father, my father, he liked me
Then he liked me, 
Does anyone care , does anyone care
Does anyone care , does anyone care
Does anyone care , does anyone care
Does anyone care , does anyone care?

Jessie J - Price Tag ft. B.o.B.

Jessie J - Price Tag ft. B.o.B.

Okay
Coconut man
Moonhead
And pea
(Are) you ready?

Seems like everybody's got a price
I wonder how they sleep at night
When the sale comes first
And the truth comes second
Just stop for a minute and
Smile

Why is everybody so serious
Acting so damn mysterious
You got your shades on your eyes
And your heels so high
That you can't even have a good
Time

Everybody look to their left (yeah)
Everybody look to their right (ha)
Can you feel that (yeah)
Well pay them with love tonight

Chorus:
It's not about the money, money, money
We don't need your money, money, money
We just wanna make the world dance
Forget about the price tag

Ain't about the (ha) Cha-Ching Cha-Ching
Aint about the (yeah) Ba-Bling Ba-Bling
Wanna make the world dance
Forget about the price tag

(Okay)
We need to take it back in time
When music made us all unite
And it wasn't low blows and video hoes
Am I the only one getting... tired?

Why is everybody so obsessed
Money can't buy us happiness
If we all slow down and enjoy right now
Guarantee we'll be feelin'
All right

Everybody looks to their left (yeah)
Everybody looks to their right (ha)
Can you feel that (yeah)
Well pay them with love tonight

It's not about the money, money, money
We don't need your money, money, money
We just wanna make the world dance
Forget about the price tag

Ain't about the (ha) Cha-Ching Cha-Ching
Ain't about the (yeah) Ba-Bling Ba-Bling
Wanna make the world dance
Forget about the price tag

(B.o.B.)
Yeah yeah
Well, keep the price tag
And take the cash back
Just give me six streams and a half stack
And you can keep the cars
Leave me the garage
And all I
Yes all I need are keys and guitars
And guess what, in 30 seconds I'm leaving to mars
Yes we leaving across these undefinable odds
Its like this man, you can't put a price on life
We do this for the love so we fight and sacrifice every night
So we ain't gon' stumble and fall never
Waiting to see, a sign of defeat uh uh
So we gon' keep everyone moving their feet
So bring back the beat and then everyone sing
It's not about

Chorus:
It's not about the money, money, money
We don't need your money, money, money
We just wanna make the world dance
Forget about the price tag

Ain't about the (ha) Cha-Ching Cha-Ching
Aint about the (yeah) Ba-Bling Ba-Bling
Wanna make the world dance
Forget about the price tag

Chorus:
It's not about the money, money, money
We don't need your money, money, money
We just wanna make the world dance
Forget about the price tag

Ain't about the (ha) Cha-Ching Cha-Ching
Ain't about the (yeah) Ba-Bling Ba-Bling
Wanna make the world dance
Forget about the price tag

Yeah yeah, oo-oooh
Forget about the price tag

segunda-feira, 16 de maio de 2011

Simple Present Tense - Presente Simples

* Corresponde ao Presente do Indicativo em Português;
* Sua forma básica é igual a do infinitivo sem a partícula to;
* A 3ª pessoa do singular (he - she - it) recebe s.
 
Usos
a. expressa verdades uuniversais, fatos ciêntificos ou da natureza, algo que acontece no presente e não no momento da fala;
ex: Parallel lines never cross

b. ações repetidas produzidas habitualmente no presente;
ex: George always reads the newspaper in the morning

c.  Ações planejadas para o futuro
ex: Our train leaves in five minutes

Particularidades - Ortografia 
Simple Present - Affirmative Form
 
1. Os verbos terminados em Sh, ch, o, s, x e z recebem es na terceira pessoa do singular (he,she,it).

exs: brush - brushes                go - goes                 dress - dresses 
        watch - watches               fix - fixes                 buzz - buzzes

2. Nos verberbos terminados em consoante + Y: troca-se o y por i e acrescenta-se es.

exs: try - tries                        fly - flies                  carry - carries


3. Aplicamos s aos verbos terminados em vogal + y e aos demais verbos com diferentes terminações.

exs: say - says                  buy - buys                     play - plays
       live - lives                  leave - leaves                start - starts

4. O verbo to have tem a forma has para a 3ª pessoa do singular.

ex: She has beuatiful pictures in her office.

Importante

*As ações habituais são sempre acompanhadas de advérbios de frequência:
always       often                 frequently        every...        twice a...        usually        generally
never         sometimes        seldom             once a...     rarely             regulary       hardly ever


Simple Present - Negative Form

        A forma negativa do Presente Simples é formada com auxiliar do not ou don't (forma abreviada) e o auxiliar does not ou doesn't (forma abreviada) entre o sujeito da oração e o verbo principal no infinitivo sem a partícula to. Utilisa-se apenas o auxiliar does not (doesn't) para a 3ª pessoa do singular (he, she, it) e o verbo principal deve voltar para sua forma de infinitivo perdendo o s ou o es dos verbos terminados em Sh, ch, o, s, x e z) e o ies dos verbos terminados em consoante + y).

exs:
Afirmativa: They work in England.
Negativa: They do not(don't) work in England.

Afirmativa 3ª pessoa do Singular: Mary watches TV on Sundays. 
Negativa 3ª pessoa do singular:  Mary does not(doesn't) watch TV on Sundays.


Simple Present - Interrogative form


        A forma interrogativa do Presente Simples é formada com auxiliar do e o auxiliar does  antes do sujeito da oração. Utilisa-se apenas o auxiliar does para a 3ª pessoa do singular (he, she, it) e o verbo principal deve voltar para sua forma de infinitivo perdendo o s ou o es dos verbos terminados em Sh, ch, o, s, x e z) e o ies dos verbos terminados em consoante + y).

exs:
Afirmativa: They never drive at night.
Interrogativa: Do They never drive at night?

Afirmativa 3ª pessoa do Singular: Nancy flies to New York.
Negativa 3ª pessoa do singular: Does Nancy fly to New York?



Previous - Emperor Penguin

       Winter arrives in Antarctica in March, when nearly all creatures leave except the emperor penguin, the only animal that spends the winter on Antarctica's ice. they spend their entire lives on Antarctic ice and its winters.
         

The Changing of the Guard 

        Emperor penguins spend the long winter on the open ice and they breed during this harsh season(unlike most birds, witch breed in the springtime). After a courtship of several weeks females lay a single egg and then leave it behind! Every year, female emperors go to the open sea to get their food. They  travel about 80 kilometers across the frozen surface every winter. Where are the egg eggs, then? At the feet, literally, of the male emperors.


        The male emperors penguin incubates his egg, keeping it warm on his feet covered by his stomach. He just stands there, for about 65 days, through icy temperatures, cruel winds, and blinding storms until the egg hatches. And those dedicated fathers eat nothing that whole time.


        Because of the cruel Antarctic cold, the male penguins stay together, very near each other. The snow falls. The wind blows very, very hard. But penguins just stay there. And survive. Finally after over two months, the females return from the sea, bringing food they regurgitate, to feed the now hatched chicks. The two birds greet each other noisily. Then the male changes places with the female; writers call this the "changing of the guard". The mother takes over care of the chick and the male finally starts the long trip to the open sea and food.

(main source:<http://kids.nationalgeografic.com/Animals/creaturefeature/Emperor-penguin> [ accessed August 2008]


Help 
breed: (animals) reproduce
courtship: period of sexual attraction between a male and a female animal
harsh: difficult to live in 
hatch: (egg) break open
hatched: newly born chick
incubate: keep the egg warm
regurgitate: bring food up from your stomach back into your mouth
survive: stay alive
take over: assume control of
unlike: different


Exploring other sources
 Web
* http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/imperor-penguin.html
* www.gdargaud.net
* www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=3524
* http://pt.wikipeda.org/wiki/pinguim/imperador

Films
* Happy feet, o pinguim. animação, 2006. warner DVD.
* O pinguim imperador. National Geographic, DVD.
* A marcha dos pinguins. Documentário de Luc Jacquet, 2005  


Exercise

A. Complete the sentences with the correct words, according to "The changing of the guard".

1. Romeo loves Juliet. Juliet loves Romeo. Romeo and Juliet love ________.

a. together        b. several        c. each other        d. whole        e. entire

2. ________ most birds, penguins are not able to fly.

a. until               b. during         c. across               d. unlike       e. every

3. It's a harsh winter and the water on the lake is ________.

a. frozen              b. warm        c. single                d. blinding     e. open

4. It's 11:58 p.m.. It's ________ midnight.

a. near                 b. icy            c. noisily                d. nearly       e. after
 
5. When Mr. Smith is on vocation his brother ________ care of the office.

a. takes over        b. feeds         c. leaves               d. travels       e. hatches

B. Complete the sentences with the verbs in parentheses. They show the correct sequence of events in The Changing Of the Guard.

1. Emperor penguins ________ (breed) during the long Antarctic winter.

2. After a courtship of several weeks, the female ________ (lays) one single egg. Then she _______  (leave) it behind. She ________  (go) to the sea to _______ (get) her food.

3. The male ________ (stay) there on the open ice incubating the egg. 

4. After about 65 days, the chick ________ (hatch). A baby penguin is born. His father _______ (keep) the baby warm on his feet until the female ________ (return) from the sea.

5. Finally, the female ________ (return)  from the sea and the two birds ________ (greet) each other  noisily. The female ________ (regurgitate) food and ________ (give) it to the chick.

6. The female ________ (take over) care of the chick and after that the male ________ (go) to the sea to get his food.

C. Complete the sentences with the  Simple Present of the verbs to return - to spend -  to arrive - to leave - to eat - to blow - to stay - to survive - to lay - to fall - to go - to - travel according to The Changing of The Guard.

1. The male penguins ______ together, very near each other.

2. Every year, female emperors ________ to the open sea to  get their food.

3. Those dedicated fathers ________ nothing during that whole time. 

4. Females ________ one single egg and then ________ it behind.

5. Emperor penguin ________ the long Antarctic winter on the open ice.

6. The snow ________. The wind ________ very, very hard.

7. Winter ________ in Antarctica in March.

8. The penguins ________ about 80 kilometers across the frozen surface every winter.

9. The Antarctic winter is harsh, but the penguins ________.

10. Finally, after over two months, the females ________ from the sea.

D. Complete the following sentences using the adverbs "always - never - often - rarely" and the verbs "to arrive - to drink - to cook - to feel - to go - to rain".

1. I ________ ________ before driving. It's against the law.

2. Jane and Greg ________ ________ to the movies. They love the movies.

3. It ________ ________ in the Amazon in the wet season. That's why it is called a rain forest!

4. My sister ________ ________. She hates cooking.

5. That train ________ ________ late. It always arrives on time.

6. Jane and Greg ________ ________ happy when they see each other. They are in love.


The Tree Machine

        Tress are great and beautiful machines, powered by sunlight taking in water from the ground carbon dioxide from the air, converting these materials into food food for their use and ours. (Carl Sagan, in cosmos) 
        Most forms of life on Earth need oxygen. We do not get oxygen from industrial machines. We get it from the tree machine. Trees make the oxygen that we need to take in from the air. Industrial machines cause air pollution. Trees do not pollute the air. On the contrary, they clean it. The industrial machines causes noise pollution. The tree machine does not make any noise. On the contrary, it filters noise.
The tree machine does not need coal, oil, steam, gas, or electricity to work. Its fuel comes from water, sunlight, and carbon dioxide. When a tree dies, it helps new plants. The combination of water, insects, and microorganisms in the soil causes the decomposition of the tree. When a tree dies, it gives nutrients to the soil for other trees to use as fuel. So, the tree does not die, actually. It recycles the its substance for the benefit of all animal and plant life.
 Please remember: the tree is your friend. Do not destroy it.   

Help
actually: Really (emphasis or what is really true) 
benefit: advantage, good
fuel: a substance that produces heat or power when it is burned
on the contrary: the oposite
oxygen: the gas that all animals breathe
powered by: with energy supplied by 
take in: absorb


Exercise

1. What's the main idea? Choose the sentence that contains the most important idea (and not just details) in the text.

1. The tree helps new plants when it dies.
2. Trees help to fight pollution.
3. The tree works for the benefit of humanity, animals, and plant.
4. Trees make the oxygen that we need to take from the air.

2. Write T (for trees)  or IM (for Industrial Machines) in reference to each of the following sentences, as adequate.
1. (   ) They make a lot of noise.
2. (   ) They don't pollute the air.
3. (   ) They clean the air.
4. (   ) They make the oxygen that we need.
5. (   ) They cause noise and air pollution.
6. (   ) Their fuel comes from water, sunlight, and carbon dioxide.
7. (   ) They don't give us the oxygen that we breathe.
8. (   ) They don't die, actually.
9. (   ) They are powered by sunlight.
10. (   ) They don't recycle their substance for our benefit.

3. Choose from the verbs forms "are - do not pollute - convert - helps - filters - do not get - does not make - does not die - need" to complete the following sentences.

1. Trees ________ great and beautiful machines.
2. Trees ________ water and carbon dioxide into food for their use and ours.
3. Most forms of life on Earth ________ oxygen.
4. Trees ________ the air.
5. We ________ oxygen form industrial machines.
6. On the contrary, it ________ noise.
7. The tree machine ________ any noise.
8. When a tree dies, it ________ new plants... So, the tree ________ , really.