Archive for October, 2009
Lyrics Practice: À procura da batida perfeita Posted by Rachel on Oct 21, 2009
Today’s lyrics practice is a more advanced exercise, since it’s a song by Marcelo D2, a Brazilian rapper/hip hop artist. The lyrics are very slangy with some vocabulary unique to the Northeast, so see if you can keep up with the words! Corre a batida é minha Cheguei primeiro Não rí faz a fezinha Que…
Vale in the News Posted by Rachel on Oct 20, 2009
Vale, one of Brazil’s highest-earning companies and the largest iron ore producer in the world, has been in the news this week with reports about increasing Brazilian investment and tension with President Lula. Let’s take a look at some of the headlines: Brazil’s Vale to invest $12 billion in 2010, Reuters Bernardo says Lula won’t…
Facebook Tries to Beat Orkut in Brazil Posted by Rachel on Oct 19, 2009
Recently, tech website Mashable reported that Facebook is seeking to beat Orkut to dominate the Brazilian social media market. While Orkut has long been the leader in Brazil, Facebook has created new ways to lure Brazilians to its site. First, Facebook is now available in Portuguese, making access easier. Second, Facebook recently installed a new…
Website Vocabulary Posted by Rachel on Oct 16, 2009
Today, we’re going to look at vocabulary related to the Internet and websites. Internet = a Internet [een-ter-neh-chee] browser = navegador window = janela tab = aba server = servidor broadband = banda larga add = adicionar delete = excluir sign up/create an account = cadastrar-se login = fazer login/entrar log out = sair password…
Lyrics Practice: Fico assim sem você Posted by Rachel on Oct 15, 2009
Another of my favorites, this song is sung by Adriana Calcanhoto, a cover of a pop-funk song by Claudinho e Buchecha. I’ve taken out random parts of the lyrics which you’ll have to fill in. Happy listening! Avião sem asa, fogueira sem brasa Sou eu assim sem você __ __ __, Piu-Piu sem Frajola Sou…
Al Gore in Brazil Posted by Rachel on Oct 14, 2009
Al Gore is in Brazil this week, and attended an event at the Federação das Indústrias do Estado de São Paulo (the Sao Paulo Industrial Federation), where he gave a speech and discussed environmental conservation. While he stressed the issues of deforestation and conservation efforts, he was rightfully extremely careful to refer directly to environmental…
Are you going? Posted by Rachel on Oct 13, 2009
For today’s interactive feature, the question is: do you plan on attending the 2014 World Cup and/or the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil? Sure, it’s a long way off, but I know a lot of people who are already set on attending one event or the other. Are you one of them? If you’re on…