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Lyrics Translation: The Girl From Ipanema Posted by on Mar 23, 2010

One of the most internationally famous bossa nova songs of all time, The Girl from Ipanema is a classic with easy to follow lyrics. It’s useful to see a side by side translation, especially since the song is also sung in English (the most famous recording by Frank Sinatra), but with slightly different lyrics. Here…

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Reading Comprehension: On Tour Posted by on Mar 16, 2010

Today we’re going to do a reading comprehension exercise about an American band on tour in Brazil. Guns N’Roses deve se apresentar no Rio em abril Excerpt: “Cancelado no domingo por conta do temporal que caiu no Rio, o show do Guns N´Roses na Praça da Apoteose deverá ser remarcado para o início do mês…

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Águas de Março Posted by on Mar 10, 2010

Happy March! The song “Waters of March,” originally written by Tom Jobim and performed here by Elis Regina, is a true classic. It also has an interesting backstory: in Rio de Janeiro, March is a very rainy month with lots of flooding, and Jobim was inspired by the Rio weather, and actually wrote the music…

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A Vida do Viajante… Posted by on Feb 19, 2010

Luiz Gonzaga or Gonzagão is one of the most prominent Brazilian folk singers of the 20th century.  He popularized Northeastern baião music throughout the country, and much of his music was reproduced by artists such as Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Geraldo Vandré, amongst other great Brazilian artists.  Baião is the foundation for forró, côco, and…

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Lyrics Practice: Ivete Sangalo Posted by on Feb 8, 2010

Ivete Sangalo is one of the great stars of Salvador’s Carnival, so this week we’re going to use one of her older hits (Sorte Grande) to do some listening practice Key words: poeira = dust emoção = emotion sorriso = smile pedaço = piece verdadeiro = true sorte = luck Lyrics A minha sorte grande…

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Lyrics Practice: Charlie Brown Jr. Posted by on Feb 1, 2010

Today we’re going to use the pop rock band Charlie Brown Jr. to practice listening. This song, Me encontra, is useful for reviewing verbs in the infinitive. Happy listening! Lyrics Hoje eu vou sair pra encontrar o amor Espero a tanto tempo e ainda não rolou O vento diz que é hoje em meio a…

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Lyrics Practice: Olodum Posted by on Jan 25, 2010

Olodum is an internationally renowned band from Salvador with amazing percussion. Today, we’re going to do some listening practice with their song Requebra. This is another Carnival song as we quickly approach February! Lyrics Requebra, requebra, requebra assim pode falar, pode rir de mim Requebra! Deusa de marron Jeito sensual Quando ela passa agita a…

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