{"id":2088,"date":"2011-03-10T03:26:01","date_gmt":"2011-03-10T03:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=2088"},"modified":"2011-03-10T03:26:01","modified_gmt":"2011-03-10T03:26:01","slug":"listening-comprehension-ted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/listening-comprehension-ted\/","title":{"rendered":"Listening Comprehension: TEDx"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recently discovered that there are dozens of TED Talks from independent events in Brazil available online, and they&#8217;re not only fun and interesting, but they&#8217;re a perfect opportunity to practice your listening comprehension skills. It&#8217;s a great way not only to listen to a short speech, but to also pick up some slang and hear different accents.<\/p>\n<p>Here we have a video from the S\u00e3o Paulo event for you to test your skills. Guti Fraga talks about starting a theater group for marginalized youth in Rio de Janeiro. Watch the video and try to answer the questions below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TEDxSaoPaulo - Guti Fraga - 11\/14\/2009\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F0kEXseqBKE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>To watch more TEDx videos in Portuguese, see below.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/TEDxTalks#g\/c\/84BAAB429C4437E8\">S\u00e3o Paulo<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/TEDxTalks#g\/c\/1CE1E75D235FCA7B\">USP<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/TEDxTalks#g\/c\/8A8DE230F7877CC4\">Amaz\u00f4nia<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/TEDxTalks#g\/c\/1C08050E9681010C\">Sudeste<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/TEDxTalks#g\/c\/037D8318904A65EE\">Rio<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Questions<\/span><\/p>\n<p>1. Where and when did Guti go that inspired him to start his organization?<\/p>\n<p>2. How does the speaker express that he is anxious?<\/p>\n<p>3. What was the group&#8217;s first big show?<\/p>\n<p>4. What does he like to tell people about the school?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Answers<\/span><\/p>\n<p>1. New York, 1985<\/p>\n<p>2. Estou t\u00e3o nervoso \/ T\u00f4 nervos\u00e3o (both mean &#8220;I&#8217;m so nervous&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p>3. Plays by Machado de Assis<\/p>\n<p>4. It&#8217;s not a school for theatre; it&#8217;s a place where you can live art<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently discovered that there are dozens of TED Talks from independent events in Brazil available online, and they&#8217;re not only fun and interesting, but they&#8217;re a perfect opportunity to practice your listening comprehension skills. It&#8217;s a great way not only to listen to a short speech, but to also pick up some slang and&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/listening-comprehension-ted\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[1851],"tags":[2267,145,35674,35673],"class_list":["post-2088","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-learning","tag-listening","tag-speech","tag-talks","tag-tedx"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2088"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2094,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2088\/revisions\/2094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}