{"id":2376,"date":"2011-06-12T20:42:17","date_gmt":"2011-06-12T20:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=2376"},"modified":"2011-06-12T20:42:17","modified_gmt":"2011-06-12T20:42:17","slug":"eduardo-e-monica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/eduardo-e-monica\/","title":{"rendered":"Eduardo e M\u00f4nica"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today is Valentine&#8217;s Day in Brazil, known as <em>Dia dos Namorados<\/em>. In celebration of the holiday, we&#8217;re going to take a look at a commercial that has gone viral online and that uses a classic love story from one of Brazil&#8217;s most famous bands, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Legi%C3%A3o_Urbana\">Legi\u00e3o Urbana<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The song, called <em>Eduardo e M\u00f4nica<\/em>, tells the story of a couple, how they met, and about their lives together.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Eduardo e Monica - Legiao Urbana\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DCoi83RnjME?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>Vivo, the telecommunications company, took the song and made it into a very creative video, using the <a href=\"http:\/\/letras.terra.com.br\/legiao-urbana\/22497\/\">lyrics<\/a> written 25 years ago to adapt a more technologically modern take on the song:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gJkThB_pxpw\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gJkThB_pxpw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the making of video, where some of the people involved talk about making the commercial:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ko0qMLaa2Tw\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ko0qMLaa2Tw<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Listening Comprehension<\/span>:<\/p>\n<p>1. What does it actually mean to &#8220;trocar telefone?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>2. What is Monica studying?<\/p>\n<p>3. What did Eduardo think was weird about Monica on their second date?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Answers<\/span><\/p>\n<p>1. Exchange phone numbers<\/p>\n<p>2. Medicine (she&#8217;s in med school)<\/p>\n<p>3. She had paint in her hair<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is Valentine&#8217;s Day in Brazil, known as Dia dos Namorados. In celebration of the holiday, we&#8217;re going to take a look at a commercial that has gone viral online and that uses a classic love story from one of Brazil&#8217;s most famous bands, Legi\u00e3o Urbana. 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