{"id":724,"date":"2009-12-28T09:00:24","date_gmt":"2009-12-28T13:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=695"},"modified":"2009-12-28T09:00:24","modified_gmt":"2009-12-28T13:00:24","slug":"lyrics-practice-maria-bethania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/lyrics-practice-maria-bethania\/","title":{"rendered":"Lyrics Practice: Maria Beth\u00e2nia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the holidays come to a close, let&#8217;s take an opportunity to listen to a holiday song in Portuguese and follow along with the music. This song is called &#8220;Boas Festas,&#8221; which as you remember from Friday, means Happy Holidays. Listen to the song and follow along with the words, and then see if you can answer the practice questions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7a-SVE-Vm3M\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7a-SVE-Vm3M<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Practice Questions<\/span><\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0 Who is Papai Noel?<\/p>\n<p>2. How do you say &#8220;toy&#8221; in Portuguese<\/p>\n<p>3. 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