The right foot is more ticklish than the left one. It is not related to laterality but in scientific experiments most people report that their right foot is more ticklish.

                                                                                (Adapted from Speak up)

GLOSSARY

ticklish – ter cócegas

laterality – lateralidade 

                     How to prepare well for an interview

It’s important to be well prepared for a job interview and practice the best answers to possible questions an interviewer could ask. It is common for the interviewer to ask why you are unemployed, why you want to work in that company, what you know about it and what salary you are looking for. Some interviewers can ask questions about current affairs in Brazil and the world (so it is always good to be well informed).

                                                               (Adapted from Maganews Mar 2011)

GLOSSARY

current affairs – assuntos atuais 

Ronaldo, the soccer world, confirmed his retirement today at the age of 34. The Brazilian legend has decided to hang up his boots due to injuries and a loss of fitness. “I’m ending my career as a professional soccer player. It’s been a beautiful, emotional, marvelous career. However, these last two years, I’ve had a long series of injuries, from one side to the other, one leg to the other, one muscle to the other,” the Corinthians striker said.

                                                                   (Adapted from Maganews Mar 2011)

Split Rock Resort is open to the public. Hours vary and the park is closed Tuesday - Thursday except the week of President’s Day. Purchase online and save $2 per ticket. Split Rock also offers lodging and water park specials. Tel 800-255-7625

                                                                                    (From Recreation News)

GLOSSARY lodging – casa, hospedaria 

                                     The “Freshman Fifteen”

A freshman is a first-year college student. “Fifteen” refers to fifteen pounds – the fifteen pounds added to a student’s weight in his or her first year. There are a number of reasons why first-year university students gain weight; but it’s encouraging to know that freshmen don’t have to add these harmful fifteen pounds.

                                                             (Taken from Active Skills for Reading)

GLOSSARY pound – libra (unidade monetária e medida de peso equivalente a 454 gramas) 

Flooding, chaotic traffic, a lack of security, and a deficient public health service. These and other problems are routine for people living in the capital of São Paulo State. However, ___ residents are happier with the city today than they were nine years ago. Despite these problems, São Paulo has much to offer, such as great job and good chances of business, and an excellent range of leisure and service options.

                                                                      (Adapted from Maganews #53)

GLOSSARY

range – variedade 

Murderesses Velma Kelly (a woman who killed her husband and sister after finding them in bed together) and Roxie Hart (who killed her boyfriend when she discovered he wasn't going to make her a star) find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows, in 1920s musical Chicago.

                     Adapted from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0299658/plotsummary 

Observe the fragment taken from the blues Blow Wind Blow (Muddy Waters, Paul Butterfield)

                           When the sun rose this morning,

                           I didn't have my baby by my side.

                           When the sun rose this morning,

                           I didn't have my baby by my side.

                               I don't know where she was,

                        I know she's out with some another guy.  

                          How to Become a Stunt Double

A stunt double stands in for the actor when the action or fight scene gets dangerous or goes beyond the capabilities of the actor. To become a stunt double, you must be in excellent physical condition and have special skills.  

1. Exercise regularly if you want to become a stunt double. Eat nutritiously for optimal health and strength.

2. Take lots of lessons because the more skills you have, the better. Gymnastics is extremely important in becoming a stunt double. Get good at trampoline, skateboarding, swimming and high board diving. Take scuba diving lessons. Practice rock climbing and horseback riding. Learn to water ski and snow ski.

3. Enroll in martial arts classes, especially judo. Judo is excellent for learning how to break falls.

4. Get training in CPR(1) and First Aid. This training looks good on a résumé, especially for stunt double careers. Injuries happen.

5. Have valid driver's licenses for both car and motorcycle. Take advanced driving classes so you'll be qualified for difficult driving scenes.

6. Move to Hollywood and plan to work your way up from the bottom. You must get into the Screen Actors Guild(2) and have a union card(3) .

                                                                                  Taken from Google

(2) Annual prize promoted by the American Syndicate of Actors.

(3) A card certifying membership in an organization. 

                                        Titanic – The Movie

Storyline

In this fiction movie, 84 years later, a 100-year-old woman named Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story to her granddaughter Lizzy Calvert and others about her life set on April 10th 1912, on a ship called Titanic when young Rose boards the departing ship with the upper-class passengers, her mother Ruth DeWitt Bukater, and her fiancé. Meanwhile, a drifter and artist named Jack Dawson and his best friend Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets to the ship in a game. She explains the whole story from departure until the death of Titanic on its first and last voyage April 15th, 1912 at 2:20 in the morning.

Adapted from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120338/

"My Heart Will Go On" is the love theme of the 1997 blockbuster film Titanic. It was recorded by Celine Dion. Originally released in 1997, it went to number 1 all over the world. It became Dion's biggest hit, and one of the best selling of all time, and was the world's best-selling single of 1998. 

                                                                                      Adapted from Wikipedia

                               My Heart Will Go On (Celine Dion)

                                          Soundtrack of Titanic

                                       Every night in my dreams

                                            I see you, I feel you,

                                    That is how I know you go on

                                         Far across the distance

                                         And spaces between us

                                You have come to show you go on

                                      Near, far, wherever you are

                                 I believe that the heart does go on

                                   Once more you open the door

                                     And you're here in my heart

                                   And my heart will go on and on

                                                         [...]

                              http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/titanic/myheartwillgoon