Great surprise!

Wow! My memory flew so far right now when I listened the song “sing for you”, especially because the singer’s voice. When I listened to that voice, I was certain that I knew it, but I couldn’t remember its owner.

You can see the lyric here.

However, when I read this text about the singer and her career I suddenly searched for some more information, so I found the video below.

I remember when I was a teenager and I listened so much to that song titled “fast car”. Now I know that the voice of “sing for you” belongs to the same owner of “fast car”, I mean, she is Tracy Chapman. It was good to listen to her again… do you remember her? Hope you enjoy it!

Sing the song with the lyric here.

 

See you!!!

Potatoes!!!!!

One of the common things I firstly learned in English was the types of potatoes that I could eat, so I learned the definitions of “potato chips” and “French fries”. Remember those?

                                           FRENCH FRIES

                                            POTATO CHIPS

However, when I was reading the blog “Inglês na Ponta da Língua” I just realized that I had never asked myself about those potatoes we usually use on a beef stroganoff dish in Brazil. Now I know that kind of potato is called shoestring potato.

                                        SHOESTRING POTATO

Have you ever though about that?

Actually, I never use these kinds of potatoes when I prepare beef stroganoff at home, just mashed potato.

 

MASHED POTATO

I do that because my husband doesn’t like shoestring potato and prefer mashed potato instead of that in all dishes I prepare… maybe he isn’t a creative gourmet…ahahahaha.

Basic English Class

Enjoy!

“Indirect Speech” on line class

I got this video from here.

Avoiding bad employers

Are you interested in identifying whether the company where you work is the best for you or not? I’m concerned about that because I don’t want to spend my time and efforts working for an employer who is not qualified for being a good one. Yes! We can choose a good employer and prevent bad days in our routine. It’s better and healthy, isn’t it? This article is very useful as it has many tips helping us about how identify red flags while we are in a hiring process yet. Read it and found out whether the company that you are trying to apply for a job position is good for you or not.

Just for fun II

Funny computer problem story:

I was having trouble with my computer.  So I called Richard, the 11
year old next door whose bedroom looks like Mission Control, and asked
him to come over.

Richard clicked a couple of buttons and solved the problem.

As he was walking away, I called after him, ‘So, what was wrong?  He
replied, ‘It was an ID ten T error.’
I didn’t want to appear stupid, but nonetheless inquired, ‘An, ID ten
T error?  What’s that?  In case I need to fix it again.’

Richard grinned. ‘Haven’t you ever heard of an  ID ten T error before?’

‘No,’ I replied.

‘Write it down,’ he said, ‘and I think you’ll figure it out.’

So I wrote down:       I D 1 0 T

I used to like the little shit.

Just for fun…

 

 

Two factory workers are talking.
The woman says, “I can make the boss give me the day off.”
The man replies, “And how would you do that?”
The woman says, “Just wait and see.” She then hangs upside-down from the ceiling.
The boss comes in and says, “What are you doing?”
The woman replies, “I’m a light bulb.”
The boss then says, “You’ve been working so much that you’ve gone crazy. I think you need to take the day off.”
The man starts to follow her and the boss says, “Where are you going?”
The man says, “I’m going home, too. I can’t work in the dark.”

From here!

Between X Among

Hi there!

It is almost common to know that we must use “BETWEEN” when involving or connecting two people, things or places.

Example: I was sitting between Paul and Charlie.

However, when referring to more than two people, thing or places we use “AMONG”.

Example: You’re among friends here.

It’s important to know that we can use “BETWEEN” to refer a group too, but when each element is considered as an individual.

Example: There were several embarrassing exchanges between Lydia, Kitty, and Jane.

                We drank a bottle of wine between the three of us.

Curriculum Vitae X Resume

Hi!

Have you ever heard about any difference between resume and curriculum vitae (CV) in English? There was not any difference for me until yesterday…

After reading this article on Alison’s Job Searching Blog I realized I have been writing resumes to get jobs through my professional life, and it was the correct choice. Check it out if you did the same…

See you!!

British English X American English

Pardon me – This is very amusing for Brits in America. Most kids are taught to say "pardon me" if they fart in public or at the table etc. In America it has other meanings which take us Brits a while to figure out. I thought I was surrounded by people with flatulence problems!

Hi there!

Since I started being interested in studying English I was always involved with American English and I had not realized how much British and American English are different. Yes, they are. It must be similar the difference between Brazilian Portuguese and that language which is spoken in Portugal as well. The Very Best of English – The American’s Guide to Speaking British has a lot of words, expressions and slangs used in UK which have different meanings in USA. It’s a fun list of them that can be really useful some day. Enjoy!!