setembro 30, 2009

The Decade's Worst Movies

Are you a movie fan? Do you like to read those lists made by magazines or websites ranking the movies or movie stars? Here's another one of those lists: The worst movies of this decade.


RottenTomatoes.com which aggregates the opinions of over 100 professional movie critics  has compiled the "Worst of the Worst," a list of the absolute dredges of cinema over the past decade. By looking at the movies with the highest percentages of negative reviews, they have ranked the 100 worst-reviewed films of the last ten years. The list encompasses a whole range of critically-reviled movies, from the John Travolta sci-fi fiasco "Battlefield Earth" in 2000 to Sandra Bullock's unfunny stalker comedy "All About Steve," which opened just a few weeks ago.

Check out the whole list and see if you agree with the critics:  worst_of_the_worst/

setembro 28, 2009

Learning through videos - Friends

Learn english through videos is funny and effective. The Sitcoms are an important tool to help teachers in their lessons due to their colloquial language. The use of subtitles in English makes the viewing of the episodes much more enjoyable.
He's a snippet from Friends, a very popular sitcom. The snippet could be used in a lesson about the environment and recycling.

setembro 23, 2009

Yeah! Phonetics is good!

Quem já procurou ler aqueles símbolos estranhos que encontramos nos dicionários. Aqueles mesmos que veem entre chaves logo depois do verbete? Quase ninguém, não é mesmo? Mas vocês sabiam que esses símbolos são um grande aliado na aquisição de uma boa pronúncia na língua?
 To have a perfect pronunciation  in English it is very important  to understand the mechanic of each sound. If we undertand this and also learn the phonetic symbol for each letter we'll certainly improve our pronunciation.
Check this link and learn a bit more about the sounds of English:
fənɛ́tɪks

setembro 21, 2009

Learning through music

Aprender inglês através de músicas é eficiente e divertido. Ouvir a música acompanhando a letra é um bom exercício de aprendizagem. Que tal começar com este sucesso do Coldplay?

Listen to the song, read the lyrics and know a bit more about the lyrics:

Viva La Vida - ColdPlay

I used to rule the world
Seas would rise when I gave the word
Now in the morning I sweep alone
Sweep the streets I used to own

I used to roll the dice
Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes
Listen as the crowd would sing:
"Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!"

One minute I held the key
Next the walls were closed on me
And I discovered that my castles stand
Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand

I hear Jerusalem bells a ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can't explain
Once you go there was never,
never an honest word
That was when I ruled the world

It was the wicked and wild wind
Blew down the doors to let me in


Shattered windows and the sound of drums
People couldn't believe what I'd become

Revolutionaries wait
For my head on a silver plate
Just a puppet on a lonely string
Oh who would ever want to be king?

I hear Jerusalem bells a ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can't explain
I know Saint Peter won’t call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world
(Ohhhhh Ohhh Ohhh)

I hear Jerusalem bells a ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can't explain
I know Saint Peter won’t call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world
Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh

Song’s meaning

This song is about losing everything and becoming a nobody, but soon realizing that being rich (king) isn't everything. Basically, living life in nobility isn't as good as just living.
Bassist Guy Berryman explained:” It’s a story about a king who lost his kingdom, and the entire album's artwork is based on the idea of revolutionaries and guerrillas. There's this slightly anti-authoritarian viewpoint that's crept into some of the lyrics.
Chris Martin about the lyric on this song said: "I know Saint Peter won't call my name:… You're not on the list. I was a naughty boy. It's always fascinated me that idea of finishing your life and then being analyzed on it. And it's that runs through most religions. That's why people blow up buildings. Because they think they're going to get lots of virgins. Drummer Will Champion says: the tracks on the album share a theme of "trying to remember what's important in your life, rather than being carried away by the trappings of other things."

setembro 19, 2009

Surf... we must!!


Here I am... toddling through this new journey. I'm a blogger now!

The internet is part of our lives. It is our neighbour, our friend...
A counselor that gives us good... and not so good advices.
A master that teaches us everything we want to know.
But what do we want to know?
What do you want to know?
Knowledge is ahead of us.
So... let's surf...
Let's learn!