sábado, 20 de junho de 2009
CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THIS MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE?
Whenever you are feeling down,
Please close your eyes and feel
The hug within this bottle
That you have just unsealed.
The magic in this piece of glass
The magic in this piece of glass
Will never dissipate.
If countless times you open it,It’s charm won’t deviate.
So place it in the window
So place it in the window
Or near your favorite chair,
And use this never-ending hug
Whenever life’s not fair.
Let the unseen magic
Let the unseen magic
Place you in my warm embrace.
The tears that shine within your eyes,
It will – with smile – replace.
This message, fairly simple, saysYou know when times are rough,The miracle within this glass
This message, fairly simple, saysYou know when times are rough,The miracle within this glass
Will be there, sure enough.
Know that I am always with you, in both good times and bad…
Know that I am always with you, in both good times and bad…
SAY OR TELL??
Say or Tell?
Say and tell have similar meanings. They both mean to communicate verbally with someone. But we often use them differently.
The simple way to think of say and tell is:
You say something
You tell someone something
You say something
You tell someone something
Ram said that he was tired.
Ram told Jane that he was tired.
Anthony says you have a new job.
Anthony tells me you have a new job.
Tara said: "I love you."
Tara told John that she loved him.
But, of course, it is not always so easy. Here are a few rules to help you.
Personal objectWe usually follow tell with a personal object (the person that we are speaking to). We usually use say without a personal object:
She told me that she loved John.
She said that she loved John.
He told everybody that he had to leave.
He said that he had to leave.
Say "to someone"With say, we sometimes use "to someone":
He said to me that he was tired.
Tara said to Ram that he had done very well.
Anthony said to her, "I hope you come soon."
"I'd like to sleep," she said to him quietly.
Direct speechWe can use say with direct speech. We use tell only with direct speech that is an instruction or information:
Amanda said, "Hello John. How are you?"
"That's great'" she said.
He told her: "Open the door quietly."
She told me, "I have never been to England."
We can use say with direct questions, but we cannot use tell:
She said: "Do you love me?"
The policeman said to the prisoner, "Where were you at 8pm?"
Reported speechWe can use say and tell to talk about reported information:
She said that it was raining.
She told me that she would call at 2pm.
We cannot use say or tell to talk about reported questions. We must use ask (or a similar verb):
She asked if I had ever been there.
They asked what I wanted to eat.
She asked where he lived.
He asked if she wanted to go home.
Orders, adviceWe use tell + object + infinitive for orders or advice:
She told him to sit down.
They told me not to wait.
Tell Neil to have a holiday and forget her.
PhrasesHere are a few fixed phrases with tell. We cannot use say with these phrases:
tell (someone) a story
tell (someone) a lie
tell (someone) the truth
tell the future (= to know what the future will bring)
tell the time (= know how to read a clock)
Say and tell have similar meanings. They both mean to communicate verbally with someone. But we often use them differently.
The simple way to think of say and tell is:
You say something
You tell someone something
You say something
You tell someone something
Ram said that he was tired.
Ram told Jane that he was tired.
Anthony says you have a new job.
Anthony tells me you have a new job.
Tara said: "I love you."
Tara told John that she loved him.
But, of course, it is not always so easy. Here are a few rules to help you.
Personal objectWe usually follow tell with a personal object (the person that we are speaking to). We usually use say without a personal object:
She told me that she loved John.
She said that she loved John.
He told everybody that he had to leave.
He said that he had to leave.
Say "to someone"With say, we sometimes use "to someone":
He said to me that he was tired.
Tara said to Ram that he had done very well.
Anthony said to her, "I hope you come soon."
"I'd like to sleep," she said to him quietly.
Direct speechWe can use say with direct speech. We use tell only with direct speech that is an instruction or information:
Amanda said, "Hello John. How are you?"
"That's great'" she said.
He told her: "Open the door quietly."
She told me, "I have never been to England."
We can use say with direct questions, but we cannot use tell:
She said: "Do you love me?"
The policeman said to the prisoner, "Where were you at 8pm?"
Reported speechWe can use say and tell to talk about reported information:
She said that it was raining.
She told me that she would call at 2pm.
We cannot use say or tell to talk about reported questions. We must use ask (or a similar verb):
She asked if I had ever been there.
They asked what I wanted to eat.
She asked where he lived.
He asked if she wanted to go home.
Orders, adviceWe use tell + object + infinitive for orders or advice:
She told him to sit down.
They told me not to wait.
Tell Neil to have a holiday and forget her.
PhrasesHere are a few fixed phrases with tell. We cannot use say with these phrases:
tell (someone) a story
tell (someone) a lie
tell (someone) the truth
tell the future (= to know what the future will bring)
tell the time (= know how to read a clock)
what, what whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat??
This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody.
There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that, because it was Everybody's job. Everybody thought that Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn't do it.
It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done.
There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that, because it was Everybody's job. Everybody thought that Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn't do it.
It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done.
HEAVEN AND HELL
What's the difference between Heaven and Hell?
In Heaven...the French are the cooks
the Germans are the engineers
the British are the police
the Swiss are the managers
the Italians are the lovers
In Hell...the British are the cooks
the French are the managers
the Italians are the engineers
the Germans are the police
the Swiss are the lovers
ARE YOU A CAT FAN?
Getting To Know The Feline Repertoire
Almost all cats use some form of vocal communication, but some do more often and more intensively. Certain cat breeds are more talkative than other. Siamese cats are well known for being the vocalists of the cat world, while Persians tend to be quieter.
The most famous feline sound is the meow, which has many versions of different lengths, pitches and pace. Other familiar cat sounds are the aggressive hisses and growls, the howls of females in heat, the chirp and chatter of hunting cats and the famous purr.
The Meows
The Purina Encyclopedia of Cat Care notes that meows are directed almost exclusively at humans. In the cat-to-cat context these sounds are made most often between mother and kitten and not between adult cats.
The pitch of the meow can help you understand its meaning. The lower the sound, the more agitated the cat is - good examples are often heard in veterinary clinics! If the sound is high toned, than the cat is probably quite happy to convey his message. A welcome meow is usually quite high pitched.
With time, most owners learn to tell the different "cat words" that their feline friend says. Repeated messages such as "I'm hungry" "pet me" and "open this can", can become very identifiable
Almost all cats use some form of vocal communication, but some do more often and more intensively. Certain cat breeds are more talkative than other. Siamese cats are well known for being the vocalists of the cat world, while Persians tend to be quieter.
The most famous feline sound is the meow, which has many versions of different lengths, pitches and pace. Other familiar cat sounds are the aggressive hisses and growls, the howls of females in heat, the chirp and chatter of hunting cats and the famous purr.
The Meows
The Purina Encyclopedia of Cat Care notes that meows are directed almost exclusively at humans. In the cat-to-cat context these sounds are made most often between mother and kitten and not between adult cats.
The pitch of the meow can help you understand its meaning. The lower the sound, the more agitated the cat is - good examples are often heard in veterinary clinics! If the sound is high toned, than the cat is probably quite happy to convey his message. A welcome meow is usually quite high pitched.
With time, most owners learn to tell the different "cat words" that their feline friend says. Repeated messages such as "I'm hungry" "pet me" and "open this can", can become very identifiable
STUDY PHILOSOPHY AND BE SMARTER AND HAPPIER
broaden one’s understanding and to cultivate one’s capacities for critical thinking and life-long learning means that students with liberal arts degrees tend to rise higher in their professions than those who start out with what look like the more practical degrees.
Among the liberal arts majors, philosophy is one of the strongest. As a group, philosophy majors score on the GRE, LSAT, and GMAT in the highest percentiles. So besides preparing students for the graduate study that might lead to a career in philosophy, the study of philosophy helps prepare students for careers in such fields as law, medicine, government, business, journalism, publishing, teaching, and the ministry.
This may be enough to show that it can be a good idea to study philosophy, but it only hints at what the study of philosophy can really do for those who take it up. The study of philosophy broadens one’s intellectual horizons and it helps one develop a sense of one’s intellectual roots. In the process, it does a great deal to make one’s thinking genuinely freer and less servile. The authors of the American Philosophical Association’s 1992 publication on “The Philosophy Major” have put it this way:
The study of philosophy serves to develop intellectual abilities important for life as a whole, beyond the knowledge and skills required for any particular profession. Properly pursued, it enhances analytical, critical and interpretive capacities that are applicable to any subject-matter, and in any human context. It cultivates the capacities and appetite for self-expression and reflection, for exchange and debate of ideas, for life-long learning, and for dealing with problems for which there are no easy answers. It also helps to prepare one for the tasks of citizenship. Participation in political and community affairs today is all too often insufficiently informed, manipulable and vulnerable to demagoguery. A good philosophical education enhances the capacity to participate responsibly and intelligently in public life.
In short, the study of philosophy increases one’s intellectual powers, and as a result it improves one’s chances of staying afloat in the high and often choppy seas of human action and human thought. Philosophy is a superb undergraduate major. Far more people ought to consider it seriously.
Among the liberal arts majors, philosophy is one of the strongest. As a group, philosophy majors score on the GRE, LSAT, and GMAT in the highest percentiles. So besides preparing students for the graduate study that might lead to a career in philosophy, the study of philosophy helps prepare students for careers in such fields as law, medicine, government, business, journalism, publishing, teaching, and the ministry.
This may be enough to show that it can be a good idea to study philosophy, but it only hints at what the study of philosophy can really do for those who take it up. The study of philosophy broadens one’s intellectual horizons and it helps one develop a sense of one’s intellectual roots. In the process, it does a great deal to make one’s thinking genuinely freer and less servile. The authors of the American Philosophical Association’s 1992 publication on “The Philosophy Major” have put it this way:
The study of philosophy serves to develop intellectual abilities important for life as a whole, beyond the knowledge and skills required for any particular profession. Properly pursued, it enhances analytical, critical and interpretive capacities that are applicable to any subject-matter, and in any human context. It cultivates the capacities and appetite for self-expression and reflection, for exchange and debate of ideas, for life-long learning, and for dealing with problems for which there are no easy answers. It also helps to prepare one for the tasks of citizenship. Participation in political and community affairs today is all too often insufficiently informed, manipulable and vulnerable to demagoguery. A good philosophical education enhances the capacity to participate responsibly and intelligently in public life.
In short, the study of philosophy increases one’s intellectual powers, and as a result it improves one’s chances of staying afloat in the high and often choppy seas of human action and human thought. Philosophy is a superb undergraduate major. Far more people ought to consider it seriously.
TIMING
how long does it take you = quanto tempo você leva para....
how long does it take you to get to work?
how long does it take you get ready to go out?
how long does it take to take a shower?
how long does it take it to have lunch?
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