Shadocon 2012 Egoraptor Panel

Hi guys, what's up? Marcos here. Today I just want to show you a video of Arin Hanson (Egoraptor)'s panel in Shadocon 2012, in Tampa, FL. He talks about his work - animating and playing games in his channel, Game Grumps - and videogames.

As he says at the beginning of his panel, he swears a lot - that means you may hear some vulgar words coming out of his mouth. So, if you are not okay with it, you don't need to watch the video.

Another Nice Song

Hey, people, there's such a long time I don't post here
Today I decided to post an old song that is very nice, indeed :D

ps: Can somebody tell me what does "toe to toe" mean?

George Carlin

Hey people ^^

Today I watched a video of a comedian called George Carlin. George as an American stand-up comedian, social critic, satirist, actor and writer/author, who won five Grammy Awards for his comedy albums. Carlin was noted for his black humor as well as his thoughts on politics, the English language, psychology, religion, and various taboo subjects.

This video is about the global warming and the people's "wrong view point". 

This is a irony, a comedy, so enjoy it!

See ya ;]

Do you know Izzy Nobre?

Whats up guys?

I'm here to introduce you Izzy Nobre.

This is Izzy.

He is brazilian but lives in Calgary, Canada since 2003. He has a blog called "Hoje é um bom dia", where he writes about anything, like technology, comic books, movies and his life in Canada. You can acess the blog here: hbdia.com/

Besides the blog, he also has an Youtube channel, where he posts videos about nerd stuff, current affairs, stories of his life, his opinion about some subjects and the most interesting: his life in Canada.
Here is a video posted this week: And a video talking about the new iPhone: But he does another kind of video, called "Engrish Challenge", where he answer questions about english words: Hope you guys like.

Hurricane Sandy / Cabin Fever

Hi, guys! Marcos here.

Today I'm sharing a video with you where the person known as STAR_ talks about the Hurricane Sandy, and how he feels about it. It actually isn't a serious video, so don't take it too seriously.

There is Team Fortress 2 gameplay in the background, but it doesn't really matter. You can just open the video in a different tab and listen to the commentary if you want.

Next class's schedule

Hey guys!

Hope you all had a great holiday but life goes on!

Just a reminder:

Next Saturday - 20/10 - class starts at 8:40 and we'll have our Oral and Written Midterm Tests.
Be on time and ready for the tests, ok!?

I'm sending you the book - Animal Farm - by email tonight. Check it out!

See you guys next class!!!

Itchy & Scratchy

What's up people? I'm a big fan of Simpsons, and Simpson's fan like me ever heard about the "Itchy & Scratchy show", Lisa and Bart's favorite show. And here is ALL the episodes of Itchy & Scratchy, untill the Simpsons Movie:
 Hope you guys like! - Helder

Dear Abby - Indecisive Girl

Dear Abby, I’m a girl that likes a lot of things, I’m eclectic and I like different types of music, movies and activities.

All my life I have done a lot of activities, I’ve played guitar and piano, I’ve taken kung fu, ballet, jazz and theatre class. I’ve taken English, Spanish and French class too. Probably there are more things that I have done and I don’t remember now.

So, the problem is that everything that I start I never continue I always stop, at first I love but then I don’t like anymore so I give up.

-          Indecisive Girl

Hey Indecisive Girl, your problem is so popular between the younger, or no, people. To resolve I you have to have focus in life and what you want for you and for your future.

Guess, if you are starting the college in a curse and you have studied a lot to pass… and then you stop to like that. Will be waste of time. Anything in life that you give up is for the people, who are watching that you can’t do. You have to prove, not for them, but for you that you can and you will win.

Dear Abby

Hi Teacher,
I know i´m delayed, but the work is here:

Question

Dear Abby,
This month my father got sick and then me and my sisters had to get around. This was i when realized how dependent i am, not only on my father and my mother but my friends as well. How can i fix this?
Miss Dependent

Answer

You have to try to do simple things by yourself first to gain self-reliance, before you should start more difficult things until you can do all things you have to do. You can buy my book to learn more about the most of common problems of life. Visit and publish the website: http://www.uexpress.com/dearabby/

WHAT CAN YOU DO IN BH ?

Hey guys, how are you ? I'm fine.
Well, I was thinking about what we have to do in our beatiful city. Cause we live in a big city, and it's expect to have lots of things to do.
That's why I'm here, today I'm gonna to tell you some of the shows that BH will receive.

The one is the show of Capital Inicial, that is a good thing to do in a boring saturday.
It will be on 6/10 at the Chevrolet Hall, and the tickcts are already on sale.

The another one is the Snow Patrol, it will be on 11/10. That will be at Chevrolet Hall too.

Another ones: - Flo-Rida (Festa Push) (6/10)
                      - Charlie Brown Jr. (9/11)
                      - Joss Stone (13/11)
                      - Creed (1/12)

And two of the most importants Djs around the world: David Guetta and Calvin Harris will be in BH for the NET Festival that will be realize at the Arena Independência in 15/11.

Hope I've helped you. See ya!
                   

Just a reminder

Just to remind you that class starts at 8:40 this Saturday, 29/09.

See you there!

=)

Other instructions about Dear Abby composition

Hi, guys!

Hope you all had a good Saturday!

I've just corrected the compositions that have been posted here and they were actually really good! So, all you have to do now is look for it in the draft - Rascunho - correct them and rewrite them on paper.

If you want, you can print them. So, it's "Dear Abby's" responsibility to copy/print the letter.

Example: if Fernanda answered Helder's letter, she is the one that is going to print both Helder's letter and her response letter because she was Dear Abby. SHE WILL NOT COPY/PRINT THE LETTER SHE WROTE TO DEAR ABBY. Another person is going to do that.

This is due next Saturday. This means that by Saturday morning, everybody should have their final version of the letters posted here and the copied/printed version in class, so we can have it exposed on the school walls. Thus, I advise you to post here before Friday so I have time to correct it and you have time to rewrite it. 

In case you have problems, let me know beforehand and not in class, ok?

Have a nice Sunday and week!

Regards,

Débora Leite

Dear Abby - composition

Hi, guys. How's everything?

This post is especially directed to Gustavo and Ana who missed our last class.

As to practice modal verbs, we checked this website  http://www.uexpress.com/dearabby/?uc_full_date=20120912 which is about these people who write about their problems and ask this Dear Abby for some advice.

We discussed about the modal verbs that appear in the letters such as may, might, can, should... and their functions. We concluded that they are there to show possible solutions for the problem. For example, instead of saying Making conversation is "a lot of trouble" to you, she says  Making conversation may seem like "a lot of trouble" to you.

So, in order to practice these modal verbs, each person wrote a problem on a piece of paper and then we exchanged the problems. We did not use real names so nobody knows who has the problem. After they got their classmate's problem, they have to be Dear Abby and write an advice for the problem trying to use modal verbs.

Because you did not come last class, I will write two problems here and you guys, Gustavo and Ana, will write the solution and bring it to me next class. You also have to post it here on the blog. It's a graded activity and it will be exposed on the walls of Number One.

Problem 1 - to Ana

I am 18 and I love going out. I work, I do well in school, I'm responsible and all that, but my parents insist on not permitting me to go out with my friends. They say I am responsible but my friends are not. I think it's not fair. I'm perfectly capable of taking care of myself. I have my money, so I pay my bills. I don't think they should decide who I go out with because it's my life!!! What should I do? I have talked to them a billion times and they don't listen to me. I don't want to be a rebel, but I want my freedom! HELP ME, dear Abby.
Sincerely and desperately, Miss Independent Wannabe.

Problem 2 - to Gustavo

Hi, dear Abby. I am 25 and lonely. I am a romantic, sincere, friendly, not very funny, but good-humored man. However I am single and I don't understand why. I start many relationships and they seem to be going really well and then, all of a sudden, they dump me with no apparent reason. They always say it is them not me, but I can't believe. There might be something wrong with me. I am no Johnny Depp and no Brad Pitt, actually I am more like  Jack Black. Short, kind of fat, but you know, I have a good heart! Help me, dear Abby. I don't want to be forever alone!

Yours, Mr. Lonely no more.


That's it, guys!!! Let's get down to work!

See you next class!

BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad

Hi guys! How are you doing? Marcos here. For some reason, I still didn't receive the blog invitation, so I'm using my brother's accout again. Anyways, today I want to recommend you an animated series that I really love;

BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad, or just BECK, is a cartoon about music, relationships and school life. Right in the first episode, we are introduced to Yukio Tanaka, a boring highschool student, with nothing really special and only one friend, who is actually not that loyal.

But his life changes overnight when he 'rescues' a really weird dog named Beck and end up meeting Ryusuke, who is a musician and has a somewhat special charm that attracts people to him. Because of Ryusuke, Yukio starts playing the guitar, and eventually his life turns eventful, with deceptions, loves, and the most important - good music.

(Note that it's the English dub version. The Japanese original one is also in english, though.)

As expected from an music-themed animation, BECK's Soundtrack is flawless. The English dub one isn't as good as the original in my opinion, but it's still great. We have many different genres of music in it, and each one passes a different feeling from the others.

(PS: Note that this song is actually the one from the original version, the Japanese dub.)

I won't post more songs because I don't want to give you any spoilers.

So, if you are interested in the story, you can either DOWNLOAD THE FULL SERIES (ENGLISH DUB), READ THE COMICS ONLINE (though you can't listen to the songs) or even watch the live action movie (Which I don't have the link and still haven't watched it, so I can't tell you if it's good or not).

Even if you don't have time to watch it all, you can still just enjoy the songs from the original OST, DOWNLOAD LINK HERE.

Oh, and also, when some Japanese subtitles show up on the screen, it means the characters are talking in english in Japan (and when it doesn't, they're talking in japanese)

Special Booklet

Hi, guys!

How are you doing?

You can do, for next Saturday, Unit 6 of the Special Booklet.

You can, if you want, do all the activities. But I'll be evaluating the following activities:
Section 4 - Editing
Reflexive Learning (exercises 1 - 6)

Have a nice week! See you Saturday!

Films to Download

Hi guys!
I like watch movies and i let a good website with a lot of films, all types, formats and resolution.

http://www.elitedosfilmes.com

this is it  !! enjoy it !!
See you next saturday !

September 7

Hey people ^^

Today is September 7th, Independence Day of Brazil, like everybody knows. But I decided tell to you two cool curiosities about this date.

First, is about The Big Ben Tower Clock:

"The September 7, 1859, began operating the famous and gigantic four-faced clock "Big Ben" a tower of the Palace of Westminster, the seat of the British Parliament today.

Since it began operating, has become the symbol of England and the English punctuality. At the same time, has been the representative of the city celebrations throughout the year, including New Year.

The clock, which was installed at the height of the Victorian era, was cast by George Mears in 1858. It measures nearly three feet in diameter and weighs approximately 13 tons and a half.

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Now, the Google Search Site:

"The September 7, 1998, students at Stanford University, Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded a small company called Google Inc. in a garage.

Both university had created a researcher links used to help in your search for information. The first employee, Craig Silverstein, was responsible for developing the software.

In the first month of activity, had only 60 million pages indexed, and Google was only used by 10,000 people a day.

In just 10 years, has become one of the most powerful and innovative companies in the world with such ambitious projects like Google Maps or YouTube."

See ya ;]

Have you ever played DOOM?

Hi guys, today I'm bringing to you a classic game for PC released in 1993: DOOM. Here is a little fragment of the game's history:

 "Doom (typeset as DOOM in official documents) is a 1993 first-person shooter video game by id Software. It is widely recognized for having popularized the first-person shooter genre, pioneering immersive 3D graphics, networked multiplayer gaming, and support for customized additions and modifications via packaged files in a data archive known as "WADs". Its graphic and interactive violence, as well as its Satanic imagery, also made it the subject of considerable controversy. In Doom, players assume the role of a space marine, popularly known as "Doomguy", who must fight his way through a military base on Mars' moon, Phobos, and kill the demons from Hell." 

More information here.

And here is the first Doom, released in 1993, for those who want to play this great classic:




Hope you guys like!

K-pop

Well, people, last semester Debora told me that she was going to show a Korean song in the class, but since I guess she was just kidding I decided to post this song.. It's from Micky Yoochun, from TVXQ!
His pronounciation is very good isn't it??

Hope you like it ^^

Homework

This is where our homework assignments will be.

Date: 01/09 - Unit 6 Pages 24 - 27

You can start doing Unit6 of the booklet.

Misunderstood - Bon Jovi

Hi, everyone! How are you all doing?

Today, I want to share this Bon Jovi's song with you.

You can find the lyrics here.

In this song, we have three examples of MODAL VERBS - Should, could and would.

What are they doing in the song? Which idea do they give?

Everyone who answers this question here (different answers, ok? If your opinion is the same as your colleague's, paraphrase it.) will receive a surPRIZE next class. (01/09)
Best regards!

See you.

Débora Leite

WELCOME TO THE HOTEL CALIFORNIA

Hello guys, well just like we are studying preposition and we have to practice I'd like to share with you this classic music, that I love. It's called "Hotel California" by Eagles and have some examples that the teacher has teached us last class, I don't know if this will help, but....



LYRICS                    DOWNLOAD THE SONG

And.... did you guys liked the music ? Hope it.

See you!

TOMORROWLAND

Hi, 
I like eletronic music, so i was on you tube and i watched some videos from a big eletronic music festival called Tomorrowland.This festival is in Belgium and a lot of great DJs go playing there like David Guetta, Avicii, Tiesto, Swedish House Mafia, Afrojack,Dimitri Vegas and Like Myke and others. The festival happened in July.To watch the videos visit the channel on you tube:

http://www.youtube.com/user/tomorrowlandchannel?feature=results_main

and see this movie from 2011 because the after movie from 2012 is not ready:

THE SHOW STARTS FROM 1min 15 sec

HOPE YOU ENJOY !!  :-)

Calvin & Hobbes

             Hey people ^^

       I'll tell to you a little about one of my favorites hobbies: comics. For now, "Calvin and Hobbes":

"Calvin and Hobbes is a syndicated daily comic strip that was written and illustrated by American cartoonist Bill Watterson, and syndicated from November 18, 1985, to December 31, 1995. It follows the humorous antics of Calvin, a precocious and adventurous six-year-old boy, and Hobbes, his sardonic stuffed tiger. The pair are named after John Calvin, a 16th-century French Reformationtheologian, and Thomas Hobbes, a 17th-century English political philosopher. At the height of its popularity, Calvin and Hobbeswas featured in over 2,400 newspapers worldwide; as of January 2010, reruns of the strip still appear in more than 50 countries. Nearly 45 million copies of the 18 Calvin and Hobbes books have been sold."

Read more here.

       You can read more about Calvin&Hobbes here on a website and find more comics in a fanpage here on facebook.

       And you? Do you like comics? Which of them? 

       See ya ;]

Thriller

  Hello!

I was doing nothing, then i started to think about zombies and etc and remembered this music, from Michael Jackson, and I would like to share with you.

Hope you enjoy!

Black Swan

  Hello everybody!
 
 This is a video about the Black Swan movie and maybe some of you have ever watched, it's about the visual effects that were used.

I don't understand about special effects and i don't know if it's true but i really enjoyed :)

I love that movie and hope you like it!

Bye Bye

The Forbidden Divination

Hi guys, what's up? Marcos here. I didn't receive my e-mail yet, so I'm going to use my brother's account to write this post.

Anyway, in this post I want to recommend you a short comic about fortune telling.

THE FORBIDDEN DIVINATION

(Story & Art by Shinobu Kaitani)

The comic, divided in 2 parts, presents us the adventures of an odd fortune-teller and a businesswoman, who is searching for Asuka Kiryu, the one with the ability to tell anyone's fortune just by looking at them.

(PS: The reading direction is from the left to the right)

The story, despite being short, is very interesting. I don't want to give you any spoilers so I'm just going to leave the link for reading online here.

READ ONLINE

We love you - Iran and Israel

This is a short video about the war between Iran and Israel, in

English. It is very cool because it is very easy to understand what the

man says, and if you can not, there are the subtitles.

Has anybody seen any campaign like this? Do you think it works? Why? 

Gustavo Girardi

Have you guys ever thought...

... If videogames were real? Well, they thought:



If you like the video, subscribe in the Smosh's channel for more (: - http://www.youtube.com/user/smosh/featured

See you!

Dark Lady

Hello! ;]
Today I was going to post a new Xia's song, but since We've talked about gypsies and such, I decided to post this song, I think there is something to do with our today class. Please welcome the goddess of pop: Cher
Please listen to it ^^

PS: lyrics can be found here: http://www.lyricsfreak.com/c/cher/dark+lady_20029728.html
Hope you like it ^^

Hey you!

Since we saw some prepositions in our last class (08/11), I'm posting a very interesting website for you to have some fun doing these exercises on preposition.

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/prepositions

Prepositions are not monsters! Once you get used to them, their use will become natural to you.
So, why don't you give these little guys a chance? =)

Do the exercises and tell me how you went!

See you!

Next Class's contest

Hi, guys! How are you doing?

This is only for those who are always checking this blog.

So, whoever comes to me next class, August 11th, and say the names of the two people that won the Gold medal in the Olympic Games are going to get a surPRIZE.

Let the smartest one win!!!

Class 1 - 08/04/12

Hi guys!



I'm posting here the link for you to have access to the power point presentation I showed last class.


http://www.slideshare.net/deboraleite2/zodiacsigns-caf2

I'm not sure whether you should log in to the website to see the ppt, but if you do, it's very easily done.

-Put your email,
-Create a username
-Create a password.

Here is a list of vocabulary seen in this ppt:

Aries

- quick-witted: smart, clever
- quick-tempered: easily angered
- foolhardy: imprudent
-  daredevil: audacious

Taurus

- placid: calm
- resentful: one that keeps record of the bad things that people did to him/her
- self-indulgent: too tolerant to one self's vices

Gemini

- witty: clever
- cunning: astute
- inquisitive: too curious

Cancer

- shrewd: sensible, wise
- touchy: apt to take offense very easily
- clinging: one that sticks to others, sticky

Leo

- pompous: pretensious, one who likes to show off
- patronizing: one that understimates others' capacity
- dogmatic: dictatorial, opinionated

Virgo

- meticulous: perfectionist
- reliable: one that can be trusted
- diligent: hard-working
- fussy: too worried about unimportant things
- worrier: one that is always worried
- harsh: rough, rude

Libra

- forceful: vigorous
- magnetic: one with a strong attractive power or charm
- secretive: uncommunicative, reticent
- obstinate: hard to be convinced, firm

Capricorn

- miserly: sting, close-fisted, one that doesn't like to spend money
- grudging: inflexible, reluctant, obstinate
- detached: one that does not attach to anything or anyone, can easily live on his/her own

Pisces:

- kind: nice
- unworldly: one that does not seek for material things
- selfless: altruist
- sympathetic: sensitive to other people's pain
- weak-willed: one that does not have strenght of will
- easily-led: easily convinced and deceived

Source: http://dictionary.reference.com/

OBS.: For definition, click on DICTIONARY. For synonyms, click on THESAURUS.

This is a wonderful website. EXPLORE IT!

Welcome back!

Hi, guys!

This is our virtual place.


 Here, you will find:
- Videos;
- Things related to our classes;
- Homework;
- Extra exercises;
- Interesting websites;
- Compositions assigned
- And more!

You will be able to:
- Share anything you want (in English!);
- Ask questions;
- Answer your classmates' questions;
- In case you have missed a class, check here to see what you should study for the next class;
- And whatever you can imagine!


Rules:
- Post in English;
- Respect others.





So, as Michael would say: THIS IS IT!

Let's rock this!