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Quarantine: Fake News

Hi everyone! How have you been?

Do you know when an information is real or fake? We know it must be hard when getting a bunch of messages or notifications on WhatsApp or Facebook every single day, so let’s learn how to self-check the news and get the facts in pandemic time.

Extremist information and vague information: Well-written and clear information accompanies sources and confirms the possibility of that news is true. Then, pay attention to the writing.

References: With the power of social media, many videos and images are more easily circulated than external links. Images and videos generally do not have references, so it is very important to be suspicious of this type of content, as it spreads quickly. Always check if there is any article published on websites about that particular subject.

Media: When checking if a new item has been published, check if it can be accessed in several media of high circulation and reliability.

International: You can also check if the international information has been published by large foreign media of great influence, if it’s an international content.

Websites that use fake News often utilize some sources to spread lies. It is important to double-check the sources, as the combination of decontextualized information can generate false news. Even images can be forged, such as covers of large magazines containing fake headlines or incomplete affirmations.

Before sharing any information, search a little, take time to validate, don’t just share right away. Whenever you have doubts about the content received, the best option is not to share.

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Stay safe and spread love in this fragile moment! Leave your comment below and tell us how you find out a fake news.

Quarantine: Music Challenge

Hoje temos um desafio para você treinar o seu listening nessa quarentena. A ideia é escutar a música em inglês, e completar os espaços em brancos, but no peeking, ok?

Assista ao clipe abaixo:

Nossa sugestão a você:

Escreva em um papel e escute quantas vezes precisar, no hurry at all!

Good luck!  

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Lucky

Do you hear me,
I’m ______ to you
Across the water across the _____ blue ocean
_______ the open sky, oh my, baby I’m ________
Boy I hear you in my dreams
I feel your _______ across the sea
I ______ you with me in my heart
You make it easier when _____ gets hard

I’m _____ I’m in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been ______ I have been
Lucky to be coming _______ again

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

They don’t know how long it takes
Waiting for a love _____ this
Every time we say _________
I _____ we had one more kiss
I’ll wait for you I _______ you, I will

I’m _____ I’m in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been ______ I have been
Lucky to be coming _______ again

Lucky we’re in love in ______ _____
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
Lucky __ __ coming home someday

And so I’m ________ through the sea
To an ______ where we’ll meet
You’ll hear the music fill the _____
I’ll ____ a flower in your hair
Though the breezes through the ______
Move so pretty you’re all I see
As the world keeps ________ round
You hold me right _____ right _____

I’m ______ I’m in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been ______ I have been
Lucky to be coming _______ again

I’m lucky we’re in love in ______ _____
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
Lucky __ __ coming home someday

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

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Conta pra gente o que você achou!

Teve alguma palavra que você não conhecia?

Stay safe guys!

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Answers: Talking, deep, under, trying, whisper, keep, life, lucky, where, home, like, goodbye, wish, promise, lucky, where, home, every way, to be, sailing, island, air, put, trees, spinning, here, now, lucky, where, home, every way, to be.    

Quarantine season: Series

Today we come up with some awesome tips to learn English in this quarantine and the answer is… NETFLIX!

We are going to make a top 10 list of series to learn English at home! Ready to get started?

10. Atypical

Atypical is an American TV series produced by Netflix. The story is about an 18 yo boy who has autism and is interested in love and independence. His journey of self-discovery is as much fun as it is dramatic and has an impact on his entire family, forcing them to deal with the changes in their own lives and making them wonder: after all, what does it really mean to be normal?

9. Good Girls

The story explores what happens when three “good girls”, mothers and suburban wives suddenly find themselves in desperate circumstances – they decide to risk everything to get their power back.

8. Black Mirror

If you like some good suspense and contemporary technological matters, you should definitely check this out. Technology has transformed every aspect of our lives: in every home, in every office and in everyone’s hands there is a screen, a monitor, a smartphone – a black mirror reflecting our existence in the 21st century.

7. House of Cards

For those who like history and politics we suggest a remake of a BBC series from the 1990s, House of Cards stars Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey), a politician who leads the majority of the United States House of Representatives.

6. Stranger Things

Stranger Things is a supernatural science fiction series created by the Duffer brothers by Netflix. Located in the fictional city of Hawkins, Indiana, the plot begins in 1983 with the disappearance of the boy Will. The investigation into the strange circumstances surrounding his disappearance leads a group of pre-teens to meet a girl with telekinesis powers and to discover a ticket to an Inverted World.

5. Breaking Bad

Walter White (Bryan Cranston) is a 50s chemistry teacher who works at a high school in New Mexico. To meet the needs of Skyler (Anna Gunn), his pregnant wife, and Walt Junior (RJ Mitte), his physically disabled son, he has to work a lot. His life gets even more complicated when he finds out that he is suffering from incurable lung cancer. To quickly increase the amount of money he would leave for his family after his death, Walter uses his knowledge of chemistry to make and sell methamphetamine, a synthetic drug and… got curious? Then check it on Netflix!

4. Suits

The plot takes place in a New York law firm and follows the character Mike Ross, a talented young man who never finished his studies, who starts working as an associate lawyer for Harvey Specter (role of Gabriel Macht). Harvey is impressed by Mike’s intelligence and knowledge of laws, as well as his genuine desire to become a lawyer, offering him the position within the firm.

3. Friends

Ross, Rachel, Monica, Chandler, Joey and Phoebe form a group of six friends who struggle to stand out and progress in the competitive Manhattan life. Work, family, responsibility, money, sex, commitment and, above all, love and friendship, are some of the themes that concern and sometimes bring fun to these characters

2. Grey’s Anatomy

The drama follows the personal and professional lives of surgery interns and their supervisors at Gray Sloan Memorial Hospital, formerly known as Seattle Grace Hospital. Grey’s Anatomy has established itself as one of the greatest American series in recent years and strong emotions and engaging stories from doctors and patients are a guarantee for those who follow this series.

1. Lucifer

Lucifer is a series of fantasy and police investigation with comical and supernatural elements. The series is around Lucifer Morningstar (played by Tom Ellis), the Devil himself, who resigns his throne in Hell to take a vacation in the city of Los Angeles, where he runs his own nightclub (the “Lux”) and becomes a police consultant.

What is your favorite series? Do you have any suggestion to add to the list? Write below and let us know!

Hope you guys stay safe, wash your hands and grab a popcorn to watch whatever you feel like and keep practicing.

Quarantine Season – Museums

Hey guys

It’s been a while, hasn’t it? Hope everyone is staying safe. How’s quarantine going? To some of us sucks, fun, hectic, a chance of finding out a skill hidden or even learning a new ability. Nevertheless, remember, you are doing right, to those who can stay home, ya’ll are doing great cooperating. It’s the best to do in order to go back to our regular life.

Let me ask you one thing. Have you ever thought about visiting Paris, France? What about London, Spain, the United States?

If I tell you that, it’s possible to go to any of these places mentioned above. It’s just one click away from you. YES, ONE CLICK!

And It’ll fly you to amazing places like Louvre or Salvador Dalí Museum. Whether you are familiar or not so into this topic I promise it’s gonna worth it. Finally, meeting Monalisa in Louvre or understanding a tad of who is that man with a crazy and unique mustache – if you watched Money Heist (La Casa de Papel), you’ll get this reference.

I hope you can enjoy some of it while you’re at home, and of course you’ll get to practice your English.

• To the Louvre museum, access: https://www.youvisit.com/tour/louvremuseum

• For further information: https://www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne

• Salvador Dalí museum in Spain https://www.salvador-dali.org/en/museums/dali-theatre-museum-in-figueres/visita-virtual/

• To the Salvador Dalí museum in the United States, access this follow link, then you must click on ‘’the dalí online’’: https://thedali.org/

• To the British Museum, access: https://britishmuseum.withgoogle.com/

• NASA Langley Research Center Virtual Tour, visit: https://oh.larc.nasa.gov/oh/

Take care everybody and don’t forget to wash your hands!

Keep up the good fight and lose well.

Coronavirus: What is it? What to do? How to stay safe?

Do you have a ton of questions too? Calm down, don’t freak out! We want to help you understand a little about it. Let’s get started then.

Coronavirus is a virus highly contagious that has been spreading person-to-person all over the world. It’s a serious matter, so people need to be aware about what actions to take to lower covid-19. Before learning how to protect yourself and some tips in case of quarantine, let’s brifiely understand what we know until now about this virus.

Cases of Covid-19 first emerged in December 2019, when a mysterious illness was reported in Wuhan, China. The disease appears to have originated from a Wuhan seafood market whose wild animals were being sold. It can be transmitted animal-to-human, although coronavirus is a contagious disease, the death rate is low according WHO. At this moment, the recommendation is washing hands regularly, eating healthy, avoiding crowed places and keep some distance while talking to someone and when greeting someone the suggestion is bow, nob or a wave, safer options in the outbreak.

If you are in quarantine, our suggestion is enjoy this moment to reflect at home, to learn something new, to rest – of course, if you are not feeling well, stay hydrated and we wish you get better. Take advantage to these moment to improve your English skills. Movies, music, exercices, cooking and add English in all of those activities, we’ll tell you how much your English has boosted with small choices everyday.

You can check below World Health Organization website to know the latest information: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019

To All Women

International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated around the world on March 8 every year. It began as a campaign for better working conditions by women in New York at the turn of the 20th century. The first official IWD was on February 28, 1909. No one knows for sure why the date changed to March 8, but this is the date when thousands of women started annual marches in New York’s streets. The first international women’s conference took place in 1910, in Denmark. Since then, IWD has spread around the world. Today it is an important day to highlight the economic, political and social contributions women have made to our world. Women can now be happier that things are moving in the right direction.

IWD is an official holiday in many countries, including Algeria, China, Cuba, Italy, Poland, Vietnam, and Zambia. All across the world, men give flowers and other gifts to the women in their lives – mothers, wives, girlfriends, sisters, teachers, etc. In Portugal and Romania, women celebrate by having “women-only” dinners. IWD is a big event in India, where people hold celebrations throughout the day. Indian men want to show how important women are to their society. All around the world women are becoming more powerful in business, entertainment, politics and other areas. There are over a dozen nations today with women leaders. However, IWD is still necessary to highlight the inequality millions of women still face.

To all women we’d like to show our respect and to say thank you for being brave to stand up for Women’s rights, for all fights. Thank you!

Do you have someone special you want to be thankful? Let us know how much you love this woman.

Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day is celebrated on February 14. It is a festival of romantic love and many people give cards, letters, flowers or presents to their spouse, partner or even friends. They may also arrange a romantic meal in a restaurant, a movie night or just chilling at home watching Netflix. The common symbols of Valentine’s Day are hearts, red roses, chocolates and Cupid.

Valentine’s Day is not a public holiday, so business have normal opening hours. Do you wonder what people in the U.S do in this day?

Many people celebrate their love for their partner by sending cards or letters, also often to make this even more special some people handcraft the card in such creative ways. Giving chocolates are a tradition, however nowadays lovers are innovating in the way to demonstrate the love they feel between each other. Camping, fishing, going to the movies, going for a walk and having a picnic are some examples.

In this special day we wish for all of you a veeery romantic and fun Valentine’s Day!

 

 

Homecoming

Hey new students, veteran or curious welcome and welcome back to Espresso English!

We want to wish you a wonderful journey in our English school, hope you achieve what you expect for this semester and we look forward to helping you to get there.

We have some cool articles in English here that you can use to practice your reading skills, also every once in a while we are posting about events in our Cafeteria on Instagram, stay tunned to these callings. Espresso English Cafeteria is a place to meet people, try American food and have an awesome ”convo”.

Are you having trouble with your English? Hang in there, and ask us. Any question? Our students have acess to our ”tira-dúvidas”* services online via Whatsapp or e-mail.

WhatsApp (15)98813-0555

E-mail: contato@espressoenglish.com.br

*Available Monday to Friday, 8 a.m to 9 p.m.

Feel free to come over and ask us anything or just spend some time at the cafeteria. We are proud of y’all for trusting us and choosing to capacity yourself through learning a new language!

School & Cafeteria opening hours: Monday to Friday, 8 a.m to 9 p.m and on Saturdays 9 a.m to 3 p.m. 

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday that celebrates the birth date of one of America’s greatest civil rights leaders. Dr. King’s date of birth is January 15th, but the actual holiday is on the third Monday in January. The holiday recognizes the great achievements Martin Luther King made to American society. His leadership in the campaign to achieve equal rights for black Americans changed America forever. His focus on non-violent protests led to new laws that ended racial discrimination in America. The USA became a more equal society. The holiday is only one of four national holidays in America to commemorate a person. This shows just how important Martin Luther King was – one of the greatest Americans ever.

Dr. King was assassinated in 1968. Just 15 years later, in 1983, then President Ronald Reagan signed this holiday into U.S. law. People first observed the holiday three years later, in 1986. At first, the holiday was not popular with all American states. Some didn’t like the name and so they called it “Civil Rights Day”. However, in the year 2000, all 50 states observed the holiday using its correct name. The musician Stevie Wonder helped the campaign for the holiday. He released a hit single called “Happy Birthday” in 1980. The song made millions of Americans aware of the campaign. Six million people signed a petition for thethe American Congress to create the holiday. It is still the largest petition in U.S. history in favor of an issue.

Martin Luther King, Jr., was a great man who worked for racial equality and civil rights in the United States of America. He was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. Martin had a brother, Alfred, and a sister, Christine. Both his father and grandfather were ministers. His mother was a schoolteacher who taught him how to read before he went to school. Martin experienced racism early in life. In most public places, there were signs that said “Whites Only” to tell the black people were not welcome. He decided to do something to make the world a better and fairer place, so he did it. Because of his courage he was named for Nobel Peace Prize and he won it.

Dr. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, but the memory of his powerful deeds is remembered every year by all americans on the third Monday in January each year.

We invite you to listen to Martin Luther King Jr, most famous speech called ”I Have a Dream”:

I have a dream (speech)

 

 

 

Resolutions: Let’s do it!

We are already in December, just a few weeks until 2020. December is a month fully of Holidays, right? For some people Hanukkah celebration, some stick with Christmas Eve and Christmas day, also New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day to finish the year.
It is popular to think about resolutions for the next year, and during the celebration week, people get very determined to start over and change some habits what means new challenges. It is also in the end of the year people often reflect about themselves and their actions toward the other.
How can you start it? Easy! Start thinking what could’ve improved or done through the year and take small steps to lead to bigger things in your life. You could right down some of your wishes and thoughts for 2020 and put on reality.

Some examples:

Adopting a healthier life style: Searching on internet easy recipes to work on your eating habits.

Investing on yourself: What about learning a new language and being able to go in your dreams trip, besides that having an opportunity to get that job you wanted the most.

Making a difference: You can also join a group of volunteers traveling and helping around the world, or starting it at your own house, being concerned about the waste of food, recycling, water resources and so on.

Let’s start the year thinking about this follow sentence: ”A successful small step often inspires us towards bigger things.” Are you ready to start 2020? Do you have already any goal in your mind? Take it easy and make a plan in order to reach it.