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Why
learn English?
Because English is the most international language in the world. Some
facts prove that. English is the
international language of air and sea travels, of computing, of pop
music, of politics, of science and medicine, sports, TV and films.
The world today is a very small place. Communication and travel are
extremely quick: think of jet planes,satellite TV, telephones, telex,
and fax, the Internet, for example.
Because of this we need a common language, and this language is English.
English is the first language in: Australia, the Bahamas, Canada,
Ireland, Guyana, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States.
And is the official second language in many other countries such as:
India, Nigeria, South Africa, Israel…
English is slowly becoming more than one language, because in every
country it is spoken there are differences in some vocabulary words, in
some grammatical structures. British English and American English have many diffrences in the meaning of words. You can see them on page down.
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| Let's see some diferences between American English and British English: | ||
| American English | British English | Translation |
| automobile | car | carro |
| cab | taxi | taxi |
| candy | sweet | bala |
| crazy | mad | maluco |
| diaper | nappy | fralda |
| elevator | lift | elevador |
| first floor | ground floor | térreo |
| gas | petrol | gasolina |
| highway | mainroad | auto-estrada |
| post | correio, correspondência | |
| mailman | postman | carteiro |
| potato chips/fries | potato crisps/chips | batata palha |
| sick | ill | doente |
| stove | cooker | fogão |
| subway | underground | metrô, trem subterrâneo |
| vacation | holiday | férias |
| restroom | toilet | banheiro (restaurante) |
| check | bill | conta (restaurante) |
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Vocabulário dos e-mails: |
| to - para | from - de | Cc - Cc |
| subject - assunto | attachments - anexos | delete - excluir |
| send - enviar | reply - responder | forward - encaminhar |
| address book - catálogo de endereços | ||
| Vocabulário da Internet | ||
| back - voltar | forward - avançar | home page - home page |
| link - link , elo, ligação | on line - conectado | off line - não conectado |
| . - dot | password - senha | to download - baixar |
| to refresh - atualizar | to search - procurar | web page - página da web |
| browser - navegador | / - slash | @ - at |
| user name - nome do usuário | ||
| Como ler o endereço de e-mail em Inglês: | |
| [email protected] lê-se tneves at escolar dot com | |
| Smileys and abbreviations... | |
| ACE -Am Confused Explain( estou confuso, explica) | BIF - Before I Forget (antes que eu esqueça) |
| BFN - Bye For Now (tchau) | CY8R - See You Later (até logo) |
| DTS - Don't Think So (acho que não) | FYEO - For Your Eyes Only (segredo, confidencial) |
| G2G - Got To Go (tenho de ir) | IMHO - In My Humble Opinion (na minha modesta opinião) |
| KWIM - Know What I Mean (entendeu?) | MMBS - Mail Me Back Soon (me responde logo) |
| NTM - Not Too Much (não muito) | OIC - Oh, I See (ah, entendi) |
| PXT - Please Explain That (por favor, explica) | HRU?- How Are You?(como vai você?) |
| 4U - For You(para você) | ASAP - As Soon As Possible - (Urgente) |
| MSG - message(mensagem) | I Love You - ILY / ILU (eu te amo) |
| 2U - To you (para você) | Come on - Com'n (vamos) |
| I'm surprised :-O | Kisses :-* |
| I'm sad :-( | I'm okay! ;o) |
| I'm fine :-) | I'm so so :-7 |
| I'm sleepy |-( | |
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Internet applications |
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| One of the main applications of the
Internet is the e-mail: the electronic postal service. It is a very fast
and up-to-date way of getting in touch with someone. It is so fast that
you can send written messages back and forth to a person several times a
day. You can also attach long documents to a message. Then you do not
need to send these documents through the post. In fact, people refer to
the traditional post as the snail mail.
You can use the Net to e-mail your friends, to play games or visit chatrooms, but you can do much more than that. Check it out. Vocabulary back and forth - para lá e para cá |
| snail - lesma |
| up-to-date - atualizado |
| to get in touch - entrar em contato |
| a day - por dia |
| Hi! I am looking for students from countries in |
Writing E-MAILS
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Hello Brazilian friend! |
| Europe or Asia to stablish contact. | I love football too and Iam 17. | |
| I love football, music and | I'd like to stablish e-mail contact with you... | |
| meeting people. | ||
Brazilian
Student |
Norwegian girl. |
