David Bowie e o cursinho

Hoje, para matar a saudade das (minhas) décadas de 60-80, resolvi dar uma aula de cursinho, baseada na letra de uma das músicas mais conhecidas de David Bowie, ‘Space Oddity’, lançada em 1969, no mesmo mês de julho em que o homem pisou na Lua pela primeira vez. Grosso modo (bota grosso nisso), o que eu escrever depois da letra seria a minha lousa numa aula do Tolosa, do Grêmio, do Decisão (cursinhos dos quais vocês provavelmente nunca ouviram falar), além do Universitário, Equipe, Anglo e Pré-Médico. A ideia é não deixar pedra sobre pedra, if you know what I mean.

Ground Control to Major Tom
Ground Control to Major Tom
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on
Ground Control to Major Tom (Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven, Six)
Commencing countdown, engines on (Five, Four, Three)
Check ignition and may God's love be with you (Two, One, Liftoff)
This is Ground Control to Major Tom
You've really made the grade
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear
Now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare
"This is Major Tom to Ground Control
I'm stepping through the door
And I'm floating in the most peculiar way
And the stars look very different today
For here am I sitting in my tin can
Far above the world
Planet Earth is blue
And there's nothing I can do

Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles
I'm feeling very still
And I think my spaceship knows which way to go
Tell my wife I love her very much, she knows
Ground Control to Major Tom
Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear And I'm floating around my tin can
Far above the Moon
Planet Earth is blue
And there's nothing I can do."

1.   ground control:

a)   pronúncia de control:

b)   diferença entre ground, soil, earth e land:

c)   c) fertile________; the planet________; solid________; _________land

2.   quem é (ou pode ser) Major Tom?

a)   Louis Armstrong

b)   Neil Armstrong

c)   Lance Armstrong

3.   Odd man out: Qual destes alimentos não é rico em proteína: meat, fish, lettuce, eggs, dairy products, beans.

4.   Pills muito populares (não quero a marca; quero o tipo):

a)   para emagrecer: _________________

b)   para não engravidar:_______________

c)   para melhorar o desempenho sexual masculino:______________

5.   Qual desses é um helmet?

  

 

6.   put on:

a)   antônimo:________

b)   diferença entre put on, wear, use:__________

c)   She used to__________extravagant makeup.

d)   What did he use to________the safe?

e)   Ray______his hat_____and left.

7.   Qual a palavra para contagem regressiva (10, 9, 8 etc.):______________

8.   commence: 2 sinônimos  e 2 antônimos:

9.   May:

a)   O que may sugere em ‘May God be with you’? Permissão, possibilidade, obrigação, desejo ou proibição?

b)   Em qual destas sentenças você não usaria may?

- ___________I help you?

- ...if I_______say so.

- You_______be out of your mind to say such a thing to your teacher!

- She________have killed her husband. The police don’t know yet.

10.               You've really made the grade. Isto é o mesmo que:

a)   You’ve tried really hard.

b)   You’ve almost got there.

c)   You’ve failed miserably.

d)   You’ve succeeded.

11.               And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear. Responda em português: o que os papers querem saber?

12.               (Relatives) Escolha a opção correta:

A.  The man _________________ we met on the street is my uncle.
a) whose
b) whom
c) where

B. The cafe _________________ she usually has breakfast is around the corner.
a) whom
b) whose
c) where

C. The girl _________________ wrote this poem is still in high school.
a) whose
b) who
c) where

D. The girl _________________ poem I read is still in high school.
a) whose
 b) who
 c) where

E. The neighbourhood _________________ we live is safe.
 a) where
b) whose
c) who

13.               “if you dare” é o mesmo que:
a) if you insist

b) if you have the courage

c) if you give up

14.               Diferença entre through e across:

15.               Common phrasal verbs com look:

look after

look for

look at

look into

look forward to

16.               Sinônimo de for na sentença “For here am I sitting in my tin can”

17.               A tin of sardines; a can of sardines. Qual a diferença?

18.               Above:

a)   antônimo:

b)   diferença entre above e over:

19.               Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles

a)   tradução de though:

b)   diferença entre though e in spite of:

1.   _________he is very bad-tempered, everybody is fond of him.

2.   Amy didn't take her umbrella________it was raining cats and dogs.

c)   _________ getting up early,he missed the school bus.

d)   Martha rarely sees her family________ they live in the same town.

e)   Lisa did well in the exam________the fact that she spent all her time texting in her cell phone.

20.               I'm feeling very still.

a)   Nesta frase, still é advérbio ou adjetivo?

b)   Diferença entre still e yet.

c)   Preencha os espaços com um dos dois:

1.   Have you finished unpacking_______?

2.   She’_______in the shower.

3.   Our furniture hasn’t arrived________.

4.   We_______don’t know what the hell is going on here!

5.   Tom hasn’t gone to the travel agent’s________.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST: VOCÊ PODE VER E OUVIR BOWIE CANTANDO ‘SPACE ODDITY’ EM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGQo6zpVzt8