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Are you ready to learn some English small talk? Small talk refers to short, light conversations we have with the people around us. In this English lesson, youâll learn useful small talk phrases for both Fridays as you leave work or school and Mondays when you return. You'll learn common English questions you can use with coworkers, classmates, and even friends and family. In this lesson you'll learn: - Friday small talk phrases for leaving work or school for the weekend. - Monday questions to
Cada verso em InglĂȘs seguido da tradução em portuguĂȘs.
Well, hello and welcome to this
Bem, olĂĄ e bem-vindos a esta
English lesson about small talk.
lição de inglĂȘs sobre small talk.
As you know, small talk refers
Como vocĂȘ sabe, small talk se refere
to light, simple conversations
a conversas leves e simples
that you have with another
que vocĂȘ tem com outra
person, usually about the news
pessoa, geralmente sobre as notĂcias
or the weather or a sporting
ou o tempo ou um evento
event or a sports team. In
esportivo ou um time. Em
particular,
in this English lesson, I want to
nesta lição de inglĂȘs, quero
talk about the kinds of phrases
falar sobre os tipos de frases
we use on a Friday afternoon as
que usamos numa sexta Ă tarde quando
we're going home from work or
estamos voltando para casa do trabalho ou
going home from school, and then
voltando para casa da escola, e depois
the kinds of phrases we would use
os tipos de frases que usarĂamos
on a Monday morning after the
numa segunda de manhĂŁ depois do
weekend.
fim de semana.
And I want to start by talking
E quero começar falando
about sports. On a Friday afternoon,
sobre esportes. Numa sexta Ă tarde,
If you are having a little small
se vocĂȘ estĂĄ tendo uma pequena
talk conversation with someone,
conversa de small talk com alguém,
you might say things like this.
vocĂȘ pode dizer coisas assim.
Are you going to watch
the game this weekend?
Or are you going to catch
Ou are you going to catch
a game this weekend?
Sometimes in English we use
Ăs vezes em inglĂȘs usamos
the verb to catch to talk about
o verbo to catch para falar de
watching a sporting event.
assistir um evento esportivo.
And I'm not saying hockey
E nĂŁo estou dizendo jogo de
game or baseball game.
hĂłquei ou jogo de beisebol.
You can fill that in yourself.
VocĂȘ pode preencher vocĂȘ mesmo.
Are you going to watch
the hockey game this weekend?
And then the person will know
E aĂ a pessoa vai saber
what game you're talking about.
de qual jogo vocĂȘ estĂĄ falando.
On a Monday, though, there's a couple
Numa segunda, porém, hå algumas
things you might say if you're still
coisas que vocĂȘ pode dizer se ainda estĂĄ
having a conversation about sports.
tendo uma conversa sobre esportes.
You might say something like this,
VocĂȘ pode dizer algo como isto,
did you catch the game this weekend?
Did you catch the hockey
game this weekend?
Or you might just use the name
Ou vocĂȘ pode sĂł usar o nome
of the sports team.
do time esportivo.
You might say something like
VocĂȘ pode dizer algo como
this, How about those Blue Jays?
isto, How about those Blue Jays?
How about those Maple Leafs?
And that will start a little
E isso vai começar uma pequena
small talk conversation
conversa de small talk
on a Monday morning.
numa segunda de manhĂŁ.
So on a Friday you say something
EntĂŁo numa sexta vocĂȘ diz algo
like, are you going
como, are you going
to watch the game this weekend?
And then on a Monday you say
E numa segunda vocĂȘ diz
something like, did you
algo como, did you
catch the game this weekend?
Or how about those Blue Jays! By
Ou how about those Blue Jays! A
the way, how about those Blue Jays?
propĂłsito, how about those Blue Jays?
Are you following
VocĂȘ estĂĄ acompanhando
Major League Baseball?
They're number one right now.
Eles sĂŁo nĂșmero um agora.
Quite often small talk is
Frequentemente small talk Ă©
about the weather.
sobre o tempo.
Human beings love talking
Seres humanos adoram falar
about the weather.
sobre o tempo.
The sun and the rain and the snow
O sol e a chuva e a neve
and all the different types
e todos os tipos diferentes
of weather that you get.
de tempo que vocĂȘ pega.
On a Friday, as you're leaving
Numa sexta, enquanto vocĂȘ estĂĄ saindo
work, you might say something
do trabalho, vocĂȘ pode dizer algo
like this, looks like there's
como isto, looks like there's
a storm rolling in this weekend.
Or you might say something like
Ou vocĂȘ pode dizer algo como
this, Weather-wise, it looks
isto, Weather-wise, it looks
like a nice weekend ahead.
In English, sometimes when we want
Em inglĂȘs, Ă s vezes quando queremos
to refer to something, we
nos referir a algo,
add a dash and the word wise.
adicionamos um traço e a palavra wise.
So like weather-wise, it looks
EntĂŁo tipo weather-wise, parece
like a nice weekend ahead.
que serĂĄ um bom fim de semana.
So those are the two things you
EntĂŁo essas sĂŁo as duas coisas que vocĂȘ
might say on a Friday
pode dizer numa sexta
if you know there's a storm coming.
se vocĂȘ sabe que tem uma tempestade vindo.
Looks like there's a storm rolling
in this weekend. If you know
in this weekend. Se vocĂȘ sabe
it's going to be a nice weekend.
que vai ser um bom fim de semana.
Weather wise, it looks
Weather wise, parece
like a nice weekend.
que serĂĄ um bom fim de semana.
On a Monday, when you're talking
Numa segunda, quando vocĂȘ estĂĄ falando
to someone about what the weather
com alguém sobre como o tempo
was like on the weekend, you
estava no fim de semana, vocĂȘ
might say something like this,
pode dizer algo como isto,
That was some storm, wasn't it?
That was some snowstorm, wasn't it?
Basically just bringing
Basicamente sĂł trazendo Ă tona
up the fact that there was
o fato de que houve
a storm over the weekend.
uma tempestade no fim de semana.
Or you might say something like
Ou vocĂȘ pode dizer algo como
this, Wasn't the weather just
isto, Wasn't the weather just
gorgeous over the weekend?
When you say that, you're basically
Quando vocĂȘ diz isso, vocĂȘ estĂĄ basicamente
saying it was sunny and beautiful,
dizendo que estava ensolarado e lindo,
not too hot, not too cold.
nĂŁo muito quente, nĂŁo muito frio.
So when you're talking about
EntĂŁo quando vocĂȘ estĂĄ falando sobre
the weather on a Friday, looks like
o tempo numa sexta, looks like
there's a storm rolling in this
weekend, or weather wise, it
weekend, ou weather wise, parece
looks like a nice weekend ahead.
que serĂĄ um bom fim de semana.
And then on a Monday, that
E depois numa segunda, that
was some storm, wasn't it?
Or wasn't the weather just
Ou wasn't the weather just
gorgeous over the weekend?
Another very common small
Outro tĂłpico de small talk
talk topic is the news.
muito comum sĂŁo as notĂcias.
That's really hard
Isso Ă© realmente difĂcil
to say, by the way.
de dizer, a propĂłsito.
Small talk topic, small talk topic.
Try saying that out loud
Tente dizer isso em voz alta
three times in a row.
trĂȘs vezes seguidas.
People love talking about the things
As pessoas adoram falar sobre as coisas
that are happening in their
que estĂŁo acontecendo na sua
town or city or in the world.
cidade ou no mundo.
People love talking about the news.
As pessoas adoram falar sobre notĂcias.
And on a Friday, as you're
E numa sexta, enquanto vocĂȘ
leaving work or school, you
sai do trabalho ou da escola, vocĂȘ
can say things like this.
pode dizer coisas como isto.
They say, Toronto's going
They say, Toronto vai estar
to be busy this weekend because
ocupada neste fim de semana porque
there is a baseball game,
tem um jogo de beisebol,
a hockey game and a soccer game.
um jogo de hĂłquei e um jogo de futebol.
Quite often in English, when we're
Frequentemente em inglĂȘs, quando estamos
talking about something that we saw
falando sobre algo que vimos
on the news or heard on the news
nas notĂcias ou ouvimos nas notĂcias
or read in a news article,
ou lemos num artigo de notĂcias,
we start with the words they say.
começamos com as palavras they say.
Another example would be they say
Outro exemplo seria they say
crossing the border is going to take
atravessar a fronteira vai levar
a while because of the long weekend.
um tempo por causa do feriado prolongado.
So when you're leaving
EntĂŁo quando vocĂȘ estĂĄ saindo
on a Friday, those would be two
numa sexta, essas seriam duas
very common things to say.
coisas muito comuns de dizer.
Or you can build your own sentence
Ou vocĂȘ pode construir sua prĂłpria frase
starting with the words they say.
começando com as palavras they say.
On a Monday, you might say
Numa segunda, vocĂȘ pode dizer
something like this, did you hear
algo como isto, did you hear
about the car accident
in Toronto or did you hear
in Toronto ou did you hear
about the flooding in Texas?
So we use the words did you hear
EntĂŁo usamos as palavras did you hear
to start a sentence or a question
para começar uma frase ou pergunta
on a Monday, or so we can continue
numa segunda, ou para podermos continuar
having some small talk
tendo uma conversa de small talk
conversation about the news.
sobre as notĂcias.
So on a Friday, start a sentence
EntĂŁo numa sexta, comece uma frase
with they say and then talk
com they say e depois fale
about something that you
sobre algo que vocĂȘ
heard or saw on the news.
ouviu ou viu nas notĂcias.
And then on a Monday start a question
E numa segunda comece uma pergunta
with did you hear about.
com did you hear about.
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