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I) WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS

01. Cash or charge?

(À vista ou no cartão?)

Store clerks always ask you: Cash or charge?

02. Check it out!

(Dá uma olhada!)

This is really new to me. Check it out!

03. From now on.......

(De agora em diante.......)

From now on we'll work 24 x 7 to meet deadline.

04. No way!

(De jeito nenhum!)

Working 24 x 7!? - No way!

05. What now?

(E agora?)

The computer crashed again. What now?

II) SLANGS

01. hit on somebody

(paquerar, flertar, azarar, cantar)

That guy in blue was hitting on her in the pub.

02. six pack

(barriga de tanquinho)

Women usually like guys with a nice six pack.

03. goof

(mancada, erro grosseiro)

She made a real goof at the meeting.

04. wacko

(estranho, excêntrico, esquisitão)

That friend of yours is really wacko.

05. the ins and outs

(os macetes)

He really knows the ins and outs of this business.

III) GRAMMAR

SOME - ANY

01. In general we use some (somebody/someone/something) in positive sentences and any (anybody/anyone/anything) in negative sentences.

some

- He bought some books.

- There is somebody at the door.

any

- I didn't buy any fruit.

- There isn't anybody at the door.

02. in most questions we use any

- Do you have any money?

03. but we use some in questions when we expect the answer to be 'yes.'

- What's wrong? Do you have something in your eye?

IV) NEWS

FLOOD IN BRAZIL

Anger(1) grows in Brazil as flood(2) death toll(3) mounts(4). Authorities are facing(5) hostility for poor disaster planning and for allowing(6) people to build homes in areas vulnerable to flooding as the death toll reaches(7) almost 600.

(1) revolta, raiva

(2) inundação

(3) número de vítimas fatais

(4) aumenta

(5) enfrentando

(6) permitindo

(7) alcança, chega a

Source: CNN

January 14,2001