Expert Reader 1000 Chapter 5 by Elen Fernandes
5- A Dog Barbara wants a dog. She lives alone, so she thinks a dog can be a very nice friend. She decides to go to a pet shop. Barbara sees the animals at the pet shop and feels very confused. There are a lot of options. She sees the cats. They are so cute and independent, that could be a nice option. She sees the birds. They are so small and she doesn t need a lot of space. She sees the mice. They are very smart. Then finally, she sees the dogs. She looks at a gorgeous one, black and white. He is so cute and has a friendly look in his eyes. She falls in love with it. So she asks a man that works at the pet shop; How much does the dog cost? Two hundred dollars, the man says. Barbara takes her wallet and gives the man two hundred dollars. Barbara takes her new friend in her arms and says welcome to my life Nino, we are going to have a great time together. Nino goes home with Barbara. Now Barbara has the best friend of all. ADJECTIVE Nice Confused Cute Independent Small Smart Gorgeous Friendly Great VOCABULARY Alone Pet shop Options Space Finally Wallet Welcome Life Together
STRUCTURE: VERBS : To want (wanted) querer To live (lived) viver, morar To think (thought) pensar, achar To decide (decided) decidir To see (saw) ver To feel (felt) sentir To need (needed) precisar To look at (looked at) olhar para To fall (fell) cair To work (worked) trabalhar To take (took) pegar To give (gave) dar To have (had) ter To say (said) dizer I want to speak English. I live in Sao Paulo. I think I go with you. He dedided to go too. See you tomorrow. I feel so happy today. I need to think about it. Look at me please. I don t want to fall. I work a lot. Take my bag please. Give me a hand here please. I have a black car. She said that to me.
EXPRESSIONS: EXPRESSIONS: There are a lot of options. (Tem muitas opções) How much does the dog cost? (Quanto o cachorro custa?) Welcome to my life. (Bem vindo à minha vida.) We are going to have a great time together. (Nós nos divertiremos muito juntos)
Nice legal, bacana, bom Confused - confuso Cute - fofinho Independent - independente Small - pequeno Smart inteligente, esperto Gorgeous - fofo Friendly - amigável Great - ótimo It s a very nice thing to do. (Isto é uma coisa legal a se fazer) It s confusing. (Isto é confuso) He is so cute. (Ele é tão fofo) She is very independent. (Ela é muito independente.) I have a small dog. (Eu tenho um cachorro pequeno.) The boy is so smart. (O garoto é muito esperto.) You look gorgeous. (Você está espetacular/maravilhosa/linda.) He s very friendly. (Ele é muito amigável.) It s great. Let s do it. (Isto é ótimo. Vamos fazer.)
NEW VOCABULARY: Alone sozinho Pet shop Pet shop Options opções Space espaço Finally - finalmente Wallet - carteira Welcome bem-vindo Life - vida Together - junto He is alone at home. (Ele está sozinho em casa.) I took my dog to the pet shop. (Eu levei meu cachorro ao pet shop) I have many options. (Eu tenho muitas opções.) I need space. (Eu preciso de espaço.) I finally finished it. (Eu finalmente terminei isto.) He lost his wallet. (Ele perdeu a carteira.) Welcome to Expert Readers Course level 1. (Bem vindo ao Curso Expert Readers nível 1.) My life is great. (Minha vida é ótima.) We work together. (Nós trabalhamos juntos.)
5- A Dog Barbara wants a dog. She lives alone, so she thinks a dog can be a very nice friend. To want querer to live morar to think achar, pensar Alone sozinha nice legal I think it s very nice Eu acho isto muito legal. She decides to go to a pet shop. To decide decidir to go it pet shop pet shop I decided to buy a dog. (Eu decidi comprar um cachorro) Barbara sees the animals at the pet shop and feels very confused. To see ver animals animals to fell sentir confused confusa I sometimes feel very confused. (Eu às vezes me sinto confusa) There are a lot of options. There are tem, existem a lot of muitas options - opções
She sees the cats. They are so cute and independent, that could be a nice option. Cute and independent fofinho e independente That could be Poderia ser That could be nice. (Isto poderia ser legal) She sees the birds. They are so small and she doesn t need a lot of space. A lot of space muito espaço I don t have a lot of space in my backyard. (Eu não tenho muito espaço no meu quintal) She sees the mice. They are very smart. Very smart muito eperto I think she s very smart. (Eu acho ela muito esperta) Then finally, she sees the dogs. Então, finalmente Finally I am going to speak English. (Finalmente eu vou aprender Inglês)
She looks at a gorgeous one, black and white. Look at olhar para She is looking at me. (Ela está olhando para mim) He is so cute and has a friendly look in his eyes. A friendly look in his eyes um olhar amigável She falls in love with it. To fall in love se apaixonar She is in love / I am in love. (Ela está apaixonada/eu estou apaixonada) So she asks a man that works at the pet shop; How much does the dog cost? Two hundred dollars, the man says. She asks ela pergunta The man says O homem diz She works at the petshop Ela trabalha no petshop.
Barbara takes her wallet and gives the man two hundred dollars. To take pegar to give dar $ 200,00 two hundred dollars Barbara takes her new friend in her arms and says welcome to my life Nino, we are going to have a great time together. In her arms em seus braços Welcome to my life bem vindo a minha vida We are going to have nós teremos A great time together um ótimo momento juntos. We had a great time there Nós tivemos um ótimo tempo lá. Nino goes home with Barbara. Now Barbara has the best friend of all. Goes home vai pra casa The best friend of all O melhor amigo de todos.