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Learn Portuguese with PortuguesePod101! Don't forget to stop by PortuguesePod101.com for more great Portuguese Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- ----Formal ---- Coração do Brasil Um bioma muito frágil mas encantador é o Pantanal, a maior planície alagável do mundo. É considerado pela UNESCO Patrimônio Natural Mundial e Reserva da Biosfera. Possui uma fauna e flora de beleza rara e abundante e é o lar de alguns animais em extinção. O Pantanal felizmente ainda é considerado o mais bem conservado e intocado ecossistema do planeta. Estando entre os estados de Mato Grosso e Mato Grosso do Sul, o Pantanal se encontra bem no coração da América do Sul. Um dos principais momentos do dia no Pantanal é ao amanhecer e ao entardecer, quando todo o Pantanal se transforma em sons e cores. Atualmente na região existem hotéis ou casa de fazendas adaptadas para receber turistas com conforto, além de oferecer passeios a cavalo, em barco, pick-up ou trekking. Esses passeios normalmente são acompanhados de guias ecológicos especializados. Outro lugar encantador no Centro-Oeste do Brasil é a cidade de Bonito. Para começar, seu nome já sugere como deve ser o lugar. Um ótimo lugar para praticar o ecoturismo, Bonito possui rios de águas azul-turquesa, grutas e quedas d'água. Nos rios da cidade pode-se fazer flutuação ou mergulho, tendo a sensação de estar em um aquário gigante. A gruta do Lago Azul, tombada pelo IPHAN como Monumento Natural, tem 90 metros de profundidade e abaixo um lago cristalino ladeado por estalactites e estalagmites. Durante janeiro e dezembro de manhã, o sol incide diretamente na entrada da gruta, enfatizando a beleza do local. O Recanto Ecológico Rio da Prata na cidade de Jardim foi elegido a Melhor atração do Brasil, segundo a revista Quatro Rodas. É possível fazer trilhas, passando por árvores centenárias, orquídeas e bromélias, aves e animais silvestres até chegar a uma piscina natural de águas cristalinas aonde pode-se fazer flutuação, ou ir ao Rio da Prata praticar mergulho. Uma cavalgada pela região também é uma boa alternativa, apreciando um lindo pôr-do-sol na região, enquanto se vê diversos animais nativos. Para os amantes da natureza ainda existe o passeio voltada à observação de aves da região, aonde existem aproximadamente 200 espécies registradas. ----Formal English---- The Heart of Brazil A very fragile but lovely biome is the Pantanal, the largest floodplain in the world. It is considered a World Natural Heritage and Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO. It has flora and fauna of abundant and rare beauty and is home to several endangered animals. Fortunately, Pantanal is still considered the most preserved and untouched ecosystem of the planet. Being among the states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul, the Pantanal is located in the heart of South America. The best moments of the day in the Pantanal are at dawn and sunset when all of the Pantanal turns into sounds and colors. Currently, there are hotels or farms adapted to receive tourists with comfort in the region that offer horseback riding, boat trips, pick-up, or trekking. Specialized ecological guides usually accompany these tours. Another lovely place in the Midwest of Brazil is the city of Bonito. First of all, its name already suggests how the place should be. A great place for ecotourism, Bonito has rivers of turquoise water, caves, and waterfalls. In the rivers, you can practice diving and snorkeling, having the feeling of being in a giant aquarium. The cave of Lago Azul is considered a natural monument by the IPHAN (National Artistic and Historical Heritage Institute of Brazil); it is ninety meters deep and under a crystal-clear lake lined with stalactites and stalagmites. During the January and December mornings, the sun shi [...]

Learn Portuguese with PortuguesePod101! Don't forget to stop by PortuguesePod101.com for more great Portuguese Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- ----Formal ---- Lisa: Bom dia. Leonardo: ah...bom, bom dia senhorahh...don..ahh...pois não? Lisa: Estou com um problema. Leonardo: Eu e eu gostaria de ajudar. Ah...que tipo de problema? Lisa: Meu celular não liga mais. Leonardo: Ah tá. Esse é o modelo NX-857 da Digicam. Ele tem um parafuso aqui atrás que às vezes solta. Lisa: Uh huh. Leonardo: Aí é só apertar e pronto. Tá novinho. Aqui está. Lisa: Wow! Vocês nerds são bons mesmo! Agora só precisa fazer um teste. Qual é o seu número? Leonardo: 9866-4837 Lisa: Tá bom. (toque de celular) Leonardo: Perfeito! Mais alguma coisa? Lisa: Bem...agora que você tem o meu número, eu vou esperar a sua ligação. Leonardo: ahhhh... ----Formal English---- Lisa: Good morning! Leonardo: Ah...Good, good morning ma'am ...ahh...miss...ahhh...Can I help you? Lisa: I have a problem. Leonardo: And I'd like to help. Ah...what kind of problem? Lisa: My mobile won't turn on anymore. Leonardo: Ah yes. This is the Digicam NX-857. It has a small screw on the back that sometimes gets loose. Lisa: Uh huh. Leonardo: After that it's just tighten it and you're set. Just like new. Here you go. Lisa: Wow! You nerds are good! Now I just need to test it. What's your number? Leonardo: 9866-4837 Lisa: Okay. (mobile rings) Leonardo: Perfect! Anything else? Lisa: Well...now that you have my number, I'll just wait for your phone call. Leonardo: Ahhhh... --------------------------- Learn Portuguese with PortuguesePod101! Don't forget to stop by PortuguesePod101.com for more great Portuguese Language Learning Resources!

Learn Portuguese with PortuguesePod101! Don't forget to stop by PortuguesePod101.com for more great Portuguese Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- ----Formal ---- Marco: Eu gosto muito de visitar o zoologico. Sílvia: Eu também. Especialmente gostei de ver as girafas. São muito bonitan. Marco: São sim. O que você quer olhar agora? Sílvia: Bem eu gostaria de ver os répteis. Gosto muito dos sapos coloridos da Amazônia. Marco: Eu não quero não. Já morei muitos anos nas Amazonas. Quero ver animais de outros países. Sílvia: Aqueles homens ali estão olhando o que? Marco: Não sei mas ali tem outros animais da África. Sílvia: Que legal. Ali tem uma placa com informações sobre os animais africanos. Vamos lá? ----Formal English---- Marco: I like to visit the zoo. Sílvia: Me too. I especially liked seeing the giraffs. They are very beautiful. Marco: Yes they are. What do you want to look at now? Sílvia: Well, I would like to see the reptiles. I really like the colored Amazonian frogs. Marco: I don't want to see that. I lived in the Amazon for many years. I want to see animals from other countries. Sílvia: What are those men there looking at? Marco: I don't know but there are some African animals over there. Sílvia: That's so cool. There's a sign with information about African animals over there. Shall we? --------------------------- Learn Portuguese with PortuguesePod101! Don't forget to stop by PortuguesePod101.com for more great Portuguese Language Learning Resources!

Learn Portuguese with PortuguesePod101! Don't forget to stop by PortuguesePod101.com for more great Portuguese Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- ----Formal ---- Marina: Laura, você quer comer o quê? Laura: Essa feijoada parece boa, né? Olha essa na mesa, tá bonita né? Marina: Humm, mas esta lasanha parece muito deliciosa. Laura: Vamos comer qual então? Marina: As duas coisas. Laura: Você tá louca! ----Formal English---- Marina: Laura, what do you want to eat? Laura: Feijoada is good, right? Look at that table; there is one that looks very tasty. Marina: Hmm, but this lasagna looks very delicious. Laura: Which are we going to eat then? Marina: Both. Laura: You're crazy! --------------------------- Learn Portuguese with PortuguesePod101! Don't forget to stop by PortuguesePod101.com for more great Portuguese Language Learning Resources!

Learn Portuguese with PortuguesePod101! Don't forget to stop by PortuguesePod101.com for more great Portuguese Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- ----Formal ---- Agente: São doze horas de voo. Cliente: O que? Não acredito. Doze horas? Que voo demorado. Agente: Bem, você tá indo de São Paulo para Moscou num voo direto. É para demorar. Pelo menos é à noite e pode dormir um pouco. Cliente: Eu não consigo dormir em avião. As poltronas são muito rígidas. Agente: Igual o ônibus? Cliente: Igual o ônibus. Agente: Também ouvi aqueles rapazes alí. Falaram que vão no mesmo avião pra chegar mais rápido e que vão tomar muito café pra não dormir. Cliente: Então não vou naquele vou não. Agente: Tem vários outros voos de outras linhas aéreas também. Por exemplo, este voo tem duas escalas e este tem três. ----Formal English---- Agent: It's a twelve hour flight. Client: What? I don't believe it. Twelve hours? What a long flight. Agent: Well, you are going from São Paulo to Moscow on a direct flight. It's going to take a while. At least it's at night and you can sleep a bit. Client: I can't sleep on planes. The seats are too rigid. Agent: Just like the bus? Client: Just like the bus. Agent: I also heard those young men over there. They said they are going on the same flight and that they will drink a lot of coffee so they don't fall asleep. Client: Then, I'm not going on that flight. Agent: There are other flights from other airlines, as well. For example, this flight has two stops and this one has three. --------------------------- Learn Portuguese with PortuguesePod101! Don't forget to stop by PortuguesePod101.com for more great Portuguese Language Learning Resources!

Learn Portuguese with PortuguesePod101.com! Your Portuguese professor has decided to make today's lesson a little more…interesting. He explains that he is going to teach you Portuguese by having you watch and talk about jungle animals in Portuguese. You exchange looks with your classmates who appear to be just as skeptical as you are, but he is the professor and at least it should be fun…right? The first picture he shows you is of chimpanzees with their children hanging off of them. Hmm…as you begin to explain what the jungle animal looks like in Portuguese, you realize he might be on to something. The next picture shows wild boars standing around eating in groups. Your classmates appear to be catching on as well as they start to explain in Portuguese, "People stand around eating and chewing and munching their food." You had no idea how much fun this could be! And as skeptical as you were, your professor must have known that in reality, life is just a big jungle and we are all just civilized animals playing out the parts. So what better way to learn Portuguese than by watching other animals?! Learning Portuguese with PortuguesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Portuguese! This Portuguese Video Vocabulary lesson will teach you how to talk about jungle animals in Portuguese along with some common gestures we use in everyday life. In this Portuguese vocabulary video, you will learn Portuguese by watching the video, seeing both English and Portuguese translations describing the video, and all while listening to the Portuguese translations being read aloud by our native Portuguese speakers. Visit us at PortuguesePod101.com where you will find many more great Portuguese lessons and learning materials! Leave us a message while you are there!

Learn Portuguese with PortuguesePod101! Don't forget to stop by PortuguesePod101.com for more great Portuguese Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- ----Formal ---- Preciso de um médico Por favor, você poderia me levar até o médico? Por favor, você poderia me levar até a farmácia? ----Formal English---- I need a doctor Please, could you take me to the doctor? Please, could you take me to the pharmacy? --------------------------- Learn Portuguese with PortuguesePod101! Don't forget to stop by PortuguesePod101.com for more great Portuguese Language Learning Resources!

Learn Portuguese with PortuguesePod101! Don't forget to stop by PortuguesePod101.com for more great Portuguese Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- ----Formal ---- Professora: Classe! Atenção! Hoje falaremos sobre raízes. Sim, Mariana? Mariana: Mas professora, não estamos na aula de português? Eu odeio botânica. (class chuckles) Professora: Sim, Mariana, estamos na aula de português. Hoje vamos falar sobre as raízes das palavras. Mariana, você poderia ler o primeiro parágrafo na página 254? Mariana: Sim. Então, segundo o livro, uma raiz gramatical é - Radical primário ou irredutível de uma língua, comum a todas as palavras de uma mesma família, como, por exemplo, a raiz fug, presente em fugir, fugaz, refúgio, etc. Ou como cham- em chamar e chamado. Professora: Exatamente Mariana. Então, a raiz é a parte do verbo ou substantivo que exprime a idéia geral da palavra. Em lingüística, chamam a raiz de radical ou lexical. Mariana: Não é assim que chamam a parte fundamental dos caracteres chineses? Professora: Sim Mariana. Você poderia nos dar uma definição de caracteres? Mariana: Sim. Meu dicionário fala o seguinte - um sinal, letra, símbolo, número, sinal de pontuação, ou qualquer figura usada na escrita. Professora: Excelente. ----Formal English---- Professor: Class! Attention! Today we'll talk about roots. Yes, Mariana? Mariana: But teacher, aren't we in Portuguese class? I hate botany. Professor: Yes, Mariana, we are in Portuguese class. Today we're going to talk about word roots. Mariana, could you read the first paragraph on page 254? Mariana: Yes. So, according to the textbook, a grammatical root is—"A primary or irreducible radical of a language, common to all words in that word family such as, for example, the root fug-, present in fugir, fugaz, refúgio, etc. Or like cham- in chamar and chamado." Professor: Exactly, Mariana. So, the root is the part of the verb or noun that shows the general idea of the word. In linguistics, they call a root a radical or a lexical. Mariana: Isn't that what they call the fundamental part of Chinese characters? Professor: Yes Mariana. Could you give us a definition for character? Mariana: Sure. My dictionary says the following—"a sign, letter, symbol, number, punctuation mark, or any figure used in writing." Professor: Excellent. --------------------------- Learn Portuguese with PortuguesePod101! Don't forget to stop by PortuguesePod101.com for more great Portuguese Language Learning Resources!

Learn Portuguese with PortuguesePod101! Don't forget to stop by PortuguesePod101.com for more great Portuguese Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- --------------------------- Learn Portuguese with PortuguesePod101! Don't forget to stop by PortuguesePod101.com for more great Portuguese Language Learning Resources!

Learn Portuguese with PortuguesePod101! Don't forget to stop by PortuguesePod101.com for more great Portuguese Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- ----Formal ---- Por favor, um computador com internet por 30 minutos. Senha e nome do usuário, por favor. ----Formal English---- Please, one computer with Internet for 30 minutes. Password and username please. --------------------------- Learn Portuguese with PortuguesePod101! Don't forget to stop by PortuguesePod101.com for more great Portuguese Language Learning Resources!

Learn Portuguese with PortuguesePod101! Don't forget to stop by PortuguesePod101.com for more great Portuguese Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- --------------------------- Learn Portuguese with PortuguesePod101! Don't forget to stop by PortuguesePod101.com for more great Portuguese Language Learning Resources!

Now that you have lived in Portugal for awhile, you want to travel out of the city and see things. You notice that the people that live even in the next city have different Portuguese accents and words for things. You are glad that you know some Portuguese words that make sense no matter what city you are in – words that everyone is sure to know, even you! This lesson looks at 5 more must-know Portuguese words that should help you, especially in your travels. In this Portuguese video lesson you'll learn about 5 Portuguese words that you need to be sure to know in addition to the Portuguese words from the previous lesson for everyday life. These words combined will be sure to help you wherever you are going. This Portuguese video series is brand new way to learn Portuguese. Learn every-day vocabulary and key verbs in this Portuguese video lesson. Read the lesson notes to learn about the Portuguese present tense, present progressive tense and simple past tense. Join us, and see what you've been missing! Visit us at PortuguesePod101.com where you will find many more fantastic Portuguese lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!

Learn Portuguese with PortuguesePod101! Don't forget to stop by PortuguesePod101.com for more great Portuguese Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- ----Formal ---- Renata: O que houve Michael? Michael: Hoje é o último dia de visita ao museu antes da reforma. Vou viajar antes de abrir de novo. Carla: Ow, não faz essa cara Michael. Michael: É que faz tempo que eu queria ir, mas nunca dá certo. Renata: Nunca conseguimos chegar na hora. Carla: Já sei! Por que não vamos ao Memorial da América Latina? Ele fica aberto até bem mais tarde. Michael: Boa ideia, Carla! ----Formal English---- Renata: What's wrong, Michael? Michael: Today was the last day before the remodel. I'll travel before it opens again. Carla: Ah, don't make that face, Michael. Michael: It's that I've wanted to come here for a long time, but it's never gone right. Renata: We can't ever arrive on time. Carla: I know! Why don't we go to the Latin America Memorial? It's open until much later. Michael: Good idea, Carla! --------------------------- Learn Portuguese with PortuguesePod101! Don't forget to stop by PortuguesePod101.com for more great Portuguese Language Learning Resources!

Learn Portuguese with PortuguesePod101! Don't forget to stop by PortuguesePod101.com for more great Portuguese Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- ----Formal ---- [barulho de comercial (aquelas musiquinhas)] Anunciante1: O que você faria se fosse um milionário? Anunciante2: Compraria uma casa? Anunciante1: Um barco? Anunciante2: Viajaria pelo mundo? Anunciante1: Não fique sonhando com o que você faria se voce fosse um milionário! Anunciante2: Mande agora mesmo um torpedo com a palavra 'milionario' para o numero 1197763 e concorra a 1 milhão de reais. Anunciante1: Seja um milionário, não perca tempo! anunciante2: 'milionario" para o numero 1197763. Anunciante1: Não perca a oportunidade de realizar os seus sonhos por apenas dois e noventa e nove com a promoção... Both: Eu quero ser um milionário! Anunciante2: A melhor promoçâo de todos os tempos! ----Formal English---- [Music from a commercial (one of those jingles)] Announcer 1: What would you do if you were a millionaire? Announcer 2: Buy a house? Announcer 1: A boat? Announcer 2: Travel the world? Announcer 1: Don't keep dreaming what you'd do if you were a millionaire! Announcer 2: Send, right now, a text with the word "millionaire" to the number 1197763 and enter to win one million reals. Announcer 1: Be a millionaire, don't waste time! Announcer 2: "Millionaire" to the number 1197763. Announcer 1: Don't waste the opportunity to fulfill your dreams for just two ninety-nine with the promotion... Both: I want to be a millionaire! Announcer 2: The best promotion of all time! --------------------------- Learn Portuguese with PortuguesePod101! Don't forget to stop by PortuguesePod101.com for more great Portuguese Language Learning Resources!