by Tim Barrett | Mar 5, 2013 | Phrasal Verbs, U.S. History & Culture
Have you ever heard of Grandma Moses? She’s an example to all of us that you are never too old to learn a new skill. Check out this cool video about her, and learn the phrasal verb take up (an activity). Você já ouviu falar da Vovó Moisés? Ela é um exemplo para todos...
by Tim Barrett | Feb 15, 2013 | Comics, Idioms, Videos & Scripts
In today’s video talk, see why Tim would buy a book in a heartbeat if it was available – and learn the idiomatic expression “in a heartbeat”! 🙂 [note class=”idea”]DICA: Clique no primeiro botão “Print/PDF” acima para gerar uma formatação mais...
by Tim Barrett | Jan 24, 2013 | Everyday Expressions, Videos & Scripts
Assista ao vídeo engraçado abaixo, “Mr. Monk e o Computador” (2 minutos). Leia o Script. Leia as explicaçõees do vocabulário, e aprenda a expressão “get the hang of (something)”. (Remember that Mr. Monk has OCD [a doença “TOC”].)...
by Tim Barrett | Jan 17, 2013 | Uncategorized
Happy New Year! What are your plans for this New Year? Are you going to take your English to the next level with us this year? We here at Tim and Tammy Teach have several interesting projects in the works for this year? Read about them below (and learn the expression...
by Tim Barrett | Dec 21, 2012 | U.S. History & Culture, Videos & Scripts
In this third installment, Sally decides to give everyone paper airplanes for Christmas and she discovers that “Samantha Claus” is actually “Santa Claus”. Later, she decides to “fall down” a tree for Christmas. Watch what happens...
by Tim Barrett | Dec 21, 2012 | U.S. History & Culture, Videos & Scripts
In this second installment of Charlie Brown’s Christmas Tales (click here to watch first installment), Linus can’t decide what kind of letter he should write to Santa Claus and he is fascinated by a girl at school who won’t tell him her name. Linus...
by Tim Barrett | Dec 14, 2012 | U.S. History & Culture, Videos & Scripts
Check out this cute and funny Charlie Brown (Snoopy) Christmas special. In the first installment, Snoopy tries to get Lucy to invite him to the skating show. And later, he dresses up as Santa Claus to work as a bell-ringer to raise money. On Monday, I’ll post...
by Tim Barrett | Dec 7, 2012 | News, Phrasal Verbs, Videos & Scripts
Have you seen the elevator prank where someone is standing in an elevator, the lights flicker, and then a little girl “appears” and scares the daylights out of this person? Watch this discussion about it on Fox News and learn several interesting expressions and...
by Tim Barrett | Nov 22, 2012 | Reading & Vocabulary, U.S. History & Culture
Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday of November, a different date every year. falls on = cai (em tal dia) The first Thanksgiving feast in the United States was held by the Pilgrims and the Indians, who got together to thank the Lord for their first harvest in...
by Tim Barrett | Nov 19, 2012 | Everyday Expressions, Idioms, Videos & Scripts
No segundo filme da série Fievel: An American Tail, o ratinho Fievel sonha em conhecer o famoso cão sherife, Wylie Burp . Quando Fievel finalmente encontra Wylie Burp, Fievel se desaponta ao ver que o famoso sherife é agora um cão velho e melancólico, desanimado com a...
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