In today’s talk, Tim talks about the importance of Phrasal Verbs and shows you the first phrasal verb in the story “Charlie Brown’s Christmas”.  Don’t miss the other episodes!

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Hi, it’s Tim here.  I said I’d try to write you every day, so… Excuse me, I said I would try to talk to you everyday, so here I am with a tip today.  And I have an e-mail…  I received an e-mail from someone.  And he was asking about our Tim and Tammy products with phrasal verbs – or, that teach phrasal verb.  And he asked me if phrasal were really _________ .  Are they something you really need to learn?  Are they something that you use _____ in and _____ out or are they something that you a going to use just once in your life.  I’ll answer like this:
It all depends on how far you want to take your English.  It depends on what level you want to reach.  If you just want to speak a little bit and ___  ___  with your English (There’s a phrasal verb: ___  ___ !), you won’t need to learn them; but if you really want to understand series on TV, sitcoms, if you really want to get into the language…  For example, okay, talking about Christmas:  I was reading a story, “Charlie Brown’s Christmas”, on my – see my Christmas gift! 🙂 – on my iPad.  I was reading this story “Charlie Brown’s Christmas” and Charlie Brown here is feeling a little ______ , as always.  And this is what…  I’m going to show you today; and then some other days, I’ll show you several phrasal verbs that appeared just in this story.  It’s a children’s story!  Charlie Brown was feeling a little ______ , so he went to check if there’s anything in his mailbox to ______ him _____ .  And this is what it said:  “The next day, Charlie Brown checked his mailbox, hoping to find something to _____ him up”.  So he was hoping to find something to _____ him ___ .  There’s a phrasal verb there!  To “____ (him)  ___ ” means to make him happy, to encourage him.  So you can see that phrasal verbs – and I’ll show you other ones tomorrow and the next days – that appear just in this story “Charlie Brown’s Christmas”.  So how about you?  What _____ you ____ when you’re feeling down?  Tell me about it in the site; ok?  And see you tomorrow (maybe)!

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Script with Translations and Explanations

Hi, it’s Tim here.  I said I’d try to write you every day, so… Excuse me, I said I would try to talk to you everyday, so here I am with a tip today.  And I have an e-mail…  I received an e-mail from someone.  And he was asking about our Tim and Tammy products with phrasal verbs – or, that teach phrasal verb.  And he asked me if phrasal were really useful.  Are they something you really need to learn?  Are they something that you use day in and day out or are they something that you a going to use just once in your life.  I’ll answer like this:  It all depends on how far you want to take your English.  It depends on what level you want to reach.  If you just want to speak a little bit and get by with your English (There’s a phrasal verb: get by!), you won’t need to learn them; but if you really want to understand series on TV, sitcoms, if you really want to get into the language…  For example, okay, talking about Christmas:  I was reading a story, “Charlie Brown’s Christmas”, on my – see my Christmas gift! 🙂 – on my iPad.  I was reading this story “Charlie Brown’s Christmas” and Charlie Brown here is feeling a little down, as always.  And this is what…  I’m going to show you today; and then some other days, I’ll show you several phrasal verbs that appeared just in this story.  It’s a children’s story!  Charlie Brown was feeling a little down, so he went to check if there’s anything in his mailbox to cheer him up.  And this is what it said:  “The next day, Charlie Brown checked his mailbox, hoping to find something to cheer him up.  So he was hoping to find something to cheer him up.  There’s a phrasal verb there!  To “cheer (him)  up” means to make him happy, to encourage him.  So you can see that phrasal verbs… – and I’ll show you other ones tomorrow and the next days – that appear just in this story “Charlie Brown’s Christmas”.  So how about you?  What cheers you up when you’re feeling down?  Tell me about it in the site; ok? And see you tomorrow (maybe)!

  • useful = útil / úteis
  • day in and day out = , dia após dia, rotineiramente, “todo santo dia”
  • how far = até que ponto
  • reach = alcançar
  • a little bit = um pouquinho
  • get by (phrasal verb) = “dar conta” de algo com o mínimo possível
  • get into (phrasal verb) = entrar (a fundo)
  • down = para baixo, desanimado
  • mailbox = caixa de correio
  • cheer (someone) up = alegrar/animar (alguém)

So how about you?  What cheers you up when you’re feeling down? Please tell me about it below.

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