Entrevista de Joel Santana em…. ingles?

Hehe, bom, eu não ia postar, mas não resisti, este video tá rolando desde a semana passada após o Joel Santana dar uma entrevista em…. ingrêis, hehe. Ok, é válido o esforço dele em se comunicar, mas ele bem que podia fazer umas aulinhas a mais e praticar a pronúncia, né?

Então, a questão é: se você se satisfaz com isso, fazer o que… mas se você tem ambições maiores na sua vida em relação a falar inglês, estude! Procure uma escola ou professor particular, assista filmes e vídeos em inglês (não este, por favor), escute músicas, pegue as letras de músicas, enfim, corra atrás!

Em especial, há profissões em que você precisa ter uma boa desenvoltura, apresentação, e, claro, falar bem. Imagina você fazendo uma entrevista de emprego e falando assim…. o entrevistador, no mínimo, iria pensar (ou dizer na sua cara) que você mentiu no currículo quando disse que falava inglês. O Joel Santana já fez seu nome, ótimo para ele, mas para nós, meros mortais, que precisamos garantir nossos empregos, um bom inglês é primordial.

No mais, válida a tentativa dele…. hehe… =P =x

Lilli Zen.

President George Bush’s Funny Quotes

I have always liked reading quotes – all kinds of, from famous quotes to silly ones. Here are a few sometimes funny, other times confusing quotes by the President of the United States. Have fun with George Bush’s English !

“Anybody who is in a position to serve this country ought to understand the consequences of words.” –George W. Bush, interview with Rush Limbaugh, Nov. 1, 2006

“You helped our nation celebrate its bicentennial in 17 — 1976.” –George W. Bush, to Queen Elizabeth, Washington, D.C., May 7, 2007
“Information is moving — you know, nightly news is one way, of course, but it’s also moving through the blogosphere and through the Internets.” –George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., May 2, 2007
“There are jobs Americans aren’t doing. … If you’ve got a chicken factory, a chicken-plucking factory, or whatever you call them, you know what I’m talking

about.” –George W. Bush. Tipp City, Ohio, April 19, 2007

“There are some similarities, of course (between Iraq and Vietnam). Death is terrible.” –George W. Bush, Tipp City, Ohio, April 19, 2007
“I’ve been in politics long enough to know that polls just go poof at times.” –George W. Bush, Tipp City, Ohio, April 19, 2007

“My job is a job to make decisions. I’m a decision — if the job description were, what do you do — it’s decision maker.” –George W. Bush, Tipp City, Ohio, April 19, 2007

“Politics comes and goes, but your principles don’t. And everybody wants to be loved — not everybody. … You never heard anybody say, ‘I want to be despised, I’m running for office.’” –George W. Bush, Tipp City, Ohio, April 19, 2007

“The solution to Iraq — an Iraq that can govern itself, sustain itself and defend itself — is more than a military mission. Precisely the reason why I sent more troops into Baghdad.” –George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., April 3, 2007

You can find the quotes above and many others at Political Humor.

Pretty Intense Japanese Class

I just love Emily’s Pretty Intense videos. She’ so showy yet unpretentious in her videos! Besides being intelligent, funny, nice, cute… Well, I am a big fan of her videos. I guess it’s because it has English and Japanese – 2 of my great passions…

BTW, as she says (somewhere), the videos are not supposed to be truly educational. Well, at least, not for Japanese students. However, for English learners, I think the speeches are very good! Short sentences, colloquial English, maybe a slang here and there, and I like her diction.

However, some ppl just hate her! How come? Anyways, it seems she’s very popular as she got her 9000 subscribers to her youtube page – I am one of them!!!

Enjoy the video! Take some time to watch the others, too! Does she speak fast?