Lesson Six - Conversation Class

1- I've been looking forward to...


___Excuse me, Are you Mr. Cabral?
**  Yes. What can I help you?
___I'm J.B. , the English Teacher.
** Oh, yes! I've been looking forward to talking with you.
___So have I. Your daughter has told me lot about you.
** All good. I hope.
__Yes. I heard that you speak English very well, Mr. Cabral.
**Don't believe it. It's not true. I just know some things.
__have you ever been abroad?
**Yes. I have. A couple of times.
__Were you there for work or on vacation?
**For work. Come to think of it...Do you have time to teach me some English?
__I've been looking forward to becoming your English teacher.
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2- I heard that


___Hey Daniele, What's up?
** J.B., my bro! What are you doing here?
___I'm waiting a friend of mine. What about you?
**  I was just walking around to breath some air.
___I heard that you were fired because you slept too much.
** Don't believe it. It's not true.
___Are you sure?
**Yep! I heard that you were looking for a job but nobody wanted to employ you because you lack of experience.
___Who told you that? It's not true. Come to think of it...I've heard a lot about you...
** Oh really? Like what?
___I heard that your father prefers to be with your sis instead of being with you.
**  And I heard that you have only three seconds to go away before I kill you.
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3- How does he like it?


** Tell me Bruna...Do you know Bryan from Salt lake City ?
__I've heard a lot about him. Where is he now?
** He is in Brazil.
__How long has he been here?
**He has been here for three days.
__Where is he staying?
**He is staying at Silvio's.
__How does he like it?
**He told me that he is enjoying it a lot because everybody at Silvio's speaks English fluently.
__Where has he been in São Paulo?
**Nowhere. Whatever, he will call me tomorrow and we'll do something.
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Hi Elias,  How you doing?

***I'm doing ok. What about you?

___I'm pretty well, thanks!

***I'm sorry , what was your name again?

___I'm J.B.

***Do you know my daughter Bruna?

___I've heard a lot about her. How is she?

***She is fine. Thanks.

___I'd like you to meet my friend from U.S.A.

***I've been looking forward to meeting him. Where is he?

___He is in a meeting  now.

***Let me give you my phone number...call me and It will be  my pleasure to meet your friend.

___Nice to see you.

***See you later.

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Talking about myself = falando de mim mesmo

1- Tenho ..... anos.

I'm ..... years old.

2- Sou estudante de inglês.

I'm an English student.

3- Moro em São Paulo mas nasci no .

I live in São Paulo but I'm originally from ...................

4- Eu nasci em (19.....).

I wasn born in 19.....

5- Eu nasci em ......

I was born in .........

6- Eu sou do ............

I'm from ..................

7- Eu cresci em ................

I grew up in ......................

8- Passei a maior parte da infância na.................

I spent most of my childhood at..........................

9- Passava as férias de verão no, na...........

I spent my summers in, at.........................

10- Meus pais eram de...........................

My parents were from ..........................

11- Quando eu tinha .......anos nós nos mudamos para São Paulo.

When I was ....... years old we moved to São Paulo.

12- Eu sou de uma família grande ( pequena).

I come from a big( small) family.

13- Meus pais eram muito rígidos.

My parents were very strict.

14- Meus pais nos deixavam fazer quase tudo o que queríamos.

My parents pretty much let us do whatever we wanted.

15- Eu era muito mimada.(o)

I was spoiled.

16- Cresci num bairro (relativamente) nobre/simples.

I grew up in a (relatively) wealthy/poor neighborhood.

17- Fui criado numa família (católica).

I grew up in very (Catholic) family.

18- Eu sou de uma família (relativamente)simples/rica.

I come from a (relatively) poor/wealthy family.

19-Meus pais eram bem de vida.

My parents were pretty well off.

20- Não foi muito fácil.

We never had it easy.