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Advanced Level 3

Brazilian Portuguese

Daniel's eighth year: Grandpa Zeca's last weeks, a family deciding the future of the farm in Minas, and a tower that would hide Sugarloaf from the whole building. Learn to give and take bad news, talk about inheritance and property, follow the news, and argue your side in public, fairly.

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Advanced Level 3 - Part 1

Lessons 1 to 10

Advanced Level 3 - Part 2

Lessons 11 to 20
11
Only If All the Heirs Agree

In a lawyer's office in Ponte Nova, Dr. Henrique explains to Dona Rosa, Bia and Daniel what happens to Grandpa Zeca's farm.

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12
History Doesn't Pay Taxes

At the farm, Bia's aunt Lurdes says what nobody wants to say about the farm, and her brother Geraldo answers.

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13
Send Me the Spreadsheet

Vitor, Uncle Geraldo's son, has a plan for the farm, and he shows it to Daniel, Bia and his father.

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14
The Offer Stands

Seu Olavo, from the next farm, comes to make an offer for the land, and Uncle Geraldo and Daniel hear him out.

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15
As Long as I Live

Grandma Nena has heard every word the family has said about the farm, and on the porch she says her piece.

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16
I Did the Sums

With his spreadsheet open on the kitchen table, Daniel explains to the family what the farm is worth and how it divides.

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17
Two Minutes Each

The talk about the farm turns into a fight between Aunt Lurdes and Uncle Geraldo, and Daniel steps in with a rule.

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18
Write It Nicely, American

The family has reached an agreement about the farm, and Dona Rosa reads it out at the kitchen table.

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19
You Sign as a Witness

At the registry office in Ponte Nova, the clerk reads out the division of Grandpa Zeca's estate and the family signs.

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20
He Would Have Liked to See This

The first batch of the farm's specialty coffee has been scored, and the family hears the result on the porch.

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Advanced Level 3 - Part 3

Lessons 21 to 30
21
Goodbye, Sugarloaf

Seu Jorge, the doorman, shows Daniel a sign on the empty plot on the corner, and Dona Marta has something to say about it.

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22
According to the Report

At breakfast, Bia reads Daniel the newspaper story about the tower, and the television adds what city hall said.

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23
I'll Do It for Free

The building calls an extraordinary meeting about the tower, and the residents decide what to do.

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24
The Question Is the Height Limit

In his flat on the ninth floor, Mauro the lawyer explains to Daniel and Bia where the tower's permit is weak.

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25
For Twelve Floors, Not for Zero

Daniel and Dona Marta take the petition to the bakery on the corner, and Dona Neide, who owns it, is not sure.

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26
We're Not Against Progress

A television reporter stops Daniel on the pavement outside the building and puts him on air about the tower.

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27
With All Due Respect

At a public hearing in the city council, the developer's engineer makes his case for the tower, and Daniel answers for the residents.

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28
That One I'll Ask

In the councillor's office, Daniel and Mauro press her on the permit, and she tells them what she can and can't do.

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29
Suspending Isn't Cancelling

The television news brings the decision on the tower, and Seu Jorge comes up with what the radio said.

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30
Then You're Farmers Too

On the roof terrace, the building celebrates the view it kept, and Grandma Nena, visiting Rio for the first time in years, gives her opinion of the city.

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