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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 4 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

Nowhere Near as Good as Copacabana

Downtown Chicago, with the towers, the lake, the river and an ice rink. Compare two cities, "twice as many", "three times as much", "nowhere near as", "the size of", lose a hat to the wind, and try ice skating for the first time.

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THE STORY

Monday, December eighteenth. Bia has her own clothes again, and Daniel takes her downtown on the train. They walk along the lake, between the towers and the grey water, and the wind comes off it like a wall. Then the bridge over the river, and an ice rink in the park, under the lights, where somebody falls. But not the one you'd think. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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prédios enormesPREH-djoos ee-NOR-meesenormous buildings
Nossa, que prédios enormes!NAW-sah, kee PREH-djoos ee-NOR-meesWow, what enormous buildings!
Aquele ali é mais alto do que o Pão de Açúcar.ah-KEH-lee ah-LEE eh mys OW-too doo kee oo powng djee ah-SOO-karThat one there is taller than Sugarloaf.
andaresahn-DAH-reesfloors
Um lago? É do tamanho de um mar!oong LAH-goo? eh doo tah-MAHN-yoo djee oong marA lake? It's the size of a sea!
campoKAHM-pooa field, a pitch
nem de longenayng djee LOWN-zheenowhere near, word for word not even from far
Mas não é nem de longe como Copacabana.mahs nowng eh nayng djee LOWN-zhee KOH-moo koh-pah-kah-BAH-nahBut it's nowhere near as good as Copacabana.
Hoje não está nem de longe tão frio quanto ontem.OH-zhee nowng ehs-TAH nayng djee LOWN-zhee towng FREE-oo KWAHN-too OHN-tayngToday it's nowhere near as cold as yesterday.
o dobrooo DOH-brootwice as much, double

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