Skip to content
fluentbyear
🇺🇸 English for Brazilians · Fluency Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 1 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES Free

From the documentary to a live conversation

After the neighborhood documentary screening, Ana proposes a story circle to Emma and Sam where the audience asks questions, and learns to open a proposal with what if we and explain the idea before the details. Say forty people stayed after the film nobody wanted to leave, what if we gave them a reason to come back, another film, a story circle neighbors tell their stories and the audience asks questions, live, live the idea is to hear the people the film left out, who runs it, me with Emma and you handle the chairs, I always handle the chairs, what if this time you also pick the first storyteller.

Audio instruction: Brazilian Portuguese

Report a problem with this lesson

Lesson 1 · From the documentary to a live conversation

English for Brazilians · 30 minutes

Press play. The words appear here as you hear them.

Just listen.

Let your ears lead. Show the words whenever you like.
0:0029:50
Tap a line to hear it again.Space to play · ← → skip · F fullscreen

THE STORY

In the Story Room, after the documentary, Ana proposes the first live story circle to Emma and Sam, with questions from the audience.

Hear it againConversation · 0:37

The conversation couldn’t be loaded. Check your connection and press play again.

Flashcards

The words and phrases of this lesson, one card each. Best after you’ve listened.

Create your account.

Create a free account and confirm your email to keep the cards you like and the decks you make.

Already have an account? Sign in

Build the sentence

Hear a sentence from the lesson, then put its words in order.

Words and phrases

The lesson is for your ears. Open this afterwards, to see what you learned.

Forty people stayed after the film. Nobody wanted to leave.FÓR-ti PÍ-pol stêid ÉF-ter tha film. NÔU-bâ-di UÓN-ted tu lívForty people stayed after the film. Nobody wanted to leave.
What if we gave them a reason to come back?uát if uí guêiv them a RÍ-zon tu kâm békWhat if we gave them a reason to come back?
Another film?a-NÂ-ther filmAnother film?
A story circle. Neighbors tell their stories, and the audience asks questions.a STÓ-ri SÂR-kol. NÊI-berz tél thér STÓ-riz, end thi Ó-di-ens ésks KUÉS-tchansA story circle. Neighbors tell their stories, and the audience asks questions.
Live?láivLive?
Live. The idea is to hear the people the film left out.láiv. thi ai-DÍ-a iz tu ríar tha PÍ-pol tha film léft áutLive. The idea is to hear the people the film left out.
Who runs it?ru rânz itWho runs it?
I do, with Emma. And you handle the chairs.ai du, uíth É-ma. end iú RÉN-dol tha tchérzI do, with Emma. And you handle the chairs.
I always handle the chairs.ai ÓL-ueiz RÉN-dol tha tchérzI always handle the chairs.
What if, this time, you also pick the first storyteller?uát if, this táim, iú ÓL-sou pik tha fârst STÓ-ri-té-lerWhat if, this time, you also pick the first storyteller?