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

PART 1 · LESSON 2 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES Free

What deserves to become a story

At the café next door, Ana, Emma, and Sam choose the theme for the first circle, and Ana learns to acknowledge the appeal of an idea before disagreeing and say what draws her to another. Say work stories everyone has a first job, arrival stories how people got here, I can see the appeal of work stories but they can turn into complaints, fair and arrival, what draws me to arrival stories is that everyone has one even people born here, born here is an arrival, your parents arrived that's your story too, what questions would people ask, where from why here and what surprised you, then arrival it is.

Audio instruction: Brazilian Portuguese

Report a problem with this lesson

Lesson 2 · What deserves to become a story

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

At the café next to the library, the trio compares themes for the first story circle, and the choice falls on arrival stories in the neighborhood.

Hear it againConversation · 0:38

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.
Work stories. Everyone has a first job.uârk STÓ-riz. É-vri-uan rés a fârst djóbWork stories. Everyone has a first job.
Arrival stories. How people got here.a-RÁI-val STÓ-riz. ráu PÍ-pol gót ríarArrival stories. How people got here.
I can see the appeal of work stories, but they can turn into complaints.ai ken sí thi a-PÍL ov uârk STÓ-riz, bât thêi ken târn ÍN-tu kom-PLÊINTSI can see the appeal of work stories, but they can turn into complaints.
Fair. And arrival?fér. end a-RÁI-valFair. And arrival?
What draws me to arrival stories is that everyone has one, even people born here.uát dróz mi tu a-RÁI-val STÓ-riz iz thét É-vri-uan rés uân, Í-ven PÍ-pol bórn ríarWhat draws me to arrival stories is that everyone has one, even people born here.
Born here is an arrival?bórn ríar iz en a-RÁI-valBorn here is an arrival?
Your parents arrived. That's your story too.iór PÉ-rents a-RÁIVD. théts iór STÓ-ri túYour parents arrived. That's your story too.
What questions would people ask?uát KUÉS-tchans uud PÍ-pol éskWhat questions would people ask?
Where from, why here, and what surprised you.uér from, uái ríar, end uát sâr-PRÁIZD iúWhere from, why here, and what surprised you.
Then arrival it is.then a-RÁI-val it izThen arrival it is.