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🇺🇸 English for Brazilians · Fluency Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 13 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The invitation that leaves no doubt

Grace understood the evening to be a mandatory English class, and Ana learns to test how the invitation is being repeated, clear up a requirement that doesn't exist, and describe what the person can expect. Say: so it's an English class, I'll tell people to bring a notebook; wait, let me hear how you'd describe it; an evening where neighbors practice English with a teacher; that's not it, and it's my fault, try this: you don't need to speak English to participate; so what do people do there; what you can expect is two stories, coffee, and a table where you chat with five neighbors; in which language; in yours; no notebook then; no notebook, repeat it back to me one more time.

Audio instruction: Brazilian Portuguese

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THE STORY

At the bakery, Grace is about to spread the word that the evening is an English class, and Ana rewrites the invitation out loud until she repeats the right version.

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So it's an English class. I'll tell people to bring a notebook.sôu its en ÍN-glish klés. áil tél PÍ-pol tu bring a NÔUT-bukSo it's an English class. I'll tell people to bring a notebook.
Wait. Let me hear how you'd describe it.uêit. lét mi rír ráu iúd dis-KRÁIB itWait. Let me hear how you'd describe it.
A night where neighbors practice English with a teacher.a náit uér NÊI-berz PRÉK-tis ÍN-glish uíth a TÍ-tcherAn evening where neighbors practice English with a teacher.
That's not it, and it's my fault. Try this. You don't need to speak English in order to join.théts nót it, end its mai fólt. trái this. iú dôunt níd tu spík ÍN-glish in ÓR-der tu djóinThat's not it, and it's my fault. Try this. You don't need to speak English to participate.
Then what do people do there?then uát du PÍ-pol du thérThen what do people do there?
What you can expect is two stories, some coffee, and a table where you talk to five neighbors.uát iú ken iks-PÉKT iz tú STÓ-riz, sâm KÓ-fi, end a TÊI-bol uér iú tók tu fáiv NÊI-berzWhat you can expect is two stories, a coffee, and a table where you talk to five neighbors.
In which language?in uítch LÉN-guidjIn which language?
Yours.iórzOn yours.
No notebook, then.nôu NÔUT-buk, thenNo notebook, then.
No notebook. Say it back to me once more?nôu NÔUT-buk. sêi it bék tu mi uâns mórNo notebook. Repeat it for me one more time?