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The Oak Tree and the Reeds

The Oak tree always thought that he was far stronger than the reeds. 


He said to himself “I stand upright in storm. I don’t bend my head in fear every time the wind blows. But these reeds are really so weak." 


That very night blew a storm and the mighty oak tree was uprooted. 


“Thank god!" sighed the reeds, “Our way is better. We bend but we don’t break." 

Moral : Pride has a fall.

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The Owl and The Swan

Once there were two friends Kanakaksha the owl and Sumitra the swan. Sumitra was the king of the swans. But Kanakaksha was an ordinary owl. He was afraid to let Sumitra know that he was a poor owl. So he told Sumitra that he was also a king and also had subjects. Everyday the owl would fly to the pond where the swan lived. 

One day as usual, Kanakaksha flew to the pond to meet his friend. “Good morning Sumitra, how are you today?" he asked. 

“Good morning my friend, I am fine. Just caught up with the usual work of a king – solving disputes among my subjects," replied Sumitra. 


Just then, one of Sumitra’s subjects came up to him and whispered something in his ear. 

“Oh!" exclaimed Sumitra. “Kanakaksha, please give me a moment. I have to settle another dispute between two of my subjects." 

“Very well Sumitra," answered the owl. “I will wait right here." After Sumitra left to find his subjects, Kanakaksha thought to himself, “If Sumitra comes to know that I am just an ordinary owl, he will stop being my friend. I have to impress him." 

As Kanakaksha was flying through the woods in search of food, he saw a camp of soldiers and their commander. He suddenly got an idea. He flew back to the pond and called Sumitra. “I want you to visit my kingdom," invited the owl. 

“One day I will surely visit your kingdom Kanakaksha," answered Sumitra the swan. 

“Not someday," urged Kanakaksha. “You should come today. I come to meet you everyday." Sumitra agreed and the owl took the swan to the place where the soldiers had camped. 

“This is my kingdom and these are my subjects," said Kanakaksha to Sumitra proudly. Sumitra knew that Kanakaksha was no king. But he did not want to hurt his poor foolish friend’s feelings. 

“Wow!" exclaimed Sumitra. 

“Are your soldiers getting ready to move?" 

“No! How could they without my permission?" The Owl flew over the camp hooting aloud “Ho - hoo!" The commander heard the owl and said, “An owl is hooting. It’s a bad omen. We will have to postpone our march." 

The next day Kanakaksha and Sumitra came to the same place. Just as the army got ready to move. Kanakaksha hooted again. The army stopped again. On the third day again, Kanakaksha hooted just as the commander mounted his horse. 

“Oh this omen maker! Will someone take care of him?" shouted the commander angrily. 

"This time my poor friend has gone too far," thought Sumitra the swan to himself. 

A soldier stepped forward and shot an arrow at the owl perched on a branch. But Kanakaksha spotted the arrow and swiftly flew away. Sumitra who had been next to Kanakaksha did not see the arrow coming. The arrow hit Sumitra and he died. 

“Oh my foolishness has caused the death of my good friend," thought Kanakaksha bitterly to himself. 

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Dicas para Aprender Inglês.

Hello Everybody!

Tanto para compreender músicas como vídeos, filmes, séries ou pessoas, seguem umas dicas úteis.

1. Muito Input
Ouvir, ouvir, ouvir. Isso é fundamental. Da mesma forma como aconteceu nos primeiros anos de sua vida.

2. Primeiro a Floresta
Veja a floresta e não apenas a árvore. Dê menos importância às minúcias e às regras gramaticais (fundamentais para textos e literatura, mas não para adquirir fluência).

3. Dê Valor ao Ritmo
Focalize mais a “música” do que a “letra” ao ouvir pessoas falando inglês.

4. Mais Linguagem Corporal
Comece a observar as expressões faciais, os gestos, sem se preocupar com o significado de cada palavra.

5. Maximize o que sabe
Pare de pensar no que falta, no que você não sabe. A questão é valorizar o que sabe e administrar com tranqüilidade o que desconhece.

6. Mais Receptividade
Questione e analise menos, seja mais intuitivo, instintivo.

7. Relax
Tensão e ansiedade de aprender rapidamente acabam causando verdadeiros bloqueios. Dê tempo ao tempo. Segue abaixo a referência bibliográfica para quem deseja adquirir.

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Auxiliary Verbs in the Simple Present - DO and DOES

Auxiliary verbs in the present tense.

Diferente da Língua Portuguesa, em inglês precisamos de um auxiliar para formular a maioria das nossas frases, especialmente nas formas Negativa, Interrogativa e Interrogativa+Negativa.

O Verb to be, os modais e o have/has são auxiliares também, mas aqui nessa postagem vamos falar do auxiliar do/does.

Primeiro: I, you, we e they usarão “do” e “don’t”

                   Mas he, she e it usarão “does” e “doesn’t”

Assim, vamos entender com exemplos. Como desenvolvemos as 4 formas de uma frase simples?

Com as pessoas: I, you, we e they:

Exemplo: Eu como pão de manhã.

Positive form: I eat bread in the morning. (sem auxiliar)

Negative form: I don’t eat bread in the morning. (bastou acrescentar o “don’t” entre o sujeito (I) e o verbo (eat))

Interrogative form: Do you eat bread in the morning? (bastou acrescentar o “do” no começo da frase)

Interrogative+Negative form: Don’t you eat bread in the morning? (bastou acrescentar o “don’t” no começo da frase)

Com as pessoas: he, she e it:

Exemplo: Ela come pão de manhã.

Positive form: She eats bread in the morning. (sem auxiliar, porém uso o S*, peculiar à Terceira Pessoa do singular no inglês e somente nos Simple Present Tenses)

Negative form: She doesn’t eat bread in the morning. (bastou acrescentar o “doesn’t” entre o sujeito (she) e o verbo (eat). Não uso mais o S no primeiro verbo após “she”)

Interrogative form: Does she eat bread in the morning? (bastou acrescentar o “does” no começo da frase. Não uso mais o S no primeiro verbo após “she”)

Interrogative+Negative form: Doesn’t she eat bread in the morning? (bastou acrescentar o “doesn’t” no começo da frase. Não uso mais o S no primeiro verbo após “she”)

*Sobre o “S” da terceira pessoa do singular. Não é relevante, mas se você estiver curioso em saber de onde ele surgiu, clique aqui.

Parece que usamos coisas bem diferentes quando falamos da terceira pessoa do singular (he, she, it), mas na verdade não.

Acontece que por “do” terminar em “o”, a flexão dele é “es”, ficando “does”.
Assim, aquele “s” que uso nas frases positivas na terceira pessoa do singular é transportado para o “do” (que vira does) na interrogativa e para o "don’t" (que vira doesn’t) nas formas negativa e interrogativa+negativa.

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