1.

Two people chatting at a party (00:01)

Duas pessoas se conhecem em uma festa.

[Tom] Hi, my name’s Tom.

[Mariana] Hi, Tom. Nice to meet you. I’m Mariana.
[Tom] Nice to meet you, too. So, where are you from?
[Mariana] Well, originally I’m from Bolivia…
… but my family moved to the United States when I was five years
old.
[Tom] Do you live with your family?
[Mariana] Actually, no. My parents live in Mexico now. So, what do
you do now?
[Tom] I’m a student at San Francisco College.
[Mariana] What are you studying?
[Tom] History and English. What about you? What do you do?
[Mariana] I’m a sales representative for Xenox Pharmaceuticals.
[Tom] Really? My cousin works there too.
Maybe you know him – his name is Jack, Jack Morrison.
[Mariana] Jack Morrison… Blond, very tall, brown eyes?
[Tom] Yep, that’s him! Next time you see him, tell him I said hi.
[Mariana] Sure!
2. Talking about life, habits and family
(01:00)
Fazendo e respondendo perguntas sobre sua vida.

[Chuck] Hey, Ana. Where are you from?

[Ana] I’m from the United States, but my family is Brazilian.
[Chuck] And where do you live?
[Ana] I live in São Paulo, Brazil.
[Chuck] Do you have a big family? Brothers, sisters?
[Ana] No, actually I have a small family. I have only one sister.
[Chuck] Where does your family live?
[Ana] My parents live in a small town in São Paulo and my sister lives in
Europe.
[Chuck] So what do you do? You’re a teacher, right?
[Ana] Yep, I’m a teacher, and I have a website.
[Chuck] Is your sister a teacher, like you?
[Ana] Nope. She works in a hotel.
[Chuck] Do you work at home?
[Ana] Yep, I do. I work at home and sometimes I go to a cafe and I work
there.
[Chuck] So, do you work from… what? 8am to… 5, 6pm?
[Ana] I usually work from 9 to 6.
[Chuck] Do you work at night? Sometimes?
[Ana] Sometimes, yeah. Sometimes I work at night.
[Chuck] What time do you usually have lunch?
[Ana] Usually, around noon.
[Chuck] So, where do you go during the week? Do you go to the grocery
store, to the pharmacy,…?
[Ana] Yeah, I go to the grocery store every week, definitely. I don’t go to
the pharmacy very often… Once a month, I think. I usually go to the bank
every week.
[Chuck] Do you like books, do you like music?… What do you like?
[Ana] I love music, I like movies. Books… I kinda like books.
3. Talking about life, habits and family II
(02:37)
Fazendo e respondendo perguntas sobre a sua vida.

[Ana] So, hi… What’s your name?

[Chuck] Chuck. Really, Charles, Charles Castleberry. Chuck.
[Ana] Hey, Chuck. Where are you from?
[Chuck] I’m from Oklahoma City, in the United States.
[Ana] OK, and where do you live?
[Chuck] I live in São Paulo, Brazil.
[Ana] Do you have a big family?
[Chuck] Uh, two brothers, two sisters, a half-brother, a half-sister, three
children.
[Ana] Wow, OK… Um, where do they live, your brothers and sisters?
[Chuck] They all live in Arkansas, Fort Smyth. Um… I have a step-brother
who lives in Carolina.
[Ana] OK, North or South Carolina?
[Chuck] North Carolina.
[Ana] So, what do you do? You’re a teacher, right?
[Chuck] Yes, I’m a teacher and I also work with translations.
[Ana] Are your brothers and sisters teachers, like you?
[Chuck] No, one works in construction… A few others work in factories,
some work with accounting and
taxes…
[Ana] Alright. So, how many students do you have right now?
[Chuck] I don’t really have any students right now.
[Ana] Do you work at home?
[Chuck] Yes, I do. I work at home.
[Ana] So, what are your work hours?
[Chuck] I work, uh… all hours of the day and night, it’s… there’s no real
schedule.
[Ana] Wow… but usually, like, from 8AM to…5, or from 7 to…
[Chuck] It’s not a, a normal schedule. It’s really crazy.
[Ana] So, do you work at night, sometimes?
[Chuck] Yeah, I do.
[Ana] And what time do you usually have dinner?
[Chuck] Sometimes I have dinner at six o’clock, sometimes at ten o’clock.
[Ana] Where do you usually go during the week? Do you go to the
grocery store, to the pharmacy…where?
[Chuck] Ah, OK. Grocery store, once a week… I get to the gym several
times a week… and out and about
once or twice a week.
[Ana] Alright. Do you like books, do you like music? Um… What do you
like?
[Chuck] I like music, I listen to music, um… almost every day, all day
long.