Como dizer em Inglês - 'SÓ POR CURIOSIDADE'

Ao traduzir ao pé da letra ...."só por curiosidade" ficamos tentados a dizer: "only by curiosity", porém em inglês o correto - é dizer "just out of curiosity"., mais comum ainda é ouvir "just outta curiosity". No inglês falado isto é normal! Enfim, veja aí alguns exemplos:

.Just out of curiosity, do women see proctologists too, or is it just men? (Só por curiosidade, as mulheres também vão a um proctologista, ou é só os homens?)
.Just out of curiosity, why are carrots more orange than oranges are? (Só por curiosidade, por que as cenouras são mais alaranjadas do que as laranjas?)
.Just out of curiosity, is there any good reason for doing that? (Só por curiosidade, há algum bom motivo para se fazer isto?)

Além disse, se em uma conversa você ouvir alguém dizendo "JOOC" não vá pensar que a pessoa está falando do seriado "The OC". Nada a ver! Ela estará apenas abreviando a expressão "Just Out Of Curiosity".

Quote of the day: love....

"Love and eggs are best when they are fresh".
Russian proverb

Common Errors: PHEASANT - PEASANT

In some countries farmworkers are still called “peasants”(camponês)there. In English-speaking countries we tend to think of the term as belonging strictly to the feudal era. However you use it, don’t confuse it with “pheasant,”(faizão)a bird. Use the sound of the beginning consonants to remind you of the difference: pheasants(fézants) are food, peasants (pézants) are people.

Feel like doing something different?

Feel like doing something different?

There’s always a good reason for an excursion with your family, friends or classmates. Theme parks, zoos, exhibitions or museums? Or would you rather take a trip to town, or do something more energetic?or, even, doing nothing.....sometimes you have to do something, but you don´t feel like doing it.
If you have to do something you don't feel like doing, what do you do?
Often, people will try to push against the emotional resistance they feel. Other times, they sit back in frustration as they put off a task. This scenario can easily seem like a psychological trap. Fortunately, there is a way to break through.

Instructions about "How to Do Something When You Don't Feel Like Doing It":

1.Think of a task you don't feel like doing. This task will be your focus for the next five steps....Pense em uma tarefa que você não tem vontade de fazer. Esta tarefa será o seu foco para as próximas cinco etapas.

2.Think of always doing this task and get in touch with how you feel about this.


3.Bring all your attention to the feelings arising in your body and observe them. Welcome them as they start to dissolve.


4.Think of never doing this task and get in touch with how you feel about this.


5.Bring all your attention to the feelings arising in your body and observe them. Welcome them as they start to dissolve.


6.When you go back to step 1, you can think of the same task you don't feel like doing or another task you don't want to do. Repeat the steps above until you feel like you are finished. Once you feel like you are done, there's a good chance that you'll be able to do the task you didn't feel like doing.

Como sempre, se for necessário use o recurso "tradutor" acima à direita, mas cuidado com a tradução.

Idiom: Como dizer "estar a fim de fazer [de algo; estar com vontade"

Feel like doing (something)
What does feel like doing (something) mean? O que significa "feel like doing (something)"?
It means to be in the mood to do something, to want to do something - significa estar a fim de fazer algo, estar a fim de algo, ou estar com vontade de algo.
Pois é, como todos as expressões idiomáticas é preciso tomar o cuidado com a tradução literal das palavras, vamos a alguns exemplos:

.I do not feel like doing the dishes now.
Não estou a fim de lavar a louça.
.I feel like going out. Do you feel like seeing a movie?
To a fim de sair. Tá a fim de ver um filme?
. If you are not feeling like going to the movies, we can watch a video instead.
Se você não está a fim de ir ao cinema, podemos assistir um video, ao invés de.

Essa expressão pode ser usada com um substantivo (estar a fim de algo), que fica
ainda mais estranho se traduzir ao pé da letra: "I feel like pizza" ao traduzir literalmente ficaria - Me sinto como uma pizza, mas claro que isto quer dizer "estou a fim de comer pizza", e não que você está se sentindo coberto de queijo.

No mesmo sentido, mas um pouco mais informal e especialmente na linguagem britânica usa-se a expressão "fancy doing(something)" :
. What do you fancy eating tonight? ...I fancy some Japanese food.
. What do you fancy for your lunch?
Esta expressão é também usada com o sentido de "estar a fim de alguém":
. All the guys I fancy don´t fancy me.

Na próxima postagem vai uma reflexão psicológica sobre a expressão "feel like doing (something)"

Reading: THE DETERMINATION OF A SUPERMAN

Esta postagem tem a finalidade de praticar a leitura, sendo que a aprendizagem de novas palavras aumenta a confiança da habilidade da fala. Se houver dificuldades no entendimento do texto use a ferramenta "tradutor" acima à direita, porém, como sabemos a tradução é literal, será sempre necessário adaptações na tradução para outro idioma.

Christopher Reeve (1952-2004); actor, director, producer, author, advocate

"A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles." Christopher Reeve

Christopher Reeve was first introduced to movie audiences as Clark Kent in "Superman" in 1978. He followed his Superman fame by acting in many more movies, including the "Superman" sequels, and numerous theater productions. He was extremely busy in the activist arena, championing causes for the environment and the arts among others. However, in 1995, Reeve's life changed dramatically.
The active sportsman loved riding horses and participating in jumping competitions. At an equestrian competition in May of 1995, Reeve was thrown from his horse. The injury was severe. He broke two of the vertebrae in his neck and was paralyzed from the neck down. Reeve's prognosis was grim: he wouldn't be able to walk again or even breathe without the help of a ventilator.

Rather than give up, Reeve became determined to beat paralysis and the spinal cord injuries. His previous fervor for many causes coalesced into one: spinal cord injuries and other nervous system disorders such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. Reeve, along with his wife Dana, set up a paralysis foundation to raise money for research and also to give support to others in similar situations. He continued to act and became a director with several movies to his credit. Reeve passed away on October 10, 2004, after suffering heart failure, but his strength will never be forgotten.

Quote of the day: COURAGE

“To be courageous requires no exceptional qualifications, no magic formula. It's an opportunity that sooner or later is presented to us all and each person must look for that courage in his own soul. ”

John F. Kennedy (1917-1963);

35th US President