English II Week August 24, nd semester Lecture 25

The aims for this lecture are: to improve translation skills to develop writing skills to improve vocabulary to improve communicative competence

Translate the text into English Nasci em O meu pai era padeiro em Moxico, em Angola. A minha primeira casa foi uma padaria! Havia seis padarias na nossa cidade. A casa era quente, limpa mas a nossa vida não era fácil. O meu pai estava muitas vezes cansado. A minha família não era rica. Mas havia um castelo na minha cidade e um bonito rio, e éramos felizes. Estive de novo em Moxico este ano, pelo Natal.

Text continues Estava diferente – só havia uma padaria! Bom (Anyway), fala-me da tua família. Nasceste em Cunene? (Text adapted from the book ‘Grammar Spectrum for Portuguese Students’)

Possible translation I was born in My father was a baker in Moxico in Angola. My first house was a bakery (baker’s shop)! There were six bakeries (baker’s shops) in our town. The house was warm, clean but our life wasn’t easy. My father was often tired. My family wasn’t rich. But there was a castle in my town and a beautiful river, and we were happy.

Possible solution continues I was in Moxico again this year, at Christmas. It was different – there was only one bakery (baker’s shop)! Anyway, tell me about your family. Were you born in Cunene?

Translate into Portuguese Dear Joana Thank you for your letter about holiday in Africa. When I was staying in Kenya last year, I saw a tiger near my hotel. It was about eleven o’clock in the evening. I was walking back to the hotel with two friends. We were returning from a restaurant. The moon was shining. It was a beautiful evening.

Translation continues We were about a hundred metres from our hotel. Then we saw a tiger. It was sitting under a tree near the road. We stopped immediately. It was a big tiger, but it was also very old.

Possible solution Querida Joana Obrigada pela carta sobre as tuas férias em África. Quando estive no Quénia, no ano passado, vi um tigre perto do meu hotel. Era perto das onze da noite. Eu caminhava de volta para o hotel com dois amigos; vínhamos de um restaurante.

Possible translation continues A lua brilhava e estava uma noite linda. Estávamos mais ou menos a cem metros do hotel, quando vimos um tigre. (O tigre) estava sentado debaixo de uma árvore, perto da estrada. Parámos imediatamente. Era um grande tigre, mas muito velho.

Questions for Discussion What did you find interesting in the texts? What didn’t you like in the text? Did you learn new words from these texts? Which ones? What did you find difficult? What did you easy in translating?

Homework Exploring Joana’s letter, write also a letter to a friend talking about one of your holiday adventures.

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