O QUE VOCÊ ESTAVA FAZENDO NA HORA DO APAGAO?deixe seu comentário

So, what were you doing during the outage?

I had just arrived at Kispeto, and I couldn't order beer. We had to pay for it first and take it then. At first it was funny and cozy, but then people started leaving the place and we decided to do the same.

Here there's some information about the massive power failure and some photos.

Sao Paulo overview and Copacabana beach

A massive power failure blacked out Brazil's two largest cities and other parts of Latin America's biggest nation overnight, leaving millions of people in the dark after a huge hydroelectric dam suddenly went offline.

Paraguay was also affected when the Itaipu dam straddling the two nations' border stopped producing 17,000 megawatts of power, resulting in outages in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and at least several other big Brazilian cities.

The cause of the failure had not been determined, but Edison Lobao, the Brazilian Mines and Energy Minister, said strong storms had uprooted trees near the Itaipu dam just before it went offline and could be to blame.

Rio de Janeiro, which is due to host the World Cup soccer championship in 2014 and the Olympic Games in 2016, was the hardest hit city. Rio’s famous Copacabana beach, usually illuminated by the bright lights from the skyscrapers lining the boulevard, was plunged into darkness.

Have you ever...?

I found a very good video about Present Perfect. You can also practice the grammar on one of my posts called What have you done recently?. That's it.

IS YOUR HOUSE A MESS?

The first time I read about this subject I thought of my brother’s bedroom. It was always a mess. I consider myself disorganized.

What about you? Just look around. What do you see? clothes on the floor? shoes in the kitchen? towels on your bed? relax….YOU’RE NOT ALONE!!!!!!!

Compulsive hoarding – people that have a large number of useless possessions but can’t discard them. It causes significant clutter to basic living activities such as mobility, cooking, cleaning, showering and sleeping.

WATCH A VIDEO THAT SHOWS A HOUSE OF A HOARDER. Click here and have a look.

In this VIDEO you can see a group of professionals trying to help the hoarder family.

PAY ATTENTION TO THE LITTLE BOY THAT BEHAVE THE SAME WAY AS HIS PARENTS. (VEJA O GAROTINHO QUE SE COMPORTA DO MESMO JEITO, QUERENDO GUARDAR O BRINQUEDO VELHO PARA OS FILHOS QUANDO ELE TIVER UM)

Characteristics:

· the acquisition of many things and failure to discard a large number of possessions that appear to be useless or of limited value

· living spaces sufficiently cluttered(very disorganized) so as to avoid activities for which those spaces were designed

· significant distress or impairment (deterioração) in functioning caused by the hoarding

· reluctance or inability to return borrowed items; as boundaries blur, impulsive acquisitiveness could sometimes lead to kleptomania or stealing

If you have your fridge filled with expired food, and you are reluctant to throw it away, maybe you’re a compulsive hoarding in some degree.

Would you like to share any experience? Do you anyone like this? write your comment.

Passive Voice

Na voz passiva é o sujeito que sofre a ação. O acontecimento é mais relevante do que o sujeito. A voz passiva é sempre formada por um verbo auxiliar mais o verbo no Particípio Passado. Veja os exemplos para cada tempo verbal.

Present Simple

Someone cleans the office every day. The office is cleaned every day. (passive)

Butter is made from milk. (passive)

Past Simple

Someone cleaned the office yesterday. The office was cleaned yesterday. (passive)

The problem was explained to me. (passive)

Present Continuous

My father is painting the house. The house is being painted (by my father). (passive)

The office is being cleaned at the moment. (passive)

Past Continuous

I was writing a letter. The letter was being written (by me). (passive)

Present Perfect

Somebody has painted the door. The door has been painted. (passive)

I’m not going to the party. I haven’t been invited. (passive)

Past Perfect

The room looked nice. Somebody had cleaned it. The room looked nice. It had been cleaned. (passive)

The car was 3 years old but it hadn’t been used very much. (passive)

Future

Somebody will clean the room later. The room will be cleaned later. (passive)

Infinitive

A new supermarket is going to be built next year.

A mystery is something that can’t be explained.

The situation is serious. Something must be done.

Perfect Infinitive

She should have cleaned her bedroom. (active) The bedroom should have been cleaned. (passive)

If you hadn’t left the car unlocked, it wouldn’t have been stolen. (passive)