Decrevendo sabores

Steve, my new boyfriend, decided to cook dinner for me. I was really excited, that is, until I tried his cooking.
Steve: What do you think of the soup?
I thought: This is so bland, and what are these little lumpy things in the soup? Of course I didn’t say that aloud.
Elaine: It’s delicious. It has a very interesting flavor.
When Steve served the main course, a baked chicken, he asked,
Steve: What do you think of the chicken? Is it too salty or spicy?
I thought: Yes! It’s too salty and it’s so spicy I can hardly eat it without breathing fire. The outside of the chicken is overcooked and the inside is raw! But out loud, I said,
Elaine: No, not at all! It has an interesting texture and I’m enjoying every bite.
I thought: Oh, no. Is there more? Steve went into the kitchen and brought dessert.
Steve: What do you think of this cake?
I thought: This cake should be sweet, but it has a strange sour taste. Could there be something seriously wrong with Steve’s taste buds? But aloud, I said,
Elaine: It’s yummy. It’s the best cake that anyone has ever made for me.
And it was true. I didn’t care how bad the meal was. It’s the thought that counts.
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Might as well

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Might as well

Meaning:

This is a very useful expression that is not commonly known by non-native speakers. If we say that we "might as well" do something, we mean that we should do it because there is no reason not to do it. It is commonly used when we have no strong opinions about what we should do. The feeling to do something and the feeling not to do it are almost the same, but the feeling to do it is probably a little bit stronger, so we "might as well" do it.

Example sentences:

1. I might as well do it.
2. We might as well go to the pub on the corner.
3. If you are going to do something, you might as well do it right.

Example dialogue:

Two friends are talking about where to go hiking.

A: Where should we go hiking?
B: I'm not sure. We could hike around the lake or we could hike through the forest.
They are both really nice hikes.
A: Which one is shorter?
B: The lake hike is shorter.
A: Then we might as well do that one.

Practice:

Try to use "might as well" in your own sentence.

That's all for now...bye

Créditos:

A lição acima foi transcrita na integra do site english1010. Aparentemente esse site não sofre atualizações desde 2005, o que é uma pena!!Mas vale a pena uma visita.

Estudo de texto

Leia o diálogo abaixo, e para ouví-lo basta clicar aqui . As palavras e frases que estão em negrito são explicadas por Jill e Steve logo após o áudio de diálogo.

Do you mean they have lived together for half year? They must be boyfriend and girlfriend.

I have no idea. When did your brother stop writing to you?

It has only been a few weeks since he stopped writing.

You see, it is not because of this girl that he stopped writing e-mails to you.

That is true; I guess he wrote me regularly until a few weeks ago. So, why did he stop then?

Well, let’s try to figure out what happened. How often did he email you?

That is hard to say, he wrote quite often.

Did you always answer him?

I would always try to answer him as soon as possible.

But how many times did you not answer him?

It depended on how many work I had to do.

You always wrote by email?

Yes, we kept in touch by e-mail; I did not need to know where he lived.

How many e-mails did you get from him every month?

I got lots of e-mails every month; I was always excited to get his e-mails. Why did you not try to visit him before?

I was busy, besides I thought he was still away at school

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Enjoy it yourself. See you.

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Joke

Learning English could be fun too. So have fun with the joke below:

A gorilla went into a bar and ordered a whisky. The barman thought it was unusual to see a gorilla in a bar drinking whisky and, thinking that gorillas must be stupid, he thought he could take an advantage of the situation and overcharge him. He served the gorilla the whisky and said: That’ll be fifty dollars please. The gorilla immediately took out his wallet and paid the barman, who was very happy. The gorilla drank his whisky quietly and then ordered another. The barman served him and charged another fifty dollars. As the gorilla was drinking his whisky, the barman got curious and decided to find out why the gorilla was in the bar. So, to strike up a conversation, he said: “It is funny, we don’t get many gorillas in here. I’m not surprised with the price of your whisky”, the gorilla replied.

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