{"id":62121,"date":"2021-12-02T17:31:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T17:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fluency.io\/br\/blog\/walk-n-talk-level-up-73-grasping-at-straws\/"},"modified":"2025-03-22T18:15:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T21:15:35","slug":"walk-n-talk-level-up-73-grasping-at-straws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homolog.fluency.io\/br\/blog\/walk-n-talk-level-up-73-grasping-at-straws\/","title":{"rendered":"Walk ‘n’ Talk 73 grasping at straws"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello, everyone!<\/em> \ud83c\udf1f<\/p>\n

Como voc\u00eas est\u00e3o? Bem-vindos ao Walk \u2018n\u2019 Talk Level Up! No epis\u00f3dio de hoje, vamos ouvir uma conversa entre uma professora e um estudante. O estudante parece estar evitando a professora, porque ainda n\u00e3o entregou o trabalho final da disciplina! Aproveite o epis\u00f3dio para enriquecer o seu vocabul\u00e1rio, e lembre-se de repetir os exemplos em voz alta para melhorar a sua pron\u00fancia!<\/p>\n

Abaixo, voc\u00ea vai encontrar novas express\u00f5es e exemplos de frases para praticar. Lembre-se de que voc\u00ea pode ouvir o epis\u00f3dio quantas vezes quiser at\u00e9 memorizar todas as frases, assim voc\u00ea vai poder us\u00e1-las quando estiver conversando com um nativo!<\/p>\n

Vamos estudar? Ent\u00e3o, vamos l\u00e1!<\/p>\n

Di\u00e1logo<\/h2>\n

Ms. Green<\/strong>: Mr. Robb, just the person I wanted to see.
(Sr. Robb, justamente a pessoa que eu queria ver.<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Mr. Robb<\/strong>: Oh, Ms. Green\u2026 Long time no see.
(Oh, Sra. Green\u2026 Quanto tempo!<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Ms. Green<\/strong>: Yes, it\u2019s almost as if you\u2019ve been avoiding me. Have you been avoiding me, Mr. Robb?
(Sim, \u00e9 quase como se voc\u00ea estivesse me evitando. Voc\u00ea tem me evitado, Sr. Robb?<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Mr. Robb<\/strong>: No! I would never. I guess it\u2019s just the way things were working out.
(N\u00e3o! Eu nunca faria isso. Eu acho que as coisas simplesmente aconteceram assim.<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Ms. Green<\/strong>: Yes, sure. You haven\u2019t submitted your term paper yet. It was due last week.
(Sim, claro. Voc\u00ea ainda n\u00e3o entregou seu trabalho final. Ele era para ser entregue semana passada.<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Mr. Robb<\/strong>: Well, my grandma fell ill, and then I had to take my parents to the doctors, and then I had a dentist\u2019s appointment, and I broke my laptop\u2026
(Bem, minha av\u00f3 adoeceu, depois eu tive que levar meus pais ao m\u00e9dico, depois eu tive uma consulta no dentista, e eu quebrei meu laptop…<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Ms. Green<\/strong>: You\u2019re grasping at straws here, Mr. Robb. Have the term paper on my desk by the end of the week, if you want to pass my class.
(Voc\u00ea est\u00e1 se agarrando a palha, Sr. Robb. Coloque o trabalho na minha mesa at\u00e9 o final da semana, se voc\u00ea quiser passar na minha mat\u00e9ria.<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Expans\u00e3o de Vocabul\u00e1rio<\/h2>\n

“You\u2019ve been avoiding me\u2026”<\/strong><\/p>\n

A estrutura \u2018have been doing\u2019<\/em> \u00e9 chamada de Present Perfect Continuous. Ela \u00e9 usada quando queremos dizer que uma a\u00e7\u00e3o ou comportamento come\u00e7ou no passado e ainda est\u00e1 acontecendo. Veja este exemplo:<\/p>\n

She has been studying French every evening.<\/em>
Isso significa que ela come\u00e7ou a estudar franc\u00eas no passado e ainda est\u00e1 estudando. Perceba que h\u00e1 uma sensa\u00e7\u00e3o de continuidade na frase.<\/p>\n

Outro uso do Present Perfect Continuous \u00e9 quando estamos falando de uma a\u00e7\u00e3o que aconteceu no passado, mas que parou recentemente, bem antes de come\u00e7armos a falar. Por exemplo, imagine que um amigo seu est\u00e1 vermelho e ofegante. Quando voc\u00ea pergunta o que aconteceu, ele pode dizer:<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been running!<\/em>
Neste exemplo, entendemos que ele acabou de parar de correr.<\/p>\n

Outro exemplo muito comum em ingl\u00eas \u00e9 “I\u2019ve been thinking\u2026”<\/em>. Isso \u00e9 semelhante ao nosso “andei pensando”<\/em> em portugu\u00eas. Significa que a pessoa come\u00e7ou a pensar sobre algo no passado e ainda est\u00e1 pensando, mostrando continuidade.<\/p>\n

“It was due last week”<\/strong><\/p>\n

A palavra \u201cdue\u201d<\/em> \u00e9 usada quando queremos dizer quando algo deve acontecer, indicando o prazo. Veja alguns exemplos:<\/p>\n

The rent is due at the end of the month.<\/em>
Nossa beb\u00ea est\u00e1 prevista para junho.<\/em><\/p>\n

Grasping at straws<\/strong><\/p>\n

Quando voc\u00ea est\u00e1 tentando muito fazer algo dar certo, ou at\u00e9 mesmo tentando se sentir esperan\u00e7oso em uma situa\u00e7\u00e3o ruim, mas nada do que voc\u00ea faz funciona\u2026 voc\u00ea est\u00e1 grasping at straws<\/em> (se agarrando a palha). No di\u00e1logo, o estudante estava tentando criar desculpas para escapar de um problema, mas n\u00e3o adiantou. Ele n\u00e3o teve outra op\u00e7\u00e3o al\u00e9m de entregar o trabalho, ent\u00e3o, como a professora disse, ele estava grasping at straws<\/em>. Aqui est\u00e3o alguns exemplos:<\/p>\n

I knew I was failing the exam… when I tried to answer the last question I was just grasping at straws.<\/em>
She is grasping at straws! I\u2019m not going to give her a new phone and there\u2019s nothing she can do about it.<\/em>
They would do anything to win that award but everybody knew they didn\u2019t stand a chance\u2026 they were definitely grasping at straws.<\/em><\/p>\n

Nos exemplos acima, podemos ver que sempre h\u00e1 algu\u00e9m tentando mudar a realidade em v\u00e3o.<\/p>\n

Gostou do epis\u00f3dio? Continue sua jornada no ingl\u00eas e confira nosso curso de ingl\u00eas<\/a> completo para se aprofundar ainda mais! \ud83d\udcda<\/p>\n

See ya!\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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