O inglês como ele é: Likes and Dislikes, parte 2
Na lição anterior, chegamos até can't stand e don't like .... at all. E quando você gosta de alguma coisa mais ou menos, ou quando tanto faz, ou quando você não dá a mínima?
Aqui vão estas e outras expressões - e não se esqueça de fazer as atividades lá no fim.
Gosto mais ou menos / dá pro gasto
Veja OK usado como adjetivo:
(A) So, how was the concert?
(B) It was OK. ou It was only OK. Essa resposta é típica de alguém que não se impressionou muito, mas também não achou horrível.
I was so excited when my new laptop came in the mail. But you know what? In the end, it's only an OK laptop.
Eu estava tão animado/a quando meu laptop chegou pelo correio. Mas quer saber? No fim das contas, o laptop é só bonzinho (nada de mais).
Outra na mesma linha é average:
It was an average concert. Foi um show "na média" - nem bom nem ruim.
Não ligo, não
Não tem sentimento forte aqui: quando você fala "I don't mind (algo ou fazer alguma coisa)" você está dizendo que isso não te incomoda, que você não liga se acontecer ou se tiver que fazer.
I don't mind doing the dishes.
-Do you like jazz?
-I don't mind jazz. Essa pessoa não é apaixonada por jazz, mas também não se incomoda de escutar.
Veja que quando você usa "I don't mind" com uma atividade/ação, o verbo vem sempre com -ING:
I don't mind flyING. Não me incomoda voar (de avião).
Jake doesn't mind givING us a ride. Para o Jake, tudo bem nos dar uma carona.
Não estou nem aí
Essa é uma expressão bem popular (eu vejo muito em fóruns e outros lugares na Internet) para expressar descaso total por alguma coisa. Ela significa algo como Não dá para eu ligar menos (do que eu ligo) para (alguma coisa).
I couldn't care less about politics.
My grandma couldn't care less about technology.
We couldn't care less about how you're going to pay the bill.
Obs.: às vezes, nativos mesmo erram ao escrever essa expressão ('I could care less'). É couldn't.
AGORA, VOCÊ
What's your opinion about
carnival - popcorn - chocolate - the beach - the mountains - "novela das 8" - politics
Não se limite às palavras destas lições - tell us all!
- Escrito por Ana Luiza
- 13.07.2009
- Lições de Inglês (gramática, vocab)
37 respostas para “O inglês como ele é: Likes and Dislikes, parte 2”
Hi
I don’t mind about carnival, “novela das 8”, the beach.
I like popcorn, chocolate, the mountains politics. ^0^
Hi Henrique
I don’t mind carnival either.
(não precisa do ‘about’ ali)
I couldn’t care less politcs.
I don’t mind"novela das 8”
I like beach, mountains, chocolate.
Hi Maria,
Nice answers…
E, use o “about” com"couldn’t care less”:
I couldn’t care less *about* politcs.
1- Actually I don’t watch novela das 8, for this, I couldn’t care less about who is the good man and the bandit.(não sei como expressar “mocinho e bandido”)
2-I like popcorn, but if haven’t it, I don’t mind, but chocolate…humm this I have mind.
3- I prefer going to the beat, but the montain ok too.
4-Ana Luiza, I hope you don’t mind about my exercises, because it has a lot mistakes, however I guess it was an average exercise rss.
ops… escrevi errado beach.
Hi Sula,
I don’t mind your exercises, Sula, I actually like them. I really like seeing all the answers here from everyone
You could say the nice guy / the bad guy.
I don’t mind popcorn either. But I’m with you on chocolate - love it.
hi everyone.
i’m from recife, so i love carnival. but i can’t dance “frevo” very well. I like popcorn and the beach, but “novela das oito” is my favorite one. rsrsrs. I really care about good and bad guys. I don’t mind politics or mountains.
Hi Gabriela, I really like Recife
I can’t do frevo either. I can’t even do the samba (pfffff)
Fica um pouco deficil, sem sabermos da tradução das palavras para poder respobdermos em ingles, algumas palavras são desconhecidas.
I don´t mind carnaval.
I really like popcorn and chocolate.
Mountains is only Ok.
I couldn´t care less about “novela das 8”.
Oi cristina - eu sei, às vezes não traduzimos tudo. Vc tem dicionário?
Thais: great!!! Só “Mountains are…”
I like of beach because it is beatiful.
I like carnival, because the song is exciting and beautiful, despite to watch it in a TV only, and the ‘novela das 8’ is average.
I like chocolate and popcorn very much, it’s so good to watch a cinema eating it.
The beach or the mountains? It’s a cruel doubt, I like both, depends on the soul’s state!
Politcs is absolutely revolting.
I don´t mind carnival and novel 8,I like popcorn and chocolate,sometimes go the beach,the mountain interesting place,I coudn´t care less about politics.
I like very much the carnival
I also like so popcorn ,chocolate and the beach .
I also like popcorn ,chocolate and the beach .
I think mountains are only ok .
I dont mind “novela das 8” .
I should care more about politics . ( It´s right ?)
Denise - great answers…. I think you meant “state of mind”
Good job, gilson and Wagner. Yep, your last one is correct.
I dont mind computer
I like popcorn, movies,novela das 8, chocolate.
I don’t like carnaval never like.
Oi Sara - vc quer dizer que nunca gostou de carnaval?
Diga “I don’t like carnival, I never have” (de I have never liked it)
Thank you, Ana Luiza this informantion
way right write.
I LIKE EVERYTHING KK POPCORN, CHOCOLATE, NOVELA, MOUNTAIN I DON’T MIND LIKE DE POLITIC.
adorei a voca maneira de escrever o ingles e tambem gostaria de praticar o mesmo todos os dias pois quero falar ingles,porque nao sei
Hi Gisa, good for you
Nurya, obrigada.. Aproveite.
Well, I Can’t Stand ‘novela das 8’ but I like pop corn so much!
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thanks for all
see u
I love popcorn, chocolate, beaches and mountains. I don´t mind carnival and “novela das 8” is so so.
I guess brazilian politic is mistake, but I hope it do improve!
I love to be outdoors. So I like take long walks in the mountains.
I prefer eat popcorn and chocolate watching action movie.
Paulo and I went the beach last week. He it was ok. We couldn’t care less about novelas.
I don’t mind doing houseworks.
Great answers everyone…
Keep them coming! (continuem colocando respostas)
I couldn’t care less about carnival.
I like popcorn, the beach and the mountains.
I don’t mind soup opera at 8:00 p.m.
I couldn’t care less about politics either.
I couldn’t care less about carnival and politics.
I don’t mind the mountains and “novela das 8”
I love popcorn, chocolate and beach.
Carnival? Well… Currently I don’t mind carnival, but I have hated it in my childhood
Popcorn? Yes! I like popcorn very much.
Chocolate? Well… How do you say “Eu prefiro chocolate recheado” in english? Sorry.
Beach? I love beach! And… Sorry… I would like “Faz muito tempo que não vou à praia” in english.
Mountains? Yes. I like mountains too.
Politics? Well, I like a litle. How do you say “Estou começando a gostar de política” in english? Does it is “I’m starting to like the policy in English?”?
I forgot:
Novela das 8 (in inglish is… novel?): I hate it. But sometimes I watch it a little with my family.
Ah, it’s true, I also like to watch movies on my computer or on TV. I also like animation very much - disney, pixar et all! Unfortunately I cannot do go to the movies.
Hi Osvaldo, you can say cream-filled chocolate.
I haven’t been to the beach in a long time.
I’m starting to enjoy politics. Policy é política social, economica, etc.
Congratulations for this job! I really am enjoying be here!
So, let’s to the answers:
I love so much carnival! I don’t mind about chocolate, but I really like popcorn.
I couldn’t care less about ‘novela das 8’. I think the mountains is OK!
Nice Lucas… I’m the opposite, I don’t really care for popcorn. Keep reading and listening to English!
I couldn’t care less about novel 8 PM.
I think that novel is terrible!
I thank you Ana. I didn’t know.
Eu chutaria I’m starting like… Percebe como é? Ainda não me acostumei com a palavra “enjoy”.
I coudn’t care less about carnival.
I don’t mind going to the beach and the mountains.
Popcorn is ok.
I couldn’t care less about politics.
I like chocolate.
I like novels.