Groove English

Bad Lieutenant – Sink or Swim

Danilo Reis — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:41:24 +0000

What you doing with that stupid little girl?
Stop your fooling, don’t you know its gonna hurt?
When she leaves you, and you gave all you could give
You’ll be hurting for the one you should be with

How are you gonna deal with this?
How many times before you slip?
You made a wager with a kiss
Now you’re the new name on her lips
This is the real thing at your door
Big wave breaking on the shore
But are you gonna sink or swim?
Hold on tight, don’t fall in

Jesus save this heart of gold
Take the time to save a soul
Will he bend or will he crack?
Save this yearling from the pack
He’s not aware of anything
Sure as summer follows spring
Doesn’t know where he’s coming from
Reaching perfection takes too long

yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah (repeat)

Hey what you doing, you’ve got so much to live for
The world is turning till it can’t turn anymore
This fire is burning, it will burn forever more
So whatcha doing with that stupid little girl?

Vocabulary

1. Fooling – play a joke on, trick; act like a fool; joke, play around

2. Slip - decline, deteriorate; make a mistake

3. Wager – Bet

4. Yerling - one-year old (often of animals)

5. Pack - group of animals (especially wolves, dogs etc.)

W.H. Auden – If I could tell you

Danilo Reis — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:37:25 +0000

Time will say nothing but I told you so,
Time only knows the price we have to pay;
If I could tell you I would let you know.

If we should weep when clowns put on their show,
If we should stumble when musicians play,
Time will say nothing but I told you so.

There are no fortunes to be told, although,
Because I love you more than I can say,
If I could tell you I would let you know.

The winds must come from somewhere when they blow,
There must be reasons why the leaves decay;
Time will say nothing but I told you so.

Perhaps the roses really want to grow,
The vision seriously intends to stay;
If I could tell you I would let you know.

Suppose all the lions get up and go,
And all the brooks and soldiers run away;
Will Time say nothing but I told you so?
If I could tell you I would let you know.

Vocabulary

1. Weep: cry

2. Stumble: loosing one’s balance; trip

3. Decay: decompose; deteriorate

4. Brooks: famous shoes company

To tend to

Danilo Reis — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:49:01 +0000

To tend to: be inclined, be disposed; care for, watch over

Stevie Ray Vaughan – Pride and Joy

Danilo Reis — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:57:36 +0000

Pride And Joy

Well you’ve heard about love givin’ sight to the blind
My baby’s lovin’ cause the sun to shine
She’s my sweet little thang….She’s my pride and joy
She’s my sweet little baby….I’m her little lover boy

Yeah I love my baby….Heart and soul
Love like ours won’t never grow old
She’s my sweet little thang….She’s my pride and joy
She’s my sweet little baby….I’m her little lover boy

Yeah I love my lady….She’s long and lean
You mess with her….You’ll see a man get mean
She’s my sweet little thang….She’s my pride and joy
She’s my sweet little baby….I’m her little lover boy

Well I love my baby….Like the finest wine
Stick with her until the end of time
She’s my sweet little thang….She’s my pride and joy
She’s my sweet little baby….I’m her little lover boy

Yeah I love my baby….Heart and soul
Love like ours won’t never grow old
She’s my sweet little thang….She’s my pride and joy
She’s my sweet little baby….I’m her little lover boy

Vocabulary

1.Sight: vision, ability to see

2. Thang: affair

3. Pride: have a sense of satisfaction for

4. Long and Lean: tall and thin

5. Mess with: become involved with, start with; cause problems

6. Mean: nasty, unkind, bad

7. Stick: be unable to remove

Go Nuts

Danilo Reis — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:34:20 +0000

To go nuts: go mad, go crazy, become insane.

Yeats – When you are old

Danilo Reis — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:49:56 +0000

William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)

When You Are Old

When you are old and gray and full of sleep,
And nodding by the fire, take down this book,
And slowly read, and dream of the soft look
Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;

How many loved your moments of glad grace,
And loved your beauty with love false or true,
But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,
And loved the sorrows of your changing face;

And bending down beside the glowing bars,
Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled
And paced upon the mountains overhead
And hid his face among a crowd of stars.

Vocabulary

1. Nodding (to nod): fall asleep briefly

2. Glad: happy, pleased

3. Pilgrim: one who has make a journey for religious reasons

4. Glowing: burning

5. Bar: Tribunal, Court

6. Fled (to flee): escape, run away

Words in the news: “Ill-gotten”

Danilo Reis — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:34:43 +0000

Pair trying to catch fish net $87,000 in cash

SYDNEY – Two Australian teenagers who found almost 100,000 Australian dollars ($87,000) in cash during a fishing trip have handed it over to police — after spending some time thinking about it. The pair discovered the money earlier this month near the New South Wales town of Nimbin — a center of hippie culture where members of numerous communes annually celebrate a festival to promote cannabis use.

The teenagers contacted police on Friday, after revealing the find to an unidentified adult they know and getting some legal advice, police said in a statement.

Inspector Greg Moore said police were investigating whose money it might be, and whether the stash of cash was linked to crime. “It could be proceeds of ill-gotten gains,” Moore told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. on Monday.

Police had searched an area at Tuntable Creek where the teenagers found the money, but found no more cash and no clues, he said.

He said the teenagers, who were not identified, might be able to claim the money if no one else comes forward with a legitimate claim.

Footnote

Ill-gotten: acquired illegally, gotten in a dishonest manner

Yahoo

Bukowski – The Laughing Heart

Danilo Reis — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:48:47 +0000

The singer and songwriter Tom Waits reads ‘The Laughing Heart’, a Bukowski’s poem.

‘

The Laughing Heart

your life is your life
don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission.
be on the watch.
there are ways out.
there is a light somewhere.
it may not be much light but
it beats the darkness.
be on the watch.
the gods will offer you chances.
know them.
take them.
you can’t beat death but
you can beat death in life, sometimes.
and the more often you learn to do it,
the more light there will be.
your life is your life.
know it while you have it.
you are marvelous
the gods wait to delight
in you.

How Can I say ‘discutir a relação’ in english?

Danilo Reis — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:10:24 +0000

It’s really simple: Talk about the relationship

E.G: I saw a couple talking about their relationship.

Cartoonist: John Roberts

Words in the News: Littering

Danilo Reis — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 03:19:38 +0000

Man litters national park with 3,000 golf balls

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – A man who said he hurled thousands of golf balls into Joshua Tree National Park for more than a year to honor deceased golfers will be explaining his tribute to a federal magistrate.

Park rangers cited 57-year-old Douglas Jones for abandoning property, littering and feeding wildlife. Park spokesman Joe Zarki said Wednesday that Jones tossed some 3,000 golf balls from his vehicle.

Jones also scattered a few tennis balls and park literature and left fruit and vegetables along park roads . Jones says rangers spent 370 hours cleaning up, at a cost of $9,000.

Finally spotted in action last month, Jones allegedly told rangers he threw the golf balls to leave his mark and honor deceased golfers. The food was for stranded hikers.

Footnote

To litter: toss or dump garbage in an unauthorized place

Information from: The Desert Sun, http://www.desertsun.com