Commonwealth Institute

Have you ever started to read a book in English and find yourself stopping every time you find a new word, then you look it up in the dictionary and continue on and then you start highlighting expressions you don't understand?.... Well by the time you have finished reading that paragraph, you feel that you didn't really understand it, so you read it again and again. Well, guess what? You are doing it all wrong and after a while of doing it this way most likely you will get frustrated and quit reading all together.

Well, I’ve come to find out that Brazil is a very festive country. A lot of celebrations take place throughout the year. This month of June is full of festivities such as Festa Junina and Dia dos namorados. Unlike Valentine ́s in the USA where it is celebrated on February 14th, in Brazil this will take place tomorrow, as of the time I wrote this article anyway. So this is a good opportunity to impress the person you love expressing your feelings in a different language. Unfortunately this holiday may remind you that if you don't have a special someone, you are alone.

Game of Thrones esta terminando. Vamos entender algumas frases famosas do serie em inglês.