Lecture · A2
Lembranças de Porto Alegre
Diego, who now lives in Fortaleza, writes to his old friend Marcelo after finding an old photo: Sunday barbecues, children playing until dark, cold winters drinking chimarrão with grandpa. Everything is different now, but he misses those afternoons.
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Idée générale
1. What is Diego's email about?
Voir la réponse
His memories of family life in Porto Alegre, compared with his life now in Fortaleza.
Détail
2. What happened every Sunday?
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His father made a barbecue and the whole family came for lunch.
Détail
3. What did they do on winter afternoons?
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They drank chimarrão on the porch with grandpa, who told stories about the farm.
Déduction
4. How does Diego feel about the past? Give two clues.
Voir la réponse
Nostalgic: an old photo makes him remember everything, he loved those afternoons and he still misses grandpa's chimarrão.
Mots à connaître
- a turmaMotgroup of friendsDans des expressionsA turma fez uma vaquinha para comprar o presente.
- lá em casaat our placeDans des expressionsVamos ver o jogo lá em casa?Sempre que você vier a Salvador, fica lá em casa.
- o churrascoMotbarbecue, a Sunday tradition in the SouthDans des expressionsA gente fez um churrasco na casa do meu tio.
- o pátioMotbackyard, courtyard
- o chimarrãohot mate tea drunk from a gourd, typical of Rio Grande do SulDans des expressionsTchê, me alcança a cuia do chimarrão?Vamos tomar um chimarrão de tardezinha?
- a varandaMotporch, verandaDans des expressionsO apartamento tem dois quartos, sala e uma varanda pequena.
- o vôgrandpa (informal for avô)
- a fazendaMotfarm, ranch
- o sotaqueMotaccent (way of speaking)
- sentir falta deto miss