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A woman continues to write in her diary about her day to day life during the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the anxiety surrounding the current crisis, she is discovering ways to find joy in the peaceful moments at home.
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- 00:00:033.136Hoje acordei naturalmente, sem despertador, Today I woke up naturally, without an alarm clock,
- 00:00:066.796com o sol a bater-me na cara with the sun hitting me in the face
- 00:00:088.456e o som dos passarinhos felizes a chilrear nas árvores. and the sound of happy little birds chirping in the trees.
- 00:00:1212.356É incrível poder ouvi-los sem o som de fundo dos carros It's amazing to be able to hear them without the background sound of cars
- 00:00:1515.496que, normalmente, por aqui circulam a esta hora do dia. that usually circulate around here at this time of day.
- 00:00:1919.716Irritados e implacáveis na buzina, Irritated and ruthless on the horn,
- 00:00:2222.606os condutores procuram apressada e ansiosamente chegar aos seus destinos. drivers hurriedly and anxiously seek to reach their destinations.
- 00:00:2727.316Mas hoje não há qualquer pressa... But there's not any rush today...
- 00:00:2929.836Acredito que seja por isso que os passarinhos estão tão felizes! I believe that's why the birds are so happy!
- 00:00:3333.436Saí da cama e, ainda de pijama, I got out of bed and, still in my pajamas,
- 00:00:3636.456preparei o nosso pequeno-almoço com a calma de domingo, I prepared our breakfast with the calm of Sunday,
- 00:00:3939.516apesar de ser segunda-feira, 23 de Março de 2020. even though it is Monday, March 23, 2020.
- 00:00:4444.356Sim, o “nosso” pequeno almoço. Yes, "our" breakfast.
- 00:00:4747.056Apesar de namorarmos há pouco tempo, Although we've only been dating a short time,
- 00:00:4949.296o Pedro e eu decidimos que seria melhor apressar o passo e vivermos juntos, Pedro and I decided it would be better to hurry up and live together,
- 00:00:5353.576do que passar estes dias conturbados sem nos vermos. than to spend these troubled days without seeing each other.
- 00:00:5656.866Claro que, a acompanhá-lo, Of course, accompanying him,
- 00:00:5858.956veio o seu fiel companheiro, Jack, came his loyal companion, Jack,
- 00:01:0060.876um Jack Russel com 3 anos e uma mancha castanha no olho esquerdo. a 3-year-old Jack Russell with a brown spot on his left eye.
- 00:01:0666.256Amoroso, mas irrequieto! Loving, but restless!
- 00:01:0969.096Irra, parece ligado à tomada! Geez, he seems [like he's] plugged in!
- 00:01:1272.276Espero que não destrua nada cá em casa. I hope he doesn't destroy anything here at home.
- 00:01:1474.596mas vá, já estou psicologicamente preparada but go on, I'm already psychologically prepared
- 00:01:1979.156para um ou outro incidente. for one incident or another.
- 00:01:2181.396Vai ser bom ter uma companhia canina... It'll be nice to have [some] canine company...
- 00:01:2383.686as minhas plantas dão bom ambiente, my plants provide a good environment,
- 00:01:2686.396mas não dão lambidelas com bafinho de cão! but they don't give licks with dog breath!
- 00:01:2989.356Também vai ser ótimo poder passear o Jack, It'll also be great to be able to walk Jack,
- 00:01:3292.116pelo menos duas vezes por dia, at least twice a day,
- 00:01:3494.476assim vamo-nos habituando à companhia um do outro so we get used to each other's company
- 00:01:3797.706e ambos temos a hipótese de espairecer fora de quatro paredes e respirar ar puro! and we both have the chance to unwind outside of four walls and breathe fresh air!
- 00:01:44104.676Há muito tempo que pensava em voltar a escrever e manter um diário, I've been thinking about writing again and keeping a diary for a long time,
- 00:01:49109.256mas agora, com a calma e languidez dos dias, but now, with the calm and languor of the days,
- 00:01:53113.056está a tornar-se realidade! it's becoming a reality!
- 00:01:55115.276Parece que é verdade o que se diz acerca da força do pensamento, It seems it's true what is said about the power of thought –
- 00:01:59119.136o que lá plantamos cresce e desenvolve-se até se materializar. what we plant there grows and develops until it materializes.
- 00:02:03123.796Desejo profundamente que seja para continuar. I wish deeply for it to continue.
- Ambiente Environment
- Amoroso Loving
- Ansiosamente Anxiously, eagerly
- Apressada Hurried
- Apressar Hurry
- Ar Air
- Árvores Trees
- Bafinho Breath
- Bater Hit
- Buzina Horn
- Cara Face
- Chilrear Chirp, tweet
- Companheiro Companion
- Condutores Drivers
- Conturbados Troubled
- Despertador Alarm clock
- Espairecer Unwind
- Esquerdo Left
- Fiel Faithful, loyal
- Fora Outside
- Fundo Background
- Habituando Getting used to
- Hipótese Chance
- Implacáveis Ruthless
- Irrequieto Restless
- Irritados Irritated
- Juntos Together
- Lambidelas Licks
- Languidez Languor
- Ligado Linked, connected, plugged in
- Mancha Spot, patch, blotch, mark
- Namorar Dating
- Paredes Walls
- Passarinhos Little birds (diminutive)
- Pensamento Thought
- Pijama Pajamas
- Pressa Hurry
- Profundamente Deeply
- Psicologicamente Psychologically
- Qualquer Any
- Respirar Breathe
- Sol Sun
- Som Sound
- Tomada Socket, outlet
- Apesar de Although, even though, despite
- Ar puro Fresh air
- Há pouco tempo Not long ago
- Irra Geez
- Pelo menos At least
- Um do outro Each other
- Um ou outro One or the other
Arghhhh too hard!
Lots of new vocabulary and some tricky grammar in this one for sure! But hang in there — these come in a variety of difficulty levels and we have many simpler ones in the works.
Sometimes with the more complicated ones, it’s a good idea to start by just focusing in on a few sentences, rather than trying to digest the entire article or dialogue.
Yes very hard but worthwhile.
I did struggle though with Geez-Irra in the vocab. Turns out it isnt really a word but urban slang or a way of saying Jesus without saying it, Sort of OMG territory.
Is this actually widespread in Portugal or just used by Gangsta type youths on the street?
“Gangsta type youths” would most likely not say Irra. It’s actually the sort of slang that you’d expect more from a 40-year-old than from anyone below that age.
Bom desafio! 🙂
Very fast spoken and difficult to understand even after looking up the vocabulary. Still too much for my level. Michael
Sorry about that Michael and thanks for the feedback! If you keep clicking the “1x” button on the top right of the player, you can slow down the speech. If you go too slow it sounds funny, but at around 0.8x it could help a little bit. Also, check out this list of some of our easier Shorties: Easier Level Shorties
Muito rápido e difícil – gostei muito! Já ouvi muitas vezes e cada vez percebo um pouco mais 🙂 Gosto de desafios assim.
E o voz da mulher é muito agradável 🙂
Obrigada Natalia! 🙂
Eu sei muito agradecida para encontrar a sua website. Tenho uma professora maravilhosa e agora, com a sua ajuda, também uma maneira de praticar mas eficiente sozinha!:)
Muito obrigada!
Xx Florica
Muito obrigado pelo comentário, Florica! Espero que o Practice Portuguese seja um bom complemento para as tuas aulas de português 🙂