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Um Encontro na Biblioteca

An Encounter at the Library

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Um Encontro na Biblioteca

An Encounter at the Library

Catarina and Tiago discuss their favourite literary genres as they look for new books to read at the library.

  • Tiago: Catarina! Estou aqui! Tiago: Catarina! I'm here!
  • Catarina: Pouco barulho, estamos numa biblioteca! Catarina: Not so loud, we are in a library!
  • Tiago: Desculpa, desculpa. Estava distraído. Então, como estás? Tiago: Sorry, sorry. I was distracted. So how are you?
  • Catarina: Ai ai, és sempre a mesma coisa. Enfim... Estou bem, e tu? Catarina: Oh, you're always the same. Anyway... I'm fine, and you?
  • Tiago: Eu também estou bem. E então, já sabes que tipo de livros vais levar? Tiago: I'm fine too. So, do you know what kind of books you're going to get ("take")?
  • Catarina: Ainda não sei bem. Gosto muito de romances, mas também gosto de ficção científica. Catarina: I'm not sure yet ("I still don't know well"). I love novels, but I also like science fiction.
  • Tiago: Pois, isso vai ser complicado. São dois géneros muito diferentes. Tiago: Well, that will be complicated. They are two very different genres.
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Vocabulary
o barulhonoise bibliotecalibrary a capacover, cloak, cape Capa do livroBook cover a coisathing complicadocomplicated distraídodistracted, absent-minded sing.,masc. EntretidoEntertained esquisitostrange, picky sing.,masc. fantasiacostume Ficção científicaScience fiction GénerosGenres julgarto judge os livrosbooks parvofoolish, silly as personagenscharacters qualquerany os romancesnovels
Expressions
Ainda não sei bemI'm not sure yet Parece bomLooks good, Sounds good
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  • Found it quite difficult to follow as again , they spoke very quickly for me… but I’ll persevere.
    Thank you,
    Stella

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