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Os Sonhos da Dona Rosa

Dona Rosa's Dreams

Listening Practice! A local woman named Rosa shares her story with author Lena Strang. As Dona Rosa discusses her life, dreams, and what keeps her busy, it’s clear that she has a lot of love for her family and country.

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    • 00:00:07Dona Rosa: Nos meus tempos livres?
    • 00:00:10Os meus tempos livres são ocupados em tudo... Eu, para além da agricultura e do trabalho que faço nas limpezas,
    • 00:00:19gosto de costurar, fazer roupa... Fazia também muita roupa: roupa nova – e fazia bordados, e fazia renda.
    • 00:00:27Ocupava-me assim, em todas essas coisas.
    • 00:00:37Gostava muito de ter sido professora da escola primária.
    • 00:00:40Eu sempre dizia à minha mãe que gostava, e a minha mãe assim "se um dia nós conseguirmos, tu vais estudar e pode ser"
    • 00:00:46Mas, era se conseguíssemos, mas...
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    • Hello, I’m very disappointed that your audio is very bad. I can’t benefit for this video audio. I’m a filmmaker and recommend you use a Zoom to record your audio on a separate track. 😉

      • You’re right, The audio quality definitely makes this one challenging. This is footage that a friend of the project shared with us that we thought would be interesting to learn from, but don’t worry as we have lots of videos with high-quality audio coming up, recorded with a Zoom H6

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