Get familiar with the most important Brazilian greetings and polite expressions. These are little words and phrases that will help you in daily conversations and make you sound more natural when speaking.

Target audience: English-speaking beginners
Length: ~7 minutes

Music used in the podcast
Song: Brazilian Sunsets, by Ketsa
Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/
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请选用合适的词填空。 
Please finish the sentences with the proper interrogative pronoun.

主要的疑问代词：
什么—What； 几—how many, how old (less than ten), what time;  
多少—how many, how much;  多（大）了？--how old; 
哪儿，哪里----where;   为什么—why; 
小测试 - 1
我妈妈今年50岁，她正好比我哥哥大25岁，猜猜（guese)我哥哥 ——大了？
什么；      几；       多少；       多     ✔；

小测试 - 2
丽丽今天没有上班，你知道 ————吗？
为什么        ✔；    多少；      哪儿；      怎么样；

小测试 - 3
老师的大女儿今年都8岁了，你知道她的小儿子——岁了呢？
什么；      哪里；      几        ✔；         哪儿； 

小测试 - 4
我给小丽打电话，一直没有人接，也不知道她去——了。
哪儿      ✔；      多少；      几；          什么； 

小测试 - 5
这苹果——钱？要10块钱一斤呢，太贵了，我们还是去那边超市里买吧。
几；        多少     ✔；       哪；         什么；

小测试 - 6
我的家就在学校旁边，走路5分钟就到了。你的家在————？
什么；       多少；      为什么；     哪里     ✔；

小测试 - 7
看，这是我最喜欢的口红颜色，就买这支吧。你呢？ 你喜欢————颜色？
哪；         什么      ✔；      为什么；     多少； 

小测试 - 8
我们都走了一个小时的路了，还不见你说的那家商店，它到底在————？
什么；       哪儿       ✔；      多少；       为什么

你都清楚了吗？继续加油，我们下期再见！


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MARK: Excuse me. Could you tell me where the library is?
NANCY: Yes, it’s that way. You go three blocks to Washington Street, 
then turn right. It’s on the corner, across from the bank.
MARK: Thanks! I’ve only been in town a few days, so I really don’t 
know my way around yet.
NANCY: Oh, I know how you feel. We moved here a year ago, and 
I still don’t know where everything is!



LANGUAGE NOTES
• Could you tell me … is slightly more polite than “Can you tell me …?”
• Could you tell me where the library is? Notice that “library” is stressed here because 
it is the word with the important information. This is an indirect question, so the subject 
(the library) comes before the verb (is). The word order is reversed in a direct question 
(Where is the library?).
• Yes, it’s that way. Notice the stress on “that.” The speaker is pointing in a certain 
direction and wants to emphasize that direction.
• I know how you feel is a way of saying “I understand.” Notice the emphasis on “feel.” 
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• I still don’t know where everything is! Notice the word order of where “everything 
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李明lǐ míng 刚gāng 上shàng 一yī 年级nián jí ，非常fēi cháng 不bù 喜欢xǐ huān 做zuò 作业zuò yè 。一天yī tiān 晚上wǎn shang ，他tā 对duì 妈妈mā ma 说shuō ：”妈妈mā ma ，我wǒ 今天jīn tiān 不bù 想xiǎng 写xiě 作业zuò yè 了le ，明天míng tiān 写xiě 可以kě yǐ 吗ma ？”

妈妈mā ma 说shuō ：”自己zì jǐ 的de 事情shì qing 要yào 自己zì jǐ 做zuò ，今天jīn tiān 的de 事情shì qing 也yě 要yào 今天jīn tiān 完成wán chéng ，不bù 要yào 留liú 到dào 明天míng tiān 。”

李明lǐ míng 说shuō ：”好hǎo 吧ba ，妈妈mā ma ，你nǐ 可以kě yǐ 把bǎ 刚才gāng cái 的de 蛋糕dàn gāo 给gěi 我wǒ 吗ma ？这zhè 是shì 今天jīn tiān 的de 蛋糕dàn gāo ，所以suǒ yǐ 我wǒ 要yào 今天jīn tiān 把bǎ 它tā 吃chī 完wán 。”

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