Monday, May 23, 2005

Who Are We?

If you want to find out a little bit more about us, here are some short presentations of my students from the Morning class:


Hello!
My name's Igor. I'm 18 years old and I was born in a city near Oporto. I'm in the Portuguese navy and I love to be in here.
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My name's Miguel. I'm 19 years old and I live in Alcobaça.
I like history, playing tennis and reading.In the future, I hope to work as a lawyer.
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My name's Bruno and I'm 19 years old.
I come from Casal do Marco. I like reading,writing and listening to music.
I would like to be a naval officer.
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My name's José and I'm 19 years old. I live in Passarela,which is a small town near Gouveia.
My favourite hobbies are riding a motorbike, swimming in the river, eating and sleeping. I don't like sardines and boring people.
In the navy, I would like to be on board a warship.
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My name's Mata and I'm 20 years old.
I live in Azeitão and my hobby is watching movies.
In future, I want to be a Sergeant.
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MY name's Bernardes. I'm 18 years old. I come from Marco de Canaveses, but I live in Castelo de Paiva. My hobbies are going for a walk, riding a bike, playing witj my dog and playing snooker and football with my best friends.
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My name's Paulo, I'm 18 years old and I'm from Vila do Conde. My hobbies are playing football, watching TV, listening to music and playing Playstation. In the future, I want to be a naval officer.
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My name's Cláudia and I'm 18 years old. I come from Marco de Canaveses. My hobbies are watching TV, listening to music, going to the beach and being with my friends. In the future, I would like to be a nurse Sergeant.
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My name's Jorge Oliveira and I'm 21 years old. I live in Presa Mira. MY hobbies are playing football, but I like other sports too. I also like going out with my friends and my girlfriend. I'm studying in the navy to become a male cook.

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And now the Afternoon class:

My name's Luís Ruxa. I'm 19 years old and I live in Bencatel, which is a small town near Évora. My favourite hobbies are walking and playing footbal. My favourite dream in the navy is to become an officer.
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Hello! My name's António. I'm 20 years old. I live in Borba (Portugal). I like listening to music and drinking... and meeting new friends. In the future, I hope to continue working in the navy and become a Master Chief!
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Hello!
My name's Luís Rebelo and I'll be 21 years old on December 25th.
I was born in Setúbal, a city in Portugal, where I still live, and it's where I spend most of my days.
Some of my hobbies are working with computers, exploring its vast world (Internet), working with images or just playing for fun.
In the future, I would like to work with computers, if possible here in the navy. I came to the navy, because it offers me a steady job, with the possibility to study.
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Hello!!
My name's Pedro and I'm 20 years old. My city's name is Sardoal.
I like playing football, watching great movies and listening to music.
In the future, I want to be a policeman.
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HEllo!!!!!!
My name's André and I'm 20 years old and I live in Gaio. I love to read and run.I want to be a policeman,maybe join an international force.
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My name´s Francisco. I'm 20 years old. I come from Torres Vedras. My favourite hobbies are playing soccer and going out with my friends. I'm a funny guy.
In the future, I wish to be a maritime policeman or join a military authority force.
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Hi!
My name's Gonçalves and I'm 18 years old. I live in a small town in the Algarve. I came to the navy to be an officer. Now I'm studying to be a sailor, but I hope my future will be long and my goals will be accomplished.
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Hello! My name's Hildeberto Jorge.
I'm 18 years old and I come from Portugal, more specificaly from the Azores.
I like to have dinner out with friends, play soccer, play pc, stay with my friends and comrades, to play cards or drink a few beers.
That's who I am!
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Hello! My name's Nobre and I'm 21 years old.
I come from Costa de Caparica. On my leisure times, I like going out with my friends and my son.I also like listening music.
Now I'm studing to work in a office.
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Wednesday, May 18, 2005

A Happy Teacher

Today, my students did their 1st test of the course... I'm really pleased with them. They had very good scores :-))

It makes me feel that all the effort and hard work I've been having are worthwhile! Let us see how the 2nd part goes...

I'll let you know.

Bye for now!

Just a Thought

I would like to leave here just a small thought. A very good one in times of trouble.

Winston Churchill once said "Sucess is not final, failure is not fatal; It is the courage to continue that matters!"

Think about it for a while. Bye.

If you have a favourite quote, please fell free to post/publish it!

Monday, May 16, 2005

Hello, again!

I have shown the blog to my students and they've loved it! Now, they want me to make it public.
They say hello to everybody who sees this blog. Please, come and join us, we really want to practice our English!

Friday, May 13, 2005

Voice Messages

Here are the picture and messages from the morning class:

Bruno Encarnação Bruno José Cláudia Gil Igor Jorge José Júlio Miguel Paulo Pedro



And now the afternoon class:

André António Diogo Fernando Francisco Jorge João Luís Rebelo Luís Ruxa Márcio

Monday, May 09, 2005

The English Sea

Hi there, everybody!

I'm trying this out. Let us see how I go!


This is something I'm doing with my English classes. Right now I have two of them, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.
My students are really thrilled with this project. They want to let people know them and know what they actually do here in the Portuguese navy!
And, who knows, meet students from all around the world...

Let us set sail now!