Teacher Milena Flix | #40 - What will be the biggest stories of 2019?

Hello and Happy New Year! Today we?ll take a look at 1 of 10 things trending in 2019 according to The Economist, a UK publication. Shall we?

ORIGINAL VIDEO

TRUE OR FALSE

1. March 2019 will mark 500 years since the death of Leonardo da Vinci.

2. Leonardo painted the world's most expensive picture, the Monalisa, which was auctioned for

450 million dollars.

3. Apart from being an accomplished painter, he was also a brilliant scientist and engineer.

4. We can expect a Leonardo Mania in 2019.

5. There are still simple lessons Leonardo can teach us, five centuries after his death.

MATCH:

1. In 2019 his art and notebooks will be taking

2.If I could have an afternoon with Leonardo da Vinci,

3.Leonardo sketched out designs for inventions that followed centuries later,

4. Leonardo would have loved

5.Leonardo was very tolerant he realized that we should bring

a) such as scuba equipment and the tank.

b) people together, not separate into tribe.

c) I'd show him the Internet

d) center stage at blockbuster exhibitions.

e) the concept of a flying car.

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ENGLISH TRANSCRIPT:

May 2019 will mark 500 years since the death of the greatest polymath in global history: Leonardo da Vinci.

I think you'll have an explosion of Leonardo mania in 2019 .

Leonardo painted the world's most expensive picture, the Salvator Mundi, which was auctioned for 450 million dollars.

But he was also a brilliant scientist and engineer. In 2019 his art and notebooks will be taking center stage at blockbuster exhibitions.

?If I could have an afternoon with Leonardo da Vinci I'd show him the Internet because he would be so thrilled at the way we can now have ways to be curious about anything we want to know?.

Leonardo sketched out designs for inventions that followed centuries later such as scuba equipment and the tank. And in 2019, another of his designs will be getting a new lease of life as a flying car becomes commercially available.

The car flies thanks to folding helicopter blades which are derived from Leonardo's invention - the aerial screw.

Leonardo would have loved the concept of a flying car...When you look at that aerial screw... that was designed as a prop for a play to bring angels down from the rafters but then

Leonardo blurs the fantasy into reality and spends the rest of his life trying to build a real flying machine.

Leonardo was the original outsider.

He's illegitimate, he's left-handed, he's a vegetarian, he's gay, he wears short purple tunics? but they love him in Florence they embrace him. And that's the cool thing about the Renaissance was they?d embrace people who were sometimes matchlessly weird.

Five centuries after his death, there are still simple lessons he can teach today's divided world.

Leonardo was very tolerant he realized that we should bring people together, not separate into tribe. These are the type of things that we?re still trying to learn in 2019, 500 years after he died.

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PORTUGUESE TRANSLATION

Maio de 2019 marcar� 500 anos desde a morte do maior pol�mata (s�bio, pessoa estudada) da hist�ria global: Leonardo da Vinci.

Eu acho que voc� vai ter uma explos�o de LeonardoMania em 2019.

Leonardo pintou o quadro mais caro do mundo, o Salvator Mundi, que foi leiloado por 450 milh�es de d�lares.

Mas ele tamb�m foi um cientista e engenheiro brilhante. Em 2019, sua arte e seus cadernos estar�o no centro das exibi��es de grande sucesso.

?Se eu pudesse ter uma tarde com Leonardo da Vinci, eu mostraria a ele a Internet, porque ele ficaria t�o empolgado com a maneira como agora podemos ter maneiras de ser curiosos sobre qualquer coisa que queiramos saber?.

Leonardo esbo�ou projetos para inven��es que se seguiram s�culos depois, como equipamentos de mergulho e o tanque. E em 2019, outro de seus projetos ganhar� novo f�lego (sopro de vida), enquanto um carro voador se torna comercialmente dispon�vel.

O carro voa gra�as a l�minas de helic�ptero dobr�veis ??que s�o derivadas da inven��o de Leonardo - o parafuso a�reo (Parafuso Helicoidal A�reo).

Leonardo teria adorado o conceito de um carro voador ... Quando voc� olha para aquele parafuso a�reo ... que foi projetado como um adere�o para uma pe�a de teatro para descer anjos das vigas, mas ent�o

Leonardo ?desfoca? (emba�a/ mistura) a fantasia em realidade e passa o resto de sua vida tentando construir uma verdadeira m�quina voadora.

Leonardo era o ?outsider? original.

Ele � ileg�timo, � canhoto, � vegetariano, � gay, usa t�nicas roxas curtas? mas eles o amam em Floren�a e o abra�am (incluir, assumir).

E essa � a coisa legal sobre a Renascen�a - era que eles abra�avam pessoas que eram �s vezes incomumente estranhas.

Cinco s�culos depois de sua morte, ainda h� li��es simples que ele pode ensinar ao mundo dividido de hoje.

Leonardo era muito tolerante, ele percebeu que dever�amos unir as pessoas, n�o separar em tribo. Esse � o tipo de coisa que ainda estamos tentando aprender em 2019, 500 anos depois que ele morreu.

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VOCABULARY:

WITHOUT FURTHER ADO- sem mais delongas

POLYMATH- pol�mata/ s�bio

OUTSIDER- de fora, forasteiro, fora da caixa, que n�o se encaixa em padr�es

THRILLED- muito empolgado

(TO) AUCTION - leiloar, leil�o

BLOCKBUSTER- sucesso de bilheteria

SCUBA (DIVING)- mergulho (de tanque)

TO SKETCH OUT - esbo�ar

PROP - arede�o

RAFTER - viga

TO EMBRACE - abra�ar, incluir, adotar, assumir

MATCHLESSLY - muito incomum, sem par

WEIRD - estranho

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3. FILL IN THE GAPS

?If I could have an afternoon 1.___ Leonardo da Vinci I'd show him the Internet because he would be so thrilled at the way we can now have ways to 2.___ curious about anything we want to know?.

Leonardo sketched out designs 3.___ inventions that followed centuries later 4.___ as scuba equipment and the tank. And in 2019, another of his 5.___ will be getting a new lease of life as a 6.___ car becomes commercially available.

The car flies 7.___ to folding helicopter blades which are derived from Leonardo's invention - the aerial screw.

Leonardo would have 8.___ the concept of a flying car...When you look at that aerial screw... that was 9.___ as a prop for a play to bring angels down from the rafters but then

Leonardo blurs the fantasy into 10.___ and spends the rest of his life trying to build a real flying machine.

Leonardo was the original outsider.

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ANSWERS:

TRUE OR FALSE 1.F 2.F 3.T 4.T 5.T

MATCH: 1.d 2.c 3.a 4.e 5.b

FILL IN THE GAPS

1. with

2. be

3.for

4.such

5.designs

6.flying

7.thanks

8.loved

9.designed

10.reality

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See you next class! Have a great 2019!!!