My Idol























Her name is Hillary Ann Duff. She is an actress and singer. She is twenty years old. She likes going to cinemas and shopping malls. She has blond hair and brown eyes. We like her because she is cool, beautiful, happy and talented. We enjoy all her films.

Project from
Danielle De Lucca Soave and Mayara Campos dos Santos
Teens 2
Teacher Lilian

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch

Emma Watson




















Her name is Emma Watson. She is an actress. She was born in France and lives in Oxford, England. She is 16 years old. She is cool, sincere, she likes cats and arts. She has blond hair and brown eyes and is a sportsgirl. I like her because she is very beautiful, talented and I enjoy her films. I identify with her.

Project from
Ana Carolina de Castilho Bottaro
Teens 2
Teacher Lilian

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch

Tony Hawk















My idol’s name is Tony Hawk.
He is an American skater. He is about 30 years old. He likes skating in the half-pipe, watching TV, eating pizza and laughing. He has green eyes, short brown hair. He is tall and very funny. I like him because he is great and I want to be like him.

Project from
José Ricardo W. Ristow
Teens 2
Teacher Lilian

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch

Daniel Radcliffe



















My idol is Daniel Gresham Radcliffe, but his nickname is Dan or Danny. He is an actor. He’s from Fulham, England, U.K. He’s 17 years old. He’s playful. Dan is tall, he has blue eyes and his hair is black. I think is very handsome.

Project from
Carolina Galvão Massaro
Teens 2
Teacher Lilian

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch

Michael Ballack

















My idol is Michael Ballack. He is a soccer player. He is from Germany. He was born on September 26th, 1976. He is 30 years old. He likes playing soccer. He plays in Chelsea F.C. His position is midfielder. He has black hair and he is tall and strong. I like the way he plays soccer because he saves his team.

Project from
Rafael C. F. de Almeida
Teens 2
Teacher Lilian

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch

My Idol

The idol that I’m going to write about is the same of too many Brazilians and many more people around the world, but he isn’t with us anymore.
He was Ayrton Senna, the most incredible athlete that Brazil had in recent history, who won the world championship of Formula 1 for 3 times.
Through history, we saw other riders that won the same or even more championships than Senna, but no one could ride, drive and win like him. He was incredible, who can’t remember the day that he started a race in the last position and finished in first place?
He’s my idol because I admire people that improve the opportunities they get and take the best place in their career.
Ayrton Senna was fantastic!


Project from
Felipe Bertolli
Higher 2
Teacher Fernanda M.

Centro Britânico
Perdizes Branch

Ivete Sangalo










Ivete Sangalo was born in Juazeiro, in a family of musicians. She began to sing when she was very young, and at school she used her free time to play the guitar.

She started, like most people, playing in little bars, and doing some shows in cities in Bahia, and in Pernambuco.
In Juazeiro she was invited to open Geraldo Azevedo’s show.

In one “micareta” she met the producer Jonga Cunha, founder of “Bloco Eva”.Ivete’s reing on “Banda Eva” was staeting.
Now a days Ivete Sangalo, in her solo career, reaches the number of 6.500.000 CD’s sold so far.



Project from
Ana Carolina and Laura
Starter 3
Teacher Beatriz

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch

MY IDOLS

Kaká








Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite, or Kaká, was born in April 22nd, 1982 in Brasilia, Brazil. He has a brother, Rodrigo, or Digão.
He is married with Caroline Celico. He has straight, dark brown and short hair. He is tall and thin. Now, he’s playing on Milan, from Italy. He’s very handsome. He is my idol because he plays soccer well, says beautiful things and he is an example of person.

Orlando Bloom



















Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom was born in January 13th, 1977 in Canterbury, England. He has a sister, Samantha. Orlando Bloom, or Orly, his nickname, has curly, short and dark brown hair. He has brown eyes. He is tall and thin. He is very handsome. My favorite movie with him is “ Pirates of the Caribbean”. He is my idol because he is a very good actor and I love watch his movies. These are fantastic!

Project from
Maria Carolina de Moraes
Teens 2
Teacher Fernanda M.

Centro Britânico
Colégio Batista

MY SISTER

My idol is Maria Almeida Amaral. She’s my sister. She likes playing and swimming. She is 5 years old. She was born on May 24th, 2001. She was born in São Paulo, Brazil. She is cool and beautiful. She has blond hair, blue eyes and she is cute.

Project from
Vitor A. Ferraz
Teens 2
Teacher Lilian

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch

MY BROTHER

My idol is Alexandre Acea Tessarotto. He’s from São Paulo, Brazil. He’s 13 years old. He likes computer. He’s thin and tall. I like him because he’s very nice and he always saves me. He’s my brother.

Project from
Eduardo A. Tessarotto
Teens 2
Teacher Lilian

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch

FLEA - RHCP's bass player





















My idol is Flea. His real name is Michael Peter Balzary and he is very important to me because is an excellent bass player. He is 44 years old. He is Australian but he lives in Hollywood. He plays bass in the band “Red Hot Chilli Peppers”. He is bald, strong and loves making people laugh. He likes going to the movies and playing saxophone. He likes jazz very much.

Project from
Daniel F. Strano
Teens 2
Teacher Lilian

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch

ASHLEY TISDALE
























My idol is Ashley Michelle Tisdale. She’s a singer and an actress. She is from New Jersey, U.S.A. She’s 21 years old and she was born on July 2nd. She has blond hair and brown eyes. She is funny and beautiful.
Her favorite color is pink. Her favorite dish is sushi and pizza. Her best friend is Brenda Song.
Her mother’s name is Lisa Morris Mike Tisdale. Her career started when she was 3 years old. Ashley played Maddie on the Disney Channel Sitcom The Suite Life of Zack and Cody and she played Sharpay Evans on the movie High School Musical.


Project from
Larissa P. Marques
Teens 2
Teacher Lilian

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch

Ivete Sangalo








She was born in Juazeiro, Bahia, on May 27th, 1972. She has been a phenomenon of the music of late years. She started get interested in music when she was three years old.
When she was a teenager, she used to sing and play the guitar in child plays, parties and introduced her self in the school.
The professional first appearance was in a pub in Salvador. Little by little, Ivete started appearing in Bahia and Pernambuco. She was invited to open Geraldo Azevedo´s show and in a short time, she was invited to participate in a “micareta” (carnival out of the season).
Her producer, Jonga Cunha, realized she was talented and produced a show where Ivete Sangalo emphasized the funk in August, 1992. By means of this show, she won the Trophy Caymmi 1992, the Grammy of Bahia´s music.




With the crescent public, Ivete and her band joined the Project “Meio-Dia”, in 1993 and Jorge Cunha suggested editing again the extinct Banda Eva with Ivete as a lead singer.
The second CD into three hits: “Alô, Paixão”; “Pra abalar” and “Flores”. Another big hit was “Carro velho”. The 6 CDs of the Banda Eva sold 4 millions and a half of copies.

Ivete, after that, started a solo career and made her first CD in 1999. She recorded 6 CDs from 2000 till 2005: “Beat Beleza” (2000), “Festa” (2001), “Se eu não te amasse tanto assim” (2002), “Clube carnavalesco inocentes em progresso” (2003) e “MTV ao vivo” (2004), “As super novas” (2005). Celebrating 12 years of career, she recorded the unedited album “As super novas”. The title is a joke to the previous the before CD, the “MTV Ao Vivo”, included old hits of Ivete.


Project from
Fernanda Fligelman and Paula Andrade
Higher 1
Teacher Tânia

Centro Britânico
Perdizes Branch

Chico Buarque de Hollanda

Francisco Buarque de Hollanda, one of the most popular Brazilian singer son of Sérgio Buarque de Hollanda e Maria Amélia was born in Rio de Janeiro and when he was two years old he moved to São Paulo. When he was fifteen years old he listened to a song called “Chega de saudade” composed by João Gilberto, which influenced him very much. He started the architecture course but gave it up to became a composer. He took part in a music festival in 1964 and won the festival in1966 with the song “A Banda”. He was exiled in 1969 and stayed in Italy for 2 years. Back to Brazil he composed songs like “Vai Trabalhar Vagabundo”, “Cabalar” and others. He’s still one of the greatest artists in Brazil.

Project from
Henrique Nogueira
Progress 3
Teacher Beatriz

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch

Charlie Brown Jr Band

Charlie Brown Jr is a Brazilian band of rock formed in the 90s, in the city of Santos, SãoPaulo. The Band plays hardcore with some influence of hip hop and its lyrics criticize the society from the young people´s point of view. All the members of the band were born in the city of Santos, except the singer “Chorão”, who was born in São Paulo. “Chorão” named Alexander Abrão arrived in Santos after a difficult and traumatic infancy at the age of 17 years old showing interest in practicing skate.

One day, in a local bar, the vocalist of another band had to be replaced and Chorão was invited to be the new one. When the bassist left the band, Chorão met a boy. His nickname was “Champignon”, the new bassist, a child of only 12 years old at the time. Some time later, Chorão decided to form his own band, inviting Champignon and Pelado (a drummer, his friend). Later, “Marcão” and Tiago (guitar players) formed the band for the first time. The band, still without a name, continued presenting in Santos. The inspiration for the name came when Chorão crashed his car in a tent of coconut. Its name was "Charlie Brown". The name "Jr." came soon after explaining the fact that the band is considered the “son" of a generation of musicians and bands like “Planet Hemp” (another Brazilian famous band).

Later, the musical producer Rick Bonadio invited the band to record a demo. The producer liked the song he heard and soon “Charlie Brown Jr” signed contract with “Virgin Records”. In April 2005, “Champignon”, “Marcão” and “Pelado” left the band because of "musical divergences". (we don´t know if that was the real reason). Rumor had it that “Chorão” dismissed them.

Since then, the band has new musicians: Charlie Brown Jr Heitor Vilela Gomes, Pingüim and Thiago Castanho, defining the new and current formation of the band.




Project from
Nata Aguilar Duek and Matheus do Nascimento Neri
Starter 4
Teacher Renata

Centro Britânico
Perdizes Branch

Los hermanos band

Los hermanos is a rock band, their songs talk about love (not only about love) and this is the biggest characteristc of the group. All the participants were born in the state of Rio de Janeiro and their names are Marcelo Camelo who sings and plays the guitar, Bruno Medina who plays the piano, Rodrigo Amarante who also sings and play another guitar, and Rodrigo Barba the drummer.

At present it´s not my favorite music group but it is a very interesting band for people who like this kind of rock, which is calmer than the conventional rock. The lyrics are well done and if you take a minute to read or just pay more attention to the songs you can see the difference. The lyrics are also intelligent and there are no fool sentences.

It is a very hard-working band. They had their ups and downs. Their first cd is completely different from the other ones so this brought a big problem in the beginning of their career but the public already understood this change and the way they do the lyrics and the songs.


Project from
Fábio Osada
Progress 1
Teacher Renata

Centro Britânico
Perdizes Branch

"PAPAS DA LÍNGUA" - THE BAND

The band “Papas da Língua” from the state of Rio Grande do Sul, south of Brazil was idealized in 1993 by the experienced musician, guitarist and composer Léo Henkin that joined an old known band to take the project ahead.
During this year the band has already sold thousands of records.

The last work of the band “To the Living creature” was launched in DVD and it gave a gold record to the group. The participants of the group are: Serginho Moah(vocalist), Zé Nathálio(bass), Fernando Pezão(drums), and Cau Netto(keyboards).

The last success of the band was the music “Eu sei”(“I know" in English), a song from “Páginas da Vida” (a soup opera currently broadcast on Globo - a Brazilian television). “Eu sei” is the most beautiful song in my opinion. I think that “Papas da Língua” is my favorite band at the moment.


Project from
Iara Caldeira Amaral
Progress 1
Teacher Renata

Centro Britânico
Perdizes Branch

My Idol

My idol is David Beckham.
He is a great soccer player. David was born in England and still lives there.

He is 31 years old. He is the leader of his team.
Sometimes he seems to be angry.
I like David because for me he has the perfect kick and he is a brave soccer player.
I would like to be as good as David Beckham.

Project from
Giulio Fortuna
Junior 6
Teacher Cristina

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch

My Idol

My idol is my father.
He’s fifty years old. He’s from Brazil.
He works with Biodiesel.
He’s good at Math and he walks every morning.
He’s cool. He makes me happy. He plays with me.

He helps me to do everything.

Project from
Felipe L. de Pinho
Junior 6
Teacher Cristina

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch

MY IDOL


My idol is Anahí Giovanna.
She is a movie star and sings in RBD band.
She is from Mexico.
She is tall aud thin and has blond hair and green eyes.

Anahí is 23 years old.

Project from
Rafaella Angelini Bosi
Junior 6
Teacher Cristina

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch

Charlie Brown Jr. - The Band





Formation
Chorão (Alexandre Magno Abrão) - Vocals
Marcão (Marco Antônio de Brito Junior) - Guitar (left in 2005)
Tiago - Guitar (left in 2001, but returned in 2005)
Champignon (Luis Carlos Leão Duarte Junior) - Bass (left in 2005)
Pelado (Renato Perez Barrio) - Drums (left in 2005)

Santos is the homeland of every member of the band, except for Chorão, who is from São Paulo.




History
When Chorão came to Santos at seventeen (after a difficult and somewhat traumatic childhood) he already had a strong interest in skateboarding and rock music. From time to time he would stand in for a singer of a local rock band when the guy had to go to the bathroom during a show. A musician in another saw Chorão performing during these bathroom breaks and invited him to join his band.





When the bassist of that band quit, Chorão found Champignon who was twelve at the time. Later on, Chorão decided to start his own band, and invited Champignon and Pelado (Chorão's friend from another local band), and then Marcão and Tiago (a 5th member). The band would continue to have shows in the city without an official name until Chorão crashed his car in a coconut shack that was named "Charlie Brown Jr."

Producer Rick Bonadio, who Champignon knew, invited them to make a "demo" and he liked what he heard. After they had made their demo the Virgin Records signed the band.
In 1997, they released the debut album Transpiração Contínua Prolongada ("Continuous, Long Transpiration", reference to the hard work). Well-received by the public, it remains as their biggest hit, and CBJ won a VMB (the Brazilian VMA) for Breakthrough Artist.
In April of 2005, band members Champignon, Marcão, and Pelado decided to leave the band citing artistic differences. They were soon replaced by Heitor Vilela Gomes on bass, Pingüim on drums and beat box, and former band member Thiago Castanho returning to play guitar. As of 2006, the new Charlie Brown Jr. is touring throughout Brazil and toured around some cities in the United States in July.

Albums Released
Transpiração Contínua Prolongada (rough translation: Long and Continuous Transpiration) - 1997
Preço Curto, Prazo Longo (Small Price, Long Duration) - 1999
Nadando com os Tubarões (Swimming With Sharks) - 2000
100% Charlie Brown Jr. - Abalando a Sua Fábrica (Shaking Your Factory) - 2001
Bocas Ordinárias (Ordinary Mouths) - 2002
Acustico MTV Charlie Brown Jr. (MTV Unplugged) - 2003.
Tamo Aí na Atividade - 2004 (slang for We're Active)
Imunidade Musical - 2005 (Musical Immunity)


Project from
Rodrigo, Fabio and Arthur
Starter 3
Teacher Cecília S.

Centro Britânico
Perdizes Branch

Elis Regina











Elis Regina Carvalho Costa was born in March 17th, 1945. She was from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul.



She was a very good singer and besides her beauty Elis had an incredible and fabulous voice that was always noticed and appreciated by everyone who heard her songs.
It was Elis Regina who helped some Brazilian composers like João Bosco, Aldir Blanc, Renato Teixeira and Fátima Guedes.

The singer was called by “pimentinha” because of her personality. She always wanted the best of her voice and the best of everyone that worked with her.

But all this success didn’t come easy. When the talented woman left her city and went to Rio de Janeiro she didn’t become famous. Her fame came when Elis decided to come to São Paulo.
And when she was 20, she won the 1st Brazilian Popular Music Festival.
In 1982 at the age of 36, Elis Regina had a heart attack caused by drinks and she died.
It was a terrible piece information for all Brazilians, who had lost a brilliant person, a fantastic singer and a tradition of Brazilian Popular Music.

Before she died, she had a beautiful daughter named Maria Rita. The little girl grew up and today she is following her mother’s path. And one thing we know is that talent in this family is genetic.


Project from
Sabrina
Higher 3
Teacher Cecilia S.

Centro Britânico
Perdizes Branch

Idol

Everybody, everywhere has an idol. It doesn’t matter if the idol is a soccer player, a rock star or just your dad. Cause an idol is an idol, no matter who he is.


My idol is a different idol, cause I began to admire him after he came back to Palmeiras team.
Well, now you guys know that he is a soccer player. And his name is…Edmundo, the famous “Animal”.
But the reason why I admire him is that in the past Edmundo was a very nervous, violent and problematic player. And because of this, he had a lot of problems in his personal and professional life. Problems like fighting in a club, arguing with team players and he even caused a person’s death in a car crash.
After all this, he left soccer for a while and disappeared from the media. Some years later, he came back to play soccer again and he was different. He was another person.
That “old” Edmundo, the “Animal” was past. A new Edmundo was born. A calm person, a peaceful man, who could understand the problems and resolve them very calmly. It was exactly the opposite Edmundo.
And that’s why I admire him. Cause he learnt with the past and changed his future. And this is a life lesson. No matter how horrible your past could be. If you learn with it and change in the future, you can say that your horrible past taught something good.
Now, I think you guys know my idol and why I admire him. And the best is the life lesson that I learnt from him.


Project from
Giovanni Rinaldo
Progress 2
Teacher Cristina

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch

Our idols

My idol is Márcia, my mother, because she is a beautiful person and I love her.
She taught me how to walk, speak and how to love.
My brothers and I are proud of her and I try to follow her steps, because she is successful person.
She is a dentist and she works with my father in an office on a street in Casa Verde near my grand father, her dad.
The family loves my mother because she is a good and giving person.
She has been married with my father since 1986 and they are still in love.
It is a pride for me to write about my mother, I love her.

Project from
Guilherme Romão
Progress 1
Teacher Cristina

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch


My idol is Maria Cristina. She is a person that I admire a lot.
She is my English teacher and I like her very much.
She teaches very well and she is the best teacher that I’ve had. She is funny and cool.
Last semester she was my teacher and continues being so.
She is a wonderful teacher and I play games in English in her class.
She helps us a lot correcting our exercises, preparing us for the tests, giving prizes to the winner of the games and to the best compositions or test.


Project from
Caio Romão
Progress 1
Teacher Cristina

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch

My idol is Van Gogh.

He was a famous painter and he had a difficult life.
Van Gogh tried some occupations and finally found his vocation: “painting”. Van Gogh was very alone and sick, but he was always painting. Van Gogh´s pictures weren´t sold (he sold one picture in all his life) and he didn´t have money to buy food. His brother was a person who Van Gogh liked very much and he sent money and letters to Van Gogh. One day, Van Gogh was painting in a field and felt a terrible stomachache, he didn´t have time to go to the doctor and he died. Some years later, his nephew found his paintings and opened a gallery. After that Van Gogh´s paintings became very famous.

I like Van Gogh because he was a person who never stopped doing what he liked and he was an example of living. His paintings are very nice and colourful.


Project from
Bárbara Olivier Garcia
Progress 1
Teacher Cristina

Centro Britânico

Pompéia Branch

My Idol

My idol is 43 years old. He was born on July 9th, 1963 in Owesboro, Kentucky, USA, but today he lives in France with his children and the singer and actress Vanessa.
His nick name is Mr. Stench.
He is John Christopher Depp II, but is known as Johnny Depp.
I admire him because he is a good actor.
He has passed through many things in his carreer, he made many films. I think his best performance was in the movie “Pyrates of Caribbean” performing Jack Sparrow and I also liked him in the movie “ Edward Scissor hand”.

I think he is the best actor ever.


Project from
Marina Abuhamad Motta
Progress 1
Teacher Cristina

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch

Idol

My idol at the moment is my friend PieroTrotta.
There are many things that I like about him. In sports he is a great player in soccer and handball, but in basketball I’m better than he is. I don’t know how he can be so good in soccer and so bad in basketball. At school he is very intelligent and almost always gets ten in his tests.
But the amazing thing is: how can he play video games , practice a lot of sports and get good grades ?
I’m doing well at school too but I don’t play video games so often because if I do I’ll have bad grades.
When I go to school he’s always there (he’s never late) he never misses lessons, never rushes and he is always kidding.

I can’t understand how he does all these things at the same time.


Project from
Phelliphe
Progress 1
Teacher Cristina

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch

My Idol

My idol is my father because he is cool, intelligent, funny, crazy and handsome. I try to follow his steps. He’s always there for me and he’s a very special person in my life.
My father always tells me to do the right thing and never makes bad things to people.
To finish, my father will be my idol forever because he’s very special and even when I grow up he will continue being so.


Project from
Gian Carlo Italiano
Progress 1 T/T
Teacher Cristina

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch

Travis Barker

Travis Barker was a drummer in the band Blink 182. He is thirty one years old, has blue eyes, a beautiful hair and his favorite movie is “True Romance”. Travis was married to Shanna Moakler and has two kids, Landon and Alabama. But now he is single, and lives in Los Angeles- CA.
Now he is playing drums in the band Plus 44, with Mark Hoppus, Craig Fairbaugh and Shane Gallagher.
Travis Barker was born in November 14, 1975 in Fontana, California. In his free time, he manages his mall, “Famous Stars and Straps”.
He is fifth best drummer in the world. But for me is the best.

Project from
Flavia Ludmer
Starter 3
Teacher Cristina

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch

My Idol
















My idol is Shaquille O´Neal. He´s a basketball player and he plays in the Miami Heat team.
He´s 2,16 m tall and 147,4 kg. He was born on March 6th 1972 in the United States in the State of Louisiana. Shaquille played in Orlando Magic team and Los Angeles Lakers team.
His team was the NBA champion this year and he was the star of the team.
He´s my idol because after watching a game on TV, I got interested in basketball.
One of my dreams is seeing Shaquille O´Neal in the basketball stadium playing with me.
Miami Heat is a very bad team, but they only win bacause O´Neal plays there.
He has several nicknames: Shaq, The Diesel, The Big Aristotle, The Big Baryshnikov, Superman and The Doctor Shaq.
He has won four NBA championships.























Project from
Vitor Soares Lopes
Starter 3
Teacher Cristina

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch

My Idol


My Idol is my mother. Her name is Denise. She is beautiful, friendly and very very nice.
She likes chocolate, volleyball, basketball, piano…


I love my mother and my family.
She likes to play football, guitar and video-game.
On Saturdays, sometimes, my mother and I go to the Mall.
She works in a store on Cotoxó street.



I love my mother!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Project from
Giuliana Sleiman
Starter 3
Teacher Cristina

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch

MY IDOL

My idol is my father, because he is funny, understanding, loving, affectionate, handsome, tall, thin....
My father is the best father in the world.
I love my idol.
He works in a bank as a lawyer. He is intelligent and loves me.
My father can’t play soccer, volleyball or tennis. He is a simple man, but for me he is my hero. He likes animals, family, talking to me, working, cars and sports on TV. He doesn´t like to practice sports and eat chocolate.

· My father is taller than I am.
· My father is the most intelligent person in my family.
· I am funnier than my father


My idol is different! He is my family, my world!!! I love him and he loves me!
I have one million reasons to love him, but the main reason is that he dedicates his life to make me happy.


I LOVE MY DAD!!!!

Project from
Larissa Lopes
Starter 3 M/W
Teacher Cristina

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch

MY IDOL – By Ana Carolina

My idol is Johnny Depp. He is a very famous actor and he has starred many films.

Apart from being a good-looking guy, he is also a talented actor. Three of his most important films are: "Pirates of the Caribbean”, “Don Juan De Marco” and “Once upon a Time”.

He is married to a French woman and he has two kids. He is a very interesting person.
I like his performance. He is very good at acting!

Ana Carolina A. B. Costa
Progress 3
Teacher Fátima

Centro Britânico
Perdizes Branch


MY IDOL – By Raphael

My idol is my father. He is my idol because he always helps me with my homework and he clarifies all doubts I have related to my tests.

He always plays soccer with my brothers and me. He plays video game and tennis very well, and we won many soccer championships together. He does everything for me: my breakfast, my dinner, etc.. He is always with me!

He is a really nice guy! He donates clothes and food for the needy and helps them too.

He is my idol and I love him very much!!!

Rapahel P. C. Do Amaral
Progress 3
Teacher Fátima

Centro Britânico
Perdizes Branch


MY IDOL – By Felipe

My father is my idol. When he was young he was poor and his father couldn’t afford to pay a private school for him, so he had to study in a public school.
However, when he was 17 he passed the FGV test for Business Administration and attended one of the best courses in Brazil.

My mother is my idol too; first of all because she is a good mum and secondly because despite studying in a public school, at the present time she is a brilliant lawyer.

THEY ARE MY IDOLS!

Felipe B. Ribeiro
Progress 3
Teacher Fátima

Centro Britânico
Perdizes Branch


MY IDOL – By Simone

My mother is my idol because she is a great person. Her name is Valdete and she was born in Minas Gerais. She is 65 years old.

She is a warrior. My father and her worked very hard to support us. They struggled for their dream (our happiness), providing us with the best. Nowadays she is retired and she works only at home.

I live in São Paulo and she lives in Minas Gerais. I miss her a lot! I call her every day (in the morning and at night). I love my mother!! We are a big family and sometimes we throw a party in our house. She dances all night long. She loves dancing! Her favourite food is pasta. By the way, she prepares it fantastically!

I always thank God for having such a wonderful mother!

Simone Ap. Amâncio
Progress 3
Teacher Fátima

Centro Britânico
Perdizes Branch


MY IDOL – By Murillo

Marcos is my idol. He is the Palmeiras goalkeeper. His full name is Marcos Roberto Silveira Reis Nascimento. He was born in Oriente, on August 4th., 1973.

Marcos has been playing for Palmeiras since 1993. His first match was on March 30th, 1996. In spite of not being the first-team player, Marcos celebrated his first title as a professional soccer player in 1996 when Palmeiras won the championship.

In 1999 (during the Libertadores Cup) Veloso (the first-team player) got a muscle contusion and Marcos took over from Veloso the first-team player position. Due to his excellent performances, he was chosen the best soccer player of this tournament (his greatest performances were mainly against Corinthias). In 1999, Palmeiras defeated Deportivo Cali and won the Libertadores Cup.

In the 2002 World Cup Marcos was the first-team player of the Brazilian national team. By the way, Brazil was the champion of this tournament.

Honors:
Paulista Championship (1993, 1994, 1996)
Brazilian Championship (1993, 1994)
Brazilian Cup (1998)
Libertadores Cup (1999)
World Cup (2002)
America’s Cup (2003)

Murillo S. Faria
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Teacher Fátima

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RBD - The Band

RBD is a group that emerged from the soap opera "Rebelde", integrated by its protagonists: Anahí, Dulce, Maite, Alfonso, Christián and Christopher; that soon went beyond the soap opera fiction to write, in the pop music world, a reality that surpassed fiction.

RBD, a group that comes from a soap opera fiction to break down stovepipes in the musical world. Without doubt, the pop band most successful of the time and which will surely continue at the front line.














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Teacher Cecília S.

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MY IDOL – By Stefano

My idol is Ronaldinho gaúcho. He is a famous Brazilian footballer.

He was born in Porto Alegre, but he lives in Spain (Europe). He plays for Barcelona where he is the number “10”.

Ronaldinho gaúcho is my idol because he plays very well.


Stefano Perrotti
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Teacher Fátima

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MY IDOL – By Lia

I’m going to talk about my idol: David Beckham.

He is a very good English footballer and he is handsome! David Beckham was born on May 2nd., 1975 in Leytonstone – England.

He played for Manchester United from 1991 up to 2003. In 1999, he won the Champions League. Nowadays, he plays for Real Madrid in Spain (he is the number “23”). He was captain of the English national team from November 2000 up to 2 July 2006.

Beckham has a lot of money. He is married to Victoria Adams, ex-spicy girl and they have 3 kids. Beckham is really popular, but he is especially popular among girls; they love him!

I’ve chosen Beckham as my idol, because he had a dream and he struggled for it. He is an example for me and I love his football.


Lia Leme
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Teacher Fátima

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MY IDOL – By Fábio

I don’t have any especial person as an idol, but many people that are my idols. They are singers, actors, etc..

However, there are some people that are my real idols: MY FAMILY (my brother, my sisters, my mum, my dad and my two other mums (my two housemaids).

They are my idols because they are part of my life. My dad, my mum and my two housemaids are my idols because I’ve been educated by them.

My life is with them and that’s why they are my idols: MY FAMILY!!!!!


Fábio A.D.P. Nogueira
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Teacher Fátima

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Anderson Luis de Abreu Oliveira

Anderson is, nowadays, a very-good soccer player.

Anderson Luis de Abreu Oliveira, has born in a small city in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, he had a very poor childhood, but his mom forced Anderson a lot always to go to school.
And in the afternoon he used to play soccer in the street, with his friends.





















One day he passed in a soccer test to play in Grêmio, and he went to the Junior squad of Grêmio, and last year, when Grêmio was trying for the second national division of soccer, he went for the first team.
And then, he became a famous soccer player, but for the sadness of the Grêmio fans, in January he will go to Portugal to play in the Portuguese team Porto.Today he is famous all around the world, and now he is rich.


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Teacher Fernanda M.

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My Idol

Francisco Buarque de Hollanda was born on June 19th, 1944 in Rio de Janeiro. He is the fourth of seven children of the historicist and sociologist Sérgio Buarque the Hollanda and the pianist Maria Amélia Cesário Alvim.


















Since he was a child, he demonstrated his interest for music. In 1953, his family moved to Italy and he began composing his first song. In this period, the interest for soccer appeared too.
In the 50s, he used to listen to Noel Rosa, Ataulfo Alves and he preferred the foreigners Jacques Brel, Elvis Presley and the group The Platters. But it was the record “Chega de Saudade”, from João Gilberto that changed his relationship with music. His dream in this period was “to sing just like João Gilberto, make music just like Tom Jobim and write like Vinícius de Moraes.”
In 1964, he presented himself for the first time in a show. The song was “Tem mais samba” and it is considered the beginning of his career. In 1965, his first compact arrived in the stores and he began his experiences with the theater.
In 1966, the song “A banda” won the “II Festival de MPB” and was praised by the poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade.
In the 70s, he started with the fictional character “Julinho de Adelaide”, the character who dribbled the censorship for some months, in Brazil.
In the 90s, he published his first novel “Estorvo”. In 2000, he received the prize “Roma Brasília, Cidade da Paz” conceded by the mayor of Rome.



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Teacher Fernanda M.

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Make a Wish!
















For some people, to visit Walt Disney World means to have fun in all the attractions and to take pictures with the characters. Particularly, I see more than a beautiful place, buildings to visit and an ideal place to take children. For me, that place means the power of a dream and it carries much more importance, after you get to know the journey of Walt Elias Disney.


Walt Disney was a visionary man. He built an empire only working with the fantasy of his imagination and the strength of his dreams. He became one of the most well-known motion picture producers in the world and he was nominated fro 48 Academy Awards and 7 Emmys.

The lands of Walt Disney World were bought with the money of the film “Snow White”, a large swamp was turned into 5 big theme parks, hotels, studios, water parks and there are still big areas of nature preservation too. Unfortunately, Walt Disney died a few years before the opening of the first park, the Magic Kingdom.

For those who laugh, scream and cry with the animations of Walt Disney productions, and probably feel the heart full of hope when the films end. For those who make a wish upon a star. For those people, Walt Disney left us a big legacy, full of love and joy.

Walt Disney’s family museum site:
www.disney.go.com/disneyatoz/familymuseum


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Teacher Fernanda M.

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CACASO - the poet









If I have an idol, it is Cacaso. Cacaso was a poet who was born in 1944. He wrote his first poems in 1962, but his first book is from 1967, which is “A Palavra Cerzida” (The Mended Word). His last book is “Mar de Mineiro” (Miner Sea), which is from 1982. Cacaso died in 1987.


Cacaso’s real name is Antonio Carlos de Brito, and he started to use the nickname to write only in his last book.
















This guy is my idol because he is a kind of inspiration to write and to live. His poems are very different from the common: he uses the pontuation in a different way, and talks about strange things to say in a poem: he talk about normal situations or extraordinary situations, working with opposites. For example, read this translated poem:



"LIVING WITH"

the talk goes enthusiastic the friends
think highly of themselves they
recognize themselves the human hot in the room overflow

slowly
everybody thinks how it will be in a little time
each one’s funerals



I’ve used this poem as an example to show Cacaso’s style of writing. This poem is from his last book, which is my favorite. His first book is very different. The poems are much more lyric, and Cacaso still hasn’t his identity: his poems in that book are very close to the common way to write poetry, with a lot of lyric influence. And to read lyric poems, I prefer Vinicius de Moraes.


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Teacher Fernanda M.

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My idol



















His name is Adriano Moraes. He is 34 years old and he is famous because he is the best cowboy of the World.
In his childhood, he started very poor, working in the crop fields but he only started riding when he was 18 years old.
When he was 20, he became famous in Brazil. He was the champion of Barretos and twice the champion of the World. Today he lives in the USA.



















I like him because he is very talented and hard-working since he was a child.
He is the best cowboy of the world.

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Rodrigo Pompeu
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Teacher Fernanda M.

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