01 - Sabe quando alguém te conta uma história "repetindo" o que outra pessoa falou? É isso que faremos
aqui, e para isso usaremos o Reported Speech: se estou reportando uma frase falada no Simple
Present, eu reporto usando o Simple Past.
Complete o diálogo abaixo entre dois jovens comentando o texto acima. Use o Reported Speech.
Soluções para a tarefa
Resposta: Jose: Hey Barb, did you read the post about Brazil?
Bárbara: Hi, Jose! Yes, I did, it was just amazing to hear foreigners talking about us. Jose: What did they say exactly?
Barb: Oh, they SAID that here in Brazil we don’t say Santa, but we SAY GOOD OLD MAN .
Jose: Nice! And what about those gifts you give?
Barb: They also talked about that. They said that Brazilians TOOK part in a kind of SECRET SANTA (SECRET FRIEND) and that it WAS popular and traditional to GAVE SMALL GIFTS ALL THROUGH DECEMBER . They didn’t forget to say that people only REVEALED who their amigo secreto WAS on Christmas Day.
Jose: I bet you guys spend a lot of money on that, just as we do in Colombia. Barb: Oh, we do! But the article also said that PEOPLE GOT 13TH SALARY in Brazil to get a booster in economy.
Jose: Yeah, once I heard that in December Brazilians GOT twice the normal amount of pay. Someone told me that it happened because the idea HELPED boost the economy, and that it HAD BEEN GOING for decades. I didn’t know that many Brazilians had no idea that in other countries MIGHT NOT TO DO IT. But it’s nice you guys get it!