Você sabia que um dos temas da abertura da Olimpíada do Rio será a "gambiarra"? Vamos conversar sobre isso e aprender a dizer gambiarra em inglês no mini-podcast de hoje.
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The opening ceremony at the Rio Olympics will be built on three basic ''pillars'' touching on sustainability, particularly re-forestation, ''smile'' and the idea of ''gambiarra", the quirky Brazilian art of improvising repairs using whatever parts are available.
resourceful
resourcefulness
rig up
I rigged up a tent between two trees.
I rigged up a simple shower at the back of the trailer.
jury-rig / jerry-rig
The survivors jury-rigged some fishing gear.
The survivors jury-rigged a sail, and headed toward land.
We jury-rigged stage lights using automobile headlights.
Wow, what a jury-rig!
quick fix
ARTIGO MENCIONADO:
http://www.thescore.com/olym/news/1069345
http://tileeba.webstorelw.com.br/t/ingles-avancado/phrasal-verbs
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Today's Assignment [Tarefa de Hoje]:
O que você "improvisou"? Que gambiarra você fez? Escreva sobre isso abaixo usando uma destas expressões: rig (something) up ou jury-rig
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I rigged up a simple blackboard using a piece of dark wood.
08.04.16 at 01:22
Good idea! 🙂
08.04.16 at 10:06
Teacher Tim, you are the best teacher I’ve ever had, because you always rig up good ideas to teach us,like today. Congratulations !! Thank you very much !
08.04.16 at 01:31
Hey! Thanks, Carmen!
08.04.16 at 10:07
Thanks again for the great explanations and tips.
I’m not a resourceful person. Otherwise I’d love to contribute with some examples of jury rigs.
Cheers.
08.04.16 at 06:42
You seem quite resourceful to me! 🙂
08.04.16 at 10:07
I do not like jury-rigs. Sorry.
08.04.16 at 08:58
They can be dangerous, at times.
08.04.16 at 10:35
I rigged up my style hair so that I don’t feel embarrassed.
08.04.16 at 09:13
Just remember that “rig up” is more for “mechanical” things. But I guess you can say that in a “comical” way.
08.04.16 at 10:36
The electrician jury-rigged the circuit breaker to bring the light back.
08.04.16 at 10:18
Sounds like a good mechanic!
08.04.16 at 10:36
Hi, Tim. Thanks for the chance you gave us to learn slowly but surely, as you say.
I don’t know if you can remember that in the 80’s there was a television series called Macgyver (Profissão: perigo, aqui no Brasil), a secret agent able to make use of any materials around him to create solutions to any problem he faced.
In an episode of the series, Macgyver made a bomb with a piece of gum, a pencil and a paperclip.
He was the king of the jury-rig.
08.04.16 at 18:58
Yes, I remember that series, Sylvio! Very interesting! And look what I just read about it in Wikipedia:
“Resourceful and possessed of an encyclopedic knowledge of the physical sciences, he solves complex problems by making things out of ordinary objects, along with his ever-present Swiss Army knife.”
08.05.16 at 11:29
I’m a computer technician and, I acknowledge, sometimes I use jury-rig to solve some problems , but, I’m resourceful and my jury-rig works like a charm! 😉
08.04.16 at 19:51
I’m sure it does, Emerson! 🙂
08.05.16 at 11:29
Hi tim!! I’m a master of jury-rigs, but I don’t like to say “jury-rig”, I’m would say an “Alternative technical solution” looks more professional!
08.05.16 at 11:07
kkkk Yes, that *does* sound better! 😀
08.05.16 at 11:30
Have you ever known that MacGyver became a verb because of the series? Watch the definition of it at Oxford dictionary:
US informal
Make or repair (an object) in an improvised or inventive way, making use of whatever items are at hand: ‘he MacGyvered a makeshift jack with a log’ ‘he has a pair of rectangular-framed glasses MacGyvered with duct tape’
08.05.16 at 17:26
I rigged up a chair using two little scaffolding.
08.05.16 at 14:48
At least you could sit down. 😀
08.14.18 at 12:33
Hello Tim,
I don’t used to do rig up, because I think is dangerous, but in many situation is necessary to do it.
08.06.16 at 17:46
Sometimes they ARE dangerous! 😀
08.14.18 at 12:33
My friend Thiago jury-rigged a ruler to use in his algebra classes.
08.08.16 at 21:14
Resourceful!
08.14.18 at 12:34
I’m developer of systems, I’m a master of jury-rig!
08.09.16 at 15:49
I bet you are! 😀
08.14.18 at 12:34
um outro artigo dizendo sobre a gambiarra brasileira exemplificada pelo uso do termo em ingles Life Hack
http://www.ibtimes.com/what-gambiarra-rio-olympics-opening-ceremony-themes-include-sustainability-amazon-2398189.
O que acha Tim sobre essa expressao também expressar “gambiarra”.
obrigado
08.10.16 at 14:14
Olá, Fabricio!
São palavras semelhantes, mas não exatamente iguais. Eu vejo um “hack” como uma dica legal (mesmo que improvisado) de melhorar alguma coisa. Já o jury-rig é uma “gambearra” mesmo.
08.14.18 at 12:33