The first time I read the phrase in bold below was some twenty odd years ago. I was teaching English in a company in São Paulo and the framed picture hanging on my student´s office wall had caught my eye. “You can´t do today´s job
with yesterday´s methods
and…
One of the things I learned during my CELTA course was how to teach Reading lessons. Basically, you design the lesson, follow the steps, and if all goes according to plan, “bada bing bada boom”, your student develops their reading skills. However, I have noticed that…
Red tape Red tape = too much paperwork that slows down business; bureaucracy (papelada; burocracia)
There is always a lot of red tape to take care of before releasing your goods from the port.
Há sempre muita papelada para cuidar antes de liberar os produtos do porto.
The…
