Why pipes?

Well, these first topics exist because I imagine that people may ask, eventually, so I have them already prepared, he he.

This is a pipe.

A personal quote(1) that I use a lot in my classes is this one "You have to put it in your pipe and smoke it", so I decided to create a blog, but I had to give it a name, right? (It couldn't be Englishclassesblog, or teacherleo.blogspot.com, these names are really boring[2]) So I decided to base my blog on this. I even created an e-mail just for this!

What does "You have to put it in your pipe and smoke it" mean (3)?

This is an expression that means "You have to accept things as they are" or "You can't change it, just accept it". It is used in cases where people can't change the facts, and another one says that for the first to accept. For example, imagine that your friend Bob has a car. He left it on the street and went to your apairtment ot have some tea. One hour later he discovers that his car was robbed (4) and can't accept that fact after 3 days. You can say this quote to him.

Isn't this expression a little...impolite?

Yes it is, but I never used it on the impolite way with my students. I used mainly whenever I said to them that they had to study a lot, there was no other way....


(1) quote: citation, passage taken from another source
(2) boring: not interesting, dull
(3) to mean: mean or intend to express or convey;
e.g. "You never understand what I mean!"; "what do his words intend?"
(4) to rob: steal, plunder, illegally take property by force

note: this is also a pipe

Why all in English?

Você deve ter sido redirecionado para este tópico, pois estava difícil entender os meus posts, ou então porque etsava curioso do porquê tudo em inglês, ou simplesmente não concorda com a metodologia, certo? Afinal, devia estar em português, para pessoas que estão aprendendo em inglês, certo?
Na minha opinião, errado.

Eu sigo uma linha de pesquisa que afirma que uma língua deve ser aprendida sem o intermédio de outra, mesmo que isso torne o processo mais "doloroso". Sim, é bem mais difícil, e cansa mais... porém compensa mais e tem vantagens inúmeras.
Portanto este será o meu único post em português, mas caso você não esteja entendendo muito, ou ficou alguma dúvida em alguma das frases usadas, ou se você não conseguir construir este tipo de frase, por favor me mande um e-mail, que isso pode ser resolvido! (pipe.teacher@gmail.com)

Até a próxima!

First Topic

Ok, first of all, be welcome, anyone that reads this blog, either because you found it in the internet, or because I asked, or because I demanded....You may know me, or may not, in any case, feel free to send me e-mails, ask questions, recommend stuff, complain about everything or donate $.$

This blog has the initial objective of being an archive for files, videos, or anything that may help or interest my own students, but it is also avalable for any other student that I have never seen personally.
Do you study English ofr yourself, or intend to? Please send me emails, I will help you (or at least intend to)
Do you study in a school? And want to complement with extras? Right place!
So, to finish my first post, I will leave my e-mail, (pipe.teacher@gmail.com) for any contact needed.

Não está entendendo nada? Prefere em português? por favor leia o tópico seguinte, "Why all in English?"