Sofia: uma atleta extraordinária

Sofia, an extraordinary athlete

A1 Reading 4 min people, sport Grammar focus: querer + infinitive

Meet Sofia, an eleven-year-old gymnast from Lisbon with Olympic dreams. In her own words, she walks you through every part of the body a gymnast has to train, and the setback she had to overcome to get there.

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o sonho
the dream
a ginasta
the gymnast
a força
strength
a flexibilidade
flexibility
treinar
to train
a impulsão
the push-off, the spring in a jump
os dedos
the fingers
o joelho
the knee
a lesão
the injury
exigente
demanding

Perguntas

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English
1. Qual é o sonho da Sofia?
What is Sofia's dream?
O sonho da Sofia é ser a melhor do mundo na ginástica.
Sofia's dream is to be the best gymnast in the world.
2. Onde é que ela vive? E com quem?
Where does she live? And who with?
Ela vive em Lisboa, com os seus pais e com o seu irmão mais novo.
She lives in Lisbon, with her parents and her younger brother.
3. Segundo a Sofia, o que é que precisamos para ser bons ginastas?
According to Sofia, what do we need in order to be good gymnasts?
Precisamos de ter muita força e flexibilidade em todas as partes do corpo.
We need a lot of strength and flexibility in every part of the body.
4. Qual foi o seu obstáculo inicial?
What was her first obstacle?
O seu obstáculo inicial foi não ter muita força nos braços.
Her first obstacle was not having much strength in her arms.
5. E tu, praticas algum desporto? Quais são as partes do corpo que precisas de treinar mais? E porquê?
And you, do you play a sport? Which parts of the body do you need to train most? And why?
Sim, eu pratico natação. Preciso de treinar os braços e as pernas, porque a natação usa o corpo todo.
Yes, I swim. I need to train my arms and my legs, because swimming uses the whole body.

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