What's up? Nesse episódio do podcast Inglês Online eu falo sobre algumas maneiras de dar uma má notícia. Baixe os podcasts no seu aparelho Android com o aplicativo Inglês Online; ou assine os podcasts usando o aplicativo Podcasts para iPhone e iPad. Baixe o mp3 Baixe o PDF Transcrição Hi, everyone. Today we have a new episode of the inglesonline podcast. Please subscribe to this podcast using the Podcasts app for iPhone or iPad, or listen to the episodes using the Inglesonline Android app. Last week our podcast centered around the word thorough and today we have an equally nice word! Today's word is straight - s-t-r-a-i-g-h-t, straight. So listen to this: Just give it to me straight. Come on, give it to me straight. I know you got bad news for me and bad news is never easy to deliver. I wanna hear the news anyway; I wanna know what happened. Just give it to me straight. Did you get the meaning of "Just give it to me straight"? You know when you gotta give someone the bad news... it's never pleasant. Have you ever had to fire someone? Have you ever had to assess someone's performance and then tell them that they had been underperforming? Or maybe you had to tell someone that they're sick, or that they didn't pass the Vestibular, or that they've lost money or something... This is all bad news, right? Many people tend to beat around the bush when trying do deliver unpleasant news. And if you are the recipient of bad news, you might appreciate that... Although we usually can tell when someone has something unpleasant to say, can't we? We can tell by their body language and also by the verbal clues: someone who's trying to deliver bad news will often hesitate, stutter, fidget a little... Anyway, many people would rather learn the news as soon as possible, without any sugarcoating. They can tell the other person is trying to be gentle or just hesitating. And sometimes these people will say "Just give it to me straight. What happened?". Or they'll say "I know it's bad. Just give it to me straight. I can take it. How bad is it?" I think I'm one of those people. If I notice someone trying to tell me unpleasant news, I'll say "C'mon, just give it to me straight". How about you? Here's what someone wrote on a tweet: "Don't sugarcoat anything with me. I respect honesty because I'm definitely going to give it to anybody straight . " Do you get what "sugarcoat" means? Imagine covering the truth with a layer of sugar, in order to try to make it more palatable. That's what sugarcoating something means. So this girl is saying that she'd rather just hear the truth. She's asking everyone to not sugarcoat anything when talking to her. She wants people to give it to her straight. Just tell her everything at once, don't sugarcoat it. So what would you prefer? What's your style? When receiving bad news, would you rather the other person gave it to you straight? Or do you think a little sugarcoating could help soften the blow? What would you do if you had to deliver unpleasant news to someone? Would you give it to them straight, or would you sugarcoat it a little? Talk to you next time!   Key Expressions Give it to me straight Don't sugarcoat the truth   Glossary we can tell = dá pra (gente) saber verbal clues = as pistas que a pessoa dá verbalmente (através do que ela fala) stutter = gaguejar fidget = se mexer de maneira desconfortável (na cadeira, por exemplo, quando a pessoa não está se sentindo à vontade) I can take it = eu aguento palatable = com gosto bom soften the blow = amaciar a queda (em sentido figurado) O post Como falo em inglês: Fala de uma vez o que aconteceu apareceu primeiro em