Show Notes
There is nothing like a new beginning, a new school year and a new start. Part of getting ready for a new school year is the back-to-school shopping. It’s a time to buy book and supplies, not to mention new school clothes. This year there are tons of things to buy.
Dialogue
A: Adoro comprar material escolar pra volta às aulas! Principalmente quando as lojas estão cheias de promoção boa.
B: Eu também! Acho que já sei como vou organizar minha papelada esse ano: em pastas.
A: Legal! Você vai classificar por cor? E os cadernos vão combinar?
B: Sim para ambos. Olha, eu devia comprar uns lápis novos!
A: Você realmente não precisa. Tem muito lápis sobrando em casa dos outros anos. A gente podia usar esse dinheiro pra outra coisa...
B: Uma mochila nova!
A: Peraí… o que aconteceu com a sua mochila do ano passado? Sei lá, tava pensando mais em tipo, canetas, cola em bastão, fichários...
B: Ou... a gente pode simplesmente comprar os lápis.
A: I love back-to-school shopping! Especially when the stores have such good deals.
B: Me too! I think I know how I’m gonna organize my papers this year: folders.
A: Ooh… are they going to be color coded? And if so, will the notebooks match?
B: Yes to both. Hey, I should buy some new pencils!
A: You don’t really need to, since we have a ton left over from previous years. Maybe we could put that money towards something else…
B: A new backpack!!
A: Wait… what happened to your backpack from last year? Whatever, I was thinking more like pens and glue sticks and binders.
B: Or… we could just buy the pencils.
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