Music that changes lives(cas8)

Carlinhos Brown (born Antonio Carlos Santos de Freitas, 23 November 1962) is a Brazilian singer, percussionist, and record producer from Salvador, Bahia. His musical style blends funk, Latin music, R&B, soul music, reggae, and traditional Brazilian percussion.

In the late 1980s, Brown started to form percussion ensembles to unite the people in his hometown. He simply gathered people in the streets and taught them basic percussion patterns. Candeal is a town whose residents share deep roots in Candomblé, a religion African slaves brought to Brazil. The customs and ceremonies shared in this religion brought a lot of drumming into the everyday lives of those living in Candeal. Carlinhos realized this enriched culture was an opportunity for growth. Eventually, this gathering of peoples grew into a band called Timbalada which became so popular along with the other band he composed of Candeal residents – Vai Quem Vem (Who Comes, Goes)- that he had to build a concert stadium to hold all the people who came into town to watch them practice. Timbalada recorded eight albums and toured various countries around the world Billboard magazine named their debut album the “best record produced in Latin America in 1993. Many of the proceeds went towards fixing up the streets Candeal by repaving roads and renovating houses.

In 1992, Brown appeared on several songs on the album Ritual Beating System by the project Bahia Black. Organized by prolific producer Bill Laswell, Bahia Black brought together Brazilian musicians with American jazz players. Also in 1992, Brown composed and performed songs for Sergio Mendes's Brasileiro album, his songs for that album including “Fanfarra”, “Magdelena” and “Indiado”.

Read the text on page 74 and answer the questions in exercise 1B.

Present Perfect Continuous

Have been+ glagol -ing

Primjer

 I have been reading War and Peace for a month now.

Za razliku od Present Perfect Tense, koji se sastoji od HAVE + past participle i može značiti da je radnja gotova, Present Perfect Continuous označava da radnja još uvijek traje.

Primjer

You have painted the room recently.

You have been painting the room. (PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS)

U prvoj recenici, znamo da je soba zavrsena, a radi se o Present Perfect Tense. Neko je usao i vidio da su zidovi u nekoj drugoj boji. Radnja je gotova. U drugoj recenici, vidimo da je radnja jos uvijek u toku. Neko je usao u sobu dok si ti bio u procesu bojanja zidova. Možda jos uvijek imate kist u ruci. Radi se o Present Perfect Continuous.

Present Perfect Continuous Tense se koristi za:

Radnju koja je zapoceta u proslosti, jos uvek traje i moze se nastaviti u buducnosti:

She has been learning English for three years. (Ona uci engleski vec tri godine.)

U ovom kontekstu koristimo priloge for i since.

For oznacava ukupan vremenski period trajanja radnje:

I have been swimming for an hour. (Plivam vec sat vremena.)

Since oznacava pocetak desavanja radnje:

I have been living here since 1998. (Zivim ovde od 1998.)

Radnju koja se do skoro desavala i ostavila jasne posledice u sadasnjosti:

It has been raining. The ground is still wet. (Padala je kisa. Zemlja je jos mokra.)