Seabra Idiomas - English for executives and adult students

Let’s talk about this hugely popular drink! Image Credit: freepik.com 1. A bad day with coffee is better than a good day without it. Do you agree with this statement? Why? Why not? 2. Is coffee good for health? “For most people, moderate coffee consumption can be incorporated into a healthy diet.” Hu said that moderate coffee intake—about 2–5 cups a day—is linked to a lower likelihood of type 2 diabetes, heart disease, liver and endometrial cancers, Parkinson's disease, and depression. SOURCE: HARVARD T.H. CHAN 3. What are negative effects of coffee? Restlessness and shakiness Insomnia Headaches Dizziness Fast heart rate Dehydration Anxiety Dependency, so you need to take more of it to get the same results SOURCE: MEDLINEPLUS 4. Are you a coffee drinker? What’s your favorite type of coffee? 5. What time of day is best for drinking coffee? Why? 6. Do you know the history of coffee? There are many legends about the origin of coffee. One is that a goat herder noticed that goats who ...

Image Credit: freepik.com ❶ First difference: Say and tell are used to report ideas or information that was expressed in spoken language. The most important difference between them is that... ...with  say , you " don't need  to mention "   who the ideas or information were shared with...  ...but with tell , " you do". Examples:  ✅  Correct: Ligia said /séd/  that she likes guacamole. ❌Incorrect: Ligia told that she likes guacamole.     Instead you must say: Ligia told me that she likes guacamole.” =========== =========== ❶   Second difference:  say goes with preposition to , since it identifies the person who was spoken to.  Examples:  ✅  Correct:  That’s what Ligia said /séd/ to me. ❌Incorrect:   That's what Ligia said /séd/ me.  However, tell to  is incorrect.  ✅  Correct:  That’s what Ligia said /séd/ to me.  ❌Incorrect:   That’s what  Ligia said me. ✅...

image credit: freepik.com Zero, nought, nil ou "oh"? 😕 zero - (number 0): 👉  Zero, one, two, three, four, five... ➤ The number one million is written with a one and six zeros . ➤   Heavy rain has reduced visibility almost to zero (= its lowest point). ========= ========= Oh/O -  (number 0) (also oh); (also o) 👉 Used in speech to mean zero: ➤   My phone number is three, one, o , five, one, double oh (= 3105100). ➤   The year 17 0 5 is usually pronounced seventeen oh five. ========= ========= nought or naught -  (number 0): 👉  The number 0 ( zero) : ➤   He said it was only worth £10, but really you could add a couple of noughts to that (= it is really worth £1,000). ========= ========= nil  -  (number 0): 👉 N othing or zero: ➤   At best, the economic impact is nil. ➤   Investment in the industry has dropped to virtually nil. ➤   The challengers lost the game seven-nil (= zero). ⏩⏩  USAGE NOTE:  ➥  As a n...