Seabra Idiomas - English for executives and adult students

BE HUMBLE and other lessons from the philosophy of water A. In this audio Raymond Tang gives a new abbreviation for H2O (Water = Hydrogen & Oxygen). What are they? What lessons did he learn from that? 1. ____________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. ____________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. ____________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Adjectives, comparatives and superlatives B. Write the missing adjectives, comparatives, and superlatives in the chart below. Be careful with your spelling. Don’t forget “than” and “the”. Study the examples:     ADJECTIVES COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE engaged ...

Golden Rules of Goal Setting Five Rules to Set Yourself Up for Success   A.   Read and listen to the text below and do the following activities:   Would you set off on a cross-country trip without a map, a GPS, or even a clear destination in mind? If you did, you might have an interesting adventure. But there's also a good chance you'd wind up somewhere you didn't want to be! This is why it's so important to set goals. Goals act like a road map for your life. They help you take control, and guide you along your journey so that your experiences are rich, satisfying, and enjoyable. To accomplish your goals, you need to know how to set them. And there are five golden rules that help you do this. One of these is to set goals that genuinely motivate you. Try to imagine working day in, day out towards a goal that doesn't excite you very much. It doesn't sound much fun, does it? If something isn't very important to you, chances are you'll give up befo...

What is a recession and what might it mean for me? SAVINGS AND BUDGETING  A. Replace the words in blue in the text to a word/phrase in the table (they mean the same): (Substitua as palavras em azul por seus sinônimos na tabela)   harsh slump – analysing – worry – concern – slighter – stagnate or decline – earning and consuming less – there´s a sharp increase in prices - may stagnate or shut down – reduce – usually – some months – worry – bad – three months – as – products (2x) – stagnate – fire –cause – make – difficult – number – dismissal – becoming smaller – benefits – Caused   The coronavirus pandemic has sparked a collective concern about the potential for an impending recession.  A recession is when the economy slows down for at least six months. That means there are fewer jobs, people are making less and spending less money and businesses stop growing and may even close . Usually, people at all income levels feel the impact. Most of the time , ...