Seabra Idiomas - English for executives and adult students

Barack Obama  A. Listen to this audio, answer the questions and fill in the gaps: ⮚⮚  AUDIO LINK: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15KZywnYeAvm1VcpIb03n7ucV5Q9vY-6a/view?usp=sharing 1. Where was Barack Obama in 1979? 2. Who were they visited by (on campus)? 3. Who were these people? 4- What did they speak about? What did they describe? 5. __________ people can do ______________ things when they´re given an _______________. We sometimes think that our leaders must have fancy degrees, must be well-educated and these young men have none of these things. What did they possess according to Barack Obama?   6. What did Obama study at college? 7. As a consequence of that organizing on a college campus I became a _________________________. As a consequence of a community organizer I, after going back to law school, became a ________________________. As consequence of being a civil rights attorney I entered the ___________________ and I now stand before you as a Un...

Conversation Questions Food & Eating About how many different color food did you eat for dinner last night? Do you think about color when you are preparing a meal? Are there any food that you wouldn't eat as a child that you eat now? Are you a good cook? Are you a vegetarian? Are you concerned about your daily calorie intake when choosing something to eat? At what time do you usually eat your meals? Breakfast? Lunch? Dinner? Can you cook well? Did you have coffee this morning? Did you eat lunch today? Do you always eat dinner with your family? Do you always eat vegetables? Do you cook? If yes, what food do you cook the most often? Do you drink milk every day? Do you drink tea every day? Do you eat beef? Do you eat bread every day? Do you eat breakfast every day? Do you eat fruit every day? Do you eat lunch at school every day? How much does lunch usually cost at school? Do you bring your lunch to school? Do you eat rice every day? Do you ever skip breakfast? If so, how often an...

VERB TO BE (SER / ESTAR)  O verbo “ to be ” pode expressar dois significados: ‘ser’ ou ‘estar’. Logo, tanto para dizer que  eu sou  um professor ( I am  a teacher ), quanto para dizer que  eu estou  na escola ( I am  at school ), deve-se utilizar o verbo “ to be ”. O verbo “ to be ” no presente se conjuga em ‘ am’, ‘is’  e  ‘are’. No passado ‘was’ e ‘were’. Segue tabela:     Present simple I am     You/We/They   He/She/It   are   is                    PAST SIMPLE   I   was     You/We/They   He/She/It   were   was       Birdman or (The unexpected virtue of ignorance) Assista a um trec...

BUSINESS VOCABULARY A. Escolha a melhor tradução (alternativa a ou b ) para cada palavra abaixo: ⮚Pivot -   to change your opinions, statements, decisions, etc. so that they are different to what they were before: I.  He has pivoted to bring himself in line with the rest of the candidates. II.  It was harder for Bush to pivot to the positive when so much of his campaign revolved around taking down Kerry. a.  Alinhar-se a algo b.  Decisão ⮚Breakeven - the fact of a company or a product not making a profit or a loss: I. The business has grown from breakeven six years ago to seven-figure profits this year. a. Quebrar b. Ponto de equilíbrio ⮚ Steady-paycheck a.  Assalariado b.  Cheque especial ⮚Profitable - producing a profit / a profitable business/company I. They are now among the most profitable companies quoted on the New York Stock Exchange. II. This is a highly profitable business. a. Lucrativo b. Lucro ⮚Ebb and flow -   a frequent...