Seabra Idiomas - English for executives and adult students

Suffix "-LY" in english  Sufixo "LY" em inglês Sufijo "LY" en inglés Image credit: freepik.com Caso você não se lembre, um advérbio é uma palavra invariável que modifica um verbo, um adjetivo, outro advérbio ou todo um período; podem indicar lugar, tempo, modo, quantidade, afirmação, negação, dúvida e outras nuances. No sufixo "-LY" , por exemplo, formamos advérbios em inglês, assim como no caso do PORTUGUÊS com o sufixo "-MENTE" .   ----- Por si no lo recuerdas, un adverbio es una palabra  invariable que modifica a un verbo, a un adjetivo, a otro adverbio o a todo un período; pueden indicar lugar, tiempo, modo, cantidad, afirmación, negación, duda y otros matices.   En el sufijo "-LY" , por ejemplo, formamos adverbios en inglés, como en el caso del   ESPAÑOL  con el sufijo "-MENTE" . Exemplos:               PORTUGUÊS                          ...

Giving bad news Dando más notícias Dando malas noticias IMAGE CREDIT: FREEPIK.COM 👉 👉 READ THE ARTICLES BELOW WITH YOUR TEACHER AND IMPROVE YOUR VOCABULARY AND PRONUNCIATION.  👉 LEIA O ARTIGO ABAIXO COM SEU PROFESSOR E MELHORE SEU VOCABULÁRIO E PRONÚNCIA. 👉 LEE EL ARTÍCULO A CONTINUACIÓN CON TU PROFESOR Y MEJORA TU VOCABULARIO Y PRONUNCIACIÓN. 🔗  HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW - How to Deliver Bad News to Your Employees 🔗  A GOOD HEALTH CARE INSURANCE 🔗  HOW TO COMMUNICATE COST CUTTING -------- -------- 👉 👉 REWRITE THESE SENTENCES . 👉 REESCREVA ESSAS FRASES.  👉 REESCRIBE ESTAS ORACIONES. Things To Remember When Communicating Cost Measures To Employees: Eg.:  ➤   What/ experts / the / say - What the experts say. 1.   conversation / Prepare / the / for _________________________ 2.   Be / mixed / direct / messages / avoid / and  _________________________ 3.   made / how the / was / Explain / decision  ________________________...

Credit: freepik.com 👉  👉   DISCUSS THESE QUESTIONS WITH YOUR TEACHER 👉 DISCUTA AS PERGUNTAS COM SEU PROFESSOR 👉 DISCUTA LAS PREGUNTAS CON TU PROFESOR ⮚  What do you value more, your privacy or your safety? Why?  ⮚  Do you think we have less privacy nowadays than we had in the past? What about safety? ⮚  What are some privacy issues you have? ⮚ Do you think  that websites like Google, Facebook, Tik Tok, LinkedIn and others are taken away too much of our privacy? ⮚  Do you think everybody have the right to privacy? How about convicted criminals? ⮚  What is the major threat to privacy? ⮚  How transparent is your government? ⮚  Where do you like to go when you want to be alone? ⮚  Surveillance cameras in public spaces: are they a good idea?  ⮚  What are the  pros and cons  of surveillance cameras? 👉  👉   READ THE ARTICLE BELOW WITH YOUR TEACHER AND IMPROVE YOUR VOCABULARY AND PRONUNCIATION....

HIGHER INTEREST RATE Credit: freepik.com 👉   Before reading - Check the new vocabulary below and match the words (1-25) to a - y (in Portuguese or Spanish).  👉   Antes de ler - Verifique o novo vocabulário abaixo e combine as palavras (1-25) em inglês com a - y (em português ou espanhol). 👉   Antes de leer - Verifique el nuevo vocabulario a continuación y haga coincidir las palabras (1-25) con a - y (en portugués o español). 👉   Click on the link below, read the article and improve your vocabulary. 👉   Clique no link abaixo, leia o artigo e melhore seu vocabulário. 👉   Haz clic en el enlace abajo, lea el artículo y mejore su vocabulario. 🔗  How to take advantage of rising interest rates                                                                Source: CNN BUSINESS Credit: freepi...

👉 WHAT DO THE VERBS IN BLUE IN THE ARTICLE MEAN IN YOUR LANGUAGE. Why rudeness is so toxic — and how to stop it Rudeness perpetuates rudeness. And the act of being rude or being the recipient of rude behavior can impede productivity, emotions and overall health. Rudeness is a stressor and it affects our health and wellbeing because it's emotionally upsetting. No one likes being cut off , bumped into or the recipient of a terse email. Yet it happens all the time — both to us and if you think hard enough, you can probably think of something you did or said not too long ago that someone else may have seen as not so nice. Therein lies the problem, explains Michael P. Leiter, PhD, Professor of Organizational Psychology at Deakin University in Geelong, Australia. Rudeness happens when someone behaves in a way that doesn’t align with the way someone else might think is appropriate or civil, he says. “You can’t really assume that the people you’re encountering share your core values abo...

Before the pandemic, many corporate leaders believed that allowing their employees to work from home would hurt productivity. But, in many cases, the pandemic proved otherwise. 👉 CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW, READ THE ARTICLE AND LISTEN TO THE NEWS, THEN ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOWS IT.   🔗 LINK CNN NEWS :  Will we ever return to workplace? 📹  VIDEO   🔗 LINK :  Will we ever return to workplace? 📹  VIDEO 1. What does Reed Hasting, Co-CEO Netflix, think about return to workplace?    2. What did Elon Musk told his workers?  3. What's the unemployent rate in the USA?  4. Are there any trends by industry in terms of who is going back to work and who isn't? 5. Which industry is more likely to allow their workers to work from home forever?  6.  What kind of perks are employers offering to try to lure back the work force?  7.  According to Lananh Nguyen, w hat explains the hesitancy by workers to comeback to workplace? ...

JOB INTERVIEW  POST-LISTENING QUESTIONS 1. What are the four simple things you must include within your job interview introduction? 2. How many minutes before an interview must a candidate arrive?  3. How can you demonstrate good manners during an interview? A. NOW, IMAGINE YOU'RE IN AN INTERVIEW RIGHT NOW. ANSWER TO THESE QUESTIONS. 1.   Tell me something about yourself. 2.   How did you hear about this position? 3.   Why do you want to work here? 4.   Why did you decide to apply for this position? 5.   What is your greatest strength? 6.   What are your strengths and weaknesses? 7.   What do you know about this company/organization? 8.  Why should we hire you? 9.   What is your greatest accomplishment? 10 . What are your salary requirements? 11. Do you have any questions for us? 12. What are you looking for in a new position? 13 . Are you considering other positions in other companies? 14. What is your professional achievemen...