Ingressa você ao mundo gobalizado.
sexta-feira, dezembro 03, 2010
SOCIAL LANGUAGE
Secretary: Good morning. Mr. Parker's office. Jully speaking.
Client: Good morning. This is Karyn Bravo, from SBT Brasil.
Secretary: Excuse me, please. Your name again?
Client: My name is Karyn Bravo.
Secretary: Could you please spell your last name?
Client: B-R-A-V-O
We say MR. to man, and MRS. to woman.
Client: Good morning. This is Karyn Bravo, from SBT Brasil.
Secretary: Excuse me, please. Your name again?
Client: My name is Karyn Bravo.
Secretary: Could you please spell your last name?
Client: B-R-A-V-O
We say MR. to man, and MRS. to woman.
quarta-feira, dezembro 01, 2010
sexta-feira, novembro 26, 2010
quinta-feira, novembro 25, 2010
quarta-feira, novembro 24, 2010
sábado, outubro 09, 2010
Basic - Adjectives
responsible for: responsável por. Ex.: I’m responsible for three departments in the company. responsible to: ser subordinado a (alguém superior). Ex.: She’s responsible to the personnel manager. scared of: com muito medo de. Ex.: I’m really scared of dogs. scared to (+ verb): com muito medo de. Ex.: Jeff was scared to talk in front of the group. suitable for: adequado para. Ex.: Do you think the apartment is suitable for a 5-person family? suitable to (+ verb): adequado para. Ex.: This dictionary is not suitable to use in class. terrified of: ter pavor de. Ex.: I’m terrified of dark places. terrified to (+ verb): ter pavor de. Ex.: They’re terrified to be in the dark. upset with (somebody): aborrecido com. Ex.: Are you still upset with Amanda? upset at/about/by (something): aborrecido com. Ex.: I was really upset about the test results. useful to: útil para. Ex.: This list may be useful to Brazilians. / That magazine is useful to learn about politics. useful for (+ gerund): útil para. Ex.: That magazine is useful for learning about politics. worried about: preocupado com. Ex.: I’m really worried about the exams.
sexta-feira, outubro 08, 2010
College Test Training
Leia o texto a seguir e responda às questões de 13 a 15.
You want fries with that, we predict
Technology anticipates fast-food customers' orders
PITTSBURGH -- Do you want fries with that? Never mind, we already know. A Pittsburgh startup, HyperActive Technologies Inc., is testing technology at area fast-food restaurants designed to give kitchen workers a good indication of what customers want before the hungry souls even get close enough to place an order.
The system, known as "HyperActive Bob," is in place in several restaurants around Pittsburgh in a primitive form: It tells employees when they are about to get busy, even how much food to put on the grill.
The system uses rooftop cameras that monitor traffic entering a restaurant's parking lot and drive-thru. Currently, the system is all about volume: If a minivan pulls in, there's apt to be more than one mouth to feed.
By this time next year, HyperActive Technologies expects to have in place software that keys on the type of vehicle entering the parking lot to determine whether the customers they bear are inclined to order, say, a burger over a chicken
sandwich.
As it is, the currently installed technology -- the predictive system is only running simulations for now -- has wowed some seasoned veterans.
"I've been a manager for 28 years," said Pat Currie, a manager at a McDonald's in Chippewa Township. "It's the most impressive thing I've ever seen."
Hyper ActiveBob is now at seven area McDonald's, a Burger King and a Taco Bell.
It was installed at Currie's restaurant two years ago. Since then, waste has been cut in half and wait times at the drive-thru have been reduced by 25 to 40 seconds per consumer, Currie said -- an eternity in the fast-food industry.
(Newsweek, September 7, 2004)
Questão 13
O texto trata de:
a) uma tecnologia capaz de prever o que os clientes
de um restaurante vão pedir antes de eles
fazerem seus pedidos.
b) uma tecnologia de controle do volume de vendas
estipulado para as franquias de alguns
restaurantes.
c) um sistema de segurança que usa tecnologia para
controlar o estacionamento de restaurantes.
d) um sistema de entrega de restaurantes do tipo
delivery muito dinâmico devido ao uso de alta
tecnologia.
e) um software de treinamento usado para tornar os
funcionários de restaurantes mais ativos e
eficientes.
Questão 14
De acordo com o texto, a instalação de "HyperActive
Bob" em um restaurante causou:
a) a redução à metade do tempo do serviço de
entrega do tipo delivery.
b) a redução do desperdício à metade.
c) a redução para 25 a 40 segundos do tempo de
espera para o atendimento às mesas.
d) a redução à metade da criminalidade no
estacionamento.
e) um aumento nas vendas de hambúrgueres e
sanduíches de frango.
Questão 15
Assinale a alternativa em que o trecho "to determine whether the customers they bear are inclined to order", no 4º parágrafo do texto, é reescrito de forma adequada e sem prejuízo de significado.
a) to determine when the customers they bear are inclined to order.
b) to determine which the customers they bear are inclined to order.
c) to determine what the customers they bear are inclined to order.
d) to determine if the customers they bear are inclined to order.
e) to determine how the customers they bear are inclined to order.
You want fries with that, we predict
Technology anticipates fast-food customers' orders
PITTSBURGH -- Do you want fries with that? Never mind, we already know. A Pittsburgh startup, HyperActive Technologies Inc., is testing technology at area fast-food restaurants designed to give kitchen workers a good indication of what customers want before the hungry souls even get close enough to place an order.
The system, known as "HyperActive Bob," is in place in several restaurants around Pittsburgh in a primitive form: It tells employees when they are about to get busy, even how much food to put on the grill.
The system uses rooftop cameras that monitor traffic entering a restaurant's parking lot and drive-thru. Currently, the system is all about volume: If a minivan pulls in, there's apt to be more than one mouth to feed.
By this time next year, HyperActive Technologies expects to have in place software that keys on the type of vehicle entering the parking lot to determine whether the customers they bear are inclined to order, say, a burger over a chicken
sandwich.
As it is, the currently installed technology -- the predictive system is only running simulations for now -- has wowed some seasoned veterans.
"I've been a manager for 28 years," said Pat Currie, a manager at a McDonald's in Chippewa Township. "It's the most impressive thing I've ever seen."
Hyper ActiveBob is now at seven area McDonald's, a Burger King and a Taco Bell.
It was installed at Currie's restaurant two years ago. Since then, waste has been cut in half and wait times at the drive-thru have been reduced by 25 to 40 seconds per consumer, Currie said -- an eternity in the fast-food industry.
(Newsweek, September 7, 2004)
Questão 13
O texto trata de:
a) uma tecnologia capaz de prever o que os clientes
de um restaurante vão pedir antes de eles
fazerem seus pedidos.
b) uma tecnologia de controle do volume de vendas
estipulado para as franquias de alguns
restaurantes.
c) um sistema de segurança que usa tecnologia para
controlar o estacionamento de restaurantes.
d) um sistema de entrega de restaurantes do tipo
delivery muito dinâmico devido ao uso de alta
tecnologia.
e) um software de treinamento usado para tornar os
funcionários de restaurantes mais ativos e
eficientes.
Questão 14
De acordo com o texto, a instalação de "HyperActive
Bob" em um restaurante causou:
a) a redução à metade do tempo do serviço de
entrega do tipo delivery.
b) a redução do desperdício à metade.
c) a redução para 25 a 40 segundos do tempo de
espera para o atendimento às mesas.
d) a redução à metade da criminalidade no
estacionamento.
e) um aumento nas vendas de hambúrgueres e
sanduíches de frango.
Questão 15
Assinale a alternativa em que o trecho "to determine whether the customers they bear are inclined to order", no 4º parágrafo do texto, é reescrito de forma adequada e sem prejuízo de significado.
a) to determine when the customers they bear are inclined to order.
b) to determine which the customers they bear are inclined to order.
c) to determine what the customers they bear are inclined to order.
d) to determine if the customers they bear are inclined to order.
e) to determine how the customers they bear are inclined to order.
WWE News - Notes
Nobel Peace Prize Given to Jailed Chinese Dissident
In awarding the prize to Liu Xiaobo, the Nobel Committee delivered a stinging rebuke of China’s growing intolerance for domestic dissent.
www.nytimes.com
Joke
Penguin
A man was walking along Hietzinger Hauptstrasse near Parkhotel
Schönbrunn when he found a penguin walking along the road.
So he picked it up and took it to the local police station.
He said to the policeman "I found this penguin on Hietzinger
Hauptstrasse, near Parkhotel Schönbrunn. What should I do with it?"
The policeman looked at the man and said "It's obvious what you should
do with it! Take the penguin to Schönbrunn Zoo.
The man said "Of course, I'll take it to the zoo" and he left the police
station with the penguin under his arm.
The next day the policeman was on duty in the city centre when he saw
the man walking along the street with the penguin by his side. The policeman stopped the man and said "I thought I told you to take the penguin to the zoo?"
The man replied "Yes, I took it to the zoo yesterday. Today I'm taking it to see the Opera House."
Exposing Yourself to the English
Two Balloons (present tense version)
Two balloons are floating across the desert.One balloon says to the other:
"Look out for the cactussssssssssss!"
Two Balloons (past tense version)
Two balloons were floating across the desert.
One balloon said to the other:
"Look out for the cactussssssssssss!"
quinta-feira, outubro 07, 2010
Present Perfect - List of the Verbs
A | ||
Infinitive | Simple Past | Past Participle |
arise | arose | arisen |
awake | awakened / awoke | awakened / awoken |
B | ||
backslide | backslid | backslidden / backslid |
be | was, were | been |
bear | bore | born / borne |
beat | beat | beaten / beat |
become | became | become |
begin | began | begun |
bend | bent | bent |
bet | bet / betted [?] | bet / betted [?] |
bid (farewell) | bid / bade | bidden |
bid (offer amount) | bid | bid |
bind | bound | bound |
bite | bit | bitten |
bleed | bled | bled |
blow | blew | blown |
break | broke | broken |
breed | bred | bred |
bring | brought | brought |
broadcast | broadcast / broadcasted | broadcast / broadcasted |
browbeat | browbeat | browbeaten / browbeat |
build | built | built |
burn | burned / burnt [?] | burned / burnt [?] |
burst | burst | burst |
bust | busted / bust | busted / bust |
buy | bought | bought |
C | ||
cast | cast | cast |
catch | caught | caught |
choose | chose | chosen |
cling | clung | clung |
clothe | clothed / clad [?] | clothed / clad [?] |
come | came | come |
cost | cost | cost |
creep | crept | crept |
crossbreed | crossbred | crossbred |
cut | cut | cut |
D | ||
daydream | daydreamed / daydreamt [?] | daydreamed / daydreamt [?] |
deal | dealt | dealt |
dig | dug | dug |
disprove | disproved | disproved / disproven |
dive (jump head-first) | dove / dived | dived |
dive (scuba diving) | dived / dove | dived |
do | did | done |
draw | drew | drawn |
dream | dreamed / dreamt [?] | dreamed / dreamt [?] |
drink | drank | drunk |
drive | drove | driven |
dwell | dwelt / dwelled [?] | dwelt / dwelled [?] |
E | ||
eat | ate | eaten |
F | ||
fall | fell | fallen |
feed | fed | fed |
feel | felt | felt |
fight | fought | fought |
find | found | found |
fit (tailor, change size) | fitted / fit [?] | fitted / fit [?] |
fit (be right size) | fit / fitted [?] | fit / fitted [?] |
flee | fled | fled |
fling | flung | flung |
fly | flew | flown |
forbid | forbade | forbidden |
forecast | forecast | forecast |
forego (also forgo) | forewent | foregone |
foresee | foresaw | foreseen |
foretell | foretold | foretold |
forget | forgot | forgotten / forgot [?] |
forgive | forgave | forgiven |
forsake | forsook | forsaken |
freeze | froze | frozen |
frostbite | frostbit | frostbitten |
G | ||
get | got | gotten / got [?] |
give | gave | given |
go | went | gone |
grind | ground | ground |
grow | grew | grown |
H | ||
hand-feed | hand-fed | hand-fed |
handwrite | handwrote | handwritten |
hang | hung | hung |
have | had | had |
hear | heard | heard |
hew | hewed | hewn / hewed |
hide | hid | hidden |
hit | hit | hit |
hold | held | held |
hurt | hurt | hurt |
I | ||
inbreed | inbred | inbred |
inlay | inlaid | inlaid |
input | input / inputted | input / inputted |
interbreed | interbred | interbred |
interweave | interwove / interweaved | interwoven / interweaved |
interwind | interwound | interwound |
J | ||
jerry-build | jerry-built | jerry-built |
K | ||
keep | kept | kept |
kneel | knelt / kneeled | knelt / kneeled |
knit | knitted / knit | knitted / knit |
know | knew | known |
L | ||
lay | laid | laid |
lead | led | led |
lean | leaned / leant [?] | leaned / leant [?] |
leap | leaped / leapt [?] | leaped / leapt [?] |
learn | learned / learnt [?] | learned / learnt [?] |
leave | left | left |
lend | lent | lent |
let | let | let |
lie | lay | lain |
lie (not tell truth) REGULAR | lied | lied |
light | lit / lighted | lit / lighted |
lip-read | lip-read | lip-read |
lose | lost | lost |
M | ||
make | made | made |
mean | meant | meant |
meet | met | met |
miscast | miscast | miscast |
misdeal | misdealt | misdealt |
misdo | misdid | misdone |
mishear | misheard | misheard |
mislay | mislaid | mislaid |
mislead | misled | misled |
mislearn | mislearned / mislearnt [?] | mislearned / mislearnt [?] |
misread | misread | misread |
misset | misset | misset |
misspeak | misspoke | misspoken |
misspell | misspelled / misspelt [?] | misspelled / misspelt [?] |
misspend | misspent | misspent |
mistake | mistook | mistaken |
misteach | mistaught | mistaught |
misunderstand | misunderstood | misunderstood |
miswrite | miswrote | miswritten |
mow | mowed | mowed / mown |
N | ||
No irregular verbs beginning with "N." | ||
O | ||
offset | offset | offset |
outbid | outbid | outbid |
outbreed | outbred | outbred |
outdo | outdid | outdone |
outdraw | outdrew | outdrawn |
outdrink | outdrank | outdrunk |
outdrive | outdrove | outdriven |
outfight | outfought | outfought |
outfly | outflew | outflown |
outgrow | outgrew | outgrown |
outleap | outleaped / outleapt [?] | outleaped / outleapt [?] |
outlie (not tell truth) REGULAR | outlied | outlied |
outride | outrode | outridden |
outrun | outran | outrun |
outsell | outsold | outsold |
outshine | outshined / outshone [?] | outshined / outshone [?] |
outshoot | outshot | outshot |
outsing | outsang | outsung |
outsit | outsat | outsat |
outsleep | outslept | outslept |
outsmell | outsmelled / outsmelt [?] | outsmelled / outsmelt [?] |
outspeak | outspoke | outspoken |
outspeed | outsped | outsped |
outspend | outspent | outspent |
outswear | outswore | outsworn |
outswim | outswam | outswum |
outthink | outthought | outthought |
outthrow | outthrew | outthrown |
outwrite | outwrote | outwritten |
overbid | overbid | overbid |
overbreed | overbred | overbred |
overbuild | overbuilt | overbuilt |
overbuy | overbought | overbought |
overcome | overcame | overcome |
overdo | overdid | overdone |
overdraw | overdrew | overdrawn |
overdrink | overdrank | overdrunk |
overeat | overate | overeaten |
overfeed | overfed | overfed |
overhang | overhung | overhung |
overhear | overheard | overheard |
overlay | overlaid | overlaid |
overpay | overpaid | overpaid |
override | overrode | overridden |
overrun | overran | overrun |
oversee | oversaw | overseen |
oversell | oversold | oversold |
oversew | oversewed | oversewn / oversewed |
overshoot | overshot | overshot |
oversleep | overslept | overslept |
overspeak | overspoke | overspoken |
overspend | overspent | overspent |
overspill | overspilled / overspilt [?] | overspilled / overspilt [?] |
overtake | overtook | overtaken |
overthink | overthought | overthought |
overthrow | overthrew | overthrown |
overwind | overwound | overwound |
overwrite | overwrote | overwritten |
P | ||
partake | partook | partaken |
pay | paid | paid |
plead | pleaded / pled | pleaded / pled |
prebuild | prebuilt | prebuilt |
predo | predid | predone |
premake | premade | premade |
prepay | prepaid | prepaid |
presell | presold | presold |
preset | preset | preset |
preshrink | preshrank | preshrunk |
proofread | proofread | proofread |
prove | proved | proven / proved |
put | put | put |
Q | ||
quick-freeze | quick-froze | quick-frozen |
quit | quit / quitted [?] | quit / quitted [?] |
R | ||
read | read (sounds like "red") | read (sounds like "red") |
reawake | reawoke | reawaken |
rebid | rebid | rebid |
rebind | rebound | rebound |
rebroadcast | rebroadcast / rebroadcasted | rebroadcast / rebroadcasted |
rebuild | rebuilt | rebuilt |
recast | recast | recast |
recut | recut | recut |
redeal | redealt | redealt |
redo | redid | redone |
redraw | redrew | redrawn |
refit (replace parts) | refit / refitted [?] | refit / refitted [?] |
refit (retailor) | refitted / refit [?] | refitted / refit [?] |
regrind | reground | reground |
regrow | regrew | regrown |
rehang | rehung | rehung |
rehear | reheard | reheard |
reknit | reknitted / reknit | reknitted / reknit |
relay (for example tiles) | relaid | relaid |
relay (pass along) REGULAR | relayed | relayed |
relearn | relearned / relearnt [?] | relearned / relearnt [?] |
relight | relit / relighted | relit / relighted |
remake | remade | remade |
repay | repaid | repaid |
reread | reread | reread |
rerun | reran | rerun |
resell | resold | resold |
resend | resent | resent |
reset | reset | reset |
resew | resewed | resewn / resewed |
retake | retook | retaken |
reteach | retaught | retaught |
retear | retore | retorn |
retell | retold | retold |
rethink | rethought | rethought |
retread | retread | retread |
retrofit | retrofitted / retrofit [?] | retrofitted / retrofit [?] |
rewake | rewoke / rewaked | rewaken / rewaked |
rewear | rewore | reworn |
reweave | rewove / reweaved | rewoven / reweaved |
rewed | rewed / rewedded | rewed / rewedded |
rewet | rewet / rewetted [?] | rewet / rewetted [?] |
rewin | rewon | rewon |
rewind | rewound | rewound |
rewrite | rewrote | rewritten |
rid | rid | rid |
ride | rode | ridden |
ring | rang | rung |
rise | rose | risen |
roughcast | roughcast | roughcast |
run | ran | run |
S | ||
sand-cast | sand-cast | sand-cast |
saw | sawed | sawed / sawn |
say | said | said |
see | saw | seen |
seek | sought | sought |
sell | sold | sold |
send | sent | sent |
set | set | set |
sew | sewed | sewn / sewed |
shake | shook | shaken |
shave | shaved | shaved / shaven |
shear | sheared | sheared / shorn |
shed | shed | shed |
shine | shined / shone [?] | shined / shone [?] |
shit | shit / shat / shitted | shit/ shat / shitted |
shoot | shot | shot |
show | showed | shown / showed |
shrink | shrank / shrunk | shrunk |
shut | shut | shut |
sight-read | sight-read | sight-read |
sing | sang | sung |
sink | sank / sunk | sunk |
sit | sat | sat |
slay (kill) | slew / slayed | slain / slayed |
slay (amuse) REGULAR | slayed | slayed |
sleep | slept | slept |
slide | slid | slid |
sling | slung | slung |
slink | slinked / slunk | slinked / slunk |
slit | slit | slit |
smell | smelled / smelt [?] | smelled / smelt [?] |
sneak | sneaked / snuck | sneaked / snuck |
sow | sowed | sown / sowed |
speak | spoke | spoken |
speed | sped / speeded | sped / speeded |
spell | spelled / spelt [?] | spelled / spelt [?] |
spend | spent | spent |
spill | spilled / spilt [?] | spilled / spilt [?] |
spin | spun | spun |
spit | spit / spat | spit / spat |
split | split | split |
spoil | spoiled / spoilt [?] | spoiled / spoilt [?] |
spoon-feed | spoon-fed | spoon-fed |
spread | spread | spread |
spring | sprang / sprung | sprung |
stand | stood | stood |
steal | stole | stolen |
stick | stuck | stuck |
sting | stung | stung |
stink | stunk / stank | stunk |
strew | strewed | strewn / strewed |
stride | strode | stridden |
strike (delete) | struck | stricken |
strike (hit) | struck | struck / stricken |
string | strung | strung |
strive | strove / strived | striven / strived |
sublet | sublet | sublet |
sunburn | sunburned / sunburnt [?] | sunburned / sunburnt [?] |
swear | swore | sworn |
sweat | sweat / sweated | sweat / sweated |
sweep | swept | swept |
swell | swelled | swollen / swelled |
swim | swam | swum |
swing | swung | swung |
T | ||
take | took | taken |
teach | taught | taught |
tear | tore | torn |
telecast | telecast | telecast |
tell | told | told |
test-drive | test-drove | test-driven |
test-fly | test-flew | test-flown |
think | thought | thought |
throw | threw | thrown |
thrust | thrust | thrust |
tread | trod | trodden / trod |
typecast | typecast | typecast |
typeset | typeset | typeset |
typewrite | typewrote | typewritten |
U | ||
unbend | unbent | unbent |
unbind | unbound | unbound |
unclothe | unclothed / unclad [?] | unclothed / unclad [?] |
underbid | underbid | underbid |
undercut | undercut | undercut |
underfeed | underfed | underfed |
undergo | underwent | undergone |
underlie | underlay | underlain |
undersell | undersold | undersold |
underspend | underspent | underspent |
understand | understood | understood |
undertake | undertook | undertaken |
underwrite | underwrote | underwritten |
undo | undid | undone |
unfreeze | unfroze | unfrozen |
unhang | unhung | unhung |
unhide | unhid | unhidden |
unknit | unknitted / unknit | unknitted / unknit |
unlearn | unlearned / unlearnt [?] | unlearned / unlearnt [?] |
unsew | unsewed | unsewn / unsewed |
unsling | unslung | unslung |
unspin | unspun | unspun |
unstick | unstuck | unstuck |
unstring | unstrung | unstrung |
unweave | unwove / unweaved | unwoven / unweaved |
unwind | unwound | unwound |
uphold | upheld | upheld |
upset | upset | upset |
V | ||
No commonly used irregular verbs beginning with "V." To view our extended dictionary including rare and antiquated forms, Click Here. | ||
W | ||
wake | woke / waked | woken / waked |
waylay | waylaid | waylaid |
wear | wore | worn |
weave | wove / weaved | woven / weaved |
wed | wed / wedded | wed / wedded |
weep | wept | wept |
wet | wet / wetted [?] | wet / wetted [?] |
whet REGULAR | whetted | whetted |
win | won | won |
wind | wound | wound |
withdraw | withdrew | withdrawn |
withhold | withheld | withheld |
withstand | withstood | withstood |
wring | wrung | wrung |
write | wrote | written |
X | ||
No irregular verbs beginning with "X." | ||
Y | ||
No irregular verbs beginning with "Y." | ||
Z | ||
No irregular verbs beginning with "Z." |
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