Archive for 'Negócios'
Podcast #16 – Business: Accounting terms Posted by Adir on Nov 30, 2009
Download audio Today we’re going to learn some vocabulary related to accounting. The first term is balance sheet (balanço, balancete). A balance sheet states a company’s assets (ativos, patrimônio) and liabilities (débito, passivo). That is, what a company has (assets) and what it owes (liabilities). Assets are what a company has that can be turned…
Business Phrasal Verbs Posted by Adir on Nov 29, 2009
Há alguns phrasal verbs que tem três partes, o verbo principal e dois complementos (preposições ou advérbios). Vamos aprender alguns relacionados ao mundo dos negócios. cash in on – tirar proveito de uma situação, desonestamente A lot of people are cashing in on Michael Jackson’s death. come in for – receber, geralmente blame (culpa), criticism…
Collocations with Money – Part II Posted by Adir on Nov 27, 2009
Continuamos com a segunda parte das collocations com a palavra money. borrow money – pegar dinheiro emprestado bring in money – ganhar dinheiro coin money, coin it in – ganhar muito dinheiro count money – contar dinheiro deposit money – depositar dinheiro draw out money – sacar dinheiro earn money – ganhar dinheiro fritter away…
Podcast #11 – Business : Sales, ups and downs Posted by Adir on Nov 23, 2009
Download audio Our first business podcast is about sales. In any business line, there are ups and downs in sales and today you’re going to learn and review some very useful expressions. Let’s start when sales are growing. We can use expressions like these: Sales are … booming / … on the rise. / ……
The Business Trip Part II: Reservando um voo Posted by Adir on Nov 13, 2009
Vamos aprender e revisar algumas expressões úteis quando vamos reservar um voo. Is this Air France? I’d like to book a flight from New York to Paris leaving on September 22nd. Would you tell me what flights are available? I’d like a direct flight. I’d like an evening flight. I’d like a smoking seat. I’d…
Collocations with ‘money’ – Part I Posted by Adir on Nov 7, 2009
Collocations são aquelas combinações de duas ou três palavras que são usadas em expressões fixas e quase sempre da mesma forma. Saber collocations nos ajuda e falar com mais fluência e dizer a coisa certa da maneira certa. Vejamos algumas collocations com a palavra “money’. bonus / extra money – dinheiro extra bribe money –…
The Business Trip – Part I Posted by Adir on Oct 22, 2009
Vamos começar uma série de artigos sobre a viagem de negócios. Nesses artigos você aprenderá como fazer reservas de hotel, perguntar sobre o transporte, entrar e sair de aeroportos, etc. Comecemos pelas reservas de hotel. Veja algumas expressões usadas ao se fazer uma reserva: Can you tell me what the standard room rates are? Do…