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Semana 5 - Assessment Pergunta 1 2 em 2 pontos Leia o seguinte trecho sobre os verbos modais na língua inglesa: “First, they can be used when we want to say how sure we are that something happened / is happening / will happen. We often call these 'modals of deduction' or 'speculation' or 'certainty' or 'probability'. [...] We use 'can' and 'could' to talk about a skill or ability. [...] We can use verbs such as 'can', 'could' and 'may' to ask for and give permission. We also use modal verbs to say something is not allowed.” Fonte: https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/modal-verbs.html Assinale a alternativa que apresenta um exemplo de pedido de permissão. RESPOSTA: CAN I LEAVE EARLY TODAY PLEASE? Pergunta 2 2 em 2 pontos Leia o trecho a seguir sobre comunicação intercultural: "No matter where you are in the world, communication is important. But communicating across cultures can be pretty hard. And I don't just mean that there's a language barrier, although that can be an issue. No, I mean that cultures actually have some very different ways of communicating. Some cultures are informal, some cultures use a whole series of ritual greetings before having a conversation, and some cultures consider it rude to show up to a meeting on time. But what do all these cultures have in common? Well, for one, you can offend each of them if you don't understand their communication practices. And we want to avoid that. So what do we do? Well, to put it simply, we learn to communicate!” Fonte: https://study.com/academy/lesson/intercultural-communication-definition-model-strategies.html Assinale a alternativa correta com relação às palavras sublinhadas. RESPOSTA: “SO” APRESENTA CONSEQUÊNCIA Pergunta 3 2 em 2 pontos Você ouve o seguinte trecho em um filme e fica curioso(a) sobre a expressão “winds me up”. “Nothing's finished around here and the decorator promised to be done last week. That is so frustrating. Really winds me up when people promise to deliver and then fail. Why false advertise?” (Movie: #Horror) No dicionário, você encontra as seguintes definições e exemplos: wind [sb] up, wind up [sb] vtr phrasal sep UK, figurative, slang (tease [sb]) Don't listen to Eric; he's winding you up. wind [sth] up, wind up [sth] vtr phrasal sep informal, figurative (end) It's time for lunch - I wish they'd wind up this boring meeting! wind up vi phrasal informal (become) (informal) If we don't stop and ask for directions, we're going to wind up completely lost! wind [sb] up, wind up [sb] vtr phrasal sep UK, figurative, slang (annoy [sb]) Don't do that; you know it winds me up! Fonte: https://www.wordreference.com/ Assinale a alternativa correta quanto ao sentido de “wind up” no trecho. RESPOSTA: IRRITADO PORQUE AS PESSOAS NÃO CUMPREM O QUE PROMETEM Pergunta 4 2 em 2 pontos Leia o seguinte trecho sobre uma estratégia para compreensão auditiva: “Make guesses about what you may learn as you listen. Guessing helps your brain focus on the assignment. It doesn’t matter if your guesses are right or wrong. For instance, if the topic is a space mission to Mars, you might guess, “I bet it takes six months to get to Mars and it’s probably really cold. I don’t think people can survive on Mars.” Fonte: http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/tesolc/issues/2014-06-01/3.html De acordo com o texto: RESPOSTA: PREVER O QUE VOCÊ IRÁ OUVIR AUXILIA NA COMPREENSÃO AUDITIVA, NÃO IMPORTA SUAS PREVISÕES SÃO CERTAS Pergunta 5 2 em 2 pontos Leia o texto sobre estratégias para ser um bom comunicador. “Flip the script and know that if you ask a thoughtful question during a Q&A, others will likely resonate with and/or appreciate it. One or two may approach you throughout the conference and connect because of it. Making yourself more visible within a large crowd can be a useful strategy.” Fonte: https://www.forbes.com/sites/darrahbrustein/2018/04/01/15-ways-to-start-a-conversation-at-a-conference-without-feeling-weird/?sh=4391359f3b39 Assinale a alternativa correta quanto ao uso dos verbos modais sublinhados: RESPOSTA: MAY É USADO PARA MOSTRAR POSSIBILIDADE