quarta-feira, 30 de novembro de 2011

QUIZ = TENTH QUESTION

Here you are guys ... the last question!

10. When and where was the end-of-the-year party last year?

GOOD LUCK!

Bye!

terça-feira, 29 de novembro de 2011

QUIZ - NINTH QUESTION

Hey there!

Answer another one!!

9. CCBEU is recognized by an international institution. Which one is it?

See you tomorrow.

domingo, 27 de novembro de 2011

QUIZ - SEVENTH QUESTION

Morning everyone!

Another question ...

7. How many languages can you study at CCBEU? Which ones?

Wonderful Sunday.

sábado, 26 de novembro de 2011

sexta-feira, 25 de novembro de 2011

QUIZ - FIFTH QUESTION

Hey everyone!!!
Another question:

5. Who is the President of CCBEU today?
a. Stela Maris Carneiro
b. Olimpio Moritz
c. Jorge Carlos Tavares

Bye for now.

quinta-feira, 24 de novembro de 2011

QUIZ - FOURTH QUESTION

Hey guys!
Here you have another question.

4. Who was the first President of CCBEU?
a. Roberto Leyeudecker
b. Dr. Lourival Saade
c. Ingo Gruel

Bye for now.

quarta-feira, 23 de novembro de 2011

QUIZ - THIRD QUESTION

Hey everyone!!
Here you have the third question.

3. Who is the owner of CCBEU?

See you tomorrow.

segunda-feira, 21 de novembro de 2011

QUIZ - FIRST QUESTION

Hey everyone!!!
Here you have the first question. That´s not difficult!

When was CCBEU founded?
a. February 24, 1965
b. February 25, 1964
c. April 22, 1965

See you tomorrow.

Regras do Quiz.

Caro Aluno!
Este ano, para participar do tradicional sorteio da bolsa de estudos, realizado todos os anos na festa de encerramento do ano letivo do CCBEU, você deverá responder um quiz.
As perguntas do quiz serão postadas uma a uma, diariamente no Blog do CCBEU a partir do dia 21/11/2011 até 30/11/2011, totalizando 10 perguntas.
Todas as perguntas deverão ser respondidas no formulário timbrado entregue em sala de aula. As respostas podem estar em Inglês ou Português. Cada aluno só terá direito a receber um formulário.
Este formulário deverá ser depositado na caixa azul localizada no corredor da escola até o dia 07/12/2011, até às 21:00h. Não esqueça de preencher corretamente todas as respostas, colocar seu nome, telefone e e-mail para possível contato.
A Bolsa compreende 80% do valor do curso (valor atual), R$ 1.020,00 – 80% = R$ 204,00 ou 6 parcelas de R$ 34,00. Não tem efeito acumulativo e não poderá ser estendida ao próximo semestre.
O desconto só é válido para o Curso Regular, não pode ser utilizado para o Curso Intensivo ou material.
A Bolsa só é válida para o ano semestre 2012/1 e respectivo curso.
A Bolsa é intransferível. Somente o aluno sorteado e que preencher todos os pré-requisitos poderá fazer uso da mesma.
Funcionários, filhos ou parentes de funcionários poderão participar do quiz, mas não poderão fazer uso da bolsa.
O sorteio será realizado no dia 13/12/2011 na Pizzaria Catedral da Pizza, localizada na Rua Coronel Feddersen, 20, durante a festa de encerramento.
Para ter direito à bolsa:
- o formulário deverá estar preenchido corretamente e com letra legível;
- todas as 10 respostas deverão estar corretas;
- o aluno deverá estar presente no momento do sorteio;
- deverá ser aluno regularmente matriculado para o ano semestre 2012/1;
- as mensalidades deverão estar em dia;
- estar matriculado em turma com dois ou mais alunos;
- nenhum formulário será aceito após o dia 07/12/2011.

segunda-feira, 7 de novembro de 2011

GET BUSY!

Todos conhecem a palavra “business”, mas talvez nem todos saibam de seus vários significados, e de como é adotada por muitas línguas do mundo. Mas, por que se escreve com U e se pronuncia I? A resposta se cruza com as transformações do tempo ...

I popped in to see Pedro at the laundrette this morning. He was busy, busy, busy. Too busy to stop for a chat. That´s business, I guess. I phoned him later, but the line was busy.
“What a busy little word “busy” is!” I thought. Business originally meant simply being busy. As companies and industry became more commercial, it took on its current meaning: a profession, a firm, buying and selling goods and services.
English isn´t the first language to equate business with being busy. The Romans hated laziness. The Latin word for business means denying leisure: nego + otium = negotium.
Not only was Pedro busy, so was his phone. When a call can´t connect because the other person is using their phone, Americans say “the line is busy,” while Brits say “it´s engaged.”

CRAZY VOWELS
Pedro knows a lot about words. When you learn a foreign language, you sometimes understand its peculiarities better than native speakers. For example, if busy is spelt with a “u”, why does it rhyme with “dizzy” and not with “ Susy”? I asked Mr. Venn in the piano shop. “Easy,” he said, “because of the Great Vowel Shift.”
Our spelling and pronunciation comes from centuries of different influences on English. English began as a Germanic language: Anglo-Saxon. Viking invasions introduced Scandinavian accents, especially in the north and east. Then the Normans invaded speaking French. Vowels especially mutated – but the spelling often stayed the same.

THE PRINTED WORD
Then printing arrived. As books spread, English sometimes used the spelling from one place and the pronunciation from another. For “busy”, we used a western spelling, but the London pronunciation. The same combinations of letters were used to represent very different vowel sounds: mouse and soup; hear, bear and heart.
Mr. Venn also pointed out how many phrases and idioms “busy” and “business” are used in: “To do business means to carry out trade or commercial deals. If somebody means business, then their intentions are serious. In the acting world, stage business means action that is not part of the dialogue, such as lighting a cigarette”.

ANIMALS
“You can be busy as a bee,” or “busy as a beaver”. You can tell someone to get busy. Mr. Venn smiled, “but if a dog ‘does his business’ on the floor, it means defecating.”
Your own business means things that concern only you. When someone invades your privacy, we call them a busybody and say , “Mind your own business.”
The word businessman, however, is such a useful concept that it has entered other languages directly, such as Russian, for example. Perhaps this popularity comes from the memorable image of the English businessman: catching the morning train, with his hat, umbrella, briefcase and newspaper.

FONTE: Speak Up número 289 - Setembro 2011