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Dois exercícios preparados com trecho do livro de Jack Welch
As mudanças sempre existiram, mas a tecnologia tem acelerado esse ritmo, impactando a vida pessoal e profissional de todos.

 

Abaixo preparei dois exercícios para explorar verbos no gerúndio e no passado e particípio passado, a partir do trecho extraído do início do capítulo Mountains do move (Montanhas realmente se movem) do livro Winning (Vencer), escrito por Jack Welch em 2005 e que ainda se mantém atual e relevante.

1. Complete o texto, um extrato adaptado do livro Winning de Jack Welch, o lendário CEO da GE, com os verbos no quadro abaixo:

– seeing – ending – asking – devoted – received – texting – going – controlled – managing – selling – closing – chalked up – changed – moving – noticed – wringing – attributing – exciting – entrenched rewarding – e-mailing hyperventilating
Mountains do move

 

I’m sure you’ve __________ the hand ___________ and ______________ about change out there. For more than a decade, there has been a whole industry ___________ to the topic, all of it _____________ pretty much the same line: change or die. Change is an absolutely critical part of business. You do need to change, preferably before you to.

 

What you’ve heard about resistance to change is also true. People hate it when their bosses announce a “transformation initiative”. They run back to their cubicles and frantically start ______________ or ______________ one another with reasons it’s _________ to ruin everything.

 

Frankly, most people hate it when they find out their favorite coffee shop is ________. The Times of London ________ to a tabloid format, and the editor told me he __________ a letter ________ him how it felt to be the person responsible for _____________ Western civilization.

 

People love familiarity and patterns. They cling to them. The phenomenon is so _________ it can only be ______________ up to human nature.

 

But ____________ a behavior to human nature doesn’t mean you have to be __________ by it. Yes, ___________ change can sometimes feel like _______ a mountain. But managing change can also be incredibly _______ and ________, particularly when you start __________results.


During my years at GE, we were in a pretty constant state of change. Most companies today are. You have to be if you want to stay in the game, let alone win.


2. Relacione as palavras do texto acima com suas definições:

1. Wringing
2.Hyperventilating 
3. Entrenched
4. Chalked up
5. Cling
6. Pretty 
7. Let alone
(    ) very / very much
(    ) much less
(   ) to hold fast or adhere to something, as by grasping, sticking, embracing
(    ) To breathe abnormally fast or deeply.
(    )  to place in a position of strength; establish firmly or solidly.
(   ) to twist, squeeze, or compress, especially so as to extract liquid.

(    ) to earn or to score
 

 

É claro que, além disso, é fundamental trabalhar conversação em inglês, refletindo e discutindo o tema através de perguntas de compreensão do texto e opiniões, trazendo para a realidade atual.

 

Bom estudo e reflexão! 


Respostas na sequência do encaixe correto no texto
– Primeiro exercício 
1. Noticed 
2. Wringing
3. Hyperventilating
4. Devoted
5. Selling
6. E-mailing
7. Texting
8. Going
9. Closing
10. Changed
11. Received
12. Asking
13. Ending
14. Entrenched
15. Chalked up
16. Attributing
17. Controlled
18. Managing
19. Moving
20. Exciting
21. Rewarding
22. Seeing

– Segundo exercício
1. Wringing = to twist, squeeze, or compress, especially so as to extract liquid.
2. Hyperventilating  = to breathe abnormally fast or deeply
3. Entrenched = to place in a position of strength; establish firmly or solidly.
4. Chalked up = to earn or to score  
5. Cling = to hold fast or adhere to something, as by grasping, sticking, embracing  
6. Pretty = very / very much  
7. Let alone = much less  

Escrito por Lígia Crispino. Publicado em 13/07 na coluna semanal da Exame.com. Editado por Lígia Crispino para o blog da Companhia de Idiomas.

Lígia Velozo Crispino, fundadora e sócia-diretora da Companhia de Idiomas e do ProfCerto. Graduada em Letras e Tradução pela Unibero. Curso de Business English em Boston pela ELC. Coautora do Guia Corporativo Política de Treinamento para RHs e autora do livro de poemas Fora da Linha. Colunista dos portais RH.com, Vagas Profissões e Revista da Cultura. Organizadora do Sarau Conversar na Livraria Cultura.

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