Applying for a job (2)

Como você se apresenta a um provável empregador? Que coisas positivas pode dizer sobre si mesmo?

Nesta aula de nosso curso online de inglês, você aprenderá mais sobre como se candidatar a uma vaga de emprego e o que dizer em uma entrevista.

As palavras e expressões abaixo são usadas para descrever atributos pessoais. Você pode consultá-las no Word Bank, se necessário.

• polite
• happy
• hard-working
• try to understand …
• good with people
• get on with …

1 . Agora leia o trecho abaixo do formulário de emprego que Thomas Wood
preencheu e responda a estas perguntas:

a) Why does Thomas think the job could be useful for him? It could help him to prepare for studying ……………… at ……………….

b) What personal skills does he have?

c) What does he like about Freshco Supermarkets?

Tell us why you want to join Freshco Supermarkets and why you think you are suitable for this type of work.

I am interested in working for Freshco because I want to have some experience of working in a large supermarket chain. I plan to go to university to study business next year, so this job could help me to prepare for it.

I think I am good with people and I like to help customers. I know that I can work hard and get on with the other staff. I also know that Freshco is a great place to work and the staff are happy.

2 . Ouça mais da entrevista de Thomas Wood e complete a próxima parte
do formulário.

What do you do when

a) a customer is rude to you?

I think it’s important to be ………………. and not to get angry. I listen to them and try to understand what the ………………. is. Then I try to put it right. If I can’t then I ask somebody such as the ………………. .

b) it’s time to go home and you still have work to finish?

I tell the manager that I ………………. to finish the job and how ………………. it takes. Then, if he says it’s OK I stay and do it.

Determinantes

Artigos indefinidos: a, an

A (ou an antes de palavras iniciadas pelas vogais a, e, i, o, u) é usado com substantivo ou locução substantiva que designa alguma coisa que não é específica ou que não foi mencionada anteriormente.

• We live in an old house.
• They haven’t got a car.

Também é usado para indicar um emprego, classe ou categoria.

• He’s a sales assistant.
• My car’s a Honda.

A e an não são usados com substantivos no plural.

• He’s got blue eyes.

Artigo definido: the

The é usado com um substantivo que designa alguma coisa / alguém conhecido ou específico.

• The tall man in the photo is my father.
• He’s the director of our company.

The pode ser usado com substantivos no plural.

• I like the parks in London.
• The roads are very busy at five o’clock.

Atenção a expressões cristalizadas, como estas:

• I hate going to the dentist / the doctor.
• Let’s go to the cinema / the theatre.
• She’s at school / university.
• My mother is ill. She’s in hospital.

3 . Complete as frases a seguir com a, an ou the.

a) She’s ………………. doctor and her sister works in ………………. office.

b) I got ………………. letter and ………………. invitation today. ………………. letter is from my son and ………………. invitation is to ………………. Director’s dinner.

c) We live in ………………. centre of town, but it’s ………………. great place to meet people and make friends.

d) I haven’t got ………………. TV, but I have got ………………. computer and I like talking on ………………. internet.

e) If you’ve got ………………. problem, you can tell ………………. manager about it. He’s very good with people.

20 minutes+

Escreva suas próprias respostas para as perguntas abaixo.

What do you do when a customer is rude to you?

What do you do when it’s time to go home and you still have work to finish?

Word Bank

angry (adjetivo) = zangado

chain store = loja que faz parte de um grupo de lojas similares da mesma empresa

get on with (verbo) = ter uma boa relação com

happy (adjetivo) = feliz

hard-working (adjetivo) = aplicado, zeloso

manager (substantivo) = gerente

polite (adjetivo) = cortês

problem (substantivo) = problema

supermarket chain = cadeia de supermercados com o mesmo nome e que pertencem à mesma empresa

try (verbo) = tentar

understand (verbo) = compreender

Respostas:

Exercício 1

a) business, university

b) good with people, likes to help (customers), can work hard and get on with other staff

c) It’s a great place to work and the staff are happy.

Exercício 2

a) polite; problem; manager;

b) want; long.

Exercício 3

a) a, an

b) a, an, The, the, the

c) the, a

d) a, a, the

e) a, the

20 minutes+

Model answers:

a) I try not to get angry. / I try to understand the problem.

b) I tell the manager. / I stay and finish the work.