Formador[a] Jeffrey Immelt is Chairman and CEO of General Electric Co. GE is a 128-year-old

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1 Recurso Didáctico Formador[a] Inês Carreira UFCD / UC Língua Inglesa Iniciação Data Contextualização / Objectivos Apresentar-se a si próprio e aos outros Orientação Pedagógica A. Read this article. Then complete the chart below. Jeffrey Immelt is Chairman and CEO of General Electric Co. GE is a 128-year-old company in Connecticut, USA. It operates in more than 100 countries and employs more than 320,000 people worldwide. Immelt is 51 and is a very rich man. He is married and his wife s name is Andrea. They have one daughter. Her name is Sarah, she is 20 years old. My wife and my daughter are great, Immelt says. It s a pity we re not together more often. He is away on business more than 50% of his time, and he tries to meet customers about a week a month. Life is never boring, he says. No two days are the same. He usually gets up at 5.30 in the morning and works out for about an hour. Exercise is important, but my real hobby is golf, he says. I m not great at golf, but I enjoy it. And I like to read, especially when I m on the move. He likes biographies, business books and fiction, and reads about 50 books a year. He also likes 1970s rock music. Page 1

2 GLOSSARY: countries (singular: country): países tries: tenta employs: emprega meet: encontrar more than: mais de customers: clientes worldwide: em todo o mundo about: cerca de married: casado week: semana wife: esposa month: mês daughter: filha boring: aborrecido pity: pena same: o mesmo together: juntos gets up: levantar-se more often: mais frequentemente works out: faz exercício away on business: fora em trabalho enjoy: gostar time: tempo on the move: em viagem Jeffrey Immelt Age Family Job Hobbies Interests B. Decide whether these statements are True or False. 1. Jeffrey Immelt is President of General Electric. 2. General Electric is a global company. 3. Immelt is married with two children. 4. All days are different for Immelt. 5. He is away more than half of the time. 6. He is not very good at golf. 7. Immelt is not very interested in exercise. 8. All his books are about business. Page 2

3 C. Work in pairs. Write five questions about Jeffrey Immelt and General Electric. Example: Is Immelt rich? Where is GE? Answer the questions. D. Complete the information about Ingrid with short forms of the verb To BE. My name Ingrid. I a graphic designer. I German and I from Munich. I married with two children. They both in high school. Their school near my office. My husband an engineer. We interested in travel and the cinema. My sister an accountant. Listen and check your answers. ( MARKET LEADER ELEMENTARY 9) E. Complete this chart about yourself Then introduce yourself to a partner. 1. Name 4. Nationality 2. Job 5. Interests 3. City 6. Favourite sports F. Now write a paragraph about your partner. Use the text of Exercise D as a model. G. Complete these sentences with negative forms of TO BE. 1. I m Russian, but from Moscow. 2. They re Japanese, but from Tokyo. 3. He s German, but from Munich. 4. I m in sales, but the manager. 5. You re in Poland, but in Warsaw. 6. Her name is Sophia, but Italian. Page 3

4 H. Match the questions and answers about Sergio. 1. Are you Spanish? 2. Are you a Sales Manager? 3. Are you married? 4. Is your wife a manager? 5. Is she Italian? a. No, I m a Financial Analyst. b. No, she s Polish. c. No, I m Italian. d. No, she s a lawyer. e. Yes, I am. That s a picture of my wife. CARDINAL NUMBERS 1 one 11 eleven 21 twenty-one 31 thirty-one 2 two 12 twelve 22 twenty-two 40 forty 3 three 13 thirteen 23 twenty-three 50 fifty 4 four 14 fourteen 24 twenty-four 60 sixty 5 five 15 fifteen 25 twenty-five 70 seventy 6 six 16 sixteen 26 twenty-six 80 eighty 7 seven 17 seventeen 27 twenty-seven 90 ninety 8 eight 18 eighteen 28 twenty-eight 100 a/one hundred 9 nine 19 nineteen 29 twenty-nine 1,000 a/one thousand 10 ten 20 twenty 30 thirty 1,000,000 a/one million ASKING AND ANSWERING ABOUT AGE AND BIRTHDAY A. Read the following. A: How old are you? A: When is your birthday? B: I am 30 years old. B: My birthday is on 5 th November. B. Read about Paola and answer the questions. Paola Trevi is a student from Rome. She is twenty-two years old. Her birthday is on the 16 th May. She isn t married. Her address is 12A, Minster Gardens, York, YO1 2AS, England. 1. Who is she? Page 4

5 2. What s her surname? 3. What s her first name? 4. How old is she? 5. When is her birthday? 6. Is she married? 7. Is she single? 8. What s her address? Page 5