ANALYSIS

After reading the document, classify the following elements as important or not :

Vancouver, North America, video-games grads, in the fall of, another morality tale, the end of civilization,Mortal Kombat, problem-solvers, from 18 to 24, Gabriella Nobrega

Very important

Not very important

   
   
   
   
   

 

The title of the document is :

 

In this title, there is an idea of : (choose one)

concession

contrast

consequence

will

indifference

cause

As usual, the title is followed by a subtitle to ...

 

because ...

 

Give a title to each paragraph :

Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 5

 

In the first paragraph, there is an idea of : (choose one)

concession

purpose

desire

consequence

contrast between past and present

cause

 

This idea can also be expressed as follows :

 

Line 14 : "a market that is desperately short of good programmers and offers high-paying rewards"

Find the same idea at the end of the document :

 

Line 54 : "We will, just like every other potential employer, be looking at the students."

In this sentence, the word like is :

a noun

an adjective

a verb

an adverb

a preposition

nothing

 

Consequently, the translation is :

 

Line 56 : "and it may, in fact, turn out that we do hire some."

In this sentence, may expresses a notion of :

hypothesis

permission

ability

need

 

Consequently the translation is :

 

"turn out" : choose one of the translations proposed by the dictionary :

prendre la faction (guard)

aller au rassemblement (troops)

sortir (d'une route)

s'avérer : it turned out that ...

éteindre (light)

fermer (gas)

"hire" : choose one of the translations proposed by the dictionary :

location

louer

paye

embauche

embaucher

louage

The word "some" is

a noun

a pronoun

an adjective

a verb

a preposition

nothing

 

As such, it refers to :

the students

the employers

the industry

we

In the passage "we do hire some", the auxiliary do is :

a negative form

an interrogative form

not necessary and can be forgotten

a form of insistance

 

Consequently, the translation can be :

 

Line : "With the industry's demand for good programmers intensifying,"

This sentence means that :

the industry is intensifying

the demand is intensifying

the (good) quality is intensifying

the programmers are intensifying.