- •Direct And Indirect Speech …………………………………… 48
- •3. Few explanations to the text
- •8. Examine thoroughly the table below and make the plural form of the following words. Can you see where the trick is?
- •8.1. Mind different ways of English words plurality formation
- •Word order / questions
- •Self-Study
- •13. Cumulative review exercises (Essential grammar appendix p.P. 219 – 221, 223-225)
- •13.1. Nouns. Revise all the material concerning nouns.
- •1. Phonetic drill.
- •3. Speak about the differences in the vocabulary of each of the girls.
- •6. Mind also the differences between American and British English words spelling and pronunciation. Spelling. Pronunciation.
- •7. Word formation (Different ways to construct the words or new notions)
- •11. Translate from Russian into English
- •12. Form Participle II of the following verbs and translate them
- •13. Translate the following word combinations
- •14. Translate into English
- •15. State the function of participle I. Translate the sentences
- •Self-Study
- •16. Translate from English into Russian in a written form
- •1. Phonetic drill.
- •3. Few explanations to the text
- •Continuous tenses in active voice
- •15.2. What subjects, to your mind, will help you to become a good practitioner? Self-Study
- •16. Translate the sentences
- •17. Read the supplementary text on pages 56-57. Can you tell anything more about other people’s traditions?
- •1. Phonetic drill.
- •1.1. Read the words paying attention to the pronunciation of the italisized
- •1.2. Read the words paying attention to different pronunciation of letter a
- •2. Read the text a few components of customer value today
- •3. Few explanations to the text
- •8. Translate the following sentences into Russian
- •9. Speaking practice. Discuss the topic “My Native Town (City)” with your partner using such words as
- •Self-Study
- •10. Translate the following sentences into Russian
- •11. Home reading. Read the supplementary text on pages 58-60 and answer the questions
- •Supplementary task for advanced groups
- •18. Think of a business you would like to have as your own. Tell a few
- •19. Do you agree with the definitions of some key notions in your profession
- •Part II _________________________________________________________Lesson 5
- •1. Read the text
- •A few words about operating a business
- •2. Few explanations to the text
- •3. Key vocabulary / words and expressions
- •4. General understanding. Answer the questions to the text
- •5. Test your own attention.
- •5.1 Find English equivalents in the text
- •5.2 Find in the text synonyms for the following words and phrases
- •6. Give Russian equivalents to the following international words without using a dictionary. Be attentive when reading the transcription
- •7. Find in the text the sentences with the words given above and translate them into Russian
- •8. Translate the sentence. What meaning is expressed by the word right?
- •9. Word formation (Different ways to construct words)
- •9.2 Suffixes
- •13. Use the verbs in brackets in Past Perfect or past indefinite
- •14. Translate the following sentences and state the tense-form of the predicate
- •15.Translate the following sentences
- •16. Translate the following sentences and explain the use of tenses
- •Self-Study
- •17. Cumulative review exercises (Essential Grammar Appendix p.P.)
- •1. Read the text the reasons for developing a business plan
- •2. Few explanations to the text
- •3. Key vocabulary / words and expressions
- •4. Pick international words out of the text. Give their corresponding Russian meanings without a dictionary. Start compiling your own glossary of international words
- •5. Test your own attention. Find English equivalents in the text
- •6. Find in the text synonyms for the following words
- •7. Prepositional phrasal verbs
- •8. Word formation (Different ways to construct the words or new notions)
- •Essential grammar (Essential Grammar Appendix p.P. )
- •12. Replace the modal verbs with their equivalents and translate the
- •13. Speaking practice.
- •13.1 Discuss the topic with your partner using the vocabulary of the
- •13.2 Discuss the topic “my country” with your partner using such
- •13.3 What should be done, to your mind, to make the economical situation
- •In our country much better? Self-Study
- •14. Translate the following sentences into Russian
- •14. Home reading
- •1. Read the text a roadmap to success
- •2. Explanations to the text
- •3. Key vocabulary / expressions
- •4. Give Russian equivalents to the following words without using a dictionary. Be attentive when reading the transcription
- •5. Put the correct stress on the following words (Essential Phonetics Appendix p.P. 202-203)
- •6. General Understanding. Answer the questions to the text
- •7. Test your own attention. Find English equivalents in the text
- •8. Prepositional phrasal verbs
- •13.1. Read the sentences. Can you tell where these places are situated?
- •13.2. A foreign country. Watch video. Tell about the uk.
- •Self-Study
- •13. Translate the sentences
- •14. Compile as many words as you can with the letters of the word consideration
- •1. Read the text the main factors to secuRing business success
- •2. Explanations to the text
- •3. Key vocabulary / words and expressions
- •4. Find, read and translate the sentences with the new words and word combinations
- •5. Have you read the text attentively? Give equivalent English phrases to the following Russian ones
- •6. General understanding. Answer the questions to the text
- •7. Word formation (Different ways to construct the words or new notions)
- •7.1 Arrange the following words in pairs of synonyms
- •7.2 Translate the following groups of words
- •8. Prepositional phrasal verbs
- •9. Choose and use
- •9.1 Insert the necessary verb
- •Essential grammar
- •10. Translate the following sentences
- •Direct and indirect speech
- •11. Change direct speech into indirect
- •12. Change indirect speech into direct
- •Self-Study
- •13. Translate the sentences
- •18. Some additional information from the practitioners.
- •18.1 Read and translate the extract
- •18.2 Analyze the function of –ing forms
- •18.3 Retell the text using indirect speech
- •19. Home reading
- •20. Business crossword. Revise your professional vocabulary down
- •Supplementary texts
- •A freshman’s experience
- •October, 25 th
- •November, 15th
- •How not to Behave Badly Abroad
- •What Do You Expect From the Business
- •The role of knowledge in business
- •Is there a Chamber of Commerce in your city?
- •Home Office: pros and cons
- •Some more factors to securing business success
- •Industry health
- •Capable management
- •Financial control
- •Consistent business focus
- •Anticipating change
- •Developing a company style
16. Translate the sentences
1. It goes without saying.
2. One can’t be healthy without giving up bad habits.
3. The Catholic Church also had a hand in the creation of public relations.
4. They insisted on our attending every lecture on accounting.
5. They are leaving for Germany next month.
6. What were they singing when we entered the room?
7. We’re putting extra staff on the job to make sure it gets finished.
8. Think globally – act locally.
9. Your purpose is to have a fully functioning, successful business.
10. There exist some specific factors that contribute most to securing business
success.
11. Meeting customer or community needs is the basis of all businesses.
12. E-mail is a new and convenient practical way of running a business.
13. Deborah is coming to New-York in a week.
14. No one goes to work in the morning intending to fail.
15. By raising the level of value that customers expect leading companies are
driving the market, aren’t they?
17. Read the supplementary text on pages 56-57. Can you tell anything more about other people’s traditions?
_______________________________________________________LESSON 4
1. Phonetic drill.
1.1. Read the words paying attention to the pronunciation of the italisized
letters
[з:] purpose virtual certain work
urgent mirth alternate worse
burden birch term worship
turn sir perhaps worth
surface fir-tree external world
churn firm Sherlock worm
1.2. Read the words paying attention to different pronunciation of letter a
[ o:] although almost equality always mall overall
[ :] vastly forecast pass half psalm staff bath rather
[ æ] asset asphalt aspen aspect asterisk
2. Read the text a few components of customer value today
1. Let’s start talking about business and the driving force of it – the customers. They are you and me and, generally speaking, everybody in the world. We must think of that, and it doesn’t matter whether you are working for a company or firm, or just having a business of your own.
2. Customers today want more of the things they value. If they value low cost, they want it lower. If they value convenience or speed when they buy, they want it easier and faster. If they need expert advice, they want companies to give them more depth, more time, and more of a feeling that they are the only customer.
3. Whatever customers want today, they want more of it. Many companies in their markets have increased the value offered to customers *by improving products, cutting prices, or enhancing service1. By raising the the level of value that customers expect from everyone, leading companies are driving the market, *and driving competitors downhill2.
4. Today’s market leaders understand the battle in which they are engaged. They know they have to redefine value by raising customer expectations in the one component of value they choose to highlight, and they have honed it to a level of excellence that puts all competitors to shame. Some, for instance, establish new affordability levels for familiar products; others reinvent the concept of reliability.
5. Price is one of these components. The tight lid on pricing demands that firms get a grip on costs. In many markets the only established way to improve value to customers is to cut prices.
6. Time is another of value. Customers now penalize suppliers that infringe on their time, whether through delays, mistakes, or inconveniences. Round-the-clock availability is setting the pace. Today companies bring service to the customer, not the other way around.
7. Premium service is one more component of value. Not long ago only special customers felt entitled to special treatment. But today the extraordinary is becoming ordinary. What was once premium service – speedy, flawless, and responsive – is commonplace. Customers now expect their suppliers to go beyond the expected. Truly premium services are being redefined.
8. Quality is yet another component. Now it’s a given in all products. High quality is the cost of admission to the market. The ability to generate high-quality, low-cost products that the market has ever seen before is the lynchpin of corporate growth.
9. What is needed nowadays for the businesses in response to the new competition is focus and discipline that will help to define an unmatched value proposition, build an operating model, and sustain it through constant transformation of a company’s concept and improvement of its products or services.