Company Departments Отделы компании

Active vocabulary

Nouns

1. purchasе – закупка, закупать

2. distribution – доставка

3. recruiting – набор рабочих

4. invoice – счет

5. payment – оплата

6. launch – запуск

7. task – задание

8. background – предыстория, происхождение

9. consumer – потребитель

10. customer – заказчик

11. shift – смена

12. questionairе – анкета, вопросник

13. survey – обзор

14. assembly line – сборочная линия

15. item – предмет, пункт

16. range – ассортимент, набор

Verbs

17. to maintain – поддерживать

18. to persuade – убеждать, уговаривать

19. to set out – выставить, изложить

20. to check – проверить

21. to improve – улучшать

22. to supervise – наблюдать

23. to sack – увольнять

24. to devise – изобретать

25. to liaise with – поддерживать связь

Adjectives

26. scientific – научный

Exercise 81

Match the departments on the left with the correct definition on the right:

1. sales A. is responsible for manufacturing goods

2. purchasing B. recruiting new staff

3. planning C. deals with invoices and payments

4. research and

development D. handles advertising and new product launches

5. quality control E. buys in products and services

6. production F. tries to develop new products

7. personnel G. makes sure that standards are maintained

8. finance H. persuades people to buy the company’s products

9. distribution I. sets out a strategy for the company’s future

10. marketing J. transports goods to different places

Exercise 82

Use the spaces below to write a short description of your department:

I work in the ……………………………….department/section. There are …………………people working in this department. Our main tasks are …………………………………………. and …………………………………… We also ……………………………………………… I deal with …………………………..

Exercise 83

In the extracts below some managers of ABEX, a Lagos–based manufacturing company, are describing their departments. Use the words below to complete the gaps in the extracts and write the names of the departments in the spaces provided.

background biggest responsible check

recruiting standarts scientific improving

supervise consumers technical shifts

maintain sacking launching questionairies

1. Robert Ngara

In my department we’re ……………………. for making sure that ………………. know about our products. We also deal with ………………….. new products. We use ………………………… and surveys to find out what products people want to buy.

Robert is head of ………………………. department.

2. Hassan Abdelkader

Our department is the …………………….. in the company. In fact there are over 250 of us altogether, and most of the people work in a system of three …………………… . Our work never really stops, unless there are ……………. problems. One of my main jobs is to ……………………….. part of the assembly line.

Hassan is a superviser in the ……………………. department.

3. Tessa Mkrana

We work very closely with Hassan’s department although there are fewer of us. One of our most important tasks is to ……………………….. items on the assembly line to make sure there are no problems. We have to …………………….very high …………………… in the factory. I also liaise with our principal customers to make sure there are no problems.

Tessa is head of the ………………………. department.

4. Hafiz Ahmed

Mine is the smallest department in the company. In fact there are only five of us and we all come from a ………………………… or engineering ……………. . Basically what we do is to devise new products or to look at ways of ………………….. the products we make at the moment. It’s a very exciting job.

Hafiz works in the …………………….. department.

5. Tamara Oku

I work on the “human” side of the business. My department is involved in ……………………….. new staff, training them, and dealing with a whole range of problems, including personal problems. I suppose that’s why some people refer to our activities as “human resources”. And the part of my job I don’t like? Well, it’s me who’s in charge of …………………….. people if their work is not up to standard. Tamara works in the …………………….. department.

Lesson 8 Урок 8

Office Кабинет

Active vocabulary

Nouns

1. notice board – доска объявлений

2. desk – рабочий стол

3. telephone – телефон

4. chair – стул

5. typewriter – печатная машинка

6. wastepaper bin – корзинка для мусора

7. graph – график

8. filing cabinet – шкаф для файлов

9. table – стол

10. photocopier – копировальный аппарат

11. in–tray – лоток

12. calculator – калькулятор

13. letter – письмо

14. book – книга

15. drawer – ящик стола

16. shelf – полка

17. pot plant – цветок в горшке

18. coffee pot – кофейник

19. word processor – процессор, компьютер

20. picture – картинка

21. furniture – мебель

22. equipment – оборудование

23. bottom – дно, нижний

24. new – новый

25. former – бывший

Verbs

25. to show – показывать

26. to share – делить

27. to have/have got – иметь

Pronouns

28.this/these – это, эти

29. that/those – то, те

30. who – кто

31. how many – сколько

Exercise 84  (We Mean Business p 9)

Anne Bell is Sheila Baker’s new secretary. This is her first day at BOS. Joy Bradley is Sheila’s former secretary. Joy is showing Anne the office. Listen to the tape, read and translate.

J.B.: Well this is the office. And this is Simon Young. Simon and I share the office. Simon, this is Anne.

S.Y.: Hello, Anne. Nice to meet you. Welcome to BOS.

A.B.: Thank you.

J.B.: This is your desk and this is your word processor.

This is your filing cabinet....... and that’s Simon’s filing cabinet.

Those are your shelves. The sales files are on the bottom shelf.

Exercise 85

Read and answer the questions.

1. Who shares the office with Joy?

2. How many filing cabinets has Anne got?

3. Where is the word processor?

4. Where are the sales files?