- •Unit 12 Performance
- •Match the words (1-10) with their definitions (a-j)
- •Match the words to make word combinations. Translate them into Russian.
- •Complete the sentences with the words from the Useful Language (the first letter is given)
- •Read the text and find out when these things happened
- •Passion into Profit.
- •Match the words with their definitions.
- •Find the words in the article with the opposite meaning to these words and phrases:
- •Find the English equivalents of the Russian words below in the text.
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Discussion points:
- •Present Perfect with for and since
Business Result Pre-Int
Unit 12 Performance
Useful Language
Word |
Definition |
Translation |
Transcription |
accident |
something bad which happens that is not expected or intended, and which often damages something or injures someone |
несчастный случай |
æk.sɪ.dənt |
(to) achieve a target |
to succeed in reaching a particular goal |
достигать цели |
ətʃiv ə tɑ.gɪt |
approximate |
not completely accurate but close |
приблизительный, примерный |
ə prɒk.sɪ.mət |
approximation |
an estimate of a number or an amount that is almost correct, but not exact |
приближённое значение; |
ə prɒk.sɪˈmeɪ.ʃən |
bench |
a long, usually hard, seat for two or more people, often found in public places |
скамья |
bent ʃ |
capacity |
the total amount that can be contained or produced |
производительность |
kə pæs.ə.ti |
(to) collapse |
to fall down suddenly because of pressure or having no strength or support |
разрушаться, обваливаться |
kə læps |
(to) decrease |
to become less |
уменьшаться, убывать, сокращаться |
dɪ kris |
(the) disabled |
not having one or more of the physical or mental abilities that most people have |
инвалиды |
dɪ seɪ.bl ̩d |
disappointing |
not as good, successful as you hoped |
неутешительный, разочаровывающий |
dɪs.ə pɔɪn.tɪŋ |
(to) discover |
to find information, a place or an object, especially for the first time |
обнаруживать |
dɪˈskʌv.ər |
diversity |
the quality of including a range of many people or things |
разнообразие; многообразие; |
da ɪˈvɜː.sɪ.ti |
diversity of workforce |
similarities and differences among employees in terms of age, cultural background, physical abilities and disabilities, race, religion, sex, and sexual orientation. |
разнородность рабочей силы |
da ɪ vɜ.sɪ.ti əv wɜk.fɔs |
downward/upward |
moving towards a lower/higherposition or value |
нисходящий/восходящий |
daʊn.wəd ʌp.wəd |
dramatically |
to a very great and surprising degree |
разительно, значительно, сильно |
drə mæt.ɪ.kli |
(to) drop |
to move to a lower level, or cause something to move to a lower level |
снижаться, уменьшаться |
drɒp |
due to |
attributable to or caused by |
благодаря; вследствие; в результате; из-за |
dju tu |
durable |
likely to last for a long time without breaking or getting weaker |
надёжный, прочный, стойкий, |
djʊə.rə.bl |
encouraging |
giving support, courage or hope |
обнадёживающий |
ɪn kʌr.ɪ.dʒɪŋ |
environmental performance |
how well a business performs in terms of carrying out its activities without harming the environment |
экологические показатели |
ɪn vaɪə .rən .men.təl pə fɔː.mənt s |
ethnic |
of a national or racial group of people |
этнический |
eθ.nɪk |
(to) evaluate |
to judge the quality, importance of something |
оценивать, давать оценку; |
ɪ væl.ju.eɪt |
excellent |
extremely good |
отличный, отменный, |
ek.səl.ənt |
factory |
a building or set of buildings where large amounts of goods are made using machines |
завод, фабрика, предприятие |
fæk.tər.i |
furniture |
things such as chairs, tables, beds, cupboards, etc. which are put into a house or other building to make it suitable and comfortable for living or working in |
мебель |
fɜ .nɪ.tʃər |
graph |
a picture which shows how two sets of information or variable amounts are related, usually by lines or curves |
график |
grɑːf |
in addition |
as well (as) |
в добавление, к тому же |
ə dɪʃ.ən |
in terms of |
used to describe which particular area of a subject you are discussing |
с точки зрения |
ɪn tɜmz əv |
(to)include |
to contain something as a part of something else, or to make something part of something else |
включать в себя, содержать в себе |
ɪn klud |
industrial |
in or related to industry, or having a lot of industry and factories, etc |
индустриальный, промышленный |
ɪn dʌs.tri.əl |
inflation |
a general, continuous increase in prices |
инфляция |
ɪn fleɪ.ʃən |
(to) injure |
to hurt or cause physical harm to a person or animal |
ранить |
ɪn.dʒər |
investor |
a person who puts money into something in order to make a profit |
вкладчик, инвестор |
ɪn ves.tər |
(to) label |
to fasten a label to |
прикреплять ярлык, этикетку (прям. и перенос.) |
leɪ.bəl |
(to) last |
to continue being good or suitable |
сохраняться |
lɑːst |
(to) lay off |
to stop employing someone, because there is no work for them to do |
временно уволить |
lei.ɒf |
local council |
the group of people elected to govern a particular area, town orcity, and organize services for it |
муниципальный совет |
ləʊ.kəl kaʊnt .səl |
(to) locate |
to be in a particular place |
располагать в определённом месте; |
ləʊ ˈkeɪt |
(to) look after |
to take care of or be in charge of someone or something |
заботиться |
lʊk ɑːf.tər |
low-cost |
cheap |
малозатратный, низкозатратный (имеющий невысокие издержки) |
ləʊ kɒst |
(to) manage costs |
to use money, time, etc. in a sensible way so that it does not cost too much to do something |
Управлять расходами |
mæn.ɪdʒ kɒsts |
market share |
the amount of sales of a product that a company has, compared with total sales of that product |
доля рынка |
mɑ.kɪt ʃeər |
(to) measure performance |
to evaluate the quality of organization’s activity, services |
оценивать производительность, результативность работы |
meʒ.ər pə fɔː.mənt s |
middle-class |
a social group that consists of well-educated people, such as doctors, lawyers, and teachers, who have good jobs and are neither very rich nor very poor |
средний класс |
mɪd.l klɑːs |
minority |
a smaller number or part |
меньшинство |
maɪ nɒr.ɪ.ti |
nowadays |
at the present time, in comparison to the past |
в наши дни; теперь; в наше время |
naʊ.ə.deɪz |
objective |
something which you plan to do or achieve |
цель |
əb dʒek.tɪv |
oil |
the black oil obtained from under the Earth's surface from which petrol comes |
нефть |
ɔɪl |
passenger car |
a road vehicle with an engine, four wheels, and seats for a small number of people |
легковой автомобиль |
pæs.ən.dʒər kɑːr |
(to) perform |
to work or function well or badly |
исполнять, выполнять |
pə fɔm |
performance |
how well a person, company, etc. does a piece of work or an activity |
результативность, производительность, эффективность |
pəfɔ .mənt s |
personality |
the type of person you are, which is shown by the way you behave, feel and think |
индивидуальность, личность |
pɜ.sə næl.ə.ti |
(to) pollute |
to make an area or substance, usually air, water or earth, dirty by adding harmful chemicals |
загрязнять |
pə lut |
poor |
not good, being of a very low quality |
плохой, недостаточный |
pɔr |
(to) preserve |
to keep something as it is, especially in order to prevent it from decaying or being damaged or destroyed |
сохранять, сберегать |
prɪ zɜv |
public |
all ordinary people |
публика; общественность |
pʌb.lɪk |
public area |
any area which is free and open to general public all the time |
площадь общественного пользования |
pʌb.lɪk eə.ri.ə |
(to) reduce |
to make something smaller in size, amount, degree, importance |
сокращать, уменьшать |
rɪ djus |
(to) remain stable |
to stay in the same condition, not likely to change |
оставаться стабильным |
rɪ meɪn steɪ.bl |
(to) replace |
to change something that is old, damaged, etc, for a similar thing that in newer or better |
заменять, замещать |
rɪˈpleɪs |
reputation |
the opinion that people have about what someone/something is like, base on what has happened in the past |
репутация |
rep.jʊˈteɪ.ʃən |
revenues |
the money that an organization receives from its business |
доходы |
rev.ən.juz |
(to) rise |
to increase |
возрастать |
raɪz |
safe |
not in danger or likely to be harmed |
безопасный |
seɪf |
safety record |
the facts about how an organization performs in relation to its products and activities being safe |
Показатели безопасности |
seɪf.ti rek.ɔd |
salary cost |
the amount of money needed to pay salaries to the employees |
затраты [расходы, издержки] на оплату труда (служащих) |
sæl.ər.i kɒsts |
sales result |
the number of products sold |
товарооборот, объемпродаж |
seɪlz rɪ zʌlt |
sales target |
a specified amount of sales that amanagement sets for achieving or exceeding within a specified timeframe |
план продаж [сбыта] |
seɪlz tɑː.gɪt |
satisfactory |
good or good enough for a particular need or purpose |
удовлетворительный; достаточный |
sæt.ɪs fæk.tər.i |
screw |
a thin pointed piece of metal which is used to join things together |
винт, шуруп |
skru |
senior management |
managers at the highest level of a company or organization, considered as a group |
высшее руководство |
si.ni.ər mæn.ɪdʒ.mənt |
share |
one of the equal parts into which the ownership of a company is divided and which can be bought by members of the public |
акция; доля |
ʃeər |
socially responsible |
doing things in a way that shows concern for society and people in general |
социально ответственный (соответствующие определенным социальным ценностям и моральным нормам,) |
səʊ.ʃəl.irɪ spɒnt .sɪ.bl |
stock market |
the business of buying and selling shares in companies and the place where this happens |
фондовая биржа |
Stɒk mɑː.kɪt |
survey |
an examination of opinions, behaviour, etc., made by asking people questions |
опрос, анкетирование |
sɜ.veɪ |
(to) treat |
to behave towards someone or deal with something in a particular way |
обращаться, вести себя (по отношению к кому-л. как-л.) |
trit |
trend |
a general development or change in a situation or in the way that people are behaving |
общее направление, тенденция |
trend |
unemployment |
the number of people who do not have a job which provides money |
безработица |
ʌn.ɪm plɔɪ.mənt |
vehicle |
machine usually with wheels and an engine, which is used for transporting people or goods |
транспортное средство |
vi.ɪ.kl ̩ |
wood |
a hard substance which forms the branches and trunks of trees and which can be used as a building material |
дерево (материал, древесина) |
wʊd |