Vocabulary Exercises

I. Give synonyms to the following words and explain the difference in their usage and meaning:

To resign

To dismiss

Redundancy

Salary

Employment

Promotion

II. Fill in the gaps.

1. Most EC governments simply leave the jobless to rot on the _____.

2. A _______ who sent out 8,700 applications may have finally found work. Steve Horvath used to spend five hours a day sending off applications all round the world. But yesterday his luck changed when company boss Peter Hawkins offered him an interview after hearing about his 10-month ______.

3. Wall Street still employs 220,000 New Yorkers despite 50,000 __________ since 1987.The job-hunter with a carefully chosen fluent language could find this an additional advantage which may just tip the balance in his favour.

4. British Nuclear Fuels yesterday announced it was ________ 750 jobs at its head office and main design centre.

5. Another major American company has announced massive ______ and other cost-cutting measures. Allied Signal Incorporated said today that it would cut 5,000 jobs.

6. The motoring ____ is only one of the special privileges that can provide an MP with a total pay and ________ worth more than £100,000 this year. Now the MP's are demanding more.

7. I've worked in an accounts office, so I know I don't want a boring ______ job.

8. Employers should encourage programs that give parents time with their children, programs such as parental leave, _____, shared jobs or work at home.

9. It took Julie an hour to ______ home and she would come back tired and frustrated.

10. One of the major difficulties for ________ has been the psy chological effect of moving from a sociable to an unsociable environment.

11. The fact is they haven't been _____ or ______. They are still employees.

12. Thousands of federal employees in the United States face the prospect of being ____ because of the budget crisis.

13. The core of this agreement is one of looking at ways to _____ GM's workforce in a very turbulent period.

14. Lockheed Missiles' management says it has to reduce its ______ by 2,000 positions by the end of the year.

15. Congress is ready to approve extended ____________ for the long-term unemployed.

16. Another 29,100 people have joined the ______, stretching it to 2,753,400.

III. Translate from Russian into English.

1. Многим женщинам, работающим за небольшую оплату, часто на двух и более местах с неполным рабочим днем, совершенно естественно не нравятся те, кто ждут, что государство обеспечит их всем вместо того, чтобы самим заняться делом.

2. Менеджеры местных правлений не имеют никаких дополнительных льгот: машины, медицинской страховки, премий и т.д.

3. Согласно мнению некоторых экспертов, возмо­жное общее количество безработных может вырасти до 4 миллионов из 9 миллионов работников.

4. Ее несправедливо обвинили в краже денег, а затем уволили.

5. Многие компании города увольняют своих служа­щих по сокращению штатов, и, как представляется, ситуация не улучшится.

6. Лишь в Бельгии выплачивают пособие по безра­ботице без ограничений.

7. В строительной промышленности людей увольня­ют тысячами.

8. Современных подростков не привлекает перспек­тива добираться до работы на пригородном транспорте, они предпочитают уехать на работу за границу, по край­ней мере на какое-то время.