- •Isbn 966-629-071-5
- •Contents
- •Business and entrepreneurship
- •Lesson 1
- •Which word?
- •A business vs. Business
- •What is Business?
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •When pleasure interferes with business, give up business. (from American)
- •Lesson 2
- •Which word?
- •Verbs frequently used with Business Conduct; do; transact; drum up; build up; establish; launch; set up in; manage; operate; run.
- •Which word?
- •Forms of Business Organization
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •“Mom and pop business” [`mOm ænd pOp `bıznəs] – амер. Дрібне приватне підприємництво; родинний бізнес, приватна крамничка;
- •Colloquial expression [kə`ləukwiəl ık`spre∫ən] – розмовний зворот (вираз);
- •Which word?
- •Which word?
- •Design, invent or engineer?
- •Which word?
- •Creative / artistic / innovative / original / imaginative / ingenious / inventive
- •Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurship
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- •Lesson 2
- •Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurship
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •Vocabulary building intrapreneur
- •Unit 3. Doing business internationally Lesson 1
- •Which word?
- •Adjective or noun?
- •B) Read aloud the following sentences paying attention to the words in italics.
- •Task 9. Think and answer.
- •Task 10. Practice reading the following words.
- •Task 11. Read the text.
- •International Business
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •Task 14. A) Translate the words in column a and their derivatives in columns b and c. Use your dictionary if necessary.
- •Lesson 2
- •Careers in International Business
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •Words easily confused
- •Affect / effect [ə`fekt] [ı`fekt]
- •Unit 4. Communication in business Lesson 1
- •Modern Means of Business Communication
- •Vocabulary and Cultural Notes:
- •The Internet
- •Vocabulary and Cultural Notes:
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- •How are computer words formed?
- •Lesson 2
- •Cross-cultural Barriers to Business Communication
- •1) Stereotypes
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- •2) Time
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- •3) Space
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- •4) Body language
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- •5) Etiquette
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- •6) Translation problems
- •Vocabulary and Cultural Notes:
- •Words easily confused
- •Module test 1.
- •Variant 1.
- •Variant 2.
- •Variant 3.
- •Econom-
- •Which word?
- •Economics vs. Economy
- •The economy depends about as much on economists as the weather does on weather forecasters.
- •Economics
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •“The economy depends about as much on economists as the weather does on weather forecasters.”
- •“Too many people spend money they haven’t earned, to buy things they don’t want, to impress people they don’t like.” (Will Smith)
- •Lesson 2
- •Which word?
- •Economic vs. Economical
- •Which word?
- •Economic goods vs. Economy goods
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •Which word?
- •Increase, growth or rise?
- •Economy
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •Lesson 1
- •Which word?
- •Trade / business / industry
- •Which word?
- •Supplier or distributor?
- •Task 12. A) Define the meaning of the word “трейдер” in Ukrainian. Let the following headlines from Ukrainian mass media be your clues.
- •What is Trade?
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •Lesson 2
- •Trade or Commerce?
- •Vocabulary and Cultural Notes:
- •Which word?
- •Verb or noun?
- •Vocabulary building bimonthly / biweekly biyearly etc.
- •Forms of Trade
- •Vocabulaty Notes:
- •Lesson 3
- •Which word?
- •Trade vs. Trades
- •International Trade
- •Vocabulary and Cultural Notes:
- •Lesson 4
- •Modern Patterns of International Trade
- •Vocabulary and Cultural Notes:
- •Module test 2.
- •Variant 1.
- •Variant 2.
- •Variant 3.
- •Product, market and marketing
- •Lesson 1
- •Which word?
- •Noun or verb?
- •A service that people can buy, especially a way of investing or saving money
- •Which word?
- •Brand / label / make
- •Vocabulary Notes:
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- •What is Product?
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- •Lesson 2
- •Which word?
- •Product Breadth vs. Product Depth
- •Three Levels of a Product
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •Understanding Information on Products
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •Lesson 3
- •-Ability
- •Market-
- •Which word?
- •Marketplace vs. Marketspace
- •Which word?
- •Market niche vs. Niche market
- •Adjectives frequently used with market
- •Narrow / short / thin / heavy / tight / weak / broad / close / distant
- •Which word?
- •Demand or market?
- •Market and Market Relations
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •Which word?
- •Lesson 1
- •Which word?
- •Desire vs. Need / desire vs. Wish / need vs. Urge
- •Which word?
- •Distribution / delivery / dispatch / logistics
- •What is Marketing?
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •Lesson 2
- •Careers in Marketing
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •Торговець, продавець
- •Extended Marketing Mix
- •Vocabulary notes:
- •Which word?
- •Customer / client / clientele / consumer / account
- •Lesson 3
- •Which word?
- •Advertising vs. Advertisement
- •Advertising
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •Which word?
- •Copyright vs. Copywriter
- •Advertising Today
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •Task 27. Translate into English.
- •Marketing vs. Advertising: What’s the Difference?
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- •Money and banking
- •Lesson 1
- •Which word?
- •Money vs. Moneys / monies
- •Which word?
- •What is Money?
- •Vocabulary notes:
- •Lesson 2
- •Vocabulary building Describing what happens to currencies
- •Money vs. Currency
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •Lesson 1
- •Vocabulary building When a company fails
- •Bank Staff
- •Vocabulary notes:
- •Lesson 2
- •What is a Bank?
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •Which word?
- •Credit vs. Loan
- •Which word?
- •Share vs. Stock
- •Task 10. Practice reading the following words.
- •Task 11. Read the text. What is Finance? (Part I)
- •Vocabulary notes:
- •Task 13. Agree or disagree with the following statements.
- •Task 15. Find in the text “What is Finance?” (Part I) (Task 11) the words opposite in meaning to the following:
- •Which word?
- •Income / earnings / revenue
- •What three basic things do companies do when they lack money to cover operating costs?
- •Lesson 2
- •Which word?
- •Fund vs finance
- •Task 3. Practice reading the following words.
- •Task 4. Read the text. What is Finance? (Part II)
- •Vocabulary notes:
- •Which word?
- •Task 15. Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate terms from the box.
- •Lesson 3
- •Accounting Connected with the period of twelve months over which a government or a company prepares a full set of financial records, or part of this period
- •Which word?
- •Fiscal vs. Financial
- •Year in Year out
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •Which word?
- •Fiscal Crises vs. Financial Crises
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •Lesson 1
- •Which word?
- •Account / bill / invoice / check / tab
- •Accounting Overview
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •Task 18. Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate terms from the box. Translate the passage.
- •Lesson 2
- •Accounting Overview
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •Task 4. Give number of the paragraph(s) in which they discuss …
- •Task 9. Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate terms from the box. Translate the passage.
- •Company. Human resources. Management
- •Lesson 1
- •Which word?
- •Company vs. Campaign
- •Which word?
- •Corporation vs. Company
- •Talking about Companies
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •Task 17. In the text “Talking about Companies” (Task 12) find the words which can be tranlsted as:
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- •Lesson 2
- •Vocabulary building Starting a business
- •Vocabulary and Cultural Notes:
- •Vocabulary building Subsidiaries and groups of companies
- •Some of the World’s Oldest Companies
- •Vocabulary and Cultural Notes:
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- •Lesson 3
- •Which word?
- •Organizational Structure
- •Vocabulary Notes:
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- •Lesson 4
- •Vocabulary building colleagues and rivals
- •Vocabulary building Staff
- •Human Resources
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •Which word?
- •Ensure vs. Insure
- •Vocabulary building Employing people
- •Vocabulary building Getting rid of employees
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •Lesson 1
- •-Ability
- •Vocabulary building Words for Bosses
- •Management and Managers
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •Which word?
- •Lesson 2
- •Levels and Patterns of Management
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •Lesson 3
- •Which word?
- •Authoritarian / authoritative / autocratic / bossy
- •Leadership Styles
- •Vocabulary and Cultural Notes:
- •Which word?
- •Eeffective vs. Efficient
- •Module test 6.
- •Variant 1. Task 1. Which word is being transcribed? Give the spelling of the words.
- •Task 4. What term is being defined?
- •An organization that a company forms for its employees to represent them when dealing with the managers;
- •Variant 3. Task 1. Which word is being transcribed? Give the spelling of the words.
- •Task 4. What term is being defined?
- •Afterword:
- •Glossary of terms
- •References:
- •Іт ресурси:
Vocabulary and Cultural Notes:
sonny [`sAni] – синок (фамільярне звернення до хлопчика чи юнака);
youngster [`jAŋkstə] / [`jAŋkstər] – хлопець, юнак, парубок;
sound and vision [`vıჳən] – звук і зображення;
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xerography [zıə`rOgrəfi] / [zə`rα:grəfi] – розмноження на ксероксі, ксерокопіювання;
to launch a product [lO:nt∫] – запускати виріб у виробництво;
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repulsive [rı`pAlsıv] – огидний, відразливий, мерзенний, гидотний;
barely human [`beəli] / [`berli] – простий смертний;
yahoo – огидна істота, тварюка; амер. селюк, мужлай;
interjection [ֽıntə`Gek∫ən] / [ֽıntər`Gek∫ən] – вигук, оклик;
to allude to [ə`lu:d] – згадувати; посилатися (на щось);
backronym [`bækronım] – надумана інтерпретація існуючого акроніма (скороченого імені; звукової абревіатури);
hierarchical [(ֽ)haıə`rα:kıkəl] / [(ֽ)haıə`rαr:kıkəl] – ієрархічний;
officious [ə`fı∫əs] – офіціозний; неофіційний; настирливий; нав’язливий;
oracle [`Orəkəl] – оракул; пророцтво; незаперечна істина.
b) What company is meant? Guess at the names of the following companies.
A film studio formed in 1935 through the merger of Fox Film, and Twentieth Century Pictures;
the company established at the end of the 19th century by commercial firm Samuel & Co (founded in 1830). Samuel & Co were already importing Japanese shells when they set up an oil company, so the oil company was named after their core business;
the company which name is deciphered as Advanced Micro Devices.
British Broadcasting Corporation, originally British Broadcasting Company;
the company named after its founder William E. Boeing. It was originally called Pacific Aero Products Co.;
the company named after its founder Shojiro Ishibashi. The surname Ishibashi (石橋) means “stone bridge”, or “bridge of stone”;
the company which name derived from the name of its founder, Kashio Tadao, who had set up the company Kashio Seisakujo as a subcontractor factory;
the company founded by Isaac Carasso from Barcelona who made his first yoghourts with the nickname of his first son Daniel (Dan-1 / DAN-ONE);
the company that was earlier known by the name Nippon Sangyo which means “Japan Industries”;
the company, which name represents the alternate spelling of rhebok (Pelea capreolus), an African antelope.
c) Match the company names in column A with their respective business areas in column B.
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Task 22. Think of the origin of some company names. What information do company names usually carry? Add to the list below.
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Task 23. Translate into English.
1. Компанія – це форма організації бізнесу. 2. Точне визначення поняття “компанія” варіюється. 3. Слово “компанія” бере свій початок з 1150 року нашої ери. 4. Використання терміну “компанія” у значенні бізнес-асоціація вперше зафіксовано в 1553 році. 5. Абревіатура К° Бере свій початок з 1769 року. 6. Загалом компанія може бути корпорацією, партнерством, асоціацією, спільним підприємством, трастом або фондом. 7. Компанію часто називають підприємством, особливо, коли підкреслюється її ризикований характер. 8. Велика компанія, якою володіє одна особа або сім’я, є бізнес-імперією. 9. Існують різноманітні типи компаній, які можуть утворюватися за різних юрисдикцій. 10. Власники компанії з обмеженою відповідальністю несуть відповідальність за сплату лише незначної суми боргів компанії. 11. Зареєстрована компанія – це найбільш типовий вид компаній. 12. Компанію можна зареєструвати як публічну компанію з обмеженою відповідальністю, або як зактите акціонерне товариство. 13. З юридичної точки зору, власниками акціонерних товариств є акціонери. 14. Приватні (закриті) акціонерні компанії не продають свої акції на відкритих торгах мають і часто вводять обмеження на передачу акцій іншим особам. 15. Співробітники компанії обіймають різні посади, що загалом створює організаційну структуру.
Task 24. Answer the questions.
What is a company? What is its precise definition?
The word company is traced from 1150 A.D., isn’t it?
When was the use of the term “company” in a sense of “business association” first recorded?
What year does the abbreviation co. date from?
What types of business entities can be referred to as a company?
Can a company be called an enterprise? What does it emphasize?
What is known as a business empire?
What are some types of company that can be formed in different jurisdictions?
What is the most common type of company?
How can a company be registered?
What are public companies? What must their names contain?
What restrictions are associated with private companies?
Owners of what type of companies are known as shareholders?
Which terms can be used to refer to the people who work for a company (all the people on its payroll)?
What makes organization structure?
Task 25. Say what you know about …
The origin of the word “company” and its range of meanings.
Various types of company that can be formed in different jurisdictions.
The history of some company names.
