- •Corporate culture the business: intermediate
- •About Business – Work culture and placements - 1.1
- •Vocabulary – Work organization and responsibility - 1.2
- •Speaking – Meetings – one-to-one - 1.4
- •Writing – a placement report - 1.5
- •Case Study – Counselling - 1.6
- •Customer support
- •2.1 About Business – Call centres - 2.1
- •2.2 Vocabulary – Customer service and telephoning - 2.2
- •2.4 Speaking – Dealing with problems by telephone - 2.4
- •2.5 Writing – Formal and informal correspondence - 2.5
- •2.6 Case Study – Cybertartan Software - 2.6
- •3. Products and packaging
- •3.1 About Business – Packaging - 3.1
- •3.2 Vocabulary – Specifications and features - 3.2
- •3.4 Speaking – Presentations – structure - 3.4
- •3.5 Writing – a product description - 3.5
- •3.6 Case Study – Big Jack’s Pizza - 3.6
- •4. Careers
- •4.1 About Business – Career choices - 4.1
- •4.2 Vocabulary – Careers, personal skills and qualities - 4.2
- •4.4 Speaking – Job interviews - 4.4
- •4.5 Writing – a cv - 4.5
- •4.6 Case Study – Gap years and career breaks - 4.6
- •5. Making deals
- •5.1 About Business – e-tailing - 5.1
- •5.2 Vocabulary – Negotiating and e-tailing - 5.2
- •5.4 Speaking – Negotiations – bargaining - 5.4
- •5.5 Writing – a proposal - 5.5
- •6. Company and community
- •6.1 About Business – Corporate social responsibly - 6.1
- •6.2 Vocabulary – Meetings, ethical behavior and social performance - 6.2
- •6.4 Speaking – Meetings-teamwork - 6.4
- •6.5 Writing – Reports and minutes - 6.5
- •6.6 Case Study – Phoenix - 6.6
- •7. Mergers and acquisitions
- •7.1 About business – Risks and opportunities in m&a - 7.1
- •7.2 Vocabulary – Business performance - 7.2
- •7.4 Speaking – Presentations – visuals - 7.4
- •7.5 Writing – Presentation slides - 7.5
- •7.6 Case Study – Calisto - 7.6
- •8. International trade
- •8.1 About Business – Export sales and payment - 8.1
- •8.2 Vocabulary – International deals and payments - 8.2
- •8.4 Speaking – Negotiations – diplomacy - 8.4
- •8.5 Writing – Requests and reminders - 8.5
- •8.6 Case Study – Jeddah Royal Beach Resort - 8.6
7.2 Vocabulary – Business performance - 7.2
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to have money, to be profitable / to have debts, to owe money to somebody |
быть в плюсе (не иметь долгов) / быть должником |
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to have enough money to pay for something |
покрывать расходы |
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to fail to get or achieve what you wanted |
потерпеть неудачу |
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To clear one's expenses the level of business activity at which a company is making neither a profit nor a loss |
покрыть свои расходы / точка безубыточности |
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to lose all the money and not even have money to pay debts |
обанкротиться / банкротство |
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to become as unhappy, unpleasant, or unsuccessful as it is possible to be |
опуститься на дно |
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to increase very quickly |
резко подниматься, взлетать |
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to keep changing and becoming higher and lower |
Варьироваться/колебаться |
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to decrease, to become worse |
ухудшаться, портиться |
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an unexpected increase |
резкий подъем |
7.4 Speaking – Presentations – visuals - 7.4
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A small piece of equipment that produces a line of light, used by teachers and people who are giving talks in order to point at things on a map, board etc |
Лазерный указатель |
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A set of large pieces of paper that are connected at the top so that you can turn the pages over to present information to people |
Презентационный / лекционный блокнот |
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A board with a dark smooth surface, used in schools for writing on with chalk A large board with a white smooth surface that you can write on, used, for example, in rooms where classes are taught |
Доска / магнитно-маркерная доска |
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A piece of electrical equipment used when giving a talk, which shows words or pictures on a wall or large screen so that many people can see them |
Проектор верхнего расположения |
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To explain the meaning of something |
Толковать, интерпретировать |
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A phrase used to compare some ideas or things |
В отличие от |
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Used to make what you are saying less strong or certain, and more polite |
Казаться, создавать впечатление |
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Because of a decrease that we have got |
В связи с выявленным спадом |
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A circle divided into parts by lines coming from the centre to show how big the different parts of a total amount are |
Круговая диаграмма |
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A picture of boxes of different heights, in which each box represents a different amount of quantity |
Гистограмма |