- •Types of meetings
- •I. A) Read the dialogues “overheard” during and after the meetings. Translate them.
- •II. Fill in the gaps in the exercise below with the appropriate phrase from the list.
- •1.2. The agenda
- •Instructions
- •Veering off track________________________________________________
- •I. A) Read the dialogues “overheard” during and after the meetings. Translate them.
- •II. Study business idioms and use them in the sentences of your own
- •III. Fill in the gaps with an appropriate idiom.
- •I. Why an agenda is important. Consider the following items, expand them:
- •III. Discuss the following quotations:
- •I. A) Read the dialogues “overheard” during and after the meetings. Translate them.
- •II. Choose the better of the two options to explain the idiom.
- •III. Match the idiom and its explanation
- •II. Read the table below. Comment on “Do’s and Don’ts of a Good Chairperson”. Dwell on the items provided in the table.
- •IV. Соmment on the following quotations.
- •1.4. How to participate
- •I. A) Read the dialogues “overheard” during and after the meetings. Translate them.
- •II. A) Study the following idioms and use them in the dialogues of your own.
- •I. Role Simulation
- •II. Comment on the following sayings concerning the role of a chairperson.
- •2.1. Presentations
- •2.2. Negotiations
- •Read the paragraph below. What is the aim of negotiation?
- •Negotiations: Distributive and Integrative
- •Read the paragraph below and identify the skills which are essential for an effective negotiator.
- •Read the text about some commonly used tactics and guess how they call them in negotiations. Explain your choice.
- •Explain what the words in bold type in the text mean.
- •I. A) Read the dialogues “overheard” during and after the meetings. Translate them.
- •II. Complete the idioms below with the words from the box:
- •III. Match the idioms in Exercise II to these definitions.
- •IV. Complete the sentences with the idioms from Exercise II in the correct form.
- •V. Study the following idioms and make up your own sentences with them.
- •Work in pairs. Role play the dialogues according to the instructions provided in the table below.
- •Role Simulation
- •III. Comment on the following quotations
- •2.3. What makes a good negotiator
- •Match social styles below with their descriptions. Explain your choice.
- •Look up in the dictionary the adjectives in bold and provide their definitions
- •Now match four social types with the ways of treating and fill in the sentences taken from the text.
- •The phrasal verb to pin somebody down most probably means
- •I. A) Read the dialogues “overheard” during and after the meetings. Translate them.
- •II. Complete the idioms below with the words from the box:
- •III. Match the idioms in Exercise II to these definitions.
- •IV. Complete the sentences with the idioms from Exercise II in the correct form.
- •V. Study the following idioms and make up your own sentences with them.
- •2) To go for broke - to risk everything in hopes of getting something. It can also mean to try very hard or exert much effort
- •Talking Point
- •I. Role Simulation
- •Comment on the following quotations
- •Scan the paragraph below. What elements are essential to conclude any diplomatic negotiations?
- •Skim the paragraph below and highlight the purpose of convincing, bargaining and concessions in the process of diplomatic negotiations
- •Scan the paragraph below and highlight the main difference between types of negotiations
- •Read the paragraph below and identify the skills which are essential for an effective negotiator
- •Introduce yourself
- •Survival Language
- •In(5) over(2) by(2) of(2) to(1)
- •Include, mention, look, turn, draw, point, focus, think, refers
- •Emphasizing
- •Softening
- •Very positive correct very well encouraging increasing
- •100 Topics for Presentations
- •I. A) Read the dialogues “overheard” during and after the meetings. Translate them.
- •II. Read 7 ways to sabotage a first impression. Can you think of any other things you should avoid not to detract from your presentation?
- •III. How important is the attire of the presenter?
- •IV. Read the dialogues.
- •Improving Image Brand
- •V. Match the definition with the words on the left
- •Talking point
- •Supplement
- •2. Getting to the main business
- •3.Debating the issues
- •Vocabulary unit 1
I. A) Read the dialogues “overheard” during and after the meetings. Translate them.
b) Work in pairs. Rephrase the dialogues.
c) Work in groups. Continue the dialogue and make a longer conversation.
1)
I hear there’s a confab tomorrow and you’re going to chair it?
Yes, by the way, why don’t you sit in on the meeting, as part of your research?
2)
Can we start, then, with an item one?
If I could just come in here …
3)
- How are we doing for time?
- Well, if you have anything more to say, please cut it short as your time is nearly up.
4)
- Sorry to butt in, but we differ on this point, I think we should be careful not to take a short-sighted view on that as so much depends on it.
- I see your point, but I still think that …
II. Study business idioms and use them in the sentences of your own
plug-and-play (employee or device) про співробітника, який зразу може приступати до роботи, оскільки йому не потрібно додаткове навчання; в технічній сфері про прилад, який готовий для використання, оскільки не потребує додаткового настроювання.
Example: All employers like the plug and play employee.
2. cut-throat (business, competition) прикметник, який має значення жорстокий, нещадний і може описувати в діловій мові високо конкурентне середовище, бізнес, галузь і т.д.
Example: Investment banking is a cut-throat business.
3. rat race висловлювання, що означає безглузде заняття, неприємний та метушливий спосіб життя, який ведуть люди, що конкурують з іншими за гроші, владу чи статус, так звані «мишачі перегони»
Example: John decided to get out of the rat race. He quit his job, moved to the country and become an artist.
4. to be at the top of one’s agenda бути чимось важливим, пріоритетним
Example: Achieving long-term success is at the top of our agenda.
5. be in the red/black з прикметником black це має значення «бути прибутковим»; з прикметником red – «бути збитковим»
Example: After two years of losses, the organization was finally in the black again. /Currently the company is in the red by $1.7 million.
6. keep track стежити за кимсь, чимось
Example: Have you been keeping track of the time?
7. lose track втрачати слід, відчуття часу
Example: He soon lost track of how much money he had spent.
8. get off the track відволікатися від теми, про яку йде мова
Example: He can't tell a story without getting off the track.
III. Fill in the gaps with an appropriate idiom.
1. Unfortunately, my bank account was again _____________.
2. For many companies sustainability nowadays ____________.
3. In this world of __________competition one of the most important aspects in business is marketing.
4. While the organizers did their best _____________ of all those who attended the conference, the list below is not complete.
5. The social media ________causes a lot of social marketing burnout.
6. What he was saying was so complicated that I ____________ after the first couple of sentences.
7. Bob Merritt describes the attitude he gets now from the company: "We want our airplanes to be______________plug and play, we want our workers to be_____________."
8. I think we’re _______________________ here – we’re supposed to be discussing our advertising campaign.
Talking points