Card №16

LISTENING (10 min)

Task 1. Listen to the text [T.16] - 3 min. and give T (true) or F (false) answers. (Time for preparation – 2 min., for answer – 1 min)

№		True	False
1	Roger Marris is the Head of Business Development at Smarterwork
2	Roger Marris is going to talk about our University
3	Smarterwork has been around for 10 months
4	Smarterwork has 50000 users of the site
5	The great thing about the Internet is that it’s community bringing together clients and suppliers from all over the world

Task 2. Retell the main idea of the listened text. (10 sentences). (Time for preparation – 2 min., for answer – 2 min)

SPEAKING(10 min)

Task 1. Discuss on the given situation. (Time for preparation – 3 min., for answer – 1 min)

You were going home and a black cat crossed your path. Do you believe that it brings you a bad luck?

Task 2. Speak on the given topic (Time for preparation – 4 min., for answer – 2 min)

“Speak about the words borrowed from English language”.

READING(10 min)

Task 1. Read and translate the 2^nd paragraph. (Time for preparation – 5 min., for answer – 2 min)

The international manager

In recent years, many companies have expanded globally. They have done this through mergers, joint ventures and co-operation with foreign companies. Because of this globalization trend, many more employees are working abroad in managerial positions or as part of a multinational team.

Although it is common nowadays for staff to work abroad to gain experience, many people have difficulty adapting to the new culture. The failure fate in the US multinationals is estimated to be as high as 30% and it costs US business $3 billion a year. Two typical failures have been described in the journal Management Today. The first example concerns a German manager with IBM who took up a position as product manager in England. He found that at most lunchtimes and especially on Fridays, many members of staff went to the pub. “I stopped that right away”, he says. “Now they are not allowed off the premises. It didn’t make me very popular at the time but it is not good for efficiency. There is no way we would do that in Germany. No way”.

The second example is about American manager who came to France on a management assignment. He was unable to win the trust of his staff although he tried all kinds of ways to do so. He set clear goals, worked longer hours than everybody, participated in all the projects, visited people’s offices and even took employees out to lunch one by one. But nothing seemed to work. This was because the staff believed strongly that the management were trying to exploit them.

Task 2. Read the text and write а suitable heading to each paragraph. (Time for preparation – 2 min., for answer – 1 min)

WRITING(10 min)

Task 1. Write an essay to the given situation.Write at least 80 words. (Time for preparation – 8 min., for answer – 2 min)

Imagine that you work for an advertising firm. You make up an advertisement of a product or service which different companies offer. Write an essay about how to make a good advertisement in order to influence on the customers.