Учебное пособие по английскому языку с упражнениями по развитию креативного мышления. Часть 2

Ex. 14. Reorganize the information and present it as if you were opening a meeting. Pick out only the facts that you think would be relevant to the objective of the meeting.

Objective

As the owner of a small company, you have called a meeting to discuss what to do about one of your staff, Anne Smith, who has recently expressed dissatisfaction with the job and is thinking of leaving. You are looking for suggestions to make her change her mind.

Key Facts

The company is new and small and cannot afford to give high salaries.

a)She joined the company two years ago.

b)She has worked very hard and usually produced good results.

ɫ) You are unwilling to replace her as the company is small and very busy and you don't want to spend additional time training a replacement,

d)She knows a lot about many aspects of the company and it would take time for any new staff to obtain such a wide knowledge of the company,

e)Recently you have noticed she has been unable to meet deadlines and is generally less enthusiastic and hardworking than before.

LESSON 8

Ex. 1. Answer the following questions.

1.When you're good to others, you're best to yourself.

2.Great talkers, little doers.

3.A quarrelsome man has no neighbors.

4.Did Franklin originate all of the sayings in Poor Richard's Almanac?

5.From what you know of his life, do you think Franklin ever

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failed at anything? Why do you think so?

Ex. 2. Answer the following questions.

1.Why was Mozart called the "Boy Wonder"?

2.At what age did Mozart start writing music?

3.What kinds of music did Mozart write?

4.Can we call Mozart a genius?

5.What is a genius?

6.Do we have any geniuses in the world today?

7.Have you ever heard the term prodigy?

8.Does it have anything to do with the expression "prodigal son"?

9.Might someone be an athletic prodigy as well as a musical prodigy?

10.Do you think Mozart's life would have been easier if he had lived in the twentieth century instead of the eighteenth?

11.Why or why not?

12.If you imagine that you yourself are a musical genius, what have you learned from reading about Mozart's life that might help you avoid some of the troubles that hounded Mozart throughout his lifetime?

Ex. 3. Find, as much as you can, definition for the following words. Explain your decision.

For example: book – beautiful book.

1.Employment

2.Economic crises

3.Stagnation

4.Purchasing power

5.Industrialized country

6.Progress

7.Aggregate demand

8.Equilibrium price

Ex. 4. Give the answers interpreting the following words.

Example: fast, green, full – train.

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Ex. 5. Make your own sentences based from four words, in which every word begins with the following letters:

Example: N…B…W…T... – Nice boy watched TV

1). P…C…B…E…A…

2). E…C…C…T…A…

3). D…A…T…W…

4). D…A…S…

5). W…D…I…M…

6). T…A…P…

Ex. 6. If you had a choice what economic type (command, market, mixed) you can choose, What will you choose? Explain your decision.

Ex. 7. Explain what you see in the picture.

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Ex. 8. Retell the text.

WHAT IS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY?

Intellectual property encompasses such things as technological knowledge, products, processes, and ideas. It is intangible property in which property rights vest. Like tangible real and personal property, intellectual property rights can be transferred from one party to another by way of outright sale and purchase or by means of the owner granting another entity the right to use the property. Depending on its nature, property rights inherent in intellectual property commonly take on the form of a:

1.Copyright;

2.Patent;

3.Trademark;

4.Registered design;

5.Plant variety right; or

6.Geographical indication.

Vocabulary

by means of – ɩɨɫɪɟɞɫɬɜɨɦ, ɫ ɩɨɦɨɳɶ copyright n ɚɜɬɨɪɫɤɨɟ ɩɪɚɜɨ encompass v ɨɯɜɚɬɵɜɚɬɶ

grant v 1. ɞɚɪɢɬɶ 2. ɞɚɜɚɬɶ ɞɨɬɚɰɢɸ, ɫɭɛɫɢɞɢɸ

inherent adj 1. ɩɪɢɫɭɳɢɣ, ɫɜɨɣɫɬɜɟɧɧɵɣ 2. ɧɟɨɬɴɟɦɥɟɦɵɣ intangible adj ɧɟɨɫɹɡɚɟɦɵɣ, ɧɟɦɚɬɟɪɢɚɥɶɧɵɣ

outright n ɫɪɨɱɧɵɣ ɜɚɥɸɬɧɵɣ ɤɭɪɫ «ɚɭɬɪɚɣɬ», adv ɫɪɚɡɭ, ɧɟ ɜ ɪɚɫɫɪɨɱɤɭ

patent n ɩɚɬɟɧɬ

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property n 1. ɫɨɛɫɬɜɟɧɧɨɫɬɶ, ɢɦɭɳɟɫɬɜɨ 2. ɡɟɦɟɥɶɧɚɹ ɫɨɛɫɬɜɟɧɧɨɫɬɶ, ɡɟɦɟɥɶɧɵɣ ɭɱɚɫɬɨɤ 3. ɩɪɚɜɨ ɫɨɛɫɬɜɟɧɧɨɫɬɢ 4. ɫɜɨɣɫɬɜɨ, ɤɚɱɟɫɬɜɨ purchase n ɩɨɤɭɩɤɚ, ɩɪɢɨɛɪɟɬɟɧɢɟ

trademark n ɬɨɪɝɨɜɵɣ ɡɧɚɤ, ɮɚɛɪɢɱɧɚɹ ɦɚɪɤɚ

transfer n 1. ɩɟɪɟɞɚɱɚ 2. ɞɟɧɟɠɧɵɣ ɩɟɪɟɜɨɞ, ɩɟɪɟɱɢɫɥɟɧɢɟ ɞɟɧɟɝ, v 1. ɩɟɪɟɞɚɜɚɬɶ, ɭɫɬɭɩɚɬɶ 2. ɩɟɪɟɜɨɞɢɬɶ (ɞɟɧɶɝɢ), ɩɟɪɟɱɢɫɥɹɬɶ (ɫɭɦɦɵ)

vest v 1. ɧɚɞɟɥɹɬɶ ɩɨɥɧɨɦɨɱɢɹɦɢ 2. ɩɟɪɟɯɨɞɢɬɶ (ɨ ɩɪɚɜɟ, ɢɦɭɳɟɫɬɜɟ, ɧɚɫɥɟɞɫɬɜɟ)

Ex. 9. Make questions on the text above.

Ex. 10. Text discussion. When organizations hire new people and use recruitment tests they hope to reveal their strengths and weaknesses and indicate what kind of role in a team is best suited for them.

Company worker Typical features: conservative, dutiful, predictable. Positive qualities: organizing ability, practical common sense, hardworking, self-discipline.

Allowable weaknesses: lack of flexibility, unresponsiveness to unproven ideas.

Chairman

Typical features: calm, self-confident, controlled.

Positive qualities: a capacity for treating and welcoming all potential contributors on their merits and without prejudice; a strong sense of objectives.

Allowable weaknesses: no more than ordinary in terms of intellect or creative ability.

Shaper

Typical features: highly strung, outgoing, dynamic.

Positive qualities: drive and a readiness to challenge inertia,

ineffectiveness, complacency or self-deception.

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Allowable weaknesses: proneness to provocation, irritation and impatience.

Plant

Typical features: individualistic, serious-minded, unorthodox. Positive qualities: genius, imagination, intellect, knowledge. Allowable weaknesses: up in the clouds, inclined to disregard practical details or protocol.

Resource investigator

Typical features: extroverted, enthusiastic, curious, communicative. Positive qualities: a capacity for contacting people and exploring

anything new; an ability to respond to challenge.

Allowable weaknesses: liable to lose interest once the initial fascination has passed.

Monitor evaluator

Typical features: sober, unemotional, prudent. Positive qualities: judgement, discretion, hard-headedness. Allowable weaknesses: lacks inspiration or the ability to motivate others.

Team worker

Typical features: socially oriented, rather mild, sensitive. Positive qualities: an ability to respond to people and to situations, and to promote team spirit.

Allowable weaknesses: indecisiveness at moments of crisis. Completer-finisher Typical features: painstaking, orderly, conscientious,

anxious. Positive qualities: a capacity for follow-through, perfectionism. Allowable weaknesses: a tendency to worry about small things, a reluctance to 'let go'.

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Meetings and discussions: Presenting and supporting opinions

Vocabulary

Ex. 11. Respond to the following comments as instructed. Make sure you justify your point of view. Listen to the example first.

EXAMPLE

A If there aren't enough jobs around, the number of university places should be reduced. There's no point educating people for the unemployment queue. Disagree: more people for higher education - importance of subjects like engineering and computing.

ȼ I'm afraid I disagree. We need more people to receive higher education, but they need to study the right subjects like engineering and computing.

a)If you want to reduce inflation the only solution is a strict control of the money supply. Express reservation: strong wage and price controls also possible.

b)There's no point in training as a secretary these days. With all the new technology for the office the job won't exist in ten years.

Disagree: type of work will change - more like a personal assistant.

ɫ) The best jobs for the future will be in the service and food industries.

Agree: bad future for manufacturing industries.

d) If everyone agreed to take a reduction in wages we'd solve the unemployment problem in Europe within a year.

Disagree: problem more complex.

e) Unless you're a teacher or a secretary, there just aren't enough chances for

women to get responsible jobs.

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Express reservation: things slowly changing,

f ) Introducing a 35 hour week might be a good idea from the employee's point of view but it would be a disaster from the company's point of view. Agree: costs up - no increase in productivity.

Ex. 12. Role play. Work with another student when you do this exercise. Agree which of you is Student A and which is Student B. Student ȼ has information on this page. Sit back-to-back. Student A should now 'ring' Student B. When you have made the calls once, you can change roles.

Bl You don't know the person the caller wants to speak to. Has he got the right number? Your number is 75 40 25.

B2 You are Peter Chan. Your wife is away on business in Tokyo for three days. Find out what the caller wants. You think the arrangement is OK but tell the caller that you will get your wife to ring him when she gets back.

B3 You are Bruno Lampard. You are busy all next week except on Thursday from 11.45 a.m.

LESSON 9

Ex. 1. Answer the following questions.

1. Inasmuch as he was a prisoner and wanted to see some improvements made in his living conditions, Harry decided that he would run for County Supervisor of Prisons.

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2. Since Nancy was discovered to be cheating during the test, all of the children in the class should be punished.

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3.No inanimate things grow.

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4.A blank page is more easily read than a page of small type.

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5.If the earth orbits around the sun, then it is a satellite.

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6.The silence was suddenly broken by a hush.

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7.If something is beautiful, it is also valuable.

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Ex. 2. Answer the following questions.

1.Was the need for a rapid communications system greater during the first part of the nineteenth century than it had been during the later part of the eighteenth century? Why do you think so?

2.Why are men rarely able to gain fame in two or more fields today?

3.What kinds of messages were most frequently carried by the telegraph during early years? Why do you think so?

Ex. 3. Answer the following questions.

1.In how many different ways could a light be used as a communications device?

2.In how many different ways could a bell be used as a communications device?

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3.In how many different ways could whistle be used as a communications device?

4.In how many different ways could an ador be used as a communications device?

Ex. 4. Fill in the blanks. Spell all words correctly.

1.The sun and its nine planets are called the_____.

2.Summer, fall, winter, and spring are called the four_____.

3.The places we live in and our surroundings are our_____.

4.North, south, east, and west are called the four____.

5.The earth spins like a wheel on an imaginary line called the____.

6.The earth and the other planets go around or_____around the sun.

7.The earth spins or _____on its axis.

Ex. 5. Find, as much as you can, definition for the following words. Explain your decision.

For example: unemployment – unemployment level.

1.Market economy

2.Depreciation

3.Allocation

4.Government restrictions

5.Taxation

6.Unemployment benefits

7.Interest rate

8.Retirement pension

Ex. 6. Give the answers interpreting the following words.

Example: fast, green, full – train.