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PART FOUR

Fast Lane

through the Ranks

4.1 Anticipating the Issue

What do you expect from this unit?

How do you understand the title?

What personal and professional skills do you need for a successful business career in our country (specialist training, knowledge of foreign languages, outgoing personality, etc.)?

4.1 A. The Job that Fits

1. You will need the following words to speak about skills and abilities necessary for certain jobs. Think which of them apply to you.

a head for figure computer-literate

the ability to work on your own organizational skills

analytical skills creative

good communication skills paperwork-oriented

excellent time manager flair for working in a team

  1. Choose at least 5 adjectives from the list to describe each of these jobs.

Bank clerk ………………………………………………………

University professor …………………………………………….

Entrepreneur ……………………………………………………

Broker ………………………………………………………

Manager ….……………………………………………………

Scholar….…………………………………………………

Accountant…………………………………………………………

mechanical glamorous soul-destroying thankless

routine dead-end demanding varied

repetitive manual unpredictable hectic

monotonous tedious intensive never-ending

stressful mind-numbing sensitive dangerous

exciting exhilarating rewarding indispensable

unenviable essential contemptible unglamorous

3. What would be the ideal job for you, and why?

● What are its pros? Can you think of any cons?

● What kind of qualities does a person need to have to succeed in this profession? What makes you think that you can be fit for this occupation?

(Make use of the following words with positive and negative connotation.)

Positive

Negative

generous, unstinting

extravagant, immoderate

resolute, dogged

stubborn, mulish

thrifty, frugal

stingy, parsimonious

diligent, industrious

work-obsessed, workaholic

shrewd, astute

cunning, sly

sober, serious

morose, sullen

witty, pithy

sharp-tongued, terse

tolerant, broad-minded

unprincipled, unscrupulous

4. Study the following verbs describing very important ways of reacting to other people’s emotions which are essential for working in a team.

Word

Meaning

defuse

make a dangerous or tense situation calmer

placate

stop someone feeling angry

conciliate

end a disagreement between two people or groups by acting in a friendly way towards both sides

appease

end a disagreement by giving the other side an advantage that they are demanding (normally used in a disapproving way)

5. Use the words in the following sentences in the correct form.

1. An independent adviser has been brought in to ………… between the unions and employer.

2. Jane tried to ………… the tension by changing the subject.

3. Although ………… the enemy postponed the war for another year, it did not prevent it from happening.

4. Hilda was very angry with her colleague and it took from the latter all his charm to ……….. her.

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