1Find the English equivalents of the following words :

a) низкая самооценка

в) надёжный исполнитель

с) учёт отсутствия на работе

d)« птица высокого полёта

е) оправдывать надежды

f) совладать, справиться

g) следовать политике компании

h) оказаться перед угрозой увольнения

i) производить хорошее впечатление

j) подрывать политику компании

2. Fill in the gaps in the brackets and translate the sentences into Russian

He has all the ( квалификацию) for a headhunter : a limitless capacity for talking on the phone , and a lot of rich personal ( связи).

Before we invite you to attend an interview we will need (рекомендацию) from your former employers.

It should be born in mind at the recruitment stage that people don’t change and that their childhood experiences have a strong influence on forming their ( характер).

Most employers require from their applicants at least three year’s (опыт) in a particular sphere of work mentioned in a job advertisement.

Being very proud of his working class (происхождение) he always emphasizes it.

In spite of our expectations he turned out to be a person of average ( ум).

3. Find the words defined below :

a) the emotional condition of employees

b) the style of everyday clothes

c) to stop doing smth

d) a Zodiac sign

e) the way you look

f ) mental abilities

g) a person who can achieve great results

h) to train specially for smth.

i) to keep in mind

J to satisfy somebody’s expectations

4. Choice list

1. ability 19. look smart 37. to follow the сomраny’s

2. absentee record 20. low esteem new image

3. age 21. marital status 38. to give up

4. appearance 22. morale 39. to make a good impression

5. astrological sign 23. personality 40. to groom

6. blood group 24. qualification 41. to present oneself

7. casual clothing 25. recruitment 42. to undermine company’s

8. come up to expectations 26. reference discipline

9. contacts and connections 27. repackage

10. deliver 28. sex

11. experience 29. sickness record

12. family background 30. skills

13. fundamentals 31. steady performer

14. handwriting 32. to bear in mind

15. high – flier 33. to conform the company’s new image

16. human rights 34. to cope with

17. intelligence 35. to dismiss

18. lack of emotional warmth 36. to face the sack

Unit III. On a Вusiness Тrip.

1. Listening. Dialogues.

2. Reading. Booking procedure. Hotel contracting

3. Skills.

Lesson 1. Listening.

3.1 Speaking over the telephone. Listen to the Dialogue 1.

Vocabulary:

To be engaged – быть занятым

To hold on – продолжать

To take a message – принять сообщение

To delay – отложить

To reschedule – перенести

To make sure –убедиться

- Good morning, CPT. How may I help you?

- I’d like to speak to Maria Bonetty , extension 81, please.

- Thank you, who is calling please ?

- It’s Philippa Knight, from «The Fashion Group.»

- I’m putting you through…. Hello, I’m afraid she is engaged at the moment. Will you hold on or can I take a message?

- I’ll leave a message, please. The thing is I should be meeting Ms. Bonetty at 2 p.m., but smth. has come up. My plane was delayed. And I’ve got to reschedule mу appointment .If possible, I’d like to meet you tomorrow. Preferably in the morning. Could she call me back here at the hotel please?

- Certainly. What’s the number, please ?

- It’s 020 7585 3814. I’ll be leaving the hotel soon , so if she can’t call me back within, say , within the next quarter of an hour. I’ll call her again this morning . Is that OK?

- Right. I’ve got that. I’ll make sure she gets the message.

- Thanks for help. Good bye.

- Goodbye.

Dialogue 2.

To make an appointment- назначить встречу

To put through – соединить

Extension – отдел

To check the diary - свериться с записной книжкой

• Good morning, CPT. How may I help you?

• It’s Phillippa Knight here. Could you put me through to extension 281, please?

• Certainly, putting you through.

• Hello, Maria Bonetty speaking.

• Hello, Maria. It’s Philippa Knight from The Fashion Group in New York.

• Hi, Philippa. How are things?

• Fine, thanks. I’m calling because I ‘ll be in London next week and I’d like to make an appointment to see you. I want to tell you about our new collection.

• Great. What day would suit you? I’m fairly free next week, I think.

• How about Wednesday? In the afternoon? Could you make it then?

• Let me look now. Let me check my diary. Oh yes, that’d be no problem at all. What about 12 o’clock? Is that OK?

• Perfect. Thanks very much. It’ll be great to see you again. We’ll have plenty to talk about.

• That’s for sure. See you next week then.

• Right . Bye.

• Bye.