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5A Find in the text words which mean:

  1. information or facts

  2. a person or company that is paid to take packages somewhere

  3. an event, especially one that is unusual, important, or violent

  4. impossible to prevent

  5. a tendency to behave in a particular way or suffer from a particular illness

  6. a quicker way of doing something

  7. when people do things that involve risks in order to achieve something

5B Read the text again and answer these questions.

  1. How many people in the UK had their identities put at risk? (over 7 million families)

  2. How many people in the US had their identities put at risk? (17,000)

  1. What is the attitude of the majority of people working with IT systems towards security risks? (Most don’t follow correct procedures and take short cuts)

  1. What happened to many risk managers in UK banks before the credit crisis? (Their advice was ignored and some were fired)

  2. Do you think that a more cautious attitude towards risk will be good or bad for the global economy?

5C Select the topical sentence in each paragraph of the text.

UNIT 5 Teamwork

Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” ~Henry Ford

1 Vocabulary

absent-minded

Рассеянный

availability

Chrysler is expanding the availability of flex-fuel vehicles.

Доступность, наличие

batch

We baked two batches of cookies.

Партия

to bother sb

Беспокоить, тревожить, надоедать кого-то

clarity

a lack of clarity in the law on property rights

Ясность, понятность, доходчивость

to communicate ideas effectively

Выражать мысли чётко, ясно

conflict

Конфликт, противоречие

consideration

After long consideration he agreed to their requests.

Рассмотрение, размышление

to contemplate

Рассматривать, предполагать, рассчитывать

controversial

Спорный

to cope with

Справляться с чем-то

decent

She had a decent upbringing.

Приличный, подходящий

to express yourself clearly

Ясно выражаться

to fall short of

Не достигать, терпеть неудачу

to focus on

Сосредоточиться на чём-то

to grumble

Ворчать

inconsistencies

Противоречия

to keep to

Придерживаться, не отклоняться от чего-то

to look at options objectively

Объективно рассмотреть варианты

to lose momentum

Governments often lose momentumin their second term of office.

Терять движущую силу, темп

to man

A team of volunteers are manning the phones.

Обслуживать

meltdown

Крах, провал

notoriously

Печально известно

to pay attention to

Обращать внимание на что-то

to pitch in

If we all pitch in, we'll have it finished in no time.

Энергично браться за что-то, помогать с чем-то

to push others hard

Оказывать давление на других

resignation

Wong's sudden resignation was announced at the meeting.

Отставка, уход на пенсию

revenue

Nintendo's estimated revenue totals $9 billion worldwide.

Доход

servant

Слуга; служащий

to spur into action

It was an article in the local newspaper which finally spurred him into action.

Побудить к действию

to steer clear of

Избегать чего-то

them and us

«Они» и «мы»

to tread carefully with

Действовать, обращаться с кем-то осторожно

to treat employees unfairly

Обращаться с работниками несправедливо

to be viewed positively

Получить положительную оценку, рассматриваться положительно

vigorously

Энергично, бодро

to work closely with

Работать в тесном контакте с кем-то

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