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10. Discuss with your group-mates the possibility of taking early retirement. Which in your opinion is the best retirement age?

11. Do you think that a redundancy payment can compensate job loss? If you were a manager of a big company would you try to do your best not to make your employees redundant?

12. Study the following notice. Discuss with your group-mates the reasons which will force you to fire your employee.

Notice

These are the only ways that you can lose your job at this company:

♦ Employees who steal will be terminated.

♦ Anyone who contradicts the boss will be sacked.

♦ Salespeople who don't meet their targets will be fired.

♦ When business is bad, the laziest workers will be laid off.

♦ If the company goes bankrupt, everyone will be made redundant.

♦ If you don't like any of these rules, you're free to resign and find another job.

♦ But if nothing goes wrong, you have a job for life and you can retire happily at the age of sixty.

(From D. Evans. Business English Verbs, Penguin Quick Guides)

13. Familiarize yourself with the following idioms. Consult your dictionary and translate the sentences into Ukrainian. Think of situations where you could use them.

1 Harry got the sack for taking time off without permission.

2 They were firing off questions at me from all sides.

3 Don't worry if we have to close the shop. I have other irons in the fire.

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4. Martin should have resigned his office this year, but he is staying on an

extra year to keep the seat warm for you.

5. I have tried to reorganize the company, but it's hopeless. The game isn't worth the candle.

14. Speak on the problem of unemployment and its effect on people.

UNIT III. BUSINESS COMMUNICATION

TEXT 1: COMPUTERS

Vocabulary

application застосування; використання

impact вплив

simplify (v) спрошувати

store (v) зберiгати

retrieve (v) відшукувати, видобувати (дані)

data дані

user користувач

desktop настільний комп'ютер

laptop переносний комп'ютер

(ноутбук)

palmtop кишеньковий портативний

комп'ютер

hardware апаратне забезпечення

software програмне забезпечення

malfunction порушення функцюнування

bug помилка в nporpaмi

hacker хакер

Computers

Computer use continues to grow and develop in all spheres of our life. Its applications have had a great impact on the business world. Computers have helped society by increasing productivity and simplifying many services, such as checking accounts, credit cards, and telephone service.

A computer is an electronic machine that can store, retrieve, and process data with great speed and accuracy.

A PC is a personal computer which is the standard computer for most individual users. There are various sizes of personal computer, including a desktop, and portable types such as a laptop, a notebook or a palmtop.

Hardware is the actual machinery of a computer, the circuits, wires, and drives.

Software contains the instructions that tell a computer what to do at every step along the way. Software is entered into a computer in the form of a program. Some programs (called viruses) are deliberately designed to cause problems in a

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computer system. They are hidden in programs, and are not obvious to users.

A virus is an error that is introduced into a program with the intention of causing a malfunction. A computer may crash and stop working altogether. This may be caused by a bug (an error in the software).

A hacker is a person who gains unauthorized access to computer systems.

EXERCISES

1. Form verbs from the following nouns:

growth ----------------------------------

application ---------------------------------

simplicity ---------------------------------

storage ---------------------------------

user ---------------------------------

intention ---------------------------------

retrieval --------------------------------

2. The following words can be used in more than one way. Underline the correct part of speech for each word as it is used in the text.

1. use a) noun b) verb

2. impact a) noun b) verb

3. speed a) noun b) verb

4. store a) noun b) verb

5. process a) noun b) verb

6. design a) noun b) verb

7. malfunction a) noun b) verb

8. bug a) noun b) verb

9. access a) noun b) verb