II. Reading practice active vocabulary
to get on with
well-being
to rate
a spouse
a sibling
work subordinates
superiors
privacy
in confidence
to criticize somebody publicly
to repay debts, favours or compliments
to break the rules
to monitor something
a colleague
an associate
a co-worker
a fair share (of the workload)
with regard to
a feeling of dislike
to denigrate somebody
guidelines
(over)inquisitive
to address somebody by first name
private life
to stand up for somebody
to make sense
to interact with
to engage in joint leisure activities
work settings
hypocritical
ignorance
superficial
task-oriented
to endorse
to strive
to ignore somebody or something
Text rules of relationships
Exercise 7. Read and translate the text, find equivalents to the following Russian words and expressions:
ладить с коллегами; рабочие отношения; ранжировать (располагать по степени важности); один из важнейших источников удовлетворенности работой; общие показатели (признаки); выработать ряд правил; близкий друг; взаимоотношения с супругами, родными братьями и сестрами, коллегами по работе, подчиненными и вышестоящими (сотрудниками); смотреть в глаза; публично критиковать; обсуждать по секрету; возвращать долги; нарушать правила; просить о помощи; замещать кого-то; чернить, клеветать на (оговаривать) кого-то; поднимать проблему; рабочее окружение (обстановка); проводить досуг вместе
A. Dealing with conflicts
B. Rules of relationships
C. Managing your staff
Exercise 8. Find in the text synonyms to the following words:
to work out
a co-worker (2 words)
in confidence
to say bad things about somebody
in his/her absence
one’s brother (or sister)
one’s wife (or husband)
to approve
to ask (спрашивать)
to ask (просить)
to stop talking, hush up
to show, demonstrate
to involve
to learn, get acquainted
to pay back
Exercise 9. Find in the text antonyms to the following words:
liking
to increase
formal
useful
superior
Exercise 10. Explain the meaning:
to rate something; a close friend; a spouse; siblings; a subordinate; a superior; superficial; one’s privacy; to repay a favour or a compliment; to break a rule; a fair share of the workload; to monitor somebody or something; to shut up; guidelines; to work cooperatively; to stand up for somebody in his/her absence; to denigrate somebody behind his/her back;
Exercise 11 Look at the vocabulary items below and sort them into two groups according to whether they normally carry a positive or negative connotation:
hypocritical ignorance willing
conflict compliment cooperation
satisfaction interesting well-being
denigrate suspicion problem
superficial criticize fair
hostility
Exercise 12. Change each of the following adjectives by adding the appropriate negative prefix:
interesting essential personal
comfortable frequent social
fair satisfied formal
specific normal cooperative
willing possible important
Exercise 13. Look up in a dictionary and explain the meaning of the English idiom ‘to buttonhole someone’. Do you like people who possess such a habit? Why?
Exercise 14. Say which of the social skills mentioned in the text are listed below as A-I apply to: