- •Vocabulary and grammar exercises
- •Chapter 2 text 2 How To Make a Good First Impression
- •Vocabulary and grammar exercises
- •Please reply to m. L. Smith, Director of Personnel
- •Lengthy Letters
- •Most colleges attended
- •Vocabulary and grammar exercises
- •Chapter 4 text 4
- •Too much personal information
- •Education
- •Vocabulary and grammar exercises
- •Chapter 5 text 5
- •Christina Martin, Human Resource Director
- •Vocabulary and grammar exercises
- •Vocabulary and grammar exercises
- •Vocabulary and grammar exercises
- •Give me ________ break!
- •Chapter 8 text 8
- •Preparing Physically for the Interview
- •Preparing Mentally for the Interview
- •Vocabulary and grammar exercises
- •Chapter 9 text 9
- •Using Questions to Develop a Data Base
- •Vocabulary and grammar exercises
- •Chapter 10 text 10
- •Vocabulary and grammar exercises
- •Vocabulary
Vocabulary
1 List of Business Idioms that you may find helpful during personal contacts:
Get down to business - to get serious about sth.: e.g. Let’s get down to business and decide what alternative is the most sensible for us to follow.
Drum up business - to influence others to buy one’s products or services: e.g. If the furniture store wants to survive this recession, it will have to drum up a lot more business.
Mean business - to be serious about sth.: e.g. Let them know you mean business and make them a new offer.
Do a land-office business - to be highly successful to; to do a large amount of business in a very short time. e.g. Since hiring the new cook from Warsaw, the restaurant is doing a land-office business.
Put money on-the-line - to be willing to make a commitment and assume risk: e.g. Richard said he would put his money on-the-line to show his good faith.
In cold cash - direct payment in currency: e.g. I paid for the car in cold cash.
The bottom line - the heart of a matter; the fundamental issue: e.g. The bottom line is if we don’t cut personnel, we’ll go bankrupt.
Bottom out - to reach the lowest point: e.g. The stock market seems to have bottomed out, so I plan to make more investments.
High roller - one who takes high risks or spends large sums of money (refers to rolling dice): e.g. To see big gains, Bill knew he would have to be a high roller.
On a roll - in the midst of a series of successes : e.g. With five of the top TV programs airing on the channel, the station is on a roll and plans to introduce a new hospital drama.
To zero-in on - to focus attention upon a specific item: e.g. If the board doesn’t zero-in on the spiraling production costs, the company is going to have big losses to report.
In-the-red - in debt, owing money: e.g. I heard that Acme is in -the- red 40 million dollars.
A run on - a huge trend to buy or sell a particular production - e.g. After the movie “E.T. - the Extraterrestrial”, there was a run on Reese’s Pieces because that was the candy E.T. ate.
Stand up and be counted - to openly state one’s support for sth.: e.g. If you think the proposal has merit, stand up and be counted!
Stand one’s ground - to stand up for one’s rights or beliefs; resist attack or criticism: e.g. Questioned relentlessly by the board members, the company director stood his ground and made no concessions.
To tighten one’s belt - to spend less money; to work with a smaller budget: e.g. Since our office budget was dropped 3%, we have to tighten our belts and reduce the number of our programs.
Lean and mean - capable; ready for efficient work: e.g. At the staff meeting the store manager said that we had to get lean and mean were to stay in the competition.
To trim the fat - to eliminate wasteful spending: e.g. One way of dealing with the budget cut is to trim the fat.
To sweep sth under the carpet - to hide or conceal sth which might cause trouble or embarrassment: They should never have tried to sweep that pollution scandal under the carpet.
To draw the line - to refuse to do or to tolerate sth any further; to set a limit: e.g. I don’t mind helping, but I draw the line at doing everything myself.
Round the clock - all the time; day and night: e.g. Chivers is going to damage his health - he’s been working round the clock.
To get a raw deal - to be treated unfairly: e.g. It looks as if Teddy got a raw deal.
To play one’s cards right - to adopt good tactics; to act in the most clever and effective way to achieve sth: e.g. They could get the contract if they play their cards right.
Task. Write a short composition(s) of about 200-300 words describing the pattern of industrial practices in Ukraine. Describe the labour situation, trade union rights, minimum wage, social rights, and so on. Try to use as many of the business idioms printed above as possible.
3 Match professions of these people with the job descriptions:
Ronald McClung - union official Warren True - safety officer Greg Nazzal - director Andy Branch - unskilled worker Robert Hendrix -administrator Katy Freeway - supervisor Robert Lambert - labourer Joan Biggs - executive manager Stephen Ballantine - personnel officer Mary Mills - public relations officer
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1 A person who does hard physical work. 2 The person who gives out information to the press for a company. 3 The person who handles applications for vacant posts. 4 The person who represents the workers’ interests in disputes with management in a factory. 5 A person who has a high position in a company and whose job is to make important decisions. 6 The person who makes sure there are no risks of accidents from machinery, etc. 7 A person whose job is to keep an eye on the day-to-day work of other workers. 8 An important person in a company who sits on the Board. 9 A person generally in charge of the day-to-day administration in a company. 10 A person whose job requires no special training. |
USEFUL TIPS
Some useful hints to help your application.
Here is an example of a completed job application form.
POST APPLIED FOR: Print & Design Manager NAME Richard John Jones ADDRESS 47 Oak Street, Southampton S 02 5MM TEL NUMBER (h) 0123456789 (w) 0987654321 EMAIL rjjones@aform.com
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS 9 O-levels, including Maths, English language, French and German 3 A-levels: Maths, further Maths and Design (all at grade B) Degree B: B.Sc. Design, Southampton University
PROFFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS Chartered Institute of designers, post graduate diploma in new media
CAREER HISTORY CURRENT OR LAST POST: give details of job title, employer, dates employed, main responsibilities, reason for wishing to leave or leaving. Design & Production Manager, Arco Publicity PLC, London NW1 1992 to 200. Main Responsibilities: to manage the Design & Production Department, producing all company literature, promotional and presentation media; to work with clients on timely and cost-effective design and production of literature, stationary, newsletters, web media.
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT
ADDITIONAL RELEVANT SKILLS IT: Dreamweaver, FrontPage, MS Office (all), email
REASON FOR APPLICATION (continue on separate sheet if necessary) My main reason for applying for this post is my personal interest in the aims of the charity. Combining this with my experience and skills in managing a Design department gives me a thorough understanding of all the points raised in your job description. (continued on separate sheet) I confirm that the information in this application is correct to the best of my knowledge. I understand any attempt to falsify information will invalidate my application and/ or any offer or employment.
Signed: ……… Date: ………
Task Make up application using your own information.
TRANSLATING 1 Translate the text into English:
ШЛЯХ ДО ПЕРЕМОГИ … АБО ОСОБЛИВОСТІ ВИПРОБНОГО ТЕРМІНУ Починаючи роботу на новій посаді, треба пам’ятати, що перший місяць випробування - найважливіший. Це складний етап, який розкриває основні риси та якості новачка, вирішує його подальшу долю в компанії та формує місце в колективі. Що ж треба робити, аби належно проявити себе, показати всі свої вміння і навички? У трудовому договорі повинен бути зазначений термін Вашого випробування. Як правило, для когось це місяць, а для когось - три. За цей час новий робітник повинен довести роботодавцю, що той не помилився, обравши серед усіх претендентів на посаду саме його. Продемонструвати потрібно не лише професіоналізм, але й особисті якості - Ви повинні сподобатися колективу і керівництву. Під час випробного терміну не можна закривати очі на жодну дрібницю. Будьте уважними до всього побаченого і почутого, до кожного працівника в колективі. Проте не слід забувати і про повагу до себе. Психологи вважають, що випробний термін - це період випробування характеру на міцність. Спробуйте скористатися такими порадами:
(Ж-л “Пані”№34(79), 2008р.
2 Translate into English using Conditionals:
15. Якби Джейн була більш розсудлива, вона б одягнула діловий костюм, а не джинси на інтерв’ю. 16. Мої університетські викладачі пишалися би мною, якби ви вони тільки побачили , як успішно я керую компанією. 17. Ваші шанси отримати роботу значно підвищаться, якщо Ви знаєте іноземну мову, вмієте працювати з комп’ютером, були на стажуванні. 18. На Вашому місці я б не відкладала (put off) зустрічі з роботодавцем. 19. Якщо Ви погоджуєтеся виконувати цю роботу за власний кошт (at one’s expense), ми негайно розпочнемо обговорення. 20. Якби вони склали контракт сьогодні, ми підписали б його завтра.
3 Translate into English using the Passive Voice in each sentence:
4 Translate into English using modal verbs and its equivalents:
5 Translate the sentences into Ukrainian paying attention to the Modals:
LIST OF REFERENCE BOOKS
1.Т.К.Алексеева, И.Г.Дарская, Л.А.Лясецкая, Т.Г.Шелкова Деловой английский: Учебник Английского языка ч.1-2, М.: Вече 2000 ISBN: 5-7838-0060-0 639c
2. English for Business: Учебное пособие.- Лукьянова Н.А. 4-е изд. испр.- М.: Руссо, 1996.- 570с. ISBN: 5-88721-040-0
3..A Handbook for Commercial Correspondence A. Ashley oxford University Press 1998 ISBN: 0194572064 297p
4.First certificate Expert Richard Mann, Nick Kenny, Jan Bell, Roger Gower Pearson Education Limited 2008 ISBN: 978-4058-8084-8 176p
5.New International Business English Leo Jones, Richard Alexander Cambridge University Press ISBN: 0521 45580 4 Student’s Book 176p
6. Surviving the Cut Kevin j. Murphy A Bantam Books 1991 ISBN: 0-553-35494-9 182p
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