- •Vocabulary
- •Introduction 8 jobs, people and organizations
- •9 Organizations 2 32
- •[3 The Internet and e-commerce
- •Q] Sales and costs
- •2| Telephoning 3: messages 108
- •Introduction
- •Industry
- •Innovation and invention
- •Innovation and invention
- •McGrew is vice president of (a development/development) and product planning.
- •Electric light was (an invention/invention) which enabled people to stay up later.
- •Indian Rice Research Centre. I’m in charge of research (5)
- •I love (14 technological) , using scientific knowledge (15) improve
- •If he goes on undercutting us, we
- •It’s a terrible place to work. We have to make 30 calls an hour, with few breaks.
- •Invalid entry.
- •6 Volkswagen’s sales rose to 1,058,000 cars from 996,000 a year earlier.
- •The materials used in the boats, and the boatbuilders’ salaries (overhead cost / cogs)
- •Which product has the highest level of profitability as a percentage of its selling price?
- •Years of on investment in Britain’s railways have left them in a very bad state.
- •Planning the concert, they found they had forgotten to the singers,
- •A loan that a company has to repay to a bank over five years is a long-term liability.
- •Don’t want to have the situation where I’ve spent more than I’ve put in.
- •On the savings account, what’s the percentage you pay to savers every year?
- •Peter is 26 and is wondering whether to join his company pension scheme.
- •30 Years ago
- •20 Years ago
- •Petrol prices set to skyrocket
- •Sterling plummets as us dollar weakens
- •Paradiso president axes finance minister /
- •Here the male managers talk about the market as if it was some kind of battlefield.
- •7590 W Charleston Blvd
- •Senior Partner e-mail: kesposito@ace.Com
- •Voicemail
- •That’s strange. Their switchboard isn’t big enough to handle all the calls they get.
- •That’s ridiculous! a company with 500 employees, but no one answers the phone.
- •Switchboard operator: Sorry to keep you waiting. ... I’m putting you through.
- •A: It’s been good talking to you. I’m going to have to go. I’ve got to go to a meeting.
- •It was good to hear from you again. The following pages give details of the latest additions to our range. If you require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact me.
- •I’m pleased to announce another good year for shareholders of this company.
- •I know this sounds crazy, but how about giving away 100,000 free samples?
- •I recommend to shareholders that you accept Megabook’s offer for our company.
- •Off: to show how important and clever they are. The chair should keep things
- •I’ve been asked to chair a meeting about the Christmas office party, but I’m incredibly nervous as I’ve never chaired one before. Is there a secret for success?
- •The combined resources of our two organizations will allow us to achieve great things.
- •It could sound monotonous and boring if you speak from a complete, prepared text.
- •They add visual interest, provide you with support and help the audience follow you.
- •Reforms 4 pressures 6 economy
Innovation and invention
Innovation and invention
Verb
Noun:concept
(uncountable)
Noun:
thing (countable)
Noun:
person
design:
to
make plans or drawings for how something is to be made
design
a
design
a
designer
develop:
to
make a new idea successful, for example by making or improvinga
product
development
a
development
a
developer
innovate:
to
think of new ideas, methods, products, etc.
innovation
an
innovation
an
innovator
invent:
to
design and make something for the first time
invention
an
invention
an
inventor
-
technology:
the
practical
or industrial use of scientific discoveries
a
technology
a
technologist
countable
= you can say a!an-,
uncountable = you can’t say a!an
Research and technology
Hi, I ’m Ray and I’m head of product development at Lightning Technologies. Lightning makes semiconductors, the components at the heart of every computer. I’m in charge of research and development (R&D) at our research centre just outside Boston. Our laboratories are some of the most innovative in the computer industry, and we have made many new discoveries and breakthroughs.
love technology, using scientific knowledge for practical purposes. The technology of semiconductors is fascinating. We are at the cutting edge or leading edge of semiconductor technology: none of our competitors has better products than us. Everything we do is state-of- the-art, using the most advanced techniques available.
BrE:
research centre AmE: research center
Patents and intellectual property
Noun
Verb
BrE:
a
licence
to
license
AmE:
a
license
to
license
Other companies may pay to use the design under licence in their own products. These payments are royalties.
In publishing, if a text, picture, etc. is copyright, it cannot be used by others without permission. Payments to the author from the publisher are royalties.
The area of law relating to patents and copyright is intellectual property.