Vocabulary tasks a Word search
Find a word or phrase from the text that has a similar meaning.
select and employ new people in a company (para 2) recruit.
give financial support to a student (para 2) s
special vocabulary of a field of work (para 3) j
making useful contacts with lots of people (para 5) n
people who are ambitious to succeed in their job (para 7) h a
neither for nor against something (para 12) a
В Collocations
Match the verbs and nouns as they occur together in the text
1 |
command; |
a) a profile; |
2 |
be; |
b) an evaluation; |
3 |
have; |
c) a middle-of-the-road approach; |
4. |
raise; |
d) respect; |
5. |
undertake; |
e) the edge; |
6. |
establish; |
f) a career; |
7. |
take; |
g) a reputation; |
8. |
develop. |
h) on the took out. |
С Complete the sentence
Use an appropriate phrase from Exercise В to complete each sentence.
1. We are always on the lookout for talented people to join
our creative team.
The success of its advertising campaign helped the business school among international companies.
Because of our continued investment in research we
over many of our competitors.
4 To help us choose which business school to work with we will need to of the top ten.
5 Studying for an MBA is increasingly necessary as a way to in a large organisation.
D Linking
Find at least four examples in the article where a contrast is made. Note the word or phrase used-to introduce the contrast, and say what is being contrasted, e.g. However, the company still prefers MBAs gained abroad (line 20) -contrast between MBAs from abroad and MBAs from UK business schools.
Speaking tasks
A Prepare a short summary of the article (7-10sentences). В Retell the article pointing out as many details as possible.
Learning by heart
Learn all unknown words and word combinations for you from the article
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