Контрольная работа №2

Task 1. Read and translate the text. Translate paragraphs 1, 5 and 7 in writing.

FUTURE WORKING PRACTICES

Flexible working practices may be inevitable given the rise in travel costs and the attendant campaigns to stem carbon emissions. Flexible work could also address issues such as employee stress and absenteeism. According to a survey by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and development, UK four in 10 organizations have already extended the right to request flexible working beyond the legislative requirement. Seventy four percent of employers believe this has had a positive effect on retention, while 70 percent of organizations believe it has improved motivation. However, employees may be concerned that flexible work may deprive them of the kind of social culture that influences promotion, while employers tied to multiyear property contracts may not be ready to surrender their office space just yet. We ask 3 people what they believe the next 20 years will hold.

“The momentum towards increasingly flexible working work practices is, I believe, unstoppable,” says Sarah Murray, specialist on the impact of business on society and a contributor to the Financial Times. “Employees want it. The desire to balance work with rest of life has moved up the list of priorities, and employers are now recognizing that an employee may also be a caregiver, whether to children or ageing relatives, and needs to balance those responsibilities with their work. Second, for the generation now entering the workforce, the line dividing work and rest of their life is extremely thin. The ability to operate across time zones and geographies is simply taken for granted.”

In the short turn companies can turn to flexible working as a cost-cutting measure. Do they really need to spend so much money on employee travel and expensive office facilities?

Finally, the environmental issue will play an important role here. Videoconferencing and other communications technology have advanced to such extent in recent years that companies can now realistically start to think about substantial reductions in their travel-related carbon emissions. The ability to talk remotely and seamlessly to colleagues while seeing their facial expressions, gestures and reactions makes frequent air travel and even daily commuting look less compelling.

The general thrust of the next two decades will be to allow more freedom for employees to work anywhere, any time and in any way that will achieve the goals of the organization. This will mean that the organizations will have to more precisely define expected outcomes and base compensation on results rather than the title or length of service. On the other hand, an increasing number of people will choose to work for themselves or for smaller organizations and the will certainly control where and how work. We have already seen that consultants, programmers, designers, writers and other professional people choose to forgo renting an office and work from their homes or from communal space such as a restaurant or a coffee shop. We will see a gradual decline in number of regularly employed workers and a rise in the number of independent and contracted workers.

“In the next 20 years there will be profound changes,” says Bernard Salt, a demographic specialist and best-selling author. “Technological improvements to telecommuting will enable people to live in one space and to work in another. No more commuting, much less stress – this process is already underway in some industries such as advisory and media. Now the bad news: the thing holding this revolution back is a reticence by some employers – and some employees – who believe that the work you do or your chances of promotion diminish with distance from the workplace. Once the view that you have to be in the office to be noticed is eliminated then the natural efficiency of people living and working where they want to live will prevail. It might need to wait for the next generation: when the baby boomers step back early next decade, a new generation of managers and workers will recognize the workplace in truly efficient ways, and show us that the idea that workers must work at the employer’s workplace belongs to the last century.

It seems that the flexible working revolution is unavoidable. The fact that constant advances in technology will allow seamless communication regardless of location and time zone is a key factor. The rise in travel costs may also do much to persuade employers. Although many industries will continue to require employees to work onsite for practical reasons, the general prediction is that numbers of regularly employed staff will diminish and make way for an increasing level of freelancers. We may also see a migration to smaller organizations or those more willing to extend flexible working. The future for employees seems to rest in their hands.

Task 2. Complete the table using the appropriate word forms. Sometimes you may form several nouns from a verb. Write them all. Translate all the words.

Noun	Adjective	Verb
	Flexible	-
		Influence
Reduction
	Independent
		Employ
	Legislative
efficiency		-
communication
		Persuade
	Practical
migration
		Found
promotion
	Commuting

Task 3. Answer the questions. Translate the answers.

1. How can flexible work practice help to stem carbon emissions?

2. Why might employers in the UK not want to introduce flexible work practice?

3. What are the reasons for employees to want flexible work practice?

4. What will freedom for employees to work anywhere, any time and in any way mean for employers?

5. How can advances in technology influence flexible work practice?

6. What two trends of flexible work practice are mentioned in the article?

7. What is your opinion of flexible work practice? Would you like to work in such a way? Why?

Task 4. Choose the right answer and translate the sentences into Russian.

1. Is there anything in that new magazine worth (reading/to read). 2. Although I was in a hurry, I stopped (to talk/ talking) to him. 3. I really must stop (to smoke/smoking). 4. Would you mind (to close/closing) the front door? 5. You should remember (to phone/phoning) him. He’ll be at home. 6. Do you enjoy (to teach /teaching)? 7. All parts of London seem (to belong/belonging) to different towns and epochs. 8. Why have you stopped? Go on (read/ reading). 9. The teacher asked us some questions and went on (to tell/telling) us about the climate of England. 10. When we had finished (to eat/ eating) the waiter brought the bill. 11. My elder brother went to college, and I hope (to go/going) there too. 12. My car needs a service badly, and Tom offered (to help/helping) me with it. 13. Avoid to overeat/overeating) and you’ll feel better soon. 14. I can’t help (to think/thinking) about that awful accident. 15. The Brains want (to leave/leaving) Boston this week. 16. I’ll always remember (to meet, meeting) you for the first time. 17. I enjoy (to travel, travelling) very much. 18. We might manage (to visit/visiting) a lot of interesting places there. 19. I dislike (to tour/touring) around in the car.

Task 5. Use the infinitive in brackets in the correct form.

1. Mary would like her brother (avoid) Tom’s company. 2. We expected the Harrisons (arrive) later than usual. 3. What makes you (do) such rash actions? 4. Look, they are probably (hear) the news. They seem (be excited). 5. He is sure (be) a liar. Everybody heard him (say) that in so many words. 6. When I came in, the discussion seemed (come) to an end. They appeared (lose) patience because they turned out (not be ready) for it. 7. Jack, you seem (drive) too fast. The speed is already 100 miles. I am afraid. I want you (slow down) the speed till 40 miles. 8. He is likely (come) on Sunday.

Task 6. Choose the right form of the Participle.

1. Tom, (Horrified/ having horrified/ horrifying) at what he had done, could at first say nothing.

2. Jones and Smith came in, (followed/following/have followed) their wives.

3. (Stunned/stunning/stun) by the blow, Peter fell heavily.

4. The new job (has offered/offering/offered) to me lately seems to be very interesting.

5. She looked at the table. There was a loaf of brown bread (dividing/divided/having g divided) into two halves.

6. The animals (catched /catching/caught) in the morning struggled furiously.

7. The child (left/leaving/having left) alone in the large room began screaming.

8. (Biting twice/bitten twice/having biting), the postman refused to deliver our letters unless we chained our dog up.

9. The centre of the cotton industry is Manchester (connected/connecting) with Liverpool by a canal.

10. The story (telling/told) by the old captain made the young girl cry.

11. He didn’t doubt that the information (receiving/received) by morning mail was of great interest to his competitors.

12. The equipment (installing/installed/has installed) in the shop is rather sophisticated.

13. We’ve got a great variety of products, which are in great demand. Here are some samples (sended/been sent/sent) to our distributors last month.

14. The methods (applied/applying/applied) in the building of the new metro stations proved to be efficient.

15. She warmed uр the dinner that she (cooking/had cooked/has cooked) the day before.

16. (Having been weakened/weakened/weaking) by successive storms, the bridge was no longer safe.

17. (Having been warned/warned/warning) about pickpockets, he left his valuables at home.

18. (Convinced/convincing/having convinced) that they were trying to poison him, he refused to eat anything.

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Министерство образования и науки Российской Федерации

Федеральное государственное бюджетное образовательное учреждение

высшего профессионального образования

«Южно-Уральский государственный университет»

(научно – исследовательский институт)

Международный факультет

Кафедра международных коммуникаций

КОНТРОЛЬНАЯ РАБОТА №1

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«ИНОСТРАННЫЙ ЯЗЫК В ПРОФЕССИОНАЛЬНОЙ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ»

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