- •Contents
- •Предисловие
- •Unit 1. Careers
- •I. Lead-in
- •II. Study the vocabulary
- •III. Read and translate the text
- •IV. Answer the following questions about the text
- •V. Find words according to the definitions. The words go across, down and up
- •VI. Before reading the article from the “Financial Times” answer the questions:
- •VII. Read the article and go back to ex.VI. Has your opinion changed after reading this article? Making the most of the midlife crisis
- •VIII. Imagine that each paragraph in the article has a heading. Choose the best heading for each paragraph from the list below and number them in the correct order
- •IX. Choose the correct alternative. Then comment on the verb tenses in italics
- •X. A friend of yours is having a midlife crisis. Which of these things would you recommend and why?
- •XI. Render the following text into English Разрешите представиться – Лука Петрович Иванов
- •Unit 2. Selling online
- •I. Lead-in
- •II. Study the vocabulary
- •III. Read and translate the text
- •IV. Answer the following questions about the text
- •V. Read the definitions. Then put the anagrams in the correct order. The first letter of each word is in bold
- •VI. Before reading the article from the “Financial Times” answer the questions:
- •VII. Read this article from the “Financial Times” How to make money from internet news operations
- •VIII. Say ‘true’ or ‘false’. If ‘false’, correct the sentence. Rely on the information from the text
- •IX. Choose the alternative that best explains the word(s) in italics
- •X. Discuss the following questions
- •XI. Render the following text into English Развитие электронной коммерции
- •Unit 3. Companies
- •I. Lead-in
- •II. Study the vocabulary
- •III. Read and translate the text
- •IV. Answer the following questions about the text
- •V. Suggest the terms according to the following definitions
- •VI. Study the scheme 1. Imagine that you are a member of one of the departments and suggest your ideas about the functions of this department
- •VII. Before reading the article from the “Financial Times” answer the questions:
- •VIII. Read the article from the “Financial Times” and express the main idea of the text One furniture store fits all
- •IX. Use the correct form of words from the article to complete the statements about companies and markets
- •X. Discuss the following questions
- •XI. Render the following text into English Как организовать семейный бизнес
- •Unit 4. Great ideas
- •I. Lead-in
- •II. Study the vocabulary
- •III. Read and translate the text
- •IV. Answer the following questions about the text
- •V. Match the words to their definitions
- •VI. Read the article and define the main idea
- •VII. Say ‘true’ or ‘false’. If ‘false’, correct the sentence. Rely on the information from the text
- •VIII. Choose the correct alternative
- •IX. You are the boss of a company where a regional manager is against an innovative product that you are trying to introduce on to the market. What would you do and why?
- •X. Render the following text into English Разлагаемые кредитные карты
- •Unit 5. Stress
- •I. Lead-in
- •Stress? What stress?
- •II. Study the vocabulary
- •III. Read and translate the text
- •IV. Answer the following questions about the text
- •V. Complete these sentences with the words from the box
- •VII. Read the article and list all the types of food mentioned in the article The stress-free diet
- •VIII. Say ‘true’ or ‘false’. If ‘false’, correct the sentence. Rely on the information from the text
- •IX. Discuss the following
- •X. Render the following text into English Стресс от работы и методы борьбы с ним
- •Unit 6. Entertaining
- •I. Lead-in
- •What’s your Price?
- •II. Study the vocabulary
- •III. Read and translate the text
- •IV. Answer the following questions about the text
- •V. The phrases below all include the word corporate. Match them to their correct meanings
- •VI. Before reading the article from the “Financial Times” answer the questions.
- •VII. Read the article Doing business and having fun
- •VIII. Which do you think are the best ones for corporate entertainment? Why?
- •IX. Make a summary of the text
- •X. Render the following text into English Как сплотить коллектив?
- •Unit 7. Marketing
- •I. Lead-in
- •II. Study the vocabulary
- •III. Read and translate the text
- •IV. Answer the following questions about the text
- •V. Match the words to form compound nouns according to the following definitions as in the example
- •VI. Before reading the text think of two or three companies/products that you associate with each of the colours below: red, blue, green, yellow, brown, purple, orange
- •VII. Read and translate the text First impression last
- •VIII. Choose some of the following businesses and discuss what corporate colour(s) would be most appropriate for them. You could also discuss other businesses
- •IX. Render the following text into English
- •Unit 8. Planning
- •I. Lead-in
- •II. Study the vocabulary
- •III. Read and translate the text
- •IV. Answer the following questions about the text
- •V. Find words according to the definitions. The words go across, down and up
- •VI. Before reading the article from the “Financial Times” answer the questions
- •VII. Read the article from the “Financial Times” and express the main idea of the text Personal time management for busy managers
- •VIII. Number the paragraph summaries in the correct order. Two of the summaries are not used
- •IX. Use the correct form of words from the article to complete the definitions
- •X. How would you answer the two questions in the first paragraph?
- •XI. Render the following text into English Искусство управления временем
- •Unit 9. Managing people
- •I. Lead-in
- •II. Study the vocabulary
- •III. Read and translate the text
- •IV. Answer the following questions about the text
- •V. How can you describe these pictures according to theory X and y?
- •I won’t work. Hurrah, work!
- •VI. Match the words to their definitions
- •VIII. Which theory do you prefer?
- •IX. Render the following text into English Психологические теории мотивации персонала
- •Unit 10. Conflict
- •I. Lead-in
- •II. Study the vocabulary
- •III. Read and translate the text
- •IV. Answer the following questions on the text
- •V. Read the definitions. Then put the anagrams in the correct order. The first letter of each word is in bold
- •VII. Read and analyse the article Negotiating by e-mail
- •VIII. Imagine that each paragraph in the article has a heading. Choose the best heading for each paragraph from the list below and number them in the correct order. Two of the headings are not used
- •IX. Choose the correct alternative
- •X. Are face-to-face meetings necessary when you do business with someone? Or can everything be done by phone and e-mail?
- •XI. Render the following text into English Как избежать конфликтов на работе Елена Егорова
- •Unit 11. New business
- •Lead-in
- •II. Study the vocabulary
- •III. Read and translate the text
- •IV. Answer the following questions about the text
- •V. Complete these sentences with the words from the box
- •VI. Read the following text and find out how to write a business plan
- •VII. Read these extracts and decide which sections of the checklist they come from.
- •IX. Read the article a price that's hard to refuse
- •X. Which of these ideas are mentioned in the article? When you launch a new product, think carefully about
- •XI. Use the correct form of verbs or phrasal verbs from the article to complete the expressions
- •XII. Think of a company that had success with an original idea and that became less successful. Why did this happen?
- •XIII. Render the following text into English Как государство контролирует цены?
- •Unit 12. Products
- •I. Lead-in
- •II. Study the vocabulary
- •III. Read and translate the text
- •IV. Answer the following questions about the text
- •V. Complete the crossword
- •VI. Making luxury goods available to consumers at affordable prices is a very powerful marketing idea. Can you think of examples when retailers or manufacturers have done this?
- •VII. Before reading the article from the “Financial Times” answer the questions
- •VIII. Read the article and go back to ex.VII. Has your opinion changed after reading this article New medical products
- •IX. Number the paragraph summaries in the correct order. Two of the summaries are not used
- •X. Use the correct form of words from the article to replace the words in italics
- •XI. Render the following text into English Зачем создают псевдоиностранные бренды?
- •Список литературы
- •Job application
- •Writing essays
- •Writing a summary
- •Тексты для реферирования
- •Entrepreneurs
- •Brand Wars
- •If the Price is Right
- •Looking after the twenty percent
- •Bright Ideas
- •She's the Boss
- •The Death of Economics
Unit 5. Stress
I. Lead-in
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Are you someone who gets stressed easily?
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What things make you stressed?
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How do you feel when you are stressed?
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Do the quiz and find out how stressed you really are: for each situation, write your Stress Factor (1-5).
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No problem!
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Not happy, but keeping cool!
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Getting a little tense!
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Heart is beating faster!
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Major stress alert!
Stress? What stress?
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You wait in a bus queue for twenty minutes. When the bus comes, you can’t get on because there are too many people on it.
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You walk to work. It starts raining heavily and you haven’t got an umbrella. You get completely soaked.
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You take some clothes back to a shop. The assistant won’t give your money back because you’ve lost the receipt.
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You phone a customer services line to try and fix your computer. You don’t manage to speak to a person, just a machine.
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You’re in your car at traffic lights. Another driver shouts at you for not driving away quickly enough.
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You go to the cinema to see a really good film. Some people next to you don’t stop talking and eating loudly.
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You play a game of tennis with a friend. You don’t play well and he/she beats you easily.
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You’re just about to go to work/university. You realise you can’t find an important document/piece of homework.
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You’re in bed and you can’t sleep because the dog next door is barking.
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You want to pay for your shopping but the shop assistant is chatting on the phone and not looking at you.
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Add up your Total Stress Factor and find out what it means:
10-15: You are one cool customer who is always calm under pressure. Well done!
16-25: Not bad...you’re mostly stress-free-just a little hot sometimes!
26-35: Keep an eye on yourself. You are nearly at dangerous levels of stress.
36-50: Watch out! You are getting too stressed, too often. You need to keep calm before you go completely crazy!
II. Study the vocabulary
rewarding – стоящий, полезный
reasonable – разумный, рациональный, здравый
to stretch – расширять, обогащать, улучшать
challenging – требующий напряжения, сил
to build up – накапливать, наращивать
to overwhelm – заваливать, переполнять
stressed out – быть очень уставшим, вымотанным
overwork – перенапряжение, переутомление
burn out – ‘сгорать’ на работе
consensus – единодушие, согласие
rat race – бешеная погоня за богатством, успехом; ожесточённая конкуренция
treadmill – непрерывная монотонная работа
quality time – свободное время, время, которым человек может распоряжаться сам
downshifting –отказ от массированного потребления как основной жизненной ценности; сторонники этого движения стараются не превращать жизнь в бесконечную гонку за материальными благами
counselor – консультант, советник
to lessen – уменьшать, сокращать
to be accustomed to – привыкший
‘spoilt’ – испорченный; избалованный
deadline – крайний срок выполнения работы
to cope with – справляться
to bet – делать ставки, заключать пари
to swap – менять
loan – заем, ссуда
overdraft – превышение кредита (в банке)
terminus – последняя остановка маршрута
workaholic – трудоголик; человек, "горящий" на работе
workload – объем работы
solicitor – адвокат
to merge – сливаться, соединяться
absenteeism – абсентеизм; намеренное игнорирование посещения работы
emotional strain – эмоциональное напряжение, переутомление
rumour – слухи