- •Contents
- •Введение
- •Unit 1 Professional Communication
- •1. Work in small groups and answer these questions:
- •2. Read the advertisements and find out the main requirements for the jobs.
- •In small groups, discuss the statements:
- •Would you like to apply for any of these positions? Why/Why not?
- •3. Match the following words with their definitions:
- •4. Complete the sentences using the following words:
- •5. If you have found an interesting job in some advertisement you must write a covering letter and a cv /resume. Have you ever written any of them? What information should you give in them?
- •7. Listen again (Recording 1.1). What are the counsellor’s answers to the questions? Make notes to the questions you wrote in Exercise 6.
- •8. Read Josh Reed’s covering letter and complete it with the words and phrases from the box:
- •10. Work with a partner and discuss the following:
- •12 Read Carmen Frazier’s cv and answer the questions:
- •1. Study the information about the people and complete the organogram below.
- •2. If you are working, tell your partner about your job. If you are still studying, think about someone you know and tell your partner about their job, using the phrases below:
- •4. Read the dialogue and fill in the missing phrases:
- •5. What do these companies do? Talk about each companies activities, using the words from the table
- •8. Match the sentence halves.
- •9. Match these words and phrases from exercise 7 with a word or phrase from exercise 8 that has a similar meaning.
- •10. Work in pairs. Study the information about the companies and share it with your partner. Task for Student a:
- •Task for Student b:
- •11. Listen to the text about Sony Corporation and fill in the gaps. (Recording 1. 3)
- •12. Work in two groups. Make a list of good things you know about Sony.
- •What is so good about sony corporation?
- •13. Role-play the following situation. The tv channel invited the Sony ceo, Sony worker, customer to the show about successful corporations. Study the information and prepare for the role play.
- •14. Read the dialogue and fill in the missing phrases.
- •15. Talk to your partner about the company you work for or would like to work for in a in a similar way.
- •16. Study the information and answer the questions:
- •17. Write a memo to the employees of your company requesting them to come to the company picnic.
- •7. Listen to a conversation between Frank and Sue. What product are they discussing? Who likes it? (Recording 1.5) Listen again and complete the product description.
- •8. Inventions. Put these inventions into two columns – the best and the worst. There are two which appear in both columns:
- •11. Listen and fill in the gaps. (Recording 1.6) Cardboard Box Solar Cooker Wins the Prize
- •14. Choose a single product and prepare to give a brief product review.
- •1. In small groups, discuss the following:
- •2. Read the text and correct wrong statements:
- •What is design?
- •3. Look at the pictures and describe these products and their designs using adjectives and useful phrases from the boxes:
- •4. Listen to two designers talking about ideas for a new product and answer the questions (Recording 1.7):
- •5. Look at the sentences from the conversation. Translate them into Russian paying attention to modal verbs:
- •6. Complete the sentences with appropriate modal verbs:
- •7. Form adjectives or nouns from the words in the box:
- •8. Complete the description of a robotic vacuum cleaner with appropriate words from Exercise 7:
- •10. Listen to the presentation of a new product (Recording 1.8). What product is it? Complete the form:
- •11. Choose one of the products given below and complete the product design specification. Invent any additional information you need: product design specification
- •12. Read a report on two mobile phones and answer the questions:
- •13. Write a report on two hand dryers:
- •Unit 2 Scientific Communication
- •Submitting a Research Proposal
- •1. In small groups, talk about these questions:
- •2. Read the following extract from a website and then, in pairs, answer the questions.
- •6. Read your colleague's completed project summary. Then say what you think the commercial applications of her research might be.
- •Project summary
- •7. Match each highlighted section in the summary (a-f) to the correct function (1-6) from the list in Exercise 5.
- •8. Look at the highlighted sections a-f again. Underline the words that you could use in your own project summary.
- •9. Complete another project summary using the correct word or phrase from the box.
- •11. A) Match a sentence (a-e) from the Exercise 10 to the correct paragraph (1-5) of the full project summary. Nsf grant proposal for stabilization and optimal control of dynamic shell models
- •1. In small groups, talk about these questions:
- •3. Read and translate the text then, in pairs, answer the question bellow.
- •Why it's important for you to present your data at scientific conferences
- •4. Look at the online poster advertising a conference and answer the following questions:
- •5. Complete the following words and phrases from the poster using the words in the box.
- •6. Match the words and phrases (1-10) in Exercise 5 to the definitions (a-j).
- •7. Look at the list of typical conference activities (a-h) below and then discuss the following questions.
- •10. Look at the sentences from the conversations in Exercise 8c. Complete the spaces with the words in the box. Then listen and check your answers (Recording 2.2).
- •1. Read the text and answer the questions:
- •An experimental research paper
- •5. Read an extract from the introduction of a paper about the ability of lichens and microbes to survive in deep space. How many of the questions in Exercise 2 can you answer?
- •6. Complete the following summary on variables using the words in the box.
- •7. Match the instruments (1-8) to the pictures (a-h).
- •8. What meaning do the following suffixes add to the words in Exercise 7?
- •9. Complete the table below using the extract from the following research paper to help you.
- •10. The gapped words below all describe physical or chemical properties of substances. The meaning of each word is given on the right. Complete the words with the correct vowels (a, e, I, o, u)
- •11. Complete the sentences by choosing the correct preposition (a, b or c).
- •1 2. Look at the diagram from a review of supercritical fluid technology.
- •13. Complete the paragraphs from the results section of a paper using the words and phrases in the box.
- •1. Read the text and then do Exercise 2. The presentation journey
- •2. Write ‘who’, ‘why’, ‘what’ or ‘how’ next to each phrase. Check any vocabulary you don’t know.
- •3. All the phrases in italics below are appropriate when giving a formal talk on your research. Read extracts 1-8. Then listen and underline the phrase Milan uses in each one (Recording 2.3).
- •4. Match each pair of phrases (1-8) from Exercise 3 to their correct function (a-f) below. Note that one of the functions may be expressed with three different pairs of phrases.
- •5. Think of a piece of research you have done recently. Use the words and phrases in Exercise 3 to help you plan the introduction to a presentation about your research.
- •6. Below are five extracts from the main part of Milan's presentation. Match the beginnings (1-5) to the endings (a-e).
- •8. Read the text below. Why are signposts important? how do signposts work?
- •9. Phrases 1-22 below are examples of signposts. Read them and check any vocabulary you don’t know.
- •10. Milan has come to the end of his presentation. In pairs, look at the list (a-e) and decide on the best order for him to do these things. Then listen and check your answers (Recording 2.4).
- •12. Listen to the end of the presentation again (Recording 2.4) and complete the following phrases using between one and three words in each space.
- •13. Read the text about the ‘finish’ of a presentation and answer the questions below. Make your final message clear
- •2. Now compare your answers to the results of surveys of managers in several different countries. In your groups, discuss:
- •4. Read excerpts from a brochure by a global organisation on how to handle first meetings in four different countries. Which countries are being described?
- •5. Nigel Hastings is a director of an intercultural consultancy. Listen to him talking about managing first meeting in different cultures (Recording 3.1).
- •6. Complete these open questions which you could use in a first conversation with a stranger.
- •7. Closed questions, which require a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answer, can also help small talk. One way to ask closed questions is to make a statement followed by a short question tag, for example:
- •8. Read about the impact of cultural differences on conversational styles and answer these questions:
- •10. People from different cultures not only speak different languages but also use non-verbal communication in different ways.
- •3B Negotiations
- •2. Define ‘negotiation’ in a sentence. Then compare definitions with the rest of your group.
- •3. Look at the list of behaviours typically used by negotiators. Which do you consider to be the most important for a successful negotiator? Are there any you consider unimportant?
- •10. Wang Mei Ling works for an electronics company based in Shanghai. Listen to Ms Wang talking about her experience of negotiating with an American company (Recording 3.3).
- •8. Complex negotiations may require several participants and each team member must play a specific role. Complete the team roles model below using the pairs of words in the box.
- •9. Read the text about team negotiations and answer these questions:
- •3C Contracts and Agreements
- •1. Have you ever negotiated / entered into a contract? What kind of contract was that? Tell the group about your experiences.
- •3. Now complete the sentences with one of the terms above. Use the correct form of the words.
- •4. Read the text about contracts and answer the questions. Requirements for a Contract
- •5. Match the types of contract to their definitions.
- •6. Contracts often use formal and outdated language. Look at the example. Can you guess what the word “hereinafter” means?
- •7. Read an extract from a contract between a supplier and a customer. Contract Agreement
- •1. Definition of Terms:
- •2. Duration of the Contract
- •3. Delivery
- •4. Price
- •8. Cof Solutions is one of the uk's premier suppliers of high-quality office furniture. Read their advertisement.
- •9. Work in pair. Role play the following situation.
- •10. The customer agrees to place an order with cof Solutions. In small groups prepare a draft contract using the example in Exercise 7.
- •3D Project Management
- •1 . Read three definitions of project management. Use your dictionary to help you understand.
- •3. Read about how project management skills are used in different careers. Project management in action
- •Business Owners
- •Engineers
- •4. Which project management skills are mentioned in the text?
- •5. Match the terms on the left with their definitions on the right.
- •6. Every project life cycle contains five steps:
- •Initiation Planning Implementation Monitoring/Control Closure
- •7. Study the collocations with the verb get which are often used to talk about a project.
- •8. Meetings are central to project management. Most meetings have an agenda - a list of matters to be discussed in the meeting.
- •Imagine that you are the chairperson in a meeting. It is the start of the meeting and you are telling your colleagues about the items on the agenda. What phrases might you use?
- •Заключение
- •Список литературы
- •In english
5. Match the types of contract to their definitions.
1. a lease |
a) a contract between a seller (or vendor) and a buyer (or purchaser) |
2. an employment contract |
b) a contract between an employer and employee |
3. a contract of sale |
c) a contract between an insurance company and a person who pays for the insurance |
4. an insurance policy |
d) a contract which allows one party (the tenant) to use the land or property of the other party (the landlord) for a specified period of time |
5. a software license |
e) a contract which allows someone to use a computer programme |
6. a credit agreement |
f) a legal contract in which a bank agrees to loan a customer a certain amount of money for a specified amount of time |
6. Contracts often use formal and outdated language. Look at the example. Can you guess what the word “hereinafter” means?
“The supplier delivers the goods to the entrance of the customer; hereinafter the customer is responsible for the goods.”
Match some other “contract” phrases with their meanings:
hereinafter heretofore whereas herein in behalf of hereby
1. in here; in this (document etc)
2. up until now; until the present; before this
3. in the interests of (person etc)
4. starting from a particular time
5. it being the case that; in view of the fact that
6. as a result
Use these examples to help you:
The company named above (hereinafter referred to as "the contractor") ...
the schedule hereto attached
payment of the obligations herein
We do not warrant that the website will meet all your needs.
By signing this contract, you hereby accept the terms and conditions.
7. Read an extract from a contract between a supplier and a customer. Contract Agreement
Supplier: The Office Furniture Company
Customer: National Bank, London
1. Definition of Terms:
a. “Products” refers to all those items listed on the price listing spread sheet and any item supplied by The Office Furniture Company hereinafter.
b. “Supplier” refers to The Office Furniture Company.
c. “Buyer” refers to National Bank, London.
d. “Stock” refers to the items purchased by the buyer.
2. Duration of the Contract
a) The Contract enters into effect on the date it is signed by each party and has a fixed term ending on December 31st 2014. This contract may be altered at any time by the supplier to suit availability of product and shipment.
b) The contract can be terminated at any time by the supplier and any deal made heretofore become null and void, at no extra cost of the supplier. The supplier is not liable to pay any compensation to the buyer.
3. Delivery
a) Once the stock has left the supplier’s warehouse, the supplier relinquishes responsibility hereinafter and the buyer assumes full responsibility of the stock and is liable to pay for any damage caused during the loading, transportation and unloading processes. Any damage to the products cannot be held accountable in behalf of the supplier.
b) One condition is that the supplier must receive payment in full before any items can be dispatched. If supplier has not received the payment in full, the supplier is permitted to hold the items in their warehouse without release.