Lord Dunsany
“No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.”
Lin Yutang
“Travel and change of place impart new vigour to the mind.”
Seneca
“The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes "sight-seeing."
Daniel J. Boorstin
Student A. You are a travel agent who specializes in GOA. Your aim is to persuade a customer to buy a tour there. Describe GOA`s nature, people, cuisine, attractions.
Student B. You are a keen tourist who has always wanted to visit GOA. Talk to a travel agent to find out as much information about GOA as you can. Ask him/her about its location, beaches, weather, hotels, markets etc.
bonus, annual/ regular/ decent bonus, to get a good bonus
career, rapid career progress, a long term career, a careers counsellor, a career/ personal profile
company, a prestigious/ fast-expanding company, a company car
costs (экон. издержки), to reduce costs, to keep down costs, to keep the costs low, the estimated costs, cost-effective (рентабельный, экономичный), costly (дорогостоящий)
covering letter
curriculum vitae (CV)
duties
educational qualifications
homeworking, to encourage homeworking, working from home
interview, an interviewee, to have/ attend an interview
job, to have/ look for/ get/ find/ do/ offer/ take on a job, job title, job advertisement, a full-time job, a pointless job, to apply for a job, a job description, to lose smb.’s job, the job centre,
pay, the pay is good/ terrible,
perks, good perks/ excellent benefits: a pension scheme and share options (дополнительное пенсионное страхование и возможность участия в прибылях компании)
position, to invite applications for/ to apply for some position, details of a position, a senior/ full-time/ permanent position
recruitment agency, to register with a recruitment agency
salary, excellent/ competitive salary, a salary increase
skill, excellent organizational skills, to have very good people/ computer/ special skills, to require/ have special skills/ knowledge, to possess some skills
staff, to recruit new staff
time, time-consuming, time management
time, to save time, to buy some time
work, to work by yourself, to offer a chance to work abroad, to work long/ anti-social hours, to work shifts/ to work shift-work, to work nine-to-five, to get/ do/ find/ look for work, to enjoy the variety of the work, workstation, (to manage) smb.’s work-life balance, to work/ react under pressure, pleasant working environment, the social side of work, to be a workaholic,
to appreciate smth.
to avoid doing smth.
to be available for interview
to bring smth. up to date
to commute, commuting to work, to commute to work on crowded trains, a commuter, telecommuting, long commutes to work,
to deal with people, dealing with people
to employ, employer, employee, to be unemployed, smb.’s employment history, to sell yourself to the employer, self-employed
to hesitate when doing smth.
to inspire
to lean (leant, leant)
to motivate, to motivate a team
to present/ to solve a problem, to raise/ settle a query
to promote, opportunities for promotion, to promise a promotion, to be promoted,
to suit smb., suitable
to throw smb. off guard
efficient
flexible, flexible hours, to be on flexi-time, flexibility
approximately
Jobs
Actress, ambulance driver, assistant to finance director, cameraman, chief administrator, chief executive, editor, freelance journalist, graphic/ website designer, marketing executive, runner, sales manager, surgeon, stunt double, trainee manager, actor, accountant, administrator, advisor, air traffic controller, architect, artist, assistant, carpenter, chef, chief executive officer, clerk, computer programmer, consultant, dentist, director, economist, engineer, farmer, firefighter, film director, film-maker, inventor, journalist, hairdresser, lawyer, librarian, manager, mechanic, model, executive, musician, nurse, personal assistant, personnel officer, police officer, plumber, politician, professional footballer, public relations officer, receptionist, research worker, sales/ shop assistant, sales manager, safety officer, security officer, secretary, skilled (unskilled) worker, social worker, supervisor, tax inspector, teacher, TV presenter, union official, vet,
1. Для того, чтобы стать лидером, вы должны воспитать у себя навыки стратегического мышления. Стратегическое мышление – это процесс, посредством которого вы развиваете у себя способности к коллективной работе, решению проблем и критическому мышлению. Ко всему, это еще и инструмент, помогающий вам противостоять быстро изменяющимся обстоятельствам, планировать необходимые преобразования, проводить их в жизнь, а также предвидеть новые направления и возможности.
2. Люди актерских профессий обычно активны, эмоциональны и энергичны. Часто они чересчур оптимистичны, не боятся перемен и стремятся к неограниченной свободе.
3. Ненормированный рабочий день и частые поездки входят в обязанности руководителя. Всегда быть бдительным и сосредоточенным – вот две самые большие трудности, с которыми вам придется столкнуться на руководящем посту.
4. Стремительные изменения, происходящие в современном мире, не дают возможности
«знать» решительно все. Другими словами, подходящей квалификации и достаточного опыта работы может оказаться недостаточно, чтобы успешно пройти собеседование при приеме на работу. Претенденты на ту или иную вакансию должны быть уверенны в себе, обладать гибкостью и интуицией.
5. Работодатели при отборе кандидатов часто задают провокационные вопросы.
6. Я уже год ищу работу своей мечты. Мне бы очень хотелось найти постоянную работу с неполным рабочим днем, пусть даже с возможностью сверхурочных часов и нечастых командировок, но самое главное, чтобы она была мне по-душе.
7. Почему я должен предложить работу именно Вам? – Затрудняюсь ответить сразу, но думаю, что моя квалификация и богатый практический опыт позволят мне быть уверенным в успехе на этом поприще.
"There are few, if any, jobs in which ability alone is sufficient. Needed, also, are loyalty, sincerity, enthusiasm and team play." --William B. Given, Jr.
"When people go to work, they shouldn't have to leave their hearts at home.” --Betty Bender
”To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth.” --Pearl S. Buck
"One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important." --Bertrand Russell
"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
"The world is full of willing people, some willing to work, the rest willing to let them." --Robert Frost
Setting: Recruitment Agency
Situation: You are going to interview a candidate for a place on the graduate recruitment programme (choose any post you like). Analize the candidate`s CV and Application Letter, prepare questions and act out with your partner the job interview.
accent
budget, a small/ big budget, the budget is limited, the budget runs/ stretches to smth.
communication, a means of communication
course, an accelerated course, to take a Masters Course in, to take a postgraduate course, online courses, a crash course,
cultural identity
dialect
English, poor English, to write correct English,
grammar
high-flyer (птица высокого полета, амбициозный, целеустремленный человек, который многого добился)
language, to cover all aspects of language, a dead language, a speaker of some language, an official language, to run a language class, to organise English language training, to promote a language, the working language, to improve smb.’s/ to have a good command of the language, language training, language ability, a language school, a language instructor/ expert, one-to-one language training, a sign language
literacy, literacy skills
opinion poll
option
outline
progress, to make much/ less progress than, to check smb.’s progress
pronunciation
questionnaire
range, to communicate in a range of ways,
slang
to adapt to
to affect smth., to be affected, c.f. to have an effect/ a disastrous effect on
to allow/ permit/ let
to carry out, to carry out smb.’s business, to carry out a survey
to find it easy/ difficult to…
to intend to do smth., an intention
to invest in/ investment in
to predict, a prediction
to raise, to raise funds, a fundraiser, to raise smb.’s profile (повысить роль и значение придать вес, поднять авторитет, улучшить образ, «пропиарить»), a fund-raising campaign, fund-raising
to spell (spelt, spelt), correct spelling, to be good at spelling, a spelling competition
to text, text language, texting, SMS
obviously
Celtic/ Gaelic
bilingual
native, native/ mother tongue, the first language
foreign
fluent, fluency in
eventually
overall
unless