Unit 2 Written in the stars
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 366.
Marketing Department.
Production Department.
Завдання 7Визначте, які з поданих нижче речень відповідають змісту тексту(True/False):
1 Companies are organized to produce products but it is not their aim to sell them.
2 Providing services has nothing to do with business.
3 Investments are necessary to start a business.
4 All companies are managed in the same way.
5 Partnerships are the most complicated of all different ways to run a company.
6 Corporations never start out as proprietorships.
7 Board of directors are hired to manage a company.
8 The departments a company includes are never the same in different businesses.
9 Marketing research is very important for successful operation of any company.
Завдання 8Знайдіть уТексті 2відповіді на запитання та напишіть іх:
1 What is a company?
2 What is the resource you need to start a company?
3 What is the difference between a proprietorship and a partnership?
4 What do we call a company which is organized and owned by stockholders?
5 What are the main components of a corporation?
6 What is a dividend?
7 How is a board of directors formed?
8 What are the main departments in most companies called?
| № | Word | Synonym | Definition |
| p. 24-25 | |||
| to lay bare | to reveal, explain | ||
| to tear apart | pull apart | to criticize harshly; make people argue | |
| whine | a long, high-pitched unpleasant sound | ||
| to announce | make known | make a formal public statement about a fact, occurrence, or intention | |
| wheelchair | a chair built on wheels for an invalid or disabled person, either pushed by another person or propelled by the occupant | ||
| attach to | join, fasten | ||
| awkward | clumsy | ||
| sheepskin | a sheep's skin with the wool on, especially when made into a garment or rug | ||
| alert | able to think clearly; intellectually active | ||
| to emerge | appear | ||
| inflectionless | without intonation | ||
| to speed up | to quicken | ||
| baffled | confused, bewildered | ||
| dove-grey | light grey | ||
| van | TV remote pickup truck | ||
| power steering | a system for steering which uses power from the engine so that it is easier for the driver to steer the vehicle | ||
| gimmick | gadget | a trick or device intended to attract attention, publicity, or trade | |
| sucker | fan, lover | a person especially susceptible to or fond of (a specified thing) | |
| to come up with | to produce | usually an idea | |
| to sustain | to support | kept like in prison (text) | |
| defunct | no longer existing or functioning | ||
| motor neuron disease | disease which destroys the part of a person's nervous system that controls movement | ||
| savage | fierce, violent, cruel | ||
| deterioration | worsening | the process of becoming progressively worse | |
| to stumble | to trip | momentarily lose one's balance; almost fall | |
| vestigial movement | disappearing | partly depressed | |
| disconcerting | strongly confusing | ||
| immense | extremely large, huge | ||
| to reverse out | to turn around | ||
| shabby | in poor condition through long use or lack of care | ||
| to slump | sit, lean, or fall heavily and limply | ||
| fragile | easily broken or damaged | ||
| whirring | (of something rapidly rotating or moving to and fro) making a low, continuous, regular sound | ||
| relativity | Einstein's theory concerning space, time, and motion | ||
| layman | a non-expert | ||
| quarry | an object being hunted | ||
| p.26 | |||
| now's a fine time | this is a very inconvenient moment | ||
| a bit pressed of time | in a bit of hurry | ||
| buy time | delay things | ||
| for the time being | as a temporary measure | ||
| (be/come/leave) on time | punctually | ||
| to be in time | be not late, have enough time to do smth | ||
| at the best times | in favourable circumstances | ||
| time will tell | we will know only in the future | ||
| time and time again | repeatedly | ||
| kill time | pass the time | ||
| just in the nick of time | with only seconds to spare | ||
| p.30-31 | |||
| rebel | a person who resists authority, control, or convention | ||
| witchcraft | the use of magic powers, especially evil ones | ||
| to sweep away | to demolish | ||
| persecution | oppression | ||
| arcane | mystery | ||
| to grasp | to catch (the idea) | ||
| to subside | to disappear | ||
| kinsman | relative | ||
| celibate | abstaining from marriage | ||
| precursor | forerunner | ||
| utterly | completely | ||
| rigorously | inflexibly | ||
| unarguably | indisputably | ||
| staggeringly | astoundingly | ||
| kindly | generously | ||
| equally | evenly | ||
| disastrously | catastrophically | ||
| alarmingly | disturbingly | ||
| in league with | allied to | ||
| systematic | methodical victimization | ||
| p.32 | |||
| to throw the book at someone | punish someone severely | ||
| to take a leaf out of someone's book | behave in the same way | ||
| to turn a new leaf | change | ||
| to speak volumes about someone | be very indicative to someone's character | ||
| to be in someone's good books | be in someone else's favour at the moment because you did something good. | ||
| to do something by the book | follow all the correct procedures in everything | ||
| p.34 | |||
| pace | speed at which events are going | ||
| opening | beginning | ||
| hero/heroine | the chief character in a book, play, or film, who is typically identified with good qualities, and with whom the reader is expected to sympathize | ||
| theme | an idea that recurs in or pervades a work of art or literature | ||
| protagonist | the leading character or one of the major characters in a play, film, novel, etc. | ||
| climax | culmination | the most intense, exciting, or important point of something | |
| suspense | a kind of a thrill emotion which is increasing during the movie | ||
| denouement | the final part of a play, film, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved |
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