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Деловой английский для любого уровня подготовки

Hello! Today we are going to speak about a variety of organizations. Speaking about business and businesses we can say: -Business is the activity of producing, buying and selling goods and services. -A business, company, firm or more formally, a concern, sells goods and services. -Large companies are usually cold corporations. -Commerce is the activity embracing all forms of the purchase and sale of goods and services. -There were state-owned or government-owned companies in many different industries. Ente...

2012-06-27 23:55:00 + Комментировать

Деловой английский для любого уровня подготовки

Hello! Today we are going to speak about risk-taking and successful people . Businesspeople are those who work in their own business or as a manager in an organization: -An entrepreneur is someone who starts or founds or establishes their own company. -Someone who starts a company is its founder. -A large company mainly owned by a person or family is a business empire. -Successful businesspeople are business leaders or, in journalistic terms, captains of industry . -If you want to be a business leader you ...

2012-06-20 13:47:41 + Комментировать

Деловой английский для любого уровня подготовки

Hello! Today let's learn useful phrases connected with problems that can happen at work. Speaking about working environment we should know health and safety issues for people at work: -Temperature, passive smoking, repetitive strain injury or RSI, dangerous machinery, hazard substances, fire hazards contribute to a bad working environment. -The government sends officials to make sure that factories and offices are safe places to work. -Health and safety inspectors check what companies are doing about thing...

2012-06-13 14:27:05 + Комментировать

Деловой английский для любого уровня подготовки

Hello! Today we are going to speak about the career ladder. Speaking about a job for life one can say next: -Many people work for the same organization until they reach retirement: the age at which people retire, or end their working life. -Some people get promotion to jobs that are more senior, with greater responsibility. -People who are demoted move to a less senior job. Let's look how we can describe company restructure: -Our company has downsized. -Some managers lost their jobs because of the reductio...

2012-06-05 16:41:17 + Комментировать

Деловой английский для любого уровня подготовки

Hello! Let's learn some useful information about employees and management. People who work for a company are its employees, personnel, staff, workers or workfore. -A company's most senior managers usually work in its head office or headquarters (HQ. -Some managers have their own individual offices. -Most employees work in open-plan offices: large areas where many people work together. -Administration, the everyday work supporting a company's activities is often done by administrative staff. -Those giving t...

2012-05-30 22:38:25 + Комментировать

Деловой английский для любого уровня подготовки

Hello! Today we would like to speak about pay and benefits Speaking about wages and salary you can use next phrases: -I get paid a salary every month. -We get the minimum wage: the lowest amount allowed by law. -I get a basic salary, plus commission: a percentage on everything I sell. To speak about benefits you may say: -We also get tips, money that customers leave for us in addition to the bill. -Working in the restaurant, we also get nice perks, for example free meals. -There are some good fringe benefi...

2012-05-22 11:48:43 + Комментировать

Деловой английский для любого уровня подготовки

Hello! Today we are going to speak about skills. A skill is the ability to do something well, especially because one has learned how to do it and practised it. Speaking about one's skills we can say: -Somebody is skilled at computer software, electronics. -Someone is skilled in communicating, using PCs, working with large groups. -Somebody is good with computers, figures, people. Let's look at words that you can use to describe your skills: -Self-starters, proactive, self-motivated, or self-driven - means ...

2012-05-15 18:04:11 + Комментировать

Деловой английский для любого уровня подготовки

Hello! While looking for a job you have to deal with many companies. Here are some questions which can be useful to ask your future boss: Where is your head office? How many sites does the company have? How many employees do you have? Is it better for you to have everyone on one site or to have different sites with different activities? Do people have their own offices or are there open-plan offices? How many departments do you have? What sort of people does your organization look for in its recruitment? A...

2012-04-24 10:07:59 + Комментировать

Деловой английский для любого уровня подготовки

Hello! Very often people make mistakes while negotiating. Today we'll teach you how to avoid them. INSTEAD OF THIS: 1.We must talk about the price first. 2. There is no way to give you any credit. 3. I want a discount. 4. I won't lower my price. 5. Can you alter the specifications? USE THIS: 1. I think we should speak about the price first. 2. I'm afraid we can't give you any credit 3. Could you give me a discount? 4. Unfortunately, I can't lower my price. 5. I wonder if you could alter the specifications....

2012-04-17 15:33:46 + Комментировать

Деловой английский для любого уровня подготовки

Hello! Today let's go on teaching you how to deal with complaints. If you face a complaint, first of all you need to show understanding: - Oh dear! Sorry to hear that. - Mmm, I see what you mean. - I'm sorry about the problem/delay. Then go on with getting the facts: -Could you give me some more details please? -What happened exactly? - What's the problem exactly? After that it's time for making excuses: - It's not our policy to replace items. -It's not our fault that it hasn't arrived. -I'm afraid that's ...

2012-04-10 09:26:54 + Комментировать