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Тема 1. Карьера.

Основные слова и выражения по теме:

Career plan, sales& marketing, finance, management, administration & personnel, production, research & development, to offer career opportunities, to decide on a career plan, to take a career break, to make a career move, to move ahead ( to get ahead ) in your career, short & long-term goals, to delegate a task, evaluate your progress, to master your skill.

Вопросы по теме:

1 How ambitious are you?

2 Do you have a career plan?

3 What should you do to get ahead in your career?

4 What practical advise could you give someone who wants to get ahead?

5 What helps when trying to move ahead?

6 What are the ways to improve your career?

Тема 2. Продажи через Интернет.

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Discount, refund, dispatched, warehouse, bargain, credit card, cooling off, money back, interest free, expiry date, credit card details, buy online, order on the telephone, prices on the website, identical prices, enquire about an order, to provide good images, high street, cut-throat, a dilemma, bricks-&-mortar, dual pricing, a margin, to shop about.

Вопросы по теме:

1 What do you like or don’t like about shopping?

2 What are the advantages of shopping online?

3 What have you bought online?

4 What would you never buy online?

5 What are the keys to successful online business?

6 How online shopping affects the retail business?

7 How can retailers make the best of both online & offline world?

Тема 3. Компании.

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Family owned company, a multinational company, your own company, telecommunication and media, engineering, retailing, construction, tourism, banking and finance, transport, vehicle manufacturing, IT, food and drink, pharmaceuticals, share price, workforce, profit, turnover, subsidiary, increase market share, head office, a strong company culture, user friendly packaging, good designers, to respond to the needs of the workforce, a simple idea that is easy to understand.

Вопросы по теме:

1Which of the companies you would like to work for?

2 Can you name a company in each sector?

3 What factors can make a company successful?

4 What new projects is the company involved in?

5 How can you keep up your performance at such a difficult time for the economy?

6 Where are you planning to expand in the next 5 years?

7 Present your company.

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Тема 4. Великолепные идеи.

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Great ideas, to copy & improve the ideas of others, to take advantage of an opportunity, to raise smb’s status, to enter a market, to extend a product range, to meet a need, to make a breakthrough, to brainstorm, to happen out of the blue, eBay, to interact more effectively, to encourage people, to result in.

Вопросы по теме:

1 Is research & development the key to great business ideas?

2 What should companies do to encourage new ideas?

3 What are the two types of innovation & what’s the difference between them?

4 Why is eBay effective?

5 What examples of great business ideas do you know?

6 What makes a business idea a really great idea?

7 What are the possible advantages & disadvantages of governments & global companies working together on projects?

Тема 5. Стресс.

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To go to the dentist, to get stuck in a traffic jam, to find a place to park, to queue in the supermarket, to make a speech, to travel by air, to go to the hairdresser, to have an interview, to make a presentation to senior executives, to lead a formal meeting, to telephone in English, to negotiate a very valuable contract, to ask your boss for a pay rise, to ask for support, to appear vulnerable, to cope with pressure, slow or fast pace of life, lifestyle, workaholic, workload, deadline, flexitime.

Вопросы по теме:

1. Which of the situations is the most stressful for you?
2. What do you do to relax?
3. What are the main causes of stress at work?
4. How to deal with stress?
5. Do you prefer a slow or a fast pace of life?
6. What can people do to have a good work-life balance?
7. Some people would like to leave the “rat race”, what do they mean?
8. What are the advantages & disadvantages of stressful jobs?
9. Do you like working under pressure?
10. What deadlines do you have to meet in your daily life?
11. Why do people become workaholics?

Тема 6. Развлечение.