Business Result Pre-Int

Unit 12 Performance

Useful Language

Word	Definition	Translation	Transcription
accident	something bad which happens that is not expected or intended, and which often damages something or injures someone	несчастный случай	æk.sɪ.dənt
(to) achieve a target	to succeed in reaching a particular goal	достигать цели	ətʃiv ə tɑ.gɪt
approximate	not completely accurate but close	приблизительный, примерный	ə prɒk.sɪ.mət
approximation	an estimate of a number or an amount that is almost correct, but not exact	приближённое значение;	ə prɒk.sɪˈmeɪ.ʃən
bench	a long, usually hard, seat for two or more people, often found in public places	скамья	bent ʃ
capacity	the total amount that can be contained or produced	производительность	kə pæs.ə.ti
(to) collapse	to fall down suddenly because of pressure or having no strength or support	разрушаться, обваливаться	kə læps
(to) decrease	to become less	уменьшаться, убывать, сокращаться	dɪ kris
(the) disabled	not having one or more of the physical or mental abilities that most people have	инвалиды	dɪ seɪ.bl ̩d
disappointing	not as good, successful as you hoped	неутешительный, разочаровывающий	dɪs.ə pɔɪn.tɪŋ
(to) discover	to find information, a place or an object, especially for the first time	обнаруживать	dɪˈskʌv.ər
diversity	the quality of including a range of many people or things	разнообразие; многообразие;	da ɪˈvɜː.sɪ.ti
diversity of workforce	similarities and differences among employeesintermsof age, cultural background, physicalabilitiesanddisabilities, race, religion,sex, and sexualorientation.	разнородность рабочей силы	da ɪ vɜ.sɪ.ti əv wɜk.fɔs
downward/upward	moving towards a lower/higherposition or value	нисходящий/восходящий	daʊn.wəd ʌp.wəd
dramatically	to a very great and surprising degree	разительно, значительно, сильно	drə mæt.ɪ.kli
(to) drop	to move to a lower level, or cause something to move to a lower level	снижаться, уменьшаться	drɒp
due to	attributable to or caused by	благодаря; вследствие; в результате; из-за	dju tu
durable	likely to last for a long time without breaking or getting weaker	надёжный, прочный, стойкий,	djʊə.rə.bl
encouraging	giving support, courage or hope	обнадёживающий	ɪn kʌr.ɪ.dʒɪŋ
environmental performance	how well a business performs in terms of carrying out its activities without harming the environment	экологические показатели	ɪn vaɪə .rən .men.təl pə fɔː.mənt s
ethnic	of a national or racial group of people	этнический	eθ.nɪk
(to) evaluate	to judge the quality, importance of something	оценивать, давать оценку;	ɪ væl.ju.eɪt
excellent	extremely good	отличный, отменный,	ek.səl.ənt
factory	a building or set of buildings where large amounts of goods are made using machines	завод, фабрика, предприятие	fæk.tər.i
furniture	things such as chairs, tables, beds, cupboards, etc. which are put into a house or other building to make it suitable and comfortable for living or working in	мебель	fɜ .nɪ.tʃər
graph	a picture which shows how two sets of information or variable amounts are related, usually by lines or curves	график	grɑːf
in addition	as well (as)	в добавление, к тому же	ə dɪʃ.ən
in terms of	used to describe which particular area of a subject you are discussing	с точки зрения	ɪn tɜmz əv
(to)include	to contain something as a part of something else, or to make something part of something else	включать в себя, содержать в себе	ɪn klud
industrial	in or related to industry, or having a lot of industry and factories, etc	индустриальный, промышленный	ɪn dʌs.tri.əl
inflation	a general, continuous increase in prices	инфляция	ɪn fleɪ.ʃən
(to) injure	to hurt or cause physical harm to a person or animal	ранить	ɪn.dʒər
investor	a person who puts money into something in order to make a profit	вкладчик, инвестор	ɪn ves.tər
(to) label	to fasten a label to	прикреплять ярлык, этикетку (прям. и перенос.)	leɪ.bəl
(to) last	to continue being good or suitable	сохраняться	lɑːst
(to) lay off	to stop employing someone, because there is no work for them to do	временно уволить	lei.ɒf
local council	the group of people elected to govern a particular area, town orcity, and organize services for it	муниципальный совет	ləʊ.kəl kaʊnt .səl
(to) locate	to be in a particular place	располагать в определённом месте;	ləʊ ˈkeɪt
(to) look after	to take care of or be in charge of someone or something	заботиться	lʊk ɑːf.tər
low-cost	cheap	малозатратный, низкозатратный (имеющий невысокие издержки)	ləʊ kɒst
(to) manage costs	to use money, time, etc. in a sensible way so that it does not cost too much to do something	Управлять расходами	mæn.ɪdʒ kɒsts
market share	the amount of sales of a product that a company has, compared with total sales of that product	доля рынка	mɑ.kɪt ʃeər
(to) measure performance	to evaluate the quality of organization’s activity, services	оценивать производительность, результативность работы	meʒ.ər pə fɔː.mənt s
middle-class	a social group that consists of well-educated people, such as doctors, lawyers, and teachers, who have good jobs and are neither very rich nor very poor	средний класс	mɪd.l klɑːs
minority	a smaller number or part	меньшинство	maɪ nɒr.ɪ.ti
nowadays	at the present time, in comparison to the past	в наши дни; теперь; в наше время	naʊ.ə.deɪz
objective	something which you plan to do or achieve	цель	əb dʒek.tɪv
oil	the black oil obtained from under the Earth's surface from which petrol comes	нефть	ɔɪl
passenger car	a road vehicle with an engine, four wheels, and seats for a small number of people	легковой автомобиль	pæs.ən.dʒər kɑːr
(to) perform	to work or function well or badly	исполнять, выполнять	pə fɔm
performance	how well a person, company, etc. does a piece of work or an activity	результативность, производительность, эффективность	pəfɔ .mənt s
personality	the type of person you are, which is shown by the way you behave, feel and think	индивидуальность, личность	pɜ.sə næl.ə.ti
(to) pollute	to make an area or substance, usually air, water or earth, dirty by adding harmful chemicals	загрязнять	pə lut
poor	not good, being of a very low quality	плохой, недостаточный	pɔr
(to) preserve	to keep something as it is, especially in order to prevent it from decaying or being damaged or destroyed	сохранять, сберегать	prɪ zɜv
public	all ordinary people	публика; общественность	pʌb.lɪk
public area	any area which is free and open to general public all the time	площадь общественного пользования	pʌb.lɪk eə.ri.ə
(to) reduce	to make something smaller in size, amount, degree, importance	сокращать, уменьшать	rɪ djus
(to) remain stable	to stay in the same condition, not likely to change	оставаться стабильным	rɪ meɪn steɪ.bl
(to) replace	to change something that is old, damaged, etc, for a similar thing that in newer or better	заменять, замещать	rɪˈpleɪs
reputation	the opinion that people have about what someone/something is like, base on what has happened in the past	репутация	rep.jʊˈteɪ.ʃən
revenues	the money that an organization receives from its business	доходы	rev.ən.juz
(to) rise	to increase	возрастать	raɪz
safe	not in danger or likely to be harmed	безопасный	seɪf
safety record	the facts about how an organization performs in relation to its products and activities being safe	Показатели безопасности	seɪf.ti rek.ɔd
salary cost	the amount of money needed to pay salaries to the employees	затраты [расходы, издержки] на оплату труда (служащих)	sæl.ər.i kɒsts
sales result	the number of products sold	товарооборот, объемпродаж	seɪlz rɪ zʌlt
sales target	a specified amount of sales that amanagement sets for achieving or exceeding within a specified timeframe	план продаж [сбыта]	seɪlz tɑː.gɪt
satisfactory	good or good enough for a particular need or purpose	удовлетворительный; достаточный	sæt.ɪs fæk.tər.i
screw	a thin pointed piece of metal which is used to join things together	винт, шуруп	skru
senior management	managers at the highest level of a company or organization, considered as a group	высшее руководство	si.ni.ər mæn.ɪdʒ.mənt
share	one of the equal parts into which the ownership of a company is divided and which can be bought by members of the public	акция; доля	ʃeər
socially responsible	doing things in a way that shows concern for society and people in general	социально ответственный (соответствующие определенным социальным ценностям и моральным нормам,)	səʊ.ʃəl.irɪ spɒnt .sɪ.bl
stock market	the business of buying and selling shares in companies and the place where this happens	фондовая биржа	Stɒk mɑː.kɪt
survey	an examination of opinions, behaviour, etc., made by asking people questions	опрос, анкетирование	sɜ.veɪ
(to) treat	to behave towards someone or deal with something in a particular way	обращаться, вести себя (по отношению к кому-л. как-л.)	trit
trend	a general development or change in a situation or in the way that people are behaving	общее направление, тенденция	trend
unemployment	the number of people who do not have a job which provides money	безработица	ʌn.ɪm plɔɪ.mənt
vehicle	machine usually with wheels and an engine, which is used for transporting people or goods	транспортное средство	vi.ɪ.kl ̩
wood	a hard substance which forms the branches and trunks of trees and which can be used as a building material	дерево (материал, древесина)	wʊd

1. Match the words (1-10) with their definitions (a-j)

share	not having physical or mental abilities that most people have
revenues	something which you plan to do or achieve
inflation	the money that an organization receives from its business
satisfactory	the total amount that can be produced
objective	one of the equal parts into which the ownership of a company is divided
diversity	a general, continuous increase in prices
disabled	likely to last for a long time without breaking or getting weaker
approximation	good enough for a particular purpose
durable	the quality of including a range of many people or things
capacity	an estimate of an amount that is almost correct, but not exact

2. Match the words to make word combinations. Translate them into Russian.

diversity	market
environmental	costs
measure	share
manage	target
safety	of workforce
stock	performance
sales	record
market	performance
socially	market
stock	responsible

3. Complete the sentences with the words from the Useful Language (the first letter is given)

1. We have a lot of positive feedback, which is very e……………… .

2. The a……………… cost will be about $500.

3. The doctor has a good r……………… .

4. It’s impossible to e……………… this product now, we need to know if its material is d……………….

5. We’re not sure where we’ll l……………… our new f………………, it has to be out of the city not to p ……………… the air with its emissions.

6. We had to d……………… our prices because the s ……………… showed people think they’re too high.

7. Because of the d……………… s……………… results the prices of our s……………… have dropped.

8. There was a lot of positive f……………… which was very e……………….

9. The company had to l……………… ……………… many workers because of the crisis.

10. In t……………… ……………… my new work is much better, but there’s no d……………… of w………………, all employees are men.

READING

4. Read the text and find out when these things happened

• Harry Cragoe lived in California

• Harry Cragoe and Patrick Folkes founded PJ Smoothies

• Cragoe and Folkes imported Smoothies from America from 19.. to 19..

• They started production in the UK.