Unit 1
What is Boyan Slat's goal in life?
To clean up the world's oceans
Does making mistakes during your studies is normal? Why?
Making mistakes is very important part of your education. Making mistakes allowes you to be more initiative, and your teacher and groupmates will surely correct you, so you won't make a mistake in future.
What was the 3rd Unit mostly about?
About appliance for a job and firing.
Who is a role model?
A role model is a person who serves as an example, whose behavior, example, and success can be imitated by others.
Someone who is an innovator in their field, who may develop of doing something or a new approach which brings about change.
Trailblazer
Remember the words with defenitons:
1. Avoid
2. The most important thing
3. Mock, make fun of
4. Very good for
5. Positive things said about someone
6. Involved
7. Try to answer, based on some information
8. Someoone who can't bear making mistakes
1. Steer clear
2. Crucial element
3. Deride
4. Highly beneficial to
5. Praise
6. Engaged
7. Make an educated guess
8. Perfectionist
What is difference between soft skills and hard skills?
Hard skills are competencies a person possesses and can be learned and built upon over time through training, while soft skills are related to how someone communicates, relates to others, manages their time, and handles their emotions and actions within the workplace.
Translate these multi-word verbs into Russian:
1. Catch up on
2. Fall back on
3. Feel up to
1. Наверстать упущенное
2. Полагаться на что-то или кого-то
3. Считать способным или в состоянии что-то сделать
List 7 words about needs and givings.
1. Un...
2. Com...
3. Ph...
4. We...
5. De...
6. Al...
7. Vu...
1. Unstinting
2. Compassionate
3. Philantropic
4. Welfare
5. Destitute
6. Altruistic
7. Vulnerable
Complete the collocations:
1. ... environment
2. find your own ...
3. ... for excellence
4. ... good relationships
5. fullfilling your ...
6. a quality ...
7. rigorous ...
8. taking the ...
9. mutual ...
10. a focus on ...
1. nurturing
2. path
3. striving
4. fostering
5. potential
6. curriculum
7. standarts
8. initiative
9. respect
10. inividuality
What reasons of firing were mentioned in article about firing?
1. Making candid comments about working conditions.
2. Asking help by posting a survey on Facebook.
3. Posting a photo, which contradicts the reason for absence from work.
4. Discussion about the client on the Internet.
5. Jiggling the food.
Explain the echo chamber effect.
An echo chamber is an environment where a person only encounters information or opinions that reflect and reinforce their own.
Translate these collocations into Russian:
1. Paradigm shift
2. Conventional wisdom
3. Pilot studies
1. Фундаментальное изменение в том, как люди воспринимают, мыслят или понимают ту или иную концепцию или явление.
2. Общепринятая точка зрения.
3. Небольшое предварительное исследование, проводимое перед основным исследованием с целью проверки осуществимости или улучшения плана исследования.
Explain these idioms in English and then translate them into Russian:
1. Feel like a fish out of the water
2. Under the weather
3. Coming apart at the seams
4. On cloud nine
5. Chip on your shoulder
1. Feel like you are in the wrong place or with wrong people - Чувствовать себя не в своей тарелке.
2. Be ill - Болеть
3. Loose control on your emotions/Something goes in a wrong way - Потерять самообладание/Что-то идет не по плану.
4. Be very happy - Быть очень счастливым
5. To hold a grudge or grievance that readily provokes disputation - Затаить обиду или недовольное выражение, которое легко провоцирует спор.
Rewrite sentences with words in brackets.
1. It's crucial that the crew seal the exits first. (obliged)
2. There's strong likelihood that someone will be in pain. (probably)
3. It's vital that every aspect of service is perfect. (expectation)
1. The crew is obliged to seal the exits first.
2. Someone will probably be in pain.
3. There's an expectation that every aspect of service is perfect.
Remember the structure of elevator pitch.
1. Inroduce the topic
2. Short description
3. Give 1-2 examples
4. Wrap up the description
5. Give your final pitch
Explain what the sharing economy is.
The sharing economy is a socio-economic system whereby consumers share in the creation, production, distribution, trade and consumption of goods, and services.
How can we improve our studies in University?
All your suggestions are very good!
What actions should you avoid in order not to be fired?
1. Avoid social media when it comes to work.
2. Avoid breaking the rules
3. Avoid disrespecting your customers
Give some advices to make an elevator pitch.
1. Remember that you don't have much time
2. Try to shortly introduce yourself, spend more time on your idea.
3. Let the other person know that you are interested in improving something in company and provide your propose to him/her.