Connectives
The company was doing badly; _______________,it closed.
therefore
as a result
thus
Companies like Facebook h............. d............ from people’s social media accounts.
Harvest Data
True or False?
Human Resource Managers mainly recruit staff for a company.
False: They do much more than that! They advise managers on how they can increase the team’s performance. They also suggest training programmes for employees.
You ask this type of question in your presentation to encourage listeners to think, but you answer it yourself.
a rhetorical question
Explain the term 'downcycled'.
to be downcycled = to be recycled in a way that the product is of lower value than the original item
Milk from our factory is tested regularly___________ give our customers the best possible quality.
in order to
Will the technology of future cities be harmful to jobs?
No, it will create more time for more human interaction. For instance, a nurse will have more time to spend with patients.
Explain what crowdfunding means.
Crowdfunding is the practice of funding a project or venture by raising money from a large number of people who each contribute a relatively small amount, typically via the Internet.
Musicians, filmmakers, and artists have successfully raised funds and fostered awareness through crowdfunding.
When being interviewed for a job, the interviewer might ask the candidate: "Tell me about a time when you felt.......................
under pressure/frustrated by your work
Explain how a circular economy works and give an example.
A circular economy minimizes waste and makes the most of resources. This can be achieved through long-lasting design, maintenance, repair, reuse, remanufacturing, refurbishing, and recycling in closed loops.
Example: H&M is working on a strategy to become 100% circular: the company collects old garments in its store and recycles them to reuse for new garments.
_______________are larger cars more expensive, but they also cost a lot to maintain.
Not only
When a surface is ________________, it is porous, allowing water to penetrate. On the contrary, when a surface is ________________, it repels water.
When a surface is permeable, it is porous, allowing water to penetrate. On the contrary, when a surface is impervious, it repels water.
What is the "Ford Approach" to industry?
Doing the same thing over and over, assembly line production. Focuses on efficiency, speed of production, lowest cost
Provide three synonyms for 'decreased rapidly' in the following sentence:
Sales decreased rapidly in February.
fell sharply/plunged/plummeted/dropped dramatically/etc.
Why would a government want to roll out stimulus packages?
To offer small and medium sized enterprises and industries some financial packages to recover from the crisis (fiscal packages, for instance)
__________ it is your money, you can do what you like with it. _____________, I advise you not to waste it on trivialities.
Since/Given that/because
However/Nevertheless
Poorer residents have been pushed to the outskirts of the city by g.................
Explain what it means to 'defer a payment' and give an example of how it works.
A loan arrangement in which the borrower is allowed to start making payments at some specified time in the future. Deferred payment arrangements are often used in retail settings where a person buys and receives an item with a commitment to begin making payments at a future date.
Name four different types of visual data.
flow chart/pie chart/bar chart or bar graph/line chart or line graph/table/diagram
Give 4 benefits of the plastics recycling process.
Less water, less energy, fewer chemicals, less dependency on raw materials, creation of green jobs
Your application may be retained for consideration ____________________ you meet all of the requirements.
provided that
Write a sentence of 15 words (at least) using the following 2 expressions. Stay within the context of Cities in 2050.
Possible answer:
Implementing high-tech real-estate is a technique urban planners are using to create smart cities.
According to "The Changing World of Work," How is the world of information abundance defined? (Two Ways - One Negative, One Positive)
- The sense of being overwhelmed by constant communications/flood of data and having to cope with this
- Immense creative possibilities that come with a massive influx of knowledge/data
Give five synonyms for the verb 'shows' in the following sentence:
This graph shows population growth over the past 50 years.
Give five synonyms for the verb 'shows' in the following sentence:
This graph shows population growth over the past 50 years.
Give two major elements that characterize each of the following:
-the linear economy
-the circular economy
-the sharing economy
The linear economy :
- goods turn into waste going to a landfill
- only partially recycled
The circular economy
- no waste
- transformation of the materials into new raw materials
The sharing economy
- sharing of resources by multiple people (peer-to-peer interaction)
- goods are used more fully rather than letting them lay dormant