💼 Business English
What word means “money that a company receives from selling products or services”?
Revenue
What do we call your brothers and sisters together?
Siblings
Bitcoin and Ethereum are examples of what?
Cryptocurrency
What is a wafer?
A thin material used to manufacture semiconductor chips.
What does “Berapa harganya?” mean?
A. Where is it?
B. How much is it?
C. What do you want?
D. Is it spicy?
Answer: B. How much is it?
Complete the sentence:
“Our company needs to prepare a ______ for next year.”
It means a plan for expected income and spending.
Budget
What does double income mean?
A. Your salary doubles every year
B. Two people in a household both earn money
C. You work two jobs
B. Two people in a household both earn money
What is an asset?
A. Something valuable you own
B. Money you owe
C. Your monthly salary
A. Something valuable you own
Ushio's new equipment uses LED technology instead of traditional ______ lamps.
Mercury lamps
Which phrase means “Too expensive!”?
A. Tidak pedas
B. Saya mau
C. Terlalu mahal
D. Lebih murah
Answer: C. Terlalu mahal
What phrase can you use when you want someone to explain an idea in more detail?
A. Put it aside
B. Could you elaborate?
C. Take it easy
Could you elaborate?
Complete the expression:
“Let’s take it ______ by ______.”
It means dealing with a difficult situation gradually.
step by step
What is a stablecoin designed to do?
Answer: Keep a relatively stable value, often linked to a currency such as the US dollar.
What does mercury-free mean?
It does not contain mercury.
Complete the dialogue:
A: Pedas? (Spicy?)
B: ______ pedas, terima kasih.
(Not Spicy, thank you)
A. Tidak
B. Bisa
C. Berapa
D. Saya
Answer: A. Tidak
What verb means that a price, currency, or number moves up and down over time?
example: “Exchange rates ______ every day.”
Fluctuate
What is a side hustle?
An extra job or small business someone does in addition to their main job.
Example:
“I teach online as a side hustle.”
What are cash reserves?
Money kept available for bills, emergencies, or other needs.
Give two benefits of Ushio’s LED technology mentioned in the July reading.
(https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/11FIKAXqCYO5Mk3EHXczM-uXJ-vYnQ3H8p3uEE2FugPk/edit?usp=sharing)
Possible answers:
Answer: Any two.
What does “Bisa lebih murah?” mean?
A. Can I buy two?
B. Can it be cheaper?
C. Is this expensive?
D. Do you have spicy food?
Answer: B. Can it be cheaper?
Headquarters planned an exchange rate of NT$27 per US dollar, but the actual rate became different.
What business word describes the difference between the planned result and actual result?
Gap / revenue gap
Bonus 100 points: Use budget, actual, and gap in one explanation.
Ivy said buying a home is financially difficult.
Give two possible solutions using vocabulary from class.
Clues: income, side hustle, studio, invest, put aside temporarily
Possible answers include:
Answer: Any reasonable two with clear explanation.
A company puts a very large amount of its money into Bitcoin.
What is this kind of company strategy called in the July reading?
clue: three words - ___ treasury ___ (1st word is this category's topic; last word is shown on this page - "a plan")
Crypto treasury strategy
Ushio Taiwan buys or calculates some costs in USD but sells products locally in NTD.
If the US dollar becomes cheaper compared with the Taiwan dollar, what could happen to Ushio Taiwan's USD-based costs?
Bonus: How could that affect the company's results?
The costs could become lower in NTD terms.
Bonus: Lower costs could improve the margin/result if local selling prices stay similar.
Which sentence means “I’ll buy two. Discount?”
A. Saya mau dua. Mahal?
B. Saya beli dua. Diskon?
C. Berapa dua? Murah?
D. Saya ambil satu. Diskon?
Answer: B. Saya beli dua. Diskon?