1. Success in business results from hard work? Talent? Sense of business? Job security? Rich parents? Dishonesty?
2. The main incentives for good work are money? Promotion? Threat of punishment? Self-fulfillment?
3. Aptitude, flexibility, ability to learn and commitment can be measured.
4. It is better to be "a big fish in a small pond", which means to be important and have a lot of influence only in a small organization or company.
5. Only acting in an enterprising way gives a person a competitive edge.
6. Some people tend to change jobs, others "stick to their knitting", i.e. are loyal to their profession.
Grammar
The Infinitive
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| To advertise in the national press is very expensive. . | |
| He told her to wait. . | |
| They began to negotiate the contract the day before yesterday. . | |
| It is a good question to discuss. , . | |
| He came to Moscow to take part in the exhibition. , . |
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1. not:
They have decided not to proceed with the project.
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We seem to be discussing a wrong proposal.
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Role play
Dress code and working conditions
1. Read the dialogue, translate the Russian remarks into English and act it out.
- Can you give me some ground rules about the dressing code in your company. I've always worked in an office with men only. I've always had a feeling of defencelessness about dresses when all men in the room wear jackets. I know that a woman who hopes to manage affairs and exert authority must avoid any kind of dresses which portray her as weak or indecisive. Do you agree with me?
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- Are accessories acceptable? In the company I worked for there was one cardinal rule: don't wear anything that jingles, wiggles, clanks or glitters. They said accessories should be silent, understated and unobtrusive never sexy.
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- I understand that these dangling earrings, bracelets, chain collections and garish, attention-getting items I am wearing dilute any woman's authority image. But I can do nothing about it.
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- Yes.
