Александра Егурнова "ESP: Accounting and Economics. Teacher’s book"

Task 12. Fill inВ each gap with one suitable word from the table.

Leadership Skills

Accounting 1)professionals need toВ be ambitious self-starters who can develop new insights, manage projects, and motivate and engage 2)team members, all the while displaying solidВ leadership skills. While the partners at your firm or leaders inВ your department are 3)managing the business side ofВ the organization, you may need toВ serve as aВ source ofВ aid when colleagues need help 4)navigating aВ particular program or managing their first busy-season audit.

Additionally, your managers may look toВ you for 5) fresh ideas regarding how the organization can ensure continuity ofВ service toВ 6) clients, improve compliance procedures or address aВ host ofВ other issues.

Reading

Task 14. Answer the questions (1—6) using information from the text.

1. What kind ofВ employees does the author lookВ for?

B. Those who submit to the company’s culture.

2. During pre-interviews, the author pays attentionВ to:

D. Communication skills.

3. How much do the hires of inexperienced workers in the author’s company comprise?

C. More than four fifths.

4. Internship program:

A. Shows the strengths and weaknesses ofВ the prospective worker.

5. According toВ the author, it is better toВ investВ in:

A. Interns.

6. The author is ofВ the opinion that workersВ are:

D. Substitutable.

Task 16. Give synonyms from the text toВ the words below.

Free (thinkers) (paragraphВ 1)

Multiple (paragraphВ 2)

Unanimous (paragraphВ 3)

Interns (paragraphВ 4)

Leadership (paragraphВ 5)

Benefit (paragraphВ 6)

Tremendous (paragraphВ 7)

Morale (paragraphВ 8)

Grammar

Task 18. Fill inВ the table with appropriate verbs. Which grammar tenses are being described?

Task 19. Read the text and put the verbs inВ brackets into the Present Simple Tense.

The best tool for time management 1 IS probably one of the simplest tools, and that 2 IS having a schedule. You can do that on paper or with a phone or Outlook – whatever electronic versions 3 WORK best. Taking the time to actually schedule 4 IS really the key. Scheduling time to actually 5 GO through your calendar and fill it up. I find when my calendar 6 IS empty, I often will wander off to different tasks or get distracted with email or maybe just think about all the things there 7 ARE to do instead of actually getting them done. Having time set aside to schedule and plan 8 IS a pretty critical part of scheduling.

The more you can schedule blocks ofВ time inВ aВ repetitive sort ofВ manner so that you can get into aВ routine, then you can really find that the schedule 9В WORKS well for you and 10В BECOMES aВ natural process. One ofВ the best ways that IВ 11В FIND toВ actually get things accomplished would be if you 12В SCHEDULE time out ofВ the office, maybe at aВ coffee shop or 13В TAKE yourself toВ lunch, and that can be aВ great time toВ use for actually planning your schedule and planning time ahead.

Task 20. Match the headlines (A-D) to the extracts (1—4). Explain why the verbs in bold are used in the Present Simple or Present Continuous.

1) B. Assess your personal habits

2) D. Stimulate your brain

3) A. Try sleep programming

4) C.В Read

Task 21. Say whether the sentences below are grammatically correct. Correct those which are wrong.

1) Look! Susan is planting forget-me-nots inВ front ofВ her house. CORRECT

2) Do they discuss what Pete’s done? It’s so impolite. WRONG – Are… discussing

3) IВ often visit my relatives at weekends. CORRECT

4) Are you thinking it’s true Rose is leaving for Moscow? WRONG – Do… think

5) Can you hear? Someone knocks at the back door. WRONG – is knocking

6) No wonder he can’t buy a flat – the prices are rising these days. CORRECT

7) We don’t want to have lunch right now. CORRECT

8) Oh, no! Some strange guy tries to start your car! WRONG – is trying

9) Are you liking a strawberry ice-cream? WRONG – Do… like

10) IВ hate going out when it rains. CORRECT

Task 22. Complete the dialogs byВ putting the verbs inВ brackets into the Present Simple or the Present Continuous.

1) A: Where IS Linda?

B: She IS HAVING dinner again inВ the kitchen.

A: IВ BELIEVE she IS EATING quite much.

B: Me too, she IS NOT MOVING much and BECOMING aВ couch potato.

2) A: DO you HEAR the noise?

B: Oh, DO NOT WORRY. It IS John. He IS TYING toВ play the guitar.

3) A: IS Ann GOING with the Browns?

B: She WANTSВ to.

A: Where ARE they GOING?

B: They ARE FLYING toВ Spain.

A: DO they TAKE their friends or relatives with them?

B: IВ THINKВ not.

A: DO they MIND if Susan BRINGS her cat along?

B: IВ SUPPOSEВ yes.

A: Great! IВ HOPE they will enjoy their holidays.

B: They ARE GOING to keep me posted, so I’ll tell you everything.

Speaking

Task 23. AВ job interview is aВ challenging task for an employee and the top assessment tool for an employer. Decide what you should DO and should NOT DO during an interview:

Dos:

Ask questions;

Be confident;

Be courteous and professional;

Dress appropriately;

Maintain eye contact;

Smile;

Don’ts:

Have little knowledge ofВ the company;

Say fillers such as «um’, «basically’, «so’, etc.;

Site stories from your previous work experiences;

Tap your fingers or conceal your hands.

Task 24. There are different types of job interviews. Match your behavior (1—9) to the type of the interview (A-I). Select and explain which of the types described below are more common and which are less frequent.

1) Use examples toВ demonstrate your skills. C One on one interview

2) Look primarily at the person who asked the question. D Panel interview