· I am self-employed. – Я работаю на себя.
· dotcom start up – новая интернет-компания
· job share – объем работы, предусмотренный на 1 ставку, распределяется на несколько человек
· to float the company / to go public – разместить акции компании на фондовой бирже
· Why don't you send in your CV with a covering letter? – Почему бы тебе не отправить твое резюме с препроводительным письмом (в таком письме обычно приводится обоснование намерений относительно вакантной должности)?
· Look carefully at the job spec. – Внимательно ознакомьтесь с должностными обязанностями.
· I've been shortlisted. – Я отобран для участия в конкурсе по итогам первоначального отбора.
· I'm down to the last three! – Я в числе трех основных претендентов!
· I'm doing work experience – Я прохожу практику (стажировку).
· Fancy a coffee break? – Как насчет небольшого перерыва на кофе?
· I'd love to but I'm totally snowed under at the moment! – Я бы с удовольствием, но сейчас я просто завален работой.
· I'm working like a dog! – Я пашу как лошадь!
· I'd better just press on. – Я лучше продолжу работать.
· I've done a lot of overtime. – Я отработал много сверхурочных (часов, смен).
· She claimed for unfair dismissal – Она подала апелляционную жалобу в связи с несправедливым увольнением.
· to sack / fire / dismiss – увольнять
· Molly was made redundant. – Молли уволили по сокращению штатов.
· She's set up a new company with her golden handshake. – Она основала компанию, вложив в нее ту значительную сумму, которую получила в качестве финансовой компенсации при уходе с предыдущего места работы.
· He's taking early retirement. – Он уходит на пенсию раньше времени.
· He was a millionaire by the time he was 20. Now he's burnt out. – К 20 годам он стал миллионером. Теперь же он просто выдохся.
· I'm taking a career-break – Я беру длительный отпуск за свой счет.
· Today I handed in my resignation. – Сегодня я подал заявление об увольнении по собственному желанию.
Olympics
the olympic games are believed to have begun more than 3,000 years ago, although written records only exist from 776 BC.
The records show that these Games consisted of activities that were the skills of soldiers, like boxing, javelin and the Marathon. At just over twenty-six miles long, the Marathon is the longest running race in the Games and it is named after the site of a battle in ancient Greece. According to legend, a Greek messenger ran to Athens to bring news of the Greek victory and died of exhaustion just after giving his message.
The ancient Olympic Games continued for nearly 1,200 years until the Roman emperor, Theodosius I, abolished the Games because of their pagan influences.
Around 1,500 years later, in 1894, the Frenchman, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, helped to re-establish the Games. He also created the structure of the modern Olympic Movement.
Nowadays the aim of the Olympic Movement is to promote peace, friendship and understanding between different nations through sport. And appropriately, the first modern Olympic Games were held in Greece in 1896.
Just over 200 men, representing 14 countries, competed in a total of 43 events. Winners received a silver medal, a certificate and a crown of olive leaves. Runners-up were given bronze medals and a crown of laurel while those who finished third went home empty-handed.
The Olympic Games are held every four years with one country being responsible for the organisation of the event. There is often fierce competition to be the host city. In 2004, Greece hosts the Games and in 2008 they will be held in Beijing in China.
the site of a battle
the place where a battle happened
legend
a legend is a very old story that may be based on facts
exhaustion
the state of being so tired that you have no energy left
abolished
stopped
pagan influences
if something has a pagan influence it is affected by beliefs that are not connected with any of the main religions of the world
Movement
A movement is a group of people who share the same ideas or opinions
aim
an aim is something that a person or group of people want to achieve
through sport
if you do something through another thing, you use that thing to achieve another. So here, the Olympic Movement is using sport to promote peace between nations
runners-up
here, the people who come second in a race or game. Usually a runner-up is a person or team who do not finish first but do win a prize
a crown
a circular ornament for the head, usually made of gold and jewels which Kings and Queens wear at official ceremonies
went home empty-handed
did not receive anything. This phrase is used here to show the difference between the early Games and the new Games where people who finish in third place receive a bronze medal
Telephoning
reason:
You will often have telephone contact with a company before an interview. Some companies will even assess these phone calls as part of the selection process.
Objective:
To leave a positive impression, of someone who's capable and efficient.
The basic problem
Lots of research shows that the biggest impact in spoken-word communication is visual. Some researchers say it's as much as three-quarters of the total. Yet on the phone we don't have any of that. Our voice has to do all the work.
If we want people at the other end to form a good impression of us, we need to give more thought to business phone calls than we do when we're just chatting to our friends.
Your calling them
There are two main possibilities.
· The job advert asks you to ring the company for an application form.
· Or, usually a little later in the process, you have to ring up and arrange a time for an interview.
Either of these cases can be entirely straightforward – just a matter of getting a small administrative task done. But depending on who you speak to, there could also be questions of a sort you wouldn't otherwise expect until you fill in the application form or go for an interview.
These could be either factual – «what's your educational background?» – or human – «what interested you particularly about this job?»
It makes sense to be prepared before you make the call, just as you would before an interview.
