BR Up-Int Adjectives by Natalya Savchenko https://padlet.com/natalyavsavchenko/5jy580gw0qpxznt Unit 1 en-us 2020-04-22 18:13:50 UTC 2020-05-22 16:22:09 UTC hello@padlet.com Task 1. Write synonyms natalyavsavchenko https://padlet.com/natalyavsavchenko/5jy580gw0qpxznt/wish/523838990  1. reliable - T
2. unsuccessful - I
3. showy - O
4. positive - F
5. costly - E
6. mistrustful - S
7. practical - F
8. complicated - C
9. simple - M
10. effective - S
11. over-confident - A
12. cautious - W]]> 2020-04-22 18:15:09 UTC https://padlet.com/natalyavsavchenko/5jy580gw0qpxznt/wish/523838990 Task 2. Which of these things can create a good or bad first impression? natalyavsavchenko https://padlet.com/natalyavsavchenko/5jy580gw0qpxznt/wish/523839830  - uniform
- office / Business premises
  - telephone answering system
 - reception area
 - meeting / conference rooms
 - quality of product / service
 - warm greeting
 - dress-code
 - website
 - advertisements in the media
 - brochures / printed materials
 - price
 - speaking customer's language
- reputation

]]> 2020-04-22 18:15:30 UTC https://padlet.com/natalyavsavchenko/5jy580gw0qpxznt/wish/523839830 Task 3. First impressions discussion natalyavsavchenko https://padlet.com/natalyavsavchenko/5jy580gw0qpxznt/wish/541970563 1. Which four are the most important and why?
2. Choose two of the factors which create a good impression of your company. Explain how.
3. Choose two of the factors that are less successful at creating a good impression of your company. How could they be improved?]]> 2020-04-30 13:47:18 UTC https://padlet.com/natalyavsavchenko/5jy580gw0qpxznt/wish/541970563 American Business English 1 natalyavsavchenko https://padlet.com/natalyavsavchenko/5jy580gw0qpxznt/wish/567547325 Lesson 1
Listen and complete the gaps.
TALKING ABOUT A NEW PROJECT
Carl, Greg, and Anne work for WaterSonic Corporation. Recently, the company has come up with an idea for a new electric toothbrush.

Carl:   I think we've 1.____________________________________

Anne: I agree. The new Brush-o-matic toothbrush should be a 2._____________!

Carl:   Our designers have already made up some prototypes The toothbrushes have a tooth-whitening attachment and many other        3. __________________

Greg: We should 4.___________________. Let's try to launch it in time for the holiday season.

Anne:   This will be a great 5.__________________________________!
Carl:   We definitely need a 6.____________ for the holidays.
Anne:   This is a great idea. We're going to 7.__________________.

Greg:  Let's not talk about this project to anybody who doesn't need to know. We'll 8.________________.

Carl:   I agree. 9.________________. We don't want any of our competitors to 10.________________ the idea and 11._______!

Anne:  Right. Let's meet again on Monday morning and discuss our 12.______________ for 13.________________!
]]> 2020-05-12 13:41:36 UTC https://padlet.com/natalyavsavchenko/5jy580gw0qpxznt/wish/567547325 Idioms natalyavsavchenko https://padlet.com/natalyavsavchenko/5jy580gw0qpxznt/wish/567552933 1) getting this project off the ground -
2) bells and whistles -
3)  blockbuster 
4) fast track this project - 
5) stocking stuffer - 
6) big win - 
7) make a killing - 
8) keep it under wraps - 
9) game plan - 
10) get wind of - 
11) rip it off - 
12) Mum's the word - 
13) come up with a winner - 
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]]> 2020-05-12 13:43:35 UTC https://padlet.com/natalyavsavchenko/5jy580gw0qpxznt/wish/567552933 Idioms definitions natalyavsavchenko https://padlet.com/natalyavsavchenko/5jy580gw0qpxznt/wish/567581266 a) to think up a very good idea
b) a small gift given at Christmas time
c)a huge success; a successful product
d) to copy an idea; to steal
e) to find out about something, often sensitive information
f) to make a lot of money
g) an action plan; a plan for how a project will proceed
h) let's keep quiet about this; I agree not to tell anyone about this
j) to make a project a high priority; to speed up the time frame of a project
k) to keep something secret; to not let anybody know about a new project or plan
l) to get started on something, often a project
m) extra product features, usually using the latest technologies; product features which are attractive, but not essential for the product to function
n) a big success; a huge hit


]]> 2020-05-12 13:53:03 UTC https://padlet.com/natalyavsavchenko/5jy580gw0qpxznt/wish/567581266 Practice 1 natalyavsavchenko https://padlet.com/natalyavsavchenko/5jy580gw0qpxznt/wish/567613660 1) Everybody likes Pepsi's new advertising campaign. Their advertising agency has ___________________________________.
2) The drug company spent millions on research and development, hoping that one of their new products would be a ____________. 
3) Eli Lilly made a lot of money with the prescription drug, Prozac. It was a real ________________.
4) Suzanne _______________ on her Google stock and retired at 40.
synonym: to make a fortune
5) Our office just got a new copier with all the _______________. I'll probably never learn how to use all of its features!
6) I'm sorry I can't tell you anything about the project I'm working on. My boss told me to ______________________.
7) Let's _____________________. We've heard rumors that our competitors are developing similar products.
8) Please don't tell anybody about our new project. Remember: ______________________!
9) These new mini travel pillows will make great _______________!
10) When the restaurant owner ___________________the fact that one of his waiters was stealing money from the cash register, he was furious.
11) Why doesn't the Donox Company ever think up any original ideas? All they ever do is ________________ their competitors!
ALSO: We were charged $10,000 for a small advertisement in the newspaper. What a ________!
12)   The software company's _______________is to expand its operations into China and India over the next year.
13) We've been sitting around talking about this project for months. It's time to take action and _____________________! 

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