STARTING UPA charisma noun /kəˈrɪz.mə/ : vẻ quyến rũ dedication noun / ˌded.ɪˈkeɪ.ʃən / : sự tận tụy drive verb /draɪv/ : nghị lực imagination noun /ɪˌmædʒ.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ : sự sáng tạoloo
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Group: 3 Instructor:
Luong Thi Minh Huong
Unit 4: SUCCESS
WELCOME!
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Language work
Vocabulary Reading
Starting up
Contents
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‘ The only place where success comes before work is
in the dictionary ’
Vidal Sassoon, hairstylist.
Explain it into Vietnamese
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A
charisma noun /kəˈrɪz.mə/ : vẻ quyến rũ
dedication noun / ˌded.ɪˈkeɪ.ʃən / : sự tận tụy
drive verb /draɪv/ : nghị lực
imagination noun /ɪˌmædʒ.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ : sự sáng tạolooks verb /lʊks/ : vóc dáng bên ngoài
nepotism noun /ˈnep.ə.tɪ.zəm/ : dựa vào quan hệruthlessness adjective /ˈruːθ.ləsθ.ləs nəs / : sự tàn nhẫn
discipline noun /ˈdɪs.ə.plɪn/ : tính kỷ luật
money noun /ˈmʌn.i/ : tiền bạc
What makes people successful? Add more words to the list below then choose the five most important
Trang 5⁻ magination: You need to be creative to succeed in your job.
⁻ luck: Luck is also an important factor in job.
⁻ money: If you have no money, you will feel difficult in your business.
⁻ nepotism: If you have a good relationship with your leaders, you will be
supported and successful
What makes people successful? Add more words to the list below then choose the five most important
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You must determine the name of the person that we description There are five sentences with descending difficulty
Sentence 1: 5 candiesSentence 2: 4 candiesSentence 3: 3 candiesSentence 4: 2 candiesSentence 5: 1 candies
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B Mini game: Searching the successful people
He is the founder of Facebook.
He is the founder of Facebook.
He is Mark Zuckerberg
He used to study at Havard University.
He used to study at Havard University.
He like the blue.
He like the blue.
He is color blind.
He is color blind.
He is one of youngest billionaire.
He is one of youngest billionaire.
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B Mini game: Searching the successful people
He is the founder of Microsoft.
He was number one
on the list of The World's Richest People.
He was number one
on the list of The World's Richest People.
He is Bill Gates
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B Mini game: Searching the successful people
He is the founder, president and CEO of Trung Nguyen Coffee Group.
He is the founder, president and CEO of Trung Nguyen Coffee Group.
well-businessman in Vietnam.
He is a known
well-businessman in Vietnam.
He was dubbed the 'King
Vietnamese coffee'.
He was dubbed the 'King
Vietnamese coffee'.
He studied at Tay Nguyen University of Medicine.
He studied at Tay Nguyen University of Medicine.
He is Dang Le Nguyen Vu
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C What are the best indicators of an individual’s level of success?
How important are the following in your culture?
leisure activity /ˈlɛʒə; ækˈtɪvɪtɪ/ : hoạt động giải trí
designer clothes /dɪˈzaɪnə kləʊðis/ : nhà thiết kế quần áo top-of-the-range car /tɒp ɒv ðə reɪndʒ kɑː/ : xe hạng sang
pedigree pet /ˈpedɪgriː pɛt/ : vật nuôi nòi
domestic help /dəˈmestɪk help/ : giúp việc gia đình
luxury home /ˈlʌkʃərɪ həʊm/ : nhà sang trọng
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C What are the best indicators of an individual’s level of success?
How important are the following in your culture?
* Our answer:
In Viet nam, a success people will have:
⁻ top-of-the-range car: They need to show their class with this car
This helps them make impression and show the success
⁻ chauffeur: A chauffeur who drive the car because they are busy,
they will work on that time
⁻ influential friend: successful people will always make friends with
each other
⁻ expensive jewellery: they have more money so they buy
something not cheap
⁻ domestic help: they are very busy man so they need a domestic
help when they are at the company
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D Complete these statements using words from the box.
leader noun /ˈliːθ.ləs.dər/ : người đứng đầuworkforce noun /ˈwɜːθ.ləsk.fɔːθ.ləss/ : nguồn nhân lựccustomer noun /ˈkʌs.tə.mər/ : khách hàng
subsidiaries adjective /səbˈsɪd.i.ər.iz/ : công ty conbrand noun /brænd/ : thương hiệupeople noun /ˈpiːθ.ləs.pl̩/ : con người
profit noun /ˈprɒf.ɪt/ : lợi nhuận
innovation noun /ˌɪn.əˈveɪ.ʃən/ : sự đổi mớiheadquarters noun /ˌhedˈkwɔːθ.ləs.təz/ : trụ sở chínhshares noun /ʃeərs/ : cổ phiếu
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D The answer:
A successful business…
a) is always making money and increasing its ………
b) is offen the market ………
c) is moving forward and interested in ………
d) has motivated ………
e) has a loyal ……… base
f) has a world-famous ……… and instantly recognised logo g) issues ……… which are worth millions on the stock market h) has its ……… in a prestigious location
i) has branches and ……… all over the world
j) treats its employees well and is ……… orientated
profit leader
innovation workforce
customer
brand share
headquarter
subsidiaries
people
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A Before you read the article say what you know about the following:
1 Bill Gates 2 Steve Jobs 3 Tim Berners-Lee
Trang 15IF YOU BORN POOR IT’S NOT YOUR MISTAKE BUT IF YOU DIE POOR IT’S YOUE MISTAKE
Bill Gates
Chairman and Chief Soft Architect of Microsoft Corporation, the worldwide leader in
software Born October 28, 1955 Grew up in Seattle, where his father is a lawyer Began programming computers at the age of 13 Went to Harvard University, but left before graduating in order to devote his time to Microsoft, a company he began in 1975 with his friend Paul Allen Married Melinda French Gates in 1994 and has three children Gives generously to charity through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Trang 16Co-founder of Apple Now CEO of both Apple Computers and Pixar Animation Studios, famous for computer animated films such as Toy Story and Finding Nemo Born February 24 1955 in Wisconsin Adopted soon after birth by Paul and Clara Jobs and raised in Santa Clara, California Helped popularisethe concept of the home computer with the Apple II Fired from Apple by John Sculley but later rejoined the company and turned its fortunes around with the ipod Married Laurence Powell in 1991 and has
three children with her Also has a daughter with Christine Brennan.
Steve Jobs
Trang 17Inventor of the World Web and Director of the World Wide Web Consortium, which oversees its continued development Born in London June 8 1955 Parents both mathemeticians who worked
on the Manchester Mark I, one of the earliest computers Graduated from Oxford University in
1976 Created the World Wide Web in 1991 and built the first server and web browser Currently
Chair of Computer Science at Southampton University Married with two children.
Tim Berners – Lee
Trang 18You must watch this video:
Trang 19The Guardian profile: Steve Jobs
Trang 20VOCABULARY
- to overproduce ['ouvəprə'dju:s] : sản xuất thừa
- to misinterpret ['misin'tə:prit : giải thích sai
- to outvote [aut'vout] : giành áp đảo lá phiếu bình chọn
- co-founder (n) [kou]-['faundə] : người đồng sáng lập
- to rename [ri:'neim] : đặt lại tên, đổi tên
- ultra-sophisticated (adj) ['ʌltrə]-[sə'fistikeitid] : cực kỳ tinh vi
- ex-president (n) [eks]-['prezidənt] : cựu Chủ tịch
- to deactivate (v) [di:'æktiveit] : hủy kích hoạt
- underselling ['ʌndə'sel] : bán ít
A
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1 a) 1976: the year Jobs and Wozniak started Apple
b) 1985 : the year Jobs was fired from Apple by John Sculley c) 1997 : the year Jobs rejoined Apple
2 the computer Apple I
3 a) a millionaire : the success of the computers Apple I and Apple II
b) a billionaire : the success of Pixar
4 he was fired by John Sculley
5 when Apple was failing, he was invited back by the company
6 one year
7 it will change the way people by music and will combat the pirating of
music which is damaging the music industry
8 answers might include his genius, vision, determination and confidence
in his own ability and in his products
Trang 22A The following words formed with a prefix are from the article on page
32: co-founder, renamed, underselling Match the common prefixes from the box with the correct meaning below.
VOCABULARY: PREFIXES
VOCABULARY
- to overproduce ['ouvəprə'dju:s] : sản xuất thừa
- to misinterpret ['misin'tə:prit : giải thích sai
- to outvote [aut'vout] : giành áp đảo lá phiếu bình chọn
- co-founder (n) [kou]-['faundə] : người đồng sáng lập
- to rename [ri:'neim] : đặt lại tên, đổi tên
- ultra-sophisticated (adj) ['ʌltrə]-[sə'fistikeitid] : cực kỳ tinh vi
- ex-president (n) [eks]-['prezidənt] : cựu Chủ tịch
- to deactivate (v) [di:'æktiveit] : hủy kích hoạt
- underselling ['ʌndə'seling] : bán ít
Trang 24B Underline the odd one out in each group
VOCABULARY: PREFIXES
1 under perform / rate / charge / profit
2 co producer / worker / boss / author
3 re launch / engineer / locate / decide
4 over spend / estimate / supply / lose
5 mis manage / judge / calculate / look
6 out perform / bid / class / win
7 ultra efficient / cautious /modern /big
8 ex boss / director / employee / staff
9 de merge / nationalise / regulate / grow
Trang 25C Complete the sentenses with the correct word from Exercise B
VOCABULARY: PREFIXES
1 Serveral sales staff ……… last year and didn’t meet their targets
2 Smith and Turner were the two ……… of the report.
3 We will ……….… our product as soon as we have finished the
modifications
4 We ……… the number of people who would buy our product in Asia.
5 Because the company has been ……… for years we are close to
bankruptcy
6 They had to ……… their rivals to take over the company.
7 Our ……… …… factory has state-of-the-art machinery.
8 My ……… was impossible to work with so I left the company.
9 Many state companies in Eastern Europe are being ……… .
underperformed
co - author relaunch
overestimated
mismanaged
outbid ultra-modern ex-boss
denationalised
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A Add the correct prefix from the box to the words in italics in the
sentences.
down co de ex mis out re ultra under
1 In the late 1990s, many countries witness a sharp economic ……… turn
2 The profit figures are excellent Once again, we’ve ………… performed all
our rivals
3 We design and manufacture ………… -efficient air conditioners for industrial
use
4 The ……… -president of PG Steel Corporation is suing for $1.5 million he
says the company owes him as a retirement payment
5 Whether or not to ……… regulate health care is a divisive issue
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………… rating their our abilities
7 When two of our ……….-worker disappeared, all the boss had to say was
that they’d ‘left to pursue other opportunities’
8 China’s largest car manufacturer, the FAW Group, is thinking of …locating
its headquarters from Changchun to Beijing
9 Of course I can see now that Brian is an asset to our company, and I’m sorry
I so badly ………judged when he started working for us.
under
co
remis
A Add the correct prefix from the box to the words in italics in the
sentences.
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1 downsize a) to be greater in number
2 outnumber b) to improve, to make more efficient
3 oversell c) to reduce the number of employees and levels of
management that a company has
4 undersell d) to say that a product or service is better, more useful,
etc, than it really is
5 underspend e) to sell goods at a much lower price than the competition
6 upgrade f) to spend less than you intended or than you are allowed to
Answer:
6-b
Trang 29C Complete the following sentences with the correct form a verb from
exercise B.
1 Last year we ……… our budget by 21%, so unfortunately our budget this year has been reduced
2 In our department, men ……… women by two to one
3 Why don’t you have your PC ………… if it’s so slow?
4 We’ll cut our expenses and ………… our operations in order to become more competitive on the market
5 Salespeople often ………… computer software, so consumer end up with things they don’t really need
6 We are looking for ways of ……… our rivals No one will be cheaper than us
underspent
outnumber
upgrade downsize oversell
underselling
Trang 30D Match these sentence halves.
1 It’s been a lot of hard work, but
she
2 If everything goes smoothly, we
3 At long last, their hard work and
investment is
4 What we are looking for is a
candidate who can
5 Nobody thought we'd clinch the
deal, but we
6 The reorganisation of our business
is not finished yet, but we
a) are getting thereb) beginning to bear fruit
c) came up trumps in the end
d) get results and work well under
pressure
e) seems to be really making a go of
her dry-cleaning business
f) should be in Vancouver in plenty
of time for the start of the negotiation
Answer:
6-a
Trang 31E Complete the following sentences with the best word.
2 After some teething troubles, they now have a business with a huge
turnover
a) thrvingb) smooth c) fruitful
3 Since she's been appointed General Manager, the business has really……… a) promoted b) proleferated c) prospered
4 Our new product filled a gap in the market and ………… as soon as it was
launched
a) overflowed b) put up c) took off
5 InterMedia ………… Erling last year to become the largest media group in the region
a) overtook b) overran c) overdrew
6 'Yes, invest in InterMedia It's definitely a company that is ……… ’
a) making up b) going places c) without a hitch
Trang 32A Simple past or persent perfect? For each of the sentences below, choose
the correct ending.
TENSES
2 His hard work really paid off –
a he was promoted to Chief Adviser a year later
b he has been promoted to Chief Adviser
3 There have been serious problems with the merger,
a but we proceeded with it anyway
b but we have proceeded with it anyway
4 The motor trade has been in the doldrums
a last year
b All year
Trang 33A Simple past or persent perfect? For each of the sentences below, choose
the correct ending.
TENSES
5 She’s been promoted
a because she’s brought off that deal with a Japanese firm
b While she was working as Head of R&D
6 How long have you worked as Financial Adviser
a for your current employer?
b before you became Financial Director?
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