ANH VĂN CHUYÊN NGÀNH II BA19
A
A tax paid on goods coming into or going

tariff

out of a country.
A person who informs people in authority

Whistle blower

or the public that the company they work
for is doing something wrong or illegal is a
A miracle solution……………appear

Is unlikely to

magically
Anything comments on this? Anything you

Asking for reactions

don’t agree with. Or anything you’d like to
add?
What is the speaker doing?
Applicants will be called for

Interview

………………..between 10 and 16 August.
As you know, the purpose of this meeting

Asking for reactions

is to inform you about forthcoming changes Starting the meeting
in our Human Resources department.
What is the speaking doing?
……………..people do things without

impulsive

thinking about the consequences.
__________________yet?

Have the letters been typed

B
By the end of the year we………………

Are recovering

our initial investment.
Beethoven’s Fifth

Are going to recover
is going to be performed

Symphony______________ next weekend
Bribery, ……………….., black handers,

Corruption/protest


greasing of palms, may be in the short term

Baksheesh/offer

interests of the company and its
shareholders but they can also be anti-


competitive or ………………..against the
value of society.
Before I move on to the next part of my

Dealing with questions

talk, are there any questions on what I’ve
said so far?
What is the speaker doing?

C
Corruption so often makes the headlines

Law-abiding

that you could forget the majority of people
are in fact decent,
………………….citizens.
Countries which truly believe in free trade

barriers


try to liberalise their trade, that is to say,
they take away……………………to trade

D
Do you need this paintbrush?

You pass

Ah, yes. ……...it to me, please.

Are you passing

E
Education_________ to be the most

Can often be considered

important element to develop a country

F
For high performers, a good

Financial package

………………..is not all that matters. They
need a challenge as well.
Free trade is a situation in which goods

Controls/taxes


come into and out of a country without any
……………………or……

P
Please send ………………..together with

A covering letter


your CV.
Please come and visit our headquarters

are

when you ………………in Copenhagen
again.

G
Government regulation and

High/ cleaning

………………..pressure from other
companies have resulted in more
………………..in the industry and less
secrecy.
Good leaders have ……………..the ability

Empathy / shoes


to step to step into someone else’s
……………..because they are good
listeners.

H
Have you made plans for the summer?

We’re going

Yes, ……...to Spain.
He was rather ……………..- not the kind

impulsive

of person who plans what they say or do.

L
Limited numbers or amounts that ate

quotas

officially allowed
Let’s hope the new Head of R&D

Stimulate/stifle

will……………..innovation rather then
……………….it.
Lots of houses_____________ by the


Were destroyed

earthquake

I
I admire out chairman. He’s a man of his
word and is greatly respected for his …

integrity


I can’t send an e-mail to the travel agent;

Will fax

my computer’s just crashed.
Write down your details and I
………………them for you.
I’m sorry; I can’t attend the sales meeting

Will visit

tomorrow. I ………………our most
important customer.
I’ll give Mr. Dupuis a ring as soon as I

Arrive

……………… in Brussels.

I’m going to stay here until I

find

………………a better hotel.
In December articles started to appear in

unethical

the press about our ………………..sales
methods.
In the US, the first stage of compulsory

Is generally known

education ________ as elementary
education
It is essential that you comply with

taxes

government……
If a company’s main purpose is to

Returns/ unethical

maximize the ……………….. to its
shareholders, then it could be seen
………………..for a company not to
consider the interests and rights or anyone

else.
If my flight ………………, I’ll miss the

Is delayed

presentation
If you want to get to the top, you have to be Adventurous
……………… I mean be prepared to take
risks and to try new ways of doing things.
If someone is able to change the way that
other people think or behave…, they are
………

Charismatic


If payments go to a ………………..to

Slush fund/ sleaze

finance a political party, this form of
corruption may be referred to as
………………..especially by journalists.
If you come under pressure from someone,

Talk to you

they try to …
If they ………………the plant, a lot of


Shut down/ will

people ………………lose their jobs.
John is a better player than Martin, isn’t

He’ll win

he?
Oh, yes. ……...the match tomorrow, I
expect.
Young entrepreneurs often feel that they

Are thrown in at the deep end

……………. They have everything to learn
and do not get much help

T
To sell products at a very low price in an

dump

export market.
To kick off. Match this idiom from sport

To start

with its definition.
The ball is in your court. Match this idiom


It is your turn to take the next step

from sport with its definition.
The delegation from China ………………

Are seeing

the chairman the following Monday.
The chance to so something’ is ……
The interview panel will draw up

opportunity
A shortlist

………………..of only five candidates.
The weather has been terrible, hasn’t it?

It’s going to rain

Yes, I think ……...again later.
The weather conditions are good. We

should

……………arrive on time for our meeting.
The police are investigating our CEO for

bribes

allegedly receiving …

The company paid bribes to the

The money that you give to somebody to


government officials to win the contract.
The idea of alone inventor who makes a

persuade them to help you
A sudden good idea

discovery or has a sudden clever idea or
brainwave is maybe a little out of date
today.
The director never did anything that could

disclosure

compromise the ………………….of the
company.
The government have changed all the rules

Moved the goalposts

for the exporters. They have……………,
so we will have to rethink our international
operation.
The Foreign Office has advised them to

backhanders


turn a blind eye to payments of
small………………..to speed up services
such as customs clearance
The World bank has estimated the annual

Immoral behavior of people in authority

cost of corruption at more $1500bn.
The usual American English word for ‘CV’

Resume

is‘…
The trains are delayed because of bad

Will get

weather, so I ………………a taxi.
The weather has been terrible, hasn’t it?

It’s going to rain

Yes, I think ……...again later.
The telephone ______________ by

Was invented

Alexander Graham Bell.
The trees________


were grown in the backyard yesterday by

That ……………be Peter, he’s in New

John
Can’t

York at the moment.
Their summer collection has items so

Industrial espionage

similar to our own new designs that we
think this might be a case of ………
Their new product has had many technical

must


problems. They ……………be very
disappointed.
There are several flights each day to Paris.

Shouldn’t

There ……………be a problem.
They hired ………………..to attract some

A headhunter


executives from a rival company.
They operated a multimillion dollar

Slush fund

………………….intended to corrupt
government officials.

N
New forms of energy ……………found,

might

but this is not very probable.

M
Mr. Pike ____________the most famous

Is said to be

archaeologist in our city.
Many people believe that God created the

God is believed to have created the world

world.
Many companies ask new employees to

Confidentiality agreement


sign a ………………..to avoid future
litigation problems.
Managers were trying to silence potential

whistle blowers

………………..by promoting or relocating
them
Managers were trying to silence potential

Whistle blower

………………….by promoting or
relocating them.
Most weapons –exporting countries have

Cover-ups

been involved in major…
Money paid by a government or

subsidies

organization to make a product cheaper to
buy or produce.
Money that you have to pay to the

tax



government.
Senior managers have been criticized for

Controversial

………………..decisions regarding
payments to secure contracts.
Someone who is confident about what to do decisive
in different situations is ……………..
Sometimes during testing there is a setback

Problem that delays or male worse

when it becomes clear the design has a
fault.
Solar power is ……………to provide more

unlikely

than 20% of our energy needs.
She really can’t wait to do a skydive.

adventurous

Whe’s so ……
She doesn’t just tell us to do things – she

motivating


makes us want to do them. We’re lucky to
have such a ……………..team leader.
We’ve called this meeting to discuss ways

Setting objectives

to which we could improve our recruitment
strategy.
What’s the speaker doing?
We’re moving house tomorrow.

I’ll help

Really? ……...you with the furniture.
We ask all our new employees to work

A probationary period

………………..of between one and three
months.
We have exactly the same market share as

Keep your eye on the ball

our nearest rival. We ……………in terms

Are in the driving seat

of our profits so far this year, too.
We always do what she wants us to because persuasive

she gives us good reasons for doing it. She
is very …
We really need to concentrate on what our
competitors are doing. In today’s market
you need to ……………at all times.

Keep your eye on the ball


Wind power……………to provide only a

Is capable

small part of our energy needs in 2050.
With our market dominance in the US, we

Is proble
In the driving seat

are really………
When it comes to industrial espionage,

The activity of finding out secret

Japanese companies have long been better

information about a company

known as defendants in high-profile cases.
What they need is a ……………..person,


decisive

someone who can choose the right course
of action even in a very difficult situation.
What would your colleagues say about

I’d like to know what your colleagues

you?
would say about you.
What are your strengths?
Could you tell me what your strengths are?
What do you want to be when you grow up, I’m going to be
Stevie?
……...a scientist. That’s what I want to do,
anyway.
Which of the verb does not match the noun: take
A DEADLINE?
Which of the verb does not match the noun: retire
AN APPLICANT?
Which of the verb does not match the noun: fire
AN EMPLOYEE?
Which of the verb does not match the noun: regulate
A JOB?
Which of the verb does not match the noun: Deal with
A SITUATION?
Which word does not normally go with

invent


‘patent’?
Which of the following is not used to ask

What do you like?

for reactions?
Which word doesn’t refer to open markets? restrictions
Which of the following is not used to start a Before I start, hold on a minute.
meeting?
Which expression is not used to end your

Thank you for listening


talk?
Which expression is not used to structure

I’ll give you some background.

the presentation?
Which expression is not used to introduce

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to

yourself?
Which expression is not used to refer to the

ask.
As far as I am concerned…


audience’s background?
Which expression is not used to invite

You should ask no questions ìf you don’t

questions?
Which expression is not used to conclude?
Which expression is not used to give

want to be told a lie.
To draw up…
Let’s start with the background.

background information?
Which is the odd one out in each set?
Which is the odd one out in each set?
Which is the odd one out in each set?
Which is the odd one out in each set?
Which is the odd one out in each set?
Which is the odd one out in each set?
Which of the following is not used to slow

failure
Design
disaster
predict
research
feature
Could you please speak slowly?


down?
Which of the following means ‘an official

quota

limit on the quantity of goods’?
Which of the following is not used to keep

I’m afraid you are going off on a tangent.

to the point?
Which of the following is not used to deal

Perhaps we could get back to the point.
Why don’t we come back to that later?

with interruptions?
Which of the following is not used to set

Our sales target is…

objectives?
Which expression is not used to change the

OK, I’m here to tell you about…

topic?
Which of the following is not used to


Please summarise what you’ve said.

summarise?
Which word does not normally go with

brainstorm

‘innovation’?
Which word does not normally go with

innovate

‘breakthrough’?
Which expression is not used to refer to the

You have to pay attention to this graph.


visuals?
Which word does not normally go with

generate

‘idea’?
Our company has ………………..for a

A vacancy

graduate in economics.
Our company is going to introduce tighter


regulations

health and safety………
Our plane’s been delayed. There

May not

……………by anyone at the airport to
meet us.
Open ……………………ensure the free

borders

flow of goods, labour,, etc between
countries.
Oscar says he ……...the washing up after
dinner

Is doing