Английский язык

МИНИСТЕРСТВО НАУКИ И ВЫСШЕГО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ 
РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ 
РОСТОВСКИЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ 
ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКИЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ (РИНХ) 
  
ФАКУЛЬТЕТ ЛИНГВИСТИКИ И ЖУРНАЛИСТИКИ 
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫК 
 
для студентов бакалавриата второго курса 
 
 
 
Учебное пособие 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ростов-на-Дону 
Издательско-полиграфический комплекс РГЭУ (РИНХ) 
2023 

УДК 811.111(075) 
ББК 81.432.1 
А64 
 
Авторы: 
Казанская Е.В., к.ф.н., доцент, зав. кафедрой иностранных языков  
для экономических специальностей РГЭУ (РИНХ); 
Петрова Ю.А., к.филос.н., доцент кафедры иностранных языков  
для экономических специальностей РГЭУ (РИНХ); 
Черемина В.Б., доцент кафедры иностранных языков  
для экономических специальностей РГЭУ (РИНХ); 
Сагайдачная Е.Н., к.ф.н., доцент кафедры иностранных языков  
для экономических специальностей РГЭУ (РИНХ). 
 
А64     Английский язык для студентов бакалавриата второго 
курса : учебное пособие / Е.В. Казанская и др. – Ростов-наДону : Издательско-полиграфический комплекс Рост. гос. 
экон. ун-та (РИНХ), 2023. – 88 с. 
ISBN 978-5-7972-3184-4 
 
В учебном пособии представлены аутентичные тексты и задания, 
составленные в соответствии с современными методическими подходами 
на основе оригинальных материалов. Пособие также содержит необходимую лексику и грамматические задания для проверки и закрепления 
знаний слушателей. Учебное пособие состоит из 8 глав, включающих 
разделы по чтению, говорению, грамматике и письму. Каждая глава содержит задания, направленные на формирование компетенций в соответствии 
с требованиями образовательной программы по направлению.  
Предназначено для слушателей бакалавриата направления 38.03.01 
«Экономика». 
 
 
Рецензенты:  
Гриченко Л.В., к.ф.н., доцент кафедры лингвистики  
и профессиональной коммуникации ЮФУ,  
Самарская С.В., к.п.н., доцент кафедры иностранных языков 
для экономических специальностей РГЭУ (РИНХ). 
 
Утверждено в качестве учебного пособия  
учебно-методическим советом РГЭУ (РИНХ). 
 
 
ISBN 978-5-7972-3184-4 
© Ростовский государственный  
экономический университет (РИНХ), 2023 
© Казанская Е.В., Петрова Ю.А.,  
Черемина В.Б., Сагайдачная Е.Н., 2023 

CONTENTS 
 
PART 1. PROFESSIONS IN OUR LIFE .......................................... 5 
Unit 1. Career ladder ........................................................................ 5 
READING & VOCABULARY ..................................................... 5 
GRAMMAR. Active Voice ........................................................... 10 
SPEAKING. Conversation on a career ladder ........................... 12 
WRITING. Opinion essay ............................................................ 12 
Unit 2. Skills and abilities ............................................................... 14 
READING& VOCABULARY .................................................... 14 
GRAMMAR. Passive Voice ......................................................... 17 
SPEAKING ................................................................................... 19 
WRITING. Description of the qualifications ............................. 19 
PART 2. HOW TO BECOME SUCCESSFUL .............................. 23 
Unit 3. Famous and powerful people of the world ...................... 23 
READING& VOCABULARY .................................................... 23 
GRAMMAR. Complex subject .................................................... 27 
SPEAKING. Famous businesspeople ......................................... 31 
WRITING. Essay.......................................................................... 31 
Unit 4. Perfect resume .................................................................... 33 
READING&VOCABULARY ..................................................... 33 
GRAMMAR. Complex object ...................................................... 37 
SPEAKING. The interview .......................................................... 40 
WRITING. Resume ...................................................................... 41 
PART 3. MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATIONS .................. 43 
Unit 5. Styles of management and types of managers ................. 43 
READING&VOCABULARY ..................................................... 43 

GRAMMAR. Participle ............................................................... 47 
SPEAKING. Meeting up .............................................................. 50 
WRITING. Agenda and minutes ................................................. 52 
Unit 6. Types of organisations ....................................................... 56 
READING & VOCABULARY ................................................... 56 
GRAMMAR. Zero and first conditionals ................................... 60 
SPEAKING. Negotiating ............................................................. 63 
WRITING. Enquiry ..................................................................... 65 
PART 4. THE ROLE OF MARKETING AND ADVERTISING 66 
Unit 7. Marketing ............................................................................ 66 
READING & VOCABULARY ................................................... 66 
GRAMMAR. Comparisons .......................................................... 68 
SPEAKING ................................................................................... 71 
WRITING. A report ..................................................................... 72 
Unit 8. Advertising .......................................................................... 73 
READING & VOCABULARY ................................................... 73 
GRAMMAR.  Conditional 3 ........................................................ 75 
SPEAKING. Dealing with complaints ........................................ 77 
WRITING. A letter of complaint ................................................. 78 
Appendix 1. Vocabulary definitions ................................................ 80 
Appendix 2. Useful to know .............................................................. 81 
Appendix 3 .......................................................................................... 82 
English-Russian Glossary ................................................................. 83 
 
 
 
 

PART 1. PROFESSIONS IN OUR LIFE 
 
Unit 1. Career ladder 
 
READING & VOCABULARY 
 
Task 1. Read the following text quickly to get an idea of what 
it is about. Ignore the missing phrases. 
WHAT IS A CAREER LADDER? 
The very concept of a career ladder is a process resulting from 
promotions, career growth, and other successes. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Figure 1 – Presents the example of career growth from consultant to director 
 
A typical example of a career ladder model assumes that each 
rank is a job. The employee occupies it for a specific period. For each 
organization, this may be a different period. A specialist begins 
_________C_____________ his skill level and work experience 
increase and his personal and professional qualities improve. The 
person moves to the next level when his potential becomes maximum. 
According to this principle, the movement takes place until the 
employee reaches the highest position. Practice shows that the 
duration of the most important position is not more than ten years. 
Director 
Deputy 
Director 
Specialis 
Department 
Head 
Consultant 

Figure 2 – The basic rules you have to follow to make a brilliant career 
 
Rule 1. Know how to do your job.  
Draw attention to your work. The best way to get attention is to 
break up your daily routine. If your main job is to do a few different 
things every day, you will not get anything done once you start doing 
more 
things. 
Do 
not 
stay 
idle. 
Many 
people 
______________________________, "I'd rather go home." If you 
want to move up the career ladder, do not be that way. If you want to 
succeed, you need to take care of your core responsibilities before 
lunch and prepare for a promotion in the afternoon: Write proposals 
and reports, look for ways to streamline workflows. Find or 
__________________________, an area where no one has worked 
before and where you can make a name for yourself. Gather 
information that others do not know, create useful and descriptive 
diagrams, etc. In this way, you can become irreplaceable. Never show 
how hard it is for you. Never be frantic or panicky. No one should see 
you in a hurry. Yes, you can sit at work until dawn, but you must 
overcome obstacles effortlessly to other people. 
Rule 2. Make a plan. 
Define long-term goals. Find out the specifics of the industry 
you work in. Determine what intermediate stages you need to go 
through and what you want to achieve in each. Define the end goal – 
this may be the position of CEO or chairman of the board, the status 
of the company's owner. Define short-term goals. Which plan is shortterm 
is 
entirely 
up 
to 
you. 
Find 
out 
about 
_______________________. List the skills and attributes you need to 
be successful. 

Rule 3. Be careful. 
Study the legislation in your industry. Find out if your company 
is breaking the law. In some industries, there are many small rules and 
____________________ without realizing it. If you still decide to 
break the law, that's up to you, but it would be a shame if you 
unknowingly went to jail. 
Rule 4. Remember the words of Steve Jobs every day. 
Early in his career, Steve Jobs formulated a mantra that helped 
him be productive: "Do not worry, just work." 
Think about the cause of your worry, and you'll regain control of 
the situation and relieve tension. When a troubling thought begins to 
haunt you, ask yourself, "What can I do in the next five minutes to 
improve the situation?" "What about the next five days?", "Five weeks?" 
Make a promise to yourself to do it. For example, suppose you 
are nervous about being _____________________ for the current 
quarter. In this case, the answers to the questions above might be, 
"In the next five minutes, I can recalculate the numbers to figure out 
how many calls and emails need to be sent out to stay on schedule. "In 
the next five days, I can come into the office early to do the 
administrative work and then go into sales. "In the next five weeks, I 
can work with team leaders to find weakness points." 
Rule 6. Become "your own." 
Research the company culture. Company culture drives the 
behavior of people in the company. 
Sometimes the organization formally shapes itself, but more often, 
it takes shape naturally. Remember that about 70 percent of layoffs and 
terminations are because ______________________________. Speak 
the language of those around you. It would be best if you spoke the 
company language to everyone. If your boss uses highly technical 
terms, actively incorporate those words into your vocabulary. 
 
Task 2. Read the text again and fill in the gaps with the 
following phrases. One phrase is odd. 
A.                      regulations that you can violate. 
B.                       the promotion system in your company. 
C.                       go to work every day with one thought in mind. 
D.                      behind the sales target. 
E.                       employees do not fit into the company's culture. 
F.            to move up the ladder the momen., 
G.                       create your niche. 

Task 3. Match the definitions with their meanings. 
 
1. Professionalism 
a) a person is working under an 
employment agreement (contract), subject 
to the internal labor regulations of an 
enterprise (institution) 
2. Competence 
b) is a unique characteristic of people to 
perform complex (professional) activities 
systematically, effectively, and reliably 
under a wide range of conditions 
3. Employee 
c) Staff reduction in the number of 
employees in one or in many enterprises, 
organizations 
4. Career 
d) a character trait consists in a positive 
attitude of the individual to the process of 
labor activity 
5. Downsizing 
e) includes a set of interrelated personality 
traits (knowledge, abilities, skills, methods 
of activity) set to a specific range of 
objects and processes necessary for the 
high-quality, productive activity 
6. Diligence 
f) is a movement, someone's path to 
external success, fame, benefits, honor, 
accompanying activities in some public 
arena 
  
Task 4. Make five sentences, using the words from task 3. 
1. Eg.: To increase the chances of career growth, act according 
to the principle "Live and learn!" and do not forget to replenish the 
piggy bank of knowledge with new information. 
2. Eg.: The competencies provide them with an understanding of 
what behaviors they should cultivate in the workplace to be valued 
and rewarded. 

Task 5. Study the following definitions from Cambridge 
Dictionary & Webster Dictionary. 
· Dismiss (v) – to remove someone from their job, especially 
because they have done something wrong. 
· Lay off (v) – to stop employing someone, usually because there 
is no work for them to do. 
· Terminate (v) – to remove someone from their job; to 
discontinue the employment of workers terminated because of slow 
business. 
· Sack (v) / Fire (v) – remove someone from a job, usually 
because they have done something wrong or badly, or sometimes as a 
way of saving the cost of employing them. 
· Redundant (v) – dismissed from a job because you are no 
longer needed. 
· Discharge (v) – (1): to dismiss from employment,  
(2): to release from service or duty. 
· Retire (v) – to leave your job or stop working because of old 
age or ill health. 
· Resign (v) – to give up a job or position by telling your 
employer that you are leaving. 
 
Task 6. Translate the following sentences into English, using 
one of the words from task 5. 
1. После ухода из компании она работала волонтером в 
благотворительной организации. 
2. Недавний экономический кризис привел к массовым 
увольнениям. 
3. Его уволили с работы за некомпетентность. 
4. Сотрудники могут быть уволены, если они пропустят 
слишком много рабочих дней без уважительной причины. 
5. Он должен уйти в отставку с поста генерального 
директора в следующем году. 
6. Около 
половины 
увольнений 
произошло 
в 
промышленности строительных материалов и капитальных 
товаров. 
7. Он ушел из компании, чтобы заняться более сложной 
работой.