Английский для социологов. Астафурова Т.Н. - 9 стр.

It all depends on where in the world you hold your meeting and
whether you belong to an individualistic business culture like the
French, Germans and Americans or to a collective one like the
British, Japanese and Greeks. Indeed, who knows to what extent our
views are our own and to what extent culturally conditioned? For in
business, as in life, «all human beings are captives of their culture»


     .

     1. READ   AND TRANSLATE THE TEXT.

     2. FIND ENGLISH     EQUIVALENTS IN THE TEXT.

      (1) îêàçûâàòü äàâëåíèå íà êîãî-ëèáî; (2) ïðîâîäèòü âñòðå-
÷ó ñ êåì-ëèáî; (3) îñïàðèâàòü òî÷íîñòü êóëüòóðíûõ ñòåðåîòèïîâ;
(4) äåëîâûå îòíîøåíèÿ; (5) çàêëþ÷àòü ñäåëêó; (6) òùàòåëüíî ïîä-
ãîòîâëåííàÿ âñòðå÷à; (7) ñòðîèòü äåëî íà äîâåðèè; (8) ïðèõîäèòü
ê ðåøåíèþ; 9) óêðåïëÿòü êîìàíäíûé äóõ; (10) îæèâëåííàÿ äèñ-
êóññèÿ; (11) âûãîäíî îòëè÷àòüñÿ îò êîíêóðåíòîâ; (12) âñòðå÷àòü
ðàçíîãëàñèÿ âî âñåîðóæèè; (13) ñíèìàòü íàïðÿæåíèå þìîðîì,
(14) çàëîæíèêè ñâîåé êóëüòóðû.

     3. MATCH THE WORDS AND PHRASES ON THE LEFT WITH THEIR
DEFINITIONS ON THE RIGHT AND TRANSLATE THEM.

1) quality-conscious                a) to produce smth. esp. when
                                        pessured or challenged
2) adversarial meeting              b) thinking that quality of goods
                                        is very important
3) to come up with the goods        c) in a direct and determined way
4) to lose face                     d) to be accepted or not accepted
                                        by smb.
5) head-on                          e) interact with others in order
                                        to exchange information and
                                        develop useful contacts
6) to go down well/                 f) to put it all together in order
badly with smb. to share it
7) to network                       g) to stop having one’s credibility



                                –9–