"TED Talks — це найкраща річ, яку можна подивитись у Інтернеті". Guardian
TED – неприбуткова організація, котра щорічно проводить конференції, присвячені „ідеям вартим поширення” (Ideas Worth Spreading). Все почалось із конференції 1984 р., котра звела людей із трьох світів: Технології, Розваг, Дизайну (Technology, Entertainment, Design). Від того часу, рамки TED суттєво розширились і тепер включають науки, мистецтва, політику, освіту, культуру, бізнес, глобальні проблеми, технології та розвиток. Поряд із щорічними конференціями у США та Англії, працює сайт TEDTalks із відеокастами. Серед спікерів цих конференцій були Білл Клінтон, Гордон Браун, Білл Гейтс, Сергій Брін, Леррі Пейдж та багато інших.
Час – штука відносна. Два роки у житті людини – недовгий період, а от для розвитку комп’ютерних та інтернет технологій - це досить таки поважний термін. Два роки – час „морального старіння” в ІТ індустрії. Майже стільки часу минуло від написання мноюпершої статтіпро подкастинг. Тим хто все ще не чув про це явище, рекомендую проглянути наступний ролик „Podcasting in Plain English”
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За цей час це явище стрімко розвинулось та урізноманітнилось, проте уже позбулось своєї колишньої ексклюзивності. Сьогодні більшість поважаючих себе інтернет ресурсів викладають власний контент за допомогою подкастів. І усе більше ентузіастів створюють власні покаст ресурси, у тому числі і навчальні. Позитивним у цьому є те, що будь-хто може записувати власні подкасти, а негативним те …., що будь-хто може записувати власні подкасти. Це власне є характерною рисою соціально-зорієнтованого Веб 2.0 інтернету. Таким чином, пересічному користувачеві доводиться прискіпливо фільтрувати безмежні інтернет потоки.
Not to lag behind after a three-week time, I decided to provide you with the material that we are supposed to cover. Detailed instructions are in the home task file. Enjoy!:)
‘Friends’: ‘The one with Rachel’s inadvertent kiss’
Rachel interviews for a coveted department-store job as coordinator of the Ralph Lauren women's collection. Unfortunately, she inadvertently kisses the interviewer, Mr. Zelner, on the cheek when he bends near her to open the office door as she is leaving. She is afraid the kiss will affect her chances of getting the job. During a second interview with Mr. Zelner, Rachel gets ink on her lip. Misinterpreting Mr. Zelner when he indicates the ink, Rachel berates him for demanding sex and leaves angrily. Later, she returns to explain the misunderstanding, and gets the job on her merits.
Match the words below to their explanations:
hussyintegrity beratelitigiouscovetinadvertently
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formal to speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong
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old-fashioned a woman who is sexually immoral
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formal to have a very strong desire to have something that someone else has
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without realizing what you are doing
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very willing to take disagreements to a court of law
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the quality of being honest and strong about what you believe to be right
Answer the questions:
1. What piece of news did Rachel announce to their friends?
2. What was Phoebe’s suggestion?
3. What happened at the end of the first interview?
4. What happened during the second meeting with Mr. Zelner?
Once you have found a proper position to apply for, you should write or update your CV. It is very important to draw it up diligently, especially when you are going to send it. It represents you and the layout, style of it should be proper. You can download several examples of CV and cover letters for your reference. Most of them are form the book "Commercial correspondence" by A. Ashley.
to make a formal request, usually written, for something such as a job, a place in a university, or permission to do something
2. applicant /’æplɪkənt /
someone who has formally asked, usually in writing, for a job, university place etc
3. fill in/out an application form
to write all the necessary information on an official document, form etc
4. temporary job
continuing for only a limited period of time
5. permanent job
continuing to exist for a long time or for all the time in the future
6. to work nine-to-five
between nine o'clock and five o'clock, the normal working hours of an office worker
7. to be on flexitime
a system in which people work a particular number of hours each week or month, but can change the times at which they start and finish each day
8. to work shift work
if workers in a factory, hospital etc work shifts, they work for a particular period of time during the day or night, and are then replaced by others, so that there are always people working
9. a full-time job vs a part time job
towork for all the hours/or less of a week during which it is usual for people to work
10. HR / personnel
Human resources - the department in a company that deals with employing, training, and helping people
The extended version of essential vocabulary & job advertisements can be downloaded here.
‘Shape of my heart’- that’s a pretty old but a lovable song. I understood the meaning of it when I was a first-year student. Until that time I had not fully grasped the title, as well other parts of the lyrics. I knew that it has something to do with cards, but what it was exactly remained a riddle for me.
I believe you know that an English word may have several different meanings (it’s called a polysemantic word). So, the song is about four suits, not clothes but the four types of cards in a set of playing cards. They are: diamonds, clubs, spades and the only one not mentioned is ‘hearts’. That’s why Sting sings that diamonds, clubs and spades are not the shape of his heart, hearts are the shape of his heart. Sorry for tautology.
I guess one may find some other implications in this song. Anyway, I really like it and hope you’ll find it useful.
