Vocabulario de Inglés de Negocios: Sinónimos, Gramática y Práctica de Listening
Sinónimos y vocabulario de negocios
Sinónimos:
Approved: accepted
Browse: look for information
Cart: trolley
Credits: pays money into
Displays: shows
Denied: rejected
Debits: takes money out of
Fulfil: carry out
Key: enter
Transaction: business deal
Verifies: checks
Website: a place on the net containing information
Vocabulario general
Raise: elevar
Throwing: lanzamiento
Turnover: volumen de negocios
Workforce: personal
Claim: reclamo
Verbos de gestión empresarial
Improve: mejorar → make better
Manage: controlar
Lead: conducir → be in charge of
Plan: think about the future
Increase: aumentar → make more
Organise: arrange
Develop: desarrollar → create
Deal with: tratar con → take action
Train: teach
Set up: preparar → start
Consejos para extranjeros
Infórmate sobre el horario laboral habitual, sé cuidadoso al escribir la fecha, averigua las costumbres y festividades más importantes, aprende a hablar un poco el idioma local y viste con ropa formal.
Listening: sitios web efectivos
Interview (second part)
How many / What size / Interactive / Do their jobs
Last part
Television commercial: F / T / T / F / T
Skills: people making arrangements by phone
c / d / a / b
Complete the transcripts
make / later / fine / see / you / change / can't / missed / call
Errores culturales
Cuatro personas hablan sobre errores culturales:
- Dinner: he worked at a table. → c
- His new job was in France: c / they weren't happy
- In Japan: with sales staff Japanese → a. She forgot to pour drinks for the others.
- He was in China: he went out with Chinese → b. He explained that in China, if you don't have...
List: Project Manager is in meeting (Francis): T, F, T, F, F
Características de una buena empresa
- Empowers employees: staff have a lot of control over their work.
- Supports innovation: new ideas and change are welcome.
- Is customer focused: the needs and wants of customers always come first.
- Rewards good performance: there is an incentive scheme for efficient employees.
- Encourages trust at all levels: relationships between employees and managers are open and honest.
Adjetivos de personalidad
- Ambitious: wants to reach the top in their career.
- Creative: has a lot of new ideas.
- Hard-working: spends a lot of time doing a good job.
- Helpful: likes to do things for other people.
- Motivating: encourages other people to work well.
- Punctual: likes to be on time.
- Practical: is good at making things work.
- Relaxed: is usually calm.
- Reliable: does what they promise to do.
- Sociable: likes to spend time with other people.
Listening Marinnete: F, F, F, T, F, T, T, F, T, F
Tipos de mercado
- Mass: sells to large numbers of people.
- Niche: is a small but often profitable market.
- Luxury: high-quality and expensive goods.
- Export: is outside the producer's country.
- Home: is in the producer's country.
- Growing: creciente
- Profitable: rentable
- Declining: disminución
Vocabulario de productos y estilo
To stand out (destacar): to be easy to notice because of being different or special.
Flashy (llamativo): expensive-looking; made to impress other people.
Encrusted: covered with something on its surface.
Emerging: beginning to have a lot of power in trade and finance.
Custom-made: designed for one particular person.
Off-the-peg: standard; not designed for one particular person.
Distribución y empresas
Distribute: supply goods from one place to shops or customers.
Specialise: sell only or mainly one type of goods.
Stylish: attractive and fashionable.
Range: a set of similar products made by a particular company.
IKEA: T, F, T, F, F, T
Vocabulario sobre perseverancia y carácter
Body shape: forma del cuerpo
Disappointment: decepción
Never gives up: no rendirse
Keep going: seguir adelante
Need a lot of discipline: tener disciplina
Requires a lot of confidence: tener confianza en sí mismo
To have tolerance: tener tolerancia
My mathematic teacher influenced my life because she got me interested in mathematics, and she is a patient and motivating person.
Gramática: going to, will, should, could, would
GOING TO
Intención de realizar algo en el futuro, algo decidido, predecir acontecimientos basados en una evidencia presente, algo que está por ocurrir, futuro cercano.
Fórmula: Suj + be + going to + verbo infinitivo
WILL / WON'T
Para eventos y predicciones, promesas, algo que se quiere hacer en el futuro.
Fórmula: Suj + will + verbo infinitivo
SHOULD
Para dar consejos y sugerencias.
Fórmula: Suj + should + verbo infinitivo
COULD
Algo que podrías hacer, tener la habilidad.
Fórmula: Suj + could + verbo infinitivo
WOULD
Para una solicitud; equivale al condicional en español.
Fórmula: Suj + would + verbo infinitivo
Ejemplo: I would work → yo trabajaría
Uso de internet
Usando salas de chat, investigando un proyecto, organizando reuniones y citas, estudiando...