Умно-Красиво-Скромная (Learning_English) все записи автора

 Работа занимает большое место в жизни человека. Очень важно знать и уметь ориентироваться в терминах, которые наиболее часто употребляются на рабочем месте. Поэтому сегодня поговорим о «рабочих» идиомах.
A ball park figure (досл. приблизительное число)

Неточность и приблизительные подсчет могут внести хаос в деятельность фирмы. С точными данными работать гораздо легче.

- A general financial figure
- общий финансовый показатель

Example:

Until we had costed the project properly we were only able to give the customer a ball park figure.
Пока мы не оценили стоимость проекта должным образом, мы могли дать покупателю только приблизительные финансовые показатели.

A bean-counter (досл. считающий фасоль)

Бухгалтер в компании не только считает расходы и доходы, но и анализирует финансовую деятельность компании. Именно он может подсказать, на какие цели следует направить деньги в данный момент.

- An accountant
- бухгалтер

Example:

The bean-counters told us we had to reduce the budget.
Бухгалтер сказал нам, что мы должны сократить бюджет.

To break even (досл. разбить на равные части)

Ситуация, когда расходы равны доходам – неплохой показатель для фирмы, но все лучше, когда доходы больше расходов.

- When expenses equal profits.
- когда расходы равны доходам

Example:

The company broke even after two years.
Расходы и доходы компании равны уже 2 года.

A golden handshake (досл. золотое рукопожатие)

Только сотрудникам высшего звена, как правило, выплачивают компенсацию при уходе с должности.

- To receive a large payment on leaving a company
- получить большую плату при уходе из компании, золотой парашют

Example:

She won't have to find a job very quickly because she got a huge golden handshake from her last job.
Она не должна искать работу очень быстро, потому что она получила золотой парашют на предыдущей работе.

To be fired (досл. быть уволенным)

Увольнение с работы можно воспринимать двояко. С одной стороны, оно вносит некую нестабильность в жизнь человека, а с другой – открывает новые пути для развития.

- To be dismissed from your job
- быть уволенным с работы

Example:

"He was always coming late, so eventually they fired him."

angryrat (Learning_English) все записи автора

 Put 400 bricks in a closed room. Put your new hires in the room and close the door.

Leave them alone and come back after 6 hours. Then analyze the situation:

If they are counting the bricks, put them in the Accounting Department.

If they are recounting them, put them in Auditing.

If they have messed up the whole place with the bricks, put them in
Engineering.

If they are arranging the bricks in some strange order, put them in
Planning.

If they are throwing the bricks at each other, put them in Operations.

If they are sleeping, put them in Security.

If they have broken the bricks into pieces, put them in Information
Technology.

If they are sitting idle, put them in Human Resources.

If they say they have tried different combinations, they are looking for more, yet not a brick has been moved, put them in Sales.

If they have already left for the day, put them in Marketing.

If they are staring out of the window, put them in Strategic Planning.

If they are talking to each other, and not a single brick has been moved, congratulate them and put them in Top Management

Finally, if they have surrounded themselves with bricks in such a way that they can neither be seen nor heard from, put them in Congress.

angryrat (Learning_English) все записи автора

 1. DON'T SWIM IN THE OCEAN
Ninety-nine percent of all shark attacks take place in exceptionally large bodies of water also known as oceans. The way to determine if you are currently in an ocean is to taste the water. If it's salty don't go in.

2. LISTEN OUT FOR THE MUSIC
In the event that you are foolish enough to swim in an ocean, listen carefully for the music, as demonstrated in the marvellous documentary film Jaws. All shark attacks are preceded by the "daah-da, daah-da" chords, which will gradually become more rapid as the shark gets closer. This is due to the Doppler Effect.

3. SWIM WITH FAT PEOPLE
Try to surround yourself with more appetizing companions. If you know them well, you might even try to switch their suntan lotion with Daddies Sauce. This will definitely improve your odds.

4. DON'T GO INTO THE WATER WITHOUT A KNIFE
This is not to defend yourself but to stab the person (aka the decoy) closest to you in the case of a shark attack. Once you are sure the "decoy" is bleeding profusely... swim for your freakin' life.

5. DON'T PANIC
In the event that a shark actually bites you, try to remain calm. This really won't help you survive, but everyone else on the beach will appreciate you not shrieking madly, as this is quite unsettling and can really spoil a wonderful day out. Remember it's not always about you!

angryrat (Learning_English) все записи автора

Mark H. Teeter  15/05/2009

Is beauty only skin deep? If so, this shallowness projects remarkable force, as English and Russian popular wisdom has long affirmed: Christopher Marlowe told us that a pretty face could "launch a thousand ships," as Helen's did at Troy, while the Soviet film "Vesna" decreed two generations ago that "Beauty is a terrible power."

Мастер_Бо (Learning_English) все записи автора

 Myths and Truths about Russia
As seen as on http://www.waytorussia.net

New: on President Putin, Privatization, and Khodorkovsky...

Sometimes we hear and see so many striking, odd and new things about Russia on TV or in newspapers or from the people we meet, that I think I'm missing something! Really, it turns out I live at such a dangerous place flooded with mafiosi, catastrophes, bombings happening all the time, with deadly cold winters, demolished economy, depressed people that I'm really surprised I'm still alive and living here. The point is that all those things about Russia are either not true or very much exaggerated.

Aruna_Finn (Learning_English) все записи автора

 Helen’s eyes were not very good. So, she usually wore glasses. But when she was seventeen and began to go out with a young man, she never wore her glasses when she was with him. When he came to the door to take her out, she took her glasses off, but when she came home again and he left she put them on.
One day her mother said to her: “Helen, why do you never wear your glasses when you’re with Jim? He takes you to beautiful places in his car, but you don’t see anything”.
“Well, Mother,” said Helen, “I look prettier to Jim when I’m not wearing my glasses and he looks better to me, too”

angryrat (Learning_English) все записи автора

 A little boy goes to his dad and asks, 'What is Politics?'

Dad says, 'Well son, let me try to explain it this way:

I am the head of the family , so call me The President.

Your mother is the administrator of the money, so we call her the Government.

We are here to take care of your needs, so we will call you the People.


The nanny , we will consider her the Working Class.

And your baby brother, we will call him the Future .

Now think about that and see if it makes sense.

So the little boy goes off to bed thinking about what Dad has said.

Later that night, he hears his baby brother crying, so he gets up to check on him.

He finds that the baby has severely soiled his diaper.

So the little boy goes to his parent's room and finds his mother asleep.
Not wanting to wake her, he goes to the nanny's room. Finding the door locked, he peeks in the keyhole and sees his fath ER in bed with the nanny.
He gives up and goes back to bed.

The next morning, the little boy say's to his father, 'Dad, I think I understand the concept of politics now.'

The father says, 'Good, son, tell me in your own words what you think politics is all about.'

The little boy replies, 'The President is screwing the Working Class while the Government is sound asleep. The People are being ignored and the Future is in deep shit.