18.04.24 English for Business

CHAPTER  1 TEST for 5 lessons

1. Complete the sentence with one word meaning "illegal or dishonest behaviour".

Toni is worried about corruption in the company Rocky Foundation.

"Corruption" is illegal or dishonest behaviour, especially by people in authority.

2. Listen. Which word is missing from Toni's incomplete last sentence?Какое слово отсутствует в неполном последнем предложении Тони?

" I can't believe I'm hearing this Frank.

We're not talking about a simple favor. This is about offering a kickback to the mayor for goodness sake. It's not just sleazy. It's totally__corrupt

"Offering"a bribe to the mayor is an example of "corrupt" behaviour.

3. "Listen, Tony, I do understand your concerns about Rocky Foundation, but you'll find a bit of sleaze everywhere. If business don't give you the occasional gift to their friends, their friends might, you know , make new friends with some else and for one want to keep my friends."""Послушай, Тони, я понимаю твои опасения относительно Rocky Foundation, но немного подлости можно найти повсюду. Если бизнес не дарит иногда подарки своим друзьям, то эти друзья могут, знаешь ли, подружиться с кем-то другим, и я бы хотел оставаться в дружбе со своими друзьями." Frank implies it's better to bribe someone than lose a contract. TRUE = Frank mentions "giving gifts to friends" to mean"bribing" business associates.

4. Mr Greene offered the mayor a kickback in exchange for the contract.

Mr Greene tried to "bribe" the mayor in order to get a contract.

5."While the extravagant bonuses awarded to top managers were technically within the law and therefore(поэтому) not forms of corruption, many consider them corporate sleaze. (дешевка, аморальность)" Хотя щедрые бонусы, выдаваемые топ-менеджерам, технически соответствуют закону и поэтому не являются формами коррупции, многие считают их корпоративным безнравствен."They were seen as immoral.

We use "sleaze" for activities that are immoral but not necessarily illegal.

6. It was sleazy of HR to offer the position to the director's husband, who wasn't the best candidate.=We use "sleazy" to describe a dishonest or immoral person or their behaviour.

7. The doctor refused the kickback saying she was not open to being bribed.

"A kickback" (взятка, откат, вознаграждение) is a form of "bribe"(подкуп, взятка). We also say "to bribe someone".

 kickback  и    bribe = основное различие между этими понятиями заключается в том, что "kickback" связан с возвращением части денег после сделки, тогда как "bribe" - это предложение денег или чего-то ценного в обмен на какие-то услуги или действия.

8. Governments need to find ways to stop fraud in both the public and private sectors.  = The word "fraud" has the same "au" sound and spelling as in "launder".

9. Fraud affects many business people, with many victims of scams being asked for bank transfers for urgent causes.

"Fraud" is a crime; a "scam" (афера) is a deceptive (обман), usually illegal, scheme or trick.

10. Scams are further examples of the sleaze that is prevalent  (широко распространенный)  in some industries.Мошенничество является еще одним примером аморальности, которая широко распространена в некоторых отраслях.

We use "sleaze" (аморальный) for dishonest and immoral activities, including "scams"(афера).

CHAPTER  1 TEST (cont)

11. It seems that counterfeiting documents is another common corporate crime. Подделка документов является еще одним обычным корпоративным преступлением.

12. Counterfeiting a signature may just seem sleazy but it is a criminal offence.

If you "counterfeit" a signature, you copy it in order to deceive people. "Sleazy" acts are dishonest and immoral.

13.You hear of businesspeople who have helped to launder money obtained from illegal activities.Вы слышали о бизнесменах, которые помогали отмывать деньги, полученные от незаконной деятельности.

Criminals "launder" money obtained illegally so that it seems to have come from a legal source.Преступники "отмывают" деньги, полученные незаконным путем, так что, как представляется, они поступили из законного источника.

14.What crime do the police want to charge the Johnstone brothers with? В каком преступлении полиция хочет обвинить братьев Джонстоун?

producing fake products  = They believe they've been "counterfeiting" pharmaceutical drugs.

15. The police suspect Morag of laundering money, but they don't have any proof.

The detective mentions that they can't "prove the money "laundering"".

16/ ."A top executive has been arrested on suspicion of counterfeiting official financial documentation in order to mislead обманывать investors.""Высокопоставленный чиновник был арестован по подозрению в подделке официальной финансовой документации, чтобы ввести в заблуждение инвесторов." = creating some documents that are not genuine создание некоторых документов, которые не являются подлинными ="To counterfeit" means to make a copy illegally to deceive people.

17. "The investigation revealed (выявило) a complex network of companies in various locations set up (созданных) to launder funds obtained (полученных) from a scam."Расследование выявило сложную сеть компаний в различных местах, созданных для отмывания средств, полученных от мошенничества." = hide where the money has come from.

If you "launder money", you make money generated by criminal activity appear to have come from a legal source.

18. The gang used a series of transactions and offshore accounts to launder money obtained from scams. = Criminals "launder" money obtained illegally so that it seems to have come from a legal source.

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