9.02.25 English for Business Chapter 17 TEST

1. We need to keep our eye on the ball and stay focused on our long-term goals.

2. By providing training and resources, we can create a level playing field for all team members.

3."Keep the company's goals and strategies in mind be aware of the competition and stay updated on industry trends keeping our eye on the ball is crucial for success in business".

Nicole says that staying focused and attentive is crucial for success in business.= TRUE - If you "keep your eye on the ball", you stay focused on a task or objective, without getting distracted.

4."We obviously want to stay ahead of our competitors but it's crucial that we avoid unfair attack. We believe in ethical competition so a level playing field is key". Мы, конечно, хотим быть впереди наших конкурентов, но очень важно избежать несправедливых атак. Мы верим в этическую конкуренцию, поэтому равные условия являются ключевым".= He believes all parties should have an equal chance to succeed.

"A level playing field" is a situation where all parties have an equal chance to succeed.

5. We should go for low-hanging fruit, if possible.

6. We might want to take this issue offline.(отложить)

7. What kind of solution would be the best course of action according to Eva? = 

simple and achievable.

Low-hanging fruit" means easy-to-achieve tasks.

"The ideal solution should not be time consuming or complex. Let's start with the low hanging fruit something simple, easily achievable and that doesn't require in-depth planning".

8. Adapting the marketing department's strategy would be the obvious low-hanging fruit.

9. Select the three words that mean "to discuss something away from the current setting". = 

take, this, offline

10. I think, in this instance, we should go for the low-hanging fruit.

11. Would it be possible to put a pin in this and revisit it at the end of the meeting?

12. "Sure, one of the early strategies we use that was actually quite difficult to implement was product positioning on social media outlets for musicians. Modifying that for gamers would be much less complex. So maybe we should just go for the low hanging fruit and adapt that" Конечно, одна из ранних стратегий, которую мы использовали и которая на самом деле была довольно сложно реализовать, заключалась в позиционировании продукта в социальных сетях для музыкантов. Модифицировать это для геймеров было бы гораздо менее сложно. Поэтому, возможно, нам стоит просто воспользоваться этой возможностью и адаптировать эту стратегию.

Jacob suggests that adapting the previous strategy would be complicated to accomplish.= FALSE -.

Джейкоб предполагает, что адаптация предыдущей стратегии будет сложной задачей.

Jacob says that adapting the new strategy would be "low-hanging fruit", meaning something easy to achieve

13. take, offline

14. Anne wants to talk about the social media strategy in this meeting.= FALSE = Anne suggested to "take the discussion offline", meaning discuss it later with a smaller team.

"Relatively quickly great that's it we'll still need to conduct research on how to adapt the social media content.  Why don't we take the discussion offline and talk about it with our social media team at next week's team meeting is it covers the Ravi Yang with your"

15. Complete the sentence with three words to make an idiom meaning "an easy to achieve task". 

In Jacob's opinion, modifying the previous strategy would be low-hanging fruit.
Jacob says that adapting the old strategy would be "low-hanging fruit", meaning something easy to achieve.

16. "We've made great progress on sales but there's always room for improvement any thoughts As we've solely on musicians we could expand our potential audience gamers regularly use quality headphones So we could consider pivoting our strategy to include them which would have target".
Jacob wants to pivot so they can focus on additional users.

17. Stay focused, keep your eye on the ball, and be ready to adapt.

18. We're in the driver's seat for this project's success.

19. A level playing field promotes innovation and healthy competition in the industry

20. the goalpost