Extra vocabulary topics Flashcards
[pronunciation] entrepreneurial skills
предпринимательские
AmE /ˌɑːntrəprəˈnɜːriəl/
[pronunciation] He’s got excellent culinary skills.
= cooking, кулинарные
/ˈkʌlɪnəri/
A good manager needs n_________ skills.
навыки ведения переговоров
A good manager needs negotiating skills.
/nɪˈɡəʊʃieɪtɪŋ/
Babysitters b______ from good artistic and medical skills.
выигрывают от
Babysitters benefit from good artistic and medical skills.
/ˈbenɪfɪt/
[pronunciation] analyst
аналитик (профессия)
/ˈænəlɪst/
How long does it take to m_____ MS Office?
= освоить
How long does it take to master MS Office?
BrE /ˈmɑːstə(r)/, AmE /ˈmæstər/
= освоить
Teaching r_______ excellent interpersonal skills.
требует
Teaching requires excellent interpersonal skills.
/rɪˈkwaɪəz/
Most positions in big companies require excellent o___________ skills.
организаторские
Most positions in big companies require excellent organizational skills.
/ˌɔːrɡənəˈzeɪʃənl/
In the study, one group of people were asked to check their email wh_ they wanted throughout the day …
In the study, one group of people were asked to check their email wh_ they wanted throughout the day … (когда бы им ни захотелось)
[sorting your email] Why are these tasks that seem really m_, why are they so stressful and anxiety inducing?
(= boring tasks that aren’t supposed to require skill or cognitive effort - like washing dishes and cleaning floors)
Why are these tasks that seem really menial, why are they so stressful and anxiety inducing?
The switching (of attention) in and of itself actually requires cognitive effort and so you end up more d_ at the end of the day. [истощённый]
The switching (of attention) in and of itself actually requires cognitive effort and so you end up more depleted at the end of the day. [истощённый]
There’s all these essentially micro decisions. Looking at this email, do I need this?
And so each of those decision _ (требует) a little bit more of _ _ (когнитивных усилий).
And so each of those decision requires (требует) a little bit more of cognitive effort.
notice ‘effort’ is uncountable here!
When you add 2,000 of those [micro decisions], you end up with no power to make any other important decisions after that, if you d_. (истощённым)
When you add 2,000 of those [micro decisions], you end up with no power to make any other important decisions after that, if you depleted. (истощённым)
/dɪˈpliːtɪd/
What we found was that checking email more frequently throughout the day was associated with feeling more stressed and o_. (= перегруженный информацией, тонешь в информации)
What we found was that checking email more frequently throughout the day was associated with feeling more stressed and overwhelmed.
In the study, one group of people were asked to check their email whenever they wanted throughout the day while the other group had to do it _ b_. (“партиями”, группируя похожую работу)
In the study, one group of people were asked to check their email whenever they wanted throughout the day while the other group had to do it in batches. (“партиями”, группируя похожую работу)
Why are these tasks that seem really menial, why are they so stressful and a_ _? (вызывающие тревогу?)
Why are these tasks that seem really menial, why are they so stressful and anxiety inducing? (вызывающие тревогу?)
/æŋˈzaɪəti ɪnˈdjuːsɪŋ/
**Notice /ŋ/, not /ng/!
The switching (of attention) _ and _ i_ (= само по себе) actually requires cognitive effort and so you end up more depleted at the end of the day. [истощённый]
The switching (of attention) in and of itself actually requires cognitive effort and so you end up more depleted at the end of the day.
[Some things that I do] is I do have s_ (запланированные) ‘do not disturb’ times which you can set on your phone when you know basically no notifications come in.
[Some things that I do] is I do have scheduled (запланированные) ‘do not disturb’ times which you can set on your phone when you know basically no notifications come in.
In general, I do k_ my phone _ s_. (держу в беззвучном режиме)
In general, I do keep my phone on silent. (держу в беззвучном режиме)
Today, 35 percent of Americans practice cognitively d_ professions. (= когнитивно сложные, требующие умственного труда)
Today, 35 percent of Americans practice cognitively demanding professions. (= когнитивно сложные, требующие умственного труда)
I actually am like most people a little _
to my email and a little _ to social media. (зависимый, не могу жить без них)
I actually am like most people a little addicted
to my email and a little addicted to social media. (зависимый, не могу жить без них)
_ skills (MANAGEMENT»_space; adjective)
managerial skills
/ˌmænəˈdʒɪriəl/
[pronunciation] finance management skills
/ˈfaɪnæns/ or /fəˈnæns/ - both correct
I needed to r_ my diving skills if I was going to dive into the ocean. (освежить свои навыки)
I needed to refresh my diving skills if I was going to dive into the ocean.
two verbs that mean ‘отточить навыки’, ‘отточить мастерство’:
h_ your writing skills
sh_ your negotiating skills
two verbs that mean ‘отточить навыки’, ‘отточить мастерство’:
hone your writing skills
sharpen your negotiating skills
How are you _? [=Hello]
How are you doing? [=Hello]
How are you doing?
D_ g_.
How are you doing?
Doing good.
How are you doing?
P_ g_.
How are you doing?
Pretty good.
/ˈprɪti/
How are you doing?
S_ o_, s_ o_. (= всё как обычно - чуть-чуть иронично)
How are you doing?
Same old, same old.
How are you doing?
B_ b_ (бывало и получше)
How are you doing?
Been better. (бывало и получше)
How _ _ g_ (= How are you doing?)
How is it going? (= How are you doing?)
[a real question about news] What h_ you b_ u_ _?
[a real question about news] What have you been up to?
We did a study not in an organization but on campus where we asked students to find a building _ (или) with their phones _ (или) without the help of their phones.
We did a study not in an organization but on campus where we asked students to find a building either with their phones or without the help of their phones.
Every time you get distracted by a notification you have to _ your attention (переключить) and _ it _ (переключиться обратно).
Every time you get distracted by a notification you have to switch your attention (переключить) and switch it back (переключиться обратно).
Notifications on our phones _ our attention _ _ (отвлекают наше внимание от) the task at hand so completing it may ultimately require more effort.
Notifications on our phones draw our attention away from (отвлекают наше внимание от) the task at hand so completing it may ultimately require more effort.
Notifications on our phones draw our attention away from the task _ _ (=задача, которой вы в данный момент занимаетесь) so completing it may ultimately require more effort.
Notifications on our phones draw our attention away from the task at hand (=задача, которой вы в данный момент занимаетесь) so completing it may ultimately require more effort.
also: concentrate on the problem at hand, instead of dealing with the issues at hand,
Notifications on our phones draw our attention away from the task at hand so completing it may u_ (в конечном счёте) require more effort.
Notifications on our phones draw our attention away from the task at hand so completing it may ultimately (в конечном счёте) require more effort.
/ˈʌltɪmətli/
_ (чем выше) the cognitive load, _ (тем более подвержены, уязвимы - susceptible) we are to new distractions.
The higher the cognitive load, the more susceptible we are to new distractions.
Even when you _ (clean) your mailbox and you _ (not actually do) hard cognitive work, you kinda actually _.
Even when you’re cleaning your mailbox and you’re not actually doing hard cognitive work, you kinda actually are (notice the short form here!).
The brain is deciding what’s important and what’s not and that _ effort. (требует усилий, расходует их)
The brain is deciding what’s important and what’s not and that takes effort. (требует усилий, расходует их)
The frontal cortex which is involved in cognitively d_ tasks (когнитивно сложные задачи) helps us m_ focus (сохранять, поддерживать фокус внимания).
The frontal cortex which is involved in cognitively demanding tasks helps us maintain focus.
On average we _ _ (переключаемся между задачами) every three minutes.
On average we switch tasks every three minutes.
By some measures we’re _ _ more than 63 notifications a day. = нас постоянно забрасывают оповещениями
By some measures we’re bombarded by more than 63 notifications a day.
learn how to be more focused and b_ our productivity. (сильно увеличить)
learn how to be more focused and boost our productivity.
Attention, much like your daily allowance of money, is a _ _ (ограниченный ресурс).
Attention, much like your daily allowance of money is a limited resource.
[professions] гинеколог
gynaecologist
/ˌɡaɪnəˈkɒlədʒɪst/
OR
OB-GYN (
[professions] терапевт
GP (short for ‘general practitioner’ /ˌdʒenrəl prækˈtɪʃənə(r)/)
[professions] пожарный
firefighter
/ˈfaɪəfaɪtər/
[professions] a _-_-_ mum
a stay-at-home mum
[professions] психолог
psychologist
/saɪˈkɒlədʒɪst/