T1_27/09/23

Question 1

1. Employ (v):

• Employ her as a typist

–> More people are now employed in service industries than in manufacturing
(Hiện nay, càng nhiều người …. vào ngành công nghiệp dịch vụ hơn so với ngành sản xuất)

Answer 1

• to give somebody a job to do for payment
• employ someone as something (profession / job)
  –> For the past three years he has been employed as a firefighter.
• employ somebody in something
  –> Twenty eight per cent of the workforce is employed in agriculture.
• be fully employed
• be gainfully employed
  –> Those not gainfully employed are dependent on their savings.
• be permanently/temporarily employed, be regularly/irregularly employed
• employee (n): nhân viên
• employer (n): chủ
• employment (n) = job (n)
  –> unemployment (n): unemployment rate

Question 2

• Severance (n): /ˈsev.ɚ.əns/

–> Employees given notice of severance
(Nhân viên được thông báo …)

Answer 2

(Workplace - definition)
- Thôi việc

• The act of ending somebody’s work contract
  –> Severance pay/terms

(General - definition)
- Cắt đứt (Tình hữu nghị, mối quan hệ, viện trợ, …)

• The act of ending a connection, relationship, etc. or of being separated from a person, place, etc.
  –>The minister announced the severance of aid to the country.

–> The hardest thing to cope with was the severance from his family.

Question 3

• Pay off

–> The crew were paid off as soon as the ship docked.
(Thuỷ thủ đoàn được … ngay khi tàu cập bến)

Answer 3

• Đền đáp / Trả công
• To pay somebody what they have earned and tell them to leave their job

–> All her hard work paid off in the end, and she finally passed the exam.

Question 4

• Lay off

Answer 4

• To stop employing someone, usually because there is no work for them to do.

–> He was laid off last week.

–> We have had to lay off all our workers.

–> She became depressed after being laid off from the factory.

Question 5

• Resign (v): /rɪˈzaɪn/

–> He resigned from the company in order to take a more challenging job.
(Anh ấy … khỏi công ty để tìm công việc khác thử thách hơn)

Answer 5

• To give up a job or position by telling your employer that you are leaving.
• Resign as something
  –>He resigned as manager after eight years.
• Resign from something
  –> Two members resigned from the board in protest.
• Resign over something
  –> Some judges have threatened to resign over this issue.
• Resign something
  –> My father resigned his directorship last year.

Question 6

Employer (n) - Employee (n)
Trainer (n) - Trainee (n)
Examiner (n) - Examinee (n)
Donor (n) - Donee (n)

Answer 6

• Tra gu gồ kkkk

Question 7

• Apprentice (n): /əˈpren.t̬ɪs/

–> Leaving school, he became an engineering apprentice with Ruston Proctor & Co.

Answer 7

• a young person who works for an employer for a fixed period of time in order to learn the particular skills needed in their job.
• = Trainee (v) =Intern (v) ~ Novice (Học việc)
• Apprenticeship (n): a period of time working as an apprentice; = Probation = Internship

Question 8

• Discipline (v): /ˈdɪs.ə.plɪn/
• Strict military discipline

Answer 8

• Kỷ luật
• The practice of training people to obey rules and orders and punishing them if they do not; the controlled behaviour or situation that is the result of this training.
• Self discipline:
  –> I don’t have enough (self) discipline to save money.
• Lack of discipline: Thiếu kỷ luật
• A breakdown in/of discipline: không kỷ luật

Question 9

• Succeed (v)

Answer 9

• (Intransitive) Thành đạt
• To achieve something that you have been trying to do or get; to have the result or effect that was intended
  –> You will have to work hard if you are to succeed.

–> Our plan succeeded.

• succeed in / at / against / with
• (Transitive) Kế vị / kế nhiệm (đảm đương trách nhiệm từ người đi trước)
• To come next after somebody/something and take their/its place or position.
• ~ take over (đảm nhiệm)
• <> replace (thay thế)
  –> Nói chung thường gần nghĩa với nhau nhưng succeed thường mang hàm ý truyền lại và trang trọng hơn.
  –> If someone were fired from a post, he is replaced by someone else.
  –> If someone retires, he is succeeded by someone else.
• to succeed:
  –> He was expected to succeed Jack Smith as CEO when he retired.
• succeed as:
  –> Who succeeded Kennedy as President?
• Predecessor (n): Người tiền nhiệm
• Successor (n): Người kế vị
• Replacement (n): Người thay thế
• Tenure (n): nhiệm kỳ
• be widely tipped to: nhiều người cho rằng
  –> He was widely tipped to succeed William Hague as leader
• appoint sb to: (phân công / chỉ định)
  –> He was appointed to succeed Sir Georg Solti as head of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
• elect sb to: (bầu)
  –> He was elected to succeed Sir Georg Solti as head of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Question 10

• Personnel (n):

–> Cut peronel

–> Personel department

Answer 10

• The people who work for an organization or one of the armed force.
• experienced / professional / qualified personnel