3RD TERM

INTRODUCTION TO THE TOPIC VI (RETAIL)

In this unit we are going to learn vocabulary on retail outlets and the supply chain. We are going to make a reading of the changes in shopping behaviour and we are goind to learn different ways of giving instructions. In the writting part we are going to write a memo.

MORE VOCABULARY ON RETAIL

SHOW: retail

SHELVES: where goods are presented

STOCK: what you keep in reserve to sell.

RETAILER: a person/company that sells things to the public.

WAREHOUSE: a very large storeroom.

COSTUMER: someone who buys.

PURCHASE: to buy

TYLL: the money you pay at the checkout goes into this

AISLE: a path in a plane, a church, or a supermarket

BARCODE: the series of thick and thin lines on packaging that is scanned at the checkout.

LANGUAGE FOR GIVING INSTRUCTIONS

Password: secret word that gives you permission to do something

Online: connected to the internet.

Cursor: the flashing light that indicates your position on the screen.

Mouse: a device you use to control movement around the screen and to select items.

Favourite: a list you use for quick access to websites you visit regularly.

Click: you do this to select an item.

VOCABULARY ABOUT RETAIL

Chain Store: a store that is in one of a series of similar stores in many different towns and cities owned by the same company.

Shopping Mall: a large group of shops built together under one roof and closed to traffic.

Supermarket: a large self-service grocery selling groceries and daily products and households goods.

Corner shop: a shop that sells everyday items and which often stays open until late.

Convenience Store: a shop that sells food, newspapers and everyday items, and which often stays open 24 hours.

Hypermarket: a very large supermarket situated outside a town.

Department Store: a large store, often on several floors, selling many types of goods in different department.

Boutique: a small shop selling expensive clothes.

VOCABULARY

Humiliated: make to feel ashamed and stupid in front of other people

Industrial Tribunal: a court which decides on employment issues

Probationary period: the period which employers have to decide if a new employee is suitable

Escorted: closely accompanied 

Premises: a building used by a company or business

Get over: recover

Rude and Patronizing: impolite and superior

Testified: give evidence as witnesses

Solely: based on one thing

Catalog of mistakes: a long series of bad actions

VOCABULARY

PRODUCTS: goods

LARGE STOREROOM: wharehouse

SELECTION OF (TVS): range

SHOP: outlet

STRAIGHT: directly

MIDDLEMAN: wholesales

SHOW: display

PEOPLE WHO MAKE PRODUCTS: manufacturers

AS MANY AS THEY THINK THEY NEED: quantity required

MAKE PRODUCTS IN LARGE AMOUNTS: mass production

BUY: purchase

CHOOSE: select

KEEP THEM SAFE: stock

Memo

SCOTSBRIDGE OFFICE STATIONEY

Memo

To: All the members of the staff (to be displayed on staff noticeboard)

From: Alicia Fernandez, Wandlebury office.

Cc: Jane Griffiths, Aril Singh andd Giorgio Angostini.

Date: 8th May

Re: Security in the office

In the last two months unusual things have happened at the wandlebury office. Three members of staff have had menoy stolen from their offices so I am sending this memo to remaind you to protect your goods.

 · You should keep your valuables with you or in a locker drawer, or cupboard, at all times.

 · If you see anthing suspicious please, call the security inimideately.

 · Do not bring unnecesary valuables into the office.

INTRODUCTION TO THE TOPIC XII

In this unit we are going to learn, mainly, in what ways ethics is present a t work. We are going to make a listening about unethical behaviour in the workplace and a reading about product tampering.

FIXED EXPRESIONS

I wish we had used a professional agency.

If only we hadn't tried to ecnomize on this.

I shouldn't have given you that job.

I ought to have checked it was all right!

VOCABULARY

Product tampering: interfering deliberately with a product
Withdraw: remove
Copycat: imitating somethingsomeone else has done
Recall: take back
Negative Publicity: being talked about in newspapaers or in TV in a bad way
Contaminate: damage/poison

PREPOSITIONS

Discriminate against

Prosecute for

Acussed of

Charge with

Fine for

PREPOSITIONS

Lay off: an informal expresion meaning to make redundant

Quit: when you choose to leave your job.

Retire: when you stop working at sixty or sixty-five years of age.

Sacked: sent away for bad work or behaviour.

Dismissed: a more formal way of saying lay off

VOCABULARY

Unfair: not fair, marked by injustice or partiality or deception.

Unethical: not morally acceptable.

Dishonest: deceptive, lacking honesty and oblivious to what is honorable.

Illegal: prohibited by the law or by official or acceptes rules.

GIVING INSTRUCCIONS

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