ESP: Accounting and Economics. TEACHER’S BOOK

C. Excellent professional

D. Very different from other people

2. How many women are in CFO positions in the U.S.?

A. Less than a fifth of the total number

B. More than a fifth of the total number

C. One third of the total number

D. One quarter of the total number

3. What often happened to an idea Eileen Treanor came up with?

A. It was welcome.

B. It was embraced.

C. It was talked over.

D. It was ignored.

4. What is the result of the unfair advancement opportunities?

A. fewer women in top jobs;

B. women understate their abilities;

C. men overstate their abilities;

D. unawareness of barriers faced by women.

5. If a company supports its associates, it wants to…

A. retrain them.

B. keep them.

C. attack them.

D. empower them.

6. Which companies will be at a disadvantage, according to the text?

A. Finding talented leaders.

B. Competing for talented leaders.

C. Not seriously considering women leaders.

D. Not hiring talented diverse leaders.

Task 2. Give synonyms from the text to the words below. Correct answers are in bold in the same line with the word.

Administration (paragraph 1) – tenure

Variety (paragraph 4) – diversity

Top managers (paragraph 5) – C-suite

Brought down (paragraph 9) – felled

Key person (paragraph 10) – top talent

Underlining (paragraph 11) – highlighting

Remember (paragraph 13) – recall

Gap (paragraph 15) – gulf

Task 3. Decipher the following abbreviations and provide their proper translation into Russian:

CFO; U.S.; CPA; CGMA; AICPA; COO; SVP

Correct answers.

CFO stands for Chief Financial Officer. It is the officer of a company that has primary responsibility for managing the company’s finances, including financial planning, management of financial risks, record-keeping, and financial reporting. (финансовый директор)

U.S. stands for the United States. It is a country. (Соединенные Штаты Америки)

CPA stands for Certified Public Accountant. It is the title of qualified accountants in numerous countries in the English-speaking world. (сертифицированный бухгалтер)

CGMA stands for Chartered Global Management Accountant. It is a professional management accounting designation issued beginning in January 2012. (сертифицированный международный специалист в области управленческого учета)

AICPA stands for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. It is the national professional organization of CPAs in the United States. (Американское общество дипломированных бухгалтеров)

COO stands for Chief Operating Officer, also called a Chief Operations Officer. It is one of the highest-ranking executive positions in an organization, comprising part of the «C-suite». (главный операционный директор, аналог исполнительного директора в России)

SVP stands for Senior Vice President. This person holds an executive role in organizations, usually reporting to the CEO or the President of the company. They supervise a department (e.g. Engineering, Marketing) or a specific region where the company operates. (первый вице-президент)

UNIT 2 LEARNING GLOBISH

Mind the Accent

Task 2. Read the abstract below and fill the proper letter combinations mentioned in Task 1 into the gaps. Translate the text.

As an (1) aCCounting professional, (2)CHances are good that you collaborate across departments and communicate (3) wiTH a wide array of colleagues or clients. The people you speak with may not be as savvy with (4)THe numbers as you are, so you need to be able to present information in an easy-to-digest manner.