Skólaskýrsla 2004 - Verzlunarskóli Íslands

A (60%) Vocabulary, grammar, usage
Enska
NEW INSIGHTS INTO BUSINESS and ESSENTIAL ARTICLES
Translate the underlined words / phrases into good Icelandic. Remember that your translation must
fit the context of each sentence:
1­2 The HOBS software allows you to initiate payments to suppliers etc. and locate specific
transactions quickly using a range of search criteria.
suppliers
transactions
3 You’re on a shuttle en­route for London and a crucial meeting.
4 A final verification was done using the same computer software used to recognise the faces
of wanted people at international airports.
5 Mozambique suffered immensely from the small arms trade during a 16­year civil war.
6 EHOs sometimes find that the object got into the food at home. Sometimes it has been put
there by someone hoping for compensation.
Paraphrase or explain the underlined words / phrases in English (according to
context):
7 Richer Sounds sells discounted hi­fi from tiny, basic shops with low overheads.
8 On a CV it is usual to include information about the applicant’s education, professional
experience, accomplishments and references.
9 I divide the masses of paperwork into piles ready to tackle them in priority order.
10 Tiger Woods and David Beckham are often referred to as “gifted”, but their remarkable
talents have as much to do with the early years they spent honing their skills as it has to do
with any innate genetic advantage.
11 Martino Corbelli, of the Internet filtering company SurfControl, which commissioned the
survey, said workers across the country should hang their heads in shame at the results.
12 Sharbat had to cross the mountains with her siblings and grandmother because her home
had been bombed.
13­14 A quarter of Indonesian women of reproductive age are malnourished.
reproductive age
malnourished
Tick the box with the correct alternative to the underlined words / phrases:
15 A few years ago job candidates could rely on a record of accomplishment to propel them
up the corporate ladder but nowadays this is not necessarily true.
c find a more stimulating job in their field of expertise
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