Skólaskýrsla 2002 - Verzlunarskóli Íslands

EnskaA (60%)NEW INSIGHTS INTO BUSINESS and READING BETWEEN THE LINESTranslate the underlined words and phrases into good Icelandic. Remember that yourtranslation must fit the context of each sentence:1 These banks offer a wide range of services which include accepting deposits, makingloans and managing customers’ accounts.2 The company is committed to making better products and contributing to improving thequality of people’s work and life.3 Broad environmental education teaches consumers that although thinking and buyinggreen is more expensive, environmentalism is less taxing on the earth in the long run.4 ‘The diary of Zlata Filipovic,’ went immediately to the top of France’s non-fiction bestsellerlist.5 That report is typical of cold, bureaucratic handling of the issue and smells of hypocrisy.6 Professor Allan Conney has been awarded a grant to further his work on the protectiveeffects of tea.Paraphrase or explain the underlined words and phrases in English (according tocontext):7 We take care of any maintenance or refurbishment, arrange local marketing, and so on.8 What do you know about our recent acquisitions in Latin America?9 With HOBS in your office, you can locate specific transactions quickly using a range ofsearch criteria.10 The Earth Tax program targets small grass roots organizations committed to issues suchas biodiversity, alternative energy and environmentally preferable methods of resourceextraction.11 The report is a comprehensive record of mortality from smoking in developed countries.12 High-fat foods combined with inadequate exercise remain the primary cause of America’sobesity epidemic.13 The question has arisen whether more emphasis should be put on trying to rehabilitatestudents who are expelled.14 Japan tries to come to grips with the bullying, a pervasive problem in the country’s highlyregimented and conformist schools.15 Michel Allard, a specialist on France’s fast-growing centenarian population, credits herlongevity in part to her ‘powerful capacity for mental visualization’.Tick the box with the correct alternative to the underlined word / phrase:16 We need to recruit a few people. contact employ interview make redundant re-educate47