EXPRESSING

YOURSELF
June, 8th

Английский язык. “Экспедиция” (B2-C1)

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 Elevator Speech
Could you tell me about
yourself, please?

https://youtu.be/eHbpbGi7keg
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 Speaking

Last week I went to visit my friend Fred.

Fred is a great guy but at times he can really go on about things. We were speaking about some
of our friends and he came out with this incredible story about Jane. It seems she had butted in
while he was harping on his favorite complaint: Service in restaurants. Apparently, he had been
running on for quite a while putting down almost every restaurant he had been to by rattling
off a list of his visits to different restaurants in town. I guess Jane felt that he was talking at her
and was fed up with it. She went off about what a rude person he was which shut him up pretty
quickly! I thought about blurting out that maybe she was right, but decided to clam up in order
to not upset him.

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 Gestures
How to show the “V sign” without being rude?
How do you show 2 in Britain?
How do you count using your fingers?
Is there any difference in meaning between tapping your right temple
and tapping a spot just over your right eyebrow?
What are 3 meanings of circling with your right index finger in front of
you?
When do people “cross their heart”?
Shall you ask a person to come closer with a movement backwards
and forwards with 1 finger or 4 fingers?
Where would you write your signature in the air?
Do you hold your index finger up when you disagree with something
or would like to ask someone to wait?
Is there any difference in meaning between clicking your fingers with
a hand movement and without it?

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https://www.usingenglish.com/articles/british-body-language.html
Alan Michael Sugar is a British businessman, entrepreneur and
media person. With a net worth of £770 million, he was rated 89th in
the Sunday Times Rich List of 2011. He is also the founder of Amstrad
which is his largest business venture.

Lord Sugar founded Amstrad in 1968; he chose this name as it was

the acronym of his own name’s initials. The company started as a
wholesaler and importer/exporter but it began selling consumer
electronics. The business expanded and in the 1980s was listed in
the stock exchange. The profits doubled each year and at its highest,
Amstrad’s stock market value had reached £1.2 billion. The 90s
however turned out to be a difficult period when they were delivered
business PC’s by Seagate with a compromised quality. This resulted
in consumer dissatisfaction and consequently a lost reputation which
they could never get back.
https://youtu.be/h9rLfg8jzZY
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Another business venture by Sugar was the purchase of the football club Tottenham Hotspur in
1991. This journey also turned out to be a rocky one involving few victories and more problems.
In 2001, Lord Sugar sold most of his share in the club to leisure group ENIC, 27% of the club for
£22 million and the remaining shares for £25 million in 2007 thus bringing a close to almost 16
years of relationship with the football club. He called this time ‘a waste of his life’. After this Sugar
entered many other ventures such as Amsair Executive Aviation which he founded in 1993,
‘Amsprop’ (an investment firm), ‘Viglen Ltd’ (an IT services provider) which he also chaired till
2009. Some other companies by Lord Sugar include ‘Amscreen’ that specializes in the sales of
advertising space on digital screens for hospitals, retailers and leisure places. Sugar is also the
chairman of Amscreen which is an IPTV project.
Lord Sugar is also a star in the renowned reality show called ‘The Apprentice’ aired from BBC.
The show started in 2005 with Sugar playing the role that Donald Trump plays in the U.S version
of the show. The winner of this competition gets a job at his company along with a chance to
start his own business in partnership with Sugar and an investment of £250,000 by Sugar
himself.
In 2000, Sugar was knighted for his contributions to the world of business. He has been awarded
two honorary Doctorates of Science; by City University in 1988 and Brunel University in 2005.
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See you soon!

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