InterContinental Hotels has teamed up (объединились) with Baidu to create Smart Rooms fueled by artificial (искусственный) intelligence. The rooms don’t require an app or a special button. Instead guests at InterContinental Beijing Sanlitun and InterContinental Guangzhou Exhibition Centre can do things like tell their room they are “going to sleep,” and the room will recognize…
Business Etiquette Tips for Cell Phone Users in the Workplace. Tip #2: Take Personal Calls in a Private Place Hearing someone talk loudly on a cell phone, especially about personal business is distracting and discourteous to coworkers trying to do their jobs. It’s best to go to an empty conference room or other private location…
How to Use First Conditional Sentences First conditional sentences are used to express situations in which the outcome is likely (but not guaranteed) to happen in the future. Look at the examples below:Example: If you rest, you will feel better. – Если ты отдохнешь, то почувствуешь себя лучше.Example: If you set your mind to a…
Today’s Word of the Day is: “clumsy” (adj.) Transcription: [klʌm.zi] Translation: неуклюжий, бестактный Meaning: A clumsy person often has accidents because they do not behave in a careful, controlled way Example: I’m sorry about spilling your wine — that was very clumsy of me.- Прости, что пролил твоё вино — это было очень неуклюже с…
Spanish clothing brand Zara has reportedly agreed on a deal to produce hats and scarves in a Russian textile factory after a year of negotiations. A currency devaluation (девальвация) and sharp economic downturn in 2014 led fashion chains OVS, River Island and Esprit to leave Russia, while Zara rolled back expansion (расширение) plans. Last year,…
Business Etiquette Tips for Cell Phone Users in the Workplace. Tip #1: Don’t Look at Your Cell Phone During Meetings Most people know to turn their phone to silent in a meeting. However, it’s not the occasional phone ringing that’s so annoying. It’s the people who scroll through their emails, check their Facebook page, text,…
Today’s Word of the Day is: Transcription: [əˈkaʊntəbl] Translation: Ответственный Meaning: having to be responsible for what you do and able to explain your actions Example: Hospitals must be held accountable for their mistakes.- Больницы должны привлекаться к ответственности за их ошибки. Synonyms : answerable, responsible
By taking a different approach to your return to the office, you can actually transform your productivity for the rest of the year. You come back to a bucket instead of the normally dripping faucet (“капающий кран”) of information. With hundreds of emails and tons of phone calls, the question is, how do you filter…
Types of Bad Bosses and How to Deal with Them. Type #4: 4. The Manager Who Takes Full Credit For Work They Didn’t Do You’ve been working day and night to move mountains. The day comes when you’ve succeeded, and it’s time for everyone to know. But when the press release goes out, you’re not…
Conditional Sentences—Rules You Need to Know – There are four types of conditional sentences;– It’s important to use the correct structure for each of these different conditional sentences because they express varying meanings;– Pay attention to verb tense when using different conditional modes;– Use a comma after the if-clause when the if-clause precedes the main…