15 key business words to improve score in an English language exam
15 key business words to improve score in an English language exam – Do you need to take the TOEIC®, BULATS® or TOEFL® exam ?
Much of the vocabulary in these tests comes up time and time again, so it’s a good tactic to focus on these words before moving on to others. Test your knowledge of 15 key words to get a head start.
What is the TOEIC® test ? These tests are specifically created to assess the ability to use English in real-life work situations. In addition, the test design ensures that scores can be accurately compared between candidates around the globe.The TOEIC Listening and Reading test is a paper-and-pencil, multiple-choice assessment. There are two timed sections of 100 questions each. Test takers listen and read in English and give their responses to the questions. The test focuses on everyday life and work activity.
What is the BULATS® test? This test is an online tool that assesses English language skills for business, industry and commerce. It is designed to help candidates develop workplace vocabulary which will help them become confident in communicating in international business environments.The test is administered through our network of authorised BULATS agents around the world.
What is the TOEFL® exam ? The TOEFL iBT test measures ability to use and understand English at university level. And it evaluates reading, listening, speaking and writing skills to perform academic tasks.The TOEFL iBT® test, delivered via the internet, is an important step to studying in an English-speaking country.
15 words all business students should know to pass exams
Exams, exams, exams !
Sometimes the questions in business language exams can be tricky, but you
can get an advantage by learning these 15 key words which are frequently
used.
FIND THE SENTENCE WHICH BEST CORRESPONDS TO THE PICTURE.
And of course, by learning ALL the words in capital letters you will be able
to expand your word bank by even more than 15 key words.
What happens to your body when you are always on the phone?
What happens to your body when you are always on the phone? As a society, we love our phones even more than we love each other. They hold our schedules, our contacts, our music, and our lives.
But what is all that phone time doing to your body?
On average, people pick up their smartphone 221 times a day to do things with it. It’s no secret that we are getting more and more addicted to these handsets, but have you wondered what effect that is having on your mind and your body?
What happens to your body when you are always on the phone?
Scientists are definitely curious and have a few ideas about the ramifications of smartphone usage. You can measure your own smartphone usage to gather data about how often you check it, and then compare it with the smartphone addiction checklist to know if you have a problem.
An incredible 81% of us have our smartphones within arm’s reach nearly all the time, and one in five young people admit to checking their screens every five minutes.
Are our devices completely safe? We haven’t been using cell phones long enough to fully study long-term impacts and say using them definitively causes specific diseases. But then again, it took decades to prove a surefire link between smoking cigarettes and lung cancer, too.
Now, I’m not suggesting we all ditch our phones … I rely on mine for so many things.
But the following findings may give you reason to take some commonsense cell phone safety precautions to minimize your risk.
What will humans look like in 1000 Years? What will humanity look like in 1000 years?
About 10,000 years ago, humans evolved a tolerance to cow’s milk; over the past 150 years, we’ve added 10 centimetres to our average height; and over the past 65 years, we’ve added 20 years to the average lifespan, mostly thanks to advances in science.
We’ve come so far in such an incredibly short period of time, so what will we look like in another 1,000 years.
First off, we humans have a reason to be as smug as we are – our brains are so good, even the most advanced computer system doesn’t even come close. In fact, last year researchers used the K computer in Japan – one of the most powerful computers in the world – to simulate human brain activity, and it took 705,024 processor cores, 1.4 million GB of RAM, and 40 minutes to process the same amount of data processed by 1 second of brain activity.
But we might not always have an edge over the machines we create.
Scientists predict that in the future, computers will not only match the computational speed of the human brain, we’ll also develop artificial intelligence that can speak, interact, listen, and remember. Let’s just hope they don’t use all that information to turn against us.
And as computers grow progressively more human, so too will humans become more integrated with robots. In the future, scientists predict that we’ll have minuscule robots called nanobots swimming around our bodies and enhancing our natural abilities. Known as transhumanism, this could see us no longer limited to what biology can be achieved, and the possibilities of that are pretty incredible to think about.
And it’s not just our own bodies that technology has the potential to completely change. As the video points out, ‘utility clouds’ of microscopic robots could assemble themselves into entire buildings and them disassemble just as easily. “Picture your house disassembling when you leave in the morning so that space can be used for something else,” says AsapSCIENCE.
In the next 1,000 years, the amount of languages spoken on the planet are set to seriously diminish, and all that extra heat and UV radiation could see darker skin become an evolutionary advantage. And we’re all set to get a whole lot taller and thinner, if we want to survive, that is. Why? I’ll let AsapSCIENCE explain that one in the video above, but let’s just say global warming is going to have a much bigger impact on our appearance than you might think.
Watch as we cover some cutting-edge innovations happening today. Thanks to the National Geographic Channel for sponsoring this video!
Making an easy and delicious Chicken curry – it is so easy when you know how.
If you enjoy Indian or Asian food, then you probably like curries – delicious aren’t they!
Chicken curry is a common delicacy in the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, as well as in the Caribbean, where it is usually referred to as curry chicken.
A typical curry from the Indian subcontinent consists of chicken stewed in an onion- and tomato-based sauce, flavored with ginger, garlic, mango chutney, tomato puree, chili peppers and a variety of spices, often including turmeric, cumin, coriander, cinnamon, cardamom and so on.
Other variations include the addition of almonds, coconut milk or cream, yoghurt and fragrant spices.
Outside South Asia, chicken curry is often made with a pre-made spice mixture known as curry powder.
Chicken tikka masala is a dish of chunks of roasted marinated chicken (chicken tikka) in a spiced curry sauce.
The sauce is usually creamy and orange-coloured and is one of the most popular dishes in The UK, but totally unknown to Indians and Pakistanis outside the UK, so it is a dish that has been probably invented in The UK for people of the UK, but it is reallt delicious.
There are multiple claims to its place of origin, including the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent or Glasgow in Scotland.
It is among the United Kingdom’s most popular dishes, leading a government minister, Robin Cook, to claim in 2001 that it was “a true British national dish”.
If you want help Making an easy and delicious Chicken curry, then the first thing you need to do is start training – yes, start training.
Start training your ingredients to work for you – don’t spend hours chopping, slicing, dicing and shredding, just train your ingredients to do it themselves, as we have done in the video.
In this ‘how-to- video, we will show you how to prepare the perfect, easy and delicious chicken curry.
An inspiring talk about learning by Shahmeem Akhtar
To learn is to be free – Shameem Akhtar posed as a boy during her early childhood in Pakistan so she could enjoy the privileges Pakistani girls are rarely afforded: to play outside and attend school.
In an eye-opening, personal talk, Akhtar recounts how the opportunity to get an education altered the course of her life — and ultimately changed the culture of her village, where today every young girl goes to school.
Shameem Akhtar is a teacher working to empower girls in Sindh, a province in the southeast of Pakistan.
Shameem Akhtar is a dedicated and enthusiastic development professional, with special interest in the field of gender, education, social mobilization, emergency/relief, management and literature.
She is also engaged in research studies in rural development, doing PhD work at the University of Sindh.
She is a member of the Individual Land Organization (Friedrich Naumann Stiftung) and was selected by Acumen Pakistan Fellows 2015 for their one-year course.
Akhtar frequently contributes to print media and literary magazines, work that has brought her close to the study of important social issues like malnutrition, child labor, marginalization and other core problems of the province.
She has been active in the training of teachers, children, women and other segments of society in the fields of education, health, livelihood and disaster management under the banner of prestigious organizations in the social service sector.
