Chapter 1

01 Contract

02 Sales

03 Conference

04 Purchasing

Unit

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Unit

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1 cooperate (v) ËÇÁÁ×͡ѹ,

2 contract

4 signature

3 clause

5 agreement (n) ¢ŒÍµ¡Å§

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8 participant (n) ¼ÙŒÁÕʋǹËÇÁ

6 attorney

7 headquarters (n)

commerce (n)

disagreement (n)

purpose (n)

partnership (n)

enormous (adj)

office (n)

budget (n)

company (n)

1 purpose serve a purpose

2 disagreement disagreement on/over/as to sth

3 office branch office/regional office

4 company listed company

parent company

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The congress decided to amend the bill.

I hope I can persuade the manager into selling

new products.

With reference to your application, we’d like to

invite you to attend an interview next Monday.

The document must be approved by the

superintendent before it can be sent.

(v)

amend

= revise

note

persuade

= convince

note

persuade sb

˹ѧÊ×ÍÃѺÃͧ

reference

note

approve

= sanction

note

approve of sth

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Dennis Lin has been selected to negotiate

with the leader of the opposition party

because of his plentiful experiences.

Due to your poor credit score, you can’t apply

for an extension of your car loan.

The stipulation proposed by the lawmaker

didn’t make sense.

The record company reneged on its promise to

release Justin’s new album; thus, he decided

to sue the company for breach of contract.

(v)

negotiate

(n)

extension

note

(n)

stipulation

note

(v)

renege

note

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resolve

the problem.

I really want the limited-edition pair of

sneakers, so I don’t want to procrastinate

and miss the bidding.

The company alone can’t nullify the contract.

= invalidate

David is the only legitimate inheritor of

the enterprise.

The proposal doesn’t seem feasible for most

of the staff.

(v)

resolve

note

procrastinate

nullify

legitimate

= legal, lawful

feasible

= practicable

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David is the only legitimate inheate

The award winner didn’t have adequate

time to give an acceptance speech.

The high school is with a national

university.

The government hasn’t assigned any

mediation committee to arbitrate between

the management and the labor.

Jeremy won’t let you down; I can assure

you of that.

(v)

adequate

note

be adequate for sth

affiliate

note

arbitrate

note

assure

note

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The reason why I like the documentary is that

it combines education and entertainment.

Bananas and watermelons are two critical

export commodities for the country.

The advisory panel comprises many senior

experts in psychology.

= include

The employee doesn’t compromise on the

settlement.

combine

= unite

commodity

= product

note

comprise

compromise

note

compromise with sb on sth

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In Taiwan, education is compulsory between

the ages of 7 and 15.

The manager had no choice but to

concede that Dennis was right.

The chairperson concluded that the idea

proposed by the manager was superb.

I can’t my plan to you.

The enterprise consolidated three departments

to form a new one.

James always contradicts his own statement,

which makes us feel annoyed.

(adj)

compulsory

= mandatory

note

concede

conclude

confide

note

confide in sb= reveal, unveil

consolidate

= unite

contradict

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Dennis contrives to meet the girl he likes

every Sunday.

James’ idea is quite narrow and conventional.

Those members in that team are cooperative,

which is an essential element of establishing

a great enterprise.

The activity must be countersigned by

instructors.

David wonders what criterion his professor

uses to judge a student’s academic

performance.

contrive

note

= think up

conventional

note

= traditional

cooperative

countersign

criterion

= standard

note

meet/satisfy the criterion

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The negotiation reached a deadlock

between two groups.

I’m sorry for deferring the decision for so long.

She embodied good sportsmanship on

The celebrity has endorsed the body shaping

cream for years, but she doesn’t look thinner.

franchise to a start-up.

deadlock

note

defer

embody

endorse

note

franchise

note

franchiser

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The advertisement is intended to improve the

candidate’s image.

Dennis will incorporate his colleague’s idea

into his new plan.

We are sorry to know that James incurs

a debt.

= cause

Dennis admitted his liability for the mistake.

We need additional

activity.

= supplementary

Our boss always makes a careful assessment

of all situations before making decisions.

= evaluation

(n)

image

note

(v)

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incorporate

note

incorporate sth in sth = include

(v)

incur

(n) ,

liability

(adj)

additional

(n)

assessment

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Dr. Wu is an authority on Linguistics.

They eluded

As long as we spare no effort to prepare for

the test, we are certain to succeed.

Today, Dennis was confronted by his boss

when he was about to clock out.

= encounter

Dennis’ critical statement helps his students

a lot.

(n)

authority

(v) ËźËÅÕ¡,

elude

= avoid

(adj)

certain

note

(v)

confront

(adj)

critical

= essential, crucial

note

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My company was established in 1955.

Dennis is considering expanding his

business.

Some new factories have arisen in this

industrial zone.

The CEO has an uncompromising stance on

the merger.

The hospital is attached to the famous

hospital.

Rumor has it that there is a merger between

two international entertainment companies.

(v)

= found

establish

(v)

expand s

(v)

arise

note

(n)

stance

(v)

attach

(n)

merger

= unionnote

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the merger.

note

The bank was takenover by the local

government after its bankruptcy.

face trial on fraud charges.

The enterprise may also need to restructure.

Achieving the tough task requires synergy

among all members.

Diana is a clever person; she always proposes

brilliant projects.

(n)

takeover

note

(n)

fraud

(v)

restructure

(n)

synergy

(n)

project

note

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The enterprise may also need to re

Achieving the tough task requires s

re

The head of Customer Service Center

wanted to curtail its spending.

We need to evaluate how well

the strategy is working.

Melissa can’t give you a rough estimate of

the number of products I need.

The authorities concerned have announced

that they will undertake a full investigation

into the accident.

Dennis performs an imperative role in our

organization.

(v)

curtail

(v)

evaluate

(v)

estimate

note

(v)

undertake

(v)

perform

= execute, implement

note

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In recent years, the government’s economic

strategy has not made the whole society

progress.

We had no alternative

My prime concern is to make something

We are going to cut back on annual budget.

(v)

strategy

= tactic

note

(n)

alternative

= backup plan, Plan B

note

(adj)

prime

= major, principal

note

(adj)

annual

note

= yearly

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They adopted different approaches to the

problem.

Under the terms of the treaty, you would be

$10 million if you violate the contract.

The two parties agreed on a trade pact.

The agreement binds him to repay the debt

within a year.

Safety measures were executed in

compliance with the building regulations.

(v)

adopt

(n) ¢ŒÍµ¡Å§,

treaty

= accord

(n)

pact

note

(v)

bind

note

(n)

compliance

note

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