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МатематикаВопрос:
A The verbs below are often used with the word relations. Use them to complete the table. break off build-up cement foster cut off develop disrupt encourage establish endanger improve jeopardise maintain strengthen promote restore resume damage sour undermine Positive meaning build up relations Negative meaning break off relations
Ответ:
Положительное значение:
- build-up
- cement
- foster
- improve
- maintain
- encourage
- establish
- promote
- restore
- strengthen
- develop
Отрицательное значение:
- break off
- cut off
- disrupt
- endanger
- jeopardise
- damage
- sour
- undermine
- resume
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- B Choose the correct verb in each sentence. 1 Sales staff who are impolite to customers disrupt / damage the reputation of a company. 2 We are planning to promote / establish branch offices in Singapore. 3 By merging with a US company, we greatly strengthened / maintained our sales force. 4 Our image has been fostered / undermined by poor after-sales service. 5 Thanks to a new communications system, we are souring | improving relations with suppliers. 6 A strike at our factory resumed / disrupted production for several weeks. 7 We could not agree on several points so we broke off / cut off talks regarding a joint venture. 8 The success of our new product launch was resumed / jeopardised by an unimaginative advertising campaign. 9 In order to gain market share in China, we are building up / cutting off a sales network there. 10 Relations between the two countries have been endangered / fostered by official visits and trade delegations.
- C Match the following sentence halves. Then make five more sentences with the verbs in Exercise A and B. 1 Widespread rumours of a hostile take-over bid are certain 2 The Accounts Department's very slow payment of invoices 3 The long-term contracts, which will run for the next five years, 4 The excellent relations the company enjoys with the local community 5 As a result of the government's imposition of currency controls, a) are a credit to its highly effective PR Department. b) have cemented relations between the two companies. c) its close relations with several major foreign investors have been jeopardised. d) is causing stormy relations with some of the company's suppliers. e) to strain relations between the two leading French software companies.
