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Did you know that people like you can set up their own companies? Read the text about four children who decided to do it to find out why they wanted to run their own businesses.
Czy wiesz, że osoby takie jak ty mogą zakładać własne firmy? Przeczytaj tekst o czterech przedsiębiorczych osobach, które postanowiły to zrobić. Poznasz powody, które skłoniły je do prowadzenia biznesu.
Answer the question below in one sentence.
Odpowiedz na poniższe pytanie jednym zdaniem.
Look at the picture and answer the question below.
Spójrz na ilustrację i odpowiedz na poniższe pytanie.
1. How do you understand the words in the picture?
Read the text and do the exercises.
Przeczytaj tekst i wykonaj ćwiczenia.
Kids Who Are Their Own BossesRobert Nay
Have you ever played a game called Bubble Ball? Well, if not, you must download it. After two weeks from launchinglaunching, it had 1 million downloads and it even overtookovertook Angry Birds as the most downloaded game on mobile phones. Was it developed by a big teamteam of people? In fact, it was created by a 14‑year‑old kid, Robert Nay, with some coding experienceexperience and no co‑workersco‑workers. He wrote 4,000 lines of code in a public library in one month! Robert is now CEOCEO (Chief Executive Officer) at Nay Games and he’s working on launching new applications.
Lily Born
Lily developeddeveloped a special cup for her grandad with Parkinson’s disease when she was about 8 years old. She noticed that he couldn’t hold the cup without spillingspilling. So, she designeddesigned a cup which was comfortable to hold. She is now her own bossboss and managesmanages a small group of employeesemployees. Her company is called Imagiroo. Lily’s dad is her business partnerbusiness partner and a colleaguecolleague at the same time because they work together. Lily is now 16 and she loves her jobjob. She says that the key to choosing your professionprofession successfully is to think about what you’re good at and follow your passionsfollow your passions.
Mikaila Ulmer
When she was 4, Mikaila was stungstung by a bee. After that, she became fascinated with bees. She read a lot about them and learnt that honey is very healthy. She decided to set upset up a company which would show people that they should eat more of it. She took her grandma’s recipe for lemonade and added honey to it. She’s now the managermanager of a multi‑million‑dollar company and manages a staffstaff of about 12 people. Mikaila also employs a dog named Honey, the office mascot. Honey is the supervisorsupervisor for developing honey-sweetenedsweetened treats.
Moziah Bridges
When he was 9, he couldn’t find appropriate bow tiesbow ties to match his style. So, his mum and grandmother helped him design his first bow‑ties. Mo’s business is a typical family‑run company. Mo is now the ChairmanChairman and Creative DirectorCreative Director of Mo’s Bows. Mo is an employeremployer of 5 people, including his granny and also CEO of M, also known as Mum. Mo says he’s good at creating and delegatingdelegating his ideas to his personnelpersonnel and other people who can do the job better than him.
Notice: Young people under the age of 18 must have their parent's/guardian's permission to officially start a business.
Źródło: Dorota Giżyńska, licencja: CC BY-SA 3.0.
Read the text and match each sentence to the correct person.
Przeczytaj tekst i połącz zdanie z odpowiednim imieniem.
Read the text again and decide if the following sentences are true or false.
Ponownie przeczytaj tekst i zdecyduj, czy podane zdania są prawdziwe, czy fałszywe.
Read the text again and complete the table: use the verbs in the table to form words describing types of people.
Przeczytaj tekst jeszcze raz i wpisz do tabeli odpowiednie określenia osób pochodzące od czasowników.
Drag the words to fill in the gaps.
Przeciągnij wyrazy, uzupełniając luki w poniższych zdaniach.
2. Robert designed his game without any help from a single 1. chairman, 2. staff, 3. colleague, 4. supervisor, 5. CEO, 6. co-worker, 7. employer, 8. profession.
3. Lily’s dad is her business partner and a 1. chairman, 2. staff, 3. colleague, 4. supervisor, 5. CEO, 6. co-worker, 7. employer, 8. profession.
4. Lily says that if you want to choose your 1. chairman, 2. staff, 3. colleague, 4. supervisor, 5. CEO, 6. co-worker, 7. employer, 8. profession successfully, you need to follow your passions.
5. Mikaila is the manager for a 1. chairman, 2. staff, 3. colleague, 4. supervisor, 5. CEO, 6. co-worker, 7. employer, 8. profession of about 12 people.
6. Honey is the 1. chairman, 2. staff, 3. colleague, 4. supervisor, 5. CEO, 6. co-worker, 7. employer, 8. profession in Mikaila’s company.
7. Mo is the 1. chairman, 2. staff, 3. colleague, 4. supervisor, 5. CEO, 6. co-worker, 7. employer, 8. profession in his own company.
8. Mo is an 1. chairman, 2. staff, 3. colleague, 4. supervisor, 5. CEO, 6. co-worker, 7. employer, 8. profession for his mum and granny.
Answer the questions below.
Odpowiedz na poniższe pytania.
Which company from the text would you like to work for? Why?
Would you like to be your own boss? Why? Why not?
What’s the most difficult thing for a young boss?
Słownik
/ bɒs /
szef/szefowa
/ˌbəʊ ˈtaɪz/ /ˌbəʊ ˈtaɪ/
muchy [mucha] (dodatek do męskiego stroju w postaci niewielkiej kokardy wiązanej wokół kołnierza koszuli)
/ ˈbɪznəs ˈpɑːtnə /
partner biznesowy/ partnerka biznesowa
/ ˌsiː iːˈəʊ /
dyrektor generalny/generalna
/ ˈtʃeəmən / / ˈtʃeəwʊmən /
prezes/prezeska
/ kəʊ ˈwɜːkəz / / kəʊ ˈwɜːkə /
współpracownicy [współpracownik/współpracowniczka]
/ ˈkɒliːɡ /
kolega/koleżanka z pracy
/ kriˈeɪtɪv daɪˈrektə /
dyrektor kreatywny/kreatywna
/ ˈdelɪɡeɪtɪŋ / / ˈdelɪɡeɪt /
przekazywanie [przekazywać]
/ dɪˈzaɪnd / / dɪˈzaɪn /
zaprojektowała [zaprojektować]
/ dɪˈveləpt / / dɪˈveləp /
zaprojektowała [zaprojektować, rozwinąć]
/ɪmˈplɔɪ.iːz/ /ˌɪmploɪˈiː /
pracownicy [pracownik/pracownica]
/ɪmˈplɔɪ.ə/
pracodawca
/ ɪkˈspɪərɪəns /
doświadczenie
/ ˌfɒləʊ jə driːmz /
podążać za pasjami
/ dʒɒb /
praca, zawód
/ ˈlɔːntʃɪŋ / / lɔːntʃ /
wprowadzenie produktu na rynek [wprowadzać produkt na rynek]
/ ˈmanədʒə /
kierownik/kierowniczka
/ˈmæn.ɪdʒɪz/ /ˈmæn.ɪdʒ/
zarządza [zarządzać]
/ ˌəʊvəˈtʊk / / ˌəʊvəˈteɪk /
wyprzedziła [wyprzedzać]
/ ˌpɜːsəˈnel /
zespół, personel
/ prəˈfeʃn̩ /
zawód
/ set ˈʌp /
założyć
/ ˈspɪlɪŋ / / spɪl /
rozlewanie [rozlewać]
/ stɑːf /
zespół, pracownicy
/ stʌɡ / / stɪŋ /
użądlona [użądlić]
/ˈsjuː.pə.vaɪ.zə/
kierownik/kierowniczka, osoba nadzorująca
/ ˈswiːtn̩d /
słodzony/słodzona
/ tiːm /
zespół
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