Read without stopping. Do not stop to look up unknown words. You can understand the general idea of a passage without understanding every word. Underline or highlight unknown words, or write them on a separate piece of paper | LESSON 13 HIRING AND TRAINING 79 WORD FAMILIES r- noun conduct Your conduct during the meeting reflected poorly on the company. verb conduct If you conduct yourself with professionalism you will always impress your coworkers. noun conductor The conductor gathered tickets before the first stop. ị verb generate The purpose of the demonstration is to generate interest in the new product. noun generator The generator goes on automatically when the electricity goes off. adjective generated The sales that were generated by the giveaway surprised even the sales department. verb hire The personnel director needed to hire 15 people within a week. noun hire The new hire quickly gained a reputation for excellent work. gerund hiring The hiring took the company much longer than expected. verb reject The candidate rejected the offer the first time but the second time she accepted it. noun rejection Rejections are difficult but you can learn something from them. gerund rejecting Rejecting a job offer before you have it is not a smart thing to do. verb succeed In order to succeed in this business you must be persistent. noun success Don t let success go to your head adjective successful The trainers were very successful with this last group of new hires. vertí train Even though you were trained on a Macintosh you ll have to learn how to use a PC. noun trainer The trainer stayed after the meeting to answer any questions. noun trainee Each new employee spends six weeks as a trainee. 80 600 ESSENTIAL WORDS FOR THE TOEIC TEST WORD PRACTICE LISTENING COMPREHENSION Part 1 Photo Look at the picture and listen to the sentences. Choose the sentence that best describes the picture. 1. Part 2 Question-Response Listen to the question and the three responses. Choose the response that best answers the question. 2. 3. Part 3 Conversation Listen to the dialogue. Then read each question and choose the best response. 4. What is the response to the training program A Boredom. B Confusion. C Chaos. D
