1.
2.
Vocabulary
3. Complete the CV with appropriate action verbs from the boxes
1 ____________corporate clients by phone and 2_________ incentive travel
programmes to Boards of
Directors
3_________ and 4_________ new sales reps
5________ sales targets for every month and 6________ annual objectives by
twenty per cent
contacted ,recruited, exceeded, met , presented, trained
7__________ sales materials and 8_______ innovative advertising campaigns
9__________ and 10________ a team of 40 telesales operators 11_________ a
working party and 12_______ proposals for a new e-commerce division
Chaired, designed ,managed ,drew up, motivated, implemented
4. Decide which verbs from the box can refer to people who …
1 are currently enjoying having no work
2 lost their jobs due to poor company
performance
3 are making positive career moves
4 are leaving a job they were unhappy with
5 are making a geographical change
6 lost their job due to disciplinary problems
to be laid off, to quit, to be on assignment, to
be promoted, to be suspended ,to be resting,
to be made redundant, to be transferred, to
take a sabbatical, to give in your notice ,to be
dismissed ,to join a company
5. Use the action verbs from the box to complete this email cover letter
broken
capture
developed
doubled
exceeded
modernized
obtained
optimize
present
trained
6. Here are some facts about Nokia. Complete the sentences with the correct words
Here are some facts about Nokia. Complete the
sentences with the correct words
1.Nokia __________ on buses in Finland.
2.Nokia has _________ on buses in Finland.
advertisements / advertises
3.Nokia __________ the Lumia 800.
4.The Lumia 800 is one of Nokia’s ________.
products / produces
5.Nokia _________ a lot of telephones in China.
6.Nokia has large _______ in China.
sales / sells
7.There are 132,000 ___________.
8.The company ____________ 132,000 people
employees / employs
9.Motorola is one of Nokia’s ___________.
competitors / competes
10.Nokia ________ with Motorola in the mobile
phone market.
11.Texas Instruments is one of Nokia’s _________. suppliers / supplies
12.Texas Instruments ___________ Nokia with parts
for mobile phones.
7. Complete the table of word families
Verb
sell
Noun
Person
sales
Expressions
sales figures
advertising
advertisement
competitive
prices
advertising
campaign
compete
employ
self-employed
producer
gadget
gadgetry
gadgeteer
productivity
bonus
kitchen gadgets
8. Complete the word grid with the names of famous companies described below.
Complete the word grid with the
names of famous companies described
below.
1.American computer
manufacturer
2.German electronics and
engineering company.
3.Trendy clothing designer
from Italy
4.Famous British sports car
company owned by Ford
5.Famous German
manufacturer of sportswear
6.Italian producer of
household appliances
7.French car manufacturer
8.French mineral water
producer.
9. GRAMMAR
10. try to put all the sentences below into the correct present tense. Usually only one tense is possible
A typical staff member still _________ (do) over 25 hours’ overtime every week even though they are told
not to
. According to today’s news, the Chinese stockmarket ___________________ (crash).
Only older consumers usually ____________________ (buy) our products.
As we speak, our stock price _________________ (slip) behind the rest of the market.
At this very moment many employees _____________________ (think) about quitting. Brand recognition
_______________ (only creep up) at the present time, despite a lot of spending on marketing.
Commercial rents ___________________ (grow) by at least ten percent every single year.
Costs ___________________ (currently escalate).
Costs of supplies ________________ (climb) every time that the exchange rate drops.
Demand for luxury products __________________ (drop) due to the current recession.
Demand for our products almost always _______________ (peak) when the economy is doing badly. The
current economic outlook is good.
Hacking attacks _____________ (shoot up) at the moment.
In the present market, wages ____________________ (soar) even though economic growth isn’t so high.
Many employees ________________________________ (leave) in March every year.
Our brand image _____________________ (get worse) these days due to some recent scandals.
11. Fill in the blank with the correct preposition
1. We would like to make up __________ our delay. You will receive free shipping on your
next order.
2. If you were not satisfied _________ the items that you received, please return them and
you will receive a full refund.
3. I’m calling to complain __________ one of your employees who was very rude.
4. We are investigating the issue to see which department is __________ fault.
5. Due __________ our current situation with our online system, all our shipments will
arrive three days later. Sorry for the inconvenience.
6. Thank you __________ your quick response regarding the raw steel you received.
7. __________ reference to invoice #84023765, there was an error on the quantity. Instead
of 25 pieces, the quantity in the box is 250 pieces.
8. I don’t know what the issue is. __________ fact, I’m sure that the issue is with shipment
and not the financing department.
9. __________ behalf of our president, I would like to apologize for the vice-president’s
behavior at the meeting.
10. We are very sorry __________ your items that arrived broken.
12.
PRONUNCIATIO
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13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18. THE END
Talking
about a company
Vocabulary
- Here is some information about
Nokia, the Finnish telecommunications company. Complete he sentences with
the words below.
competitors markets |
device customers |
employees sales |
factories head office |
- The ____________ of Nokia is in
Helsinki. - Europe is one of the company’s major
_________. - __________ in China are
very high. - Ericsson is one of the main
_________. - They have _________ in ten
different countries. - The company has more than 132,000
_________ in the world. - The Nokia C6-01 is a very
successful _______. - Nokia has ___________ in at
last 150 countries.
2. Here are some facts
about Nokia. Complete the sentences with the correct words
|
advertisements |
|
products |
|
sales / |
|
employees |
|
competitors |
|
suppliers |
3. Complete the table
of word families.
Verb |
Noun |
Person |
Expressions |
sell |
sales |
sales |
|
compete |
competitive |
||
advertising advertisement |
advertising |
||
employ |
self-employed |
||
producer |
productivity |
||
gadget gadgetry |
gadgeteer |
kitchen |
4. Complete the word
grid with the names of famous companies described below.
- American computer manufacturer
- German electronics and
engineering company. - Trendy clothing designer from Italy
- Famous British sports car
company owned by Ford - Famous German manufacturer of
sportswear - Italian producer of household
appliances - French car manufacturer
- French mineral water producer.
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8 |
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s |
i |
e |
m |
e |
n |
s |
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3 |
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4 |
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5 |
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6 |
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7 |
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2 Listen again and check your answers. Practise saying the letters aloud.
3 Work with a partner. Spell your company’s or school’s name, your town, and your address.
4 Now say the following. What do the letters stand for
В Listening
Listen to the following dialogues and write the letters you hear.
1 ..BA… 3 5 7 …
1 Listen to this interview and complete the notes below.
Name
Company
lob
Nationality
Home
2 Listen to the following questions and reply.
e.g. What is your job? Гт а …
LANGUAGE NOTE
Meeting someone for the first time
1 Introducing yourself
Let me introduce myself. My name’s Hello. I’m …
2 Introducing another person
Let me introduce you to …
This is my colleague …
Nice to meet you.
3 Other questions
Where are you from? What do you do? Who do you work for?
How do you do? Pleased to meet you. Nice to meet you.
How do you do? or Nice / Pleased to
meet you. Nice to meet you too.
I’m from … (but I work in …) I’m a … What about you? I work for… And you?
G Listening Sally Kent is the editor of Business Monthly magazine. She introduces Simon Hastings to two other people. Listen and fill in the gaps in the table below.
A |
В |
С |
D |
Sally Kent American editor Business Monthly |
Simon Hastings British 1 2 |
Alessandra Boni Italin з 4 |
Akiko Takajima 6 |
7 8 |
|||
SAP 5 |
|||
What expressions do А, В, С, D use to make introductions? Listen again and fill in the gaps.
A: Alessandra, you to my colleague, Simon Hastings.
B: How ?2 Pleased to 3 you.
C: How ?4
B: Do you work here, Alessandra?
C: No, I work for SAP. I’m a consultant 5 my colleague Akiko
Takajima.
D: Nice 6
B: Nice 7 , Akiko. Where are you from?
D: I’m from Osaka, in Japan. B: Where do you work?
D: I work for SAP in Frankfurt. I’m a 8 And you?
B: I’m 9 here at Business Monthly. Sally’s
my boss.
Grammar
Vocabulary
Pronunciation
1.2 Talking about your company
Present simple question forms Present simple negative forms Nationalities Word families Word stress
A Vocabulary
Here is some information about Nokia, the Finnish telecommunications company. Complete the sentences with the words below. Use the pictures to help you.
competitors markets
product customers
employees sales
factories head office
B Listening
1 The of Nokia is in Helsinki.
2 Europe is one of the company’s major
3 in China are very high.
-
Ericsson is one of the main
-
They have in ten different countries.
-
The company has more than 50,000 in the world.
-
The Nokia 9100 is a very successful
-
Nokia has in at least 130 countries.
1) Simon Hastings has an interview with a senior manager at Nokia. Listen and complete the information below.
Company Nokia.
Activity
Head office
Research centre …Tampere
Employees
Languages
Major markets
Main competitors
Advertising
Listen to the interview again. Complete the questions below.
1 What ?
It produces and sells mobile telephones.
2 Where ?
The head office is in Helsinki.
3 your biggest markets?
China.
4 many ?
About 53,000.
5 What in the company?
Finnish. And English, of course.
6 do you ?
On TV, in magazines, and on buses.
Present simple questions and negatives
1 To make questions and negative sentences we use the auxilary do / does.
Where do you live? I live in Paris. I don’t (do not) live in Milan.
When do they finish work? They finish work at 12.00.
They don’t (do not) work in the afternoon.
Do you live here? No, I don’t.
Do you speak English? Yes, I do.
2 We use does for the third person (he, she, or it).
What languages does she speak? She speaks Finnish and English.
She doesn’t (does not) speak Spanish.
Does he smoke? Yes, he does.
Does she work with them? No, she doesn’t.
1) Work in pairs. Student A, look at File I on page 151. Student B, turn to File О on page 152. Ask your partner questions and complete the table below. Guess the name of your partner’s company.
Activity Employees Location Products
2) Ask your partner the same questions about the company where he or she works. Write a short description of this company. Then report back to the rest of the class.
D Vocabulary
1 Here are some facts about Nokia. Complete the sentences with the correct words.
1 Nokia on buses in China. advertisements / advertises/
Nokia has on buses in China.
2 Nokia the 9100. products /produces
The 9100 is one of Nokia’s
3 Nokia a lot of telephones in China. sales / sells
Nokia has large in China.
4 There are 53,000 employees / employs
The company 53,000 people.
5 Ericsson is one of Nokia’s competitors / competes
Nokia with Ericsson in the mobile
phone market.
6 Texas Instruments is one of Nokia’s suppliers / supplies
Texas Instruments Nokia with parts
for mobile phones.
2 Write similar sentences about a company you know using the words in 1. 3 Complete the table of word families.
Verb |
Noun |
Person |
Expressions |
sell |
sales |
1 |
sales figures |
compete |
2 |
competitor |
competitive prices |
3 |
advertising advertisement |
advertiser |
advertising campaign |
employ |
employment 4 |
5 |
self-employed |
employer |
|||
produce |
product 6 |
producer |
productivity bonus |
productivity |
E Pronunciation
1 Look at the table below. The items in the first column are typical of a particular country. Complete the table with the correct countries and nationalities, as in the example.
Country |
Nationality |
|
1 Champagne 2 Carnival 3 Pasta 4 The Great Wall 5 Port 6 Kangaroos 7 BMW car 8 Sony 9 Paella |
France. |
French Brazilian |
2 Now listen and check your answers. Pay attention to the pronunciation. Listen again and put the words in the correct column according to the stress pattern.
France ……… Brazil Italy ……… Brazilian
French ……… ……… ……… ……… ………
1 Later on in his interview, the manager talks about his spare time. Listen and complete questions 1-5 below.
Listen again and write down the answers.
1 What / weekends?
I often near Lake Pukkala.
2 What/there?
I or
3 Who/with?
My
4 Where / swim?
In
5 What / evenings?
I or
3 Ask a partner similar questions using the words below and the question words What? Where? Who? Why? When?
-
weekends
-
evenings
-
on holiday :
1 Work with a partner. Take it in turns to talk for 60 seconds. Talk about your name, your town, your job, your company, your hobbies. Use the expressions below to help you.
My name is
I am
I live in
It’s a town / city in the north / south / east / west of….
I am a
I work for
In the evenings / at weekends I
2 Now tell the class what you know about your partner.
e.g. His / her name is …
He / she’s …
1.3 Company facts and figures
Grammar Vocabulary Communication skills Pronunciation
Present simple — all forms Large numbers Presentations 1 Weak forms of do and does
Say these numbers. Then try to match them with items 1-5 below.
432 26, 836, 000 805,602
1,280 75,000,000
the price in dollars of The Portrait of
Dr Gachet by Vincent Van Gogh
the average daily sales of The Times
(UK newspaper)
the length in metres of the Golden Gate
Bridge in San Francisco
the population of Tokyo in 1998
the number of Metro stations in Paris
Here are some facts about Pizza Hut (UK).
Use the words in the box to complete the sentences.
market share competitors
-
The headquarters of Pizza Hut (UK) is in London.
-
Their range of includes pizza, pasta, salads, and desserts.
-
The company 16,000 people.
-
Pizza Hut (UK)’s is over Ј300m.
-
Their main are Pizza Express and Ask.
-
They have in most large towns in Britain.
-
Pizza Hut (UK) is a of Tricon Global Restaurants.
-
Their at the moment is 6%.
B Listening 1 Listen to the short presentation on Pizza Hut (UK). Are these statements true
(T) or false (F)?
-
The talk is in four parts
-
Tricon Global Restaurants is a subsidiary of Pizza Hut
-
Jon Prinsell is the President of Pizza Hut (UK)
-
British people do not eat many pizzas
-
Pizza Hut wants to expand
14 You and your company
In the talk what do these numbers refer to? Listen again and match the numbers with the correct information on the right.
2 |
300,000,000 400 |
а b |
3 |
16,000 b |
с |
4 |
80% |
d |
5 |
75,000,000 a |
e |
6 |
6% d |
f |
7 |
10% С |
g |
over 1 300,000,000 a number of pizzas the company delivers
number of employees future market share present market share total sales number of outlets
percentage of the population who eat at Pizza Hut at least once a year
3 Listen to these extracts from the presentation again and fill in the gaps.
1 My name is Sarah James and I’m to give a
presentation on the
2 The of my presentation is about the company
structure of Pizza Hut (UK). The second part
the present activity of the company in the UK and in the
I want to our
future plans.
3 , the structure with the parent
company.
-
Now, our present activity.
-
Do you any ?
LANGUAGE NOTE
Giving a talk
1 Presenting the structure of a talk
I am here to talk about/ give a presentation on The subject of my talk is … The talk is in three parts.
The first
second
last
part looks at / is about
2 Introducing each point
Right / first / now / finally …
Let’s start with / let’s look at/ let’s talk about…
3 Ending
Do you have any questions? Thank you.
LANGUAGE NOTE
Make a short presentation on the Swatch Group using this information and the language from the Language Note below.
Presenting a company
1 Structure and location
The company / group is catted ...
It is a (French) company, based in (Paris).
It has factories / production centres / subsidiaries in …
The Chairman/ CEO/ founder/ owner is …
It employs (200) people / It has (200) employees.
2 Products and customers
Their main activity is …
The main products / customers are
and
E Speaking
3 Results and future plans
The annual turnover is ($30 million) with profits of ($2 million). The company is successful because … We plan to …
In spoken English, the most important words in a sentence are stressed more than the others. In sentences 1-3 below, the stressed words are underlined. Listen, then underline the stressed words in sentences 4-6.
-
Where do you work? 4 He doesn’t speak English.
-
How much does he earn? 5 Does she work here now? Yes, she does.
-
What does she do? 6 Do you use a PC? Yes, I do.
2 Listen again and check. Notice how the pronunciation of do and does changes when they are unstressed: — do /du:/ becomes /da/, and does /dsz/ becomes /dsz/.
3 Listen and repeat. Pay attention to stress and to the sound of do and does.
1 Listen to the questions about your company and reply. If you don’t work, choose a company you know well. If you are not sure of the answer, say Sorry, I don’t know. e.g. What’s the company called? It’s called ..,
2 Now prepare a short presentation on your company or a company you know. Use the expressions in the Language Note and the headings below to help you.
Name
Activity
Location
Employees
Products
Production
Future plans
Lesson 3
SUPPLY, DEMAND AND MARKET PRICES
I. Read and memorize the following words, word-
combinations and word-groups:
market economy — ринкова економіка
price — ціна
e.g. Market economies are directed by prices.
to ration — розподіляти, нормувати, видавати
e.g. Prices ration scarce resources, and they motivate production.
to attend an auction — відвідувати аукціон
e.g. Did you ever attend an auction?
rationing effect — раціональний вплив
e.g. What you saw at the auction was the rationing effect of prices.
items for sale — товари для продажу
bidder — покупець на аукціоні
e.g. The person leading the sale (the «auctioneer») offered individual items for sale to the highest bidder.
to drive out of the market — витіснити з ринку
e.g. Price decreases drive producers out of the market.
the level of output — рівень виробництва
e.g. Prices encourage producers to increase or decrease their level of output.
the law of demand — закон попиту
quantity of goods and services — кількість товарів і послуг
e.g. The law of demand describes the relationship between prices and the quantity of goods and services that would be purchased at each price.
elasticity — еластичність; гнучкість
e.g. Elasticity describes how much a change in price affects the quantity demanded.
supply — постачання; пропозиція
e.g. Supply refers to the number of items that sellers will offer for sale at different prices at a particular time and place.
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is a Chinese company. It
is false. Luxottica is an Italian company.
2. It doesn’t sell products
only in Italy.
3. Luxottica manufactures most of
its glasses in the USA.
4. The company also produces
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2. 5% |
b. The minimum price of |
3. 15% |
c. Mr. Del Vecchio’s age |
4. £50 |
d. group sales from Ray-Ban |
5. 500 |
e. Luxottica’s manufacturing |
6. 85% |
f. Luxottica’s sales in |
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verb |
noun |
noun |
manufacture |
manufacturer |
1. |
2. |
producer |
product/production |
3. |
salesperson/seller |
sale |
4. |
retailer |
retail |
Make |
5. |
no |
Build |
builder |
6. |
Organize |
7. |
organization |
Compete |
8. |
competition |
9. Complete the sentences with the correct word in italics.
1. A
multinational company is a large organizer
/ organization.
2. Department
stores sell
/ sale a
lot of different products/producers.
3. Swatch is a
watch make
/ maker.
4. Our office
is in the builder
/ building
in New York.
5. A lot of
people in this country work in manufacturing
/ manufacturer.
6. Many
retails
/ retailers buy
direct from the factory.
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main competitor
/ competition
in the computer market?
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Mahindra and
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_______ in the USA. Now the company also plans to 6.________
factories in China.
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course?
2. What company does John Jacobs
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4. What does Project Playa build?
5. What company does Sonja
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