- •Business English
- •Unit 1 Being an economist
- •1. Reading. Read the article and find the following:
- •Working in a foreign country
- •2. Read the article again. Are these statements true or false?
- •3. Speaking. Do you like the idea of working in a different country as part of your job? What countries do you think are interesting to work in?
- •4. Complete the table with a country or nationality. 1-5 are from the article. Use a dictionary to help you with 6-12.
- •8 (1). Listening. Listen to the conversation and answer the questions.
- •9. Speaking. Use the information from the table. Introduce yourself to your partner and ask questions.
- •11. Read the text and explain the words in bold. What is Economics?
- •Unit 2 Money
- •3 (2). Listening. Listen and complete the information.
- •4. Reading. Read the article and answer the question:
- •The Business of Giving
- •5. Read the article again and answer the questions.
- •11. Speaking. How much do the items in the table cost in your country? Is the cost of living high in your country? Where is the cost of living low?
- •12. Read the text and explain the words in bold. Money
- •Vocabulary
- •Unit 3 Economy
- •2. Reading. Read the article below. Write t (true) or f (false) under “What the article says” in the previous exercise.
- •An Economy
- •Vocabulary
- •8. Give Russian equivalents:
- •9. Choose words from the list to fill in the gaps, then use them to make sentences:
- •10. Answer the questions:
- •11. Make notes under the following headings:
- •Unit 4 Company
- •1 (5). Listening. Listen and practice.
- •2. Translate the following words.
- •3. Put places above in the correct group. Add more for each sector.
- •4. Reading. Read the article. Which of the following best describes the subject of the article?
- •Look east
- •5. Are these statements true or false?
- •6. Match the numbers 1-6 with the information they describe a-f.
- •7. Speaking. Think of three more luxury goods companies. What products do they make and sell? Are they family or multinational companies?
- •8. Word families. Complete the table.
- •9. Complete the sentences with the correct word in italics.
- •10. Complete the text with the correct word from the table above. There may be more than one possible answer.
- •11(6). Listening. Sam and Alex work for the training company. Listen to their telephone conversation and answer the questions.
- •12. Company information.
- •13 (7). Listening. Listen to Miles Norton answering questions about his company. Find suitable answers to the questions in exercise 12.
- •14. Work with a partner. Ask questions about his/her company.
- •15. Read the text. Planned Economy
- •Unit 5 Company history
- •Ford of Britain
- •4. What do these numbers from the text refer to?
- •5. Complete these sentences.
- •6. Reading. Read this history of Dr. Martens Shoes. The writer uses present tense to make the summary seem ‘alive’. Change the verbs into past tense while reading.
- •Dr. Martens
- •7(10). Listening. Faith Walker talks about her first pair of Dr. Martens (dMs). Listen, fill in the gaps and then answer the questions.
- •8. Speaking. Speak on the history of the company you know.
- •9. Read the text and explain the words in bold. Market Economy
- •Vocabulary
- •10. Give Russian equivalents:
- •11. Choose words from the list to fill in the gaps, then use them to make sentences:
- •Unit 6 Company structure (a) Jobs
- •4. Reading. Read the text about the French company Perrier Vittel and fill in the gaps. Use the words in the box.
- •Perrier Vittel
- •5. Look at the organization chart. Use the information from the text above to complete the missing information. The first is done for you. Give the summary of the text.
- •6. Read the text and explain the words in bold. Mixed Economy
- •Unit 7 Company structure (b) Departments
- •2. Where do these people usually work?
- •3 (12). Listening. At a budget meeting four managers talk about their departments. Listen and complete the table below.
- •4. Listen again and complete these sentences.
- •5. Speaking. Think about your department or the department you’d like to work in. Draw an organization chart. Use the phrases from the box below to give a short presentation about your department.
- •6. Read the text and explain the words in bold. A Market
- •Unit 8 Business travel
- •2. Discuss the questions.
- •3. Match the words with the correct picture.
- •4. Complete the sentences with some of the words above.
- •6. Complete the headings in the text with the words in the exercise above. Results from a survey: Business travel is boring!
- •7. Match the words in bold in the text above to these definitions.
- •8. Discuss these questions.
- •9 (14). Listening. Listen to the conversation at the check-in desk and look at the departure board. What is the flight number and destination?
- •10. Listen again. Complete the conversation and check. Reproduce it with your partner.
- •11 (15). Listening. Listen to Colin Knapp talking about travelling to the Far East and answer the questions.
- •12. Discuss these questions.
- •13. Speaking. Speak on the transport you prefer for business and pleasure travelling. Give examples of advantages and disadvantages of different means of transport.
- •14. Read the text and explain the words in bold. Financial Market
- •Vocabulary
- •15. Give Russian equivalents:
- •16. Choose words from the list to fill in the gaps, then use them to make sentences:
- •17. Answer the questions:
- •18. Use words/phrases from the list to help you retell the text:
- •Supplementary reading The Economy of Great Britain
- •The Economy of Germany
- •The Economy of France
- •The Economy of Spain
- •The Economy of Italy
- •The Economy of the Netherlands
- •Contents
2. Read the article again. Are these statements true or false?
1. Carlos Ghosn is the head of BMW. It is false. He is the head of Renault company.
2. He travels between Asia, Europe and the USA.
3. Some workers travel to different countries to work on projects.
4. Indian software engineers work on projects in the UK.
5. It is difficult to travel between European cities.
6. It is interesting to meet people from different countries.
7. Contacts in different countries are good for business.
8. It is difficult to know what country to pay tax in.
3. Speaking. Do you like the idea of working in a different country as part of your job? What countries do you think are interesting to work in?
4. Complete the table with a country or nationality. 1-5 are from the article. Use a dictionary to help you with 6-12.
1. France |
1. French |
7. Germany |
7. |
2. Brazil |
2. |
8. |
8. Chinese |
3. |
3. American |
9. |
9. Polish |
4. |
4. British |
10. Japan |
10. |
5. |
5. Indian |
11. |
11. Russian |
6. Spain |
6. |
12. Kuwait |
12. |
5. Choose the correct word in italics.
1. We are Britain/British but we live in China / Chinese.
2. There are a lot of Australian / Australia workers in Hong Kong.
3. I am from Poland / Polish and I live in Warsaw.
4. Three of our employees are in Japanese / Japan on a project.
5. The head of the company is Sweden / Swedish.
6. Is this your first visit to Asia / Asian?
6. Talk about the nationalities of these companies. Talk about other companies you know.
Shanghai Tang, Michelin, General Motors, Aeroflot, Adidas, Sony, McDonalds.
Shanghai Tang is a Chinese company.
7. Career skills.
Introducing yourself
When we meet business contacts for the first time, we usually give information about ourselves, for example name, nationality, job title, company, etc. We may also need to ask people for information about themselves. Look at the following examples:
1.What is your name? |
I am Tom Allen. (My name is Tom Allen.) |
2. Where are you from? |
I am from Brazil. |
3. What do you do? |
I am an IT manager. |
4. What company are you with? |
I am with Alcoa. |
5. What countries do you have contacts with? |
We have contacts with Japan and China. |
6. How many employees are there in your company? |
There are one million employees. |
7. Do you travel a lot on business? |
Yes, quite a lot. |
8 (1). Listening. Listen to the conversation and answer the questions.
1. Is this Jan’s first or second meeting with Ben?
2. What company is Ben (Jan) with?
3. What is Ben (Jan)?
4. What nationality is Ben’s company?