- •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
Unit 3 Economy
1. Are these statements about China true or false? Give your opinion.
Mind some new words:
free-market economy – свободная рыночная экономика
population – население
industrial production – промышленное производство
competitive – конкурентоспособный
attracted – заинтересованный
labor force – рабочая сила
consumer goods – потребительские товары
average income – средний доход
to afford – позволять
sales – продажи
joint venture – совместное предприятие
manufacture –производитель
pollution – загрязнение окружающей среды
impact – воздействие
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My opinion |
What the article says |
1. Today China has a free-market economy. |
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2. Population of China is almost 1 billion. |
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3. Foreign companies invest money in China. |
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4. Most Chinese like modernization. |
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5. Few Chinese people who live in cities nowadays can afford buying a car. |
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6. The top ten carmakers are thinking of investing in China. |
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7. China’s rapid industrial development causes pollution problems. |
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2. Reading. Read the article below. Write t (true) or f (false) under “What the article says” in the previous exercise.
In China, the state controls less than a quarter of industrial production and the country has a free-market economy. Economy in China is growing faster and now it is the sixth largest economy in the world.
More and more foreign countries invest in China attracted by its market of 1.3 billion people and its very competitive low-cost labor force. China’s major cities are changing dramatically. Nowadays there are many new huge office blocks, hotels, shopping malls. Most Chinese like modernization and are very happy with their 21st century cities of glass and steel. Consumer goods are everywhere and millions of Chinese can afford them because average income doubled. In cities, many people now have not only a TV-set, washing machine, video and mobile phone, but also a car and an apartment. Moreover, car sales are rising rapidly and as a result, there are joint ventures of the world’s top ten global carmakers with Chinese car manufacturers.
However, as in every industrialized country, in China there are many problems concerning industrial development, especially pollution. As industrialization countries and huge numbers of people enjoy western standards of living for the first time, the worry is that the impact on the environment may also be huge.
3. Read the article again. Find in the text the words and phrases that mean:
1. To put money into
2. To have enough money to buy
3. Business activity where two organizations work together
4. Effect
5. The natural world
4. What do these numbers and phrases from the article refer to?
Sixth largest, 1.3 billion, top ten, less than a quarter, 21st.
5. Match words from A and B to make collocations (words which we often use together). For some of the words, there is more than one possible combination.
Examples: consumer society, mass production
a |
b |
consumer |
skills |
free-market |
income |
industrial |
economy |
mass |
country |
average |
standard |
foreign |
production |
western |
goods |
6. Speaking. Would you like to visit China for a holiday? Would you like to live and work in China for a year or more? Give reasons.
7. Read the text and explain the words in bold.