- •Living abroad pre-intermediate
- •About Business - Working Abroad
- •Vocabulary – Living Abroad
- •Speaking - Making small talk
- •Writing - Formal and Informal emails
- •Case Study –Global Recruit
- •2. Dealing with customers
- •2.1 About Business – The shopping experience
- •2.2 Vocabulary – Telephoning and customer care
- •2.4 Speaking – Telephoning – handling complaints
- •2.5 Writing – Dealing with an email of complaint
- •2.6 Case Study – The Panorama Conference
- •3. Operations
- •3.1 About Business –Lean manufacturing
- •3.2 Vocabulary –Trends and planning
- •3.4 Speaking – Presentations – signposts and stepping stones
- •3.5 Writing – Instructions and procedures for an exhibition stand
- •3.6 Case Study - ScotAir
- •4. Success stories
- •4.1 About Business – Business leaders and success stories
- •4.2 Vocabulary – Describing yourself and being successful
- •4.4 Speaking –Appraisals
- •4.5 Writing – Profiles of business leaders
- •4.6 Case Study – The English Academy
- •5. Selling
- •5.1 About Business - Advertising
- •5.2 Vocabulary - Buying and selling
- •5.4 Speaking – Negotiating
- •5.5 Writing – Negotiating by email
- •5.6 Case Study - Coolhunters
- •6. The organisation
- •6.1 About Business – Entrepreneurs
- •6.2 Vocabulary - Types of companies
- •6.4 Speaking – Interrupting in meetings
- •6.5 Writing – Agendas and action minutes
- •6.6 Case Study – Soup kitchen vs Gourmet to go
- •7. The stock markets
- •7.1 About Business
- •7.2 Vocabulary –Dealing with figures
- •7.4 Speaking – Negotiations – making offers, agreeing deadlines
- •7.5 Writing – Describing figures
- •7.6 Case Study – Trading stocks
- •8. Going global
- •8.1 About Business – Franchising
- •8.2 Vocabulary – Setting up a franchise
- •8.4 Speaking – Presentations – handling questions
- •8.5 Writing – Reports of recommendation
- •8.6 Case Study – Choosing a franchise
8.6 Case Study – Choosing a franchise
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to spend a lot of time at work in addition to your normal working hours |
много работать сверхурочно |
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to go and live in Spain as soon as you stop working |
переселиться в Испанию после пенсии |
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a job which is making you feel happy and satisfied because you feel you are doing something useful or important, even if you do not earn much money |
вознаграждающая работа |
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to try to find out the truth about a problem, crime etc in order to solve it |
исследовать, заглядывать |
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to continue to live normally in spite of many problems |
долго выживать |
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clothes made only of cotton |
хлопчатобумажная одежда |
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to enter the market |
проникать на рынок |
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the possibility to continue growing |
потенциал для роста |