Ex. 4. Match the name of the company with its description.
BP plc |
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the largest Russian oil and gas company. |
Toyota Motors Corporation |
a global oil and gas public limited company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. |
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Gazprom, Open Joint Stock Company |
an American multinational technology and consulting firm. |
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Panasonic Corp. |
a multinational financial services company headquartered in London, UK. |
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IBM |
a multinational automaker headquartered in Japan. |
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BASF |
an American multinational pharmaceutical corporation. |
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Prudential plc |
Japanese consumer electronics corporation. |
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China Railway Construction Corp. |
an American food and beverage conglomerate1. |
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Pfizer, Inc. |
the second largest state-owned construction enterprise in China. |
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Kraft Foods, Inc. |
the largest chemical company in the world and is headquartered in Germany. |
conglomerate 1 – a large corporation consisting of a group of companies dealing in widely diversified goods, services, etc.
Ex. 5. Listen to the dialogue about the four companies and complete the table.
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Virgin |
United Colors of Benetton |
DaimlerChrysler |
SONY |
Nationality |
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Ex. 6. Name the business sector these American companies work in. What kind of goods and (or) services do they manufacture (provide)?
For example: Exxon Mobil Corporation is a great manufacturer. It works in oil and gas industry. It produces fuels, lubricants and petrochemicals.
Walt Disney Company
Ford Motor Company
Google Inc.
IBM
McDonald’s Corp.
National Railway Equipment Company
Procter & Gamble
US Airways
Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel
Ex. 7. You decide to invest some money in a company. Your final choice is between a pharmaceutical company and a cable operator.
a) What does each company do? Look at the pictures and use the words in the box to help you.
to develop to manufacture to prepare to launch to provide to put down to improve to expand |
Pharmaceutical products Cables
b) Listen to a business analyst and complete the table below.
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Pharmaceutical company |
Cable operator |
What the company does |
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Current activities |
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