- •Listening on law aspects
- •Contents
- •Preface
- •Part 1 unit 1. Outsourcing on the increase
- •Outsourcing on the increase
- •1) Search the Internet and find more information on the Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu report.
- •2) Search the Internet and outline the pros and cons of outsourcing.
- •Unit 2. Banks in court over charges to customers
- •Banks in court over charges to customers
- •In pairs or groups talk about your thoughts on these financial services. Rank them in order of which you think are best.
- •In pairs discuss these headlines. Try to guess what the stories are behind them and share your opinions.
- •Unit 3. Bank error makes customers millionaires
- •Bank error makes customers millionaires
- •Unit 4. New ageism laws let older bankers sue for millions
- •New ageism laws let older bankers sue for millions
- •In pairs / groups, write down questions about ageism in the workplace.
- •Unit 5. Us fat cats quizzed over high salaries
- •Us fat cats quizzed over high salaries
- •Unit 6. Woman fired for using capital letters
- •Woman fired for using capital letter
- •Unit 7. Crime
- •Unit 8. Police arrest
- •Police Arrest
- •Unit 9. Drug trafficking grannies
- •Drug trafficking grannies
- •Unit 10. Illegal downloads
- •Illegal downloads
- •Piracy still prevailing
- •Unit 11. Tycoon avoids prison over shares scam
- •Tycoon avoids prison over shares scam
- •Tycoon avoids prison over shares scam
- •In pairs / groups, write down questions about business fraud and suitable punishments.
- •Unit 12. Krispy kreme in donut war over recipe
- •Krispy kreme in donut war over recipe
- •Unit 13. Barbie beats bratz in u.S. Court case
- •Barbie beats Bratz in u.S. Court case
- •Is it always easy to choose between two competitors? With your partner(s), decide which of the products below you think are best. Write your reasons why. Change partners and share your ideas.
- •Unit 14. Google first 100 billion dollar brand
- •Google first 100 billion dollar brand
- •Unit 15.Taiwan bans find-a-foreign-bride firms
- •Taiwan bans find-a-foreign-bride firms
- •Unit 1
- •Outsourcing on the increase
- •Active vocabulary
- •Unit 2 Banks in court over charges to customers Active vocabulary
- •Unit 3 bank error makes customers millionaires
- •Unit 4
- •Unit 5
- •Us fat cats quizzed over high salaries
- •Unit 6 Woman fired for using capital letters Active vocabulary
- •Unit 7 Crime Active vocabulary
- •Unit 8 Police arrest Active vocabulary
- •Unit 9 drug trafficking grannies
- •Unit 10
- •Illegal downloads
- •Unit 11 tycoon avoids prison over shares scam
- •Tycoon avoids prison over shares scam
- •Unit 12 krispy kreme in donut war over recipe
- •Unit 13 Barbie beats Bratz in u.S. Court case Active vocabulary
- •Unit 14 Google first 100 billion dollar brand Active vocabulary
- •Unit 15 Taiwan bans find-a-foreign-bride firms Active vocabulary
- •Part 2 english legal glossary
- •Latin terms
Unit 6 Woman fired for using capital letters Active vocabulary
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to get angry to get e-mails
lots of capital letters a New Zealand boss to see red to use block capitals in e-mails to colleagues accountant to be fired co-worker to complain about her use of caps
members of staff to fill mails with sentences in capital letters bold and red text
to find the e-mails “confrontational”
to dismiss Ms Walker for causing “disharmony” in the workplace to take to court
to sue for unfair dismissal
to win the case to pay in damages to appeal for further compensation
to speak out for greater protection
to be in disputes with big companies
white-collar workers to feel helpless large employers to fire to fight bosses financial and mental stresses
to involve to use smb’s own experience as an example to be a single woman with a mortgage
to re-mortgage to borrow money nearly to ruin smb’s life to highlight a widespread uncertainty regarding “netiquette” and e-mails
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Agree or disagree to the following statements.
1) F; 2) F; 3) T; 4) F; 5) T; 6) T; 7) T; 8) F.
Fill in the gaps using the following words.
Boss, colleagues, fired, use, bold, causing, sued, damages, still, appeal, disputes, helpless, stresses, experience, borrow, highlights.
Match the following synonyms from the text.
1) e; 2) f; 3) i; 4) a; 5) c; 6) h; 7) j; 8) d; 9) g; 10) b.
Match the following phrases from the text (sometimes more than one combination is possible).
1) e; 2) f; 3) j; 4) a; 5) h; 6) c; 7) i; 8) g; 9) b; 10) d.