- •Introductions
- •Look at the business cards and read the following introductions. Match the speakers to their business cards.
- •Job department
- •Country nationality
- •In pairs ask each other questions about the nationality of the following companies:
- •Think or three companies you know. Give their nationalities.
- •Read the text. Then complete the chart. Meet phil night
- •2.Complete the chart about yourself. Then introduce yourself to a partner.
- •3.Complete the sentences with negative forms of the verb to be.
- •4.Match the questions and answers.
- •Useful language.
- •Introducing people. Asking about business.
- •Read and reproduce the following micro-dialogues.
- •Read the conversation and memorize it.
- •Practise similar conversations in pairs. Make use of the following situations.
- •Study the following cv (Curriculum Vitae) and put the headings in the correct place in the cv.
- •Interests Key Skills References Work Experience curriculum vitae
- •2. Compose your own Curriculum Vitae. Unit 2 Companies
- •1.Which of these companies would you like to work for? Why?
- •2.Which of the following business sectors would you like to work in?
- •1.Match the following phrases to their definitions.
- •2.Complete the extract from a company report with appropriate words from exercise 1.
- •3.These sentences describe two companies, Autoincom and Yellow Leaves. Choose pairs of sentences which describe similar things and match them with the correct company.
- •4.Underline the verbs which mean the same thing in each pair of sentences.
- •5.Use the verbs from exercise 4 which you underlined to complete this company profile.
- •7. Make up a story about a successful company you know using the suitable vocabulary.
- •Lvmh reports strong sales
- •1.Answer the following questions.
- •2. Mark each statement true or false.
- •3. Why do you think lvmh is a successful company? What other successful companies do you know? Why are they successful?
- •1. Underline the present simple or the present continuous form of the verb to complete these sentences.
- •2. Complete these sentences with either present simple or present continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
- •1. Which of these suggestions do you agree with?
- •2. Read the following presentation and answer the questions on it.
- •3. Invent a company. Study the useful Language below and prepare a presentation of your company. Ask questions after your partners’ presentations.
- •Introducing new information
- •A Formal Letter
- •Example:
- •I would like to apply for the job of Sales Manager for the Central and
- •Unit 3 Business Careers
- •Discuss the following questions.
- •Choose four most important tips from the list below which can help you to get ahead in tour career.
- •Read the text. Who is who in business
- •Answer the questions.
- •7. Answer the questions.
- •1.Match the following phrases to their correct definitions.
- •2. Complete these sentences with the verbs from the list.
- •3. In each of the groups below cross out the word or phrase which doesn’t go with the verb.
- •4. Make up sentences using the phrases from exercise 3.
- •5. Make up a monologue “My (future) career” using the above given vocabulary and the useful phrases from the texts.
- •1. Present Simple, Present Continuous or Present Perfect Continuous? Choose the correct answer.
- •2. Translate into English.
- •Useful language
- •1. Read and learn the following dialogues.
- •2. Make up similar telephone conversations on the following situation:
- •Example:
- •Unit 4 Selling online
- •Interest-free credit
- •2. Choose the correct word to complete each sentence.
- •Virtual Pocket Money
- •1. Read these rules of an online book club. Then answer the questions.
- •2. Complete sentences 1 to 8 with suitable endings a) to h).
- •3. Write a list of rules for an online retailer who wants to create a website.
- •1. Put the dialogue into the correct order.
- •2. Practise the dialogue with a partner.
- •3. Read the following dialogue and answer the questions on it.
- •Useful Language
- •Example:
- •Unit 5 Food and Entertaining
- •Tipping
- •Take a tip from restaurants
- •4. Which factors make you tip more?
- •5. Retell the text.
- •Match the phrasal verbs in sentences 1 to 8 with their definitions a) to h).
- •Complete the story with one of the phrasal verbs from exercise 1.
- •Make up your own sentences with the phrasal verbs from exercise 1.
- •Entertaining. Ordering a meal
- •1. Read, memorize and reproduce the following dialogues.
- •Make up a similar dialogue on the following topic:
- •You are entertaining a foreign customer in a restaurant. Speak on the menu and discuss your food preferences.
- •You and your colleague discuss where to entertain a group of foreign visitors.
- •Example:
- •Example:
- •Which of the following situations are the most stressful for you? Can you add any others?
- •1. Match the words to their definitions.
- •2. Complete each sentence with an appropriate word from exercise 1.
- •Dealing with stress
- •Past Simple Present Perfect
- •2. Role play the following conversation. Use the role cards. Use the expressions from the Useful language box.
- •1. “The four Ps” form the basis of the marketing mix. If you want to market a product successfully, you need to get this mix right. Match the ‘Ps’ to their definitions.
- •2. Read the extracts where people are talking about different products. Decide which of the four Ps each speaker is discussing. Speaker 1
- •3. Think of some product you have bought recently. Why did you buy them? Which of the four Ps influenced your decision?
- •For each group of words fill in the missing vowels and match the words to the correct definitions.
- •Use one expression from each of the groups in sentences of your own.
- •Selling Dreams
- •5. Reproduce the dialogue with your partner.
- •6. Make up a similar dialogue. Discuss the details of the visit of an important customer from abroad.
- •Sales Leaflets
- •Unit 8 Planning
- •Answer the following questions.
- •4. Imagine that you planned one of the following events. Tell your partner how you did it, using the phrases from exercises
- •Brazil tries to kick-start tourism
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •Using the expressions from the Useful language box role play the following situation:
- •Interrupting Clarifying
- •Example:
- •Staff notice
- •Unit 9 Cultures
- •Which of the tips in exercise 4 do you think are useful?
- •Which tips do you think are good advice for Russia?
- •Different companies have different cultures and ways of working. Complete the sentences with the words in brackets.
- •2. Would you like to work for an organisation which has:
- •The international manager
- •Answer the questions about the text.
- •Match words from each column to make common word combinations. Then check your answers in the article.
- •Make up sentences using these words.
- •Complete these sentences using should or shouldn’t and a phrase from the box.
- •Give the opposite advice by using should, shouldn’t or I don’t think.
- •Give some advice to a colleague going on a business trip for the first time. Use the following notes:
- •1. Read the following extracts where people are talking about cultural mistakes. Then answer the questions.
- •2. What examples of cultural mistakes do you know? Make up a similar story.
- •Agendas
- •Example: Management Committee Meeting
- •Unit 10 Products
- •Use the adjectives from exercise 4 to describe other companies and products.
- •Match the verbs on the left to their meanings. Then put the verbs into a logical order to show the life cycle of a new product.
- •Match these words from the text to their definitions.
- •Read the text. Then decide if the following statements are true or false. Correct the false statements.
- •Kiwifruit growers hope to strike gold with new product
- •Find words and phrases in the text which mean the following:
- •Then make similar sentences about products from your own country.
- •3. Complete the following article with passive forms of the verbs in brackets.
- •Read the following presentation and say which of the adjectives below are used in it.
- •Introducing the product
- •Inviting questions
- •Деловой английский для начинающих Учебное пособие
Choose four most important tips from the list below which can help you to get ahead in tour career.
Change companies often
Attend all meetings
Be energetic and enthusiastic at all times
Be the last to leave work every day
Find an experienced person to give you help and advice
Study for extra qualifications in your free time
Be open to new ideas
Have a sense of humour
Reading
Read the text. Who is who in business
John O’Connor, the Managing Director of Forever Young Ltd., has been working in the beauty industry for nearly fifteen years. He’s been involved in different aspects of the business, from sales to marketing and product development. For about 30 percent of his time he travels overseas and meets international partners. Each year he makes two or three trips to Europe and two trips to Asia. For the last few years he’s been coordinating special development projects for the company.
Educated in England, Switzerland and the USA, Mr. O’Connor has been living in Ireland for a number of years. He is married and lives with his wife Susan and their two children, who are under the age of ten. His wife owns a clothes shop and is doing quite well in her business.
Mr. O’Connor is fluent in French, German, Italian and Spanish. He arrives at his office at 8:00 a.m. and leaves it at 6:15 p.m. He often spends time in the evenings writing e-mails.
In his free time he likes to go running and biking.
Answer the questions.
What is John O’Connor?
How long has he been working in the beauty industry?
What aspects of the business has he been involved in?
How often does he travel overseas?
He’s been coordinating special development projects for the company, hasn’t he?
How long has he been living in Ireland?
Is Mr. O’Connor married?
Does his wife own a clothes or a shoe shop?
What languages does he speak?
How does he spend his free time?
Fill in the missing prepositions.
John O’Connor has been working ___ the beauty industry ___ nearly fifteen years.
He’s been involved ____ different aspects _____ the business.
____ the last few years he’s been coordinating special development projects.
He has been living ____ Ireland _____ a number of years.
He is fluent ____ four European languages.
Give a summary of the text.
Talk to your partner about his/her life and career. Ask them questions like these:
How long have you been working for this company?
How long have you been doing the same work?
How long have you been living in this city?
How long have you been learning?
Are you married or single?
What time do you usually go to work? Etc.
6. Read the biography of Demis Demiris, a multimillionaire.
1940 Born in Athens, Greece.
1958 Goes to Harvard University, the USA, to study banking
1962 Graduates from Harvard with honours. Marries Helen West, a film star. Opens an insurance company in New York.
1964 Divorces Helen West. Returns to Greece and starts “Green Tours”, a travel agency.
1967 Inherits 87 million dollars after his father’s death. Invests in engineering and chemicals.
1970 Marries Nina Anderson, a Dutch top model. Moves to Hollywood and starts producing films with Nina Anderson.
1972 After the failure of his two films, stops investing in film industry. Divorces Nina Anderson. Opens an advertising agency at Madison Avenue, New York.
1975 Buys a shipping company. Starts operations on the Stock Exchange. Marries Anna Maria Gonzales, a Spanish princess.
1980 Opens jewellery shops in New York, London, Paris and Rome. Launches “The Jewel of the Universe” beauty contest. Acquires “Global microelectronics Co.”
1984 Divorces Anna Maria Gonzales. Marries Alice Black, “The Jewel of the Universe – 83”. Invests in aerospace and car manufacturing.
1987 Opens 25 supermarkets in Europe.
1990 Acquires kronos Bank. Opens branches in Hong Kong and Tokyo. Divorces Alice Black.
1993 Invests heavily in shipping. Demiris’ Shipping Co. Becomes the world market leader.
1996 Closes the Hong Kong branch of Kronos Bank. Opens a new branch in Thaiwan. Opens a casino in Moscow.
1998 Builds two casinos in Las Vegas.