1.2 Grammar
1.2.2 Open your Market Leader book on pages 10 and 11: Develop exercises
A to F of Language Focus 1, and A to C of Language Focus 2.
A. Complete this information about Maristella with
short forms of the verb to be.
My name’s…IS.1 Maristella. I’M….2 Brazilian and I’M….3 from Sao Paulo. I’M….4 a research analyst for an investment bank in Nex York. I’M….. 5married with two children, a boy
and a girl. They’RE….6 at high school in Scarsdale. My husband’S….7 American and he’S …..8 a doctor. My sister’S…..9 in New York, too. She’S…..10 a student at Columbia University. We’RE…..11 all interested in sports and movies. My son’S…..12 a good tenis player.
B. CD1.10 Listen and check your answers.
C. Complete this chart about yourself. Then introduce yourself to a
partner.
1. Name……………Yovany
2. Job I’m a(n)……Coordinator
3. City I’m from …Bogotá
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4. Nationality ………Colombian
5. Interests ……Listen music
6. Favourite
sports …Soccer
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D. Now write a paragraph about your partner. Use the text in Exercise A as
a model
My partner’s name is Gehovell
My partner’s job is coordinator
My partner’s city is from Bogota
My Partner’s nationality is Colombian
My Partner’s interest is to read
My Partner’s favorite sports is swimming
A. Complete these sentences with negative forms of to be
1. She’s Russian, but she
isn’t from Moscow.
2. They’re Japanese, but they
aren’t from Tokyo.
3. He’s German, but he
isn’t from Munich.
4. I’m in sales, but i
am not the manager
5. The office is in Paris, but the office isn’t in the centre
F. Match the questions and answers about Sergio.
1.2.3 Now go over exercises A to B on page 17 of your Market Leader book
about present simple.
Language Focus 1
A.
Darren Throop Works for Entertaiment
one, a media company in Toronto, Canada. Complete the article below about his
working day using the verbs from the box.
Darren Throop Gets
up at 6
a.m. and does
Some exercise in the gym in his house. At about 6.30, he Market breakfast for his two
daughters. The he Checks his e-mails in his home office. He Driver
to work. At lunch time, he has A salad at his desk. At work, he spends a
lot of time in meetings and on conference calls. He Finishes his office day at about 5
p.m. He travels
on business a lot, so he likes to spend all his free time with his family.
A.
Complete this information about Masami Kimura. Use
the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
I’m Masami Kimura and i’m married with two children, Aiko an Katsuki.
They go (go)
to an international school. My husband’s name is Seito. He…works (work) for a shipping company,
and I work
(work) for an international securities company.
We live
(live) in Tokyo, near Shinjuku. I travel (travel) to work by subway, but Seito driver
(drive) to work. We bot like………. (like) sports and travelling. At the
weekend, we…play
(play) golf or we…go…… (go) camping.
A. Write the words in brackets in the correct place in
these sentences.
1. She usually gets up early (usually)
2. They always start their first meeting at nine o’clock. (always)
3. We are never late for meetings. (never)
4. I am often in the afternoon.
(often)
5. The office sometimes closes at 3 p.m. (sometimes)
B. Read these pairs of sentences. Cross out the
incorrect Word in sentence b) of each pair.
1.
a) He reads the papers every day.
b) He alway/semetimes reads the papers
2.
a) We eat in the company cafetería four times a
week
b) We usually/sometimes eat in the company
cafetería.
3.
a) I work late once a month
b) I usually/sometimes work late.
4.
a) The managers don’t go to business dinners at the
weekend
b) The managers never/ sometimes go to
business twice a week
5.
a) the company Director travels on business twice a
week
b) The company Director alway/often travels
on business
A.
CD1.25-1.27 An interviewer asks three
peaple about their typical day. Listen and complete this table.
MARK
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ISABELLE
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DAN
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What do you do when you get to work?
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Say hello to colleagues, check e-mail
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Always check emails and the diary
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Check my blackberry and reply important
emails
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Where do you have lunch?
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Sometimes go home for lunch
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Sandwich in the desk
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Usually have lunch in the company
restaurant
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How often do you travel on business?
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Always travel fashion show parís an new
york
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Never travel
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South africa three time in year and
europe one time for week
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What do you do at the weekend?
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On Saturday night goint to clubbing
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On Saturday evening dinner and
sometimes go to the cinema
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Listen to music and some the morning
play golf
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A.
Work in pairs. Ask and answer the
questions in Exercise C.
1. What do you do when you get to work?
I always
check my agenda and e mail.
2. Where do you have lunch?
I usually
lunch in the company’s restaurant.
3. How often do you travel on business?
I never
travel.
4. What do you do at the weekend?
I study
and rest with my wife, we sleep, we see movies and we go to mall.
A.
Work in pairs. Ask and answer these
questions. Add your own questions.
How often do you…
1. Play sports?
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1. Entertain at home
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2. Use a mobile pone?
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2. Go on business
trips?
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3. Drive to
work/college/university?
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3. Go abroad on
holiday
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4. Go to gym/ fitness
centre?
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4. Buy a newspaper/
magazine
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1. How often do you play sports?
Sometimes
at the weekend.
2. How often do you use a mobile phone?
I always
use my phone.
3. How often do you drive to work?
I always
drive to work.
4. How often do you go to a gym?
I usually
go to a gym in the mornings.
5. How often do you entertain at home?
Sometimes
at the weekend.
6. How often do you go on business trips?
Never i
go on business trip
7. How often do you go abroad on holiday?
Usually i
like go abroad on holiday
8. How often do you buy a newspaper or magazine?
I never
buy a newspaper or magazine
1.2.5 Complete exercises A to E on page 25 and A to
B on page 26 of your Market Leader book.
A. Work in pairs. Match the questions (1-6) to the
answers (a-f).
B. Put these words in the correct order to make
questions.
Weekend / work / they / do / at / the / ?
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Do they work at the weekend?
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Pierre / in / sales / Does / work / ?
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Does Pierre sales in work ?
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You / do / travel / abroad / How / often / ?
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How often do you travel abroad ?
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You / spell / How / business / do / ?
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How do you spell business?
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Finish / does / the / meeting / When / ?
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When does the meeting finish?
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C. Ask and answer these questions
Student A: Turn to page 132
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Student B: Turn to page 144
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What time/ start work?
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What time do you start work?
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When / finish work?
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When do you finishwork?
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When / finish work?
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Where do you report to ?
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Who/ report to?
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Who do you report to ?
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How often/ work at the weekend?
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How often do you work at the weekend?
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Student A Student B
1. I start work at 7:30 a.m. I start work at 9:30 a.m.
2. I finish work at 4:30 a.m. I finish work
at 7:00 p.m.
3. I work in Frankfurt. I work in London.
4. I report to the financial director. I report to the customer care manager.
5. I never work at the weekend. I work on Saturdays morning
A. Make negative sentences. Use don’t (do
not) or doesn’t (does not).
1.
I like meetings. (presentations)
I
like meetings, but I don’t like presentations
2.
We waste a lot of paper. (electricity)
We waste a lot of paper, but we don’t waster
electricity
3.
They agree about most things. (money)
They
agree about most things, but they don’t agree about money
4.
Susan sends a lot of e-mails. (faxes)
Susan
sends a lot of e-mails, but susan doesn’t sends faxes
5.
Our management team discusses business
strategy. (employee problems)
Our
management team discusses business strategy, but don’t discusses employee
problems.
A.
Tick the sentences that are true for
you. Chance the other ones to make them true. Then compare and discuss your
sentences in pairs.
1.
I agree with my manager about
everything.
2. I don’t work in teams very often.
3. I always come to work / college on time.
4.
I don’t like giving presentations
5. I never take work home in the evening or
at the weekeng
A.
Make sentences about what Marco has and
doesn’t have.
1.
Marco has a company car. He doesn’t
have a sat-nav.
1.
A company car Bien a
sat-nav Mal
2.
An IPone Mal an
IPand Bien
3.
An interesting job Bien a
high salary Mal
4.
A nice boss Mal
some great colleagues Bien
5.
A desktop computer at work Mal a
laptop Bien
A.
Complete these questions with does have
an do have.
A.
Complete these questions with does have
an do have.
1.
Do you have a new mobile pone?
2.
What kind of car Does She Have?
3.
Do the company Have a restaurant?
4.
Do all the romos Have Air conditioning?
5.
Do I Have time to finish this?
2.1 Reading
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2.1.1 Read article From small town to global leader on page 9 of your Market
Leader book and
develop exercises A to B.
A. Read this article. Then
complete the chart below.
ANGELA AHRENDTS
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Age
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50
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Job
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Burberry
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Nationality
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Indiana
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Family
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Is important
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Interests outside work
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To eat a takeaway pizza,
with her children or play basketball with them
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B. Decide whether these
statements are true (T) or false (F). Correct the false ones.
1.
Burberry is an American company.
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(F). It’s a British company.
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2. Burberry is a global
fashion company.
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(V) the 2.2 billian fashion company
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3. All Anrendts’s children
are teenagers.
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(V) They have a son 15 and two daugthers (14 and 11)
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4. They are at school in
America.
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(F) The are at an american
international school in London
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5. Most mornings, Ahrendts
is up before 5 a.m.
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(V) she usually get up
aroun 4:30
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6. She is away on business
most weeks.
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(F) She travels on
business one week a month
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7. She has a lot of
interests outside work.
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(F) she don’t have time
for other things
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8. For Ahrendts, keeping in
contact with relatives is important.
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(V) it’s very important.
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A. Before you read the
article, discuss these questions.
1.
What do you think is a typical day in the life of the CEO of a big
company?
We think it should be very
busy, full of many meetings and attending multi requirements of all departments
2. How much time do CEOs
spend travelling
We consider must be the
majority of the time, obviously if the company does has a lot offices in
different cities or countries.
3. Do CEOs need holidays.
of course the ceos need days
off & share special days with her family for that this helps that will
reduce stress levels faced day by day.
B. Look through this article.
Can you find any of the ideas you discussed in Exercise A?
Probably we have the image
from the ceos are more rigid and formal, plus they are very distant with
regular workers, but in the case of the CEOs that shows us on article is a
person very warm and very human.
C. Answer these questions.
1.
Is Kaspersky a formal or informal CEO?
He is a
informal CEO
2. Is most of his business in
Russia or in orther countries?
The company is
Based in Moscow and has offices in 29 countries. The CEO spends 50 % of his
time in Moscow, But the other 50% his travels.
3. Does he work 24/7 (24
hours a day, seven days a week)?
No, he don’t
work 24/7. Although that sometimes during business trips he sleeps little, but
in his normal routine in the Moscow office he goes to gym with her personal
trainer, to relax.
D. Decide whether these
statements are true (T) or false (F). Correct the false ones.
1.
Kaspersky travels a lot. (T)
2.
He wears formal business clothes in the office. (F
3.
He gets up early every day. (F)
4.
He goes to the gym after work. (T)
5.
He likes to have time to relax when he’s in Moscow. (T)
6.
He only has holidays in summer. (F)
A. In each box, match the words
that go together.
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2.1.3 Develop exercises A to E
on page 24 of your Market Leader book.
A.
Which of these adjectives describe work
in a call centre?
A. Three call-centre workers
answer the question ‘What are the biggest problems for you at work?’. Read
their replies.
B. Look at the chart and tick
the problems the call-centre workers talk about in the replies. Who talks about
each problem? Write Birgit (B), Vijay (V) or Kevin (K).
PROBLEMS
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NAME
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Long working day
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V
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Breaks too short
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K
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Long hours at Workstation
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B
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Boring work
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K
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No promotion
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K
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Angry customers
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V
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Low pay
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K
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No time between calls
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K
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High staff turnover
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K
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A lot of noise
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B
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D. Which three physical
problems are mentioned in Birgit’s reply?
Get headaches
Hearing Problems
Backache
E. Underline the adjectives
from Exercise A in the replies.
Badly Paid
Boring
Noisy
Stressfull
Well paid
2.2 Listening
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2.2.1 Go over Learning
Object 2 to get familiar with
common structures of the simple present tense and then be able to talk about a
common business daily routine. Now
you can try a similar dialogue with a classmate.
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2.2.2 Open your Market Leader book on page 8 and develop exercises A to B
on listening. 2.2.3 Go to page 18 of your Market
Leader book and
develop exercises A to E on listening.
A. CD1.8 Jeremy Keeley is a
consultant. Listen to him introducing himself in the first part of the
interview and decide whether these statement are true (T) or False (F). Correct
the false ones.
1.
He lives in London. (F) he’s live in a small a
city in england near London Called st albans.
2.
He has three very Young children. (F) He has
three teenage children
3.
He runs his own business (V)
4.
His business Works for organisations across the USA and Asia. (F) He has work for organisations across the UK and in Europe
5.
He helps leaders become better leaders. (V)
6.
He always shakes hands when he meets peaple. (V)
B. CD1.9 Listen to the second
part. Complete what Jeremy says about meeting new business contacts and
exchanging business cards.
I usually say, Hello, How 1 are you?, Where .2 do you come from?, What 3 do you do?, I usually
find out What’s 4 ‘s important to them, Why ….5 they’re there. I
usually wait until they’ve asked me a question before I talk too much about myself.
I usually…Wait..6 until the person i’m
meeting offers..7 me a business card before I offer them
mine, so we’ll…exchange…. them at that point.
A.
CD1.22 Listen to the first part of an interview with ros pomeroy.
What does she like most about her job?
She likes
work is that there is no such thing as tipycal day, she has work for
differents clients on differents projects and she has to be ready for any
client request she's can work in the
office, in the computer or in the phone.
B.
CD1.22 Listen again and complete these notes.
Ros can be:
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In Work…1
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…I can be running..2 a workshop or a …discussion..3
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In her own…office….4 in front of a …Computer…5 screen
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On the …Phone…6
C.
CD1.23 Listen to the second part of the interview and answer these
questions.
1.
What two things sometimes make it difficult to find enough time
for leisure?
She works very
long hours and 2 she have children teenage.
2.
Overall, does Ros have enough time for leisure?
Yes, she have
enough time for leisure
D.
In pairs, predict what Ros likes doing to relax.
She read to
newspaper the weekends and she likes to get outside a running and breathe fresh
air.
E.
CD1.24 Listen to the final part and check your answers
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2.2.4 Develop exercises A to C
on page 23 of your Market Leader book.
A.
CD1.34 Jeremy Keeley, a specialist in change leadership, talks
about problems he has at work. Listen to the first part of the interview and
decide whether these statements are true (T) or False (F). correct the false
ones.
1.
Jeremy often Works with a large number of people. (F) he's running her own
business and working on their own.
2.
His clients have quite complicated problems. (V)
3.
Jeremy’s biggest problema is having enough time to do a good job. (V)
4.
He also faces urgent requests for help when he is already very
busy. (V)
B.
CD1.35 Listen to the second part, in which Jeremy talks about the
biggest problems in companies, and complete these notes.
1.
Biggest problem – amount of…change….1 they have to go
through at speed.
2.
Second problem – difficult to plan their needs and resources
(staff…the equipment…2,…the property
the ….3, money they need to
satisfy their customers).
3.
Another problem – customers expect them to reduce……their prices…4 at the same time as companies have increasing.
C.
CD1.36 Listen to the third part of the interview and answer these
questions.
1.
What sorts of problem is Jeremy asked to salve?
Probably
biggest problem they face is the amount
of change they have to go through all
the time and they have to go through that change fast at speed
2.
What was the problem Jeremy had to solve?
Recently there
was a computer system that had to be introduced that affected millions of
customers and their bills.
3.
Which different groups did he bring together to salve the
problema?
He brought the
technical team, the business team, the project team and the suppliers together.
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2.2.5 Check your answers by
reading the audio scripts on pages 158, 159 and 160.
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2.2.6 Open this video http://goo.gl/Tk5SmN and answer the questions as follows in the Word file to be
delivered:
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2.2.6 Open this video http://goo.gl/Tk5SmN and answer the questions as follows in the Word file to be
delivered:
Write at least three different greetings Anna uses to say hello to her friends.
Good morning, how are you?
Hi dev are you doing?
Good morning everybody
Where is Mr. Cho from?
He's from taipei
What is Mr. Méndez profession?
He’s the programmer.
Why is the Japanese girl travelling?
She travels for his studies
What time does the class suppose to start?
Class to starts eight o’clock
Who is the first person the Japanese girl talks to when she gets inside the room?
He’s the instructor of the class
Why is the brown-skin woman mad at Sam?
She has mad because sam is clutter
Write at least three different greetings Anna uses to say hello to her friends.
Good morning, how are you?
Hi dev are you doing?
Good morning everybody
Where is Mr. Cho from?
He's from taipei
What is Mr. Méndez profession?
He’s the programmer.
Why is the Japanese girl travelling?
She travels for his studies
What time does the class suppose to start?
Class to starts eight o’clock
Who is the first person the Japanese girl talks to when she gets inside the room?
He’s the instructor of the class
Why is the brown-skin woman mad at Sam?
She has mad because sam is clutter
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