comet Sota comet Peeters Paras rey Gi ecturiencta unicef) Starting point 1 Look at the pictures on this page. What do i you know about these 1. Read these descriptions of some companies. Complete their names. ‘companies? @ Doyouthinkit’s better 1 This company provides many different internet services, including news, onlin shopping, and ost of its sales come from advertising on its website. Its head office is in Sunnyvale, California to work for a large or a small company? o What kind of company do you work for? ny produces tyres for cars and other vehicles. It is based in France an 125,000 employees all over the world. Its also well kn for its red and gi M en travel guides. This northern European company operates in the retail market. It specializes in low price products, including furniture, bathrooms, and kitchen: 1 Is a subsid The compat competitor is Boe! f the European Aeronautic Defe planes for the commercial aircraft market, whe This company makes many different electrical and electronic products, es I is South Korea's as TVs, computers, and mobile ph exporter2 Complete these sentences with the words in bold in 1 1 Some companies make or goods. 2 Other companies or offer services. 3 Ifyou in a particular product or service, it's your main activity. 4 Ifyou work for a company, you are an 5 If your head office is in a particular city, your company there. 6 Ifyou workin a your company is part of a bigger group. 7 Ifyou sella lot of products, your are very good. 8 Ifanother company operates in the same market as you, itis your DD For more exercises, go to Practice file 1 on page 102. 3. Work with a partner. Make sentences using the words in the table. Gazprom produces / makes .. Pirelli specializes in... AOL operates in Mitsubishi provides / offers Volkswagen sells. UNICEF 's competitors are ... 4 01D An employee is talking about her company. Listen and complete the information in the table. Name of company bast ELE EEL GSEEEREDEEIE Products 24 ____ mechanisms: locks and tier systems Group ‘Assa Abloy Nationality 4s Numer of employees 000 Sales %@____ billion Number of subsidiaries *______in 40 countries Other information Main §c___ are the Eastern Company, Ingersoll-Rand, and Master Lock 5 Work with a partner. Talk about Besam, using some or all of these phrases and the information in 4, It's a(n) ... company / organization. Its a subsidiary of Its head office is Itmakes / produces It provides / offers Ithas ... employees It operates in Itis based in It specializes in Its main competitors are... Ithas sales of 6 Now talk about your company using the phrases in 5. ‘@» Interactive Workbook » Glossary edwo9| T Wun seLanguage at work | Present simple 1 Work with a partner. Ask and answer these questions. 1 Do you work for a multinational company? Is ita new company? What does it do? Does it operate in many countries? Where do you work? Yes, it does. It provides engineering services to the car industry. Thave an office in London and another in Tokyo. Yes, Ido 2 3 4 5 2 Match the questions in 1 to answers a-e. b a € No, it isn't 3 We use the present simple to talk about general facts or regular actions Find examples in 1 and 2 for each of these rules. 1 Inthe third person singular (he / she / i), the verb ends in Example: —__ 2 With I/ you / we / they, there is no final -s. Example: 3 Inmost questions, use do with I / you / we / they and does with he / she / it Example; 4 Don't use do and does in questions with the verb to be. Example: 39 For more information and exercises, go to Practice file 1 on page 103, 4 Read the text. Discuss the questions with a partner. When you see the name Nestlé, perhaps you think of breakfast cereals, Nescafé instant coffee, or Nespresso machines. But what else do you know about the company? What other products does it sell, and where? How many people work forthe company and why do they like working there? What does the company do to protect the environment? Listen to Nestlé in Focus tonight at 8.00 pm. to get answers to, these and many other questions, 5 Work with a partner. Make questions about Nestlé using the prompts below. ee Example: How old is the company? 1 How old / company? Tip | Questions with 2 What products / company / specialize in? prepositions 3. What / its annual sales? in a question with a 4 Where / its head office? preposition, the preposition is 5 How many factories / have? Usually the fast word, not the 6 company / sell / products / all five continents? first. 7. How many people / employ? Where is he from? 8 What / offer / its employees? Who do you work for? 9 company / allot of work in the community? tise ete ve sell 10 How / protect the environment?6 02> Match answers a-j to questions 1-10 in 5. Then listen to the radio programme and check 37 a a 780, f Many possibilities for training, b More than 140 years old. Yes, it gives money and other help. © Yes, it does. h Food and beverages, < 276,000. i Vevey, Switzerland uy More than 107 billion Swiss J By using less energy and francs, packaging MSC MM pgs \ 7 Make sentences about Nestlé, using the questions in 5 and answers in 6. Example: The company is more than 140 years old souedwo| run Ia 8 Work with a partner. Ask and answer the questions in § about your company. 9 Work with a different partner. Tell them about your first partner's company. (oe nen RR EY Practically speaking | How to make polite requests 1 Complete these questions with / or you 1 Could _ speak to you for a moment? Can tell me y Can _ have another drink, please? Could call me again tomorrow? Would repeat tha Could help me for a moment? please? 2 03> Work with a partner. Match the questions in 1 to responses a-f below. Listen and check your answers. Then practise the conversations. a Yes, sorry. The reference is 1256 K. 4. Sorry, but I'm very busy. b Yes, of course. Certainly. Same again? ¢ I'mafraid I'm on holiday £ Sure. It's Woody Neilson 3. Work with a partner. Take turns to make and respond to requests, using the verbs in brackets. eee Example: Can I have your telephone number, please? 1 [want your telephone number. (have) Tip | can, could, and 2 Iwant your address. (give) would 3 I don’t understand you. (speak more slowiy) Could and would are generally 4. Ineed your signature on this document. (sign) more polite and formal than 5 need two chairs for my table. You have two free chairs at your table. (take) caf 6 I don't have time to speak to you now. (talk later) Would is not used with 7 I need your pen to sign the visitor’s book. (borrow) Could | speak to you? 8 I didn't hear what you said. (say) SCla anaal Key expressions Introducing yourself Can | introduce myself? My name's /'m Introducing others Can | introduce you to ...? This is ... Responding Nice to meet you / How do you do. Nice to meet you too. Asking about a person / job / ‘company What about you? What's your name (again)? Where are you from? Who do you work for? What do you do? Why are you here? ‘© Interactive Workbook 9» Phrasebank ema ea Business communication | Introducing yourself and others 1. 04> Gianluca Donatelli is at a conference. Listen to him introducing himself to Jana Frkova. Make notes about 1 Jana's nationality 2 herjob 3. why she's at the conference 2, 05> Complete what Gianluca says. Listen and check your answers. 1 Excuse me. this seat free? Thanks very much, Can | myself? I'm Gianluca Donatelli Nice to meet you___, Jana. Where are you 2 And do you work for? Ob really? And what do you 2 So are you at this conference? That's interesting. A friend of mine works for an Italian service provider. Can 1 introduce to 7 8 Roberto. Can you come here for a minute? This is ... Sorry, what’s your nam 9 Roberto. __is Jana, She's writing an article on Internet service providers. 3 05> Listen to Gianluca again. He asks Jana eight questions. Match Jana’s responses to each question. Then work with a partner and practise the 1am a journalist, Jana, Jana Frkova. Yes, itis, Nice to meet you. | am Jana Frkova, T'mhere to research an article on Internet service providers, am self-employed. Yes, of course. That would be nice. I'm from the Czech Republic. yma eo noge 4. Why don’t we learn much about Gianluca in the conversation in 17 5 06> Listen to two extracts from a different version of the conversation. 1 What do we learn about Gianluca this time? 2 Underline the stressed words in Jana’s questions. 1 What about you? What do you do? 2 What about you? What are you here for? ) For more exercises, go to Practice file 1 on page 102. 6 Work with a partner. Have short conversations. Talk and ask about these things. Example: A Where are you from? B I'm from Spain. What about you? Where are you from? A I'm from Japan. name * company * reason for being here * country job 7 Workin groups. You are at a party at a conference. Introduce yourself and find out about another person. Then introduce this person to other people in the group. ‘© » Interactive Workbook 9 Email and »> Exercises and TestsWork with a partner. You are both at a conference. You are competing for a big customer. The first person to finish is the winner. Turn to File 01 on page 135 for the rules of the game. Vmasales manager. Who are ‘your main competitors? Yes, 1am. 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