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Basics Workbook David Grant and Robert McLarty OXFORD DDO Business Basics Workbook David Grant and Robert McLarty OXFORD UNIVERSITY DRESS OXFORD Great Clarendon Suet, Oxford ox2 60? Oxford University Press isa department of the Unversity of Oxford Infrthers the Unsersy's objective of excellence in research, sols and education by publishing worldwide in. Oxford New York ‘Auckland Bangkok Buenos Ares Cape Town Chennai Dar es Salaam Delhi Hong Kong Istanbul Karachi Kolkata Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Mumbai Nairobi Sio Paulo Shanghal Taipet Tokyo Toronto oxfoxD and oxronp kwctis are registered trade marks of Osford University Pressin the UK and in ceain other countries (© Oxford University Press 2001 ‘The moral rights ofthe author have been asserted Database right Oxford Univesity Press maker) Fire published 2001 2008 07 2006 2005 2004 No unauthorized photocopying Allrights reserved. 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Harelgrovepdennim Dome), p 35 francesca Yorke/Valensine's Day p 36 man on mobil UWA p66 ‘sates by Stefan Chabluk pp 16,18 42,44 62; Nigel Paige pp 13.17, 19,25, 48,56, 59,68, 73 Contents Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3 Unit 4 Unit 5 Unit 6 Unit 7 Unit 8 Unit 9 Unit 10 Unit 11 Unit 12 Answer Key You and your company Preparing a trip Away on business Visiting a company New developments ‘Arrangements Describing and comparing Life stories Deating with problems People at work Getting a job The world of work 10 16 22 28 34 40 46 52 58 64 70 16 Olevia 1.1 People in business fH Talking about @ Look at this list of participants for an IT conference in Toronto. Use the people information below to help you fill in the gaps, as in the example. Ms Ishikaz'’s frst name is Minako. ‘The translator is twenty-eight. Minako and Alicia are colleagues. Minako and Miho are both Japanese. ‘The Spanish woman lives with Igor. Igor and Miho are the same age. Mr Nanni is a salesman. (itier ree ee Claudio Alicia Mino Teploukhin 4 Lopez kuta 2 Telefonica LRC 18M Sony Job Systems Engineer Salesman 5 Designer analyst Nationality Japanese Russian tafian Spanish 6 Residence Barcelona 9 Rome Madrid Tokyo Age 25 30 2 28 7 © Answer these questions. What nationality is Igor? Where is Alicia from? o.oo What is Minako's job? . How old is Claudio? Where does Miho live? Who do Minako and Alicia work for? 4 You and your company G Introductions Question making O Pronunciation © Complete these questions and answers, as in the example. 1 Is Minako Spanish? Me 2 HEAL cocsnnane NOT’ not, 3. Is Alicia twenty-eight ? = $ covmumsininnnnnnnneanen —YOS,he is, Are Miho and Minako Japanese? 5 6 Are Igor and Miho twenty? Ars...get.. BEA At the conference, Minako, Alicia, and Igor meet. Complete the dialogue below. A: Igor let. to my colleague, Minako. i How... 22 3 Igor. M: Pleased sn AGOE: MY sen Minako. I: What anit M: I'ma systems analyst. What v I: I'man engineer with Telefonica in Madrid. Where ......0.0 « were 18 M: I'm from Tokyo but I 9 in Barcelona. I: Really? Match the questions on the left with the answers on the right, as in the example. 1 Is she married? a No, they're not. 2 Where are you from? b No, she’s colleague. 3 Ishe new? ~c Noysingle. 4 Isshe your boss? No, he isn't, He’ German, 5 Whatis your job? € I'm from Sweden. 6 Are they here? f Ima designer. 7 How old are you? g Nearly forty. 8. Ishe Dutch? h Yes heis Find the other letters in the alphabet (if there are any) with the same sounds as the letters below. Write them in column A of the table below, as in the examples. © Find words in the box below with the same sounds as the letters above. Write them in column B, as in the example. There are two words for each letter. French tine know bar do. 90 date team tight men new are week pay You and your company 5 1.2 You and your company BY Talking about a company Look at this article about Michelin, the famous tyre-manufacturing company Fill in the gaps using words from the box below. The first letter of each verb is given. is has owns sells publishes ‘supplies, live sponsors are have plans employs manages advertises manufactures Bi Vocabulary 6 You and your company Michelin isa famous old family company with a dynamic young chairman. Edouard Michelin iS. .! the great-grandson of the founder of this ‘company, which is based in Clermont Ferrand in the centre of France Michelin sdiaud2?t2ryrest and e4fj04/-@5.__3 them allover the world. The company #/92.2¥.5.4 about 120,000 people and 4 $ annual sales of over €14 billion. Goodyear and Firestone 4 ® Michelin's main competitors, Edouard Michelin Phone wd the company using modern methods. At the moment, Michelin &. 8 tyres to the BMW Williams team. The company has two main markets, Europe and the USA, but it P.. .° to develop the Asian market. In the USA it¢ vve!0 the Uniroyal company. It @conisminnstit! alot on TV and in magazines and €... 12 racing events It also 2. 8 the famous Michelin guidebooks. Edouard Michelin and his wife 4.0mm! five children and /.. 18 just outside Clermont Ferrand *UK tyres US tres Choose the correct word to complete the sentences below, as in the example. 1 Michelin is a tyre fabric Kmanufacture? } product 2. There are aver 120,000 employs /emplayees / employers. 3 Ithas a profit /Ioss / turnover of over €14 billion. 4 The company / society / factory has a young chairman. 5 Michelin is BMW Williams's tyre buyer / retailer / supplier 6 Michelin gets / owes / owns Uniroyal. 7 Michelin's head office / head hunter / head room is in Clermont Ferrand. 8 _Itsmain competes / competitors / competitive are Goodyear and Firestone. An interview Person B works for Michelin, He is talking about his job. Complete the dialogue. ‘A: Who do you work for? A: Is that a French company? A: Where 3 B: It is based in Clermont Ferrand. A: What does the company do? — 4 A: How many... does 2» B: About 120,000. Be Whe 1 ee YOU een 28 B: We advertise on TV, in magazines, and at ‘motor-racing events, A: nen ne ns nn CleeMORE Ferrand? B: No, I don't. I work in the United States. A What... * B: I'man engineer. DF Famous Complete the word grid with the names of famous companies described below, companies as inthe example, American computer manufacturer famous British sports car company owned by Ford Japanese electronic game manufacturer French mineral water producer Dutch electronics company Swiss chocolate company German electronics and engineering company famous Italian industrialist You and your company 7 1.3 Company facts and figures EY Reading Read these texts about a German media group and an Italian vehicle manufacturer. 1m Based: Turin ; Activity: Automobile production. It also manufactures agricultural and commercial vehicles and equipment for the construction industry. ’ AXEL SPRINGER VERLAG Whos sani AXEL SPRINGER VERLAS rope’ largest Publishing (La Stampo newspaper)

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