BUSINESS VISION +.pdf

CONTENTS

UNIT

WORDS AT WORK GRAMMAR AT

THE INTERVIEW

BUSINESS SKILLS EMAIL /

WORK

EXTENDED

SPEAKING

IMAGES OF

p6 Doing business p8 Present simple p10 St Luke’s :

p12 Making and

p14 Email:

BUSINESS

Funky Business ,

vs present

advertising

receiving phone

beginnings and

the Swedish

continuous

agency

calls

endings

bestseller

Context: talking

Listening tip:

Spelling and

about your

redundancy in

numbers

company

natural speech

CHANGE

p16 E-commerce

p18 Present perfect p20 Ferrari : Italian p22 Successful

p24 Extended

p16

The history of

vs present simple car manufacturer conversations:

speaking: job

Amazon, the

and past simple

Listening tip:

showing interest

interviews

online bookseller Context: talking

-ed endings

and

about your

unpronounced

understanding

career

vowels

ADVERTISING

p26 Advertising,

p28 Comparisons, p31 Video Arts: UK- p32 Presentations, p34 Email: levels

p26

collocations with

present perfect

based training

trends, skills:

of formality

aim and target

continuous

company

organizing

Context: talking

Listening tip:

and delivering

about trends

sentence stress

your presentation

TRADE AND

p36 Globalization

p41 Countable vs

p39 Fairtrade :

p42 Running

p44 Extended

ETHICS

Global Forces , how

uncountable

licensing for trade meetings:

speaking:

p36

international

nouns

with developing

expressing

planning an

trade is changing Context:

countries at a fair

opinions

induction day

commodities

price

Listening tip:

weak forms

THE FUTURE

p48 Link words and p50 Future

p46 Hamish McRae : p52 Business

p54 Email: making

p46

connectors

predictions,

journalist,

restaurant

and clarifying

future plans and broadcaster, and

language

arrangements

decisions expert on the

Context: talking future

about your own Listening tip:

future

predicting what

someone will say

COMMUNICATION p58 Verbs with

p60 Verb patterns: p56 Babel : language p62 Explaining and p64 Extended

p56

prepositions,

the gerund and

and cultural

clarifying: giving

speaking:

talking about time the inﬁnitive

consultants

and following

communication

Context: talking

Listening tip:

instructions

consultants

about how you

vowel sounds

spend your time

/3:/ /O:/ /I@/ and

/A;/

UNIT

WORDS AT WORK GRAMMAR AT

THE INTERVIEW

BUSINESS SKILLS EMAIL /

WORK

EXTENDED

SPEAKING

TRAVEL

p66 Travel terms

p69 Past

p70 easyJet :

p72

p74 Email:

p66

Easily confused

continuous and

European low-

Recommending

requests and

words: travel , trip ,

past perfect

cost airline

and suggesting

replies

journey , bring , take , Context: talking

Listening tip:

travel situations

get , lose , miss

about travel

sentence stress

experiences

PRODUCTS

p80 Marketing

p78 The passive

p76 Muji : Japanese p82 Generating

p84 Extended

p76

‘Buzz’ and

Context: trivia quiz retail company

and reacting to

speaking:

permission

and talking about Listening tip:

ideas

company

marketing

processes

vowel sounds /i:/

relocation

and /I/

sentence stress

TRANSACTIONS

p88 Understanding p90 First and

p86 Co-operative

p92 Negotiating

p94 Email:

p86

headlines,

second

Bank : ethical

skills

being clear and

newspaper

conditionals

investment

brief

language

Context:

Listening tip:

negotiating in

consonant sounds

everyday life

/v/ /w/ and /h/

CUSTOMERS

p96 Internet terms p100 Have to , must , p98 QXL : online

p102 Complaining p104 Extended

p96

talking about

and should

auction house

and reassuring

speaking :

websites

Context: company Listening tip:

the merger

culture and ofﬁce understanding

environment

fast speech

KEY TO EXERCISES

p106

INFORMATION GAP FILES

p108

REFERENCE SECTION

p117

KEY TO REFERENCE SECTION EXERCISES

p136

TAPESCRIPT

p138

WORDLIST

p152

1 Test 1 Units 1–3

(60 marks)

A TELEPHONING 9 marks

Rewrite this telephone conversation to make it sound

more polite.

C VOCABULARY: THE WORLD OF

WORK

10 marks

Put these words / expressions into the correct category

below. Match the words in the box with the subject below.

Receptionist: Unitech. Yes?

Caller: I want Sergio Mendes.

Receptionist: Who are you?

Caller: Mark Burgin.

Receptionist: From?

Caller: I’m calling from IDP Europe.

Receptionist: Wait.

Engaged.

Caller: I want him to call me back.

Receptionist: Yes. Spell your name.

Caller: That’s Mark Burgin – B-U-R-G-I-N. And my number

is 00 44 207 546387.

Receptionist: OK, thanks. Bye.

Good morning, Unitech. Can I help you?

company car

subsidized canteen challenging

people-oriented

flexible

start-up

open-plan

part-time

state-owned

hot-desking

private medical insurance

1 Type of company

2 Perks and benefits

3 Type of job

4 Working hours

5 Offices

company car

D COMPARISONS

6 marks

Complete the article with these words / expressions.

as many

far more

more than

than

less

six times as much

‘DOTCOM SUCCESS’

Jeff Bezos founded the dotcom company Amazon in

the early 90s when he noticed that the use of the

Internet was growing by 1 2000% per

month. He realised that in a virtual bookstore he could

offer his customers 2 choice than he

could in a physical store (his virtual store would take

up 3

more than

B TENSE REVIEW

6 marks

Put the verb in brackets into the correct form – present

continuous, present perfect, or present perfect continuous.

space as a football field if it were

1 She’s

having

(have) a meeting with

real).

In the beginning, many customers felt

the CEO at the moment.

2 Nice to see you again. What

(do) since we last met?

3 Prices (increase) steadily

since January and I think this trend will continue for the

next couple of months.

4 Don’t worry, I

comfortable about buying books

online than they did in a shop, but they soon

discovered that in fact it was just 5

easy and safe.

Bezos has made Amazon more 6 just a

place to buy books. You can also read book reviews,

news and even parts of books there, and this has

attracted 7

(finish) the

report. Here you are.

5 Sales (fluctuate) at the

moment but we expect them to level off by next month.

6 Since the company expanded last year, we

(diversify) into several different fields of

people to the website as

the virtual bookstore itself.

business.

7 We (spend) nearly 2,000

euros a month on advertising at the moment.

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E SOCIAL ENGLISH

8 marks

G SAYING HELLO

AND GOODBYE

5 marks

Jean-Michel is having a cup of coffee with Anna, a visitor

to his company offices in Paris. Underline the correct form

of the verb in each sentence.

Put the expressions below into the correct order.

JM: So Anna, 1 is this / has this been / was this your

first time in Paris?

A: No. I 2 am / ’ve been / was here once before.

JM: Really? Business or pleasure?

A: I 3 was coming / came / have come here for a

short holiday a couple of years ago. Paris 4 is/ was

/ has been a wonderful city.

JM: Absolutely. I 5 have lived / live / am living here

since I was a student.

A: What 6 have you / are you / did you study?

JM: Engineering.

A: And how long 7 have you worked / do you work /

are you working at Thomson?

JM: Hmm ... about seven years.Before that, I 8 work /

worked / have worked in a bar.

A: A bar? 9 That is sounding / sounds / sounded very

interesting!

1 have / did / flight / good / you / a / ?

2 was / nice / it / you / very / meeting

3 to / you / pleased / meet

4 but / afraid / sorry / I’m / have / I / go / to / I’m

5 morning / I / myself / good / may / introduce ?

6 you / hope / again / see / soon / to

H EMAIL WRITING:

AN INITIAL ENQUIRY 10 marks

At a trade fair last month, you met Su In Hong from

Technika Peripherals based in Seoul, Korea. Write her an

email requesting the following information about their

products:

• details of their computer printer range and a brochure,

if they have one

• possible discounts for large orders

• delivery times for your country.

F VOCABULARY: COMMERCE 6 marks

Match the beginnings 1–7 with the endings a–g to make

complete sentences.

1 We need to promote

a into other products

such as toys.

2 We need to distribute

b this product to more

countries.

3 We need to differentiate

c more money in

advertising.

4 We need to expand

d our products from

our competitors’.

5 We need to diversify

e young people.

6 We need to invest

f this range more

effectively.

7 We need to target

g into Europe.

Did you have a good flight?

2 Test 2 Units 4–6

(60 marks)

A GERUND OR INFINITIVE? 8 marks

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form – gerund or

infinitive.

C VOCABULARY:

TECHNOLOGY

6 marks

Match the beginnings 1–7 with the endings a–g to make

complete sentences.

learning

Most people enjoy 1 (learn) about other

cultures, and 2 (work) with people from

different countries can be a fascinating opportunity.

However, at times it can be difficult 3

(communicate) with people whose language and

culture are so different from our own. Many people

from the US and the UK expect their foreign

counterparts 4

1 How do I send

a a ringing tone onto my

mobile phone?

2 How do I burn

b a CD?

3 How do I configure

c toner in the printer?

4 How do I load

d phone calls to another

extension?

(speak) good English,

5 How do I send

e this PC?

(learn)

foreign languages themselves. There are also cultural

rules that you need 6 (know) when

doing business abroad. Before 7 (visit)

a new country on business, you should always look in a

guidebook 8

6 How do I transfer

f emails?

7 How do I replace

g text messages?

(see) if there are any

useful tips. That way you can avoid 9

(make) embarrassing mistakes.

D COUNTABLE OR

UNCOUNTABLE?

5 marks

Underline the countable noun in each group.

B MEETINGS

5 marks

1 money time work job

2 knowledge fact information news

3 feedback advice evidence idea

4 computer software equipment machinery

5 money crop food cocoa

6 marketing research invention progress

Put these meetings expressions into the correct order.

1 so / I / don’t / think

I don’t think so.

2 we’ve / let’s / over / go / decided / what

E FUTURE FORMS

8 marks

3 saying / see / I / you’re / what

Underline the correct form.

4 there / point / you’ve / a / got

1 The plans show that they are going to build / could

build two new offices.

2 More people are working / will work from home in the

future.

3 According to the agenda, we’re going to discuss / we

could discuss the new candidates this afternoon.

4He s leaving / He will leave for Bogotá at 4 o’clock this

afternoon.

5 I’m helping / I’ll help you after the meeting, if you like.

6 We could find / are finding a new supplier, but I don’t

know if it’s the best solution.

7 In this presentation I might cover / I’m going to cover

the main benefits of the new software.

8 They might arrive / will arrive in time for lunch – it

depends on the traffic.

9 We will increase / are going to increase our prices some

time next year, we just haven’t decided when.

5 started / we / shall / get ?

6 agenda / the / we’ve / I / everything / think / covered /

while they are not good at 5

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