Tài liệu Professional english business intermediate part 1 pdf

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Fst published 1997 under the title Test Your Business English: Intermediate

[hi5 caition published 2002

Second impression, 2003

Text copyright © Steve Flinders 1997, 2002

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Contents

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Section 1 Business and you

1 Your interview

Your education

Your experience

Your job

Your responsibilities

Your pay

Your pension

Your computer

Section 2 Business language

9 Business verbs 1

10 Business verbs 2

11 Business verbs 3

12 Business verbs and nouns

13 Business adjectives and nouns

14 Business adverbs

15 Business prepositions

16 Business word building

Section 3 Areas of business

17 Business sectors

18 Production

19 Marketing

20 Human resources

21 Trade

22 Finance

23 Facilities

Section 4 Business expressions

24 Problem pairs

25 Word families

26 Opposites

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Idioms Business initials

Figures Sexist language

Section 5 Business management

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Business problems Business principles Business cliches Business ratios Business strategy Project management Management development The management conference

Section 6 Business communication

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Presentations 1 Presentations 2 Meetings Telephoning Socializing Letters E-mail

Business forms and documents

Section 7 Background to business

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Geography Polttics The economy

Social issues

Travel and transport Entertainment and media Tax

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The internet

Customer service

Business culture

Learning

Organization

Managing yourself

Business challenges

Answers

Word list

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To the student

ldo you work In business and use English in your job? Or are you a business ludent? Whatever your background, If you need to improve your business

| nglish the tests in this book will helo Designed to accompany /est Your

I -’rofessional English Business General, they will check your knowledge of imore business words and essential business expressions so that you can

\inderstand and communicate more effectively and confidently

[here are eight sections in the book The first section tests your ability to talk vbout yourself and your background to say who you are and talk about your business role and experience The other seven sections each cover a different aspect of business — from business language and communication to business

in the twenty first century You can work through the book from beginning to end or you can work first on the tests which are most important to you Many tests also have tips (advice) on language and language learning, and Information about business Do read these explanations and tips they are there to help you

To make the book more challenging and more fun, many different kinds of test are used, including gap-filling, word families, multiple choice and crosswords There is a key at the back of the book so that you can check your answers, and a word list to helo you revise key vocabulary

Your vocabulary is an essential resource for effective communication It is Important to remember that the more words you know, the more you can say and the more you can understand These tests can helo you check what you know and develop your Knowledge of new concepts and terms In a structured and systematic way This book can help you significantly increase your business vocabulary

Steve Flinders

The full senes consists of:

loot Your Prolessional faglsh: Accounting

lost Your Professtonal | nglish: Business General

lost Your Professional English: Business Intermediate

lost Your Professional English: Finance

lest Your Professional English: Hotel and Catering

Test Your Professional English: Law

lest Your Professional English: Management

Test Your Professional English: Marketing

Test Your Professional English: Medical

Test Your Professional English: Secretarial

Alison Pohl Steve Flinders Steve Flinders simon Sweeney Alison Pohl Nick Brieger simon Sweeney simon Sweeney Alison Pohl Alison Pohl

| Your interview

Complete the interview questions with words from the box

achievement approach get good Know learn

like look for motivates offer plan sort

strengths +e# = weaknesses work

gp Here are some other questions you can prepare to ask or answer in a job interview

How important is work to you?

What sort of salary are you expecting?

What will you do if you don’t get this job?

What decisions do you find it easy to make? difficult to make?

Section 1 Business and you 1

c- YOUF educatton

Mi Cua tếlt, trị o0 họr educational background Complete each Sontonce willy one of the words or phrases from the box below You will need

lo pul the verbs ito the right tense (You can then make similar sentences about your own education and qualifications — academic and professional.)

apply degree graduate (verb) grant lugher degree joo option PhD place D1191 soheeE

thesis Secondary school Stay on Study subject

1 I started at _ primary school in London when I was five

2 At the age of 11, ] went on to , also in London

3 At17,1 - EO ĐH PVCTSIE\

4 Igota al Manchester to

Engineering

S9 But at the end of the first year | changed to another

6 [| from university mp LOO 7,

? Thave a first-class HỊ Ï COIHOHHCS

8 I decided to AL UIVELSTEY

9 Soldida in Business Administration at the

University of California

10 During the course, I did an on small business development

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I found the topic so interesting that | applied fora

to do a doctorate on the same subject

Once | had got the money, [ had to write a 50,000-word

So now I have a BA, an MBA and a

All | need now is a ]

gp People who do well in their examinations (‘exams’) at school or at

university usually have good academic qualifications In Britain and the USA, the most common university qualifications are a BA (Bachelor of Arts)

or BSc (Bachelor of Science) after three years and an MA (Master of Arts) or MSc (Master of Science) after another one or two years Many people in business also have some kind of professional qualification and for some jobs you must have such a qualification

When students get grants from the government, they keep the money When they get loans, they have to pay the money back later

A PhD is a Doctor of Philosophy Doctors of Medicine are MDs

Section 1: Business and you 3

WwW Your experience

Charlie Kim tells us about his professional history up to now Complete the sentences with verbs from the box Make sure the verbs are in the right tense

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buy -drep-eut join look after move promote run

sell set up spend take off write

I went to college in the States but got bored so | dropped out after two years without a degree

designer

money but I hated it

for a game called Sudden Death

It a million copies tats first year

money we made

Now I'd like to _ a yeal to learn about website design

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