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‘He says he wants his own company but he wants to get some work
experience with us first.’
Fewer people today think they will have lifetime employment with the same company Companies are quicker to let people go and so people change
jobs more often
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with the reps
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problems by phone
approve company accounts Publisher
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our latest products,
Auditor
Civil servants are people who work for the governimnont, in tho civil service
A rep is a sales representative A general practitioner is a medical doctor
‘What do you do?’ It is very important to be able to say what you do in English Practise!
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sidney Carton is talking about his job responsibilities but is having problems with his prepositions Complete the following sentences with a preposition from the box, where necessary You need some of the prepositions more than once Some of the sentences do not need an extra word You can then make similar sentences about your own job responsibilities
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marketing strategy
committee
projects
/ answer to Mr Power
To talk about your colleagues, you can also say:
! work with Marcelle Joubert and Jesus Degas
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Juanita Hernandez has just joined Nice Cream Inc She is reading about her pension in the documentation the Human Resources Manager gave her Fill in the missing words from the box
Welcome to Nice Cream This sheet gives you information about your
decide to leave the company, you can take your pension with you
amount You can choose how much you pay and you can also pay into
scheme has more money than it needs, you can take a contributions
(7) and stop paying a monthly sum for a while
management board of the company and your trade union
representatives This committee works completely independently of the company The company cannot touch the money in the pension fund
If you are a member of this scheme for 35 years, you can expect to
and can receive your full pension
We think that this scheme is one of the best available and one reason why so many people decide to stay with Nice Cream However, if you prefer not to take part, we can give you the names of insurance and
advice on other products on the market
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So where’s the new PC?
PC?
Oh, it’s here But what’s this thing yowte moving around with your hand?
It’s a (2)
A what?
Let’s switch it on and go into Windows Now, look at all these
OK
a look inside
And what is inside?
Well, let’s do a bit of (6)
of saying you're going to create some text
You mean I’m going to type something
That’s right You can open up a new (7)
_ first — that’s just a way
and
like this
But what if I type something and make a mistake?
And if I want to move some text from one place to another?
text like this
And how do T get ti trom the scteen onto paper?
you Can send a message tO 1 from: here
And what about figures? Can tt add up?
create a table with columns and tows to enter figures in
Well, it’s not bad, but can’t it play any games?
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| or each of the verbs below, three of the four words or expressions fit In each case, circle the one that does not fit
You have chosen the word or phrase that doesn’t fit with each of the verbs 1-10 Can you think of a verb that does fit with each of the words or
phrases that you circled?
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Look at the verbs below and decide which one goes with which word or phrase from lists A and B, as in the example
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DRAW ~ / DRAW UP ~
You draw a conclusion
You draw up an agenda
open ~ / open up ~
put forward ~ / put ~
~ fall / ~ fall down
fill ~ / fill in ~
cut ~ / cut down on ~
lay ~ / lay off ~
break ~ / break up~
sell ~ / sell off ~
kick ~ / kick off ~
take ~ / take on ~
pick ~ / ~ pick up
bring ~ / bring up ~
cantly ~ / carry out ~
A
a conclusion
A
a market
a mecting
Share prices
a form
cigarettes
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bad news to
SOMCONC
parts Of a
company
yoursell extra stall the best person
a problem at
a mecking duties
B
an agenda
B
a letter
a question trees in storms
with pride
costs foundations
inefficient
companies
goods ata
discount
a meeting
too long
a market can
dynamism
to the job passengers
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Jose Spragg has just won the World Manager of the Year competition Take a power verb (1-15) and add a sentence-ending from the column on the right (a-O) to make the sentences that the judges used to describe him
He thinks
He focuses
He motivates
He overcomes
He identifies
He adds
He reduces
He leads
He builds
He resolves
He transforms
He manages and facilitates
He measures
He maximizes
He gets
Would you put them in your CV?
What are the power verbs that describe you?
costs
organizations
market opportunities change
performance
results
profits
strategically
winning teams
conflict
obstacles
value
on the customer
by example
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Hil one verb from the box into each of the headlines (1-13) about Kazoulis Communications in the business press There are three possible answers for 9
EXPANSION IN US GENERATES = NEW BUSINESS FOR KAZOULIS COMMUNICATIONS
2
KAZOULIS _ _ COSTS BY CLOSING REGIONAL OFFICES
4 ‘KAZOULIS CLIENTS’ NEEDS MORE EFFECTIVELY
THAN EVER,’ CHAIRMAN TELLS SHAREHOLDERS
ADVERTISING: QUESTIONS IN PARLIAMENT
6 KAZOULIS BIG RISK WITH
LATEST SHARE ISSUE