Learning objectives in this Sener any rt Peet Sie ect Cooney present Panes Seite pore Renta Starting point 1 Look at the pictures on this page. What do you know about these companies? Do you think it’s better to work for a large or a small company? o What kind of company do you work for? (SE 1. Read these descriptions of some companies. Complete their names. This company provides many different Internet service shopping, and email. Most of its sales come head office is in Sunnyvale, California s, including news, online This company produces tyres for cars and oth but it has more than 125,000 employees all ove nn travel guides. icles. tis based in France well kn he world, Ibis also for its red and gr his northern European company operates in the retail market low-price products, including furniture, bathroom 1 specializes in and kitchens. Its a subsidiary of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EAD: The company makes planes for the commercial aircraft market, where its mair competitor is Boeing. his company makes many different al and electronic products, such as TVs, computers, and mobile phones. It is South Korea's largest company exporter s2 Complete these sentences with the words in bold in 1. 1 Some companies make or goods 2. Other companies or offer services. 3 Ifyou ina particular product or service, it's your main activity 4 Ifyou work for a company, you are an 5 Ifyour head office is in a particular city, your company — ina there. 6 Ifyou work in a your company is part of a bigger group. 7 Ifyou sell a 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. 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 ... 01> An employee is talking about her company. Listen and complete the information in the table. Name of company basil EE ETE LELETEREREEE) Products 5 mechanisms: locks and. . poss Group ‘Assa Abloy Nationality ‘s Number of employees 5 000 Sales %€____billion Number of subsidiaries 7 in 40 countries Other information Main 6c 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. It’s a subsidiary of Its head office is It makes / produces It provides / offers Ithas ... employees It operates in It is based in It specializes in Its main competitors are... It has sales of 6 Now talk about your company using the phrases in 5. Dr interacve Workbook )» Glossary op | T wun sajuediLanguage at work | Present simple 1. Work with a partner. Ask and answer these questions. 1 Do you work for a multinational company? 2 Is it anew company? 3. What does it do? 4 Does it operate in many countries? Where do you work? 2 Match the questions in 1 to answers ae. a Yes, it does. b It provides engineering services to the car industry ¢ Thave an office in London and another in Tokyo. d Yes, Ido, € No, itisnt. 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 In the third person singular (he / she / it), the verb ends in-s or -es. Example: 2 With I / you / we / they, there is no final -. Example: 3 In most 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: .) For more information and exercises, go to Practice file 1 on pe 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 for the company and why do they like working there? What does the company do to protect the environment? Listen to Nestié 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. Oe Example: How old is the company? What / offer / its employees? company / alot of work in the c How / protect the environment? Who do you work for? What market do you sellin? mmunity? : 5 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 last word, not the 6 company / sell / products / all five continents? first. 7 How many people / employ? Where is he from? 8 9 06 02> Match answers a-j to questions 1-10 in 5. Then listen to the radio programme and check. a 760 £ Many possibilities for training ay b More than 140 years old. g Yes, it gives money and other help. © Yes, it does. hh Food and beverages. 7 4 276,000. i Vevey, Switzerland y @ More than 107 billion Swiss J By using less energy and francs. packaging, — 7 Make sentences about Nestlé, using the questions in 5 and answers in 6. Example: The company is more than 140 years old. 8 Work with a partner. Ask and answer the questions in 5 about your company. 9 Work with a different partner. Tell them about your first partner’s company. mma Practically speaking | How to make polite requests 1 Complete these questions with / or you 1 Could speak to you for a moment? 2 Can tell me your name? 3 Can _ have another drink, please? 4 Could __ call me again tomorrow? 5 Would repeat that, please? 6 Could help me for a moment? 2. 03> Work with a partner. Match the questions in 1 to responses a-fbelow. Listen and check your answers. Then practise the conversations. a Yes, sorry. The reference is 1256 K @ Sorry, but I'm very busy. b Yes, of course. e 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. ER Example: Can I have your telephone number, please? 1 I want your telephone number. (have) Tip | can, could, and 2 Iwant your address. (give) would 3 I don't understand you. (speak more slowly) Could and would are generally 4. [need your signature on this document. (sign) more polite and formal than 5 I need two chairs for my table. You have two free chairs at your table. take) can. 6 [don't have time to speak to you now. (talk later) Would is not used with 1: 7 [need your pen to sign the visitor’s book. (borrow) Could | speak to you? 8 I didn't hear what you said. (say) NOT Wowld- 1 speak topo?ES 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 »» Phrasebank b> == ia 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 her job 3 why she’s at the conference. 2 05> Complete what Gianluca says. Listen and check your answers. Excuse me, ___ this seat free? ‘Thanks very much. Can I myself? I'm Gianluca Donatelli Nice to meet you Jana, Where are you 2 And — do you work for? Oh 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 | introduce to fi 8 Roberto, Can you come here for a minute? This is ... Sorry, what's your name 2 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 dialogue. 1c a Lama journalist 2 b Jana. Jana Frkova 3 © Yes, itis, 4 d Nice to meet you. | am Jana Frkova, 5 e I'mhere to research an article on Internet service providers. 6 £ 1am self-employed 7 g Yes, of course. That would be nice. 8 h I'm from the Czech Republic. 4. Why don’t we learn much about Gianluca in the conversation in 1? 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'mfrom Japan * name + company reason for being here * country job 7 Work in 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 TestsWork 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. Where are you from? We make car windows, Can I introduce you to my boss? How do you do? What are your annual sales? ‘you have? North America. company do? eae subsidiaries. aa job? pomiea | Verses] ieee TV ~ Needomcer -Weteaservice SO edimr = leasetakeie, YOU company ase Same American. _ Goodyear. Cap Verde. 4 Ce tell Do ‘Th PO SSSicnSSMywiersnesa pum rmes,, MELA” —Doyoudoany ork So AAs * me Pee Yourpeicvey {anofeoune, we don't your pen? aes Tilsyeyc ey) V'ma sales manager. Who do you ‘work for? It’s 1263 Gray Ra, Carmel JOKER Who are your main competitors? Does your ‘company operate in Europe? Yes, sure. It's Jan Olsen, How many employees do Sorry, what's your name again? We operate in Europe and ‘g00d English! Is this seat free? No, it's a French company, 1'm Spanish, What about you? Yes, it’s 0745 32 19 66, What does your phone number iat ote deuce eed