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NEW EDITION Business BaS1CS Workbook David Grant and Robert McLarty Business Basics Workbook David Grant and Robert McLarty OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS UNIVERSITY PRESS Great Clarendon Street, Oxford oX2 6DP Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford Itfurthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide in Oxford New York Auckland Bangkok Buenos Aires Cape Town Chennai Dares Salaam Delhi Hong Kong Istanbul Karachi Kolkata Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Mumbai Nairobi Sdo Paulo Shanghai Taipei Tokyo Toronto OXFORD and OXFORD ENGLISH are registered trade marks of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries © Oxford University Press 2001 ‘The moral rights of the author have been asserted Database right Oxford University Press (maker) First published 2001 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 109876 No unauthorized photocopying All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, oras expressly permitted by law, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reprographics rights organization Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the ELT Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above You must not circulate this book in any other binding or cover and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer Any websites referred to in this publication are in the public domain and their addresses are provided by Oxford University Press for information only Oxford University Press disclaims any responsibility for the content ISBN 019 4573419 Printed in China ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The authors and publisher would like to thank the following for the use of photographs: Airbus Industrie p 15; America Online, Inc (America Online, AOL, and the AOL logo are registered trademarks of America Online, Inc in the United States and other countries) p 50; Apple p 51; BAA p 24 (RPM Photographics/Mike Hodgkinson); Bell-Pottinger p 12 (Emirates airplane); Birdseye p 51; Corbis p (Paul A Soudersiview of Toronto), p 14(Kevin R Morris), p 38 (Owen Franken); Daily Telegraph (Abbie Trayler-Smith) p 70; The Dorchester, London p 24; Fiat Auto U.K p 8; Getty One Stone p 12 (Hugh Sitton/Dubai Bank Machine), p 29 (Ary Diesendruck/Buenos Aires), p 35 (Chris Everard/birthday cake) (Myles/ISI Imaging/Father Christmas) (Steve Bly/pumpkin), p 36 (John Millar/man at desk) p 39 (Nick Dolding/man on mobile phone), p 54 (David Hanover/man on computer); Hugo Boss AG p 64; Hutchison Library, London p 10 (John Burbank), p 33 (Tony Souter); Image Bank p 35 (Harald Sund/bonfire night), p 39 (L D Gordon); McDonald's Restaurants Limited p 20 (cheeseburger); Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc, p 51; Michelin Tyre ple p 6; NEC p 38; Pizza Hut p 20 (pizza); RollsRoyce and Bentley Motor Cars Ltd p 46; Siemens Business Services Ltd P 26; The Stock Market p 24 (Covent Garden Opera House), p 29 (Paul Steel/Iguazu Falls), p 36 (receptionist); LVMH/TAG Heuer p 63; Telegraph Colour Library p 24 (S Hazelgrove/Millennium Dome), p 35 (Francesca YorkejValentine’s Day), p 36 (man on mobile); UIW/UPPA p 66 Mlustrations by: Stefan Chabluk pp 16, 18, 42, 44, 62; Nigel Paige pp 13, 17, 19, 23, 48, 56, 59, 68, 73 Contents Unit You and your company Unit Preparing a trip 10 Unit Away on business 16 Unit Visiting a company 22 Unit New developments 28 Unit Unit Describing and comparing 40 Unit Life stories 46 Unit Dealing with problems 52 Unit 10 People at work 58 Unit 11 Getting a job 64 Unit 12 The world of work 70 Answer Key Arrangements 34 76 1.1 People in business EY Talking about people @ Look at this list of participants for an IT conference in Toronto Use the information below to help you fill in the gaps, as in the example Ms Ishikazi’s first name is Minako Minako and Alicia are colleagues The Spanish woman lives with Igor Mr Nanni is a salesman TORONTO Name 54 INTERNATIONAL Ishikazi Company Job Systems The translator is twenty-eight Minako and Miho are both Japanese Igor and Miho are the same age INFORMATION Igor Teploukhin Claudio Telefonica LRC Engineer TECHNOLOGY Salesman analyst Nationality Japanese Residence Barcelona Age aw You and your company Italian 3, Rome 30 42 Answer these questions bene @ 25 Russian What nationality is Igor? Where is Alicia from? What is Minako’s job? How old is Claudio? Where does Miho live? Who Minako and Alicia work for? Spanish Madrid 28 CONFERENCE © EI Introductions Complete these questions and answers, as in the example Is Minako Spanish? Nex No, I’m not i i Yes, he is Are Miho and Minako Japanese? Are Igor and Miho twenty? At the conference, Minako, Alicia, and Igor meet Complete the dialogue below Igor, let ! to my colleague, Minako How Pleased What : I’m a systems analyst What I’m an engineer with Telefonica in Madrid Where Tm from Tokyo but I in Barcelona Really? Question making Match the questions on the left with the answers on the right, as in the example Is she married? a No, they’re not Where are youfrom? b No, she’s a colleague Is he new? c No, single What is your job? Are they here? e f I’m from Sweden I'ma designer Is he Dutch? @ d How old are you? g h No, he isn’t He’s German Nearly forty Yes, he is 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 SSS iS Ax ae hụ NH0 THÍNHRNDSKCHEHHHGDĐE c? date pay KR lw DF Pronunciation Is she your boss? © 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 team line light know men bar new are go week -datepay You and your company 1.2 You and your company EY 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 ‘supplies plans owns live employs sponsors manages sells publishes are advertises have manufactures Michelin is a famous old family company with a dynamic young chairman Edouard Michelin ¢S the great-grandson of the founder of this company, which is based in Clermont Ferrand in the centre of France SZ tyres* and supp (.6.3 them all over the about 120,000 people and annual sales of over €14 billion Goodyear and Firestone Michelin's main competitors Edouard Michelin the company using modern methods At the moment, tyres to the BMW Williams team The company has two main markets, Europe and the USA, but it P Asian market, In the USA it 10 the Uniroyal company It 11 alot on TV and in magazines and § events It also to develop the 12 racing !3 the famous Michelin guidebooks Edouard just outside Clermont Ferrand “UK tyres Choose the correct word to complete the sentences below, as in the example Ẳœ xi Ơ Ơi B G Bộ Ei Vocabulary You and your company US tires er h product ›s / employers It has a profit / loss / turnover of over €14 billion The company / society / factory has a young chairman Michelin is BMW Williams's tyre buyer / retailer / supplier Michelin gets / owes / owns Uniroyal Michelin's head office / head hunter / head room is in Clermont Ferrand Its main 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 you work for? B: Ì A: Is that a French company ? PRPRPrear > B: Where It is based in Clermont Ferrand What does the company do? How many About 120,000 Where you We advertise on TV, in magazines, and at motor-racing events Clermont B: A: B: Famous companies Complete the word grid with the names of famous companies described below, as in the example American computer manufacturer œ 1Ø Ơi Q bọ O Ferrand? No, I don’t I work in the United States Wha I’m an engineer 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 1.3 Company facts and figures Read these texts about a German media group and an Italian vehicle manufacturer EY Reading lÏ M Based: Turin » & Activity: Automobile production It also manufactures agricultural and commercial vehicles and equipment for the AG AXEL SPRINGER VERL largest ‘Axel Springer Verlag is one of Europe's media groups Its most famous ee the German tabloid newspaper, million readers The eae ee | m Berlin, ae ee 180 It pul and employs 12,000 people: i i SS magazines in different coun’ tries aorta sales of €2.8 billion ‘The founder's family owns just over 50% of the company, and KirchGruppe has about 40% i nd The group owns a rum €TV st hopes te In the future1Í m production companies expand its Internet activities: @ Other activities: Publishing (La Stampa newspaper) Motor racing through its subsidiary Ferrari II Owner: Gianni Agnelli is the great-grandson of the founder of Fiat His family now owns about 33% of the company l re Turnover: €45 billion Employees: 220,000 @ Subsidiaries: in 61 different countries @ Notes: The company is just over one hundred years old In the future it plans to expand its telecommunications activities Find the numbers below in the texts, and mark them Axel Springer (AS), or Fiat (F) Then put them in order of size from smallest to biggest 2_ sixty-one forty thirty-three four point five million © construction industry 100 10 twelve thousand forty-ñvebillion two point eight billion Rữy two hundred and twenty thousand Are the following sentences true (T) or false (F)? a Axel Springer Verlag employs 220,000 people Ferrari is a subsidiary of Fiat SpA The head office of ASV is in Germany Fiat manufactures tractors You and your company KirchGruppe owns ASV Fiat and ASV both publish newspapers Bild has 2.8 million readers Gianni Agnelli is the founder of Fiat © Make questions for these answers, as in the example loi Ei Vocabulary 12,000 What €45 billion Howold Just over a hundred years How many 180 Where Berlin Which La Stampa Complete the table below OC Employer/ee Manufacturer Publish Employment Manufacturing Publisher Own Ownership Found Foundation Ur we Complete these sentences using words from the table About your company ASV’s main activity is Fiat is the of La Stampa newspaper 12,000 people cars and other vehicles The family of the owns 50% of ASV Complete these sentences about your own company or a company you know well Its name is It’s based in The company makes / provides Its customers are It employs Its annual turnover It advertises You and your company .. .Business Basics Workbook David Grant and Robert McLarty OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS UNIVERSITY PRESS Great Clarendon Street, Oxford oX2 6DP Oxford University Press is a department of the University. .. 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