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This is Shirley Fagan. She works for an advertising agency in Australia. Meet her and her A team, the group of people she works with.
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The A team
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Which sentences describe you? Compare yourself wilh your partner.
always on tim<
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>rke%A %fcften (eel stressed.
WW> often iatMft We're a great team
1 We interviewed Shirley Fagan about the people she works with. Match the people in Shirley's team with one of her descriptions.
I'm a bit UisoiydiiiseA
usually very relaxettft
1 My manager 4 My husband
2 My favourite colleague 5 My PA
3 My customer
Ail managers need a good assistant and Jack is fantastic. He's very good at organising things, very efficient. friendly and positive. He smiles all the time and always has a lot of energy.
Jean is from Pals and he's my boss. He's a great motivator - he gives me a lot of support and always tells me when I do a good job. One thing I don't like about him is that he's always ten minutes tate for meetincs.
John is the financial man in the team. He's a special character, good at his job. but some people don't like him because he can be very direct. Most people think he's rude. He's my husband but working together isn't a problem for us.
David's based in Darwin. He buys a lot from us but when we discuss prices he can be very aggressive and impatient. Sometimes I have to say 'no'. You can't always say 'yes' to your clients.
Katie is nice. She's a sales manager, responsible for New South Wales. She's very confident and so is excellent at presenting to customers. She's also very creative - she loves thinking about new products. We get on really well together. both in and outside the office.
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2 Read the text again and match a person in Shirley's team with these sentences.
| Who are the two most important people in your working life? Why? The words you need ... to describe people 1 Complete these sentences with a word from the box. You can use a dictionary to help you. 1 1 can do my job quickly and well. I'm very e£ftcuyrifc. 2 I always have a lot of new ideas. I'm very........................... 3 I hate waiting for anything. I'm very.............................. 4 I want to be the best! I'm very........................... 5 I say what I think. I'm very.......................... 6 I always arrive for meetings on time. I'm very............................... 7 I'm not afraid to speak English! I'm very.............................. Make sentences about people you know. your boss your customer your neighbour your children/parents your partner your teacher Example: My boss is very creative. 2 I-ook at two important ways to build sentences using quality adjectives. She's good at presenting. = the verb la be * adjective * at * activity She's an excellent tennis player. = the verb to be + a/an * adjective + personal noun Use the table below to make sentences about yourself. ( an ran add one or iwo of ram own iik-as ' |
| wh.M do you think? |
1 This person is not very popular with some colleagues.
2 This person is difficult to do business with.............................
3 This person has a lot of new ideas.
4 This person is not very punctual for meetings.......................
5 This person is very well organised.
| Activity | Personal noun | |
| Business | General | Business |
| presenting | socialising | presenter |
| managing people | football | manager |
| selling | tennis | sales person |
| (your ideas) | (your ideas) | (your ideas) |
General soda User footballer tennis player (your ideas/
Quality adjectives
excellenUgreat
very good
good
not very good
bad
very bad
terrible/awlul
Example: I'm great at presenting but not very good at making coffee!
It's time to talk
Describe a person you know. Don't say the name of the person or their job. Can the other people in class guess who you are describing? Talk about the following:
Age
Job and responsibilities
Free-time interests
Two positive qualities Two negative qualities One quality of the person which is similar to you.
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