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Communicating at work
Can 1 take a message?
STUDENT B
Call 1: You work in the same office in Paris as Florence Villemain. She is out of the office all day. Take a phone message for her and get the caller's name and number.
Call2: Your name is Elizabeth Davidsen. You work for Norsoft in Oslo. Your number is 00 47 88776655. Call Luigi Eranio to tell him that the report is fine.
7 Changing workspace
Its time to talk
STUDENT B
Look at the information below and answer your partner's questions.
Office 2 The building
Individual offices (no - open plan)
Carpark (yes, very Large cox park)
Staff restaurant (yes, small but good roeruO
Swimming pool (no)
Smoking room (r\o - no-smoking buckling)
The area
Railway station (yes)
Shops (yes, bi$ shopping centre)
Fitness centre (yes, you must be a. member)
Banks (only one)
Restaurants (some - not a. lot)
There are 2,500 square metres of space.
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STUDENT B
You work for Globalreach. Be prepared to use the information below to answer Student A's questions.
Prepare some questions to ask Student A about his/herorganisation.
Now interview Student A and complete the table on page 49.
| Name When started Head office Locations Main activities Other information |
Globalreach
Paris
Paris, London, Frankfurt. New York
Marketing consultants for major global
companies
185 employees. Turnover of $150 million.
Business is difficult but things should improve
next year
16 Project Stockholm
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Marketing manager
Kamen Records
Sheraton
Creating a website for selling music directly on
the Internet. The schedule is to finish at the end
of next year. Everything is going well at the
moment.
10 Eating around the world
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STUDENT B
Vou prefer Rome because the food and weather are better. Prepare some reasons for your choice and then discuss them with your colleagues.
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19 Living in Hong Kong
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STUDENT B
Student A is travelling to a trade fair in Tokyo. Japan. You are the trade fair organiser. Student A will telephone you and ask you for some travel information and about the culture of Japan. Answer his/her questions with the information below.
Travel information
VISA You have to ask about a visa. Contact your local Japanese embassy.
MOBILE PHONE You don't know anything about the mobile phone network. Recommend that Student A contacts his/her mobile phone operator.
MONEY Traveller's cheques are a good idea because they are sale.
EATING OUT People don't usually tip in Japan.
Cultural information
NAMES In Japan you should use surnames with business
contacts. TIME It is absolutely necessary to be on time for
meetings.
DRESS Dress smartly at all times.
HANDSHAKES The Japanese use the western handshake but often prefer to bow. Do not shake hands after the first contact in the morning.
22 Working for Rolls Royce
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STUDENT B
You are Jean Zidance. Your partner will phone you to ask for this information. Plan your answers to his/her questions.
1 Berlin exhibition planning 23 sales people from our
company will go to the exhibition.
We have 15m' exhibition space.
2 Sales figures 54 new orders last month. 1-ast month's marketing costs were €34.000.
3 Travel Estimated number of days of foreign travel next year: 14.
25 Driving to Romania
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STUDENT B
You work with Simone Triquel. Student A works with Anna Harland. Student A will call you about arranging a management meeting early next week to discuss a (rip to Poland. It is necessary to have a minimum of three people at management meetings. Look at your desk diaries below. Arrange a time when THREE of you can meet. Remember to use the present continuous.
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| Anna | You am | Simone | |
| am | am | ||
| Meet Socha. | |||
| DtUigouli flt airport | |||
| - meeting oil pm | djlll | ||
| pm | pm | ||
| English trainnq | |||
| course: 3 hours | |||
| am | am | am | |
| Customer | Run traiwy | ||
| visit-new employees | seminar ftir | ||
| pm | pm Golf with Inorut | pm |
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| pm Present new budget to board |
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26 Out of order
24 I buy money
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STUDENT B
Imagine you have these problems.
• My colleagues are loo noisy. I can't get any work done,
• I have to travel abroad a lot but I hate Hying.
• I spend too much lime worrying about work.
• My boss keeps giving me more work and I never manage to catch up. It's just getting worse and worse.
• I'm in love with my colleague but I'm too shy to tell him/her.
Tell your partner your problems. Can he/she solve them for you?
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Arc you good with money? (page 82)
Analysis
• If you chose 1, 2. 6 or 8. you are a person who is very careful with money. But if you didn't choose 3 or 7. some people will think you are mean!
• If you chose 4. 5 or 9. you are probably not very good with money and may like to spend too much too quickly! Perhaps you need to be more careful.
• If you chose 3 or 7. you are probably a very generous person.
• Most people probably choose a balance of the above -to spend a little, save a little and give a little. In our opinion, balance is the most sensible option!
4 North and south
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| The stress check (page 20) | |
| Score | |
| 40-50 | Excellent (you are in control) |
| 35-39 | Good (but could be better| |
| 30-34 | OK (work less) |
| 29 or less | Danger! (get some help) |
10 Eating around the world
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STUDENT C
You strongly prefer Paris because you love French culture and French food. Prepare some reasons for your choice and then discuss them with your colleagues.
25 Driving to Romania
Do it yourself
1 Participants
Anna Parkland + Haratd Henrikssen - Coming Johan Meier - Not coming, too busy
2 Speakers
Confirmed programme:
Tues 10.00 Jessica Langer talking about Quality
Management Wed 09.00 Thomas Salter talking about Selling
No confirmation Irom other speakers
3 Evening programme
Tues evening Go to opera
Wed evening See a Shakespeare play at Stratford
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| The present simple tense | ill | |
| Time adverbs and expressions with the present simple tense | ||
| There is / There are with some, any and a lot | of | |
| Comparative and superlative adjectives | - | |
| The past simple tense | ||
| The present continuous tense | ||
| Should and have to | ||
| Many, much, a few, a little | ||
| The present perfect tense | ||
| Personal pronouns and adjectives | ||
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| Irregular verbs |
110 Grammar relereiHc
Grammar reference