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GAMER SE Univesty Ping Howe Cambie CB2 85, Uae Kings ‘ne Lier Psa, 20 lo, New York,NY 100, USA 47 Waa Ros, Por Mente, VIC 99, Avra 4943/24, 2nd Fos, Asa Road, Dayal, Di 11002, Inde 79 Ason Ron, 6-040, Singapore 079506 (Cambrge Unversity Pres is part ofthe University of Cambridge Te further the University's mision by isteminting knowledge the pursuit of ‘education, learning and research a the highest inteational level of exceence woewcambidge ong, Information on hist: woracambrideong/9780521749237 (© Cambridge Uaivery Press 2010 ‘his publication iin copyright. Sujet to stattory exception and othe provisions of relevant collective ceasing agreements no reproduction of any pare may take pce without the writen permission of Cambri University Press. int published 206 under the ide Busnes Vecbuiry in Ue Elena) Second Eaton 2010 Reprinted 2016| Printed in Ty by Retalto Lombards SpA. A catalogue mc fo this book elf the Bish Lary ISBN 978.0521.749237 alton with Anower and CD-ROM ISBN 978.0521-12827-8 Edition with Answers CCamidge University Press has no responsibility forthe persistence or sceracy (of URLs for external or thes party internet websites refered to inthis publication, and doesnot gurantee that ay content on such websites i or wil emai, ‘accurate or appropriate Information reading pries,tavel timetables, and other ‘actual information given in this work correc atthe time of fist printing but (Cambridge Univesity Press doesnot guarantee the socuracy of sh information ‘hereaRer, Contents Learner training A: Talking about language 1 Types of word and tenses 10 5 Other language werd you shud know WORK GD ots and industries 8 Yourjob © Other abe Piaces and departments A Pace 0 Depron € Depereens 2 Types of work 1 Jobe and work © Sori wok twos wih © Wiork and numbers 1 How many npleye he? 2 Sao B Getting to work 1 Way of ging to wk Th cy cere and the rusts © Comming BUSINESS TRAVEL @ Basiness travel 1: atthe airport A. Geng th spr © Ti dec 2 4 18 18 20 2 Busnes travel 2 at the hated A ching © hago € Nang sea ‘NUMBERS © Numbers and years A Zero iney-ne Large nubes Yer decodes and ceniee Ordering numbers, parts of numbers 1 orden utes Pan of amber CAREERS D who's the boss? 1 Managers aa ples 2 Manggngdeprorens DD Ways of working Ofc work 8 Facory wack © Laboestoey wos D Oo he ofc Getting to the top 1 Gasp 1 © cometh? ‘Skills ‘Ace you any good with people? 8 Sie © Sil andunekled workers Aun Heb Use Elomantary to Preintermedite 4 26 28 30 36 (ualifiations and training 1 Cues 2 Tring B Etearning A Tipe fang 8 Elearning Ll ering Learner training 8: Pronunciation A Peano als 1 Sens TIME Numbers and time 1 Ting about the ie 8 Sut and is tise Moning, kernan, vexing, ight Timetables 1 Tinebles 8 Teel ines 1 Monte and sesees 8 Day and dates © Palichoidays D Tine expressions A Bay ole? Wied combination wt ine a unas of tine © Adverbs of egucsy Doyou have time? 1 Lee have sine B Areyou fe on Friday? 2 4 50 52 Project management 1 We th on ine 8 These Wee ed sche Free time and holidays Spree ‘Wer combinations with ‘have sed ake © Goig on hay ‘ MONEY Notes and eins A Nowe nd xi # Ghangeg ory € Aico ‘Taig abou pies 8 Tex ae andwort Numbers and money 1 Amoass of money 1 5 Amour of money 2 © Approximate amounts B Can we afford it? 1 Wess cxpensve 5 Cael wih emey Pay and benefits A Migs @ Sane Company banking A pest 2 Cade © ale basking Sues cab Ue Elementary te Preintemediate 54 58 60 62 66 68 Companies and morey 170 From producer to customer 1 86 A ost 1 Maruca rota @ fr @ laden ed hr proses From producer to customer 2. 88 Companies and money2 72 | curmacrseat 1 dads 1 Soper 2 Sa towas © Sage ine pee 3 ¢ Rene ED Where's tsar 30 Learner training C: Leaming A Sp oe vocabulary 74 (8 Direc sles 8 Wont combinations EX) Product instructions 92 1B Word groups ® ¢ Dees 1 Flt ins ae 0 Pe ben Problems with products 1 94 PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: A Fouks 2 ons Product details 1 76 A Dimensions Problems with products 2 96 2 rams 1A What cng woe? 2 Ker cae Product details 2 7 a ‘A Compacntive adjectives Learner training D: Using 8 Superatve adjectives dictionaries 98 Services 1 0 A What inti dod? ae 2 Wn nay B Support services C How should I use my dictionary? © steve company Rae reea Services 2 2 A Service characteristics SOCIALIZING @ otens hrs Socializing 1: What's it mage of? 4 meet you 100 1 thao A dete sion 2 aera nd ei wes 8 Arde oe € trenbraabe © Sin gute beans aay ne Ehmerary to reinammedte @® ssociatizing 2: at the BUSINESS WRITING restaurant 102 Business writing: 1 ong ad neicg eceeen ‘sce aa a 1 Way ot conmuig 1 eran Soriatzng 3: networking 104 | © Sarin enlb odes 1 ai epee? asiness writing: emalls Here's my card GD business writing Kt © Ss ee hig ovoid © Wed nabs wih em TELEPHONING © Rega Telephoning 1: starting Business writing: emalls 2 and ending 106 | Godan ind es ‘A Staring informal calls 8 Ending emails eee Rad age amenane B® Business writing: letters 1 Telephoning 2 sping ening ee and numbers 108 | 8 Leelgear |A Telephone alphabet Roding kes 2 Slee (© Numbers PRESENTATIONS Telephoning 3: checking resentation 1 information 110 rata A Soi mdeandng P Checking and confirming vormation Peet GD "rohoingmessnes 172 | Pseatins 2: the min 1 Viner pr 1 Weeymaucral © Lesviog wmsge 1 Sang th ain part 8 Moving berwen stone Side aod bandos Telephoning 5: the wrong £ Si thi number m4 1 Wong uber Presentations 3: charts and 0 Won deen graphs © ong penen A iechans Graph and br charts ess Yili Use Elementary to Preitermedate ne ne 122 126 126 128 GD Presentations 4: comparing trends 4 Gane 2 Sno nde a? © Abe and oan combate 0 Campane sete © Presentations 5: ste tours 4 Company ses 1 nro he tour © Guided rove MEETINGS @ Mectings 1: organizing 2 mecting 4, Wed combination with mig? 8 Ages G Meetings 2: chairing 2 mecting A Chasing Ineapton and howto top then 130 132 134 136 DD Meetings 3: opirions and suggestions 1 Opinions aging an dsnreing 1 Seeing and expang Meetings 4: agreeing action and closirg 1 Action pis 8 Ging Irregular verbs Answer key Index CD-ROM user guide Acco aby in Ue Elmentry to Preintermedine 190 140 142 143 162 175 ie Introduction Who is this book for? Bune Vouabulary in Use Elementary to Preintermede wil lp Pextaty rented eames of basiness Baplish earn business vocabulary Ii for people studying English befocechey start wock and those who eed Engh inthe ob. In addition to improving your business vocabulary, the book helps you to lam the langoage ted for importane busines communication sil, ‘You can use the book on your own for sl sty with teaches, one-to-one o in groups How is the book organized? The book has 66 two-page units. Some units look atthe vocabulary foe dfeent business subjects. Others focus onthe language of business sil for example in emails and meting The lefchand page ofeach unc explains new words and expressions andthe ight hand page thas exercises allow you to check and develop your understanding ofthe word and expeesions, There are also four Learer raining unis to help you learn business Engl. These deal with talking abou language, pronunciation, leaning vocabulary and ung detonate. They ate positioned before Une 2, 16, 31 and 42, but you can we them aan) tine, ‘There isan Answer ley a the back ofthe book. Most ofthe exercises have questions with only Ther is lo an Index. This lite al the new words and phrases i the book, and gives the unit ‘numbers where they appat It als tells you RoW the woeds and phrises are pronounced. The left-hand page “This page introduces new vocabulary and expressions. The presentation i divided into sections indicated by eters A,B, Cyr, wit simple, clear tes. Key words and expressions to learn ae in bold. There are nates about fleeces berween British English (Bcf) and American English (Am), pronunciation, and common mistakes made ‘by Eemeneay to Peentermediate learner of busines English. The right-hand page The exerciees onthe righthand page give practice in using the new vocabulary and expressions presented on the lft hand page: Some units contain diagrams o complete or cosswords, “Over to you' sections ‘An impoctnt fare of Business Vocabulary in Use Elementary to Preintermeiae isthe Over ‘you ston atthe end ofeach unit, These secon give youth chance to pacts the words and expressions inthe unit, Sel-stdy lamers can do thi as a writen activity nthe classroom, ‘the Over to you scons canbe used ae the bai for dcusion with the whole caso in smal troups The eacher ean then ge sudents to loa apni at exer resting o points that have ‘used dca, Srdents ean follow up by using the Over to you section at «writen ec for ‘example as homework, The Answer key contin sample answer forthe Over to you questions, Bsns aby Ute Elementary to Prednermedite How to use the book for sefstudy Fd the topic you ae looking for by wing the Cones page or the Index. Read tough he plants onthe lefchand page of the unit Do the exerees othe right-hand page. Chek our answer inthe Answes kay you have made some mises obck ad lok te Ccplanations andthe exercise apn Note down important weeds and expessons in Your otbook, How to use the book in the classroom “Teachers ean choose uit tha late to their student particular needs and ince. ‘Alterrtively lesions can contain a regula vocabulary se, where students ook systematically atthe vocabulary of pascal thematic or sil are. Students can work onthe units in pais, withthe teacher going round the clas asisting and advising. © Cambridge international Corpus This book uses the Cambridge Intemational Corpus (CIC) ~ very lrg collin of English tent stoced ina computerised database, which can be searched to see how Engh ised. This includes the Cambridge Learner Corpus (CLC, large collection of writing by earners of English including wring from che Cambridge Business Engh Certificate (BEC) exams. The database has ben used forthe noes about eypicl mistakes made by learners of business English. cD-ROM “Tis second edton of Busnes Vocabulary in Ute Elementary to Preintermediate ie avilable Jn ewo versions. You can use the book ether on is wn or with the CD-ROM, a major Jnaoration. This includes an audio fle for every key word and expresion in the book, with 4 pronunciation and an example sentence. In adatom, hee ate two extra execs for ech “unit ofthe book, fourten summary tots so you can check your progres, and even some ‘vocabulary games ‘We hope you enjoy using Business Vocabulary in Use Elementary to Preiatermediate. bene esblny ne Elementary to Preintrmadine ee, Learner training A: Talking about language Types of word and tenses short way of writing something | CEO ‘punctuation (mark) symbol used in wring, Uke «fall ].?, 0p, question mark or comma | pownoabe 3 punctuation mark used w show a | theye~they ave what sing leer what sig losers co nee aes ‘ phrase WAP [a group of Wotds nota sentence [a cheap product. Gilgie BR | conven een wo oc more | A Whe theif? people Baa sca B: On the ist foe Drish English | English wed inthe UK underground ‘American English | English wed inthe United Sates [subway - Formal foc publi or offal we manager informal betven fiends or cole bos 0 Asn cry Use Hementar to Preintrmedie a AD MM AS AG Ar Look: at A oppesie. Wri the types of word in your own language. Look a: A opposc. Match the rwo pars ofthe sentences. 4 that devecibes a verb, © chat describes a person o ching, « fora person or thing, 1 Anomiea word 2 An aiverbis a word 3 An adjective sa word Look aA opposite. Are these sentence rue or fale? Look a the example before you begin, 1 The paral of building’ is ‘building. _ee_ 2 ‘Flew ithe part simple and lown’ ie the pat participle of 3 “Wiis preposition. " 4 Expensive ia verb, 5 "Never isan adjective (Complee the table. Look a Ireepulat verbs on page 142 if necessary. E find Sens h Wie te words in the box inthe coret column in the table, Look atthe example before you begin. ok ow office produc sow fem low price shor femal ‘Look atB oppose, Write the osher language words in your own language. ‘Look aA and B opposite and choot the correct word, Look atthe example before you beg 1 You we the .. resent sieeve present simple) ofthe vb otalk about what you do everyday, 2 You we the (singular / plural) form of «noun when you talk about more than one person or thing. 3 (American English / British Ealis) i the ype of English used in the UK, 4A (phrase dalogu) isa se of words thai nota complete sentence. Sis (an abbreviation /a sentence), uns Vor i se Elementary to Pre-intermedine "1 Jobs and industries I'm in construction ‘ ‘What do you do? or What i your job? | ad (rm in coasteucton’. ) + = —— te minal.) nT (information techaclogy) compaes HED Your joo ‘What exactly do you do? {1m an engineer work for Foster and Parnes [work in | 2 team thar design buildings. Tm a manage I work for FSBC.1 manage workers at a call cen, Lee (Pm a buyer 1 work fr Walmart. buy the products that we sll to customers, Toa salesman. I work for TBM. [sel computers to | compan The fra foe | Jae | Masia 2 Shea computer pregame 8 Hes «production worker. € Jims an indasialplowpaphe [we | What o inda and Pablo |" ‘They're in Baanil services. Linda banker Pablo an accountant EE Ea 2 Aun eur in Ue Elementary to Printermedote 1 es constracton worker f Shek a company receptions. Maria personal esisant Mu 12 13 1s 16 Complete hese sentences about the people in A and B opposite, Look a the example before you begin VTminwai.tma yer 1 Walmart 1 the products that we sel to castomers 2 tmin ‘Tm manage | HSBC.1 ‘workers a call ents, 3fmin Irma I BM. I computers to companies 4tmin Tm an engineer 1 Foner and Parmer work ina team that, jrldings. Look at C opposite. Match the pis of words ro make obs. ‘computer 2 prodvetion 3 induwrial 4 consructon § company 6 peronal ‘works b phowgrapher © programmer d resqpionit e asiatant_# worker Look at A and C opposite. Complete these sentences with ‘doo ‘dos 1 What you do? 4 What Aiko and Matsuko do? 2 What She do? 5 What they do? 3 What Richard do? Wirt the questions fo these answers 1 pa > Pm a salesman, He enol worker and she's a ception 2 pa > Het an engineer Shes a banker ‘March the descriptions (1-6) withthe people (ain C opposite 1 He wods fr Bouygues. He bul tall buildings 2 He works for Jaguar He makes car 4 She welsmes vistors. She work for Procter and Gamble. 4 She els er bos. She work for Vodafone §5 He wors for Nel. He takes pcre of the company’ factories, 6 She wees computer program, She works for Micros. [Add some era information foreach of the people (1-6 in 1.5 above. Lok a the example before you begin 1 He's a construction worker in Dubai, 2 eae er ais eer uss cal Une Elementary to Preintermedine a YJ Places and departments WD P20: hc oyoarnt 22 23 l (do they | Tae [work | in Shanghai _I HEED Departments 1 & [re [estes fewest | oom I & le | work in the production department. We make the compa’ prods ‘She work ia the traning deparement. She organizes taining courses. ‘They work nthe sles department. They sl the company’s prods a) Departments 2 Yow ca aoa about he dpe tape work i ke i t= nin roan, sess ing © Then el 12 Hein sco He gs the money fo cused pay eveyone hath company t= mes uman rors (1 fnew pepo woot rhe company 1 Shen mare She ok rte company’s website (© Theyreinracarch ad development (RCD). The id ew ros forth company wal. (2: He's in Gaance. He goes to banks ro find the money tha the company needs. snes able Use Elementary to Preermedine Look at A and B opposite. Match the pairs of senences. 1 workin the prodoeson depart. 2 Poni retail 2 T work in Shanghs. b Timake cas Leell machines. 4 Tan il worker € Ltal wo people al over the world F Qurhead office i thee 5 Two in a ell cents, ‘Tork in a shop. 5 Twork on anol rig 8 T work in the sles deparent Look at A and B opposite Complete these sentences with 1 Tork, ab, ) 2 I dons work construction ste 2 Ldon' wodk hhome because I want to be with people al che ime! 4 She works 2 factory 5 He works the scons department 6 They work seallentre, 7 One day, 1 want co work head office want tbe the bos! Look at A and B opposite. Complete these questions “(ch ioe LS Which deparmens work inthe esning (department I (She works i the human resources department, 2S Which deparment 2 which department ( He works i the producion 1 Look a C opposite. Complete these sentences. 1 Tinervew people who want 9 work fr the company. I'm in 2 She goes to vse customers. She in 3 She orgacizes English courses for people working in he company. She in 4 They decid how much money the company needs to borrow: They're in 5 We omnia the company’ adverssing, We're in 6 Twork on she machines that make our products Pm in 7 I phone people who haven pai. in {8 He works on new product thatthe company can sll He's in eo uses aby W Use Elementary to Preintrmedios Jots and work EJ Types of work ‘A.Marks and Spencer (M&S) manages talks about the company: "Tork for Marks and Spence In aur shops, we have employers - people who wort fr our company ~ who have alsime jobs. Fulltime employes ueaally work sxound 40 hows favza! a wee, ba hey can aeo do ‘verti ~whece they work lg and gee more money ‘Some employees ave s partime job. For example, sone pnp work 20 hour a wee, “Most people et M&S have a permanent jb - they have no Bish date. ‘ome people here da temponry work for «short period. “Brey employee has a contact ~ an agement about how long they work, wien they work, ex! Stopping work ‘When employes at MES are 65, they retire ~ stop work because oftheir ae. They rexve {00d pension payment for people who ree, “Tfsomeone leaves the company, for example to mover another company, they resign fa — tel he company they are eaing "We make people edundaat if we don't have work fr them ori we have nancial problems i someone has done something wrong or sup then we dismise or Sie them ~ ask them to leave the company? | work with 6 , ye | [wok with peopl. {work with customers - people who buy our product 1 work with computers ike my clleagues Pela — people tat work with me 1 dot work with supplies ~ companies that we by pod rom. ins Yayo Use Elementary to Peitermedcte 34 32 33 Complete the crossword with dhe coerect form of words fom A,B and C opposite. erat 2 Someone who buys your produce (8) 4 Someone who works for 3 company (8 6 People who work with you (10) 17 My job only lass two months i 8.4) 10 and 14 People who only wor par ofthe ay or week have pat: (44) 11 Ife company dors need employees any ‘more it makes them (9) 13 Ifyot leave your jb to move to another one, you... (6) 14 See 10 srs Down 1 When you work more than the normal hours, you do. (8). 3 Companies who ell procs to others (2) 6 . ‘When you stop working because of your senyou (6) You cant work without these nowadays 9} An agreement about how mich you work, wit you do (8) 9 Money you get after you stop work (7) 12 Toll someone to leave thei job for example because they have made a mistake: to. them (7) Complete the ables with words fom B opposite ‘resignation rezg'neifon! dma ‘Complee these sentences with the comet forms of words from 3.2 abore, 1 There was no more work at the factor, so my company made me 21 don ike what the company is doing, so Tm going 0. and find another ja, 4 Pedro took money fom the company, 20 they bad 10 im, 4 Inmost counts, you can ntl you're 66. Over #0 you ene ee ee es luxne abr Une Elementary to Preintermedite " How many employees are there? 3 Work and numbers Imerviewer: How many employees are there at M&S? M&S manage Approximately 75,000, Interviewer: And how many branches — shops are there? MAS manager: There ar 600 shops inthe UK and about hal cat uber inthe rex ofthe ‘word thin the exact, figures 29. Inecviewer: Is there one in China? M&S manage: Yes, chee i. Tare’ one in Shanghai Inceevewen Are there many offices? M&S manage: There's one head office and there are fou other offices in the UK. Incerviewer: And how many hous a week do the employses wor? M&S manages: In the UK, allie employees work 42 hours a week on average including overtime” some work 40 hour @ wee and some work 44 ED sis Imerviewer: Whereis M&S head office? ‘MBS manager: ME&S' ead office i in London, About 1,000 people work there. Mos ofthe top managers work there, of cour Interviewer: How many other ss places wih buildings ~ ate ther inthe UR? ‘MSS manager: Well we have the head office the other ofees the store branches and out warehouse, We kep the produc there before they goto the store. Interviewer: So how many ses ate there akogether? (M&S manager: There ae five offices including the ead fe. Then the’ the warehouse, 50 there ae six sites alogeher Head office ~ London 1 marche topo! = 6s (exuding branches) To learn moce about sumbes, see Unis 8 9,16 and 17, ‘nes eatlay ee Elementary to Prentemedte 4a 42 43 Look at these sentences with expressions from A.and B opposite. They are about Hl Corte Ingles. Choose the conest word, : 1 EL Cone Inglés has 6 shops (altogether / approximately) There ace 59 shops in * a Serandoet Poel E 2 Hin abour 00,00 lysine ong) pe 00, 2 Arne op tout 300 ple (incing /appeoximatey cheee manages 4 Some employees wore 46 hous a week, sme work 44, and some 42 ~so chars “4 fltogether/on average) ‘Complete this interview with an employee form El Core ings with expressions fom A and B opposite Ineerviewer: (1) people work for Hl Cort Ings? Employee: I's nota sig company. There are (2) 100,000 employees in Spain and Portugal ~ the (3) 1s 100,421. Incerviewer And (4) branches are there? Employ (8) 59 branche in Spin nd ow in Pri, thee ae 6119 deren so head oes on in Madi nd one bash Employ: Not) nly oe dof tin Madi lnrvcwer How mary) you wok? Epler: Sometime 40 smetines 4,50 (10) Tok ‘thous week Lok tA and oposite Then ok abe diagram and comple th rece, Lgl Supermarkets oa Neckarsuim / i 007 EBA 100 1 Lil Supermackes i an imerationsl company with tx ia Neckarsulm, Germany 2 They have a total of 007 ‘moze than 5,000 inthe rest of Europe Thee are alo 15 ‘where they keep the producs before they take them 0 the tres. The company has 16 alkogethe, stores, ‘where they sell thie products in Germany and Ce a ens cba aU Elomentery to Preintermediot 9 LY Getting to work Ways of getting to work How do you ge to work — goto work? | Teom |pegoendewrdwas jg You [take the set ee eco dive wale Li fee _| ‘vam Jee [ervenderoenbony westhe | le (ona [ise [She et |am/stret [awe vale | crete. WEED He city centre andthe suburbs me CGhaviha cx tor ute New Delhi, Conmaughe Place the dry cone: Meal suburb of New Del. SSP wet at CS Commuting Anita ives in Ghavabad, but she works in the cy centre, in an ice near Connaught Place, Everyday, he commutes ho'mju:t by train fom Ghaziahad to New Deli She commer ‘She kes commuting because she can do alot of wotk on theta Vijay lives in Mebraul, He also commutes to the cle cent He takes the bus Dali ives in Mehrauli too, but she does’ commute She works ina business park near Where shelves ‘When you talk about commuting, you am say: "eave home at 7.45 am and I get to wok a 9.0, Vijay leaves home at 7.30 am and he gts to work at about 8.30 Dal eaves work at 6.30 pm and she gas home 645 To learn more about time, see Unit 16. 20 utes eat Une Elementary to Preinermedate 5.1 Look at A opposite. Mach the rwo prs of what these people say about how they get to wok 11 get the erin, enjoy te fresh sic 2 Talk 1 Tean listen to music on the radio 8 Take the tram. © Ts dangerous and I do ike ir when tains “6 Tdont opt, 4 Te stop ar outside my hou. 5 I dive € es hot dowa there i he summed 6 Teake the underground, f Tread on my way t work and the sation ie neat sy howe. 5.2_ Look at Band C opposite Are thse tenes tre or fale? 1 Asuburb is pat of a cy, 2 Ghaziabad it a suburb of New Deli. 43 Ie not asual to ind busines parksin cry centres 4 There are lot of offices inthe cena busines dr of acy 5 Ifyou ive and work inthe same south you commute 5.3. Look at C opposite Complete these sentences with the correc verb forms, Us cegular verbs fon page 12 necesry 2 Aleksande (eel home at about 7 pm, bite (not get) to work before 9.30 am, © He never (lave) work before 630 pm, He (go) home by metro, On the mero, he (read) Kemmersant. On his way 0 work, be (sto) at a café fora coe. f Aleksandr (wale co work He kes the eth aie SA Put the steps in 53 above in the comet ode Ceres ee yon usin eon Use Elementary to Prodntermediote 2 eS Business travel 1: at the airport ERED Getting 0 the airport " Jotn Cheng a Hong Kong businessman, i on a business rip to meet curtomer in dillerent cies in Africa. He booked his figs ona travel site on the leer. Hei in Nacobi and hei going to fly busines at to Lagos (9 He gts tax to the siepon. (© Barth rad is very busy and he ges suc, in wales tani moves very slow. (2 He qs the sepor an hour late. Bu, lucky, his Highs dlayed, so he does’ mis ie Fe checks in athe checkin des, He ches ia ‘one item of baggage an gets bis boarding card "He goes through passport control and shows his passport He goes through secur He oe tothe duty. shops. He oes othe departure lounge next to the gat. "He boards his ight and ins his seat The plane aks of. “Tiwe hours lates, Mr Cheng lands in Lagos. HEED Airport announcements 2 _{ Wild Mr Cheng, passenger on fighe KQQ2 te Lagos, please procrd mediately to gate 14 where hs fight i ready to depart? asa aoa a Ge KOH wave) nto Wold al panoges ple proce ge "There ce great spec offers at our duty ee shop, You can purchase all French pecfumes at 20 pee cent off the noemal peice All he baggage mus be checked in Sit you have a laptop compares, | please remove it rom its ba, HEED Tove acces ‘Te ligt was delayed. The planes fl, Me Cheng always lies basines class. The seats are very comfortable ‘The service is vey elfen. The fight arendans ate ver enya elu The fod is delicous. The in-fgh entertainment is very varied “Thre ae los of diferent mas and Sl channels, n ato eau Une Elementary to Prentemedicte 61 62 63 64 | Complete the table with words from A and B opposite fave ly _ aT 1 | cake touring ; “Wie the infinite ofvebs in A and B opposite that mean the following 1 wane co tel you about 2 leave by plane fom an airport 3 geton (a plane) 4 5 allow 6 buy 7 axrive by plan at an aipore take ont Look a8 oppste Mach what Me Cheng hoeht (15) when ead ech Peseta aan *Cloatnemetenyie) —* (Tampa me Peet pen fe o 2°. .—— 5 % ‘Thats me, Imust gett he gate 5 [Obno,thaverwo 25 age pt oe so —__° | imiietieouee | Going cap cay ways] eco _) [so slow, butts necessary. | % ‘Complete thes entences wih word from C opposite. 1 The igh wast We lef on ime 2 The insight ertetainment was vey 43 There were los of empty seats. The plane wasn’ 44 The food wat mnch beter than mos ain food, I wat 5 The seats weet very with lt of rom for any ng legs. (6 The fighe mexdants were very ‘nd "They didn just, stand and talleto each ote the whole time! 1 dot know what choose. Cee me eee tee une aly Ue Elementary te Preintrmedits B r Business travel 2: at the hotel 7.1. Look at A opposite. Complete these sentences about the Onova Hotel Checking into 2 hotel 1 yo wan ogo swinming, you can gt che 2 IF you wart to have dane in your room, you can cll 3 Ifyou want to make «cup of te in your rom, you can we the Welcome to the Otuwa Hotel, Lagos The fic Ling ote a: sans elt fom 7 el 1. The HotuonfoapResauan sees neh fom 1213 be Se a 4 Fyou want to check out inthe morning withour waiting for along time, you can we the 5 [you want stop pple ftom sealing your money, you can pat iin the 6 IFyou want o have acold drink in your room, you can se the 7 You can watch CNN i your room becuse there is 7.2 Look at B opposite. John Cheng ison another busines tip, What does he say when he phones now “ Food is available In yous soom at any time. of course. Jus al 8 for room his business contact, Pheuri Li? Look atthe example before you begin. oo Joke Cheng: Hallo Mr Live jut gent Vieiae. im at he Meare to ere gm nt ps on ego for wha ou rw Phoumi Lit Helo, Mi Cheng, Welome g Vrtane! ‘Atrecepton, our sts are here to help make your say as pleasant ‘cocaplte cquieoe John Cheng: 1 (Thank) tank you. Wes nice to be here, = aan | caaeaed Fuss buyers gd? Aluerprtag wloe gman nte-insenonton | etic John Cheng 2 ot Sayed bt el od and oin-fight eerinest) te nat cae Phouni Lit Sor to ea that. Whats your hoe ke? Ephepree Joh Cheng: 3 (comforble~ bu sow room eri . hour Lis Would ake w go ou for dines? HERD Woking contact 1 John Cheng ewan oy and eat sggest meting in he eran Job Cheng pone his busines contac in Lagos, Daniel Achebe, fom is hor room —— John Cheng: 1 John Cheng ere. ve just got in and Pm atthe Oru Hotel pra eee eae Danelle: Welcome Laon Mr Che Thouni lit Ok; anes te Sr you din pon John Cheng: Thanks. 10 ice wo be here. Join Choe 6 honrend io m ‘Daniel Achcke: How was your flight? eee " Job Cheng: Iewas ded tw hours bt the fight was OK. Denki Attie, ‘Whar shee die tas eee 7.3. Look tC oppose, Wht can you sy in these sivations? John Cheng: "Thats ry Kind, bu on er ed afer the Sigh 1 You want mo str king abou buts. 1 prefer to stay here and rest instead, What about {omorrow evening after our meng? Daniel Achebe: OK, ler you get some ret. send a driver round to Pick you up tomorrow moming and bring you to ox offices. What about meeting at 8.30? I take about an hour to ge to our office. The afi in Lagos very heavy, especially a that time of dy. ‘That would be great 8.30 sine ook forward 1 secing you tomorrow, ‘Me too. Goodnight. HERD Making contact 2 Daniel Achebe: Ab, Mr Cheng, good morning. Very nice © meet you. How ae ou eling his ‘moming? What’ you hoe like? Did you have «good rer? John Cheng: Yes thanks. The hotels very comforabl and the room sevice is very effet. had something co eatin my room and then Tepe very well Daniel Achebe: Yes the Oruwa Hote! has a excellent ‘epration~ people sy ot of good thugs about Lets ave some coe, andthen wel get down to basins, John Cheng: Daniel Achebe ™ ‘nas cay Ue Elementary to Preintrmedioe 2 You want know how someone is inthe evening, ater they sid in the morning that they reel ied ec 3 You ask your visor abour the hoe they are staying 4 You ask your visio if they let well. 5 You suggest having sone eee ee. snes eabuoy Ue ementar t Preintrmedine Po = Numbers and years WED 210 to ninety-nine ° Fs eo, nought inst oh 1 one 6 six 11 dleven 16 sien 2 two 7 seven 12 owehe 17 seventeen 3 thee 8 eight 13 thineen 18 eighteen 4% four 9 nine 14 foureen 19 ninetsen 5 five 10 0 15. fifeen 20 wey 21 ewenryone 43. foryshree 6S sitive 87 cghey-sren 30. thiny 50 ity 70 sernry 3D ninety 32 thirgewo 54. Biy-our 76 Serax 98 ninety-cight 40. forty 60 siety 80 cghey Rept oso Larger numbers oe [100 ‘one hundred ] ~ Toe handeed and wey ‘wo hundred 7,000 Jone thousand | 1,250 ‘one thousand two hurded and By or tele hundred and ty 12,000 evele thousand 55,000 ty-fve thousand 000,000 [ene milion | 1,350,000 | one milion Uvee handel and Sy thousand 000,000,000 ene ilion — | |3,000,000,000 | tre bilion PI 20 ty peta ete er on {Poise ve sar to heh fr eae ou totic se ot sep ae neat Years, decades and centuries 1800 cghteenhandeed 2008 two thousand and cight 1805 cighzen ohfve 2011 wo thousand and elven pple was founded in 1965. ninetensxtynine 2015 two thousand and fifteen “> sietcn seventy-six 2000 two thousand 2020. two thoasand and twenty —_ ! The Olympic Games wll “bein Rioim meaty sxe, | Be went een Bere wads doen | Sine wd een) The world economy had big problems it wo thowsand and ane, ‘A decade period often year, for example the ninetee-cighis (1980-1989). ‘A century i a pecial of 100 years, for example the rwenry st century (200-2099) “The fist decade ofthe ewent-frst century is 2000-2008. Some people zl to these years a he songs, but cubes dice tis expression. There eno genealy scp ate forte decade 2010 to 2019, be 2020-2029 isthe eweny- Mat! 2 dive bls! 2 fre idea 4 fighe 4 orang! 5 job held) 6 safe £ Bod! 7 sales 9 Mas : 2 tind hie! Read the phonetic transcriptions. Find the words in A and B opposite. Look atthe example before you begin. 1 eton laters 2 fimo 2 sseres 4 Feta! 5 fstint? 6 saifstet! 7 fproninsitfon! 8 anon? Undedite the sient ler) in these words. Use the phonetic symbols wo help you. Look athe example before you bein. 1 answer foznsal 2 night Jat! 3 know fa ‘lien fsony Salk fox Seo ul 7 wouke Jed) Swit atl Underte the primary ses in these words fom Units Ito 15. Look at the example before you begia. Use the Index to help you. 1 avilaile 5 department 2 colleague 6 offce 2 ausoner 7 proceed 4 degree 8 trae Mark the primary tes in these words fom Units 1 ro 1S, Look a the example before you begin. Use the Index to help you 1 Frintew 5 fpaseatidyy 2 fdrzan! 6 imploxis 23 famans! 7 fetwark! 4 fandgraund 8 aki foro! ansible in Ute Elementary to Preintemedlote a | 16) Numbers and time Talking about the time ‘Whats the ime? or What te iit? es evo for fe. Te quaner to thee. ts 0 fen, Tes quaner past wo, es three ten. Wsthrefory. 1s three iy. Bve, Testenpasethice, IS twenty to four 1 ve four, eats fa Its (ee) noon, Tes (ele) mia. 1 (owehe)midnigh ERED start ana finish times You can tlk about stand nish cies lke this [The company’s reception ara is open | from eh uni on no 9 > (unl seven. et The company’s research laboratory “opens at ight and lesa (brace a a foam Festa ae | overtime in winter, Ses cs os ‘f! HRD 0s an dates a eras ee ee ft | the frst of March, March the fist 1 Mare, Ist Marc, 13. te 2nd [second | the second of March, March the cond |? March, 2nd March, 3 [Bed ce the third of March, March the chird [3 March, 3rd March, 33 4 arch March] J rs he fourth of March, March the fourth Sh [he Bfh of March, March the ith | "ane Yury ay Men toon a we Math Mah ora trot tg BE 0, [Sarch, Sth March, 3 Seca wit ou | ewenteth Zand aie [wean] [23e—Lvem | ‘my cunie, Mosday may wear nd Study ends wsed _STecesingon Monday | (Tne ao ((Ro,tim atradt dont have time to meet on ‘Monday. 'm busy. sping toa sales mecing in =~ fhe morning and Ihave an ppoinument with the enascn the aecnoon, _) What ayo doing on Theta on Tissing toa cles mecing, | going to the denisudoctor, ‘meeting a eustomes 1m | working a the ofce. seeing my manager. | playing tennis. ving hunch wit a customer | TEED A you free on Friday? —<{Areyou fee on Friday?) Do you have time? =a May 20.1 [Look at A and B opposite. Then look at Martin dary and complete what he says about cach day. Look atthe example before you begin, SS tent =e 1200 Sales meets ‘Bwwreday = a Bam e320 panied with nth Poe = ase Sa ae i caster po ete tar = Reehakiookr =e 2.00 Wort in the office = Sas = mae vacuo Sao vat cathner “ Sin Pay go aes Me Sith = 200 Wark en eshner drs oa = amen =p = = = = =e SEE 320 see meager Sn (Yes, tim fee on Friday afternoon, Where L shall we meet” When shall we meet 2 ‘es cab nse Elementary to Preinermediate 20.2 1 On Monday Pn. sing to roducion meting in the mering. in waking on noluctln nen te efter ‘ % 2 On Today Fn 43 On Wedaed Fim 44 On Tharday Fn § On Fedny Tm ook at A and Boppoie. Complete this conversation Sebastian: Are ou fe fora colee on Wednesday afternoon? Tins: Tm alesid Pm (0) ‘on Wednesday afternoon. im sing a cures Sebastian: Can we (2) on Thursday? Tins Yes") on Thursday. Sehawians Whee (4 we meee? Ties: Letsmeet (6) Piece af Sebastian: (6) shall we meet? TsO) (2 expressions) about four o'dock? Sebastian: See you thereat four Coors. Sor i esas aby in se Elementary to Prntemediote 33 21 3 s Project management We must finish on time Josh Damon sa bulding engineer with a construction company: "Tm working onan important project a the moment, very big, office bling I manage the peoect. I'm the projec manager. “The building mast be competed by December next yeas It mast ‘belt We must finish on ime. Any delay woud be bad. Projets ‘ust take longer haa planned. This i one ofthe most importa things n projet management? The schedule “This isthe schedule for te project. Ttis now Jamaary in Year 1. Look a the different stages of he project. For example, bailing the foundations ~ she part under the ground — wil take thre months, fom January to March ia Year 1 Bailing Soocs 1-20 going to aes months, fom Apel to September in Year 1. Josh explains: ‘if we Snsh on schedule, che building wil be completed in December next yea In oer words, the deadline i December ext yea it woul be great if we fish ahead of shedale~ belore the time panned —oron schedule atthe time planned. We don't wane co get Behind shel — Finish after the time planed We're behind schedule Look at what rally happened ro the bulding project. Instead of taking three month, building the foundations took six months. So, i took three months longer than planned. Instead of taking sc months bulding foes 21-40 took three months. Ie took thre months less than planned. uss ery Use Elementary to Prstemedite aa 22 213 Use expressions fom A opposite to complet these sentence. 1 When something i planed to take sx momthe and itakes a yea dee isa 2 When you nih «projec you can sy that tis 4 The peson who manage projets the 4 U something isn't Rnished on tines ished ‘Wri sentences about the oter stages inthe project in B opposite, using the verb in brackets Look a the examples before you bein. 1 Build foundations il) Buuding the fourdatins wil take thee mpnés, from Janary to March in Year 1 2 Build fogs 1-20 (going to) ‘Bulking’ floors 1-20 1 going to take six months, from April to September in Year 4 23 Build ors 21-40 (wil 4 Build lors 41-60 (gringo) 5 Putin electric (wil) 6 Painting (going to) Look at G oppose, Wet sentence o say what relly happened in the bulding projet Lok at the examples before you beg 1 Build foundations Instead. of taking three months, building bre foundations tock six months It tok three onthe longer than Harned. 2 Build foocs 1-20 3 Build lore 21-40 4 Build floors 41-60, 5 Putin the electricity 6 Painting oer, ‘sre icy Ure Elementary te Prentermedate y74 Free time and holidays MED sr tine 56 gos Ee Grace: What do you doin your spare time!? Ri its Tm interested in mutie,soT go ton Grace: ‘Gece: Do ya pay nese? Yes play the piano, but aot very fen. Grace Sor snes wk ote ‘Sop wonrbrs bowen eh yu ar st wang Reta ey we Seta wnkng Word combinations with ‘have’ and ‘take’ a | cote beak tebe | your anh break bee [ane ‘take =y 3 Tong, weekend the weekend and Feilay andlor Monday a holiday || three day’ hotiday | two weeks! holiday Going on holiday Pierre works for «financial services company in Pais: “Thave five weeks’ holiday a yea I ake vee weks in summer and wo weeks in wincer And I sometins ake log weekends too “Ta summer don't sayin Franc. Igo abroad -to another country keto go on holiday somewhere very hot “Tn wine stayin France, [go sing in the Ale ‘Sometimes ie’ important co take ic easy— relax? Ans Mean i Ue Elementary to Preinermediate What abouryou? How do you rela? 1 go swieuming atthe pool near my oe and I ply a loc of gol [ply at least ewice« wee’ [election is very important (Good ide. san take «break? inthe sfenoon. Torhoe bey oF Be oneny (esos te ea he {eurdns oto Ona ot ogo toe a ma Seti ae 9 eta pe 224 22.2 Locka and Coposte and at he xeon (th in the corre ox. baying dng gl g photography B basketball debedrums Fj h Ge wumper = Tmodewae frown cinking, | [1 ike fron te |] ‘Tm innerested in | 3 Le ie mae [Jeet] tietxoptone | | 1 semi tera |i fm Assrophone payer : L__ ina je band Complete the crossword with the core foem of word from A,B and C opposite, evs 11 week 8) 5 See 12 down 17 Thea a roe tome (5,8) 9 Tore) 13 Tean tke 30 (a7) 14 and 10 down To relax (42,4) 15 For my holidays, leave chis ‘country and 16 I'm not working today ~ie¥ my day) Down 2 Tplay golf Saturdays play ‘week (4), at in the pool twice a a6) inthe Rockies very winter (26) 4 Tm ery 6 When you sop inthe theatre. goto the paye& week (10) work and drink e, you havea 35) 8 American English or holiday (8) 10 See 14 srs 11 Thy. elf I play every dy (3,2) 12 and 5 sero /ueualy stop work on Thursday everings and stat again on Monday. Take Eeeore (48) a nes cali Une Elementary to Prntermlote 7 YY Notes and coins BED Votes an coins In Canada there are notes or banknotes for si00 $50 sos SS “The Canaan dll dvidd into 100 cents. There ar ois for: Si Scents Scents 10censs_ Seas cent, “The notes and cont ofa country are its euene. A cent coin A hundreds note (lon tt esa frm se etree eae dle rot (i= es) ete ame ‘Changing money Matin is going on holiday to Canada. Ta change or exchange money, she goes to a bank or ‘bureau de change bjuar0 door). She asks these questions arrency in | 7)? iow commission do you charge? ) Late careyin Camda?) * 3 €3500000000 3 ° 4327750 a & Look at C opposite, Use approximate figues talk about the price ofthese houses and Mas ting the words in brackets. Look atthe example befoce you begin, 1 chateau ~ €9,950,000 (about The price of Whe craszau is abut ten milion ewes 2 vila ~€705,000 (around) 3 flat ~ €299,500 (roughly. ' sedio ~ €50,500 (approximately) Over to you Peo ee eee ee oarreeryt eral een ati acs erly Ube Elementary to re-intamedate a 26 “ Can we afford it? —— helene a ‘homes eting vve are ae Rikrow eee eee Reivers ie aoa Careful with money Maries talking wo a end, Rey: Maries What i ike in your company? Ace you careful with money? Rey: Yes, we are, We ty ott spend roo much Mariel: How do you ty to save money? Rey Wedon'-have more employes than we need, and we buy siags when there ae reductions and discounts ~ lower paces than sul. We ry nor 0 waste mosey by buying things tha we don need fe f Loans Marice: Do you rent your ofces - pay money tous a builng shat somone else owns — oF are you buying them? Rey: Were buying them. We borrowed 20 milion pesos fom the bank, but’ fc to repay the loan, What about you? ‘Macicels The bank len us 30 milion pesos and we have to payback around 10,000 pesos per month, Cun tbh ne Elementary te Printed 26.1 26.2 26.3 ‘Choose the core word to complete each sentence 1 The bank {leat / oan) us £150,000 and we (copay repayment) £550 a month 2 Igor (loan fen) to buy a machin. The (repayments repaid for this are £320 pee month. ait (cost / costs) so much wo buy new equipment thes days. 4 We have sles of £200,000 a month We spend £180,000 on pa. qtipment, ee. and try to (cave savings) £20,000 forthe furire 51 (borsow / borrowed) £1,000 fora long holiday. Then I won some money, wl (repay / repaid) £500. Look at A,B and C opposite. Complete the sentences, 1 you want o buy things at lower prices, you look for and 2 Ifyou dont have enough money to bay something, you ie 3 Ifyou spend more money than aecesy, you sn00e) 4 Ifsometing cass aloe of money iis 5 Ifyou pay mone t Eve o workin «balding owned by someone es, you ie Basins cat Une Elementary to Printermedate 6s YA§ Pay and benefits 27.1 Look at A and B opporie snd match the two pars ofthese word combinations. RTD vi20¢s 1 base 2 hours “Ths jb advrisnment for Hongo Stor 2eompeey °c They along for nw state fone who 3 conan cpr work fora company. The nb adreccmen le a & pemioa Youths wags rela hermoney you gi 5 working es ou ae paid evry week. Ie tal you the base pay you wil ern —money you ge-for working the ‘normal week a this ob, the normal week is 35 hours Th advertisement alsotells you bow much money staff ace pid for orerime — working more than the normal week, 27.2. Two people are talking about thi jobs. Complete what they sy with word combinations fom 27.1 abore. "ee but don't ike hamburger. r 2 The | ee very lng, Fish work very nt ae We ae loklng fr staf or our stores. Son | Shaun i rerio ood ‘apes Eom 7 perhourbas pa. | {Sper our ovate Froemesi nthe store stunt Email personal details to recruitment homegoodsores. com. * (Reet ans my onae|_ ‘They're giving me a “They offer Salaries \ Ty This job advereent fo dren company Ite you the slay - the oey you gif You ae pi erry moth ~and the benefit” the hing ou gt ination o money, One of he ‘eres ef th ob ina company cat aca owned by the company and ised by an employe: or ‘rock You ao gta company penon money you gt afer you nap working for exemple a [Dor 6S yeas od and fre meals ~ meas you don pay fc The adversement aloes you the work hous ~ the ines the wek when as eploye dos the job or a work 27.3. Match the sentences or pars of sentences containing expressions fom A and B opposite, 1 Tm okng oro i eer You tae to py 2 foe nc. Pre ated fag bee B {dow can cnogh where Iam now i 2 The Conpuny esau ee € barlcas avay ook oven 3 Laon ge much mony, 4 thre wet Salespeople 4 Thee ae ey end and ¢ Yor ea faves company ee eee kgf snlospeol, based a cu oft in bel Tye 30 dy hldy ayer” ike menone wrkng te Suir #50,000 cams obo €90, 000 eye 1 Gere * So hey per year comparyvextaurant thee mesi mary caw gy eta Jagr or NW Company pesion Worn hare: Monat ay, 9 am - 5.30. 6 The benefits are excellent. ere Emel [email protected] 6 ‘usin cy in Ue Elementary to Preitermedate Busnes Wen I Use Elementary 2 Presntemedione or Y2'J Company banking GED Me Kim isthe finance direst for 3 ‘company in Kocea “We'e with HSBC Bank. We have a cheque accoamt with «cheque book 30 we can write cfegues ~ printed forms from a bank that you use to pay for things. Our customers ay us direty into our account. "We als havea depost account where we can pat money for longer periods and eam iret ~ money the bank pays us. The bank sends us stataments every month showing us the balance for each account ~ ‘how mich money we have in our accounts! Cards "Fach of our salespeople has a company creditcard: MasterCard, HSBC i also our ‘edit card company. Fach card basa limit (f 10 nilion won (about $8,500) ~ thats ‘the maximum amount they an spend. They we itt pay for hors, restaurants and other expentes, They can alo use the card ‘0 withdaw oc take oat money from an [ATM when they need 1 pay cash for things “in other words, they ct we it a cath card. Bur here ifs charge~an extra smpoue that we have to pay = for this "We pay off what we owe ~ need to pay back every month, We dont want wget nto deb et! with cheered card company. ‘We dont want wo bave to pay intrest? ‘An ATM ora cash machine i tonne er mache we 3 Gel oe cin ries corti Be Online banking “We se oaine banking acces oar accounts onthe mera onthe HSBC website. We can sense money berween these account ~ we can move money fom one acount the ce, "And we can use online banking o see how mach ou slespeopl are spending om thei rit card? ses eal Ue Elementary to Preimemediote 28.1 28.2 ‘Complete the crosswerd withthe correct form of words from A.B and C opposite. Aewss 2 You on the money you have in a deport account (48) 3 You can make payments frm this (67 5 You an et cah fom this (4,7) 8 Anotier name fr a cheque aout; ‘account (B28) (7) 10 Anotier expres for withdraws 3) 12 Ifo spend more money than you have,you Gas 15 and 79 Our customers... into our account (3,8) 18 You can go into a bank, bt its easier 0 se banking (6) 19 See 15 acess Down 1 What you use at an ATM (44) 4 You am havea deposit. (7) 6 Amescan Expres isa typeof (69) 17 Please me a cheque (5) 8 Another expression for lake ou (8) 8 You write one ofthese to make 2 peyment (6) 11 Another expression for cab machine (3) 13 To move money from one account o another (8) 14 Imemet “is when you can look at your sccount on «computer (7) 16 The maximum you can spend on a credit card (5) 17 Ifyou have a account et a bank, you are co a that bank (4) ‘Complete the text with expressions from the bor Ute one expression twice charge credincards expenses ioteret pay off _watemeats withdraw) “The finance director at one company decided to give (1) ‘walls elespeople. They ae therm ory ie atl snd mele ‘wien they wave For the first year, evrything wat OK. But then they sated owe thcards 0) ‘money from cash machines, The company hid 0 py 8 @ fortis. Ater ht they sare to we the cards for personal o- Wen the (6) arrived, twas imposible to a ———— the bln ate end of every months the Core nas eau Is Use Elementary to Prenermedote ” YAS) Companies and money 1 SD se . Companies sl things o other companies and to people. These things canbe products or services. A busins sells «product at or for a partclar pie lass] commer, xa | on Bosing [ste se |sierae | - ‘You can use the thin person singular a the te \Gp__| __feotine_} Pompton th Sera er ne ome nears Sales ‘You can talk about the products that a company sella its sales, fr example em ding Mob oma es ed Sales can go up ogo down, ‘You can ale about worldwide sales or sles in «particle county o are, fr example Enropean sales ‘And you can lok at sales figures ose if sles fate goad or bad ~ to se ifs company has sold 2 lot or noe much. ‘computer siccrat sles clothing Costs Every company has cots. For example, a company that males products has [tary ~ ier teach the Gloromeraloematiel | 4g, [mea wod pase ee tape pipet | component | what pays spp Uni 3) for pars finance || fer oar e Unis 26 nd 28) adversiog |__| wir pend on aberisenens | You can say that costs are high o low. Hy uses cay in Ute Elementry to Preinermedate 29.1 29.2 29.3 29.4 {Look at A opposite and use the correct form ofc vee sl! in brackets o comple the seoteoces. You can complet some of the setencesin two ways. In these sentence, write both vera 1 Dall (preset simple) computer in shops not ue on the Internet. 2 Danone (present perfect yoguin the US for 50 years, 3 Hagen Daze (peesene simple) ke eream in 120 counties. 4 RolleRovee probably (Gare with wil) sccraf engines ‘worth S14 billion chi yea 5 Chanel (present simple) peoduas in more than 200 shops around he worl. 6 Real Madeid sid tha it each by the end ofthat year, (past perfect one milion Beckham shins a €80 Look a A opposite gain. Match che two parts ofthese sentences 1 Shops are fe to sll thee produce 4 the peopl that they ace sling to. 2 Salespeople should know all about 6 a the price they want 13 The New York Times sold © @210 in France, 4 Amazon sells the iPod Classic for 4 its famous bailing for $525 milion, 5 Microsofts seling «at $34 per 100 cobic metre. 6 Gazprom sells i gas Windows 7 to home nzes for $119.99, Look at B opposite. What happens to sles of each product in these situations? Look a he ‘example before you begin 1 People want ro wavel abroad more 2 Patol becomes much mare expensive. 5 Gold weather arrives, 4 Cameras become much eae to we 5 Computers become cheaper, Kircraf sales gow. ‘The Korean car company Hyundai spends moncyon the following tems (1-6). Match the ‘tems with the cousin C opposite 1 is website 2 paint wid on its cae 8 paying workers in its factories and offices 4 paying banks who have lent the company money 5 engines for ite cars 6 robots special machines to make its cars Ceo G npany oF one yu woul uns eabury n Ue Elmentary t Preintamedice n n Companies and money 2 Budgets ‘Tm Taman Li finance director for Hong Kong Texts (FIT Ac he begining of every yea, Talk to each manager about what dey plan to spend during the yeas, We aa budge: "badit/— decide the aoa they can spend This amount x shown inthe budget for exch depaniment "When managers spend more than we planned, they go cover budget | gt very angry if manager des this and 2 doc the chi exec ‘When managers spend les than planned, they are under badge But they ty noc odo this because they know thar ter budget wil be cut = redvced~ next year ‘We ve budget to eoatrol kan ross ~ 10 make sue thatthe comp does 208 spead too much. This ‘cor control i often one of my ost important task. T don't want costs to get out of cone Tat ears we trgen bap eer ‘hopes pmb mo aspen Sales forecasts E “Yim Heney Bao, sles manager for HKT. One of my jobs isto si how many products we wil sel ins partial perio. This sles forecast. “of ccare, we may sell more dan forecast ores than fovecart. The nambersofproducs that we realy ell are she aaual numbers? Fee ei es samc ic fe fn. Poe eh a npednigpee Fe amt enretemereneee erent) Sa acre oo ais pid G Prof spre pi) “The companys results show al hese igure? fuss aby ne Elementary to Preinermediate 30.1 30.2 seco fons of expen fom Aad B oposite wo compe he sete an at Se sample toe ou ti Las year at KT. 1 the mareing manage planed o spend HKS2illon, bt in ac she pet HKD rion she nen ver budget = 2 the producon aap: planed to pnd $8 millon, bt in hen be spent alin he 3 th produion manager pent thn planed ibd for et er wl be 4 the sales manager expected sles of $20 milion: tis was his 5 in ce end, ales were $24 milion: these wee the ‘The sold nee : 6 managers panned to spend $15 milion altogether, bu inthe end they spent $19 mio ets got 7 te finance director told the other managers that (expressions) wat very imporan. Look at Copposie. 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