Contents Mapofthebook Unit1
Welcome
6
Unit2
Numbers
72
Unit3
Work
18
Unit4
Information
24
unít 5
Places
30
Unit6
Action
36
Unit7
Meeting
42
Unit8
Reporting
4A
unit9
Communication
54 60
lJnit10 lJnit11
Plans
66
Unit12
Sales
72
practice Communication
78
pÍactice Grammar andvocabutary
94
Granmarreference
707
Transcripts
776
2,1
Communlcetlon
Gíammaí
Vocabulery
Telephone numbers and€ m ail addlesses Askingabouttimetables
what's...?- lt's.... ny andyout Whattine ...?
Numbers G-l0 Emailaddresses NumbeÍs 11-59 Times
Buying food
Plurals
Numbe15óG-100 Pric€ s
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Communication
GÍammaÍ
Arranging to meet
Prepositions with timesand dates
DiscussingfutuIeaÍrangement5 Plesentcontinuou5:
futuÍe arÍangements
Dáys Travellanguage
whv...? Buyingtraintick€ t s
wontto
Trainticketsand reservations
Talkingaboutpastevents
t'erpastsirnple
Timereferences to the past
Givingan update
Past simpLe: reguIaÍveíbs
Business trips
TalkingabouthoIiáays
PastslmpLe: irregular verbsG)
Holidayand travellanguage
Exchanging information by emaiL
PastsimpLel ilregu|ar Veíbs(2) 0biectpronouns
DocuÍrents andattachments
l\rlaking telephone
wil| spontaneous decisionsand offers
Telephone expressions
Talkingaboutthe and clÍmate
Revi;Wof píesent and pasttenses
The weather
l\'laking compaíisons
compaíatiVes
productsand services Comparlng
lrlakingchoices
Superlatives
Opinions
Checkingin for a flight
Countable anduncountable
Airponlanguage
SuggestionsrShall l/we...?
píiorities sequencing anddiscussing
FuÍuÍewilh 9oin9 to nave9aÍ
0b'ectives
Discussing howbusiness rs go ng
Adverbsof mann€ Í
performance company
Discus5ing salesand ordeís
nuch/nany: q|]esÍions
salesand ordeÍ5
Shopping
thislthese, thatlthose
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plans Stayingat a hotel
HotelLanguage
Welcome Introdu.t|onsAtohab€ t Á-z
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Communications. Paul HelloClaire. loé And this is Anne Pol and DavidTam. ] fíomzY Desjgn' oavld Nice to meet you. Ann. Hello. sam And a Sam Pickand this is Lata(ay' ' fíomlY Ho|dings' so, o fíomNew Yoík,claire? c|ik. Yes. Nice to meet you, eveÍyone.
píactice..' Page94' Ex€ í cise 2. b GÍammaí Practisé introductions. ljse th€ photos. Thisis .... He's/Shelfrom.... pÍa(t|c€1 ..' Pag€ 78.wot|t commun|cat|on |n groupgof thíeé' Jv|e.totherstudentsin th€ 8roupand lntrodu(estudents. Hello/Hi. I'm.... Niceto meetyou. Thisis .... He's/She's from.... UsEFULLANGUÁGE Hello/Hi. Niceto meetyou. Welcometo .... Thanks. |'msue Tayloí|'mfromTP software' Thisis PeterElton.He'sfromLMS.
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WheÍeareyou/they from? wheÍe'she/shefrom? (WheÍ€ ' s= Wherei5) AreyoufÍomLondon? ls he fromLondon?
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work with a pattn6r.Takeit in tuÍnsto a.k questionsaboutth€ peoplein 2a. A Where.s Bradcaíington from? B He'sfrornthe tlSA.
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practice2.-t Communication Page 78. work with a PaÍtner Do any citiésol í€ g ions in youÍ countíyhav€ a different name or píonUnciation in Engti5h?Write and say their Englishnames. Talk to oth€ l stud€ n ts in the gÍoup.Find out where theyte CHINA
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Work with a paítneÍ.stud€ n t Á chooses a city fÍom3a. Student B asks questions.Take it in turns. A WheÍeaÍeyou from? B Toulon. A To!lon?WheÍe'5 that? B t's in the soL]thoÍFrance,neal íMaÍs€ i Lle'
Whereare yolrfrom? |.mfÍomBÍemen' in the noÍthof Germany. Countries BÍa2iI china France Germany Poland Spaln the UK the USA
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lt list€ n to the conveÍsation.fitt in gaps. th€ , !!q,l/ you like a dlink'cLaire? 'o€ c|aire , , pleáse'could I havea tea? Yes. lvlilk?Sugar? loe Claire Withmilk,r . No sugar. 0K. And Anne? loe juice' havean oÍange please? suÍe' |oe 12 PRo|{U||.|AÍ|oN How do you say d and o' in these sentences?List€ n ánd íePeat. please? 1 cou|dI havea cofíee, 2 CouldI havean orangeiuice? /.n/
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b what'syourfavourite drink?Ask otheístud€ n ts. USEFUL LANGUAGE Wouldyou|ikea dÍink? Yes,please. / No,thanks. coLrldI havea/an'..,p|éase? Yes./ Sure. lMilk?sugaí? Withmilk,please. No sugar. No sugar. Drinks coffee tea (mineral) wateí juice app|eiuice icedtea oÉnge ,vote:Mínelalwaterconbe stilI orsparkUng. couIdlhavemineÍaI water'please? stilloíspalkling?
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'..;: :t# rnoxutctlrto L|st€ n .nd Íepeat. Thénpra.üséthe conveísatíons ínpairs. I A What'syournumber? -', B NlyphonenumbeÍ? A YEs. 2 A l\,lyphonenumberltwo one two .,.
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say the nümberson the büsiness.aÍd|n 3a' Thetelephonenumber's.... Themobilephonenumbeds.... Thefax number's..,.
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PÍa.t|se say|íttheena|laddresses ln 4a. practl.o4' stÜd€ n tA -.' commun|catlon P.ge78.stüdént B ..) Pagé88. Talkto otheÍstudents.Rnd out the|r€ m all addrcsseg. USEFULLANGUAGE
Nunbets0-10 o12 345 zeroloh on€ two three four 678 910 slx seven elght ntne len Telephone nunbers
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20 List€ n to the airpoÍtónnouncements. Filtin the Ílighttimes.
Chicago O'Hare - Terminal5 Departures LH 9]SB
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sevenpm / seveno'clock in the evening thÍe€ pm / threeo.c|ockin elevenpm / eleveno'clock at night d nineanr/ nin€ o'c|ockin lne moínIng mldnlght f midday/noon fiVeaÍn/ fiVeo'cIockin lne moÍnng h one pm / one o'clockln the afteÍnoon
List€ n and 27 checkyour answeÍs. r€ p eat.
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TIMETABLE O'HareAirport - TrainDepartures l0:OO l0:08 10r15l0:21 l0rl0 l 0 :l U l 0 : 1 5 l 0 : 5 1
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23 Listento this Conv€ í sationát o'HaÍ€ AirpoÍtstation. a B Á B A
Excuseme, what's the time? past tari, lts qLrarter when's the next tÍain? |t'sat ten twentylhÍe!. OK. Thanks.
20 l0 40 twentv lh]Íty fo(V
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24 Listenand íepéat thénumbers.
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60 70 80 90 100 vocabularypractlce-t Paga95, Exerclaa6. work with a partnelstudentA says . numb€ r (t-100)and studentB wr|t€ s |t.Takeit in turns.
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whst's the cÚrÍency |n yoÚícoÚntry?Howdo you say it in Engllsh?
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Howmuchis a B|gMac |í youÍcoüntÍy? 25 Llstento the prl..s. filt In the gaps In the Blg iiia. Inder.
Sonduiches Beef Solod Cheese ondTomoto €99 Tuno Chichen
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Number2 s 28 Listen and repeat thes€ phrases from the conveísations. How muchis that? Anythingelse? 29 Pio urrcr^TroNHow do you say the s sounds?Listenand repeat.Fill in the chart. singular (a/an) Plural (t!,vo,thÍee) i/i itr I
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27 list€ n to peopl€ buyingsnacks and drinks.F|lt|n th€ gaps. 1 A I A B
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CoLrld haveat h/t1-,t,! , please? A n y t h i n ge l s e ? l]m '.' y€5, and a 2 T h a l ' s f o u íe U r o ! 1
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Anylhingelse? No, thanks. B O K .T h a l ' s ' 1
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31 Listen to two people talking about their tobs. Fill in the chart.
32 PRoNUNc|AT|ol{ How do you sáy doyou in thesequestions?Listenand í€ p ea|. Íh€ n practisesayingthe questionsin 2a. 1 Whatdo yolrdo? tlir 2 Wheredo you Woík?
I liv. in London. I workfoÍBDA' Questions Wheredo you woÍk? Do you liv€ in Palis?
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flomthe tt a matcnthequ€ s tionsandanswers conversátionin le. writ€ a-d in the botes. r ['] whar rtoyou dot
2 . WhatcoÍnpany do you woÍkÍor? 3 l ] WheÍedo you Work] I [ ] oo you live in Boston? a ]Íexch€ m icaIs' b Imanarcountant. d
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USEFIJL LANGLJAGE |'ma manageíreceptionist/technician. l'm an áccountan|/a55istant/en8ineeí. Whatcompanydo you work for? I work foíWi|sonPartners. WheÍedo you work? IWoÍkin Bilbao,Ínspáin. I woÍkin a factory/hoteVlab/shop' Wheíedo you live? I live in Tokyo.
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Theysellsteeltocustomeí5 inWegteln Europe. ! They make steel a||ovel the WoÍld.
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Réadth. art|.leaboutGoraíTat|é ata|n.Then fflt |n the t.ps w|ththe CorÍect nÚmbers. on€ two three flve six thlrty fifty hundred thousand million blllion polnt
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y€ a rs old' Totalsalesare dollaÍs a year Orioncompanies have people. oíioncompaniessell tonnesoÍstee|a year' 5 GoranTatiaandlamesBernard own peícent of oíion. 33 L|stenand Ch€ c k yo|,ransw€ l s. vocabularypractice.-, Page9ó, Exorcise4.
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BÚs|ness Y€ Í bs .nd nouns
GoranTatió Multi nillionail€ GoBn tbtió bjwf 38 y€arc old. He come3 from spüt in croatia' but today he live6in Viclorie, Awtr3lia and ha8 Áu8halian naiionality' Mr 1b'tiTole'Ú ha]fof the orion omup. (Hb colleague,Jsmes BeÍneÍd.ownr th€ other 50%)' ofion címpanieshavetob'l Ealmof about$3 billion a year,and about50,000people work |oÍthe 8roup' orion Group companiesbuy st€el fÍom3uPpii€rs in Bussia' Eastern Buropeand Korea and sell it a over th€ world, They buy and sell 2'5 mil]ion tonnffi a yeal' Th€y also make8téelin a numbel of fá.|orie8in Russia'
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37 Listenagain.underlineth€ coÍÍe.t woÍds |nthe questionsfÍomth€ conv€ r sation. 1 Wheredo/doesyoursÍee|comefcones f|om? 2 whete doldoeswe bur'lbuysiI? 3 DolDoesft comefcones ftomGetmany? youse//Aellsyourproducts? 4 Wheledo/doés
Theyownthe company. Heownsfiftypercentof the company. Theverbhave is irregular: Theyhavafactoiesin Russia. HehasAustÍaljan nationality.
38 PRot|Ut|c|AT|oÍ| LlstenaÍd í€ p eat the questionsin 4c. Howdo we say do aÍd does?
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Prcsentsímple:questions Whatdo you selt? Do theyhavecustomelsin Chlna? Wheredoe! she aomafrom? Doéshe ownthe company?
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37 ,an€ Ross'fÍomcentroPumpsuK, is visitingMetaLln,a supplierin Hamburg. Listento her conveísat|on with FrankAÍzt' Metal|n,s factorymanager. Are thes€ senteí.estrue (Í)or false (F)?
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amazoncouk of AnrizoIl se||sbooksandhundÍ6ds You pay by cr€ d it ca|d otherproducts. by andAmazonsendsyourpÍoducts marl.You can also download 's.books.toreadon yourcompuléÍ (withAdobeRsadersoftwaÍe)' Q
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A: |f th€ cDs aréfor you, yes. But you can't give or Be|l copies to otherpeople.
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What's thenameof thetraincompany? Whatcountry is thecompany in? Canyoureadthewebsite in English? you pay cán for ticketsby cÍeditcáÍd? canyouíeceive ticketsby mailjn theUK?
51 PRot|Ut|c|ÁI|oN Listenand repeat th€ s e phrasesfÍomthe conversation. How do you say ía' and can'tin the sentencés' I Youcanbookon theInternet.
Youaanbuy booksfromAmazon. customérs can downloadmusicfrom iTunes.
2 And can.youpay by cíeditcard? /krnjut 3 Youcan'treceive . tickets... /katnt/
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HoWmanyp€ o pIe live in Au5tÍa|]a? Wheredo most peoplelive? Whereis propertyqUlte€ x p€ n 5iV€ ? Wherear€ propertypíicesVery|o!\r?
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!l has36'000 km oícoagt.ThereaÍe7.6 mi||ion l l km2oÍ|and.AustÍa||a |s big' very b|g.But tne popu|at|on |5vely sma||foÍa cont|nent. of18 m||||on w||hJus| twopeop|epel squa|eki|ometÍe' does this p|opeÍty móanAustlalian is cheap?Not exact|y. A |alge póÍcen|age of Austla|iansIive.na sma||numbelof blg c||les onthesouth.east coast'The |a€ e popu|ation |heÍe meanshomesarc qu|teexpensive(thelea||yhot pDpeÍty is in sydney)' |npaíts of westernAustíaIia. the oppositeis tíue. popu|aÜon ptices' Avelysma|| meansvery|owptopeíty pt|ce you Fot|he oía squaremett€ in sydney can buy ásquaíe k||ometre n€ a r the GÍeatVictoriaDeselt.Hot plopeny of a diff€ r ent kind!
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I live in a house/ an apartment in .... It's,.,kilometres from...., The house/apaftment is quite/very big/large/small. lt! ...squaremetres. It'soLd/modern. lt's quite/verynice. |t has '.. bedrooms-|t has a big/sÍnall gaíden. Is píoperty expensivein youÍcountry? ln ''. píicesaíequite/VeÍy high,but in -..
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goonbusiness trips go to conferences havemeetingsgivepÍe5entations goto tÍade fai15 Discuss th€ s e questions With a paÍtnel. Do you go to confeÍences? Do you havea lot of meetingsa Do you g]Veples€ n tations/ Do you go on businesstíips? Do you go to tradefairs?
He oftengoesto the headomce. They?ealwayslatefor meetings. a|ways usually ot|eí sonel|nes don't ohen nevel
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a lot (of)/ lots (of) a Lotofllots of + roun We havea lot of customers in France. We hav€ lots of custor.eísin |talytoo (a lot ofl lots of = a largenLrmbe, verb + a lol lgo abroada lot. (: often)
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67 pRoNUNc|AT|oN Listenand Íepeat. How do you say o/ in the sentences? 1 | havca |ol oÍmeetngs' 2 | don'tg Vc a IotoÍpresentations' ] Do you go lo a |ol oÍconferences? Gíammarpractice-.) Page99' Exercise2. pÍactice commünication 1ó .'' Page8l. Workwith a partner USEFULLANGUAGE Do you oftentÍavelon bu5iness? ldon't oftengo abroadon buslnesstrips. Ioftensendemailsto foÍeign colLeagues. phonecaI15' I nrakea Iotof inteÍnationaI go to Íade fairsand I sometimes I nevergive presentations in EngLish. I go to a lot of me€ t ings in English'
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having phoning working now moment this today
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Emma.l'm t /t,r/irl a rneeting at the'z with Laura and chÍis' Emma Right. You?eon the |oudspeakeÍ' lam Emma OK. Hi everyone. HelLo,Emma. C h s Are you havinga good timein lstanbuL? Emma Oh.it'sgreat.Reallygood.Thi] on|ypÍoblem is' |'mr ] you C h s |]n 5uÍc aren'twoíkinga|| th€ time] Emína, wete 4 about lim your proiect,Canwe ask yoll one oÍtwo questions? Emma Sure.Go ahead. 0K' chíis? ||m Chí|s Yeah.What'5YouÍteaÍndoing t , Emma? Enma We||,theyaíen'tWorkingat the ó . They?ehaving tuncn. chíis No' meanon the proiect'What aíetheywoÍkingon / lim
Enma Oh, right.Um ...Well, 3 wele,,,ro.king on installation numbersix.Wete just flnlshingthe testingon that thal'sthe lasl iob... b
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what ale |im,Laura,chÍisand Emmadoingat th€ moment? WÍitethe CorÍectform of the v€ Í b. ReÍelto the conv€ r sation in 1a agaln, if nec€ s sary. 1 lim' LauÍaand chÍisnre in the offi.€ thi5morn]ng' I/t,L1l,/atn11 a meeting.(hoye) 2 Emmaisn'tin the offce thisweek. on a projectin lstarbrl. (wak) I Ernma's in lslanbul. a good timc' (áaye] 4 Emma'sat Workat the moÍnent' a phonecaLl.andke, 5 Emma'sco||eagues aÍehaVinglun.h' at the moínent'('rl WorkJ ó Laura'sn a Íneeting' She lunchal the moment,(notioveJ 7 Jim,chrisand LauÍaare ta|klng' Emma quest]ons..ásk) 8 Emmannd hel co|Leagues ar€ on thc |.51job' thc testing'l''Álr)
Action6 Presentcontinuous l'm woÍk|ng on the leportnow. she's maklnga phonecall. They'rchavlnglunchat the moment. Negotive |'iÍíot havlíga coffeeat the moment. He lsnt maklnga phonecall. OR He'snot makinga phonecall. We .ren\ woídngtoday. OR We'íenotwolkingtoday. BothÍons of thenegativeare in @mnon use. Questions whafg she do|Í8?(WháÍs= Whatís) WhataÉyou doltlg? 15he hav|nga méeting? AÍ€ theyworklÍton the proiect?
70 Llstento the telephone conveEations. what are théPeoptedo|ng? comoletethe s€ n ten.es.
ó9 PRo|{Ut{C|AÍ|ol{ L|stenand r€ p eat the séntences.How do you say ./'9? 1 2 3 4 5 6
I'mhavinga meeting. What'sshe doing? she isn'twoÍking today' on the project' Weteall WoÍking AÍetheyhavinglunchnow? Whataíeyou doing?
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Talkto a partneLwhat aíeyou workingon at th€ moment? USEFUL LANGUAGE Het in a meeting thismorning. Theylehavinga coffeeat the moment. Whatareyou doingnow? I'mnot in the officetoday. We'reworkingon the newprojectthigweek.
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Whatis.spaÍe tiíne,? Whydo peopLebuy For Dummiesbooks? Whatkindof peoplebuyForDummles books? ls lhe For DunmiesseriessuccessfuL?
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Action 6 7l PRo Ut{c|AT|oN ch€ c k your answeís.Listen and repeát.AÍeany of the wolds|he sameor similarin your languag€ ? |s theiÍpronUn.iation differ€ n t in English?
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72 Listen to two colleaguestalking aboutleisuÍe.Which activiti€ s fíom 1c do theytalk about? lgo
72 Listenagain.Completethis extrart fÍomthe conversation. A Don'tyou |ik€ 1 | B lhate, A 0h' love]]
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74 Listento fourshortconveÍsation.. when do th€ peoPl€ arÍan8eto meet?Maík th€ foul dat€ s on the calendar. c
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We write: We say: ÍMay uth 11thívlay the eleventhof May
Meeting7 vocábUlalypÍá(ti(e'.') Page 100.Exetcise1' 76 Li.ten. Wíitethe days in th€ oíder you heaÍthem. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday | !t't,ltusJna 26 37
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77 Listenand repeat.Practisesaying the daysof the we€ k . Workwith a paÍtner. Lookat the calendaÍ. Yousay a dateand your partnersays the day'chang€ roles. A Thetwelfth of January B Tuesday.
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74 Listento the conversations in la gaps again.filt in the in the sentenceswith at, in oÍ on' 1 |'mfÍee.'/ theendof]anuary' Yes,I canmakeit thetwenty.eighth. 2 |'mÍree FebruaÍy' |'mbusy of FeblUáry' thebeginning of ivlaích? 3 AÍeyoufÍee themidd|e No,I can'tmakeit Friday. themorning? nineo'clock?
78 PRoNUNC|AÍ|on Listenand rep€ a t' How do you say .Íl' at the € n d of the numbeÍs? 1 2 r 4 5 6
Whataboutthe twenty-eighth? |.mfÍeeon the fourthof February' Fridaythe twelfth? Yes,the seventeenth is fine' of ÍMay No, can'tmakeit on FÍiday the thirteenth so, túonday th€ fifteenth'
practice19. StudentA .-t Communication Page82. StudentB -.>Page 90.
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Whencanwe meet? Whenareyou rÍee? whataboutthetenthof lune? That'sfine. No,l'mbusyon thetenth, I can/cant makelt at theendof lune. I'mfreeat thebeginning of lull I'mbusyin themiddleof July. Whataboutthe firstweekin August?
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79 Listen to Gary lipton talking to a Coll€ a gue abouthi5 plans for a busin€ s s trip. Filtin the gaps in his diaÍy. Paris London Cf i.uSo fonaon
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R€ a d GáÍy'sdiary again and answer the questions. 1 ls GaryleavingLA on TLrcsday? 2 Where'sh€ .hilnglllgÍlghtson thc Way ] 4 5 6
|5he takij)gIh€ lIainlo PaÍlson W€ d Icsdiy? In Pdris,wh ch hoteLs he slayingat? ls he comingbick to Londonon Saturd.yl |5he aÍriVing i chicago n the moming.
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Meeting7 futureaíangements Presentcontinuous:
Who...?Why...?
|'mf,y|ngto Londonon l/|oÍday' Shebmeetlnga collea8uethls afrernoon. Theyl€ 8rí|v|n8 tonorow' wei! hrvlnt a meetingat Íouro'clock.
WhoaÍeyou wolkingwith? I'mworking withlohn. Who'sSoingto the meeting? Anne,PeterandKen.
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Whyareyou goingto Hamburg? I'mgoingto a meeting. Why! he takinsthe train? Becausehe doesn'tlike flying.
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..) Pag€ 100,Exercise5. píacticé GÍammaÍ can you .ompletethes€ questionsfíomGaíy's (onveísat|on |n 1a? How When Wheíe Who Why Next aíeyou goingto EuÍope' GaÍy? We€ k ? 2 ) t
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aíeyou going?To the Londonoff]ce? TanyaDolanagain? áíeyou meeting? aÍeyou goingto Pari5?on bUsiness? aÍeyou lfave||ing to Páris?Are you
on page121 and 79 Lookat the tíanscíipt listento Gary'sconversat|on again.ch€ c k your Listonand r€ p eat' How Eo PRol{Utic|ÁT|ot{ do you say the und€ Í linedwords? 1 2 3 4 5 ó
Who\ 5h€ meeting? With? Who aÍeyou traveIling Who'scominglo the meeting? Whyare you leavingeaí|y? why'she golnglo London? why aÍelhey slayingjn that hotel?
Work with a partneL look back at Gary's diary.Ask and answer questlons about his trip. A B A B A
in ''.? When'sGaryleaving/arÍiving at .-.. He'sleaving/arriving Whafs he doingon...? . He'sflylng/meeting/going... he..'?/ Who'she '''?/ Why.she WheÍe's ...?/ How'she...?
communication oractic€20.studentA .-, Page82' stud€ n t B -.) Page90. Talk to other students.Flnd out what aííangem€ n ts they have Íoíth|s week. USEFULLANGUAGE
wheíeareyou goin8? Whyareyougoingto lvlilan? WhenAVhat timeareyouleaving? Whoareyoumeeting? Howareyou travelling? I'mleavingLondonon Tuesday. |'maííiving/changing in Paris' she5 stayingfoÍa week. He! flying. TheytetakingthetÍain'
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a1 Llstenand checkvour answers.
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a one way ticket (US): a .v;ril' a roJndl rp l, kel (J5) ' d a list of times(oftrains)= a = the timeat the destinátion to comeback = to to l)ook= to a booking= a a ti(ke|pÍice= a normal(ticket,class):
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I'dliketo booka seat. Whenwouldyouliketo comeback? | wantto returnon Saturday. Doyou wantto bookthe returntrip now? w.ntto +inÍinitive/ would [kéto + inqnitive I'dllke to booka seat. l waÍtto book a seat. Whenwoutdyou llke to teave? Whendo you wantto l€ a ve? lvoÍejWouldljketo 13morefornal/polite tton wantto.
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Destination icket (singletetun, Leavin9on (day)l Leavingat.(time)l Returning on (doy): Retumingat ftner: Class: Fare:
Workw|tha partneÍ. Lookat the thnscípt page for 2a on 122 and praatlsethe converSatlon, píactice communication 21.stud€ n t A ..) ..' Page82. studéntB Page91. USEFULLANGUAGE please. I'dlike a returnto (Birmingham), Wouldyou |ik€ to boo|ílesewe a seat? Whendo you wantto l€ a ve / comeback? Do you wantto travelfiEt classor 5econd/standaÍd/€ c onomy cla55? js Howmuch théstandardfare? can I changemy booking/res€ r vation? Tickets a singleti(ket(UK)/ a one-wayticket(US) réturn ticket(UK)/ round.tÍip ticket(Us)
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USETULLANGUAGE Howwasthetradefairlastweek? Itwas/wasn't verygood. TheleweÍea Iotof peoplethere. TheÍe weÍen't a lot of newproducts. Wheíewas it? Whowas theÍe? Wastheneetinglong? Howmanypeoplewereat themeeting? Timereferences to thepast yesterday, last FÍiday, 1a9tweek,last month, lastyear,thíeedaysago
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BOO Io: Luke Roscoe F r o m rH a n n aD a y subjectI trade íairÍ€ p or| Dear L!ke, I rn now back in Vancolver afler my típ to De hi' The lrade fáir 1 l1l'\ Very good t '? a big event thefe r about 400 compan es There 4 onty two new producls ál lhe show so there ! a | o lo Íb i g s a e s p Í e s e n t a t o n B s ulthere 6 a very good p.esentation.by l4ercuryConsu ling. on new lechno]ogy t,mwnling a íeportaboul it al the moment' I cán send you a copy |áler lhis week' business asl week? 3 RegaÍds. PS Edwn Palmere
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she emai|€ d the reportye5terday'
phoned taIked pÍesented receiVed looked visited emailed needed d.scussed woíked stayed staÍted finished travelled
Questians(did + subiect + innniúve) oid you recc|vemy email yesteÍday? Whatdid theydiscussat the meeting lastweek? Negative (didn\ + inÍjnitive) I didnl talk to lenny. she didnl Phon€ .
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Look at the slammaí box. Then Íeadthe phíases 1-7 and f]nd them in th€ emails (h|ght|ghted). who or what do th€ undellined woíd. lefeíto? choose fÍom th€ s e people oí things.
A]exW|olelhe m nutes íoÍlhe |ast meeting lhinkhe sent them to you. B u l i Íy o ud o n l h a v el h e n r j. u s ta s k h i m lo eÍna you a copy'
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Lo0is€ YoUt€ weIcome' Whatcan do [or USEFULLANGI]AGE 97 List€ n to thételéphon€ calls a8a|n' check your answ€ í s. 98 Listen and rép€ a t the sentences' Íh€ n , in paits' practise the conveÍsations in 2b. 1 2 I 4 5
Who'scalling,please? Herline'sbusyat the moment. one moment.please. Wouldyou llke to hold?
A sthatRob? B Yes,speaklng. 6 Thanksfor calllngback. vorabulaIypraCti(e'.') Páge 102.ExeÍ(ise 4.
please? Who'scalling, ]t.sEíicBlanc. ls thatTom? Yes,speaking. couldIspeakto Ann,pl€ a se? Sorry I'mafraidshe'sout. Canl/ Couidyoutakea message? I'llgivehimthemessaSe. Couldyouaskherto callme (baak)? I'll call backlatel CouldI takeyourname? Herlinebbusyat themoment. Wouldyouliketo hold?
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USEFULLANGUAGE PlanesaÍe5afernoWthantheyweíe' The new modelis moreeconomical, but lthink it's less reLiable. TicketsaLesare betteÍ/Woíse than |astyear The disadvantage is the higheÍcost' The advantage is that it! cheaper.
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2 The TGVis tíairl in EuÍope'(/áJtJ KLM ]s ] AiÍFÍance aiílinein Europe'í/.1rgeJ 4 PeopLeoflenwant lo buy tickets.{cheapl people 5 soÍne Want WAV IO
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tickets, cl,lstomeís are aIsohappyto havea quick snack froma Packet'oí no food at a||'insteadof an in.ílight mea|' There's competitioron the ground,too. Peoplewho jouíney' wantthe mostconvenient Íátherthan the|€ a st e)(pensive fare'oftenfind high'speedíeins are the best weytotÍave|' Euíope'5fastesttrain'the FrenchTcV is thequickestway to get from city centreto citycentre onmany.outesTher€ arenowintelnationa|T6V Iines bétween Paris,London,Bít]sse|s and co|ogne,and there .Í€ p |arsfor newíoutesand fasteíl nes' comPared vithmostP|anes,the TGV a|sohas b gger'nroÍe comfortab|e seats- b€ t ter foíWorking,ol watching (owsgo pastat loo km/h.
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lo7 |'istento two businessp€ o ple talkingon a plane.Theytediscrissingways of tÍavelllng fÍomParisto Frankf0tt. Do théy a8íee(A)or disagre€ (D)?writeA or D in the boxes. 1 Flyingis alwaysthe fastesl. 2 Thetrainis the most convenient. 3 Th€ traini5 the cheapest. 4 DÍiving is the woÍst'
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112 Listenand Íep€ a t the sentences' 1 5ha||we plan the íneeting? 2 WhcÍc5hallWe Íncet? I Shall comelo Tokyo? 4 Whensh.lLI caLlyou? 5 Lets ralk again. 6 Let'sdo lhal.
KÍisti so' whereshallWe rneet? Akio Um '..Well' can cometo youÍoffl.e' or you can corncherc, KÍist|WeL|'you tame her€ |astIim€ ' 5o Akio Yes.oK' Yedh'thenyou can ÍneetouT neWdesignmanag€ t KÍisti oh' y€ 5 ' Good id€ a ' oK, so r a tn Tokyo. Akio oK' Hon]manydaysdo We n€ e d7 Kdsti Hmm ...good queston. Akio ' th€ me€ t ing' first?Thenn]€ can deciden'hento rneei ano now longwe n€ e o ''' Krisli Yes,OK. Ákio wrotea Ii5t,this morning'oÍthe things ld like to look at withyou. KÍisti Right'Good' 3 Akio So, um ...weLl,/ it to you?Thenyou .an l o o k a t l l , a n d w e can taLklaler. KÍisti Yes,0K, good idea.9 10 thal. Akio l'll sendll now And 'll calLback,!rn . rz you? When,, rl a g a r n I n an Kristi Akio 0K, fine.Bye.
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. discuss thisnow . decidelateí . puton (heagenda
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1 tl' Listenagain.AÍethesesentences tru€ (Í)or false (F)? 1 |t! imponant to Workon thebÍochure- E 2 choosing thephotosi5 quiteuÍgent' ! designis a smalliob. 3 Thewebsite tl aboutnewpÍoducts is veryurgent.! 4 Ta|king l14 PRollUNC|AÍ|o|{ Listenand r€ P eal. Underlinethe stressedwordin eachsent€ n c€ . 1 2 3 4 5 ó
fs urgent, |t'sqUiteuÍgent' |t'sVeryuÍsent' lts important. ]t\ quiteimpoÍtant. |t'5veryimpo(ant.
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HiAkio, | |ookfoíwardto séeingyou .n Tokyonext week'My f|ightarrivesat NaritaAirpoÍtat 17r10 on Wednesday. I'mgoingto takea taxitothe hotel(l m stayingat the New Empire). lthinklhe kip takesabouthalfan houlso if you like,we can meel in the even]ng. sha||wéhavedinner? llhinkit'sbetterif we startdiscussinglhe websi|e beíoíe we 9o intothe officeon Thursday. lt'sofleneasierto haveideas ou|side the oífice' Regards, Kíisti
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Workln paks.Ask aboutyour partner'splan5for nextw€ e k. Takeit in turns. A Whatareyougoingto do nextweek? B 0 n . . .I ' mg o i n g1 o . ... practice32 ..' Page86' woÍkwith communication a partner, USEFUL LANGUAGE
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Tryto use the aameintonation. I've got a creditcard. He's got a message. We havent got a íeseNátion. She hasn't got a key. Questions Haveyou got his numbeÍ? Has the hotel got a restauÍant?
-J 1 Couldyou flll in this form,please? -.', 2 Wouldyou lik€ a Wak€ up cal|? .í I Could checkout,please? -í 4 can I pay by creditcaÍd? Píactisethe conv€ Í sation fíom 2a in pairs. chang€ Íoles. practicell. StudentA . .> communication Page86. StudentB.-) Page 92.
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Talk about your best and worst exPeÍience. of staying in hotels. Why were th€ y good oÍbad? USEFULLANGUAGE Checkinginto o hotel |'Vegot a reseÍVat]on. srngle A doubleÍoom. twin
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R€ C eption oK' So' one phonea Kristi Yes,And some orangejuicefrom t h e5 RéceptionYes' That'sall. oK. So ó one thousandfiVehundíedand fifty yen,please. Kristi Can I pay by 7 cardl Re.eption 0f course. a you are. Kristi ReceptionThankyou.
couIdyou fi||in thi5foÍm,please? Canyou sign this? heíe' Put yoursignature Here'sthe key for your Íoom' Wouldyou like a wake-upcall? Checkingaut of a hotel Couldlcheck out,pLease? payingthe bill. l\rly company's pay I iust have to the extÍas' I had some oíangejuicefiom the minibar. can I pay by cÍeditcaíd?
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'on quarter Third results track' The sports clothing end equipment store, Toreador, reported good third quarter results today. The company's profit increased by 38/. on the second quarten Mervin Clay, the chiefexecutive, said Tore{rdor is 'on the right track'. MR CLAY SAID, 'When I came here two years ago, I had one objective - stop l nahing llpniLtE monoy and start making a 2prolit lloss. My first goal was to improvc busincss in the stores wc had. w e s t o p p € d o p e n in g n o w stores, we worked hurd j'n.rc.l|. to /í/e.r".ls. sa lcs and cut costs. And we d i d t h a t q u i c k l y . T o d u v .w e have thightIlouar c,,sts, shith(t ll,)u'et sol(,s, anrl .r (grxldlóaíl proÍitmalgin' Woic ',loÁl,Igli.)si'lÁ,money a!..tin'
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Readth€ fiÍstpatagÍaph of the art|c(é. Answer the questions. 1 WhatdoesToÍeador 5e||? 2 Arethecompány's results betteror woíse thanbefore? can you completethe text?|Jnd€ í linethe Coílectwordsin the eÍticte(1-9).t|s€ a to h€ l p you. dict|oÍary 123 Nowlisténto Mervinchy speaking at a pÍessconf€ í enceand Ch€ c k youÍanswers.
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StudentA Imagineyou áí€ goingon a bUsin€ s s triP next week.completethe information aboutyouÍtrip.
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practice Communication
StudentA Lookat yoUÍcompany'sresUltsfor the last two quaÍte15. Talkto youÍpaÍtneÍ. DescÍibe hoW well/ badlybusinessis doing.Say jf thingsare iÍnpÍoVing' and hoWquickly'
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StudentB wÍ|tean emailto yourpaítn€ í (onpap€ r ). Ask foí theaddressof hi5/heroffic€ . Youípaítneíwill sendyou an email.Writea íeply.
Facilitiesin reception: a photocopaer a fuxmachine a computeÍ withInternet connection a drinksmachine There'sa barand restaurant at the hotel.
StudentB A9kyouÍpartneÍ thesequestions aboutz€ | ton software'5 web5ite.comDl€ t € th€ answeís. ,..buysoftwarefrom thewebsite? WhatsoftWaÍe ..' buy? .'.payby cÍeditcaÍd? ...downloadsoftware? '.' copysoíiwale/cD? ...buy software/CD? ,..website address?
Software: Yes/No Yes/No Yes/No Yes/No Websitel
StudentB YoUaíeat the recept|on deskofyouí.omPany. Youípartn€ r |se visitoÍ.An.weryouÍpaítneí's questions. Giv€ diíections fíomtheíeception desk.
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. the buyer'soffice . the copyroom . the mainoffice . the mana8€ r l office
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Askyoürpaítn€ rabouthis/héÍ homé. compléte the information.
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house/apartment floor
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StudentB Answeí thephoneandtellyouÍPaÍtneÍ whatthese p€ o pl€ áredoing.
youaregoingona business Imagine tÍipnext week.comPl€ t € theinformation aboutyourtriP.
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YouwoÍkat a ticketoffice'YourpartneIwantsto buy a tíainticket.comPlete theinformation.
Lastwe6k,yoUvisitedá customeí in Liveípool. Youí partneris youímanager. Answeí his/heíquéstions aboutthevisit.usethisinformation.
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Destination: Ticket(single/return)l Leavingon (day): Leavingat (tim€ ) : RetuÍnin8 on (day): RetuÍning at (tjÍne): (firsvstandaíd): class Fare:
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StudentB [astweek,youwereon6 tíáinin5 couÍse. Answer youIpartnertq0estions áboutit.tJs€ this informátion. Course:lvlakingPresentations Héadoffice 26 people Tíainer: RitaDavies- salesmanager Quitegood,butverylong Lastwe€ k , youlpaltnéÍ wasat a Conf€ l ence. Ask questions aboutit.compl€ t eth€ infoímation. (name): conference Good? Locataon: Number of people: KeyspeakeÍ(name):
Trip:verygood Company:stone andSons TraV€ | :by train Hot€ | :smallhotelnearcustomer's omce Talkedto:TomFellows(manager) andlaneLark (buyer) youín€ w píoducts Discuss€ d :yol, pÍesented Customerl likedproducts opinion; NowyouareyouÍpaÍtneí's manag€ ÍLast . week. he/shevisit€ d a supplier!factoryin stuttgaÍt. Ask questions aboutthebusiness trip.Makenotes. ...Soodtrip? Whatcompany...visit? How,.,travel? Where...stay? good? '.' íactoÍy Who...talkto? What...talkabout?
StudentB last month,you w€ n t on holiday.An.weíyour paltner! questions.U!€ this infoímation.
- packaSe Destination: Bermuda tour TranspoÍt: flight Departule: 5th (|astÍÍonth) Return:21st (lastmonth) Accommodation: hotel100 metresfÍombeach golf'sightseeing (r€ n ted a car) Activities: swimming, 6ood holiday?verygood yourpaltneÍ Lástmonth, wenton hoLiday. Ask him/h€ Ías menyqÚ€ s tionsas youCánaboÚtit. WheÍe'..? When.''? How..'? What.'.? Didyou '..? Was^vére ...?
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t0? Seatposition? Luggage? his/herboardingpass. Givethe passenger GateC12. No delays.
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2 she/ not/ work/ at hometoday.
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3 you/ leave/ now?
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4 where/ you/ go ?
4 i\4ykitchenis 40 n2, (large)
5 | / not/ read/ the repoítnow. 6 what/you/do?
5 fhe cofiidot is 7 n. (long)
7 he/ have/ lunchat themoment ? 8 they/ not/ have/ a meetin8this moínin€ .
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Do yougo on business ái's ? go to trad€ | sometimes | usuallyhave in my officé. give .................... | sometimes to laryegroups. | 8o to our company...................... everyyear.
Addthe wordsin bíacketsto th€ sentences. 7 | getlp at ó.30, (usually) l.!n!!!!!!!.1!f t..tq!.1!t6.."1p."................ 2 | take work home. fneyerJ
3 I don'tsend faxes.(often) 4 Do you go to tradefuisl (sonetines) 5 | havelunchat home.(oiwoys) 6 | go to meetings. fo lot of) 7 | don't go to confeÍences (o /o' till in th€ mi55inglettetsto make.pr€ s ent time' 1 2 3 4
What are you doin8 aÍlhe \ !,!1 r !! B Wete working in the officen Are they havingthe € o nference ! - week? I'mworkingat home! ___.
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Undertin€ the coíl€ c t formof th€ veíbs. 7 | lole swin/Sljnnjng. I go every mohing. 2 | like wdtch/wotching football,but I can't play/pldyingverywell. 3 | hate run/runninq.| fittch ptefetcycle/cycling. 4 What do you |ikedo/doingin youÍspaíe time? 5 | can,t'ky'skiinqvéryWe|l.|t'sVérydimcult' 6 | don'tlikeploy/playlng chess.lt'sboring. tlll in thégepswithcotrectÍoÍm oÍgo,ployoÍtlo, 1 | ......-t2.. runnins. 2 0o you ..... .._football? 3 He .. weighttraining, 4 She ...._ .....aerobicsafterwork. 5 | ...... cyclingin the morning. 6 He ................ the guitarin a band. 7 They.. ____fishing.
These are your arÍangem€ n ts foÍnext week. oescribewhatyou are doing.
wíit€ th€ datesas words. | $.05 M,,u th hath l tI'. ha'th L,ÍM', 2 74.07. ... .. ... 3 03.12 4 05.11 5 01.04 ........1 6 22.01 ... ...................1
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rittinttresaps. dí|vlng alÍ|vinB chan8in8 fly|ng comlng stayang A where aíeyou ,,Í!r1"|ti!'!,'' in Aviínon? B At the hotellbis. to Barc€ l ona? A AÍeyou ' Yes, with Lufthansa. B A Whenareyou ...................... in London? B At 20.30. A Whenarc you '''''''''''.'.'''''''' backfÍomzu ch' B On ivlonday evenang. I'm...................... to Bolognathis time.ltl only two hoursby car. A Areyou flyin8diíectto Hon8Kon8? B No, I'm..... ... in Amsterdam.
Buyinga trainticket.Fittin thegaps. t asil!l|t'''.''' ol a retumtick€ t ? 2 | don'tknowthe timesof trains.Do you have at ? in London? 3 Whattimedoesthetraina.............. 4 Can I r................... a seat,please? 5 A firstor secoídc.'''..''''''''''''' ' ticket? 6 Howmuchis th€ f' ...' fromLondon to Paíis?
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comp|ete thequestions to metchIh€ answers. 1 ^ ||hü:.. Wouldyou liketo 8o? B I'dliketo go to Milan. 2 A do you wantto pay? .........._ B I wantto pay by creditcard. you likea sin8leoÍa leturn? 3 A ''' B ld likea single,please. 4 A do you wantto comeback? .... B I wantto comebackon l\'londay. you liketo booka seat now? a ..................._ B Yes,ld liketo booka seatnow you wantto travelsecondclass? A ....... B No, I wantto travelfirstclass,please.
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at the newofÍice. aboutworkoverlunch, the newprojectat the ples€ n tation. pricesat the meeting to seethe newproduction line'
Makesentences in thepagtsimple. 1 he / pÍesent / salesrepoÍt / last Friday. t h' 1r.^t'Ltl^d.Ihr. *th ,' ,,7utt .laa!.Ftil*y1. 2 we / not discuss/ pÍices/ y€ s terday. 3 she/ phoneGavin/ lastweek? 4 they/ emailyou/ yesterday ? 5 | / phoneAlan/ lastlMonday .
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titt in ttt"gap. *ilh wos,wosn't,were ot weren't. 1 A WheÍe..í171l'.. you yesteÍday? B We ................... in a meeting. you at the conference 2 A in Parislast .......... month? B Yes,| in Paris. .. 3 A ' . ]uliaat the tlade fairlastyeaÍ? B No,she ................. there. A 4 ... ... theyat the presentation yesterday? B No,they ................ They.............. there. ... o na t r i p .
rittintnesaps. y€ s terday weeks a8o moÍning last night He was in NeWYoÍkten days''''''',, Todayis lMonday so, .................. wasSunday. I wasin Australia month. . Thetradefairwasthree ago, They weíein the officethis
Therewasa problemat the factorylast Matchth€ pai15tomake5€ n tences.Writea-e in the boxes.
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6 she/ talk to sally/ yestérday . Matchth€ paiísto make5€ n tences.wr|tea-i in the boxes. r @ Lastyear 2 ! We travelledby ferryfrom 3 ! I !
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write th€ pastsimplefoímofth€ verbs. ! We llep back lasr nisht. lttv) 2 | ...................... this CD on my holiday.(buy) 3 I . ....... .......homelast Friday.(.ofte.) 4 We a ferryto the island.ftoke) 5 we '' a weekin Fían.elastyeaí (hove) 6 They ...... ... on |ÍiAy5th' 1eove) 7 We .....-'-',''...''''''. at a 8ood r€ s taulantlast night.(edr, I Tom .... . to Chinalastyear.(9o) 9 | a .offeeat the airpoít'(d'.n/d 10 Theticket ........... .....e395,(cost) 11 We .... things. . lots of interesting (seel 12 We ..._ .... . fromLondonto Barcelona. (d ve)
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r|ttintt'"s"o. *iththecorr.(tobi€ . t pÍonouns. me you hlm her lt us them 1 | don'thavethe agenda.Couldyou send ........1. ....to me? 2 There'sa messa8€ for ''''''' . can yophoneTrevorbefore3 pm? luliawantsto see yourreport.can you send . ....... ......a copy? I'msendingfourattachments. I hopeyou can open ............... . lllr lohnsonphoned.Canyou contact . .. today,please? We don'thav€ the newschedule. can you € m ail it to -'''',.... ? couldyou s€ n d the minut€ s for the last meeting? | don'thavea copy.
till in the gapswiththe past5imPtefoímof the irregulaíverb5. (speol,) t | ' ,Í?'((:'' to RobertoyesteÍday. 2 | ..---.. . ]ohnaboutth€ meetin8'(Íe1, 3 Scott ...--.....- me a copyofthe schedute at the lastmeeting,(g/ve, 4 sarahphoned.sh€ ..''''''',,,''''''''. she needsto speakto you.(soy.) 5 | last '' c|aireat the confeíence week.(see, 6 We Sam! presentation was very int€ r € s tin8. Gh,'k) 7 He '''..'''''','......''' my reportafterthe m€ e tin8. (rcod) 8 We méeting lást .. ...a p|anning Ftiday(hove) 9 Tom ... . mean emailthismornlng. (send) 10 | a leporton the píoiectlast (t"r'te) month. F|ltInth€ 8apsin the ie lephone .o nversat|on. A could Il ,'l'.*J&'''' to Nathali€ ,pl€ a se? z B Who's .... , please? 's A 3.......... . .... lessicaKeen. 4.................... B lust a . , please.Wouldyou like to5 ?
Yes,pléas€ . solry |'mó'''.. OK,I'll(allher7 .
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MakeofÍers anddec|s|ons Using,'ll. I send/ you/ infomation , /'ll stul uou tht nlÍirnftiou. 2 8iv€ / Tom/ messa8e. 3 phone/ you/ later. 4 ask/ manager / about/ order. 5 email/ Tina/ this moíning. 6 call/ back/ aft€ r / meetin8.
practice Grammar andvocabulary ( )?wí|t€ s or t{inthé sense(s)oÍnonsense box€s. t |s it warmtheíe?- Yes,it! fr€ e zins. 2 lfs hot and sunnyhere. 3 lfs windyand ctoudyin the offce this mornlng. It3freezlngthis molning.lt'smlnus ten deSrees. Íheweathefsm|serable here.|tl fog8y and.old, A What3the Weathér likethere? B There'sa thunderstorm.
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2 a h|gh.sp€ e dtla|n/ conv€ n lentwayto tEvel . 3 what/ goodway/ getto the airport? 4 which/ expenslve airllne? 5 a low-costalrllne/ cheapoption.
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Putthewordsin oíde(Makesentences. 1 agenda / shall/the/ this/ we/ afternoon / discuss ? 5 Iu[Ittt ii": cuss.tItc.rEtL tr!t t lt* tfit n tu? 2 him/ | / the/ an/ email/send/ shall/about / price/ new/ list? 3 meeting / shall/where/ have/ we/ the? 4 a8ain/ let'g/ on / FÍiday / afteÍnoon / talk
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Doyouhaveany about40 minutes. 6............... in? to check ....
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shopsafterthe security check. Thereare ,....''''',,...''' shopsand a caféovel there. |'msoíy' I have'''''''..'''''''...'' otheÍidentification with me. information aboutflights Yes,there's.. on the scteenoverthere.
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Passenger Thankyou. st€ w atdess Boalding stafts in 30 minutes'
Fill in the gapswithsome,onyot no- here! ny 1 | have'^r4l'í:'' identification passpoÍt' 2 I'msony therearen't aisleseatsleft.
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r he / fly/ to lvloscow / on Frjday. 4 we/ havedinner / at thehotel. ? 5 you/ woÍk/ late/ toni8ht 6 | / not book/ the tickets/ on the lnternet
practice Grammar andvocabulary rill in th€ m|ss|nglétters to complété the sent€ n ces. 1 Whatareyourp la! 4 éfor nextw€ e k? 2 What'syourrnaina _ _ ? is to mak€ th€ website 3 ouí9 - i- - easieíto use. 4 Ourl_ _ _ _l dateis theendof theyear. 5 Ourg _ _ _ is to finishthe proiectin two monthS.
Fill in lhe gapsso thatthe secondsent€ n c. in ea.hpaiÍhasa s|mIlaÍ m€ a ningtoth€ Rrst. loss quartel |ncreased pÍofit improved costs We€ a med a lot of money. We nl.adea biA ..pt!2/it Hereare fi8uíesfor the lastthreemonths. HeÍeale ff8uresfor the last ''''''... ''''''.' . Wespentless money. We cut salesgrcWby looÁ. sal€ s .....'''' ' by 1o%. We lost moneylastyear. we madea '''''',,....'''',..... Iastyeóí our bus|ness8ot b€ t ter. Ourbusiness . .....................-
Íl|ak€sentenceswiththe correctíoÍmof hovegot. 1 Do you havethe bill? qat Íll biIl? Í1rtvr''ut,'u 2 We havea ÍeseNation fol two n|8hts. 3 Mr so8a doesn'thavea m|n|baÍ in his room. 4 Theydon'thavetheiíkeys' 5 Thereceptlonlst hasa messa8eforyou. ó | don,thavevourextensionnumbel.
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rntrnttresans. signature double room exhas bill wake servlce check uD In minlbar Two people need a ir!lt/.,. rcomat ahotel. 2 Whenyou ariv€ at a hotelyou '''',,,''''''',,,,. Youwriteyour ......... . on a cheque. 4 Thehotelglvesyou a . whenyou leave. phone |fyouwanta méa| in youlÍoom, Youask for a call,if you needto Bet up early. Phon€ callsalen'tincludedin the pÍiceof a hoteIroom.Theyaíe'''.'''''''',...'''''' ' There3a in youÍÍoom,lf you want a drink.
chante the s€ n ten.es. |Jseadv€ Í bs' 1 Thetraini5 slow. Thetraini5 t6ve||in8 '.!á'rú It wasa quickmeeting. Themeetingwent.............. We hada goodhollday. our holldaywent . ... It'shardwork. Weleworklng .................... It wasa bad project. Theprotectwent she! a Ía5two*el. she woÍks Matchth. pa|Ísofsentencesw|ths|mll6r meanin8s. wÍ|tea-€ |Íthe box€ s . r ! 2 ! : ! 4 ! 5 ! a b c d e
A lot of companies sell the same produatsas us. Lot5of peoplewantto buythis. Youcan buythis producta bit cheaper. We havea largestockof products.
We providethésames€ N íce as them. Youcan geta smalldiscount. We hav€ lots of 8ood5in our warehouse. We hav€ lots of Competitors. We competewiththem. There!a blg demandfor it.
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2 aÍE/ stoÍes/ mak|nta proít? 3 how/ prollt/ dld you make?
4 wasthere/ demand / forsnacksanddrlnks? 5 how/ d|scount / d|dyou!€t ? 6 aÍ€ / supplleE/ sell|ng thlsproduct ?
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m tnttrcrrrr. pln .handnt ofr Credlt ré.e|pt salé 5|26 on 1 Theyrehav|nEa ....Ád1......... . Eveíyth|n8 |s halfprlce. 2 Theyrehalfprlce.TheÍ€! 50% 3 Thé-'.*.... rooíls|ustovértherc. 4 lfs loo snall. 0o you havell ln a blgger ^ can I payby -.--CaÍd'please? B Yes'of cours9.can youputln youÍ please? nurnber, ...-.....-..... A ls lt the rlghtslze? B I donrtknow.I'lltrylt ,.....-.........._. . I'llputyour.-......*...... Inthebag. F|lt|nth. ttpE w|th.á,'' thot,th.'. o. tho'a. 1 CalJ.I try on -!he'- 9hoe5overtheÍ€? 2 HowÍIu.his *...._- T.sh|Ít ln theshop wlndow? t A Doyou llke --..-....._ shlrt? 8 \ts' |t looksg!€at on you ó Mmm|''...-'''.....-''. sandw|.hes arede||c|ous| 5 Excuse me.Arc ...............-.... ieansoverthereIn thesale? 6 A lle &t _......_.....llttlepresentfor you. Hereyouare.HappyblÉhdayt B Oh,thankl
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suoyrcr rnorour,rs sln$|taÍ llyo\rhelshe(to tolk about people) it (to tolk about things and oninols) Pluról welyou(totolk oboutpeople) they (to talk obout people, oninols and things)
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Imnot you aren't/ youtenot he isn't/ he3not she isn't/ she'snot it isn't/ it's not we aren't/ we?enot theyaren't/ they'renot Shortanswers nega!ve Yes,I am. No,I'mnot. (onefoftn)
. Thepronoun/ alwayshasa capitall€ t ter. Ton and I are ftom Boston. .
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No,he isn't/ he'snot, No,she isn't/ 5h€ ' 5 not. No,it isn't/ its not. No,we aíen't/
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Yes,he is.
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Yes,she is.
ls it ...?
Yes,it is.
Are they...?
Yes'theyaÍe. No,theyaÍen't / they?en0t.
We usethe shortformin conversations, Be hastwo negativeshortforms.Theyare bothcommor
fou is singular andplural, loe, ore wu ríon New Yo*? Ann ond Nick,aÍewu Fom New Yo|k?
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We usethe whenwe aretalkingabouta particular thing. Close the door
Norrnrt lnrrcLElzAIA Theleale two indefiniteaÍticles: o and on. w€ useo or o|' witha singularnoun. We usea befoíeconsonants: o coffee,o conpany, a tea We use on befoÍe the vowelsounds: juice, dn opple on iced tea, on emoil, an oÍfce,on unbrella
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Ther€ ar€ someirregulaí p|wa|s(nan ) men, wonan ) women,child ) children). Wh€ n therearetwo words,onlythe second wold endsin .5 in théplural. phonenumber>phonenunbe5 (NOIBhoaea
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Sin&tar my/your/his/herlts PluÍ.l our,o uí^h eir Theformls thesamebeforea sin8ular or pluratnoun. What'shls mobilenunber? Whereore hls tickets?
wh.re arc you fíon? _ Diion. whdtl the oddíess?- lt's 52,King strcet. wh.nl / wh.t tlneb the Ílightto Beijing?At sevenÍÍfteen, WhoS the TroiningManoger?- Matthet/r Crowfotd. How do you spell youÍnane? - c.H.R.l.s.s.Y. Howmuchis o coÍÍee?. TWoeuros. Howmanypeople wotk in your omce?- Níne
We useál'tef foípeople.We useits forthin8s andanimals. Morje is the moíketingnanoger. Thisis heÍ enail oddress. FJKis o biq conpony, lts heod ofÍceis in Edinburgh,
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Usethepossessive olwhenyoutalkabout places. What,sthe phone nunbeí or the Íactory? (NoÍwhat's 1he+é+e4'?heee-echbeI.)
PtURAI.S . We ug€ a p|ulalnounto talkabouttwo (ormore)personsor things. Íwohotdogs,please' Thefoxes orc on your desk. zY hove ofÍice'in Íivecount es.
Weusethesequestion woídsto ask aboul: places: Wheíe''.? things: Whot,,.? time: When,,.?I Whottine ...? Who...? People: method/way: How...7 píce: number: Howmany,,.? r€ a son: why.?
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N€ g ative Itou/we/theydon't work he/she/itdoesÍt work
Nounsendingin consonant + ,J/ country) countrles compantt) conpanies
he/she/it
Grammar reference Question5 Do l/you/we/ theywork?
Shortanswers Yes,l/you/we/they do. No,l/you/we/they don't.
Do€ s h€ / she/ Yes,he/sheltdoes. it work? No' he/shé/it doesÍt (don't- do not,doesn't= doesnot) Formostregularv€ r bs, add an 's to the infinitiveto makethéthhd peísonsingular. Add -esto do,9o, and verbsendingin -clr, -st, -s ot -x. -/ +.y,change Forverbsendingin consonant -fus, to lnfinitlve live 8o do watch fax supply study
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tor companynam€ s w€ can usethe third peísonsin8ulaíoÍth€ thhdpergonp|ural' Metolin salusalls productsoll over the world. w€ us€ do to makequest|ons ln the plesent simp|e,but do is also an ordinaÍy verb. Whatdo you do? I'n an accountont. She doas iudo at an eveningclass. Nomallyw€ us€ the shortforms(ne8ative) in conversalton. He d@sn't wo* in dn office.
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\l!e use theteis/oreto say if somethingexists or howmanyexist.
therc's/ thereis + sinPrrlatnotln Íh.íel d coípdík ot the roctory'(there,sthercís) k therc a cafeterio?- No, th.rc knt. |iere ole + pluíalnoun Íhercoft lve conputeR |h the omce. Aíetheft powe| socketsin the roon? - No, thee orcn't. Thepastsjmpleof Íhereis/orcis there was/weÍe.
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We us€ th€ imperative to givedirectjons, ordersand instructions. FoÍthe positiveit i5 the samea5 the infrnitive. Thenegativeformis: + infinitive. Oofr'a 60 to the end of the corridor fuÍnleÍt/Íight. oot,| use thot computeÍ- it isn,t wo*inq. In Englishpeoplemainlyusethe impeÍalive foídiíections. |tcanbe veryimpolite in oth€ r situations.Forexample,it is muchmore politeto say 'Could I have a coffee,pleose?' pleose,' lhan ,Giveme o coÍÍee,
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go beforethe nountheydescribe Adjectlves (oíafreíthe veíbbe). It's o new aomputer. Íhis computeris n.w. Adj€ c tiv€ s hav€ onlyone formforg|ngu|ar and pluíal. It's a bl| house with d snoll goden, Theyorc blg houses with snoll gaídens, We usequileand velybefol€ an adj€ c tive to describesomethingin moredetail.
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v€ r y bi8' quitebig. not verybig. qLrite small. verysma .
W€ canalso us€ reollyandfoil', in this Way. Thisneeting is r.olly inpoftant, (- very) It'sf.bly expensive,(- quite)
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Location: . Usein and neorfor locationof a town/cit,. Mddid is ln Spoin, ln the centte. canton is neÚ Hong kong.
Time:
UseÍl'€ ...olwithdates: thetenthof iune useon fora specifrc dayor date: on sotu|doyl NewYeo!'sDoyl 15thMaích '!og'
lJseir for a periodof time: ln )une l the Íirstquafterl 2006
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and make We usecouldto ask peÍmission polltercquests.lt is morepolitethancor.
lJseot withclocktimesand partsof weeks or months: at ten o,.lock l the end oÍJunel the weekend B|JÍ:in the niddle of Apil
Peímissíon: CouldI use your phone? Requ€ s ts: Couldyot!photocopythis,pleose?
Forpartsof the daywe say: l n the n ornih9l ofteínoonlevening BUT:ot night
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Could+subiect+ infinitive Colrldyou say that oqoin,please? (NoI €rac-yeuse-sey+he+ag€i
We usecar to ask permission and make r€ q uests. Permission: CanI useyourphone? Requestsl Conygu photocopythis,please? (Seealso aouidfor pemissionand requests, crammar reference 15) We also use.4n to talk aboutpossibilityand ability. Possibility: Youcon't buy it in the shops, but you can orderit on the lnteinet. Abillty: He con spedk Chinese,but he con't write it. Theleis onlyone formof this verbfoíal| pel5onS. Positive:subiect+cdn+ infrnitive l con open thisÍile' N€ 8 at|Ve:subiect+.an't + infrnitive She cont useo computer. Co, +subiect+infinitive Questions: can we pay by credit cdíd? shortansweÍs: YeslNo+s|Jbje.I+ canlEan't Yes,you conlNo, you aon't. ln the negativethereis also longform (cornor. Normally, we usethe shortfom (con,'. Thelongformis VeÍyformal. We use You.or ...to mean'peoplein generar'. Youcon book yout ticket online.
Thereis only one formof this verbfor all pe6ons.In questionsthe formis:
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We useneedin two different ways,to talk aboutthin8swhichare necessaíy. need+ to i infinitive l needto rcad the report beÍorcthe meetinq. neéd+ noun He n.eds 20 copie' oÍthe report.
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we useadverbsof ftequency sonetines,never,etc.)WithveÍbsto say howoftenpeopledo things. geneÍally Adverbsof frequency 8o beforcthe v€ Í b be. mainverb,but afreÍthe ' l olwoF go to the soles conÍerence Wenevq glve presentdtions. our proÍitsoft usuolly verygood. Wéalso used /ot/Íots to rneanoften. He ttuvelsabrcod a lot.
(foRTHEPREsE1{T) PREsEÍ{T co T|Í{Uol,s . We us€ this t€ n s€ to describethingsthatarc happening now/ at themoment. whete'sNick?- Hebhdvlng lunch at the They|cvlsltlng our new Íoctorythis week lrn irorralngat hone todoy. . ThefoÍmof th€ presentcontjnuous is: ye|b + +.íng. be
Íeference GrammaÍ Posltlve I'm he's/shev it's youle/we're/thefre
8orn8.
Nagatlve I'mnot working isnt /'s not he/she/it gorng, aren't/ le not Questlons Aml ls he/she/lt
golng?
5hortansweÍs positive Yes,I am. Yes,he/sheit ls.
are. negatlve No,I'mnot. No,he/she/it
lsn't/ 3 not. aren't / te not.
Wlthsomeverbsyou doublethe last consonant. run , nrnning swln , swimming trcvel ) truvelling
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We usewouldlike to to ask politequestlons. |t is mor€ politethanlva'f fo. Thene8at|ve ÍoÍnoÍwould is wouldn,t. arfurldvou llketo resetued seat?Yes,t wt ld. / No, I voaldnl. Thepos|t|ve formis 'ÍouldÚke to + infinitive We normallyusethe shottlofi ol would('d) wnenwe speaK. ll llk to truvelsecondclass,please, (. l wou|dlíketo)
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|fthe |nfnit|veof the verbends|n .e, remov€ the -. beforeaddlnt ',n9, nokc , naklng phone, phontng havc , havlrtg
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PRESEilTCOilTIilUOUS: TUTURE ARRANGEÍltEl{Ts . Weusethepresent continuous to talkabout foÍthefutur€ . definite arran8ements Shelp,E aralrgthenewproducton Fiddy. lln golngto Milonnextweek. (se€ GrammaÍ rcfeÍence 18,fortheform.)
We usea verb+ .lr9 (oran ordinarynoun) aftetveÉsof likeand dis|ike(forexample, llke/love/hale/pteÍer/don,t n ind) I love swlnmlrrg. He llkes trtwlllng but he doesn't like long flighE.
Posltlve l/le/5heltwas Negatlve Vh€/she/|twasn't you/we/they weren't Questlons Wasíh€ l she/t ...? Wereyou/we/they ...? shoítanswers positlve Yes,l/he/she/it was. Yes,you/we/they were. negotve No,l/he/she/it wasn't. No,yoÚw€ / they wer€ n 't. Wasn'tandweren'tarc shortformsfor wos not and werenot. \lle nonnallyuse the short foms of th€ ne8at|ve |n conversat|on. w|thbé,no auxiliaryverbis neededin the pastsimpl€ : Washe lote? NoT glé#.''q€-k*e3
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TheformfoÍthe pastsimpleis the samefor Mostlegularv€ r bs fol|owthe a|l peÍsons. samepaneín. Positive:subiect+ infinitive+ .€ d He tolked to Ben yesterdoy. Negative: subiect+ didr't + infinitive Theydldn't dlscuss the report, + infinitive Question:o/d + sLrbiect old you tolk obout the tíip to china? shon answeE: Yes/No+ qrbjectdid/didn't. Yes,Idld./ No, Idldn't, Forverbsendingin 'e,justadd-d,to make the positiveform.
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UseMli whenyou offeror quicklydecideto do something: Con I give you the number?- Yes,I'll writeit
Antonio'shavinglunch.- oK, I'lI call back later. Thephotocopierisn't wo*ing, - Riqht,ve'U sendsoneoneto repokit, . Theshonformof Mll is ' (l' = I will, you'll - you wi , etc.)Alwaysuse the short foÍmwh€ n youspeak,fol ofersand decisions'
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phone I phoned him, but he was in a meeting. receiva WereceivedyourotdetlostMondoy,
Whenyou compaíe two thingsusethe compalative form+Íhon. Modeh plones ore blggarthon older ones. Businesscloss is morcexpenslvethan economycloss.
+-y,chanSe Forverbsendingin consonant -y lo -ied. supply Lostyeorwe supplledoll thehstoíes. study She studledGermanfor twoyeats.
Therearetwo different waysto makethe positivecomparative formof regular adjectives: - adj€ c tiv€ + .€ r - mole + adlective of Thefom youusedepends on thenumbeÍ syllables ln theadjective.
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. we use obiectpÍonouns whenwe don'twant to íepeatthe namesof peopleor thin8s. objectpíonouns 8o afr€ r the mainverbor afreía pleposition. I conspeokto Ms Jones.I'mseeinghet todoy. Do you hovethe agenda?- Yes,I havelt, iin ond Rosaare here. l'm wo*ing with them. .
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between In Englishthereis no difference indiÍect dilectobiectand objectpronoun5 PeteLcouldyou sendme theschedule? (indirectobject= to ne) I sentlt lost week.(directobiect) He needs the frle. Can you send it to hlm? (indirectobtect) can you checkthefrqurcsond sendthemto (directobject) l(e1?y7
endingin a Forone.syllable adiectives consonant' add 'eÍ: snoll , smolle| cheop, cheapeí Íost, Íoste| (someshortadj€ c tivesdoublethe fina| conso(\anlbig , bigget) Ifa one.syllab|e adjectivealreadyendsin .€ , -r: you justadd soÍ. ) sofe| nice ) nicef lorge , lorge| Ifa two.syl|abte adj€ c tive endsin 'y' take -y awaythe and add -Er busy, busler eosy, edsler lf a two-syllable adjectiveendsin a + adiective: morc consonant, use mooer,|, more mooeÍn ÍoÍmol) morc Íormal Withlongadjectiv€ sof thleéor more syllables,usenore { adiéctive: expenslve, moíeexpenslve ) moft econotuicol e|onomical
GrammarÍeference Therei5 onlyone ne8ativecomparative foÍm less + ad;ective: Iess cheop less busy less modern less expensive TheÍeis no patternto irrcgularadiectives. You hav€ to learnthe diffeÍent foms of the (SeeUnit10.1.) comparative.
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Therearetwo different waysto makethe superlative formof regularadiectivesl - tl,e. adjective+ .est - the +moreless + adieclive As for the comparative, the formyou uge depends on thenumbeloísyllabl€ sin the adiective.
tJseson€ withuncountable or pluralnouns in posative sentences. l havesone identiÍcotion/luggage' Thereore sofie shops/suitcosestherc.
FoÍone.syllable adjectives endin8in a consonant, add-est: small , the snollest chedp) the cheapest Íast, the fost.st (someshortadjectiv€ sdoub|ethe finaI consonant: b/9) b/99ésÍ) lf a one-syllable adjectivealreadyendsin -e, you iust add -st: soÍe>the safest nice , the nicest lorge ) the lorgest lf a two.syllable adjectiveendsin -y,take .y awaythe and add 'iest: busy, the busLst eosy) the eoslest
LJseory withulcountable or pluralnouns in questions. Do you have ony identifcation/luggage? Are thereony shops/ windowseots? Useonywithuncountable or pluralnounsin negatjVe sentenc€ s ' I donl hove ony luggoge. I don'l hove orrybags.
lJseno withuncountable or pluralnounsto saythatyoudon'thavesomething. I hoveno luggoge, I hoveno bogs,
5UGGE5T|o1{5: 5líÁll l/wE...? LET'S'. . Weusestoll andlatt to mafesuggestions. TheilfoÍmis| Sholl +lL^/e+ infinilive? letS + infinitive
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UseshoÍ/ '..?wh€ n you offeÍto do something or suSSestdoingsomething. 0fier: Sholl I do the photocopies? Suggestion: sholl l wÍitethe Íeportnow?
WithlonSadjectives of thrceor more syllables,usethe rrost +adjectiv€ : exp€ n siv€ ) the moí expensive ) the mo5teconomical economical
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lJseShol/rye...?whenyou wantto suggest doingsomething withsomeone else. Sholl ve meet next week? ShoLwe tolk oboutthe design?
Theleis onlyonene8ative compaÍative ÍoímI the ieost+adiective: the leost cheop the leost busy the leost modern the least expensive
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lJselef3 .... whenyou wantto sus8est doingsomething withsomeone else. Lets catch the ten o,clocktÍdin' Letl 90 to the Berlin trade loir aetb is the shortlormof lef !s, Alwaysuse the shortform- th€ |onglormi5 L]ncommon'
lf a two-syllable adjective endsin a consonant, use |ဠmost+ adjective: modem, the most modern Íornal >the nost formal
Thereis no patteÍn to jíe8ulaladiectives' Youhaveto l€ a rn the diffeÍent formsof the (SeeUnit10.2.) superlative.
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We use9on9 to to talk aboutplansand intentions.
ÍheÍoÍnis..be +goingto + infinitive.
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Positiv€ Im
going to He's/Shevlt's You're^ve,ré/th ey}e
Negative I'mnot He/She/lt isn't
startearly.
l! going to
startearly.
goingto
staíteaí|y?
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Weuseadverbs of manner to desc be actions (howpeopledo things). She tolks veryqukkly, He wod<shard. (see Unit 12'1 Íorthe ÍormoÍregulorond iftegularadveíbs')
Questlons ls he/she/it
Adverbsof mannerusuallycomeafter theverb. It'slolling qulckly, It increosedslowly.
Shortanswers positive ne9attve Yes,I am, No,I'mnot. Yes,he/she/it is. No,he/sheltisn't. Yes,you/we/they are. No,you/we/they aren't,
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|n Bitish Eníjshhoye90Íis a verycommon vaíiantof the velb l'ov€ (whenit í€ f urs to possession). |t is usedv€ r y ofrenwhenpeople sp€ a k. Usuallypeopleusethe shon foím- the longformis uncommon. She! got a newjob. We hlvadl 6ot timeto discussit now Hrvoyou tot calolíne's emailaddless? PosIt|v€ l've/You/Ve/We'Ve/rheyve 8ot a newaddíess. H€ ' s/sh€ ' í|tl 8ot a newaddre55. Negatlve l/You/We/they haven'tgot a newaddress. He/she/|t hasn'tgot a newaddíess. Questlons Have|/you/we/th€got y a newaddress? got Hashe/shelt a newaddress?
Mostnounsarecountable(theyhaveá pluÍal formand you can countthem). o conputet , two conputeR on emoil ) sone enails (theydo not Somenounsare uncountable plura| hav€ a fom). (soúe) infornotion/Iuggage/newicompetition (NoT€'-rifé#r€{b') Usea singularv€ r b W|thuncountabl€nouns' Therebsone lnfotndtlon obout Íliqhtson the screen, (Seealsosone/any/no, andquestlonswith much/mony,Gíamma|íeference28 and 34J
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We usetow nual, and howmory in questions aboutquantityand numb€ Í .
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We uie mL/ah with uncountable nounsto ask aboutquantity. ls theremuchdemondÍoÍthis product?
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W€ also use'oW /'uch to ask aboutprice. Hownuch is a honbuíqee - TwopoundsfÍy'
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We usemonywithcountablenounsto talk aboutnumber. HowmotrycompetitoE do you hove?- About fve or six for this norket, (se€ also countable and uncountab|e nouns, Grammar r€ f erence33.)
Shortanswers Yes,l/you/we/they have. Yés'h€ / she/ithas. negative No, l/you/we/they haven't. No,he/she/it hasn't.
we doÍftusehoye9ol withm€ a ls/drinks/ snacksoí shower/bath. I usuallyhave breokfostdt seven o'clock. (NoÍr#-a5a€ll|3ot+íca*F*-a{.éleyer e+le*.)
G]amma] refeÍence
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We usét'li/t'ese to tatkaboutthin8swhich areV€ í y néalol in our hands. ls thk your pen?
we use fhof/Í,ose to talk aboutthlngswhich are not nearor whichwe pointat. fhott ny car, over there I those brdceletsin the shop window, .like IhislÚ,of refeíto s|ngula|nouns.The'elThose referto pluÉlnouns. We sometim€ s us€ ll''blthatto talk about peoprc. Who'sthot? Mdftln, thls ls ny colleague,lenny.
IRREGUTARVERBS Inflnlt|vé be b€ c ome b€ g ln break bring build buy catcn choose come cost cut do dráW drink eat fall feel find fly forget give go have hear keep
Pasts|mpté became began orcKe brought built bouSht cáught chos€ came cost cut did dlank drove ate fell felt found forgot got Eave nao heard/h3:d/ kept
lnflnltlve lealn leave losé make meet pay put read ring run say
Past slmple learned/learnt left lost made met pard put l€ a d /red/ ranS ran sat0
sell send srnS
sol0 sent sang slept spoke spent stood
speák spend stand take teach telt think throw understand wake write
took t0ld thought understood
Transcripts A What'syournumber? B /Vlyphonenumber?
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t0 A coffeP,please. An orangejuice,please. Could I havean iced tea, please? An applejuice,please. lJm,,,a tea, please, could I havea mineÉlwatel,please?
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A Sorry? A Right. B Threesevenfoursix. A OK,So, oh sevennineejght,two fiveone,three A That'sright. ló My phonenumbeí's oh one s;Xone'ninethreeeight' B zeÍoone six one,nine threeeight,fout five two seven'
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1l zero,one,two, thíee,fouí,fiV€ , six, seven,eight,nine,ten 1 A B A I
t4 Whatl yourtelephone number? zeÍotwo eightsix, one z€ r o four,fourninethíee' zÉÍo two eightsix' one zeÍofour,fourninethree? That!ri8ht.
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O h s e v e n n i n e e i g h t. . . Five eight? No, nfie eight. Ríght.
B zelo one,six one,ninethreenine,eight,two twothÍee' Thatl right. OK.Thanks, R;chard. No plobleÍn. 1 2 3 4 5 6
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18 e|even,twelve, thjneen, fouíteen,fifteen, sixteen, seventeen,eighteen,ninete€ n , twenty,thiÍty'foíty'fifty' t9 thirteen,thirty
A That\ Íight. 3 A so, yourphonenumbeÍ is oh onesix thÍee two, sevenfive four,nine doublesix, B Yes, A OK.
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lhe founeenl|iíeel Íligh| |o FralkÍUr| l^ainis now readyfor boaíding.'. 2 The fourteentwentydepartuÍe, flightAÁ one one one to Romeí5.'. 3 BrjtishAirways,flightzero zeíonine seven,depaÍting at fourteenthiny.flveto LondonHeathíow is '.' 4 '.. flightto lvexicocjty,due to departat fourt€ e n foÍty. eight,will nowdepanat 15.30...
TranscriPts frightnumbeÍ ' The fifteentwelved€ p artuÍeto ÍMadrid, |B sev€ n six one thíeeis now Íeady'.. 6 The fifreeneighteendepanureto TorontoPearson, AA... flightnumber 1 2 3 4 5 ó 7 I
21 nineam / nineo'clockin the molníng midday/noon thíeepm / thÍeeo'clockin the afternoon sevenpm / seveno'clockin the evening elevenpm / eleveno'clockat night midni8ht one pm / one o'clockin the afteÍnoon five am / five o'clockin the morning
t2 I a What! the time? B ltl quanerpast eleven.
3 A Whót3 the time? B |t! íiveto ei8ht.
t A Excuseme.What'sthe time? B lt! halfpastnine. A el8hty
ninety
á hundred
23 |n Brazil,a Big Mac is one dollarsixty-Íive. A How muchjs a Big íMacin FÍanc€ ? B Twoeuros€ j 8hty.two' in lapan' A Big Mac is two dollaísseventy.ei8ht ln Switzerland, a Big lvac is threedollatsfony_ei8ht. A How muchis a Big Mac jn the uK? B In pounds? A Yeah. B Onepoundninety. 2é tomato,sa|ad,chjps,beel chicken,hotdog'bulgeÍ'tuna, egg,cheese 1 A B a B A B 2 A I A B A
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31 A So, youle hereon business? B Yeah.I woÍkfoíá consultingcompany. SantiaPartners. A And whatdo you do? B |'man accountaít. A Ríght' clty. B I Wolkat the officein íMexlco company,Santia? A OK. So is it an International So, whatcompanydo you work for? |Íexchemica|s.|'man Én8ineer' oK. And wheledo you woÍk? |n a fáctoryjn Boston' Right.And do you live in Boston? Yes' | |ivenearthe coast,not faÍfroín.'.
34 fourhundrcd,ei8hthundledand fifty' sjxty.frV€thousand, two hundíedand seventythousand' threepo.nttwo million, six pointeightbillion
4 A Whattimeis lt? B |t'squarteÍto Íive.
seventy
B Anythingelse? A No,thanks. B Ol(.That! sevenpoundseighty.
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please.And a cheese 3 A Twotunasandwiches,
21 please? could I havea burgeÍ, Anythingelse? lJm..,yes, and a tea, please. please. That3foureurossixty.frve, Foul.'. sixty.fiv€ . Thanks.
tránk At lhis factorywe makestee|products.And at the they makeprcductsfrom otheÍfactoryin íMunich, al!mlnium. Right.wheredoes youísteel comefÍom? lan€ do we buy it? trank WhéÍe tane Yeah. rlank FÍoma supp|ielheÍe,in HambuÍg. tane Right'And does it comefÍomGemany7 FÍank No' |t comesfíomchina.0uí supplierj5 an importeí 0K. tráík We buy abouttwo hundÍedand fifrytonnesa year so We?eonly a smallbuyer But ''' wÍthtwo hundledand fiftytonnesoÍsteel,we maketwelve thousandproducts. ,ane Ri8ht.so you maketwelv€ lhousandploducts a yearat this factorywherc do you sell your píoduds? and . FÍank we sell fifteenpercentof themin Germany, the otheÍeighty.fivepelcent.'. a||oveÍth€ world. We havecustomeEin .,.twenty.twocountries Huh,0K. In the UK,we sell a lot of equipmentto a company in ...
Two hotdogs'pl€ a se. Two? Yes,please.And two coffees.How muchis that? Um ...eightseventy. seventy. oK, eightdo||aÍs
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N Goodmorning. B Molning.SorryI'mlate. oh' you1enot |ate'|t'sonly fiV€ past eight' Fiveminuteslate. No pÍoblem. Wouldyou like a cofÍee? oh, yPs p|ease.FiVepast eight'|t jsn't|atefoÍme' it's ea y! what time do you staÍtWoÍk!hen? personl B Nineo'clock.I'mnota morning We startat seventhirty. sev€ n thifty| But We don'tWoÍk|áte'.. . We aren'teveningpeop|e! B My boss isn'ta motringpeÍsonoÍan eV€ n ing personI He startsat nineandfinishes at four,.,.But he doesn't havelunch. Right.He doesn'thavetimel I No! 43 |nspain,Wehavedinnetat nineoÍten o'clockin the evening.Whenmy colleaguescomeherefromother countries,they say we eat late,Theytequitesurprised, In hotelsin the UK,they servebaconand eggsfor bÍeakfast, so a lot of peop|efÍoÍn othel countriesthink that'sthe norma|EnglishbÍeakfast. But,in fact,at home,most Britishpeopledon'thavebaconand eggs in the morning.Theyiust havecerealor toast ...just a light breakfust' And thenthey have Iunchat tw€ l ve |n Fíance,we havean hout an houíand a half,two houísfol lunch.|tdependson the company youWolk for.BLrtpeoplelike to havea ...a good breakat lunchtime.Lunchis an importantmealin France. In the lJnitedStates,we don'thave long lunchbreaks. A lot of peoplejust stop work for half an hourand havea sandwichin the office.PeopleprefeÍto have a shon breakat lunchtime,and frnishWoÍkearly.
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u Neil HelloTina,it's Neil. Tina Hi,Neil. Néil Tina' havea question' Ne|l |t'saboutthe salesíepoít'I don't understandan abbÍeviation on pagesjx. t says .Weneedto invest in the B2B maÍket'' Tina B2B? Neil Y€ a h |etterB, numbertwo, lettel B' |t'ssales jaÍgon. Whatdoes it mean? Tina B2B ...Goodquestion. I don'tknow Ef ...ls it, um... .business. DoesB standfoÍ.busine55,? Doesit Ínean to-business'? .to'.Yeah.'.maybe'.' Ne|l oh, 50 the .two'meáns Tlna Do you know,um ...NetLingo? The website? Nell No. T|na |thas a dictionary of '.' InteÍnet businessjargon,''. Ne|l oh, right'what! the áddÍess? Tlna I'rnnotsure,but I thjnkjt'snetlingo dot com. Nell Howdo youspeLl'netlingo'? -N-G-0. Tina N'E-T-LNeil Netl;ngo dot com'0K, thanksVeíymuchTina' Tina No pÍobLem' 45 customeÍMy namel LindásaÍnmeÍson. And |'mfrom HughesInsuíance' Nell Sorry?CouLdyou say that again? customef Lindasammerson. S-Adoub|€ 1\,1.E-R's.o'N' N€ i l cou|dyou speak moíeslowly.please? CustomerSorryS-AdoubleM-E-R-S-O-N. Iteil S-A-doubleM-E-R.S.O.N. Customer That'sright.And I'm fromHughesInsurance. N€ i l Hughes?could you spell that,please? Customer H-U-G-H'E-S. N€ i l H-U-G-H'E.S. customer That'sÍight. Ne|l oK. Well'thanksVerymuchfoÍyourca||.I l| 50 Sue Stephan? Stephan Yeah? sue can I buy trainticketsíorFranceherein the lJK] stephan Yeah'You can book on th€ |ntelnet' Sue Right. Stephan At SNCFdot com.
TranscÍipts sue sNcF - that! the FrenchtÍajncompany? Stephan Yeah.Do you needto book a ticket? sÚ€ |'mnot sure.Possibly.so i5 this websiteiust in French,or is it ...? stéphán No,you can chooseEn8lish' sué And can you pay by creditcald? stéphán Yeah'and they send the tickétsby ma.|. 5u€ To youÍhomeaddress? stéphan Yeah. sue You can'treceiveticketsif you live in the uK, thouSh.,. Stephan Yes,you can.Theysendticketsto different countries. sU€ oh' íi8ht.5o sNcF dot com,then. stcphan That! Íight. su€ oK, thanks. stéphán No problem.
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1 A I needto photocopy this.CouldI usethe photocopieÍ? B Yes,sure, 2 A I needto phonemyassistant. CanI makea phone callfiomhere? B Yes,go ahead. 3 A I needto Íaxthisto myoffce'couldI usethefux mach.né? B Yes,of course. 4 A I needto emai|thisfile.can l sendémalls fromthls computeÉ B Yes,no problem. 5 A I needto pÍinta copyof thisffle.|5thel€ a pÍint€ l I canuse? B Yes,sure. 58 where!th€ lift,p|ease? Wherearethestaks,please? Excuseme.Where!theexit? Excuseme.Wherearethetoilets?
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office,throlgh .., ls therca llft? B 5orry? ls therea lifr? Yes' theleis. |t3 iust past théstalrs'.' Ate you lost? llm '.' yes. WheleaÍethe stajrs? Théy?ejust thloughthe doo6' |íyou go thlou8h thosé'..
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6 | havea lot of meetin8s'Um ...they'Íe usuallyherein th€ ofiic€ . Not bi8 meetings.ThereaÍeUsually.'. four, five,six people. | don'tofrengive bi8 píesentations, um .'. to laÍge numbeÍsof people'They'Íe ofténjust to small8íoups. oul companyhas a confeíence everyyeaí'lJm.'. so I alwaysgo to that' But that'sthe only confuíence Igo to. | nevefgo to tradefails in othercountfies.But I go to two or threein thiscountry We have a branchin Brussels,so I sometimesgo to the officetheÍe'Um '.' tha(! all, really.I don'tgo on a lot of business tÍip5.
6t Inteív|€ w éí so, you'rea televisionpíoduceí? |s that right? veÍonl.a Um '.' Whatl my iob tit|e?Thát3 a good questjon! IntéÍv|€ W éÍ You makew pÍogrammes, basically. veronIca Yeah,I U5ually Wo'kfoíte|evision companies in lapan- forlapanese TV channels. And I makeprogrammes about'.' the UK'Ábout life in the uK. |nteívl€ w € | so you |iveand work heÍein the UK, and you makeallyourprogrammes here. Thatt Íight. And aíethe pío8lamm€ sin lapanese? Yes'The w píesenteís aÍeálwaysfÍom]apan. Um ..' The plosíammesare neveíin English' And the production team?Thecameranan and.,.
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Um ...it depends.We sometimesworklvith a teamfromlapan,sometimesit's a team fÍomthe UK. |t dependson the TV channe|. But the presenteris alwayslapanese. Interviewer And do you oftengo to lapan,on business? veronica llm '.' sometimes,yeah.FoÍbig proglamme9, befoíeWestartpíoduction. I go to Tokyo, and ...and I havemeetingswith co||ea8u€ s'.' at the TV (ompanies.But I don't go very often.Um .,.we sometimestalk on the phone,but '.' but not a lot, íeally.The problem withphonecallsjs the time difference. You know,if it's lunchtimein the lJK,it! teno'clockin the € v enjngin ]apan' So ..,we send a lot of emails. And do youtravela lot in the UK? oh' yeah'Yéáh.| 80 all overthe country so what subjectsare the progÍammes abou|? You sáy .|ifein the lJ('' v€ Í oni.a Y€ a h. um '.' theíeaíe|otsof subjects.EÍ'.. Londonbuses,the Loch NessMons|eí'el .'' mus|c'pÍopenl eí '.' 66 Jacky Good meetlng,Stuart? stuaÍt Yeah,oK. But a b|t long' FivehouÍs| stu.Ít Yeah'I don't havea |otof Íneetin8s, but whenI do
lacky They'rclong. Sluart Yeah. tacky Do you havea lot of meetingsat head ofiice? Stuart No, I don'toftengo to headoffice,now I don't
travela |ot,rea||yI neve|go abíoadon business' tacky No? Stuart No. I don'tneedto. Withthe newiob, it's ...it! jusl phonecallsandemails. A lot of phonecallsl
fo I A Hello.ls Stevethere,please? B No, he! havanglunchat the moment. A o(, no pÍoblem.I can Callback |atet Hello. B Hello,Olivia,lt! Rick, Hi' Rick' can I phoneyou |ateÍ? |'mdriving' B Yes,OK. 3Á
CouldI speakto Colin,please? B He'shavinga meetin8this moíning. Oh, right. Hi' it\ Mitch.|5NadiatheÍe? B No' she'snot heÍe'Mitch'she\ visitinga customeÍ this weekin Australia. B Australia!
5 Hello,thisis PaoloConstantine3 extension. I'mnotin the officeat present'|'mwoíkjngon a projectab'oad' Pleas€ send me an emai|if you need to contactme urgently. Thankyou.
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could I sp€ a k to sy|via]awis'p|ease? She isn't in the officetoday.She! wo ing at home. Oh. shel héleon iMonday. Right.OK, I can call on lMonday, then.Thanks.
72 Th€ l € l a nice swimmin8pool heí€ . Hereat the hotel? Yeah.In the basement.lt's quitebig. 0h. Well I'mnot goingin il. Don'tyou llke swimming? I hateswamming! 0h' I love swimming.|t! good for you, as well. Not if you can'tswlml No' that'stíue! Do you ofrengo? Swimming? Yeah. Quiteoften,yeah.I go runningqultea lot as well. I don't like it, though! No' I doÍt'tlike íunning. Do you go? No. No' I don't |ikesports.| 8o wa|king'sométimes. Oh,and I llkeskiing, Yeah? Yeah.I don't8o very often.lust ...,you know,on holiday. so, aÍeyou 8ood? Yeah,l'm quite good. |'Íh..' not very8ood at skiin8 '..
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So, what do you do whenyoule not at work? lJm...I p|áybasketball' Basketball? Yeah,l'm in a localteam. Ri8ht. I do aerobics,as well. llm ...Whataboutyou? I go cyclingsometimes. Oh,I go cyclingas wrll. Right. Yeah.Wheredo you go? EÍ.'.
so, you pláy football? Ido wei8httraining B I playfootba||. two oí tríee timesa week,I go fishing... Whatson of fish do you catch? B BigoneslI havesomephotosI canshowyou ,.,
3 A so' whatdo you do in youíspaletime? B lJm...I play chess,um ...I playthe guitar. Á oh. Ar€ you good? B At chessor the gujtar?Well,actuallyI'mnot very good at eitheÍ, so ... A Right!
B lgo running. B Whataboutyou? A um ...,well... 74 1 A So, we needto havea meetingaboutthjs new pío|ect' B Yeah. A Whencan we meet?l'm freeat the end of lanuary B The erd ofjanuary?lJm...yeah. A Whataboutthe twenty'eighth? B lJm...Yes,I can makeit on the twenty-eighth. A oK' The twenty.eighth ofJanuaíy, thén.
|'mfíeeln F€ b ruarycanwevisitthefactory then? |.mbusyat th€ begiíning oÍFebruary Whatabout thelastweekin February? Yeah. Mondaythetwenty.second? Yes,that! fine. so, forournextmeetin8, um'.' aíeyoufieein
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We needto arrangea date foÍthe meeting' Yes.Um .,. cán you makeit on the fifthofApÍi|? Yes.I'mfreeon the fifrh.Whattime? |nthémoíning? Yeah. At naneo'clock? oK' Yes,thatt í|ne. oK' so the fifthofApÍilatnineam.
,ó | can'tmakelt on Wednesdaymorning, The meeting!on Monday. Are you he€ on Tuesday? |,mnot heÍeon FídayafteÍnoon' l'm goingcyclingon Sunday. |,mbusy on Thuísday. |,mwo*ing on satuday moÍning.
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wh€ n are you goingto EuÍope, Gary?Nextweek? Yes.|'ml€ a ving LosAngeleson Monday. WheleaÍeyou 8oing?To the Londonofflce? Yes. |Jhuh.Who aÍeyou meeting?Tanyaoolan again? Yes' |'mWoÍking withTanyaon Íuesday. Then|,m meetingsu€ Redmánand |amesBarkeron Wednesday' then |'mgoingto PáÍis.
Lilly Really?why are you goingto Paris?0n business? Gaíy No' |'mtakinga break.|'mhavingtwo daysoff' Lilly Good idea.so, how are you travellingto Paris?AÍe You driving? Gaíy No' |'mtakingthe iÍain the Eurostar' Lilly oh, Íisht. Gary Then|."ns|aying;nPaÍisÍorl'Íeenigh|s' Lilly Great.so aÍeyou flyingbackto LA fiom Pa s? oí '.' Gary No.I'mcomingbackto Londonon thetrain.Then |1nflyinghoÍneon satuldayafteínoon. Lilly OK. Gary |'Ín aÍivingjn LA in the Íniddle of the njght.]ust aftermidnight. Lilly ÍMmm' so, js it just one flightbetweenLA and London? GaÍy No. |'mnot flyingdirect.|,mgoingLA, NewYoÍk' in London. Then,on the flighthome,I'mchanging Chicago. 81 Assistant Hello. GaÍy Hi' |'d|jketo book two 5eat5to Paris,please. Fortomorrow Asslstant At whattime? Gary At aboutflve pm. I don't havea timetable. Asslstánt Thele'sa trainat seventeenfifteen.|t aÍrivesin Parisat twentyflfty.flve,localtime. Gary Right.OK,that! fine. Ass|stant Wouldyou like to travelfirstc|assol standaÍd
class? standáÍd' youlikea sing|e Andwou|d oÍa íetuín ticket? please. A rcund.trip, whenwouldyouliketo comeback? I wantto íetuín on satuíday, butI don'tkno\,! whattime,
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Assistant Do youWantto bookthe r€ t urnt|ipnow? Gary |f l reservea s€ a t, can I changethe reservation? Asslstant Witha standardfare,you can changeor cancel the booking,yes. fare,then? Gary OK.Howmuchis the standard Asslstant One moment.
&r 1 a s j n g l e 2 a l e t u Í n 3 a t i m e t a b l e4 l o c a l t i m e 5 to return 6 to reserve 7 a reservation 8 a fare 9 standard 84 p|ease' custom€ r Id liketo booka ticketto BiÍmingham' A ÍetuÍn. Assistant Whendo you wantto leave? cUstomer ]ulythe thiítjeth. Assistant Thethirtieth? customeÍYes. Assistant At WhattiÍne? customer on the nine fifteen. Assistant Inthe morníng? Assistant And whenareyou comingback?
customel The day after.Julythe thirty-fiÍst. on the last train.I don'tknowwhattime it leaves. Assistánt The last Íain'sat ...twentyfifteen' customer OK. On the twentyfifteen,then. Assistant FiÍstoÍsecondclass? CustomerSecond,please, pounds,please. assistant That's.,.seventy-three 85 colteague Wereyou at the tlade faiílastweek,Hanna? ln lndia? C o l l e a g u e Wheíewas it? Delhi?
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C o l l e a t u e Howwas it? OK? Hanna t was verygood,yeah. C o l l e a r u e Was it bjg?
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Yeah,it Wasbig. I was suÍplised. Wasn'tthel€ |astyeaÍ'I was theletwo yeals ago, in calcutta,ánd um '.' thelewercn'ta lot of companies theíe'orly abouta hundÍed' Colleagueso this wasn'tyoul fiístVjsitto ndia,then? ColteagueRight.weíeyou the on|ypeísontheÍe,fíom the company? Hanna No. |n8ÍidWene| was thele,fíomthe Flankfurt office'And Rafa€ | and Marja,you knoWfrom,
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a7 Hanna íMaftin' ale you freefor five minutes?can WetaLk aboLrtyourtrip to lvlexico? MaÍtin Yeah,sule. Hanna So,ho\4was it? MaÍtin t WasoK' Hanna Whendid you arrive? Má in LastTuesday. Tuesdayevening'| stayedTuesday night,workedall dayWednesday andthen tÍavelled backWedne5day evening' Hanna Right'so wheÍedid you stay?WhathotelweÍe You in? Maftin The socorÍoHotel.NeaÍthe office. Hanna Oh,yeah.lt'sgoodthere. Martin Yeah.lJm...Yes,so I presentedthe businessplan on Wednesday morning. Hanná Right.was Pedlo happy? MaÍtin Well.'. I wasn'tsureat first.He didn1ta|ka |ot afteíthe píesentation' we startedat njne,I talked aboutthe planforthinyminutes, and ...thatwas it. Therewereno questjons,We finishedat half pastnrne,
TranscÍipts Hanna Oh, Martln Hmm...I think he wantedto lool at the figurcsin the repon. Hanna Hmm, Mart|n He neededtime to Íeadit. Anyway,he phoned yesteÍday, with one or two questions.Justsma|l points.And, er... he'shappy.No problems. tlanna 0K. That! fine,then.And did you talk aboutthe cost of mateÍials? MaÍtin Yes.I talkedto MiguelafteÍthe meeting.We discuss€ d süppliers,as well, um ...He'snow talkingto two n€ w companies.I receivedan email thls morning,sayinghe has a meetingwith one companytoday,and one next Friday,so ,.. Henna OK. ThatSgood.And did you visit the fuctory? Martln No,Therewas no time,So I didn'tlook at the new productionline. Hanna Well,youle goingagainnextmonth, Manln Yeah,that! Íi8ht'I can see it then' Hanna OK.So,a goodtrip,then? Ma ln Yeah.So, howwasyourtripto Delhi? I 2 3 4 5
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Hi Steven. oh hl' Hanná'HowaÍeyou? OK thanks. And you? Nottoo bad' ThéfiÍstday backis neveíea.y,but... oh, of couÍse,you'íeiust backfromholiday'I bet - | was ln it Wasquietln the omcelast \'!eÉk |ndia,Martinwas in Mexico,you werc '.. whéíé did you go? Greece.Crete, Crete,0K. So howwas jt? Fantastic. We rea|lyenjoyedit. we had two days in Athens,as well, Right.So your flightwas to Athens? Yeah.We fl€ w to Athens'We stayedin a hote| theÍefoÍ...just one night.Thenwe took a ferryto CrPte. The fefryleft fromAthens,then. Yeah.|t Wentdiíectto chaniain creté,whichwas the townwheíewe stayed,so ... And did you stay in a hotel?
stéven No' we rentedan apanment- noth.ngspecia|. We didn'tspenda lot of time in it, really.We ate out everynight.The nightlifewas good - lots of restaurants and bars|and' eÍ.'. the food was geneÍally good ...and it cost verylittlefoÍa good Hanna Ivmm.so you enjoy€ d the food' and drankGreek w|ne'áno ... Steven Yeah.lt was ...all veryrelaxing. Hanna And ho\'!muchof the islanddid you see?Did you travelaíound? stev€ n Yeah.We saw quite a few diffelentp|aces' Hanna so you íented a cal anddlovearound'then.'. st.ven No' no. We ..' we wenton Coachtíjps- organised tÍips- on a coupleof days.And we tlavelled aroundby bus as well.Youknow on...juston pub|icbuses.I don'tspeaka word of GÍeek,but ...you iust boughtyouÍticketand ...it was no Hanna Sounds8ood. st€ v en We cameback on Fíiday. so I hád the weekendat home.And now ..' backto woík|so how was youl tlíp?
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We had two days in Athens,as well. We flewto Athens. Thenwe took a ferryto Crete. The feÍryleft fromAthens,then' |twent dilectto chaniá in cÍete. We ate out everynight. |t costvery |ittlefoÍa good meal' so you enioyedthe food,and dÍankGÍeekwine .'' . p|aces. We saw quitea few difféÍent so you Íenteda caÍand drovealound,then. You just boughtyouíticketand .'. it was no pÍoblem. we cameba(k on Ííday.
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99 1 I'll call back later 2 |'llask heÍto callyou back. 3 |'1lgive heÍthe messagea5 soon a5 possib|e. t00 I lt's sunny. 2 lt's raining. 3 ltl cloudy. 4 lt's snowing. 5 lt's fteezing. 6 lt'swindy. 7 |t'sfoggy. 8 a thunderstoÍm 101 1 beautifLrl 2 Íniseíable 3 walÍn 4 coo| 5 minusone 102 Ni8el Well,it's a beautifulday. olivier Yeah'lt's nice to see the sun' |t rainedneaÍly eveÍyday LastW€ € k ' Nitel Really? olivier Yeah'Not a Very8ood sta to the summeÍ' Ni8€ l Doesit nolmallyÍainmuchheÍe'in ]u|y? olivier No' You sometimesget one oí two Wetdays. ol thundeEtoíms, sometímes. But,um '.' anywaÍ the sun'sshiningtoday,thafs the mainthing. |i|gel Yes.Ah .'. ÍheWaiteÍ!comingWithour bottleof o|lvieÍ Thankyou'Wou|dyou likesome? Nigel Yes,pLease. olivieÍ so' is thi5your fiÍstVisitto Marseille? Nig€ l No. I camehereonce befoÍe,abouttwo yearsago. |n WinteÍ' |t was .'. it WasquiteWaÍm, actually' otivieí Yeah,WinteÍs aÍ€ gÍeath€ Í e' BefoÍe'when| |ived in Pa|is,IaLways hatedWintelBut h€ Í e,it\, um '.' if theÍe's no Wind,andthe sun\ out,you canweaÍ a T.shiít.We get a cold wind' sometimes,called the MjsÍal'|t b|owsdown fÍoÍn the mountáins.'. fÍomthe Alps' But,um ''. if it's sunry,and thele's no Wind'thenit's.'.itl qujteWaÍm' Nlgel Well,my boss phonedme, ftomthe UK ofiice,half an houÍago.Apparently, it's rainingthereat the olivieÍ 0h dear. Nigel so, heÍe!to ouÍcolleagues in London| otivieí Yes.cheersI Nigel cheeÍs! t04 1 funher 2 better 3 worse
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105 we all knowthattodaycompanies wantto spendless on businesstravel.That meansmorebusinesspeople afe flyingeconomyclass.The advantageof econoÍny c|ass, i5, you have obviously,is the |oweÍcost.The disadvantage a smallerseat' |f you wantto WoÍk,it.snot easy youÍ tablel Verysmall,so you can'tput papeÍson it. |t's ditrcultto use a laptop,etc. So,we askedthe question'How canwe makeeconomy class bettelfor our bu5ine55custom€ r 5?,.And Wethink we havethe solution.So, that! what I'mgoingto talk
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106 The safestway to íavel js by plane' The TGVis the fastesttÍajnin Eulope. Ajl France.KLM i5 the |aÍgest ak|inejn Europe. Peopleofrenwant to buy the cheapesttickets, somepeopleWantthe mostconv€ n ientWayto trave|' Low.costaiÍlinesofrenhavethe leastexpensivefaÍes' The best seatsare in firstclass.
707 A what time do we get to Frankfurt? Quarterpast? B lJm...yes.Yes,wete on time,I think.The lastijme Itookthisflightjt wasaboutan hourlate. A Yeah?| don'tusuallyfly.I normallygo to Frankfurt on thetrain, B FromParis? A Yeah.lt takes...six anda halfhours. B Hmm. A |t'snota high.speed tÍain' 8 No' I dÍovelast year,fÍomParisto Flankfurt.|t took fte .'.six houÍs' Ithink. a Right. B No,the fastestway! by plane.Definitely. A oh yeah,I agÍee'I thinkthe tíain'sthe most convenienl way,though,Thefe'smofespace,so you can work,You arriverightin the city centíe. B oh, 'm not 50 sure' For me the ÍnostconvenientWay's the fastest,,!ay.I preferto fly. A Well,I suppose,for me, it's a questionof cost,reaLly, Íhetrain,scheaper' B How muchis it to Frankfun? A FÍomPaÍis?|t'sabout,um .'. a hundredand eighty B Yeah.Youteright'And that'scheap€ Íthangoingby caL WithfueLandÍunning costs' A HÍnm'I don'tlike driving'I thinkit's the woÍstwayto tÍavel'FoÍlongeldistances' 8 Yes,that'sÍue' WhenI díoveto Fíankfuít, I a|íivedat about,,, 109 1 Th€ flightsto NewYoÍk'Londonand LosAngel€ s aÍen't late'TheyÍeon time' 2 The Rightto Tokyois late. t's delayedby thiny minutes. 3 You can checkin now foÍthe flightto LosAngeles'The check'inis open.
Transcripts 4 You can'tcheckin foÍthe flightto London.The check'in is closed. 5 lheíe.sno flightto singapoíe'|l's(an(elled' 6 Forthe flightto Los Angeles,go to gateD ten. 7 The passengersare gettingon the planeto NewYork noW TheyteboaÍdjng. 110 st€ w ardess Hello. Passeng€ r Hello.Wheíedid put ny ticket?Ah. Theíeit is' HeÍeyou arc' st€ w ardess Thankyou. Do you haveany |D? Pass€ n gel sorry? stewald€ s s Do you haveany identjfication? YouÍpasspoÍt or an identitycard,., Passenger Oh yes. Nlypassport,Thereyou are. stewa|dess Thanks.|'mafraidtheÍeare no wjndow5eat5 left.15an aisle seat OK? Passenger Yes,that'sfine. Stewardess The plane! quite full.The last fljghtwas cancelled. Passenger Right.So is thisRlghton time? stewaÍd€ s s lJm..' it! delayedaboutten minutes'Do you
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stewardess 0K. So you have no luggageto checkin. Passeng.r No, ] don,thaveany otheÍbags' stewardess 0K, flne.Here'syour boardingpass, Pass€ n geí Thankyou' stewaídess Wete boardin8in ''. thiny.fivemjnutes.Gate twelveB. Passen8eí Right.Um .'. are thereany shops,afterthe securitycheck? Stewardess No.Thereare some shops overthere.Before you go thÍoughsecuÍity' Passent€ r oh' I see' oK' thankyou. steward€ s s You?ewe|come.
KÍisti Yes' 0K, good idea.Let3 do that' Akio l,llsendit now And |'||caLlback,uÍn.'.Whensha|| I call you? KÍisti Let! ialk againjn an hour. Akio OK, fine.Bye. Kristi Bye. t1t The most importantiob js the brochure- to start work on the salesbíochure' KÍ|st|Yes' I agree.I thinkWe needto do that fríst'|Jm'.' but then' I think' before\,veChe(kthe pÍces.we needto choosethe photosfor the brochure.Hmm ..,I thinkthat'smoreimportant. Akio Yes,youte right.Thatis urgent.The marketing peopleneedthose photosquickly. KÍisti Yes.So, I thinkthat ... And aftetthat We can checkthe pÍices. KÍisti so that! allwe n€ e d to do on the blochuÍe'Um '.' KÍisti Then,befoíeWetalk aboutnew prcducts,it's bettel if we LookaÍthe !'JebsiLe desig1,becauset''eÍe.s a lot of workto do on that. Hmm.0l(. Then,finally,we can talk aboutnew píoducts' xrlsti Mmm,yes, if we havetjme.Lefs do that last.lt! not thaturg€ n t' Aklo Yes,OK. Krlstl So, how muchtime do we needto do all that? Aklo W€ | |' if Westartquiteearlyand Woíkall day on the
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It! Kílst| so, Wheresha|lWe meet? Akio Um '.' well' I can cometo your olÍlce,or you can
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Yes,OK.Yeah,thenyou can meetour new design manageÍ' oh' yes. Good idea.oK' so let\ m€ e t in Tokyo. OK. How manydays do we need? Hmm,.,goodquestion. shall We plan the meeting,fiÍst?ThenWecan decidewhento reet. andhowlolg we need,,, Yes,0K. I wrotea |ist,thjs moíning'of the things|d like to look at with you. Right.Good. So, um ...well,shall I emailit to you?Thenyou can look at it, and we can talk later
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tt5 FiÍstof a||,alÍangea datefot the Íneeting. Thenbook a meetingÍooÍn. Afterthat,preparethe agenda. Finally,emailthe detailsto everybody. 1t6 A |t'sveryimpoítántto checkthe dates' B Yes, á8lee' A Thedesi8nofthe bÍochule is a smal|job. B I'mnot sureaboutthat. A Ithinkyou]ethebestpeÍson Íollhe job' B I'msorry | don'tagree, A shall Weca||to find out the latestfi8uíes? B Thai! a good idea.
117 simon so' whenaÍ€ you leavingfor Tokyo? Kristi lJm...nextWednesday. I'mleavingon Wednesday, coÍning back on satulday. Simon Right. And you?egojngto meetAkio. Kllsti Yes' We?egoingto woÍkon the sales bíochuíe' The Japanesebrochure. Simon OK. KÍisti Er.'. We}egoingto look at the Website'as Well. Simon Right.I wantedto ask you aboutthat.What\ the plan for the website,exactly? Kíisti Well,I wantto changethe design.Um .
Simon Kístl Simon Kístl Simon Krlstl simon Xristi s|mon xí|sti
Completely? I thinkwe needto makesome bi8 changes,yes. Why?Whatl the ...whatbthe aim? Well,we ne€ d to makeit easieíto use.tjm ..' that'sthe main objective. Right. And I n'antto improvethe look, as well. HÍÍm. Aíeyou goingto show me the new site? Befoíeyou put it online? Oh yes, sure. oK, good.WhenaÍeyou goingto have it ready? what'syouítáígetdate? well, our aim i5 to havethe new sile on|inethis year.'. beforethe end of the yeaí That'sour goal' But,um ...I'mgoingto talk to Akio nextweek,and plan the pioiectin detail.So I can sendyou a copy of th€ scheduleafteÍthe meeting,if you
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tt8 You?egoingto meetAkio. I'mgoingto talk to Akio nextweek. Wel€ goingto look át the w€ b site' AÍeyou go.ngto show me the newslte? when ale you goin8to have it íeady?
1lt (Rec= Receptionlst) KÍ|sti Hello.|,ve8ot a leservation.KÍisticortland' Rec |Msconland .'. a singleíoom,foÍthreenights? KÍ|stI Thatl Íi8ht. Rec OK. Couldyou fill in this form,please? Krlstl Sure,Haveyou got a pen? Rec Yes.Hereyou aÍe. Kt|stl Thanks'Um ''' |t says .companyaccountnumbeÍ'. I haven'tgot the number.My companymadethe reseNation,but, um, I don't.,. Rec lt doesn'tmatterYou don'tneedto writethat.lust pul your name,address.passpoítnUmbel,and signature.That'sfine. l(rlsti 0(. R€ c This is the cald for your room. Xristi To opénthe door? R€ c Yes'You iust insertthe card,and the door opens automatically. Kristi Ri8ht.OK. Réc |t! Íoomthrceone fiv€ , on the thirdfloor KÍ|sti Right' Rec |n the moÍning, bÍeakfast is fÍom.ix{hi(y to ten. Kt|sti FÍomsix.thint Right. Rec The djningroom'sjust oveÍthete. Krlsti OK. Rec We,vegot twenty.four.houl ÍoomseNice.|ustdial nine fromyour room, Kíisti Right. Rec Wouldyou like a wake-upcall? Kristi um ...no. No, thanks.
oK. And youve got a ínessateftomMÍsoga. He says he'scomingto the hotelat sevenforty-ffve, Kflsti Sevenforty-five. Right.OK, thanksverymuch. Rec Youtewelcome,Havea nice stay. Krlsti Thanks, ReC
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120 |'vegot a Íeseívatíon. Haveyou got a pen? | havenl got the numbeí We've8ot twenty.fouÍ.houl roomseNice. Youle got a messagefromivr Soga,
121 (Rec = Receptionist) Kl|stl .ÍMoíning' could l ch€ c k out, please? Rac Cenainly.Roomthreeone flve. Kí|stl My @mpany'spayingthébi||.I just haveto pay the extras, Re. OK. So, one phonecall. Kr|st| Yes.And some oran8€ iuice fromthe minlbat. Rec Yes.That'sall. O(. So that'sone thousandfive hundredand fiftyyen,please. Krlsti Can I pay by creditcard? Rec Of course, Kr|st| HeÍeyou are. Réc Thankyou. 12' When| (ame heíetwo yearsago, I had one objectivestop losingmoneyand startmakinga pÍofit.My fiÍst8oal was to improvebusinessjn the storeswe had.We stopped openin8newstor€ s | we wolked hald to incÍéase salesand cut cos|s.And we did that quick|y'Today'w€ have|oweí costs'highelsalesland a 8ood píofitmaÍgin. We?emaking moneyagain. Now,we can thlnkaboutopeningnewstores.At the moment,We haveno finaltar8et.ouÍaim is to open one new stoíeat a tím€ . |tl betteíto pÍo8rcssslo!\'lyand makea pÍofit,thán glow fast and lose money. Mana8€ 1 5maketheiÍbi8gestmistakeswhenthingsare goingwell.I'mnot sayingwe?edoingwell now.But wele not doing badly.We}€ on the righttíack,and We'Íe aiming to stayon the righttrack.We?enot goingto try to run b€ f oÍe we can walk. 12' l At the moment, ToreadoÍ is doin8quitewe|'. 2 AfterMr clay ioinedthe compány'his peop|eworked nato. 3 AfterMr c|ayjoinedthe company'businessimpíoved quickly. 4 Ml clay thinksit's betterfor businessesto 8Íowslowlt 126 so, how\ businessin vienná? B Um '.' impÍovin8' Yeah? Yeah,slowly.|t\ um .'. it3 easierthan |asty€ a r'
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Yeah. W€ had a hald yeal' |astyear. Low sales? Well,Wésold a lot of ploducts.But, um ...nearlyal| goods. low.maÍ8in
we hadexáct|y lhesamesiluation in Dub|in. LastyeaÍ? Yeah.Wemadea profit- iust. Welostmoney, Didyou? Yeah.Nottoo much,but,um... Butthisyear,you'redoingOK? Yeah,wetemakingmoney. Íhat!good.WeaÍe.The8oodthingi5,co5t5arelowel th|syeaÍ, withthestlongeleuío. That!tlue,yeah.Aíd they?egettinglower'of couÍse, yoLr?e Intheeurozone,in lreland. That'sí|8ht. 50,do youjustmanage onestore? Yeah,the Dubllnb6nch.Thereis another one,in ... 1A' So howmanyT-shirts did we order? lJm.,.twothousand flvehundred. Rlght,So it'squitea smallorder,then. Yeah.|t! a newpÍoduct, so wewantto testlt first' suíe.Howmanystoresareweselliogthemin? FIVE. R|ght. Anddo youknowthesellií8price? They?eon saleat nlneeurcs,ln thestores,lt'sa cheap prooucr. Hmm.Atewe makingmuchpÍoflt on them? 0n thisold€ l foítypeíCent. AndwhataboutbiggeroÍdets? HoWmuchdiscount can weget? peícent Tenol frfreen mo|e. percent profltmargln So we canmakea flfty,fifty.five on them? Yeah.Ándmore,iítheysel|well'I thinkwe can8eta maximum twentypeÍcent discount on rcallybigolders. ls theremuchdemand at themoment? That!the question. Domanypeoplewantto buyT-shins in winter? Well,peoplebuythemto wearundersweaters and ... 5h|íts ,t2
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customeÍ Yes,how muchjs this Í.sh.n?| Can'tfrndthe priceon it. Assistant Er... Let'shavea look. ...ls that it, there?Yes. Thirteenpounds. custom€ Í oh right.o(. Thankyou.
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Assistant Yes,I'll go and get you a pair. custom€ Í Thanks' 3 Ass|st8nt can I h€ l p you? cÚstoméÍYes,|'dlike to look at a Watch,if I can, please. Assl5tant Sure. clstom€ r lt's that one there,at the back. Asslstant This one heÍe? cuslomeÍ Yes,that! it. Asslstant Thereyou are. custom€ Í Thanks.so it's ninety.nine fifry? poundsfifry,that'sright. Assl5tant Nlnety.nine foÍtwo yea15' Guaíarrteed Asslstant cÚstom€ Í Ass|stant customar Ass|stant
Hello. Hello.could I haveone of thosé,please? one of these,heÍe?Th€ brac€ | € t s? Yes, Whatcolourwouldyou like?Theíe3b|ue,p|nk ...yellow lJm...I thinkwe'vegot them in gíeen|as wel|. CustoDer Um ... Asslst.nt ls it a present? Customer Yeah,lt'9not for mel Asslstant That'swhatthey all sayl Customer lt! for my daughter.She! thirteen.LJm... Ass|stant The p|nkonesare Í|ce. customer |'ll havea piÍ|kone,then,p|ea9e'Thankyou. 5 Asllst.nt Thatl thiny.ninepoundsninety,please. customér can I pay W|ththis cíed|tcaÍd? Asllstant Yes,we acceptthose.That3 fine. customeí Hereyou ale' Als|stant Thanks.|fyou cou|djusl sign héle'.'.Thanks.
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don,tofr€ n go shopping fol clothesbutwhenI go, buyqultea lot.IusuallyknowwhatI wantbefoíe go.so I iustbuywhatI need,andcoÍne backas soon as I haveeverything. AndI tryto go whenit! quiet. Ihateshopping whenit! busy.
2 | |oveshoppin8...especiallyfoÍcloth€ s . Ev€ n |f it! onlywindowshopping.I don'tthink I spendtoo mLrch ldon'tbuy lotsofthingsandthennever on clothes. wearthem,like some people.But I can undeEtand why peopledo that.
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