Business/02

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• Special Education

MORE FORMAL:

-Hello, Mr. Daily. It's nice to see you again. How have you been?

-Mr. Baxter, what a pleasant surprise! How are you? It's been quite a while we saw each other.

Greetings

FORMAL:

-Good morning, Mr. Stacey. It's good to see you.

-Thank you. It's nice seeing you, too. How are things going?

-Just fine, thanks.

INFORMAL:

-Hello Mary. How are you doing?

-Pretty well, thanks. How's everything with you?

-Not too bad, busy as ever.

Read the following text!

Based on the text on the previous slides, answer the following questions in maximum six words!

1. What is Ms. Salarich responsible for?

2. What is her agenda tied up with in 2003?

3. What does she do for maintaining her physical and methal capacity?

4. What is her position in the Spanish unit of the company?

5. What is the connection between the bike trips organised by her and the Citroen company?

6. What did her strong willpower help her within the company?

7. What kind of list did she get onto in 2001?

8. Why is she satisfied?

Listen to the interview and answer the following questions in maximum four words. You can listen to the interview twice.

Choose the correct answer!

When someone "brings something to the table", it means that they _____________________.

1. have something to offer
2. have nothing to offer
3. buy everyone lunch

It's pretty hard to _____________________ against big, established companies.

1. compete
2. complete
3. competition

HP is one of Dell's main _____________________.

1. computers
2. competitors
3. controllers

James _____________________ last year.

1. changed his jobs
2. changed jobs
3. made a change in jobs

It's not good to _____________________ yourself entirely to your career.

1. denigrate
2. detonate
3. dedicate

Bill, I need your _____________________ on this. What do you think of this design?

1. intake
2. install
3. input

I thought you _____________________ at the conference.

1. did a really good job
2. really did a job
3. did really a good job

We've got a meeting in 10 minutes. Do I have to _____________________? Yes, you do.

1. atone
2. attend
3. attain

I'd like you to do a little _____________________ on investment strategies.

1. present
2. presenting
3. presentation

He's away ______________________ at the moment, but he'll be back in a second.

1. from his desk
2. from a desk
3. from the desk

Goodbye!