Business Basics

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UNIT 1
YOU &YOUR COMPANY
1.3 Company facts and figures
A. vocabulary
❶ Cardinal number.
1 one
2 two
3 three
4 four
5 five
6 six
7 seven
8 eight
9 nine
10 ten
11 eleven
12 twelve
20 twenty
21 twenty one
22 twenty two
23 twenty three
30 thirty
40 forty
50 fifty
60 sixty
70 seventy
80 eighty
90 ninety
100 one hundred
1,000 one thousand
1,000,000 one million
1,000,000,0000 one billion
Practice: Say these numbers.
33,418,000
432
75,000,000
1,280
1,136,433
A. vocabulary
A. vocabulary
Try to match the number with items 1-5 below
33,418,000
1,136,433
432
1,280
75,000,000
1. the price in dollars of The Portrait of Dr. Gachet by Vincent Van Gogh.

2. the average daily sales of The New York Times newspaper

3. the length in meters of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco

4. the population of Tokyo in 2000

5. the number of Metro stations in Paris
A. vocabulary
❷ Here are some facts Yum! Brands, the parent company of Pizza Hurt, Kentucky Fried Chicken, and Taco Bell. Use the words in the box to complete the sentences.
Use the words in the box to complete the sentences.
revenue employs market share located
products subsidiary competitors outlets
A. vocabulary
Welcome to the game
SECRET DOORS
Use the words in the box to complete the sentences.
revenue employs market share located
products subsidiary competitors outlets
1. The headquarters of Pizza Hurt, Inc. are ……… in Louisville, Kentucky
located
Use the words in the box to complete the sentences.
revenue employs market share located
products subsidiary competitors outlets
2. There range of .………… includes pizza, pasta, salads, tacos, fried chicken, and hamburgers.
products
Use the words in the box to complete the sentences.
revenue employs market share located
products subsidiary competitors outlets
3. The company ………… 840,000 people.
employs
Use the words in the box to complete the sentences.
revenue employs market share located
products subsidiary competitors outlets
4. Yum! Brands’ ……….... is more than $8.3 billion
revenue
Use the words in the box to complete the sentences.
revenue employs market share located
products subsidiary competitors outlets
5. Their main ……………… are McDonalds and Little Caesar’s
competitors
Use the words in the box to complete the sentences.
revenue employs market share located
products subsidiary competitors outlets
6. They have ……….. in most large town in the world.
outlets
Use the words in the box to complete the sentences.
revenue employs market share located
products subsidiary competitors outlets
7. Pizza Hut is a ……………. of Yum! Brands.
subsidiary
Use the words in the box to complete the sentences.
revenue employs market share located
products subsidiary competitors outlets
8. Pizza Hut’s ………………. is around 40% in the U.S.
market share
B. Listening
expand (v) mở rộng
president thống đốc, chủ tịch
refer (v) to smb/smth nhắc đến, ám chỉ đến
deliver (v ) giao, phát
percentage (n) tỉ lệ phần trăm
brief (adj.) ngắn, vắn tắt, gọn
Listen to the short presentation on Yum! Brands, Find out new words
B. Listening
Listen again. Are these statements true (T) or false (F)
The talk is in four parts. …..
Yum! Brands is part of Kentucky Fried Chicken …...
Yum! Brands is in over 85 countries in the world ……
Dominos is a competitor of Pizza Hut. ……
Multi-Brand restaurants made $3 billion in sale ……..
F
F
F
T
T
B. Listening
❷ In the talk what do these numbers refer to? Listen again and match the numbers in the correct information on the right
B. Listening
➌ Listen to these extracts from the presentation again and fill in the gaps
Hello, everyone. My ……… is Sarah Williams. I’m here to …… a brief presentation on our company’s sales figures and ……… for the future.
First, I’ll give you an ………… of the sales results. Then I’ll ……… our brands’ market share. ………, I’ll discuss future growth drivers.
Let’s …….. with the numbers.
………. , I’d like to ………… our growth drivers.
Do you …….. any …………….?
give
name
plans
overview
cover
Finally
start
Finally
discuss
have
questions
LANGUAGE NOTE Giving a talk
Greeting the audience



2. Presenting the structure of the talk



3. Introducing each point



4. Ending

Hello everyone. Thank you for inviting me.
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I am happy to be here today
I’m here to talk about / give a presentation on…….
The subject of my talk is ….
First ( Then/ Finally) I want to talk about/ give you ……
Ok. let’s start with …..
Now we come to
Finally, let’s look at / talk about ……
To conclude……..
Thank you for listening . Do you have any questions?
C. Reading
❶ Look at these notes on Swiss watch manufacturers the Swatch group.
1. Swatch Group- group of 18 watch company
2. Swatch- quartz mechanism- only 51 parts ( most other watches more than 150)
3. The chairman and founder- Nicolas G. Hayek
4. New Swatch watch collection with more than 350 watches
in four ranges twice a year
5. More than 50 production centers- in Europe: France, Switzerland, Italy, Germany- in Asia: Thailand, China, Malaysia
6. Most famous product- Swatch watch
7. Plans- components for telecommunication industry in future
8. The group- sells- 25% of the world’s watches
9. Swatch- cheap, from $45
10. Company in group include Omega, Tissot, Calvin Klein, Swatch, and Flik Flak- watches and watch components
11. Headquarters- Biel, Switzerland
12. Future plans- components for entire watch industry and company outside Switzerland
13. Annual sales- 127,000,000 watches, movements, and stepper motors (total unit sales)
14. Omega- luxury watches, Tissot & Calvin Klein- middle of the range, Swatch & Flik Flak- basic watches
C. Reading
❶ Look at these notes on Swiss watch manufacturers the Swatch group. Find out the new words.
Manufacture:
Manufacture
Quartz
Mechanism
Chairman (chairmen)/ chairwoman:
Component/ kmpunnt/
Entire
Movement
Stepper
Luxury
C. Reading
❷ Now organize the information under the appropriate headings, as in example.
3
10
5
11
2
6
9
14
8
13
7
12
C. Reading
➌ Put your notes in to complete sentences. Use the verbs in the box to help you.
e.g.
The Swatch group is a group of eighteen watch companies.
The Swatch group has a quartz mechanism with only fifty-one parts. Most other watches have more than one hundred and fifty.
be plan produce manufacture
sell present make have
C. Reading
LANGUAGE NOTE Presenting a company
1. Structure and location:





2. Products and customers.


3. Result and future plans.



The company/ group is called …………….
It is a < French company>, based in < Paris>.
It has factories/ production centers / subsidiaries in ……
The chairman / CEO / founder / owner is ………
It employs < 200> people / it has < 200> employees.
Their main activity is …………..
The main products / customers are …………….
The annual turnover is …….. with profits of ……….
The company is successful because ……………
We plan to ………………
C. Reading
❹ Make a short presentation on the Swatch group using this information and the language from the language note
D. Pronunciation
❶ In spoken English, the most important words in a sentence are stressed more than the others. In sentences 1-3 below, the stressed words are underlined. Listen then underline the stressed words in sentences 4-6
Where do you work?
How much does he make?
What does she do?
4. He doesn’t speak English
5. Does he work here now ? Yes, he does
6. Do you use a laptop? Yes, I do
D. Pronunciation
❷ Listen again and check. Notice how the pronunciation of do and does changes when they are unstressed: - do /du/ becomes /də/, and does /dʌz/ becomes /dəz/.
➌ Listen and repeat. Pay attention to stress and to the sound of do and does.
E. Speaking
❶ Listen to questions about your company and reply . If you don’t work , choose a company you know well . If you are not sure of the answer say sorry, I don’t know.
e.g.
What’s the company called?
It’s called……………………
E. Speaking
❷ Now prepare a short presentation on your company or a company you know. Use the expressions in the language note and the headings below to help you.
Name………………………………………………
Business area…………………………………….
Location …………………………………………..
Employees ……………………………………….
Production………………………………………..
Future plans ……………………………………..
……………………………………………………..
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