Business Basics

LETTER LINGO !
UNIT 1
YOU &YOUR COMPANY
1.1 People in business
Lorella Braglia is a designer. She lives in the North of Italy between Milan and Bologna. Her company make clothes, which sell all over the world. Two journalists are talking about Lorella.
❶ Listen and write down the information
Name : Lorellia Braglia
Nationality: Italian
Home: ....................
Age: .....................
Company: ................
Language: .....................
Job : ......................... 
Reggio Emilia
About thirty five
Dielle
English, Italian
Main designer
❶ Listen again. Complete these sentences.
Her name......Lorella Braglia.
She ............in Reggio Emilia.
She ....... a designer.
She ......... for Diella.
Her husband .....the Marketing Director.
They........ Italian.
They .............English and Italian.
They ............ together.
is
lives
is
works
is
are
speak
work
Language note
Verb “to be”
Affirmative
Negative
Introgative
Form
Verb “to be”
Affirmative
Negative
Introgative
Usage
Ex:
- I am thirty three years old
He is Italian
They are both engineers
She is married
We are Vietnamese
Language note
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❶ Work in pairs : Ask a partner these three questions. Then ask these other people
Name..............
Nationality..........

Job.................
What + to be+ possessive adj.+ name(s)?
What + to be+ possessive adj + nationality?
What nationality + to be + S?
What + to be+ possessive adj. + job(s)?
What + do/ does + S + do?
❷Tell the class about the people you talk to
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A person who looks after sick people
The country which has the biggest population
The flower is considered the symbol of “Love”
The language which is most widely spoken in the world
Money paid monthly by an employer
You use this thing to write
Key
Lorella Braglia
The founder of Dielle and also the main designer
❶ Match the word on the left with its meaning on the right
1. Produce/ pr’djus/ < v >
2. Design/ di’zain/ < n >
3. Employ/ implɔi/ < v >
4. Present/ pri’zent/ < v >
5. Founder/ faund/ < n >
6. Collection/ klein/ < n >
7. Equipment /ikwipmnt/
8. Workshop
9. Unit
a. Thiết kế
b. Sản xuất
c. Người sáng lập, người thành lập
d. Thuê
e. Phân xưởng
f. Trao tặng, trưng bày
g. Trang thiết bị
h. Đơn vị
e. Bộ sưu tập
❷ Look at the article about Lorella Bralia. Complete the article using the verbs in the box The first letter of each verb is given
Lorella Braglia i...1 the founder of Dielle, and also the main designer. Her husband, Danilo, w........ 2 for the company as Marketing Director. Lorella d...........3 two collections every year and p..........4 them at the fashion shows in London, Paris, and New York.
Dielle m.........5 everything in Italiy, and u...... 6 very modern equipment in its workshops. The company e............7 the services of seventy workshops in and a round Reggio Emilia. It p.............8 100,000 units fer year. Lorella and her husband l......9 in a house in the center of Reggio Emilia, not far from the office. They a....10 not often there, because they both t........11a lot. How do they relax? “ I d...12 yoga and Danilo p......13 golf” say Lorella. At the weekends they p....14 golf together and e....15 out at local restaurants with their children.
makes
produces
designs
travel
employs
eat
live
plays
presents
uses
works
do
play
are
is
➌ Read the text again and find out the sentences using ordinary verbs
They play golf together and eat out at local restaurants
Danillo works for the company
Lorella designs tow collections every year and presents them……
Dielle makes everything in Italy and uses……
The company employs the services of seventy workshops.
It produces 100.000 units per year
Lorella and her husband live in a house
They both travel a lot
I do yoga
Danillo plays golf
The present simple tense
Form
Affirmative

S (I, you, we, they, plural noun) +
V (bare infinitive)
E.g. I work for a big company.
S (He, she, it, singular noun) + V - (s, es)
E.g. He lives in England.
Language note
Present simple tense
make – makes design - designs produce - produces
travel – travels eat – eats live - lives
do – does miss - misses wash - washes
teach - teaches mix - mixes, finish - finishes
study - studies carry –carries supply -supplies
1. Form
Note
Language note
Present simple tense
want [wɔnt] - wants [wɔnts] type [taip] - types [taips]
like [laik] - likes [laiks] laugh [lɑ:f] - laughs [lɑ:fs]
reach [ri:t∫] - reaches [ri:t∫iz] miss [mis] - misses [misiz]
change [t∫eindʒ] - change [t∫eindʒiz]
close [kləʊz] -closes [kləʊziz] wash [wɔ∫] - washes [wɔ∫iz]
clean [kli:n] – cleans [kli:nz] play [plei] - plays [pleiz]
go [gou] - goes [gouz] live [liv] - lives [livz]
❷ Listen to the first part of the passage . How is the final s of the verbs pronounced -/s/ ,/z/ ,/iz/?
/s/ as in likes..........................
/z/ as in plays ....................
/iz/ as in uses ........
,makes, works, presents
, is, employs, designs
, produces
➌ Listen again and check
Language note
Present simple tense
Ex:
- I live in Vietnam. I don’t live in Paris.
- They don’t go out for lunch.
- My company doesn’t make cars.
- It doesn’t export its products to North America.
Negative
The present simple tense
Form
Negative

S (I, you, we, they, plural noun) + don’t +
V (bare infinitive)

S (He, she, it, singular noun) + doesn’t + V
Language note
Present simple tense
Ex:

Do you work for Nokia?
No, I don’t.
Do they have factories in 10 different countries?
Yes, they do.
Does it sell mobile phone?
Yes, it does.
- Does Nokia make metal products?
No, it doesn`t.
Interrogative
The present simple tense
Form
Interrogative

Do + S (I, you, we, they, plural noun) +
V (bare infinitive)?

Does + S (He, she, it, singular noun) + V - What does Nokia produce?

Ex:
- How many people does the company employ?
It produces mobie telephones.
- What languanges do they speak in the company?
They speak Finnish and English.
The company employs about 53.000.
Present simple tense
Language note
The present simple tense
Form
Wh-question

Wh- + Do + S (I, you, we, they, plural noun) +
V (bare infinitive)?

Wh + Does + S (He, she, it, singular noun) + V Language note
Present simple tense

2. Usage
Ex:
- I work for Dielle
- You like coffee
- Water boils at 100 degrees centigrade
- They travel a lot
- The earth goes round the sun
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choose the best word (A, B, C ) to complete the sentences.
1. ..............you like getting up early in the morning?
A. Do B. Would C. Did D. Will
A. Do
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B. has to pay
choose the best word (A, B, C ) to complete the sentences.
3. He ……………….the bill before the first of every
month.
A. has to be paid B. has to pay
C. have to be paid D. have to pay
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choose the best word (A, B, C ) to complete the sentences.

5. What … your mother often …. for Thanksgiving dinner?
does/ cooks B. do/ cook
C. does/ cook D. do/ cooks
C. does/ cook
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Find out the mistake in this sentence:
2. In the highly developed countries, GNP are always greater than GDP.
A . highly developed
B. GNP
C. are
D. GDP.
C. are
Find out the mistake in this sentence:
4. The group own a number of TV stations and production companies.
The B. own
C. number D. production
B. own
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Find out the mistake in this sentence:
6. A security guard have to work at night.
Guard B. have
C. work D. at
B. have
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❶ Listen to the alphabet in English .Write the letters in the correct sound groups as in the examples
J
K
D
E
G
P
T
V
M
N
S
X
Z
Y
U
W
❷ Say the following. What do the letters stand for?
EU
DVD
MBA
Inc.
IBM
VIP
UN
UK
USA
CEO
European union
Digital video dish
Master of business administration
Incorporated
International business machines
Very important person
United nations
United states of America
United kingdom
Chief executive officer
1........... 5............
2........... 6............
3........... 7............
4........... 8.............
Listen to following conversations and write the letters you hear.
B.A: British airways
G.M: General motors
H.P: Hew left Packard
BASF: German chemical company
S-A-N-Z
A.O.L: America Online
B.A: Bachelor of Arts
F.B.I. Federal Bureau of investigation
Name ...............................
Company .......................
Job ..................................
Nationality ......................
Home .............................
❶ Listen to this interview and complete the notes below
Sylvan Carmichael
Citybank
Canadian
Human resources manager
Redmond
❷ Listen to the following questions and reply
E.g. - What is your job?
- I am a teacher
❶ Sally Kent is the editor of Business monthly magazine. She introduces Simon Hastings to two other people.
Sally Kent
Jim Hastings
Victor Sanchez
Akiko Takajima
❶ Sally Kent is the editor of Business monthly magazine. She introduces Simon Hastings to two other people. Listen and find out new words
- editor/’edit/ ( n): Người biên tập, chủ bút.
- introduce / int’dju:s/ (v) ( smb to smb): Giới thiệu
- colleague /kɔ’li:g/: Đồng nghiệp
- consultant/ kn’s^ntnt/ ( n): Cố vấn, nhân viên tư vấn
- software engineer : Kỹ sư phần mềm
- journalist (n): Nhà báo.
❶Listen and fill in the blanks in the table below
Sally Kent
Sally Kent
Jim Hastings
Victor Sanchez
Akiko Takajima
Journalist
Business monthly
Consultant
Japanese
Software engineer
IBM
Sally Kent
❷ What expressions do A, B, C, D, use to make introductions? Listen again and fill in the blanks
Victor, ….. ….. ……….. (1) you to my colleague Jim Hastings.
………. , ..…. (2). Nice to ………. (3) you.
Hi, Jim ………… (4)
B. Do you work here, Victor?
C. No, I work for IBM. I’m a consultant. .… .… (5) my colleague Akiko Takajima.
D. Nice …. .…. .… (6).
B. Nice … ……. ……, … , Akiko. Where are you from?
D. I’m from Osaka, in Japan.
B. Where do you work?
D. I work for IBM in Singapore. I’m a ....…….. ..……….. (8). And you?
B. I’m … ……… . ….. …… (9) here at Business Monthly. Sally’s my boss.
let me introduce
Hello, Victor
meet
Likewise
This is
to meet you
to meet you, too
software engineer
a journalist , I work
Language note
Meeting someone for the first time
Introducing yourself.
- Let me introduce myself. My name’s …………..
Hello. I’m……..
Pleased to meet you .
Happy to meet you.
Glad to meet you.
Nice to meet you
Hi, my name’s…… . What’s your name?
My name’s…. . Nice to meet you
Language note
Meeting someone for the first time
Introducing another person
Let me introduce you to….
Nice/ Pleased to meet you
This is……..
Nice to meet you
Likewise
Thank You!