The global USAW ela Ke Keynotes In modern business, company employees often have business contacts in different countries. When = someone for the first time, we greet the person. We introduce ourselves by saying our first name and surname. Sometimes we give the petson a business card with details about our job title and company.Preview § What information is on most business cards? Label the business card with the words in the box. ee NG Bi Read about business cards in different countries. Complete the information with the countries in the box. ema REL eh susie the end of @ 1 people often echange business cards 3 rmeeing Be eet aes I is @ good idea to om and Engh print busi 2 English jn ~ © PAM business cards in Spanish | = Titles (for example, Dr, MBA, PhD) arc important in 4 Write professional titles and qualifications on _your Business card eee ae Dalene ge andes hanes ak wi a $ pre your ao ou! ames ame and hen | ane | 19 How do people greet business contacts in your country? How do people greet business contacts in other countries around the world? Unit 1Reading [fj Read the article and find the following. Brazilian two companies that he works for ween Carlos Ghosn's nationality a city in Asia three European cities a country in Asia Read the article again. Are these statements true or false? Carlos Ghosn is the head of BMW. false He travels berween Asia, Europe and the USA. Some workers travel (o different countries to work on projects. Indian software engineers work on projects in the UK. Its difficult to tavel between European cities. Its interesting to meet people from different countries. Contacts in different countries are good for business. It isn’t difficult to know what country to pay tax in. Working in a foreign country ‘There is a new type of worker in today’s global business Trait, ore, and more people travel in their job. Carlos Ghosn is a Brarilian businessman and he travels, to different countries for his work. He is the head of the French car company Renault, and he spends 40 per cent of his time in Paris, He is also the head of Nissan, and he spends 35 per cent of his time in Asia, in Tokyo. He spends 25 per cent of his time in other countries, such as the USA, Some employees travel 10 different countries to work on projects. They are in a country until a project ends and then they fetum home. For example, many IT engineers live in India but work iis Glossary head (n) the person who manages @ company ‘employee (n) a person who works fora company He IT (n) Information Technology ‘commute (v) travel to and from work tax (a) the money that a company and employees pay to the government ‘on projects in the UK and the USA. Other people live in a country but go to work every day in a different country. In Europe, workers regularly commute between Brussels, London. and_ Paris Plane tickets are not expensive and travel between the cities Is easy with a European passport 2 But is the increase in business travel a good thing? It is interesting for employees #9 meet different nationalities. It is also good for business to have contacts in different countries around the world. Sur there are also problems. Some employees spend a lot of time away from ‘heir home country and it is hot easy for governments to decide ‘exactly where workers should pay tx ml Speaking Do you like the idea of working in different countries as part of your job? What countries do you think are interesting to work in? Unit 1mVocabulary 1 Countries and nationalities HB Complete the table with a country or nationality. 1-5 are from the article on page 9. Use a dictionary to help you with 6-12. French 7 a Chinese : American Polish British 10 Indian Russian 5 6 12 * There are four countries in the UK: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, By Look at the article again and complete the information about continents. What other continents, and people from them, can you name? 1 Europe es 2 Asian | Working English | We can tall about nationality in different ways, Tin from Britain. ‘Tim British: ‘It's a British company. I'm from Asia. Tim Asian. __It'san Asian company. Ei Choose the correct word in italics. 1 We're Britain / British) but we live in China / Chinese. ‘There are a lot of USA / American workers in Hong Kong. I'm from Poland / Polish and I live in Warsaw. ‘Three of our employees are in Spain / Spanish on a project. The head of the company is Russia / Russian. Is this your first visit to Kuwait / Kuwaiti? aueun | Speaking fj Talk about the nationalities of these companies. Talk about other companies that you know. Shanghai Tang Michelin General Motors Aeroflot Marks & Spencer Banco de Bilbao Sanyo Shanghai Tang is a Chinese company. Bi Work with a partner. Take tums to ask and answer questions about you and your company or college. Change partners and practise again. Where are you from? I'm from Germany. Where io your university? I's in Japan 10@Unit 1Language check 1 72 Listening 1 © to be Study the examples from the article on page 9 and complete the sentences in the table. a Plane tickets are not expensive. He is the head of Renault. It is not ensy to decide exactly where workers should pay tax, Is the increase in business travel a good thing? ‘They are in a country until a project ends. eaneoe No, you aren't. is. /No, he/sheyit isn't. Wen ae NO eee Yes, they are. //No, they aren't. For more information, see page 158 Complete the sentences with the correct form of to be. 1 _Are__ you a student? 2 Ali a student. He’s an accountant. 3 Leo and Elena from Russia. 4. Chinese. 5 Mr Amery the head of the company? 6 We from the USA. We're British. 7 Dominique an engineer. 8 SMGP an Indian bank? i John Devlin and Rob Shaw meet at a conference. Complete the conversation with the correct form of to be. Use contractions where possible. John: ‘Are you Rob Shaw? Rob: Yes,I#____.. John: Hi. 1+. John Devlin. I'm with Karisco. Hi, John, + Karlsco an American company? John: No, it *_____ a German company. You »_____ with Meteosat Jen Rob: Yes 17__ you an engineer? ‘a sales manager. John: No, 1°. Eq Listen and check. Practise the conversation with a partner. Unit 1mPm Unit 1 Thanguage check 2 7a Vocabulary 2 Listening 2 © Speaking a/an We often use a / an with singular nouns. Study the examples and complete the rules below. a man engineer, Jules is a sales manager. b Its an office Are you a student? 1 We use ____ before words that start with a consonant sound (b, ¢ d, f BH IEKL M,N Pgs tww%y 2) 2° We use ___ before words that start with a vowel sound (a, ¢, i, 0, u) For mote information, see page 158, Jobs Hi Do you use a or an with the jobs in the box? Think of more Jobs. Do you use a or an with them? accountant designer architect. Jawyer receptionist teacher mechanic salesperson EF Complete the sentences with jobs from the box above. Use a/an where necessary. 1 Laura is _a/awyer_ ~ she helps people with legal problems. 2. Marco is __ - he builds offices. 3. Stella is she’s good with cars. 4 tm _____ - I work with money. 5 Gregor and Sam are ____~ they give lessons at the college. 6 Philo is __~ she's good at art. 7 Ronaldo and 1 work at Walmart ~ we're 8 Helen is _ ~ she welcomes visitors to the company. {fi Listen to three conversations. Are these statements true or false? Conversation 1 Conversation 3 1 Petr is an engineer. 5 They/te teachers 2. Hiroaki is from Saudi Arabia. 6 Theyite from Russia. Conversation 2 3 Francesca isn’t Brazilian. 4 She's an engineer. BD Correct the false statements, Listen again and check. 1B Work with a partner. Ask and answer questions about different people. Student A turn to page 137. Student B tun to page 141 What's hissher name? He/She. le he/she from Japan / Japanese? No, he/she ien't lehefohe a lanyer? Yoo, he/ahe lo Make true and false statements about people in your class. Respond to your partner's statements. Weis from China. Yeo, he is. He's an engineer. No, he isn’. He's an accountant!| Career skills the questions 1-4 above that the receptionist asks. Ei Listen again and complete the form. Name: Jan 1K. | Nationality: Company name:2____ Industries Ei Complete the phrases 1-3. Match them with the functions a-c. 1 Can you s. that, please? a check how to write a word 2 5, b say information is correct 3 T. right, ask someone to repeat Listening 4 © [fl Listen to the conversation. Is this Jan’s first or second meeting with Ben? Listen again and complete the conversation. Jan: Hi,_______ Jan Kowalik. Ben: Hello, 2 to meet you, Jan. I'm Ben West. Jan: What »______ are you with, Ben? Ben: T'm with Nerada Electronics. s____? Jan: I'm '________ Bax Industries. Ben: Ah, What do you do? Jan: man IT¢____.. And you? Ben: I'ma finance ’. ¥ Jan: Is Nerada as company? Ben; No, it isn’t. It's °. | Speaking Work with a partner. Use the information on the business cards to introduce yourself to your partner and ask questions. Student A turn to page 147. Student B tum to page 149. Unit 183