Unit 3 Companies 3.1 Describing a company (1)Vocabulary ook at the name of the countries and area in the box. write the nationality of each under the correct heading below. Add two more examples to each group. Taiwan Spain Venezuela Germany Sweden Britain Argentina Lebanon -(1)ar Venezuelan Now complete these sentences using the correct nationality I Lucky Goldstar is a Korean company 2 BMW and vw are 3 Virgin Atlantic is a irline 4 Volvo and Saab are 5JAL is a airline 6 Coca-Cola is an ompany (2)Writing Use the information in the business directory to complete the sentences below Higgins electronics Headquarters: Glasgow Branches New York. London Frankfurt I The companys name is 2 Theyre a company 3 Their headquarters 4 They have branches ening Listen to this information about another electronics company and fill in the business directory. Headquarters: branches
Unit 3 Companies 3.1 Describing a company (1) Vocabulary Look at the name of the countries and area in the box. Write the nationality of each under the correct heading below. Add two more examples to each group. -ese -ish -(i)an Taiwanese Spainish Venezuelan ____________ _____________ ________________ ____________ _____________ ________________ ____________ _____________ ________________ ____________ _____________ ________________ Now complete these sentences using the correct nationality. 1 Lucky Goldstar is a Korean company. 2 BMW and VW are _____________ companies. 3 Virgin Atlantic is a ________ airline. 4 Volvo and Saab are __________ companies. 5 JAL is a __________ airline. 6 Coca-Cola is an __________ company. (2) Writing Use the information in the business directory to complete the sentences below. 1 The company’s name is ____________. 2 They’re a ______________ company. 3 Their headquarters ________________. 4 They have branches _______________. (3) Listening and Writing Listen to this information about another electronics company and fill in the business directory. Taiwan Spain Venezuela Germany Sweden Japan Britain Argentina Lebanon Name: Higgins Electronics Nationality: British Headquarters: Glasgow Branches: New York, London, Frankfurt Name: Nationality: Headquarters: Branches:
Now complete these sentences. I One of our competitors is 2 They 3 Their 3.2 Talking about types of business (1)Grammar Complete these questions with is, are, do or does American Express in the insurance business? 2 What ul se Seat and skoda make cars Pepsi and Coca-Cola in the banking business? 5 What I BM and Apple produce? 6 Toyota produce computers? Now match the questions to the following answers. b Yes. it is cNo. it doesnt d Photographic equipment e No, they arent f Yes, they do 16 (2) Vocabulary Put the words in the box in the Manufacturing or Services section of the application form elow. vehicles engineering banking tourism advertising
Now complete these sentences. 1 One of our competitors is ______________. 2 They ______________________________. 3 Their ______________________________. 4 ___________________________________. 3.2 Talking about types of business (1) Grammar Complete these questions with is, are, do or does. 1 ________ American Express in the insurance business? 2 What ____________ Fujj sell? 3 ____________ Seat and Skoda make cars? 4 __________ Pepsi and Coca-Cola in the banking business? 5 What __________ IBM and Apple produce? 6 ___________ Toyota produce computers? Now match the questions to the following answers. a Computers b Yes, it is. c No, it doesn’t d Photographic equipment. e No, they aren’t f Yes, they do. 1b 2_____ 3______ 4______ 5______ 6______ (2) Vocabulary Put the words in the box in the Manufacturing or Services section of the application form below. transport vehicles insurance clothing aerospace engineering banking chemicals tourism advertising
International Businessweek PLEASE PRINT Address Postal code. Telephone number Please tick (v)one of the following from each question 1 what is your companys line of business: MANUFACTURING 2口 4口 SERVICES 6□ 9口 10口 2 What is your title? A口 General Manager bu Division manager C口 Department Manager D口 Student 3 How many employees are there in your company worldwide 1口 Under100 2口10099 3口1.000-4999 4□5.0009.999 5口10.000 or more To subscribe, please complete and post this card. You can also telephone your subscription on+44 8000 Listening Listen to someone calling International Businessweek and complete the application form 3.3 Finding the perfect partner (1)Language in use Match the questions to the answers like this: I Where are your headquarters? a Microchips 2 What's your turnover? b Tokyo, Japan 3 Who are your competitors? 4 What do you produce? d IBM. Intel 5 How many people do you employ? e100,000 6 How many subsidiaries do you have? fs18 billion (2)Reading
(3) Listening Listen to someone calling International Businessweek and complete the application form. 3.3 Finding the perfect partner (1) Language in use Match the questions to the answers like this: 1 Where are your headquarters? a Microchips 2 What’s your turnover? b Tokyo, Japan 3 Who are your competitors? c 25 4 What do you produce? d IBM, Intel 5 How many people do you employ? e 100,000 6 How many subsidiaries do you have? f $18 billion (2) Reading International Businessweek PLEASE PRINT Name: ______________________________________________________ Company: ___________________________________________________ Address: ____________________________________________________ City: _______________ Postal code: ___________________ Telephone number: ____________________________________________ Please tick (√) one of the following from each question. 1 What is your company’s line of business? MANUFACTURING 1 □ vehicles 2 □ _________________ 3 □________________ 4 □ _________________ 5 □ _________________________ SERVICES 6 □transport 7 □__________________ 8 □___________________ 9 □_________________ 10 □__________________ 2 What is your title? A □ General Manager B □ Division Manager C □ Department Manager D □ Student 3 How many employees are there in your company worldwide? 1 □ Under 100 2 □ 100—999 3 □ 1,000—4,999 4 □ 5,000—9,999 5 □ 10,000 or more To subscribe, please complete and post this card. You can also telephone your subscription on +44 171 439 8000
Look at this entry in a business directory. Then write answers to the questions in Exercise 1 Moore Corporation Limited Headquarters: Toronto Canada Sales: US$2. 6 billion Competitors: American Business Information Pitney Bowes. United Stationers Products: Business forms. computer-based information systems. Employees: 20.000 Subsidiaries: Businesses in 47 countries I Our headquarters 23456 Listening Listen to an interview and complete the business diretory Dentsu Incorporated Headquarters: Competitors: Abbott Mead Vickers, Corinthian Communications, Omnicom grou Products/Services Employees: Subsidiaries. References 1 -ese: Japanese, Lebanese( Chinese, Sudanese, Portuguese) ish: Swedish, British(Danish, Scottish, Irish) (ian: German, Argentinian( Canadian, Ukrainian, Egyptian) 2 German 3 British 4 Swedish 6 American 2 Suggested answers I The company's name is Higgins Electronics 2 Theyre a British company 3 Their headquarters are in Glasgow 4 They have branches in New York, London and Frankfurt
Look at this entry in a business directory. Then write answers to the questions in Exercise 1. Moore Corporation Limited 1 Our headquarters 2 ______________________________________ 3 ______________________________________ 4 ______________________________________ 5 ______________________________________ 6 ______________________________________ (3) Listening Listen to an interview and complete the business diretory. References 3.1 1 -ese: Japanese, Lebanese (Chinese, Sudanese, Portuguese) -ish: Swedish, British (Danish, Scottish, Irish) -(i)an: German, Argentinian (Canadian, Ukrainian, Egyptian) 2 German 3 British 4 Swedish 5 Japanese 6 American 2 Suggested answers 1 The company’s name is Higgins Electronics. 2 They’re a British company. 3 Their headquarters are in Glasgow. 4 They have branches in New York, London and Frankfurt. Headquarters: Toronto, Canada Sales: US$2.6 billion Competitors: American Business Information, Pitney Bowes, United Stationers Products: Business forms, computer-based information systems, document processing Employees: 20,000 Subsidiaries: Businesses in 47 countries Dentsu Incorporated Headquarters: Sales: Competitors: Abbott Mead Vickers, Corinthian Communications, Omnicorn Group Products/Services: Employees: Subsidiaries:
Total electronics Nationality Tanwanese headquarters: laude Branches: San francisco. London, Tokvo I One of our competitors is Total Electronics 2 They are a Taiwanese company 3 Their headquarters are in Taipei 4 They have branches in San Francisco, London and Tokyo Total Electronics is a Taiwanese company. Our headquarters are in Taipei. We have branches in San Francisco, London and Tokyo 1 lIs 2 does 3 Do 4 Are 5 do 6 Does 3f 22 clothing s chemicals Insurance 8 banking 9 tourism 10 advertising International Businessweek PLEASE PRINT Name: Henry ch Company: Chow Insurance Address 400 Orchard road Postal code Telephone number: 65 732 2324 Please tick(v) one of the following from each question 1 what is your companys line of business MANUFACTURING 1口 vehicle 2口 clothing 3口 aerospace 4口 engineering 5口 chemica SERVICES 6口 transport 7口 insuranc 8口 banking 9口 tourism 10口 advertis 2 What is your title? A N General Manager bu Division manager C O Department Manager D口 Student 3 How many employees are there in your company worldwide? I A Under 100 2口100-99 3口1.000-4999 4□5.0009.999 5口10,000 or more To subscribe, please complete and post this card. You can also telephone your subscription on +441714398000
3 1 One of our competitors is Total Electronics. 2 They are a Taiwanese company. 3 Their headquarters are in Taipei. 4 They have branches in San Francisco, London and Tokyo. Total Electronics is a Taiwanese company. Our headquarters are in Taipei. We have branches in San Francisco, London and Tokyo. 3.2 1 1 Is 2 does 3 Do 4 Are 5 do 6 Does 2 d 3 f 4 e 5 a 6c 2 2 clothing 3 aerospace 4 engineering 5 chemicals 7 insurance 8 banking 9 tourism 10 advertising 3 Name: Total Electronics Nationality: Taiwanese Headquarters: Taipei Branches: San Francisco, London, Tokyo International Businessweek PLEASE PRINT Name: Henry Chow Company: Chow Insurance Address: 400 Orchard Road City: Sigapore Postal code: ---- Telephone number: 65 732 2324 Please tick (√) one of the following from each question. 1 What is your company’s line of business? MANUFACTURING 1 □ vehicles 2 □ clothing 3 □aerospace 4 □ engineering 5 □ chemical SERVICES 6 □transport 7 □insurance 8 □banking 9 □tourism 10 □advertising 2 What is your title? A □ General Manager B □ Division Manager C □ Department Manager D □ Student 3 How many employees are there in your company worldwide? 1 □ Under 100 2 □ 100—999 3 □ 1,000—4,999 4 □ 5,000—9,999 5 □ 10,000 or more To subscribe, please complete and post this card. You can also telephone your subscription on +44 171 439 8000
CALLER: My name is Henry Chow, thats H-E-N-R-Y C-H-O-W. I work for Chow Insurance and our address is 400 Orchard Road, thats O-R-C-H-A-R-D Road, Singapore, thats S-I-N-G-A-P-O-R-E. My telephone number is a 657322324 For your information, we are an insurance company, so please tick that box under services. I'm the general Manager, and we are a small company, employing only 54 people 12f 3 d 2 1 Our headquarters are in Toronto, Canada. 2 Our turnover is US$2. 6 billion 3 Our competitors are American Business Information, Pitney Bowes and United Stationers 4 We produce business forms, computer-based information systems and document processing 5 We employ 20,000 people 6 We have 47 subsidiaries Dentsu Incorporated Headquarters: Tokyo Sales: USS1.987. 8 million Competitors: Abbott Mead Vickers, Corinthian ommunications, Omnicom Group Products/Services: advertisi Subsidiaries: Offices in 35 countries MAN: Today we're going to hear about the worlds largest advertising agency, Dentsu. Helen, I had never heard of this company- what can you tell us about it? HELEN: Well, you might not have heard of the company, but you ve certainly heard of their clients. Dentsu represents some of the most famous brands in the world MAN: They must be a big company-tell me more HELEN: The companys headquarters are in Tokyo, but they have subsidiaries and offices in 35countries around the world. They are a very big company, with turnover last year of USS1.987. 8 million MAN: Thats an enormous amount of money-they must have a huge number of employees HELEN: In fact they have quite a small workforce, only around 6,000. Advertising is a very expensive business, which partly explains the very high turnover MAN: Who are their competitors? HELEN: They have competitors all over the world. There's Abbott Mead Vickers, Corinthian Communications, Omnicorn Group-it's quite a long list! But there are no companies as big or as powerful as Dentsu MAN: Thats been very interesting. Thank you, Helen
CALLER: My name is Henry Chow, that’s H-E-N-R-Y C-H-O-W. I work for Chow Insurance, and our address is 400 Orchard Road, that’s O-R-C-H-A-R-D Road, Singapore, that’s S-I-N-G-A-P-O-R-E. My telephone number is a 657322324. For your information, we are an insurance company, so please tick that box under ‘services’. I’m the General Manager, and we are a small company, employing only 54 people. 3.3 1 2 f 3 d 4 a 5 e 6c 2 1 Our headquarters are in Toronto, Canada. 2 Our turnover is US$2.6 billion. 3 Our competitors are American Business Information, Pitney Bowes and United Stationers. 4 We produce business forms, computer-based information systems and document processing. 5 We employ 20,000 people. 6 We have 47 subsidiaries. 3 MAN: Today we’re going to hear about the world’s largest advertising agency, Dentsu. Helen, I had never heard of this company- what can you tell us about it? HELEN: Well, you might not have heard of the company, but you’ve certainly heard of their clients. Dentsu represents some of the most famous brands in the world. MAN: They must be a big company-tell me more. HELEN: The company’s headquarters are in Tokyo, but they have subsidiaries and offices in 35countries around the world. They are a very big company, with turnover last year of US$1,987.8 million. MAN: That’s an enormous amount of money-they must have a huge number of employees! HELEN: In fact, they have quite a small workforce, only around 6,000. Advertising is a very expensive business, which partly explains the very high turnover! MAN: Who are their competitors? HELEN: They have competitors all over the world. There’s Abbott Mead Vickers, Corinthian Communications, Omnicorn Group-it’s quite a long list! But there are no companies as big or as powerful as Dentsu. MAN: That’s been very interesting. Thank you, Helen. Dentsu Incorporated Headquarters: Tokyo Sales: US$1,987.8 million Competitors: Abbott Mead Vickers, Corinthian Communications, Omnicorn Group Products/Services: Advertising Employees: 6,000 Subsidiaries: Offices in 35 countries
