2017-12-14
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Activity 1. Answer these questions:
What do you do? And what are you doing at this moment? I’m a student. I’m doing an exercise at the moment – I’m answering questions.
Do you use a computer? Are you using it now?
How often do you use it?
When do you work/study long hours?
Why do people go back to school?
What do you most enjoy about your school/work? Is there anything you don’t enjoy?
Do you come from a big family?
How many siblings do you have?
Do you get on well with them?
Do you go on holidays with your family? Where do you usually go?
Do you meet a lot of different people?
Do you have a lot of money? If so, how do you spend it?
Where does your best friend work/study?
Activity 2. Complete the dialogue using the verbs in brackets:
A: Where ……… (you come) from? Where do you come from?
B: I ……… (come) from Manchester.
A: ……… (you live) in Manchester?
B: No, I ……… (not live) in Manchester. I ……… (live) in London.
A: What ……… (you do)?
B: I’m an engineer. I ……… (work) for Ben Johnson & Son Ltd.
A: How often ……… (you travel) abroad?
B: I ……… (not do) it very often. I very seldom go anywhere.
Activity 3. Fill in the correct present form:
1.
It’s 10 o’clock on Monday morning in Atomic Ltd. In the Research and development department they are having (have) a meeting at the moment. Everybody who is involved in the new project ……… (attend) it. At the moment Bob ……… (present) his ideas. He has prepared an interesting PowerPoint presentation and while showing it, he ……… (explain) several features. They ……… (organise) such meetings every Monday morning. After these meetings, they all ……… (return) to their desks where they continue with the tasks. In the production department the foreman ……… (walk) around the production plant and ……… (control) the process. He always ……… (make) sure that things ……… (not go) wrong as that ……… (be) usually very costly.
Outside, at the loading ramp a van is parked. Some workers ……… (load) the truck with the faulty components they received yesterday. They ……… (send) them back to the manufacturer.
2.
I work (work) for an electric company, called New Electrics. It is located in Kent and it ……… (supply) a lot of households with electricity. We also ……… (provide) other services as we want to have satisfied customers. If something ……… (break) somewhere in the system, we always ……… (send) a specialist right away. If he ……… (not know) what to do, another expert ……… (come) and ……… (have) a look at the fault or damage. We usually have most work after different kinds of storms when lines are broken and whole areas are left without electricity. That also happened last night when we had this huge storm so I really ……… (not have) much time as I must rush off to help people in trouble.
3.
Hello, I am Bob Livingston. I am (be) the Technical and Quality Manager at GBS in Berlin and I ……… (work) within the Materials Testing Division which ……… (make) equipment used by different companies. They use our equipment to test different properties of materials, such as strength, durability, softness, resilience and so on. GBS ……… (employ) about 2,800 people and ……… (be) a leading supplier of this type of equipment. I’m responsible for operations which ……… (mean) that I’m in charge of Research & Development and Quality. If something ……… (go) wrong, I’m the one who ……… (have) to find a solution and who ……… (provide) answers to the Board. Currently, we ……… (work) with our new clients from Japan. They have just placed a huge order so we ……… (have) some difficulties fulfilling it. We have called in all workers, also the ones taking a holiday so we can finish the work on schedule.
4.
Jonathan Black is (be) an executive recruitment specialist who has turned to writing. The result is the book ‘Bosses Speak’, based on interviews with 30 Chief Executives. Each top manager – none of them very famous – is given a chapter and there is also some introductory material and a conclusion. This ……… (mean) you can jump from one person to another which is good for people who ……… (be) too busy to read a book from cover to cover. It ……… (not be) expensive although whether it’s good value for money it’s doubtful. Some of the interviewees started their own business while others joined a company and worked their way up. Some ……… (be) fairly new in their position while others have had years of experience. However, Jonathan ……… (not seem) interested in these differences. They work in different area, from retailing to airlines, engineering, construction and software. This variety also ……… (form) the main theme of the book. I have to say that Jonathan’s approach ……… (annoy) me. He rarely ……… (stay) at a distance from his interviewees, who are mostly presented in their own, positive words. However, he ……… (seem) to dislike certain interviewees. As a result, I ……… (not know) whether to accept any of his opinions or not. It also means that the book ……… (give) no clear lessons. At the very least, I expected to learn what ……… (make) a successful Chief Executive. But these people seem to share two types of qualities. Some of them are very common, suggesting that anyone can be equally successful, which definitely is not true. And the other qualities are the ones that most successful bosses I’ve seen or met definitely ……… (not have). So in the end, I’m not much wiser what ……… (go) on. Perhaps I’m being unfair. As long as you ……… (not think) about whether you would like them as friends, and pay no attention to what they say, the most readable parts are where bosses describe their way to their present position. Nevertheless, Jonathan ……… (seem) to think that his book would be useful for people who ……… (aim) for the top.
Activity 4. Look at these job descriptions and underline the activities people normally do, there are two correct answers:
An architect
a) works shifts
b) negotiates prices and schedules with builders
c) inspects the quality of the construction work.
A quality controller
a) visits companies
b) inspects samples
c) analyses data and writes reports.
A warehouse manager
a) inspects new shipments
b) checks and controls inventories
c) writes and tests new codes.
