Read the text with Isabelle Segura for a magazine. Put the sentences in the correct order and complete the profile.

I = Interviewer, IS = Isabelle

IS Yes, we have two - a son and daughter.

I Thank you. First, where do you come from?

IS No, he's a pilot - for Air France.

IS I come from France.

I What do you do?

IS Our son is seven and our daughter is four.

I Isabelle, could you tell us something about yourself?

I Do you have any children?

IS I live in Paris, in the west, near Versailles.

IS No, I'm married.

I Is your husband a lawyer, too?

I Where do you live?

IS Yes, I do.

I How old are they?

I Are you single?

I Do you work in Paris?

IS Yes, of course.

IS I'm a lawyer.

Profile Name Isabelle Segura Country Home town Place of work Job Lawer Company Landwell Material status Children

 

 

3. Wieden & Kennedy.

Complete the following extract using these words.

headquarters range world-class employs headquartered located operations

Wieden & Kennedy is a__________ advertising agency, ____________in the USA with ___________ all over the globe. Its clients_________ from Coca-Cola to Microsoft and Nike. Wieden & Kennedy's European­­­­­­­­­_________is__________ in Amsterdam and __________approximately 120 people.

 

Read the following dialogue. Make any necessary changes to the verbs in brackets.

laura: I need to be in Birmingham for a meeting tomorrow by 3.15. Have you got a train timetable?

claire: Yes, here it is. Right, there ________ (be) a train at 12.47, and that _______ (arrive) at 2.50, but it ________ (stop) at most of the main stations on the way.

laura: Is there another one that _________ (get) there before 3.00?

claire: No, but there _________ (be) an Intercity Express that _________ (get) in at five past.

laura: And when __________ (it/leave)?

claire: It __________ (go) at 1.15.

laura: ________(be) there any buses to East Street?

claire: Oh, yes, there's a bus that _________ (run) every ten minutes and it only ________ (take) about five minutes to East Street.

 

Company Organization.

Write the numbers from the chart next to the job titles of the management team.

Chairman of the Board

Chief accountant

Finance Director

Human Resources director

Managing Director

Marketing Director

National Sales Manager

Personnel Manager

Production Director

Regional Sales Manager (North)

Regional Sales Manager (South)

Research and Development Director

 

Write in words.

1. 299

2. 3, 740

3. 45 %

4. $86

5. 0.038

6. 500, 700, 200

7. 7.7

8. $39

Write in figures.

1. five o’clock

2. one million dollars

3. two hundred and twenty five pounds

4. one thousand, one hundred and one

5. three point oh one two

6. seventy nine

7. eight percent

8. a quarter

 

Choose the correct preposition on, in, at.

1. ________ 2003

2. ________ summer

3. ________ the evening

4. ________ midnight

5. ________ New Year Eve

6. ________ 4 o’clock

Put the words in the sentences in the correct order.

1.. take, does, long, it, to get, how, there?

2. time, the, what, plane, is?

3. abroad, have, you, factories, do, many?

4. staff, I, training, courses, for, members, of, organize

5. the, expands, very, company, quickly.

 

Read this article and answer the questions below.

Nestlé, whose head office is in Vevey on the shores of Lake Geneva, is the world's largest food company. Although it is Switzerland's biggest industrial enterprise, only 2% of sales are generated in Switzerland. We are a truly global company employing 230,929 people on every continent. Consequently, our management and staff reflect a truly international outlook.

Nestle now produces the world's favorite brands in 509 factories worldwide. In over 130 years of growth and diversification, we have never lost sight of our core business: improving the quality of people's lives through high-quality, nutritious, and convenient prepared foods and beverages. Today, Nestlé brands are present on almost every supermarket shelf, and some products - like NESCAFE, NESTLE, NESTEA, BUITONI, MAGGI AND FRISKIES-are sold in more than 100 countries.

a) Name of company______________

Location _____________________

Activities ______________________

Employees____________________

Market_______________________

Production facilities_____________

Financial information____________

Main brands___________________

 

b) Translate the text.

 

Complete the sentences about your own company or a company you know well.

1. It's name is____________

2. It's based in _____________

3. The company makes/produces/provides/manufactures_________________

4. It's customers are_______________

5. It's____________ company.

6. It employs________________

7. It's annual turnover_________________

8. It's annual sales___________________

9. It's subsidiaries___________________

КОНТРОЛЬНАЯ РАБОТА №1.

Вариант 6.

Complite the dialogue.

A Dieter, _______ _______ _______ Jose Corra? Jose___________ Dieter Hann.

B Pleased to meet you.

C _______ _______ _______ _______ _______.

A Jose is the manager at our office in Barcelona.