UNIT 1

INTRODUCING YOURSELF A: Hello, let me introduce myself INTRODUCING YOURSELF A: Hello, let me introduce myself. My name is Borka. What’s your name? B: Nice to meet you Borka. My name is …

INTRODUCING ANOTHER PERSON A: Let me introduce Ivo. / This is Ivo. B: Pleased to meet you, Ivo.

INTRODUCING YOURSELF Let me introduce myself. My name is Ivo INTRODUCING YOURSELF Let me introduce myself. My name is Ivo. I am 19 years old. I am a student. I come from Virovitica. I live in Zagreb. I live with my family/alone/with a room mate. I study Economics and Business. I speak German very well.

TO BE POSITIVE FORM I AM a teacher. I’m ... YOU ARE a student. HE IS a businessman. SHE IS a businesswoman. IT IS hot today. WE ARE in the classroom. YOU ARE RIGHT! THEY ARE in room 2. I’m ... You’re ... He’s ... She’s …. It’s …. We’re ... You’re .. They’re ...

TO BE NEGATIVE FORM I AM NOT a CEO. I’m not You ARE NOT a law student. Warren Buffet IS NOT a driver. She IS NOT his Personal Assistant. It IS NOT sunny. We ARE NOT in a meeting now. You ARE NOT law students. Bill and Warren ARE NOT with us now. I’m not You aren’t He isn’t She isn’t It isn’t We aren’t They aren’t

TO BE QUESTIONS Am I your German teacher? Are you law students? Is Bill Gates a doctor? Is she a good boss? Is it hot in here? Are we in room 8? Are Zdravko and Zoran brothers? No, it is not. No, we are not. No, he is not. No, you are not. No, we aren’t. Yes, they are. Yes, she is.

TO BE QUESTIONS Why are you here? Where are you from? Where is Bill Gates now? Who is Gordana Kovačević? When is our test? Where are you now? Who are Adam Smith and David Ricardo? What is GDP?

TO HAVE POSITIVE I have three employees. You have English classes on Friday and Saturday. We have a busy schedule. They have meetings on Friday. She has a lot to do. He has got good ideas. Our company has got three departments.

HAVE QUESTIONS & NEGATIVES (1) A: Have you got Statistics today? B: No, we haven’t got Statistics today. We have Statistics on… A: Has Angela Merkel got problems with Finland? B: No, she hasn’t got problems with Finland. She has problems with …

A: What’s your name. A: Where are you from. A: Where do you live A: What’s your name? A: Where are you from? A: Where do you live? A: How old are you? A: What do you do?/ What’s your job? A: Where do you work? A: Do you speak German? B: My name is BLL. B: I am from Zagreb./ I am Croatian. B: I live in Zagreb. B: I am 42 years old. B: I teach Business English. I’m a teacher. B: I work at the Faculty of Economics and Business. B: I don’t speak German. I speak French.

1.1 PEOPLE IN BUSINESS LISTENING 1.2 NAME Lorella Braglia NATIONALITY HOME AGE COMPANY JOB LANGUAGES

LISTEN AGAIN Her name ______Lorella Braglia. She ________in Reggio Emilia. She _______a designer. She _____ for Dielle. Her husband _____ the marketing director. They _____ Italian. They _____English and Italian. They _____ together.

LISTENING 1.8 A B C D SALLY KENT JIM HASTINGS VICTOR SANCHEZ AKIKO TAKAJIMA BRITISH AMERICAN CHILEAN EDITOR BUSINESS MONTHLY IBM

ALPHABET AND SPELLING EU DVD VIP UN USA Inc. CEO IBM UK BA LISTENING 1.5 1.6

PRESENT SIMPLE We plan to go to Madrid next week. I work for IBM. You look good. He lives in Rome. She plays golf. It takes 2 hours to get there. We plan to go to Madrid next week. You look fine. They work in shifts. SB P 7 READING

PRESENT SIMPLE NEGATIVE I don’t work for IBM. You don’t sound too good. He doesn’t live in Rome. She doesn’t play golf. It doesn’t look good. We don’t plan to go to Madrid next week. You don’t mean that. They don’t work in shifts.

PRESENT SIMPLE YES/NO QUESTIONS Do I look good? Do you work long hours? Does Jim live in London? Does Sandy speak German? Does it mean ‘tržište’? Do we need another department? Do you need more time? Do they know about the deal?

He is from …./ He is Croatian. He lives in Zagreb. He is 21 years old. What’s his/her name? Where is he/she from? Where does he live? How old is he? What does he do? Where does he work? Does he speak German? His name is … He is from …./ He is Croatian. He lives in Zagreb. He is 21 years old. He produces beer. He works in a brewery He doesn’t speak German. He speaks French. INTERVIEW AND REPORT

1.2 TALKING ABOUT YOUR COMPANY What ______________________? It produces and sells mobile phones. Where _____________________? The headquarters are in Helsinki. How many _________________? About 51,000. What _______________in the company? Finnish. And English , of course. _______your biggest markets? China. _______ do you ___________? On TV, in magazines, and on buses. a competitor a product a customer an employee a factory headquarters sales a market SB P. 10 A B

ASK YOUR PARTNER ABOUT A COMPANY AND FILL IN THE TABLE BUSINESS AREA: EMPLOYEES: LOCATION: PRODUCTS:

P. 12 B1 VOCABULARY (HANDOUT) Listening F 1.11 1 What_________________weekends? I often near Lake Pukkala. 2 What __________________there? I ___________________or ___________________. 3 Who_________________with? My ______________________________ 4 Where ___________________swim? In ______________________ 5 What _________________________evenings? I ___________________or __________________.

TALK ABOUT YOURSELF My name is I’m I live in... It’s a .....town in the north/south/east/west of ... I’m a I work for In the evenings/on the weekends I

1.3 NUMBERS PRESENTATIONS

11 Eleven 12 Twelve 13 Thirteen 14 Fourteen 15 Fifteen 16 Sixteen 17 Seventeen 18 Eighteen 19 Nineteen 20 Twenty Zero 1 One 2 Two 3 Three 4 Four 5 Five 6 Six 7 Seven 8 Eight 9 Nine 10 Ten

20 twenty 30 thirty 40 forty 50 fifty 60 sixty 70 seventy 80 eighty ninety 34 thirty-four 100 a hundred 1,000 a thousand 1,000,000 a million 1,000,000,000 a billion 1,345,678 one million three hundred forty five thousand six hundred seventy eight

PRESENTATION GREET THE AUDIENCE SAY WHAT YOU WILL TALK ABOUT EXPLAIN THE STRUCTURE OF YOUR TALK INTRODUCE A POINT BEFORE TALKING ABOUT IT END (CONCLUDE)

Hello, everyone. /Good morning, ladies and gentlemen Hello, everyone. /Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I am happy to be here today. I am here to talk about…/The subject of my talk is… First, I want to talk about …Then, …Finally,… Ok. Let’s start with…/Now we come to…/Finally, let’s look at… To conclude,… Thanks for listening.Do you have any questions?

PRESENTING A COMPANY 1) STRUCTURE AND LOCATION 2) PRODUCTS AND CUSTOMERS 3) RESULTS AND FUTURE PLANS

PRESENTING A COMPANY 1)STRUCTURE AND LOCATION The company is called… It is a Croatian company… It is based in /Its HQs are… It employs … The chairman/CEO/ founder is…

2) PRODUCTS AND CUSTOMERS The main business area is The main products / customers are… Its main competitors are … 3) RESULTS AND FUTURE PLANS The annual revenue is …with profits of… The company is successful because… They plan to…