Advanced Business English John Silberstein Group Y7 Lesson 6 – February 23, 2009

Complacency – dict.com: a feeling of quiet pleasure or security, often while unaware of some potential danger, defect, or the like; self-satisfaction or smug satisfaction with an existing situation, condition, etc. Thwarting – dict.com: ADJECTIVE: preventing realization or attainment of a desire. NOUN: an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts Retrenchment – dict.com: the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable Gyroscope – dict.com: an apparatus consisting of a rotating wheel so mounted that its axis can turn freely in certain or all directions, and capable of maintaining the same absolute direction in space in spite of movements of the mountings and surrounding parts: used to maintain equilibrium, determine direction, etc. Vocabulary Review

Unobtrusively – dict.com: inconspicuous, unassertive, or reticent. Aspiration – dict.com: strong desire, longing, or aim; ambition discretionary – dict.com: for any use or purpose one chooses; not earmarked for a particular purpose: discretionary income; a discretionary fund. inheriting – dict.com: To receive (property or a title, for example) from an ancestor by legal succession or will. To receive or take over from a predecessor. surge – dict.com: a strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush, or sweep: the onward surge of an angry mob. Propelled: dict.com: to impel or urge onward: Urgent need of money propelled him to take a job. Pivoting: dict.com: A person or thing on which something depends or turns; the central or crucial factor. Vocabulary Review

Junta – dict.com: a small group ruling a country, esp. immediately after a coup d'état and before a legally constituted government has been instituted. Prolonged – dict.com: To lengthen in duration; protract. Predator – dict.com: any organism that exists by preying upon other organisms. Vocabulary Review

Germany: EU backs blanket financial regulation Current Events Explain: “improve transparency on global financial markets “ What does Merkel want to accomplish by having the European Meeting? What does Germany recommend for the IMF and why? What is the G-20 Argentina Australia Brazil Canada China France Germany India Indonesia Italy Japan Mexico Russia Saudi Arabia South Africa South Korea Turkey United Kingdom United States European Union

Match the sentence beginnings(1-5) with the Correct endings (a-e). Business Vocabulary in Use 1.The Canadian government decided to sell 45%... 2.UK Gold is a successful satellite channel… 3.Russia’s second biggest airline is trying to buy a stake… 4.China signed an agreement to develop a regional jet, setting up a joint… 5.Mr. Sugar’s majority holding in Amstrad… a)…made him the UK’s 15 th richest person. b)…of the state airline to the public and keep a 55% majority stake. c)…in which the BBC has a minority interest. d)…in its US counterpart so they can work out a marketing alliance. e)…venture company in which it will have a 46% stake, Airbus 39% and Singapore Technologies 15%. B C D E A

Choose the best word from the brackets () to fill the gap in each sentence. Test Your Business Vocabulary I have a 20% __________ in small printing company. (invest/interest/input) Charles Wilson now has a majority __________in Alicom PLC. (hold/holder/holding) ProSports and Fit Folk gave details of their new joint ________ (venture/account/combine) Kola-Co has made a _________ bid of 21p per share. (kind/friendly/gentle) Eastern Water proved to be our White ______ saving us from Collapse. (angel/knight/saint) Buying out the contracts of the senior executives will be a poison ______ for any predator to swallow. (medicine/tablet/pill) Their __________ company is a multinational based in New York. (parent/father/family) We started as a music company but we __________into television. (diversified/diverted/differed) interest holding venture friendly Knight pill parent diversified

Decide which time markers from below are usually associated with the present simple and which are with the present continuous. The Business 1.Usually 2.Currently 3.Always 4.At present 5.At the moment 6.Often Present Simple Present continuous Present Simple Present continuous Present Simple

Decide which time markers from below are usually associated with the past simple and which are associated with the present perfect. The Business 1.Ever 2.In 3.Never 4.Ago 5.Already 6.(not) yet 7.When 8.Just 9.Since/for 10.last Present perfect Past simple Present perfect Past simple Present perfect Past simple Present perfect Past simple

Match the sentence beginnings(1-5) with the Correct endings (a-e). Business Vocabulary in Use 1.The Canadian government decided to sell 45%... 2.UK Gold is a successful satellite channel… 3.Russia’s second biggest airline is trying to buy a stake… 4.China signed an agreement to develop a regional jet, setting up a joint… 5.Mr. Sugar’s majority holding in Amstrad… a)…made him the UK’s 15 th richest person. b)…of the state airline to the public and keep a 55% majority stake. c)…in which the BBC has a minority interest. d)…in its US counterpart so they can work out a marketing alliance. e)…venture company in which it will have a 46% stake, Airbus 39% and Singapore Technologies 15%. B C D E A