1 Facoltà di Economia Corso di Laurea in Economia e Gestione Aziendale Corso di Laurea in Economia e Finanza Pre-Corso Lingua Inglese Business English prof.ssa Luisanna Fodde a.a. 2004/2005

Communicative Competences 3. Socializing. Talking about your personal interests Is this your first visit to Sardinia? Yes, it is. I’d love to see Cagliari University Then let me show you around tomorrow That’s very kind /nice of you / That’s great! Are there many soccer clubs (gyms, golf courses …) in Cagliari? Are you interested in sport / Do you practice any sport? I like tennis and I go skiing about once a month in winter. What about you?

3. Socializing. Talking about your personal interests What do you like doing when you’re not studying/working? What do you do in your spare time? I like spending time with my friends with my boyfriend /girlfriend.. with my boyfriend /girlfriend.. I like listening to music/ going to the cinema/ playing football reading/ dancing

3. Socializing. Talking about your personal interests At the bar……… What would you like? What are you having? I’ll have/I’ll take… Are you sure it’s enough? Would you like a coffee / tea…? Sugar? Do you take sugar? Would you like something to eat with that?

Company structure

7 Reading Comprehension 4 Before you read:  What do you know about PHILIPS?  WHO/WHAT?  WHERE?  WHEN? Skimming:  1. Where are Philips’ headquarters?  2. How many people does it employ?  3. What does the Supervisory Board do?

8 The Philips Company The foundations of the world’s biggest electronics company were laid in 1891 when Gerard Philips established a company in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, to manufacture light bulbs and other electrical products. Philip’s headquarters are still in Eindhoven. It employs 256,400 people all over the world, and has sales and services outlets in 150 countries. Research laboratories are located in six countries, staffed by some 3,000 scientists. It also has an impressive global network of some 400 designers spread over twenty-five locations. Its shares are listed on sixteen stock exchanges in nine countries and it is active in about 100 businesses, including lighting, monitors, shavers and colour picture tubes; each days its factories turn out a total of 50 million integrated circuits. Royal Philips Electronics is managed by the Board of Management, which looks after the general direction and the long-term strategy of the Philips group as a whole. The Supervisory Board monitors the general course of business of the Philips group as well as advising the Board of Management and supervising its policies. These policies are implemented by the Group Management Committee, which consists of the members of the Board of Management, chairmen of most of the product divisions and some other key officers. The Group Management Committee also serves to ensure that business issues and practices are shared across the various activities in the group.

9 Scanning:  What is the company structure?  What are the main tasks of the Board of Management?  What is a synonym for impressive?  What are shares?  What businesses is Philips active in?  What does “to turn out” mean?

Listening Comprehension Company Structure What is the name of the company? How many employees does it have? What is the company’s turnover? What are the group’s main activities? How many divisions are there and where are they located?

Listening Comprehension Company Structure BICC plc is a large multinational with about forty thousand employees worldwide and a turnover of approximately four billion pounds. The group’s main activities are construction and the manufacture of cables. There are five different divisions in the group, two in the UK and three overseas