1. English for Business
Chapter 4
The Office
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PART MEUN
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2. Structures To introduce and give the students practice in using:
The question word where
The determiner (限定詞) many
The simplest forms of existence there is/ there are, eg:
Question: How many … are there?
Answers: There’s …./There are ….

3. Structures (Cont’d) Basic prepositions of place in, on, at
Singular and plural countable nouns, eg computer/computers, window/windows.

4. Functions and Concepts
To introduce and give the students practice in:
Describing basic office furniture and equipment
Describing the basic layout of an office or other place of work.

5. Area of Vocabulary
To revise and extend the area of job titles.

6. Vocabulary and Expressions
To introduce and give the students practice in understanding and using the basic vocabulary of the workplace:
The names of places of work, eg a bank, an office
The names of office furniture, eg a chair, a filing cabinet
The names of architectural features, eg windows

7. Vocabulary and Expressions (Cont’d)
The following nouns:
teacher, student, engineer, waiter, cashier, shopkeeper
office, bank, hotel, restaurant, shop, school
door, window, corner, room
table, chair, filing, cabinet, photocopier, computer
left, right, back, front, centre

8. Vocabulary and Expression (Cont’d)
The following expressions:
Questions and Answers
Where’s the filing cabinet?
This is my office.
It’s on the left/right.
It’s at the back/front.
It’s in the corner of the room.
How many chairs are there?
There’s one. There are two.

9. Revision To help the students revise the numbers 1 to 10.
To give the students further practice in spelling and the phrase How do you spell … ?

10. Exercise 4.1
Write the correct words in the spaces under the pictures. Here are some words to help you:
Waiter
Cashier
Teacher
Shopkeeper
Engineer
Student

11. Exercise 4.1 (Cont’d) Look at the pictures.
Write the correct jobs from part (b) in the spaces under the pictures.

12. Exercise 4.1 (Cont’d) Look at the pictures.
Write the correct jobs from part (b) in the spaces under the pictures.

13. Exercise 4.1 (Cont’d) Look at the pictures.
Write the correct jobs from part (b) in the spaces under the pictures.

14. Exercise 4.1 (Cont’d)

15. Exercise 4.4
Label the items in the room with the words from the box. One has been labeled.
Computer Window Table Photocopier
Door Chair Filing cabinet

17. Exercise 4.6
Look at the pictures of the office.

18. Exercise 4.6
Look at the pictures of the office.

19. Exercise 4.6 (Cont’d) Draw ticks (v) next to the true sentences.
Draw crosses (x) next to the false sentences.
There’s a table at the back of the room.
There’s a photocopier in the corner of the office.
There are three chairs on the left.
There are two doors on the right.

20. Exercise 4.6 (Cont’d) There’s a computer at the back of the picture.
There’s a table on the right of the filing cabinet.
There’s a window on the left of the photocopier.
There’s a filing cabinet in the corner.
The photocopier is at the front of the picture.
The door is at the back of the picture, on the left.