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Course book: Intelligent Business Pre-intermediate Christine Johnson
100學年度第二學期 英文閱讀(二) 周美智老師 Course book: Intelligent Business Pre-intermediate Christine Johnson
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Unit 5 Success Preview What is success? What does success mean to you?
- a top job -being your own boss -earning a lot of money -being famous -being good at what you do -being happy -something else?
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Passion into profit PJ Smoothie Harry Cragoe Why do you think PJ Smoothies is a successful company? - why did Cragoe think that smoothies were good? - why did he decide to sell smoothies in the UK? - how did he finance the new business? - why did he start production in the UK?
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Harry Cragoe & PJ Smoothie
- what is PJ Smoothies’ market share? - who or what are PJ Smoothies’ main customers? - how did Cragoe lose €30,000? - does Harry Cragoe think it is possible to return a business when you don’t enjoy it?
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Language check Simple past
The simple past describes an event that is finished. We often use the past simple with a time expression. in on at from… to…
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Practice I When you tell a story in the past, it is useful to say when events happened. To begin with… Then / So then… For the next three or four years… Two years later… After about a year / after a while… After + ing… And now… Think of six key events in your life.
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Practice II Write complete sentences using the past simple and appropriate time expressions. He distributes crisps to local by van. 2. August Ist A customer cancels his order because Willis doesn’t sell 50 gram packs. 3. December Willis starts production of the first Salty Dog crisps.
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Unit 7 Location Preview A good location
Which location is the best for each of the business activities? - bank -big supermarket -petrol station -duty-free shop -ship-building
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Vocabulary What facilities does a region need to develop as both a tourist resort and a business center? Airport apartment blocks beaches road links shopping villas them park port hotel accommodation infrastructure attractions
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Field of dreams Questions
1. What are building on the large man—made islands off the coast of Dubai? 2. How long will Dubai’s oil production continue? 3. What attractions does the city-state have for tourists? 4. What is the population of Dubai? What percentage of the people are originally from the city-state? 5. What kinds of companies are setting up business in Dubai?
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Language check Future plans and intentions
1. We use ___ to talk about intentions when we make the decision now to do something in the future. 2. We use ___ to talk about intentions when the decision was already made before. 3. We use ___ to talk about arrangements for things to happen at a fixed time in the future. the present continuous (be) going to + infinitive will/won’t
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Practice the future tense
A. will / be going to 1. Lin (graduate) ____ in June. After that, she (begin) ___ work at an language institute. 2. John (be) ___ at the meeting tomorrow. I think Mary (come) ___ too. B. will vs. be going to 1. A: This letter is in Japanese, and I don’t speak Japanese. Can you help me? B: Sure. I (translate) ___ it for you.
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Unit 8 Job-seeking Preview Starting a career
What ways do you know of finding a job? Work with a partner and make a list. Vocabulary 1 The definition of the words apprenticeship work placement graduate trainee scheme
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The online job market How Jeff Taylor changed the way the labor market works? Find the information. - the Monster.com name - the image of Monster.com - Monster.com’s biggest contribution to the recruitment industry - headhunting firms Monster.com
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Vocabulary 2 Who does each of the following activities? The employer or job-seeker? - search job ads - scan resume - recruit staff - post a job ad -supply resume - use career management service - hire - fill jobs - join a firm
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Language check The imperative a. give directions and instructions
b. give orders or commands c. give advice or make suggestions d. give warnings
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Imperative Practice become choose decrease increase learn miss
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