1. Work and Leisure Unit 2 MARKET LEADER
Business English
Unit 2
Work and Leisure
MARKET
LEADER
a new language course for tomorrow’s leaders
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2. Work is more fun than fun.
If you do things well,
do them better. Be
daring, be first, be
different & be just.

3. What is your attitude about work?
Do you live to work
or work to live?

4. Independent Film Company
Business English
overview
Vocabulary:
Days, months, dates
Leisure activities
Reading:
Describe your routine
Case Study
Independent Film Company
Skills
Talking about work and leisure
Language Focus
Present simple
Adverbs and expressions of frequency
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5. Let’s Talk about Work What are some of the important things in a job?
Business English
Speaking
Let’s Talk about Work
What are some of the important things in a job?
What is your desired job?
Do you think people can change their jobs from time to time?
Where would you like to work?
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6. Business English
What do people want from work? Listen to four people. Make three word partnerships they use from the words in each box.
Listening 2.1
1 high colleagues
long salary
helpful holidays
2 friendly office
travel opportunities
large boss
3 company phone
mobile computer
laptop car
fast facilities
flexible promotion
sports hours
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7. A lot of time away from work. Good people to work with
Business English
Key Language 1
Match some word partnerships from Exercise A to their meanings 1 to 6.
A lot of money.
A lot of time away from work.
Good people to work with
The chance to go to different places on business
Move quickly to a higher position at work
You can change the times when you start and finish work
High Salary
Long holidays
Helpful colleagues
Travel opportunities
Fast promotion
Flexible hours
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8. Days of the week 1st Wednesday 2nd Saturday 3rd Monday 4th Friday 5th
Business English
Key Language 1
Days of the week
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
Which 2 days are the weekends?
Wednesday
Saturday
Monday
Friday
Tuesday
Thursday
Sunday
1.Introduce the new lexis to the Ss.
2.Ask the Ss to put the days in order from first to last.
3. Click to reveal the answers.
4.Ask Ss what day it is. Elicit answers: Friday, Friday 3rd, etc
5. Hide the contents of the slide and have Ss call out the days of the week in order.
Wednesday 3rd
Saturday 6th
Monday 1st
Friday 5th
Tuesday 2nd
Thursday 4th
Sunday 7th
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9. Business English
Months of the year
Key Language 1
Write the months of the year under the correct seasons.
June April January August December February
May October March September November July
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter
March
June
September
December
April
July
October
January
1.Present the new words to the class.
2.As the previous slide, ask the Ss to put the months in order from the first to the last.
December 12th February 2nd
July 7th June 6th
April 4th November 11th
January 1st August 8th
October 10th March 3rd
May 5th September 9th
3.Ask Ss who has birthdays in the months mentioned. Have them say the month and the day.
4. Now have Ss stand and place themselves in order. The person whose birthday falls first in the year should stand first in line, etc.
May
August
November
February
March
June
September
December
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10. Complete the time phrases with in, at or on.
Business English
Key Language 1
Complete the time phrases with in, at or on.
Then write the phrases under the correct preposition.
_______night _______Thursday ________June
2._______the autumn _______the afternoon ________New Year
3. _______15th May _______Tuesday evening 9.________the weekend at on in in in at on on at
Complete the sentences with in, at or on.
We have a lot of big orders _________March.
2. The office closes for three days ________ New Year.
3. There is an important meeting _________15th June.
4. The CEO visits our branch ___________the summer.
5. We deliver large goods __________Monday afternoons. in at
1. Click to show title. Ask Ss to name some ordinal numbers.
2.Click to reveal the gap fill exercise. Ask the Ss if they can identify the ordinals relative to the numbers on the screen.
3.Now have Ss practice writing ordinals in words; twelfth, eighth, ninetieth, etc
4.Introduce certain guidelines people usually follow when writing ordinals.
adding th at the end except for first, second and third
dropping the y at the end of numbers ending in y and change to an i and add eth
pronouncing only the th in hundredth
4.Ask the Ss to identify the ordinals.
12 - twelfth (12th)
36 - thirty-sixth (36th)
51 - fifty-first (51st)
65 - sixty-fifth (65th)
8 - eighth (8th)
23 - twenty-third (23rd)
3 - third (3rd)
84 - eighty-fourth (84th)
90 - ninetieth (90th)
77 - seventy-seventh (77th)
15 - fifteenth (15th)
1 - first (1st) on in on
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11. Michael Dell’s working day
Business English
Reading
Describing Your Routine
Michael Dell’s working day
Michael Dell is chairman of Dell Computer Corporation in the US. For about 30 percent of his time he travels overseas and meets international customers. Each year he makes two or three trips to Europe and two trips to Asia.
When he is at his home in Austin, Texas, he gets up at 5:30 a.m. each day. He lives with his wife, Susan, and their four children, who are all under the age of ten. His wife owns a clothes shop in Austin.
In the mornings he does exercises for an hour from 6:00 a.m. and then drives to
his office. He arrives at 8:00 a.m. At his office he talks to customers and makes plans
for the organisation.
He leaves the office at about 6:15 p.m. and has dinner with his family. He reads
stories to his children and gets them to bed. He often spends time in the evening writing
s. ‘Then I go to sleep, get up and do it all again,’ he says.
In his free time he likes to go running and biking.
From The Times
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12. Dell, Incorporated Type Public (NASDAQ: DELL SEHK: 4331) Founded
Austin, Texas, USA in November 1984 as PC’s Limited
Headquarters
Austin, Texas, USA
Key People
Michael Dell, founder & CEO
Industry
Computer hardware
Products
Desktops，Servers，Notebooks，Peripherals，Printers

13. Austin, capital of Texas

14. What time does Michael Dell: Get up?
Business English
Task
What time does Michael Dell:
Get up?
2 Do exercises?
3 Arrive at his office?
4 Leave the office?
5:30 a.m.
6:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m.
6:15 p.m.
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15. Mark each statement true or false.
Business English
Task
Mark each statement true or false.
1.Michael Dell makes three trips
to Asia each year.
2.He lives in Europe
3. He has four children
4. His wife has a ship in Austin, Texas.
5. He has dinner with customers.
6. He works on his computer in the evening
false
false
true
true
false
true
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16. Match the words in each box to make word partnerships.
Business English
Task
Match the words in each box to make
word partnerships.
1 go a) football
2 play b) exercise
3 do c) running
4 travel a) time
5 meet b) customers
6 spend c) overseas
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17. Go to school Leave home Get up Have lunch Go running Have dinner
Business English
Speaking
Work in pairs. Tell your partner about your day.
Go to school
Leave home
Get up
Have lunch
Go running
Have dinner
Go to bed
Go shopping
Go swimming
Take a walk
study
Watch TV
Go to bed
Call my parents
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18. Present simple We use the present simple to talk about
Business English
Language
Focus 1
Present simple
We use the present simple to talk about
habits and work routines.
I travel overseas.
He reads stories to his children.
Does he talk to customers?
Yes, he does. / No he doesn’t
We don’t drive to work
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19. Complete the article about Giorgio Armani’s working day.
Business English
Task
Complete the article about Giorgio Armani’s working day.
Use the verbs from the box.
Works sleep has spends wakes stops
walks travel goes
Giorgio Armani_________ up at 7 a.m. He ___________ to the gym and
_________ an hour there. He_________ breakfast and then _________to
the office with his body guard. He has pasta and a salad for lunch and then
he _________for 10 minutes.
He ________until 8 p.m. on design and administration. He ________ every
two months—to the US, Russia or other parts of Europe. On his way home
from the office, he often_________ for a drink at Nobu. At weekends e
goes to his villa.
wakes
goes
spends
has
walks
sleeps
works
travels
stops
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20. Complete the article about Patrick Ross.
Business English
Task
Complete the article about Patrick Ross.
Use the correct verbs in brackets
I’m Patrick Ross and I ___________(work) for an American securities
company in Beijing. I ___________(live) near Chaoyang District, and I
_________(travel) to work by subway. My wife is Chinese. She
__________(work) part-time for a shipping company. She
__________(drive) to work. We both ____________(like) sports and
traveling. We________ (play) golf at the weekend. Our two
Children ________ (go) to an international school.
work
live
travel
works
drives
like
play go
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21. Write a paragraph like the one in Exercise B about yourself
Business English
Writing
Write a paragraph like the one in Exercise B about yourself
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22. running walking biking swimming Leisure activities
Business English
Key Language 2
Leisure activities
Match the leisure activities to the pictures.
running
walking
biking
swimming
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23. Complete the leisure activities below. Use words from the box.
Business English
Key Language 2
Complete the leisure activities below. Use words from the box.
You can use each word more than once.
1 _______golf _________TV _________restaurant 4___________CD
playing
watching
going to
listening to
5 ______ tennis 6 ________the cinema 7_________football 8________the gym
playing
going to
playing
going to
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24. love like don’t mind don’t like hate Do you like swimming?
Business English
Do you like swimming?
Speaking
I love cooking.
I like swimming.
don’t like
hate
love
like
don’t mind
I don’t mind
fishing.
Ask Ss the title question. And give your own opinion.
Tell Ss that they are going to learn how to give their opinions on hobbies and pastimes.
Click to bring up the thumbs up and down and illicit from Ss the language we use to express likes and dislikes.
Click to bring up the graph and demonstrate the new vocabulary. Click to bring up the speech bubbles and give more examples.
Draw an imaginary line from one end of the class to another. Along the line, point out the location of ‘love’, ‘like’, ‘don’t mind’, ‘don’t like’, and ‘hate’. Have Ss all stand up. Call out activities from the previous slide randomly. Ss should move to the appropriate place along the line according to how much they like or dislike a particular activity.
I don’t like
shopping.
I hate dancing.
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25. Talk about your leisure activities.
Business English
Talk about your leisure activities.
Use the verbs in box1 and the time phrases in box 2.
Speaking
I love running at the weekend.
I like going to the cinema on Friday night.
at the weekend
on Friday night
in the summer / winter
in August / December
in the morning / afternoon / evening
love
like
quite like
don’t like
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26. He often spends time in the evenings writing e-mails.
Business English
Language
Focus 2
We often use adverbs of frequency and expressions
of frequency with the present simple to say how often
we do things.
He often spends time in the evenings writing s.
Each year he makes two trips to Asia.
How often does he get up at 5:30 a.m?
He always gets up at 5:30.
Expression of frequency go at the beginning or the end of a sentence.
Go through the adverbs of frequency with Ss, paying attention to pronunciation.
Explain to Ss that we use these words to find out often a person does a certain activity.
Go through each sentence, giving more examples for each.
Ask Ss: “How often do you …?” Elicit replies using different adverbs of frequency.
Point out to Ss that we don’t use the - ing form of the verb in frequency questions. For example, it is incorrect to say: “How often do you playing basketball?” Instead we say: “How often do you play basketball?”
Using the activities listed on the previous slide, have Ss form frequency questions with “How often do you ..?” For example: “How often do you fish?” “How often do you play table tennis?”
In pairs, have Ss ask and answer these questions using suitable adverbs of frequency.
Point out to Ss that some adverbs of frequency can be used alone, whereas others normally require some further information. For example, it is correct to say: “I never play basketball.” However, it is not really correct to say: “I always play basketball.” Except in certain contexts which we are not concerned with here, this sentence implies that the person does nothing else but play basketball, so we normally qualify the statement with some further information. For example: “I always play basketball after school.” The other adverb of frequency which requires further qualification is ‘usually’. “I usually go fishing on the weekend.”
Two nights a week he works late at the office.
He works from home once a month.
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27. 0% time never sometimes Often usually always
Business English
Language
Focus 2
Adverbs and expressions of frequency
How often do you …? 0%
100%
time
never
sometimes
Often
usually
always
I never play basketball
I sometimes go shopping with my mother.
I often eat out with friends.
I usually watch TV in the evening.
I always listen to music after work.
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28. 2 They start their first meeting at 9 o’clock.
Business English
Task
Write the words in brackets in the correct place
in the sentence.
1 She gets up early.
2 They start their first meeting at 9 o’clock.
3 We are late for meetings.
4 I am busy in the afternoon.
5 The office closes at 3 p.m.
usually
always
never
often
sometimes
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29. 1 from to time. 2 now and 3 once a 4 a month 5 every 6 times a week
Business English
Task
Complete these expressions of frequency.
Use words from the box.
1 from to time.
2 now and
3 once a
a month
5 every
times a week
time
then
week
twice
Sunday
three
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30. 1 a) He reads the papers every day.
Business English
Task
Read the pairs of sentence.
Cross out the incorrect words
1 a) He reads the papers every day.
b) He always /sometimes reads the papers.
2 a) We eat in the company cafeteria four times a week.
b) We usually / sometimes eat in the company cafeteria.
3 a) I work late once a month.
b) I usually / sometimes work late.
4 a) The managers don’t go to business dinners at the weekend.
b) The mangers never / sometimes go to business dinners at
the weekend.
5 a) The company director travels on business twice a week.
b) The company director always / often travels on business.
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31. How often do you… play sports? use a mobile phone?
Business English
Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions.
Add similar ones of your own.
Speaking
How often do you…
play sports?
use a mobile phone?
drive to work / college / university
go to a gym . Fitness centre?
entertain at home?
go on business trips?
go aboard on holiday?
Buy a newspaper / magazine?
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32. Rodlfo (Mexican) Isabel (Swiss) Sigrid (Austrian)
Business English
An interviewer asks people from different countries
about their typical day. Listen and complete the chart
Listening 2.2
Rodlfo
(Mexican)
Isabel
(Swiss)
Sigrid
(Austrian)
1 What do you do when you get to work?
2 Where do you have lunch?
3 How often do you travel on business?
Check
Look in diary;
Then have a coffee
Say hi to colleagues;
Then check s
At home
At her desk
In the cafeteria
Once a month
never
Twice a year
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33. Match the questions with the answers.
Business English
Task
Match the questions with the answers.
1 What do you like best about your job?
How many hours a week do you work / study?
When do you finish work?
Do you meet your colleagues after work?
What do you do in your free time?
Usually about 6 o’clock
From time to time.
We sometimes go for a meal
c) I play golf.
d) I work flexible hours, which is great.
e) Between 30 and 35 hours.
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34. Pat What do you do at the weekend?
Business English
Listening 2.3
Complete the conversation. Use words from the box. Then listen and check.
keen enjoy really interested love
Pat What do you do at the weekend?
Tim I’m _________ on sport. I ________ like karate,
and I _______ playing football. But I’m not really
__________ in watching sport on TV.
I don’t _______professional football matches,
for example.
keen
really
love
interested
enjoy
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35. What do you do in your free time? What do you do at the weekend?
Business English
Speaking
Work in pairs.
Tell your partner how you feel about your work or studies.
Use phrases from the Useful language box.
I enjoy having flexible hours I don’t enjoy doing overtime.
I really like my boss / colleagues I don’t like long meetings.
What do you do in your free time?
What do you do at the weekend?
What do you do after class?
What do you do in the evening?
How often do you …?
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36. Independent Film Company
Business English
Case Study
Independent Film Company
Vancouver, Canada
Receptionist production assistant camera operator producer
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37. Problems with employees
Job title
Problems
Receptionist
Too busy at work; low salary; need more breaks & flexible hours
Production assistant
No regular break time or lunch hour; a lot of overtime; need a large office & a fast promotion
Camera operator
No regular break time or lunch hour; dislike weekend work & the boss is not very friendly
TV producer
No regular break time or lunch hour; need a laptop computer & a new company car

38. Introduction:
The aim of the report is to assess the problems with employees at
work collected from a recent interview.
Findings:
Working hours:
Almost all employees complain about the lack of break time at work.
The receptionist has only one 15-minute break in the morning while
the other three have no regular breaks whatsoever at work. In
addition, they also complain about the frequent overtime and weekend
work. The receptionist even asks for more flexible hours.
Lunch time:
The production assistant, camera operator and TV producer all
complain that they have no definite lunch time at work. They usually
get takeaway fast food, eat in restaurants or, very often, miss lunch
when they are busy.
Conclusion:
Generally speaking, most employees are satisfied with their work at
Independent Film Company.
Recommendations:
It is recommended that working conditions need to be improved and
necessary facilities have to be provided for certain employees.

39. Unit 2 Work and Leisure Summary Sheet
Business English
Unit 2 Work and Leisure Summary Sheet
Present simple
Asking questions
What do you do in your free time?
at the weekend?
after work?
in the evening?
How often do you…?
Do you like…? Yes, I do. / No, I don’t.
Seasons
We use the present simple to talk about
habits and work routines.
I travel overseas.
He reads stories to his children.
Does he talk to customers?
Yes, he does. / No he doesn’t
We don’t drive to work
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter
Expressing feelings
I like / love… I don’t like…
I’m keen on… He isn’t really keen on…
I really enjoy… She doesn’t enjoy…
I’m interested in… We aren’t interested in…
Adverbs and expressions of frequency
How often do you …? 0%
100%
time
never
sometimes
Often
usually
always
I never play basketball
I sometimes go shopping with my mother.
I often eat out with friends.
I usually watch TV in the evening.
I always listen to music after work.
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