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Unit 3. Listen and practice. Exercise 2. (CD1:14)
Andy: Can I ask you some questions about AR?
May: Yes, of course.
Andy: How old is the company?
May: We were established in 1992.
Andy: I see. And where is your head office?
May: In Singapore. We also have offices in Guangzhou
and Tokyo.
Andy: How many people work for AR?
May: We have 45 full-time employees. 35 people work
in our head office, and there are 10 workers in our
other offices.
Unit 3. Listen and practice. Exercise 5. (CD1:15)
Andy: Who are your main customers?
May: Our main customers are small retail shops, but we
also sell to department stores and to wholesalers.
Andy: Are all your customers in Singapore?
May: No, we also have customers in Taiwan, Japan and
Hong Kong.
Unit 3. Asking about company background.
Exercise 2. (CD1:16)
a
A: Who do you work for?
B: I work for a trading company, Batang Corporation.
I’m responsible for rubber products.
A: How many offices does Batang Corporation have?
B: We have five offices. Our head office is in Kuala
Lumpur.
A: When was the company established?
B: In 1995.
A: How many people work for Batang Corporation?
B: Right now we have about 130 people working here.
b
A: How many offices does Insung have?
B: 18, but we are planning to open more.
A: I see, and where is your head office?
B: Our head office is in Pusan, in the South.
A: Is Insung an old company?
B: No, not so old, we were established in 2001 to
supply foodstuffs to supermarkets.
A: How many employees do you have?
B: We have 1,200 full-time employees.
c
French M: BL Chemicals produces plastic goods,
and was established in 1966. We have 80 offices
worldwide and around 17,000 employees. Our head
office is in New York.
d
A: What do you do?
B: I work for Brown Construction. I’m a construction
engineer.
A: How many employees do you have?
B: I’m not sure, but I think around 32,000.
A: Wow! That’s a lot! Where is your head office?
B: It’s in Chicago, but we have 43 offices in North
America.
A: I see. When was the company established?
B: In 1913, in Chicago.
Unit 3. Describing company business. Exercise 1.
(CD1:17)
a
A: Brown Construction is an American company.
Brown Construction designs and builds roads and
bridges.
b
B: Established by Jeff Bezos in 1994, Amazon sells
books, CDs and other goods through the internet.
c
C: BL Chemicals produces all kinds of plastic goods. It
has around 17,000 employees.
d
D: Capcom was established in 1979 in Osaka, Japan.
Capcom develops and sells video games.
e
E: Nisco Manufacturing designs and manufactures
integrated circuits for the electronics industry. It was
established in 2003 in Taiwan.
Unit 3. Viewpoints. Exercise 2. (CD1:18)
Neil Parker, Pharmacist, US
Neil: I work for a global pharmaceutical company. My
company develops medicines to help people have a
better life. Our head office is in Europe and we have
offices and research laboratories all over the world.
In my job I travel to conferences a lot and I meet
lots of interesting people from different cultures.
Sometimes my job is hard and I have to work long
hours, but I like working for a big company – I have
lots of opportunities to develop my skills and my
work helps people who are sick.
George Weber, Electrical engineer, Germany
George: I work for a small family company in
Germany. We have a factory in Dresden and a
sales office in Berlin. We make electronic parts for
computers, audio equipment and other electronic
goods. The work is hard and dirty but I like using
my hands and I like making things. Because we are
a small company everyone is friendly and I enjoy my
job.
Emiko Yamaguchi, Banker, Japan
Emiko: I work for an American Bank in Tokyo. We
invest in Japanese companies and we buy and sell
foreign currencies. Our head office is in Boston and
we have offices in New York, London and Tokyo. My
work is hard but it’s very exciting – I have to collect a
lot of information and then I have to make decisions
very quickly. Also I have to use English every day
for email and on the telephone – the telephone is
very tough for me because my listening is not good.
I want to work overseas but I need to improve my
English!