Reading
Read article from small town to global
leader on page 9 of your Market Leader book and develop exercises A to B.
A. Read this article. Then complete the chart
below.
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Angela Ahrendts
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Age
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50
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Job
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CEO of de
Burberry
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Nationality
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American
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Family
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She is married to Greg, have a son and two daughters.
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Interests
outside work
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She like to eat a pizza with her children or play basketball with them.
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B. Decide whether these statements are true (T)
or false (F). Correct the false ones.
1. Burberry
is an American company.( F) It is a british company.
2. Burberry
is a global fashion company (T)
3. All
Ahrendts`s children are teenagers (F) one daughter have 11 year old.
4. They are
at school in America. (F) The children are at an American international school
in London.
5. Most
mornings, Ahrendts is up before 5 a.m. (T)
6. She is
away on business most weeks. (F) She travels on business one week a month.
7. She has
a lot of interests outside work. (F) be with family.
8. For
Ahrendts, keeping in contact with relatives is important. (T)
2.1.2 Open
your Market Leader book on page 16, read article Business diary: Eugene
Kaspersky, and develop exercises A to E. Send these exercises in the Word file
corresponding to Study Guide 1. DO NOT take photos of the pages and paste them
on the Word file; you have to type these exercises (including the
instructions).
A. Before you read the article, discuss these
questions.
1. What do
you think is a typical day in the life of the CEO of a big company?
Very busy
for all that must respond.
2 How much
time do CEOs spend travelling?
Very much
time, must be available for it.
3. Do CEOs
need holidays?
Yes
B. Look through this article. Can you find any
of the ideas you discussed in Exercise A?
C. Answer these questions.
1. Is
Kaspersky a formal or informal CEO?
He is
informal, normally wears shirts and jeans, but he has a suit for important
meeting.
2. Is most
of his business in Russia or in other countries?
Most of the
company is sales are outside Russia.
3. Does he
work 24/7 (24 hours a day, seven days a week)?
No
D. Decide whether these statements are true (T)
or false (F) Correct the false ones.
1.
Kaspersky travels a lot. (T)
2. He wears
formal business clothes in the office. (T)
3. He gets
up early every day. (F)
In Moscow,
he does not get up early, especially after a business trip.
4 He goes
to the gym after work. (T)
5. He likes
to have time to relax when he is in Moscow. (T)
6. He only
has holidays in summer. (F)
"in
winter, i go to skiing"
2.1.3 Develop exercises A to E on page 24 of
your Market Leader book.
A. Which of these adjectives describe work in a
call center?
Badly
paid /
boring / interesting
/ noisy /
quiet / relaxing
/ stressful / well
paid
B. Three call-centre workers answer the
question "What are the biggest problems for you at work?". Read their
replies.
C. Look the chart and tick The problems the
call-center workers talk about in the replies. Who talks about each problem?
Write Birgit (B), Vijay (V) or kevin (K).
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Problems
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X
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Name
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Problems
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X
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Names
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Long
working day
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x
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V
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angry
customers
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x
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V
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breaks too
short
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low pay
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Long hours
at workstation
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x
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B, V
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no time
between calls
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x
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K
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boring work
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x
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K
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high staff
turnover
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x
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K
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no
promotion
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x
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K
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a lot of
noise
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x
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B
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D. Which three physical problems are mentioned
in Birgit is reply?
1. High
staff turnover
2. No
promotion
3. A lot of
noise
Open
your Market Leader book on page 8 and develop exercises A to B on listening.
Jeremy
Keeley is a consultant. Listen to him introducing himself in the first part of
the interview and decide whether these statements are true (T) or false (F).
Correct the false ones.
1. He lives
in London. (T)
2. He has
three very young children. (T)
3. He runs
his own business. (T)
4. His
business work for organisations across the USA and Asia. (F)
Works for
organisations across the Uk and Europa.
5. He helps
leaders become better leaders. (T)
6. He
always shakes hands when he meets people. (T)
