business intermediate blue review
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Review
Business English Intermediate - Blue
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Modules•Travel•Money•Employment
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Travel
• Vocabulary – British / American• Subject – Air Rage• Language – Future Forms• Skills – Arrangements on the telephone
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Vocabulary
luggage baggage
queue line
underground subway
motorway freeway
lift elevator
car park parking lot
public toilet rest room
timetable schedule
return round trip
economy coach class
metro
highway
parking
bathroom
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Air Rage
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Future Forms• Future simple – immediate decision• am / is / are + going to + verb – intention• Present continuous - fixed arrangement• Present simple – timetable / scheduled
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Future forms examples
• I don’t know the answer. I’ll look it up.• I’m going to study tonight.• My friend is meeting me at the coffee shop at 7pm.• My flight leaves at 2am.
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Arrangements on the phone
• Answering– Hello, Marcus speaking.– Good morning, British Council.
• Making contact– I’d like to speak to Marcus Morgan, please.– Could I have the human resources department, please?
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• Identifying yourself– This is Marcus Morgan.– My name’s Marcus Morgan.– I’m calling from British Council in Kuala Lumpur.
• Stating your purpose– I’m calling about (an order I made last week.)– The reason I’m calling is to let you know…
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• Making arrangements– Could we meet on Monday at 10.30?– How about April 10th?– Is 11am OK / convenient?
• Changing arrangements– I’m afraid I can’t come on Friday.– We’ve got an appointment for 11am, but I’m afraid something’s come up.– Could we fix another time?– I’m so sorry, but I can’t make it on Monday.
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• Responding– That’s fine / Ok for me.– Sorry, I can’t make it then.– I’m free later, how about 2 o’clock?– No problem.
• Closing– Good. So I’ll see you on Monday at 2.– Thank you. Good bye.– Right, OK then.– That’s great. I’ll see you…
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Money• Vocabulary – financial terms• Skill – dealing with numbers• Language - trends
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Vocabulary
• gross margin• recession• shares• debt• stock market• investment• earnings per share (EPS)
•forecast
•bankruptcy
•dividend
•pre-tax profits
•revenues
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Maxis posts RM503m Q4 profit
Maxis Bhd registered a net profit of RM503mil on revenue of RM2.2bil for the fourth quarter ended Dec 31, supported by an increase in total mobile subscriptions, postpaid average revenue per user (Arpu) and non-voice revenue.
Maxis declared an interim dividend of six sen and proposed a final dividend of three sen. The payout will amount to RM675mil in addition to the RM450mil paid in the third quarter, bringing total dividends for the financial year ended Dec 31 (FY09) to RM1.125bil.
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Maxis share price jumped by more than 10% after news of it’s fourth quarter profits.
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Numbers
• 07 650 9790 (zero seven, six five zero, nine seven nine zero)• 2020 (twenty twenty)• $10.5bn (ten and a half billion dollars)• 3,567 (three thousand, five hundred and sixty-seven)• €14,498,097 (nearly fifteen million euros / fourteen million, four
hundred and ninety-eight thousand, and ninety-seven euros)
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Trends
GE’s share price fell sharply in February, then recovered in April and May. It reached a peak in the last week of May before falling steadily over the summer. In September, the value of shares plummeted to a year-low of $31. In the last quarter of the year, the price recovered slightly, then fluctuated through the last few months.
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Employment• Vocabulary – application process• Language – indirect questions• Skill - meetings
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Vocabulary
• references• experience• qualifications• gender• probationary• psychometric test• interview
• status
• head-hunter
• pep talk• mentor
• personality
• background
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More vocabulary
• train new staff• shortlist the candidates• advertise a vacancy• assemble an interview panel• check references• make a job offer
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Describe yourself
• Motivated• Ambitious• Reliable• Charismatic• Underpaid• Sexy!
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Indirect questions
Where are you calling from?
Have you finished the
report?
Can I have your phone number?
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Indirect questions
Where are you calling from?
Have you finished the
report?
Can I have your phone number?
Could I ask where you are calling from?
Could you tell me whether you have
finished the report?
I was wondering if I could have your phone number?
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Meetings
• circulate the agenda• attend a meeting• send your apologies• make a proposal• second a proposal• vote on a proposal• take the minutes• circulate the minutes
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• Right, let’s get down to business.• The purpose of this meeting is …• How do you feel about…?• I think we should move on the next item on the agenda.• Could you let her finish, please?• I’m not sure that’s relevant.• We need to look at this in more detail.• Ok, let’s go over what we’ve agreed.
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One module to go…