International exhibition of oil and gas in Bacardia

The sponsor …… the exhibition is the well – known European International Trade and Exhibitions Ltd. (EITE). According …….. the Director of the company’s international projects, Bacardia had only recently come …….EITE’s attention, and the proposal to hold an international exhibition of oil and gas …… its capital was met ……. interest. The Bacardian Ministry …..Oil and Gas, the other sponsor, hopes that the exhibition will draw investments ….. the oil and gas industry ……. the country, which has just started to develop in this direction. The exhibits will be ……. show ……. 12 pavilions. ……., only 130 exhibitors, who had sent ……. their requests beforehand, were expected to participate. ……. as the opening date has drawn closer, the number of participating companies has risen ….. almost 300. These companies come ….. 32 countries …… Europe, Asia, and Latin America.

Speaking

You see an old friend. Greet him/her.	Name three countries which begin with the letter `B`.	Ask another person where they come from.	Introduce two people to one another.	Ask another person about their family.
Ask another person about their company.	THE EXHIBITION GAME Work in twos or threes. You are participants at an international exhibition. Toss a coin to move. - Heads: move one square. - Tails: move two squares. Follow the instructions on each square and start a conversation. The first person to finish is the winner.	Name two countries where you bow when you meet someone.
Name four countries you want to visit on holiday.	Ask another person about their hobbies and interests.
Ask another person at the exhibition what their job is.	Exchange business cards with another participant.
Introduce yourself to another person at the exhibition.	Say “thank you” in three different languages.
You arrive at the hotel. Go to the reception desk and register.		FINISH	It`s time to go home. Say goodbye to your new friends.	Ask another person about the department or division they work in

One Man`s Meet is Another Man`s Poison

 

There are many different sorts of business meeting, and how the participants behave varies from country to country. In France meetings are generally used for briefing and co-ordination rather than discussing alternatives and making decisions. They follow a detailed agenda, and comments are well thought out rather than spontaneous. The same is true at formal meetings in Germany, where you should be well prepared if you wish to express an opinion. In the UK, on the other hand, participants often arrive at meetings unprepared, and papers distributed beforehand will not be read. This does not prevent anyone from expressing an opinion or putting forward a proposal, though. Everyone is expected to contribute their views.

Meetings in Italy seem to be the most informal in Europe. They don`t usually follow an agenda and people often come and go as they please. In fact, sometimes Italian meetings are more like a social gathering, used to reinforce a sense of togetherness.

It`s very different in Spain, where meetings do little to create a team spirit. The Spanish prefer to be independent and make decisions on their own. Meetings are often a waste of time because it is impossible to get everyone to agree.

UNIT 3

Changing jobs.

Most companies recruit new staff by advertising in the press. Pages with job advertisements are usually headed “appointments”. They contain descriptions or specifications of the sort of people the advertiser is looking for. Experience (degrees, diplomas, certificates) are obviously important, but experience may count for much more. The aim is to attract a small number of well-qualified applicants, so that it is fairly easy to make a shortlist of the people you actually want to interview. If the advertisement is not specific enough, hundreds of people will send in their applications; but if it demands too much, they may be discouraged from allying at all.

Luis Antonio de Oliveira works for a research institute in Rio de Janeiro. The institute organizes drug trials for pharmaceutical companies. The trials are to test drugs for safety before they come on the market. Luis sees this advertisement in the newspaper.