Exercise 7. Read these sentences and match them to the relevant sentences in the extract. What mistake does the new recruit make in each case?
Exercise 7. Read these sentences and match them to the relevant sentences in the extract. What mistake does the new recruit make in each case?
1. I didn’t go to university so I could make the coffee.
2. I’d like to begin the meeting by giving you my first impressions of the company.
3. So, Cathy from Accounts is going out with Jason from Marketing! Tell me more!
4. Can I move my desk next to yours? I’d like to be near the window.
5. Hiding the boss’s car keys? What a great joke!
6. In my old job we had a much better system.
7. Sorry I’m late again – the bus service is so unreliable.
8. You’re right – Adrian is awful. I can see why you don’t like him.
Dialogues
Exercise 8. Read and act the dialogues:
1. A manufacturing company A:So, who do you work for?
B: I work for a large multinational company called DAK Group. We have five main areas of business – construction, heavy industry, shipbuilding, motor vehicles and telecommunications.
A:And which side of business do you work in?
B: The motor vehicles division. I work in our Belgian factory. We manufacture components for our car production plants in Europe.
A:Where are DAK headquarters?
B:In Seoul. But the company has operations in over fifty countries and thirty factories all over the world.
2. Products and markets
A:What does your company do exactly?
B:We design and assemble a wide range of electric generators for hospitals, hotels and small factories. We specialize in medium-sized generators but we’re hoping to diversify into larger models next year.
A:And who do you sell to?
B:We export to Eastern Europe and the Far East. The domestic market accounts for about 40 per cent of our total sales.
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