1) Some companies do not _______ any goods, they provide services.
2) If you _______ in a particular product or service, it’s your main activity.
3) The _______ of an organization are the people who work for it.
4) If you work for a company, you are an _______.
5) If your company is based in a particular city, it has its _______ _______ there.
6) A _______ is a company which is part of a larger and more important company.
7) If another company operates in the same market as you, it is your _______.
8) If a company operates in more than one country, it’s a _______ _______.
4. Tell about Public Joint Stock Company Gazprom, using some of these phrases and the information below.
It’s a(n) … company/ organization.
It’s a subsidiary of …
Its head office is in …
It is based in …
It makes/ produces …
It provides/ offers …
It sells …
It operates in …
It specializes in …
It has … employees.
It has sales of …
Public Joint Stock Company Gazprom
· global energy company;
· Headquarter – Moscow;
· CEO (Chief Executive Officer) – Alexey Miller;
· geological exploration (геологическая разведка), production, transportation, storage, processing and sales of gas; sales of gas as a vehicle fuel; generation and marketing of heat and electric power;
· the world’s largest natural gas reserves;
· the share on the market
global – 12%
Russia – 72 %
· large-scale projects: exploiting gas resources of the Yamal Peninsula, Arctic Shelf, Eastern Siberia and the Far East
· 30 countries;
· number of employees – 393,000;
· sales – US$ 106.3 billion (2014)
Tell about the company you work for.
II. Grammar: Present Simple
Present Simple
| Утвердительное предложение | _____ V1/ +s(he, she, it) I work for a big company. Our company produces electronic equipment. | _____ am / is / are I am an engineer. Our company is big. |
| Вопросительное предложением | do / does (he, she, it) _____ V1? Do you work for a big company? What does your company produce? | am / is / are _____? Are you an engineer? How big is your company? |
| Отрицательное предложение | _____ do / does (he, she, it) not V1 I do not (don’t) work for this company. Our company does not (doesn’t) produce cars. | _____ am / is / are not I am not an economist. Our company is not (isn’t) old. |
6. Complete the interview with Mario Matei for Europa magazine. Use the Present Simple form of the verbs in brackets.
Interviewer Mario, where (1) are you (be, you) from?
Mario I (2)_______ (be) from Romania [ru`meiniә].
Interviewer And where (3)___________ (you, live) in Romania?
Mario I (4)_______ (live) in Ploeisti [`ploә∫ti], which is about 15 kilometres from Bucharest [,bju:kә`rest].
Interviewer (5)______________ (you, work) in Bucharest?
Mario No, I (6)_______ (not), I (7)_______ (work) in Ploeisti.
Interviewer What time (8)_________________ (you, get to) work?
Mario I (9)________ (get to) work at 8.10 a.m.
Interviewer (10)______________ (you, travel) a lot for work?
Mario No, I (11)________________(not, travel) a lot because mostly I (12)______ (work) in the factory, but once a month I (13)________ (go) to a country in Europe for an international meeting.
Interviewer And how (14)____________ (you, spend) your free time?
Mario Well, I (15)_____________ (not, have) a lot of free time, but I (16)______ (enjoy) playing football and tennis, and skiing in winter. There (17)______ (be) mountains 60 kilometres from our home, so in winter I (18)_______ (take) a week’s skiing holiday with my wife and two daughters.
7. A journalist asks you questions for an article in Europa magazine. Complete the questions and write your answers.
Interviewer Where (1)________ (be, you) from?
You (2)___________________________
Interviewer Where (3) ________ (you, live)?
You (4)___________________________
Interviewer What (5) ________ (you, do)?
You (6)___________________________
Interviewer Where (7) ________ (you, work)?
You (8)___________________________
Interviewer (9) ________ (you, use) English in your job?
You (10)___________________________
Interviewer (11) ________ (you, travel) to other countries for your work?
You (12)___________________________
Interviewer Thank you very much.
You are going to write an article about a company. Prepare questions for an interview with its CEO. (BR-Pre-Int., Un. 1, p. 8, ex. 5 – аудирование)
1) How old / company?
2) What products / company / specialize in?
3) What / its annual sales?
4) Where / its head office?
5) How many factories / have?
6) Company / sell / products / on all five continents?
7) How many people / employ?
8) What / offer / its employees?
9) How / protect the environment?
Progress test
9. Choose the correct word in italics to complete the text.
My company 1) produces/ products specialized software for the film industry. Our 2) head / based office is near San Francisco, but we also 3) specialize / operate in Europe and the Far East where we have two 4) services / subsidiaries. There are 450 5) employs / employees in the company. We 6) sell / sales our 7) produce / goods to companies like Dreamworks which 8) provide / make animated movies. Our technology is very new, so we don’t have many 9) competitors / companies.
Complete the email below with the correct form of the verbs from the list.
Employ
be
Have
Produce
Sell
Give
Export (not)
Work (not)
Subject: new customer information
Hello Rachel,
Here’s some information about our new customer.
The company 1) ________ equipment for the pharmaceutical industry. It 2) ________ a hundred people in the UK and thirty sales reps in Europe. Its main office 3) ________ in Brighton, England. It 4) ________ to the USA and Canada, but it 5) _______ to most countries of Europe. We 6) _______ with their head office but we 7) _______ contacts with their offices in Germany. The attached file 8) _______ more information.
Good luck with your meeting next week!
Terry