Text 2.

Read the information about an Italian vehicle manufacture and write about the company.

Fiat Sp A

Location – Turin

Activity – Automobile production. Agricultural and commercial vehicles and equipment for the construction idustry.

Other activities – Publishing (La Stampa Newspaper) motor racing through its subsidiary Ferrary.

Owner – Gianni Agnelli (the great-grandson of the founder of Fiat). His family owns about 33% of the company.

Turnover – 45 billion.

Employees – 220,000.

Subsidiaries – in 61 different countries.

Ex.1

Complete the sentences.

1. Fiat Sp A is ___ manufacture.

2. Its main activities ___.

3. The owner of the company ___.

4. Its annual turnover ___.

5. It employs ___.

Ex.2

Write about Fiat Sp A use the information from Text 2. Start with

Fiat Sp A is an Italian vehicle manufacturer. Its …

Ex.3

Complete the sentences about your own company or a company you know well.

1. Its name is ___

2. It’s based in ___

3. The company makes/produces/provides/manufactures ___

4. Its customers are ___

5. It’s ___ company.

6. It employs ___

7. Its annual turnover ___

8. Its annual sales ___

9. Its subsidiaries ___

Progress check I.

I. Complete these conversations with a suitable word or phrase.

1. John: Hello, Pietro. It’s nice to see you again. How _____?

Pietro: Fine, thanks, and you?

John: _________.

2. James: Luigi, _____ introduce you to Lisa Parks?

Luigi, _____ Lisa.

Luigi: How _____?

Lisa: Nice _____.

James: Lisa works in our Plastics Division. She is in _____ of Research.

II. Put the words in the right order to make questions.

1. Peter in department which work does?

2. who report you to do?

3. are project you on which working?

4. do do living what for you a?

5. responsible who recruiting staff is new for?

III. Put the verb in brackets into the Present Simple tense.

1. What company ___ you ___ for? (work)

2. It’s a high tech company. It ___ a lot of money in research and development. (invest)

3. It ___ based in Chicago. (be)

4. Is it a big company? How many people ___ it ___ (employ)

5. Which division ___ you ___ in? (work)

6. They ___ a high quality service. (provide)

7. They ___ ___ any products in Chicago. (not manufacture)

8. It’s a Japanese company. The Head Office ___ in Tokyo. (be)

9. It ___ ___ a sales representative in Thailand. (not have)

10. Luca Ceresa ___ in the Research Division. (work)

11. ___ the offices open on Sunday? (be)

IV. Match the words and the definitions.

1. employ a) someone who recieves a service

2. turnover b) the main office of a company

3. client c) employees, staff

4. headquarters d) to teach somebody how to do a particular job

5. personnel e) to give work to someone

6. train g) the total sales of a company

V. Match the words.

1. customer a) products

2. goods b) affiliate

3. subsidiary c) client

4. plant d) sales revenue

5. human resources e) client

6. turnover f) personnel

VI. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form.

1. He (not like) getting up early.

2. She (have) lunch in the cafe.

3. My friend (wear) a smart suit now.

4. The company (employ) 3,000 people.

5. Mr. Brown (grow) vegetables just for fun.

VII. Write in words.

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VIII. Read and translate the text. Use the dictionary to look for unknown words. Copy out the words.

SLIM GYMS owns and operates six health and fitness clubs in Manhattan, New York. The clubs aim to appeal to people of all ages and income groups.

All the clubs have a large gymnasium, with the latest equipment, an aerobics studio, a solarium, a swimming pool, sun decks, a cafe, bar and clubroom. There are always several fitness instructors on hand to advise people and provide them with personalized fitness programmes. A wide range of aerobic and relaxation classes run throughout the day and during the evening. The clubs try to create a friendly atmosphere, organizing numerous social activities to bring members together. Three of the clubs are located in areas where large numbers of Spanish, Chinese and Italians live.