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a warehouse - a subsidiary -

the head office - a department - a multinational -

Ex.8. Complete the description of Nokia Corporation, with one word for each

space.

founded

partnership

employees

corporation

services

headquartered

manufacturing facilities

Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational communications (1) __________, which is (2) __________ in Keilaniemi, Espoo, a city neighbouring Finland's capital Helsinki. Nokia is engaged in the (3) __________ of mobile devices and in converging Internet and communications industries. With over 123,000

__________ in 120 countries, sales in more than 150 countries and global annual revenue of over €42 billion as of 2010, it is the world's largest manufacturer of mobile phones. Nokia offers Internet (4) __________ such as applications, games, music, maps, media and messaging through its Ovi platform.

The Nokia Research Center, (5) __________ in 1986, is Nokia's industrial research unit consisting of about 500 researchers, engineers and scientists. It has sites in seven countries: Finland, China, India, Kenya, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. Nokia operates a total of 15 (6) __________ located in Finland, Brazil, Romania, China, Hungary, India, Mexico and South Korea.

On 11 February 2011, Nokia announced a (7) __________ with Microsoft where all future Nokia smartphones will be powered by the Windows Phone (WP7) operating system.

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Ex.9. Search for information about a few companies. Prepare to give a short presentation on any of them. The following phrases will help you to order the information.

Introducing yourself	Hello. My name is …, and I’d like to
	welcome you to my presentation. I’m
	going to tell you about…
Informing the audience about the	My presentation consists of … parts.
structure of the presentation	I’ll begin with…
	Then, I’ll tell you about …
	I’ll also look at …
	Finally, I’ll inform you of…
Moving from one point to another	To start with, I’d like to mention …
	Now, I’ll move on to …
	As I said before, …
	In conclusion, I’d like to say …
Concluding	Thank you for your attention. If you
	have any questions, I’ll be glad to
	answer them.

B Describing jobs

Remember:

people work for or at a company

they work in an industry, department or team they are responsible for other staff and for

(doing) their work

they are in charge of (managing) other staff

they are responsible to or accountable to their boss/manager

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Ex. 10. Read and memorise the following sentences.

I’m a sales manager.

(I’m the Chief Executive Officer) I work for ATT.

I’m in marketing/banking/insurance.

I’m responsible for handling all projects.

I’m in public relations. I’m in charge of handling the external face of our company to the media and community.

I’m accountable to the General Manager.

Ex.11. Complete the following dialogues.

1) A So, who do you work _____? B WordStar.

AThey’re _____ computers, aren’t they?

BThat’s right. I’m _____ product manager. What about you?

AI work _____ Bechtel.

BSo you’re _____ the construction business?

AYes, I’m _____ engineer.

2)А So, you're here on business?

ВYeah. I work _____ a consulting company, Santa Partners.

А And what do you do?

ВI'm _____ leading consultant. I’m responsible _____ providing advice and training on the development, administration, and technical aspects.And what company do you work _____ ?

АInex Chemicals. I'm _____ analyst. My job is to coordinate quality related data from production, service, or process improvement activities.

Ex.12. Read the text and complete the organizational chart of the company.

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I think we have a fairly typical organization for a manufacturing firm. We're divided into Finance, Production, Marketing and Human Resources departments. The Human Resources department is the simplest. It consists of two sections. One is responsible for recruitment and personnel matters, the other is in charge of training.

The Marketing department is made up of three sections: Sales, Sales Promotion, and Advertising, whose heads are all accountable to the marketing manager.

The Production department consists of five sections. The first of these is Production Control, which is in charge of both Scheduling and Materials Control. Then there's Purchasing, Manufacturing, Quality Control, and Engineering Support. Manufacturing contains three sections: Tooling, Assembly, and Fabrication.

Finance is composed of two sections: Financial Management, which is responsible for capital requirements, fund control, and credit, and Accounting.

Ex.13. Read the following job descriptions, then choose the best job title from

the list matching each job description.

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1.My job is to look after the employees of the company. I am responsible for recruitment and staff training, and also deal with problems related to pay, pensions, promotion, and so on.

2.I’m responsible for sales. I’m in charge of a number of salespeople. I also help to devise the company’s advertising policy, together with the marketing department.

3.I organize the managing director’s appointments, make the arrangements for his meetings and business trips, answer the telephone and greet his visitors. I do some typing – letters, reports, and things like that.

4.I’m on the front desk, greeting visitors, receiving deliveries, and also I answer the telephone.

5.I keep the company’s books. This means records of sales income, expenditure, taxes and so on. I’m also in charge of payroll.

6.I do PR for my company, which involves dealing with the press as well as members of the public. I prepare press releases about things that we are doing, new products, special deals and so on.

7.I take overall responsibility for the company’s accounts, and control money coming in and going out of the company.

8.I am in charge of buying the required items for my company. My aim is to get the best possible deal, so I constantly look for new suppliers and technologies.

9.I help to develop the IT skills of employees. My job is to teach basic PC skills and show people how to use different software packages.

10.I work with computers. I am responsible for installing and repairing hardware and maintaining databases for our company’s applications.

Receptionist; IT Specialist; Sales Manager; PA to the MD; IT Trainer; External Relations Director; Finance Director; Accountant; Personnel Manager; Purchasing Manager.

Ex.14. Look at these words which are often found in job titles.

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Senior	Sales	Director
Assistant	Managing	Manager
Vice	Personnel	Assistant
Deputy	Marketing	Accountant
Executive	Human Resources	Officer
	Development
Personal	Financial	Controller
Chief	Customer Services	Executive
Head of	Accounts	Secretary
Director of	IT	Technician
Assistant to	Public relations	Advisor

These words can be combined in different ways to describe different jobs:

Personal Assistant to the Managing Director

Senior Sales Executive

Sales Assistant

Customer Services Manager

Personnel Officer

Head of Human Resources Development

Ex.15. Think about a job you would like to have in the future. Practise explaining your “job” to a visitor or a new colleague. Use the following notes:

I work for __________.

I’m the/a __________.

I’m responsible for __________.

I’m in charge of __________.

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PRONOUNS

Ex.1. Read the following text and substitute some nouns with correspondent personal pronouns to make the text sound more natural.

Dear Lucy,

I'm sorry I haven't written to you recently. I'm really busy with my studies at the moment. My course is going well and I'm enjoying my course a lot. The problem is that my course takes up a lot of time.

You asked me whether your friend Nick can visit us. Of course, we will be happy to receive your friend Nick whenever your friend wishes to come.

I'd like Nick to meet my family and my friends. My sister Ann promised to take Nick sightseeing. My sister takes interest in history, knows a lot about our city and can present our city in the best possible way.

Do you think Nick could let us know if he intends to come by train or by plane? Coming by train or by plane would be no trouble whatsoever to drive Nick home.

I hope to hear from you or Nick soon.

Yours sincerely,

Jack

P.S. Forgot to tell you that I attach some pretty pictures. I took these pictures last weekend when we took a boat trip along the coast. The trip along the coast was lovely!

Ex.2. Use the correct personal pronoun for each gap.

1.Please take these papers and give ________ to Mr Jacobson.

2.What’s your cat’s name? – King. ________ is so cute and understands everything we say!

3.Who’s that on the phone? – ________is your brother.

4.Do you know where Ann is? – No, I haven’t seen ________ today. Maybe,

________ is in the laboratory.

5.My computer’s been giving troubles and I want to change ________.

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6.There’s no need to shout. I can hear ________.

7.We had little time left, so we asked our colleagues to help ________ with the project.

8.I studied German when ________ was in high school. But ________ haven’t had any practice since then and have forgotten most of ________.

9.I saw a new film about James Bond yesterday. ________ was fantastic!

10.The first person I saw when________ got off the train was my brother. My father and ________ had come to the railway station to meet ________.

Ex.3. Choose the correct word in each sentence.

1.Was there a voicemail message? – Yes, (it/he) was Jim.

2.Peter is two years older than (I/me) but he is doing the same first year university course as (I/me) am doing.

3.Can you see Jill here? I need to talk to (she/her). – Yes, that’s (she/her) in black over there.

4.Pooh is a small cute bear. (It/He) enjoys eating, singing and visiting his friends.

5.Betty lives in the same street as (I/me).

6.Who is that tall blond woman over there? – (She/It) is our new sales manager, Julia Benton.

7.It’s (I/me). Can you open the door? I haven’t got my key.

8.I’m feeling thirsty. – (I/Me) too.

9.Who left all this mess? – It was (he/him), not (I/me).

10.I saw their new puppy. (It/He) is so funny.

Ex.4. Translate the following sentences into Ukrainian. Pay attention to the

“empty” subject it.

1.It’s very cold today. It’s been snowing all night.

2.It’s a policeman at the door. It seems that our neighbours complained about the noise we made yesterday when we were having a party.

3.It’s a real pleasure to meet you at last.

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4.It was he who helped me when I got into trouble.

5.It’s a pity that he’s leaving so soon.

6.Let’s take a taxi. It’s much too far to walk in such nasty weather.

7.It’s important to practice every day if you want to speak good English.

8.Nothing important happened here while I was ill, did it?

9.It was yesterday that you were supposed to be here.

10.What did you say? – Oh, it doesn’t matter.

11.It’s hard to say what caused the accident.

Ex.5. Change these sentences to emphasize each part in turn as in the model.

1. Last month, our company concluded an important contract with AWI Inc.→

It is our company that concluded an important contract with AWI Inc. last

month.

It is an important contract that our company concluded with AWI Inc. last

month.

It is AWI Inc. that our company concluded an important contract with last month.

It was last month that our company concluded and important contract with AWI

Inc.

2.John left his keys in the office yesterday.

3.I bought a red woolen sweater for my brother’s birthday.

4.The secretary sent Peter the documents two hours ago.

5.Mark met Cathy in France in 2008.

6.She played a piece by Mozart brilliantly at yesterday’s concert.

7.Flooding causes most of the damage in spring.

Ex.6. Translate the following sentences into Ukrainian. Pay attention to the

empty subject there.

1.According to the forecast, there will be snow tomorrow.

2.There are some very good films on this week.

3.There may be life on other planets too.

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4.There was an article in Travel magazine about Tunisia.

5.I think there’s something wrong because there are a lot of people in the street.

6.Shh! Keep your voice down. I think there’s someone behind the door.

7.Is there any point in talking about it again?

8.There’s a train to Leeds at twelve-thirty, isn’t there? Let’s catch it.

9.We agreed to meet in two hours, so there’s no need to hurry.

10.There have been more problems with this project than we expected.

Ex.7. It or there? Fill in the gaps with the appropriate variant.

1.________ is a letter for you on the desk. ________ is from your bank.

2.________ is a new one-way traffic system in the centre of the city. As for me,

________ is very confusing.

3.I’m sure ________ will be someone to help you with your luggage.

4.In pies and cakes ________ is a lot of sugar and fat.

5.Don’t you like vegetables? – No, I like most of them. ________is onions that I hate.

6.________ was Kate’s birthday yesterday, and we had a huge party.

7.________ is said that the more languages you speak, the easier it is to learn a new one.

8.Will ________ matter if I miss this meeting? – Actually yes, because ________

will be a lot of serious problems to discuss.

9.________ was in this park that we first met.

10.What’s the new café like? Is ________ good? Are ________ many visitors there?

11.________ a shame that he hasn’t dropped you a line since he left.

12.Look at the sky. ________ seems to be a storm.

Ex.8. Fill each space in these sentences with it or there and the appropriate

form of the verb in brackets.

1. ________ me half an hour to get home from the university. (take)

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