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Contents
I Jobs and Responsibilities page 6
Topic Language Vocabulary / • Pronunciation Skills Work
Getting acquainted Executive titles Management styles Time management Jobs quiz Employment Introductions Question forms Tense review Employment verbs network Work verbs Speaking: briefing a-new assistant Listening: a corporate reorganization
• Word stress
2 Telephoning to Make Arrangements pageiö
Topic Language Vocabulary / • Pronunciation Skills Work
Polite questions Starting and finishing calls Telephone quiz Making appointments Changing arrangements Present and past continuous tenses (future time) Would in polite questions Telephone language Phrasal verbs Expressions for telephoning Listening: arrangements for a conference Speaking 1: arranging a Schedule Speaking 2: arranging a meeting
• tbree /9/ then Ibi see /s/ Thursday //./
3 Organizations page 24
Topic Language Vocabulary / 'Pronunciation Skills Work
Collecting information Future predictions Recording vocabulary The present simple and continuous tenses Will (future predictions) Recording vocabulary Prefixes: over-, under- Listening: describing the structure of an organization Reading: describing a corporate culture
• Numbers
4 Planning Ahead page 34
Topic Language Vocabulary / 'Pronunciation Skills Work
International meetings Asking for opinions Managing the environment Expressing intentions: going to and will Exchanging opinions: should Energy sources and pollution Speaking: dealing with correspondence Writing: letters and faxes
• Vowel sounds: /i/ /i;/
5 Growth and Development page46
Topic Language Vocabulary / • Pronunciation Skills Work
A career Finding things in common Past experiences Trvellers' stories Past tenses: past simple, past continuous, and past perfect Present perfect with for and since Verb-noun collocations Speaking: managing change Listening: a company history
• Iái, Itl and l\dl verb endings
6 Problem Solving page 56
Topic Language Vocabulary / • Pronunciation Skills Work
Making suggestions Considering possibilites A shrinkage problem Negotiating solutions Payment Making and responding to suggestions First and second conditionals Using a dictionary Payment vocabulary to control and to check Speaking 1: negotiating tips Speaking 2: negotiating a deal
• -'// and -'d contractions
7 Telephoning to Exchange Information page 66
Topic Language Vocabulary / • Pronunciation Skills Work
Checking and correcting Documents Explanations Enquiries Correcting wrong information Relatíve clauses Paraphrasing Indirect question forms Business documents Verb-noun collocations Speaking: piacing an order Reading: insurance claims
• Spelling the alphabet
8 Visitors page 74
Topic Language Vocabulary/ 'Pronunciation Skills Work
Polite phrases Showing interest Socializing Cultural differences Requests, offers, thanks, invitations, and apologies Present perfect and past simple tenses (life experiences) Expressions with gerunds Restaurant menu items Speaking: 'The Travel Game' Listening: a restaurant menu
• Polite intonation
Contents (continued)
9 Reporting on Progress page 84
Topic Language Vocabulary / • Pronunciation Skills Work
Developments A social action programme Reporting back Financial results Achievements Present perfect and past simple tenses (indefinite and definite time references) Present perfect simple and continuous forms (complete and incomplete activities) Verbs followed by gerunds and and infinitives Financial reports • Vowel sounds: /u-J, /u/, /a/, /e/, and /ae/ Listening: the radio business news Speaking: Business Achievement Award
10 Describing Trends page 96
Topic Language Vocabulary / • Pronunciation Skills Work
Discussing probability Markét movements Describing changes Causes and results Future probability Present continuous tenses (temporary trends) Cause/effect connectors Raise and rise Headlines • Changing word stress in nouns and verbs Writing: a divisional performance report Speaking: a STEP analysis
1 1 Products and Services page 106
Topic Language Vocabulary / • Pronunciation Skills Work
Terms of business Meeting requirements Technical description Totál Quality Management Guessing unknown words Modal verbs expressing ability and obligation Instructions Passives Guessing meanings from context: suffixes, prefixes, word families, and combina tions • can and can't /kíen/, /kon/, /ka;nt/, and /kasnt/ Speaking: answering questions about your company's products/ services Reading: a magaziné article about an unusual product
12 Comparing Options pageiis
Topic Language Vocabulary / • Pronunciation Skills Work
Comparing products Interpreting statistics Morai standards Business ethics Contingency plans Comparatives Superlatives If, when, unless, in case, and until prefixes forming words with opposite meanings • Linking sounds: /w/, /j/ Speaking: a motivation problem Listening: team motivation
13 Meetings page 130
Topic Language Vocabulary / • Pronunciation Skills Work
Checking understanding Expressing opinions Hypothesizing Checking and summarizing Making proposals Second and third conditionals Say and teli Make and do collocations • Vowel sounds: hl vs /i:/; leil vs lel ; h'J vs /3-J Reading: 'My Biggest Mistake' Speaking: planning an airline's strategy
14 Presentations pagei40
Topic Language Vocabulary / • Pronunciation Skills Work
Signposting talks Making recommendations Mini presentations Structuring presentations Structures with recommend, advise, and suggest Much, many, a few, and a little countable and uncountable nouns • Reading aloud: pausing and word stress Reading: a survey on computers Speaking: breaking into a markét - a group presentation
Role-play Notes page iso Tapescript page 160 Grammar and Usage Notes page 170 Glossary page 1S9

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