Unit 7 Business management Getting started Banking Marketing Business Contract Advertising Pay slip Mortgage Pension Withdrawal Fine Cheque Overdraft Getting started Banking Marketing Business Contract Advertising Matching Withdrawal An amount of money that you take from your bank account a regular sum of money received after retiring (= stopping Pension work completely), given by an employer or by the state a small piece of paper that shows how much an employer Pay slip has paid you If you have this, you have spent more money than you Overdraft have in your bank account, and so you owe the bank money A loan of money which you get from a bank or building Mortgage society in order to buy a house. Matching A personal bank account which you can take money out of Current account at any time using your cheque book or cash card A printed form on which you write an amount of money Cheque and who it is to be paid to. Your bank then pays the money to that person from your account. a sum of money that you pay to be allowed to do Fee something a punishment in which a person is order to pay a sum of Fine money because they have done something illegal or broken a rule Matching What's the difference? Two product, Relief and Calm, both claim to get rid of a headache in a short period of time, but why Relief is a homeopathic form of medication that has been developed using natural substances, Calm is a more conventional product that contains a range of chemicals, some of which may be harmful if taken in large quantities.
Doctors also advise that these chemicals may interfere with certain activities, such as driving, and should be avoided if the patients need to stay awake. Relief, it seems, causes no such problems. It is no wondered those parents is keen to find alternatives for their children to drugs containing chemicals, but are products like Relief the answer? Surprisingly not, according the product label, which, like that of its more conventional counterpart, warns against giving the medicine to anyone under the age of fourteen? Both medicines come in tablet form-making them less easy to digest than soluble products. However, the years of research seem to have paid off for Calm, which is now little bigger than a pinhead, while the bullet-sized Relief might prove a bit more troublesome.
Calm Find them in the text first and C. Both Relief and Calm circle them D. Neither Relief nor Calm 1. is suitable for children Read around the circled words 2.
is easy to swallow above and put it in the right 4. works quickly question numbers Matching features A. Relief Two product, Relief and Calm, both B. Calm claim to get rid of a headache in a C.
Both Relief and Calm short period of time D. Neither Relief nor Calm 1. is suitable for children 2. is easy to swallow 4.
works quickly C Matching features Calm is a more conventional product that contains A. Relief a range of chemicals, some of which may be B. Calm harmful if taken in large quantities. Both Relief and Calm advise that these chemicals may interfere with certain activities, such as driving, and should be D.
Neither Relief nor Calm avoided if the patients need to stay awake. Relief, it seems, causes no such problems 1. is suitable for children 2. is easy to swallow 4.
works quickly C Matching features It is no wondered those parents is keen to find A. Relief alternatives for their children to drugs B. Calm containing chemicals, but are products like C. Both Relief and Calm Relief the answer? Surprisingly not, according the product label, which, like that of its more D.
Neither Relief nor Calm conventional counterpart, warns against giving the medicine to anyone under the age of 1. is suitable for children D fourteen? Both medicines come in tablet form- making them less easy to digest than soluble 2. causes sleepiness B products. is easy to swallow 4.
works quickly C Digest (v): tiêu hoá Matching features A. Relief Both medicines come in tablet form- B. Calm making them less easy to digest than C. Both Relief and Calm soluble products.
Neither Relief nor Calm 1. is suitable for children D Tablet (n): dạng viên 2. is easy to swallow D Soluble (adj): hoàn tan 4. works quickly C [Page 96] 15 The presence of old mines in Britain has ………… 16 To make landfill sites safer, the authorities have ………… 17 In order to comply with European targets, Britain has ………….
18 Burning rubbish is not popular because people have …………… A ….agreed to reduce waste levels.replaced old incinerators.destroyed most of the municipal waste D…. encouraged rubbish burial. released toxic waste F. imposed safety laws.
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This approach has made considerable sense in an island Opt for (v): lựa chọn with sites to spare because of its particular geology and its history of quarrying. Bury (v): chôn Landfill site (n): bãi rác Matching endings But landfill sites are getting scarce, particularly in southern 16 To make landfill sites safer, the authorities England, where most people live. imposed safety laws have ………… And they are becoming expensive to run as the government insists on safeguards against environmental hazards like the Hazard (n): sự nguy hiểm leaching of toxic waste into underground aquafers Matching endings But the biggest constraint on dumping stuff in landfill sites is Britain's 17 In order to comply with European targets, commitment to meet European targets A ….agreed to reduce waste levels. to slash the amount of biodegradable Britain has ………….
waste-about 60% of household rubbish-that is put into landfill sites. These targets are intended to cut Dispose of Get rid of emission of methane contamination from landfill Comply with v Tuân thủ Commitment to n sự cam kết slash v cắt giảm Matching endings If you can't bury it, an alternative is to burn it. This certainly seemed to be the 18 Burning rubbish is not popular because initial thrust of government thinking a few people have …………… years ago. A program to build as many as 130 new incinerators was envisaged.
become anxious about the pollution burning also entails environmental risks. levels Although new incinerators are now much cleaner than earlier ones, people are Exposure to (n): sự tiếp scared of exposure to dangerous chemicals xúc, phơi nhiễm like cancer-producing dioxins. Matching endings Until now, Britain has opted for burying most of its rubbish. Around four fifths of municipal Q15 waste is sent to landfill sites.
This approach has made considerable sense in an island with sites to spare because of its particular geology and its history of quarrying. But landfill sites are getting scarce, particularly in southern England, where most people live. Q16 And they are becoming expensive to run as the government insists on safeguards against environmental hazards like the leaching of toxic waste into underground aquafers. But the Q17 biggest constraint on dumping stuff in landfill sites is Britain's commitment to meet European targets to slash the amount of biodegradable waste-about 60% of household rubbish-that is put into landfill sites.
These targets are intended to cut emission of methane contamination from landfill. If you can't bury it, an alternative is to burn it. This certainly seemed to be the initial thrust of government thinking a few years ago. A program to build as many as 130 new incinerators was envisaged.
But burning also entails environmental risks. Although new incinerators are Q18 now much cleaner than earlier ones, people are scared of exposure to dangerous chemicals like cancer-producing dioxins. The political difficulties in selling an expansion of incineration are immense Exercise 1 (p. 50) Successive UK governments have sought to encourage small business start-ups Reason forcing entrepreneurs to go through planning steps to make sure their business propositions are viable to make sure that planned products and services meet customer needs Example New and developing small business Exercise 1 (p.
50) This is up from the previous year and Comparison represents the best figures ever recorded If new entrepreneurs are to succeed, if new Condition business are to thrive Exercise 2a + 2b The business sections of the media tend to focus on 1. Paragraph A large, traditional companies. By definition, these are A. the media high-profile business – the companies that are quoted in the leading share price indices.
Topic economists agree that smaller businesses, particularly sentence C. smaller business new and developing small business, are central to the long-term success of any economy. They argue that the industries of the future will originate in the small business sector. That is why the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe describes SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises, with less than 250 employees) as ’the engine of economic development’.
Paragraph D The government also encourages small businesses a. The reason why small because they are: companies are better than Topic • a source of employment sentence larger ones • flexible and innovative b. The reasons why the • responsive to gaps in the market government wants more small • able to accommodate people with a passion for a business product who might not thrive in a large corporation c. A list of good points about small companies Exercise 2a + 2b Topic Business planning sentence 3.
Paragraph E Policy makers recognize that it is not sufficient to simply encourage an a. The role of policy makers enterprise culture. If new entrepreneurs b. The importance of business are to succeed, if new businesses are to planning thrive, then it is important that they c.
Tips on improving your business appreciate the central role of planning. A business plan is the basis of new business development, and it encourages an entrepreneur are to think ahead and plan, as far as possible, for the business to be successful. Which paragraph mentions statistics?. In paragraph A, which word indicates that the text will not be about large business?.
In paragraph C, which sentence explains why new and developing small business are crucial to the success of the economy? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4. Which paragraph builds on the same idea as the one in A and C (mentioned in question 3)?. Exercise 3 In the UK, the Department of Trade and 1. Which paragraph mentions statistics? Industry (DTI) reported that the total number B.
of business, including small companies, partnerships and sole traders, rose by 260,000 in 2004 to 4.3 million (source: www. Exercise 3 The business sections of the media tend to focus on large, traditional companies. By definition, these are 2. In paragraph A, which word high-profile business – the companies that are quoted in the leading share price indices.
However, most indicates that the text will not economists agree that smaller businesses, particularly be about large business? new and developing small business, are central to the However long-term success of any economy. They argue that. the industries of the future will originate in the small business sector. That is why the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe describes SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises, with less than 250 employees) as ’the engine of economic development’.
Exercise 3 Behind the policy is a belief that small 1. In paragraph C, which businesses contribute to a stronger sentence explains why new economic base, and that they have and developing small ability to thrive in a competitive global business are crucial to the business environment success of the economy? ………………………………………………… Exercise 3 Which paragraph builds on the same idea as the one in A and C (mentioned in question 3)? D. Part 3: Exam practice B.