1.2.1. Open your Market Leader book on page 99, then listen to the CD and do exercise A, B C, D and E.
A.
B. Listen again and answer the questions.
1. Where does EarthWatch have offices?
A/ They have offices in the US, UK, India, Melbourne, Japan and Chine
2. How are EarthWathc's field research projects designed?
A/ the field research projects are designed in a way that members of the public, company employees, teachers, youth, young scientists can join your researches in the field as field assistants and collect real data and understand what is happening.
C. Listen to the second part of the interview and answer the questions.
1. Why do businesses need to change the way they operate?
A/ to help and reduce the environmental impact their operations.
2. What opportunity do companies have with respect to the environment?
A/ the companies have opportunities to educate and engage their employees and get their employees inspired and motivated to do something in their communities or in workplaces.
D. Listen to the final part and wirtte three sentences about the collaboration with HSBC.
- They created an online learning program on climate change for employees of HSBC.
- They created five research centers around the world on climate change
- They seek to link more HSBC employees to field research in India, Brazil, US, UK and China
E. In what other ways could businesses involve their employees in environmental issues?
A/ They involve their employees naming ambassadors for environmental change.
1.2.2. Open your Market Leader book on page 101, then listen to the CD and do exercise A, B and C.
A.
B.
C.
2.1.1. Starting up: Open your Market Leader book on page 104 and do exercises A.
A.
Vocabulary: Character Adjectives: Open your Market Leader book on
page 104-105 and do exercises Vocabulary A, B, C, D, E and F.
A. Match the adjectives in the box to make pairs of contrasting ideas.
cautious / encouraging
casual / decisive
idealistic / realistic
formal / critical
B. Do same with the adjetives in this box.
dynamic / principled
distant / approachable
ruthless / laid-back
radical / conservative
C.
D y E
F. Discuss the questions.
1. Can you think of any leaders who were not up to the job?
A/ Yes, I can think in ex-president Pastrana. He couldn't reach a peace agreement with the guerrillas in Colombia.
2. When was the last time you took on responsibility for something?
A/I have many responsibilities in my work. I take very important decisions about technologies and innovation issues for company where I work.
3. What sort of problems do business leaders hace to deal with? Give two examples.
A/
4. Why do leaders hand in their resignations? Can you give any examples?
A/
5. Has any leader (business, political or other) come in for criticism recently in your country? Why? What was your opinion?
A/ Yes, Oscar Ivan Zuluaga (presidential candidate), he received critics for spy scandals and sabotage of peace dialogs of the habana. In my opinion, this was a dirty politic campaign.
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B.
a) past simple
- unfortunately, it happened to a really good friend of mine
b) past continuos
- She was receiving strong performance reviews
c) past perfect
- She said she had felt desperate
d) present perfect
- i've advised everyone to be honest
C.
1. had
2. launched
3. had sold
4. got
5. have increased
6. was going
7. started
8. had complained
9. used
10. offered
11. was taking
12. have felt
13. have received
14. have started
15. fired
16. recently issued
D.
I remember being in the Tayrona park with my girlfriend. It was the best experience of our lives because we lived many new things. We had to walk many hours to get to camp, then went to meet the park, everything was fine until about dangerous animals attacked us, the end nothing happened grave and returned to camp. We stayed three days in the park and met an Indian who helped us get married in Indian ritual. Now we are married and living together in Bogotá. Since then we have had a life full of happiness and new adventures.
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A.
1. Tom is behaving unprofessionally because he's sending in sales report saying he's met various customers and the directors find out it's not true. Also Tom is putting in expense claims the directors know to be false, moreover he's upsetting the other people in the department.
2. The two opinions that the directors mention are:
- They could have a chat with Tom about his sales reports. Also they could mention that they're checking all expense claims very carefully in the future
- They would tell Tom, if he doesn't change his ways, the directors will be sending him a warning letter, and that could lead to him being dismissed.
3. The directors finally decide have a friendly talk with him a find out if he has personal problems that are affecting his work.
B.
1. b
2. e
3. c
4. d
5. f
6. a
7. e
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B.
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A.
1. Tom is behaving unprofessionally because he's sending in sales report saying he's met various customers and the directors find out it's not true. Also Tom is putting in expense claims the directors know to be false, moreover he's upsetting the other people in the department.
2. The two opinions that the directors mention are:
- They could have a chat with Tom about his sales reports. Also they could mention that they're checking all expense claims very carefully in the future
- They would tell Tom, if he doesn't change his ways, the directors will be sending him a warning letter, and that could lead to him being dismissed.
3. The directors finally decide have a friendly talk with him a find out if he has personal problems that are affecting his work.
B.
1. b
2. e
3. c
4. d
5. f
6. a
7. e
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3. circulated
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8. will be commissioned
9. was informed
10. was reached
11. will be investigated
12. been implemented
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