Hotel Moda, Prague,Czech Republic

4-star hotel

One conference room and two seminar rooms

Spacious bedrooms. Large swimming pool (open to the

public), sauna, Jacuzzi, hairdressing salon, satellite TV

Price' $950 pet" participant, including meals and two

guided tours

Advantage: Low cost means more money fcr cultural

tours, sightseeing the opera, etc.

Disadvantages: Half an hour by underground to the city

centre. Heavily booked in summer

Hotel Matong,Tioma/i, Malaysia (an island off the east coast)

5-slar hotel

Wide choice of targe and small conference rooms

Spacious grounds with tropical gardens

Golf course, term is courts and football pitch

Price: $ 1,350 per participant including meals

Advantages: Beautiful island setting - peaceful and quiet

Disadvantage; Not very accessible

Hotel Colossus, Las Vegas, USA

5-star hotel

Magnificent architecture in the Greek style

Huge rooms, with spacious balconies. Own casino

Outstanding conference facilities. Seminar rooms

available at exira cost

Price $ 1,950, including meals and one tour $50 spending

money for the casino

Advantages: Easy access from airport. Many extras such

as free use of car included in the price

Disadvantage: Many tourists visit the hotel day and night

Revision

4 Great ideas

Match the verbs (1-6) with the nouns that they go with. Then complete each sentence
below (a-f) with the correct form of one of these verb/noun combinations.
i to win a breakthrough

2 to make a gap

3 to fill a market

4 to extend a need

5 to enter a range

6 to meet an award

a) Azra,._.,...,., the sport and leisure............ two years ago with high-quality trainers

costing just Ђ50.

b) Jf you listen carefully to the markets, your products are more likely to...,...._.. a real

c) Last year, Julia Wyman, a young entrepreneur from Melbourne,........... for her

creativity.

d) Our company has begun to....... its.......... of products in the hope of increasing

sales.

e) Pharmaceutical companies are hoping to____ a major..___.... in the search for

effective cancer drugs.

0 Their new hand-held computer is not Just an exciting product - it really....... in the

market.

Complete this text with the correct past simple or past continuous form of the verbs given.

Julia Wyman now lives in Australia, but she was born in the Philippines. Her parents, who are both engineers,..................* Supervise) the construction of a power

station there at the time. In the 1980s, they,,,,,,,,,,,,,..,,,² (move) to Canada.

While she........____......³ (study) business administration at the Toronto College of

Economics, Julia.................... ⁴ (ftove) hei first great idea. She..................⁵

(create) a system that would enable companies to get better, more useful feedback

from their customers. Two years later, she.................... ⁶ (do) research into types of

company organisation when another interesting idea..................... ⁷ {come) to her.

She........................ ^a {modify the traditional, hierarchical company structure in a way

that....................... ⁹ (improve) the Row of communication and...................... ^M

(give) employees greater autonomy.

Dayton & Cooper soon.................... " {hire) her as a consultant, and later

...................." (offer) her a post in Melbourne, where they.......................,¹³ [set

up) their new headquarters.

Stress

In each sente nee, put the verb given in the correct tense, past simple or present

perfect

i......................... your lifestyle.................. {change) since you got a promotion?

2 Francois is suffering from exhaustion. He................... (be) away from the office

all this week.

3 How long__.................. Marc___.....___..... (stoy) in his previous job?

4 I....................... (fiear) an interesting talk on stress-related illnesses at the

conference last week,

5 I....................... [miss) the deadline once again. My boss will be hjriousJ

6 Lucille................ (fee) already a workaholic when she.................. (be) a student.

Unit 8 Revision

7 Wlonique,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, {earn) a lot more money in her previous job, but she finds her new one more relaxing.

8 Peter...................... .{offed to work overtime before I asked him.

9 Why....................... you......................, {complain) about the workload? That's

why you lost your job!

10 You'll have to excuse the boss. He..................... {be) under a lot of stress

recently.

Read the letter below and supply suitable bits of information (1-4) to complete iL Then write the missing paragraph, explaining why you are leaving the company. Include these points;

• Say how long you have been under stress

• Give three reasons why the stress is so extreme

• Say you saw a stress counsellor, and what advice she gave you.

12 Boulevard Jean James 69623 Villcurbannc

CTS International FAQ Mrs Bel maker Head of Human Resources 3 Place Renault

69025 Lyon

1 am sorry 10 have 10 inform you thai, after careful consideration, I wish io hand in my resignation.

My first two years at CTS were exciting and very motivating. Like the other people in my team, I always gave the best of myself, while 1 also fell ihaL I was learning a lot. My superiors were easy to talk to, and there was always someone to listen to yon.

However, the takeover by Southern? changed everything.

Although the normal period of notice is three months, T was wondering if you could possibly let mc leave in two weeks' time. If this is not convenient, I could work on apart-time basis until my contract officially ends.

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M. frugal

Montque Brugal

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Entertaining

Complete these sentences with the missing words. Then write the words in the grid

below.

i If MrNakamura is your guest, then you are Mr Nakamura's........................

2 'What would you like for your main..........,.,.,.,.»fish or chicken?'

3 'Can I give you a.................. to the airport?'

4 Td like to book a,...................... for three for 19.30 tomorrow evening.*

5 'Do you....................... if I take one of your brochures?'

6 'That was a wonderful dinner, thank you. The food here is so................... P

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Now work out the hidden word in the shaded boxes and use it to complete this sentence.

After you have been somebody's guest, you usually write to thank them for their

Unit B Revision

Read this article, then choose the best sentences (a-f) to complete the gaps (1-4). Note that you will need only four of the six sentences given.

Drugs companies to cut down gifts for doctors

by Andrew Jack

The pharmaceutical indus- 25 to office use, and its value

try across the whole restricted to ton euros.

European continent now................................ ²

has Lo follow a lough new The code also places

s code of ift-aellce. u_ght limits on the

Drugs companies will •& widespread practice cif

have to limit the enterLain- companies funding doc-

ment they provide to _4o,_S' [j._avei _{t0 S(}j_entific:

doctors. This follows accu- conferen ces in order to sain 10 sations llwt companies credibility for their

entertain doctors i n ordor ^ produ cts.................................. *

to influence prescribing m addiLion. payment for

patterns. spouses is no InngoT

.......................... * It puts a allowed.

in strict limit on hospitality There will he sanctions

and gifts that can be offered 10 and annual audi ts to ensu re

to doctors or other drug everybody follows the code.

prescrihers. Some countries, ine-

For example, pharmaceu- hiding Sweden, the UK,

20 ileal companies are no France and Spain, have

longer allowed to offer 45;,i_rfiady brought in tough

heaitlicai-e ^ professionals industry codes of practice.

personal gifts. Any gift......................... ^

offered should be relevant

FINANCIAL TIMES

a) It is sometimes difficult to refuse a gift without causing offence.

b) Drug companies are now allowed to pay only economy air fares for doctors when travel is justified.

c) However, a few other EU countries may have to change their culture to meet the demands of the new proposals.

d) In reality, they do not even know that this code of practice exists.

e) Invitations to sporting or other leisure events are no longer allowed, either.

f) The code tries to respond to such criticism.

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