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This document provides an overview of the structure and content of a business English textbook. It contains 12 units that cover topics such as public speaking, training, partnerships, energy, employment trends, business ethics, finance, consultants, strategy, doing business online, new businesses, and project management. Each unit includes sections on listening and discussion, reading and language, business skills, and a case study. It also includes grammar and writing references. The overview map lists the topics and activities covered in each unit and section of the book.

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Adv Contents

This document provides an overview of the structure and content of a business English textbook. It contains 12 units that cover topics such as public speaking, training, partnerships, energy, employment trends, business ethics, finance, consultants, strategy, doing business online, new businesses, and project management. Each unit includes sections on listening and discussion, reading and language, business skills, and a case study. It also includes grammar and writing references. The overview map lists the topics and activities covered in each unit and section of the book.

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Map of the book


Listening and Reading and Business skills Case study
discussion language

Unit 1 Public speaking International Networking Working for Logistaid


Being presentations Replying to a formal Writing: reply to
international Business idioms invitation formal invitation

page 6

Unit 2 Consultant interview Time to break out Telephone strategies: Training at SmileCo
Training from campus clarifying and Writing: e-mail
Multiword verbs confirming
Writing: e-mails
page 14

Unit 3 A PPP debate Infrastructure: Negotiating: being Konopnicka Airport


Partnerships Experience of the 1990s vague and being takes off
has put people off precise Writing: executive
Dependent prepositions Report writing: layout summary
page 22 The passive and structure

Unit A Revision: Units 1–3

page 30

Unit 4 The future of natural A dream of a Problem-solving Energy saving at


Energy gas hydrogen economy Proposal writing Supersun
Discourse devices: Writing: report
linking expressions
page 34

Unit 5 The future of work India: call centres ring Resolving conflict Delaney: call-centre
Employment the changes Writing: e-mails absenteeism
trends Cohesive devices Writing: internal
Using inversion for e-mail
page 42 emphasis

Unit 6 Business ethics and Corporate responsibility Ethical problem- Stitch Wear clothing
Business corporate social without the waffle solving Writing: action points
responsibility Multiword verbs Managing meetings from a meeting
ethics
Writing: action
page 50 minutes

Unit B Revision: Units 4–6

page 58

Grammar reference: page 118 Writing file: page 134


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Listening and Reading and Business skills Case study


discussion language

Unit 7 Changes in Marconi repays Giving presentations Cost-cutting at


Finance and international banking £669m of debt Describing financial Erstaunliche Autos
banking US Airways vows to performance Writing: summary of
rise again Writing: introduction presentation
page 62 The language of to a presentation
trends

Unit 8 Choosing and Could it be you when Negotiating sales Mobi-net: it’s their
Consultants managing consultants they need an expert? Writing: terms and call
Negation using conditions Writing: summary
prefixes of consultancy
page 70 Conditionals agreement

Unit 9 Strategy and Growth mode Brainstorming and The company


Strategy successful imitators Idioms for giving creativity makeover
examples Writing: mission Writing: report
statements summarising
page 78 proposals

Unit C Revision: Units 7–9

page 86

Unit 10 Successes and Net gains on the shop Presentations: Improving the online
Doing business failures in e-business front summarising and experience
Cleft sentences dealing with questions Writing: proposal of
online
Writing: presenting recommendations
page 90 information on a
website

Unit 11 Everywoman: helping The bruises of the Telephone strategies Copisistem: the next
New business women start their bandwagon Chasing payment step
own businesses Noun phrases Writing: job advert
Writing: a letter
chasing payment
page 98

Unit 12 Talking to two project Not enough good Writing: briefing Leatty Shanghai: a
Project managers project managers? multinational teams construction project
management Cohesion Teleconferencing Writing: assessment
report
page 106

Unit D Revision: Units 10–12

page 114

Activity file: page 142 Audio scripts: page 162

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