6.1 Typical questions when meeting somebody CB
Typical Questions When Meeting Somebody
Exercise 1.
Read questions 1 – 5 below.
| 1. What are you studying? | A. I hope to study in the USA next year. I’m going to apply for a place at university there. B. I’m taking a business course two days a week. I also have a part-time job. |
| 2. What do you do in your spare time? | A. I don’t have any free time, but I’d play tennis if I had the chance. B. What do you do? |
| 3. Do you think it’s a good idea to live near your place of work? | A. Why not? B. Yes, because then you don’t waste much time traveling. |
| 4. What do you think are the advantages of working for a large company? | A. I’m not sure, but maybe you have more opportunities for promotion. B. One advantage of working for a large company is that you have more opportunities for promotion. Another advantage of working for a large company is that you work with a lot of people, so you can learn from them all. A third advantage is that if it’s an international company you may have the chance to travel abroad. |
| 5. What do you enjoy most about your work? | A. I enjoy lots of things about my work: travel, people, regular hours, high salary. B. There are quite a lot of things I like about my job. The most important is probably my colleagues – I get on very well with most of them. |
For each question, decide which answer is better, A or B. Make a recording or a video wherein you tell me why you think the answer you’ve decided on is correct. Audio files must be submitted as an mp3 file and video files as an mp4 file. You can convert audio files to the .mp3 format free on the Convertio website.
Once you’ve submitted the Assignment, check what we think are the correct answers in Business English Space. (Scroll down to Speaking 1.
Exercise 2.
Look at the video on the right for some tips on meeting new people and networking.
Exercise 3.
Study the Upside Down Management text from Oxford University Press on the left and talk (recording) about the following:
- Write a list of arguments for introducing ‘upside down management’ and why you think it will work in your company and similarly write a list of arguments against introducing ‘upside down management’ and why you think it won’t work in your company.
- Decide on one of the following:
A. The company should introduce ‘upside down management’.
B The company should use some (but not all) of the ideas from ‘upside down management’.
C The company should not change the current system of management.
Present your final decision to us, with your reasons, as a recording or video.
