Aims of the class (ciljevi časa)
• Unit 9 – Business Environment (deveta lekcija –
Poslovno okruženje), First Insights into Business, str. 94
• Describing changes. Describing graphs.
• Addition of information: too/as well, also, in addition
• The Simple Present Passive – revision
• Numb3rs
Unit 9 – Business Environment REVISION,
First Insights into Business, str. 94
• Words in context. Fill in the gaps with the words given in box
below. There are TWO EXTRA WORDS you do not need to use.
taxes, cuts, recession, trend, unemployment, the
shopping basket, raw materials, labour* costs; state of
the economy, availability of labour*.
• All businesses are affected by their immediate environment. Many
availability of labour - how easy
factors influence them, for example, ___________________
labour costs
or difficult it is to find workers; ___________________
- how much it
raw materials
costs to employ people and availability of ___________________
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as oil and wood. The amount of money a company has to pay the
taxes
government in ___________________
is another factor. Businesses are
state of the economy
also affected by the ___________________
and in a period of economic
recession
___________________
many businesses suffer and have to make
cuts
___________________.
In this climate there will be a rise in unemployment
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* labour BrE, labor AmE
Unit 9 – Business Environment, First Insights into Business, str. 94
• Match these words from Unit 9 to their definitions:
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AVAILABILITY OF LABOUR
LABOUR COSTS
TAX/TAXES
RAW MATERIALS
• ECONOMIC RECESSION
• CUTS
tax holiday
• how much it costs to employ
people
• money that you have to pay to
the government so that it can pay
for public services
• how easy/difficult it is to find
workers
• a period in which many
businesses suffer, their profits fall
and they have to make cuts
• a natural substance that is used
to make something in an
industrial process… oil, wood…
• reductions
a period during which a company does not
have to pay or pays less tax to stimulate sales
Ten most competitive countries in the world
- Work in pairs. Choose three countries and discuss the
reasons for their position on the scoreboard.
1. USA
2. Switzerland
3. Hong Kong
4. Sweden
5. Singapore
6. Norway
7. Canada
8. UAE
9. Germany
10. Qatar
www.telegraph.co.uk
Now compare the list from the Telegraph with The Global
Competitiveness Report 2014-2015 by the World Economic
Forum.
www.telegraph.co.uk
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USA
Switzerland
Hong Kong
Sweden
Singapore
Norway
Canada
UAE
Germany
Qatar
DESCRIBING CHANGES,
KNJIGA FIRST INSIGHTS INTO BUSINESS, STR. 103
intransitive verbs (gl. nemaju objekat)
•increase, rise, go up.
•The prices are increasing.
•decrease, fall, drop, go down, decline
•The prices of toiletries have fallen.
transitive verbs (gl. imaju objekat)
•increase, raise
•The government has increased income
tax.
•decrease, reduce, drop
•We have reduced our prices by 5%.
Fill in the gaps with the suitable
form of rise, arise and raise.
rose
1. Sales ______________
(rise, arise, raise) by 20% over
the 2014 Christmas period.
raised
2. Last month, the bank ______________
(rise, arise,
raise) interest rates to 15%.
arise
3. If any problems ______________,
(rise, arise, raise)
let me know.
rise
4. House prices are likely to ______________
(rise,
arise,raise) towards the end of this year.
5. I shall certainly go to Scotland next year, if the
arises
opportunity ______________
(rise, arise, raise).
DESCRIBING CHANGES, MARKET TREND
Bull market and bear market
• “Are we in an early stage bear market or a late-stage
bull market?”
• “Why the bull market will not die in 2016?”
• Bull market and bear market – what do they mean?
• a bull market refers to a market that is on the rise
• a bear market is one that is in decline
Describing changes. Describing graphs. Using
prepositions.
*of x 2
of
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under
of
from
to
by
Most Problematic Factors for
Doing Business in the EU
Here are the most problematic factors for doing business in the
EU based on the results of the World Economic Forum’s
Executive Opinion Survey 2014. Describe the graph.
RED TAPE
OTHER
ACCESS TO
FINANCE
TAX RATES
TAX REGULATIONS
LABOR
REGULATIONS
Source: Global competitiveness
report 2014-2015, the World
Economic Forum
“RED TAPE” – a problematic factor for
doing business in the EU
• an idiom
• a series of actions or complicated tasks that seem unnecessary but
that a government or organization requires you to do in order to get
or do something
• official routine or procedure marked by complexity which results in
delay
• komplikovane birokratske procedure (papirologija…) koje sputavaju
kao problematičan faktor za poslovanje u EU.
Addition of information: too/as well, also, in addition
• Choose the correct connector (too, also, in addition)
and discuss the position of the connectors.
Do teams in organisations need leaders?
• How and why the leader was selected also/too/in
addition/ appears to affect the leader’s
effectiveness. Smith (1996) notes that more than
60% of 500 workplace teams studied operate with
team leaders chosen by middle or upper management.
• Also/Too/In addition, in more than half of these, the
team leaders did not have the confidence of the team
members. They were not effective, also/too/in
addition.
The Passive – Revisited
TEORIJA Knjiga Engleski poslovni
jezik str. 52-53
FORM
• TO BE + III KOLONA
• TABELA NA STR. 54, ENGL.
POSLOVNI JEZIK
AKTIV
PRESENT SIMPLE
PASIV
Mr. Smith writes
The delivery notes
the delivery notes. ARE WRITTEN (by
Mr. Smith).
The Passive – Revisited
113. zadatak str. 121, knjiga Engleski poslovni jezik
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Rewrite the sentences in the present passive.
1. He opens the door.
The door is opened (by him).
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We set the table.
The table is set (by us).
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She pays a lot of money.
A lot of money is paid (by her).
4. I draw a picture.
A picture is drawn (by me).
5. They wear blue shoes.
Blue shoes are worn (by them).
6. They don't help you.
You are not helped (by them).
7. He doesn't open the book.
The book is not opened (by him).
8. You do not write the letter.
The letter is not written (by you).
9. Does your mum pick you up?
Are you picked up by your mum?
10. Does the police officer catch the thief?
Is the thief caught (by the police officer)?
Numb3rs
• ordinal numbers: 1st – the FIRST
• Tuesday, 13 January 2015 – the
thirteenth of January two thousand and
fifteen
• 1896 – eighteen ninety six, 1501 –
fifteen oh one BUT
• 1, 896 – one thousand eight hundred
and ninety six
• 5.673 – five point six seven three;
• 0.3 – (nought) point three, BrE; 0.05 =
(nought) point oh five
• 1/5 = a fifth, one fifth; 3/8 = three
eights, ¼ a quarter, one quarter; 1/3 a
third, one third, ½ a half, one half
• 5% five percent NOT five percents
111. zadatak, str. 120, Engleski poslovni jezik
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Napišite slovima brojeve :
1st –
the first
11 –
eleven
21st –
the twenty-first
31st –
the thirty-first
2nd –
the second
12 –
twelve
22 –
twenty-two
40th –
the fortieth
3rd –
the third
13 –
thirteen
23rd –
the twenty-third
50, 386 –
fifty thousand three hundred and eighty-six
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24th –
the twenty-fourth
5th –
the fifth
1586 –
fifteen eighty-six
0. 2565 –
nought point two five six five
70, 908, 985 –
seventy million nine hundred and eight thousand nine hundred and eighty-five
80th –
the eightieth
0.90 –
nought point ninety
17th December 2008 –
the seventeenth of December two thousand and eight
1/3 –
a third, one third
100th –
the hundredth
8/9 –
eight ninths
0.185 % nought point one eight five percent
329 –
three hundred and twenty-nine
1, 100 –
one thousand and one hundred
nastavak, 111. zadatak, str. 120,
Engleski poslovni jezik
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2, 500 –
two thousand and five hundred
33, 423 –
thirty-three thousand four hundred and twenty-three
2, 768, 941 –
two million seven hundred sixty-eight thousand nine hundred (and) forty-one
2001 –
two thousand and one
1995 –
nineteen ninety-five
79. 3 –
seventy-nine point three
3. 142 –
three point one four two
0. 67 –
nought point six seven
$17. 50 –
nastavak, 111. zadatak, str. 120,
seventeen dollars and fifty cents
28th June 1985 –
poslovni jezik
The twenty-eighth of June nineteen eighty-five
Engleski
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
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