Complete this article using the Simple Past of the following verbs

Visit; join; help; spend; begin; decide; study; become; leave; complete

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Mrs Maria Teicher as head of quality control. Maria……………..chemical engineering at the University of Utrecht and then…………….an MBA at Claremont College. After graduating she……………….work with Chem Tech Supplies in Belgium. She……………..assistant production manager in 1989 and she………………to develop Chem Tech’s Multivit pharmaceutical range. Maria…………………the company in 1991 and…………………Volcker Foods of California as head of research and development. She……………………..two years in the United States. Last year she briefly………………..our Milan plant and was so impressed that she……………………….to return to Europe.

Exercise 191

Think of a suitable verb in the Simple Past to complete each gap.

This morning I………………….work at a quarter to eight. I………………..a meeting with my boss at nine o’clock and then I…………………….to the production plant to sort out an assembly line problem. When I………………………back to my office I…………………a fax from Sanjay on my desk. He…………………..me to phone him with details of the Lyon conference. After that I……………………half an hour writing the production report. Then it…………………time for lunch. I………………………Christina in the canteen and she……………me that there ……………………a lot of problems in her department. She…………me if I could come to a meeting in her office to discuss the situation.

Exercise 192

Read, translate the text. Ask and answer questions.

In the late 1990s, many large companies joined to form new “mega” companies. American financial–services companies Citicorp and Travelers merged and became Citigroup. Swiss drug companies Sandoz and Ciba Geigy joined to form Novartis. And automobile makers Daimler–Benz of Germany and Chrysler of the USA merged to form DaimlerChrysler.

In many cases, mergers are successful. But there are also many difficulties. In the DaimlerChrysler merger, executives face two major management culture differences.

First, Chrysler managers recieve higher salaries than Daimler–Benz managers. So an American manager working in Germany might have a much higher salary than his German boss.

Second, Chrysler engineers, designers and marketing people work together to build and market cars. But at Daimler–Benz, engineers are in charge, and designers and marketing people don’t work together as much.

Balancing differences is not easy, and many people are watching how DaimlerChrysler solves its management culture differences.

Lesson 18 Урок 18

Curruculum vitae Краткая биография

Active vocabulary

Nouns

1. D.o.b.(date of birth) – дата рождения

2. education – образование

3. study – учёба

4. referee – поручитель

5. level – уровень

6. salary – зарплата

7. detail – деталь

8. application – заявление

Verbs

9. earn – зарабатывать

10. apply – подать заявление

11. grow – расти

12. move – переезжать

Adjectives

12. ordinary – обычный

13. general – общий

14. advanced – продвинутый

16. satisfactory – удовлетворительный

Exercise 193 (We Mean Business ex 149, p 80)

Listen to the tape and fill in a copy of this CV for Lorraine Welder. Some details are already written in for you.

NBIn England in the 1970s many schoolchildren did GCE (General Certificate of Education) examinations. The exams were at two levels – Ordinary (O level) and Advanced (A level). Now the equivalent exams are called GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education) examinations.

Exercise 194

Here’s Lorrain Welder’s interview with Helen Ferns for the job of a receptionist. Write down what you think Lorrain said. Use her curruculum vitae for information.

HF:Now then, Mrs. Welder..... I see you went to school in York from 1974 to 1978.

LW: ________________________________

HF:Oh yes. Sorry. And how many O levels did you get?