Karin is the head of the Finance Department. Last week you told her there would be a
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To: Karin
Cc:
Subject: Next week’s meeting
Attached: Agenda
Dear Karin
Part 3 Listening
Task 1 / Recording 2.10
Listen to Robin Hurd interviewing Ms Patel, a start-up consultant. Mark each
statement True or False according to Ms Patel’s advice.
1 It’s better to start a business alone than with a partner.
True / False
2 It’s simple to start your own business.
True / False
3 If you have problems at the beginning you should work even harder.
True / False
4 You have to be positive and believe that you can help yourself in life.
True / False
5 If you have a bad start in life you will never be successful.
True / False
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6 You may need to move to a lot from place to place to be successful.
True / False
7 You should sit and think a lot before setting up a business.
True / False
Task 2 / Recording 2.11-16
Listen to six different stakeholders. Complete each sentence with one or two words.
Customer
1 A company should make good quality products at _____________ _____________ .
2 No company should have a ____________.
Employee
3 I need my ____________ every month.
Politician
4 If people are happy with the ____________ ____________ they’ll vote for me again.
Environmental activist
5 They ____________ the environment and test their products on animals.
6 They don’t invest their big profits to stop ____________ ____________.
Shareholder
7 The company should be as profitable as possible so I can earn a ___________ when
the profit is announced at the Annual General Meeting.
Supplier
8 If the company doesn’t pay me quickly enough I’ll have ___________ ___________
problems.
Part 4 Speaking
Prepare a one-minute presentation on one of these topics. You have one minute to
prepare your talk.
A
What is important when starting an enterprise?
Personal qualities
Company organization (partnership, limited company, etc)
B
What is important when running an effective meeting?
Having an agenda
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Dealing with interruptions
C
What is important when writing a business plan?
A mission statement and clear objectives
A USP (unique selling proposition)
Variant 7
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