1 Facoltà di Economia Corso di Laurea in Economia e Gestione Aziendale Corso di Laurea in Economia e Finanza Lingua Inglese Luisanna Fodde Olga Denti a.a. 2010/2011

MARKETS English words connected with MARKETS

MARKETS MARKETPLACE NEGOTIATENEGOTIATION PRICE SETTING EXCHANGE SUPPLYDEMAND ELECTRONIC MARKETS COMMODITIES MARKETS E-COMMERCE B2BC2C LABOUR MARKETSSTOCK MARKETS MASS MARKETSPROPERTY MARKET AUCTIONS BIDS

Electronic Markets (Reading Comprehension) Going, going, gone? (p. 95) PARA I: -“the people are in charge” means … PARA II: - What expression refers to the passing of information by verbal means in an informal, person-to- person manner? PARA III: -What words in the text mean: revealed, uncovered; assortment, domain; progress, removal of a barrier? “buyers” (I); “sellers” (I); “user” (IV): Morphological structures: NOUNS FROM VERBS

Electronic Markets (Reading Comprehension) Going, going, gone? (p. 95) PARA IV -What is a possible synonym for “headquarters”; and a possible one for “respond” and for “negotiate”? PARA V -What does “To gross” mean? A.to make or earn a total of B. to fatten, to put on weight PARA VI - What is the opposite of: “latest”; “new”; “dangerous”; “fast”; “grand”; “growing”. Can you give a synonym for “rival”?

6 Complete the article on page 96 with the following words: trading auction characteristics business inventory clients rate retailer Match the two halves to make compound nouns (p. 96)

Noun AdjectiveVerb ECONOMY INDUSTRY GLOBE NATION VerbNoun DOMINATE INDICATE COMMUNICATE OPERATE INFORM OPTIMIZE

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11 Language Write the words in brackets in the gerund or infinitive form.  1I’d like to apologize for ____________ (arrive) late.  2___________ (trade) on the stock market closed at a record high today.  3Would you like ___________ (play) golf this afternoon?  4I don’t enjoy _____________ (work) at weekends.  5Inflation is making it more difficult __________ (keep) costs down.  6They really wanted ___________ (get) that project.  7By _____________ (appraise) each other, our staff work as a team.

12 Answer all thirty questions. There is one mark per question. Language Write the words in brackets in the gerund or infinitive form.  1I’d like to apologize for ARRIVING (arrive) late.  2TRADING (trade) on the stock market closed at a record high today.  3Would you like TO PLAY (play) golf this afternoon?  4I don’t enjoy WORKING (work) at weekends.  5Inflation is making it more difficult TO KEEP (keep) costs down.  6They really wanted TO GET (get) that project.  7By APPRAISING (appraise) each other, our staff work as a team.

13  8We’ve recruited an extra ten staff ___________ (make) sure it’s finished on time.  9She’s just finished ____________ (do) her Masters in Business Administration.  10The company aims ___________ (launch) its new range by March of next year.  11It’s five in the morning in the USA. There’s no point ___________ (phone) him now.  12Can you ask him ___________ (call) me back?

14  8We’ve recruited an extra ten staff TO MAKE (make) sure it’s finished on time.  9She’s just finished DOING (do) her Masters in Business Administration.  10The company aims TO LAUNCH (launch) its new range by March of next year.  11It’s five in the morning in the USA. There’s no point PHONING (phone) him now.  12Can you ask him TO CALL (call) me back?

15 Vocabulary. Write the nine items below with the types of markets cleaner / the unemployed / offices / coffee / gold / toothpaste / people / shares / apartments  13commodities market: __________, ___________  14real estate: __________, ___________  15stock market: stocks, _________  16consumer goods: __________, ___________  17labour market: __________, ___________

16 Vocabulary. Write the nine items below with the types of markets cleaner / the unemployed / offices / coffee / gold / toothpaste / people / shares / apartments  13commodities market: COFFEE, GOLD  14real estate: OFFICES, APARTMENTS  15stock market: stocks, SHARES  16consumer goods: CLEANER, TOOTHPASTE  17labour market: THE UNEMPLOYED, PEOPLE

17 3 Write the missing vowels in the compound nouns.  18eBay is an _ _ct_ _n s_t_ now worth a fortune.  19Let’s carry out some m_rk_t r_s_ _rch to see what people think.  20I think _nl_n_b_s_n_ss is the future for buying and selling.  21Our website needs a d_sc_ss_ _n b_ _rd to get customer feedback.  22It’s a good idea for any new retailer to write a m_rch_nd_s_ng pl_n.

18 3 Write the missing vowels in the compound nouns.  18eBay is an AUctIOn sItE now worth a fortune.  19Let’s carry out some mArkEt rEsE Arch to see what people think.  20I think OnlInE bUsInEss is the future for buying and selling.  21Our website needs a dIscUssIOn bO Ard to get customer feedback.  22It’s a good idea for any new retailer to write a mErchAndIsIng plAn.

19 Useful phrases 4 Write phrases a-h in the conversation below.  aI think  bHow about  cI don’t know  dWould you be interested?  eWhy don’t you  fLet’s  gI’m afraid  hThat’s fine.

20  A:We’re doing some special offers on printers this month. (23) _______________  B:I might be. (24) _____________ we discuss the price first?  A:Well we normally sell them at $80, but (25) __________ we can begin by giving you ten per cent discount on anything.  B:(26) ___________ say I wanted twenty. Would there be any more discount?  A:(27) ___________ about that.  (28) ___________ we don’t normally give extra discount. I’d have to check with my boss.  B:(29) ___________ do that now and call me back?  A:OK. (30) ___________. I’ll call you back in five minutes. 23 d / 24 b / 25 a / 26 f / 27 c / 28 g / 29 e /30 h