UNIT 8 PEOPLE

People  salary-monthly payment  wage-weekly payment (Great Britain)  social interaction-a process by which two or more people affect each other  status-professional position in a company  achievement-doing something well  asset-value  productivity-the rate at which goods are produced

Discussion  P. 82 Lead-in  Choose six factors which are important for you when choosing your first job.

Grammar  Going to future Use: future plans/intentions I’m going to spend some time in the UK to improve my English. Form: be+going+infinitive with to He’s going to take that low-paid job. He’s not going to take that low-paid job.

Will for the future  Use: to talk generally about the future The Manager will tell you the news.  Form: will + infinitive without to You will be disappointed. You won’t be disappointed.

Listening  Page 87, Listening 1, 2  How would you like your manager to be?  1.supportive, 2.a good teacher, 3.hands off, 4.understanding, 5.available, 6.inspirational  Homework-Reading, pages 88, 89

vocabulary  WORD BUILDING VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE to compete (with) competition competitive to confront confrontation confrontational to collaborate collaboration collaborative to control control controlling to encourage encouragement encouraging to achieve achievement achieving p Complete the sentences.

Business communication, p.92 Listening 8.6 Talking about your job  It involves …….  I’m responsible for ………  I have to deal with ……  It also involves ……  shop assistant/MD/secretary…

patterns  responsible for + … ing She’s responsible for solving customer complaints.  involves + … ing My job involves looking after employees.  deal with + noun He has to deal with problems.

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