1. Unit 1: Vocabulary – Talking About Companies (pp 9-10)
English Communication
Unit 1: Vocabulary – Talking About Companies (pp 9-10)

2. one billion (100 thousand million)
Numbers
1, =
10, =
100,000 =
1,000,000 =
10,000,000 =
100,000,000 =
1,000,000,000 =
111,111,111,101 =
one thousand
ten thousand
one hundred thousand
one million
ten million
one hundred million
one billion (100 thousand million)
one hundred (and) eleven billion, one hundred (and) eleven million, one hundred (and) eleven thousand, one hundred (and) one

3. You try
83, =
￡ billion =
5,056,002 =
763,037,123 = =
888,888,888 =
2,000,000,003 =
234,432,342,243 =
Eighty-three thousand, four hundred (and) fifty-two
One thousand (and) three point five two billion British pounds
Five million, fifty-six thousand, (and) two
Seven hundred (and) sixty-three million, thirty-seven thousand, one hundred (and) twenty-three
Five point three two zero five six
Eight hundred (and) eighty-eight million, eight hundred (and) eighty-eight thousand, eight hundred (and) eighty-eight
Two billion and three
Two hundred (and) thirty-four billion, four hundred (and) thirty-two million, three hundred (and) forty-two thousand, two hundred (and) forty-three.

4. What’s the name of the company? What nationality is the company?
Ask about your partner’s company
What’s the name of the company?
What nationality is the company?
How old is the company? When was it established?
Where are its headquarters?
How many people does it employ? How many employees are there?
What type of company is it?
What is its annual revenue?
What does the company produce?
Who is its main competitor?

5. Useful expressions and help for task
pharmaceutical
It is a Swiss company.
✓ I am from Switzerland.
✕ I am from Swiss.
What is its annual revenue?
the company’s
EMI’s
How do you spell that?
Could you say that again please?
$ 8.79
= American dollars ￡6
= British pounds
10,000 ￦
€ 8.37
= Euros
￥1,067
= Japanese Yen

6. Research a Company Research the company assigned to you.
Report back to the class at the beginning of next lesson.

7. Talking about companies
“Porsche manufacture cars.”
“Samsung produce electronic goods.”
✓ “Saudi Arabia is a major producer of oil.”
✕ “Saudi Arabia is a major manufacturer of oil.”
“Banks provide financial services.”
plastic goods, cars, electronics,
rice/coffee etc.
manufacture
(large scale)
- industry/factories
coal, oil, rice, coffee
produce
financial advice, mortgages, home delivery services,
(services)
provide

8. More vocabulary
e-commerce = buying and selling electronically (as in on the internet)
employee = someone who's hired to do a particular job for pay
employer = the person or organization that you work for
revenue = the entire amount of income before any deductions are made
competitor = rivals or contenders for the same thing.
headquarters = the main office of an organization is its headquarters.
nationality = the country you come from: American, Canadian, and Russian are all nationalities.
retailer = a business or person that sells goods to the consumer (not to another business)