COMPANIES AND

PRODUCTS

IN THIS UNIT YOU WILL

Describe different types of

companies.
Find out about companies.
Find out about a particular
product.
Read technical passages.

STRATEGIES FOR
LANGUAGE LEARNING

SKILLS TO DEVELOP

Listening: Inf about

companies.
Speaking: Asking inf about
companies.

LANGUAGE FOCUS

Making predictions
Transferring information
Word associations
Guessing meanings from
context
Matching
Skimming and Scanning
WORD POWER

Kinds of businesses and

industries.
Business letters
Technical passages.

Past tense: Statements

and questions.
Regular/Irregular verbs.
Wh-Questions: who, what.

Short/complete answers

COMMUNICATIVE
TASKS
Role-playing:
company.

Class work:

Writing: Replying to letters.

Reading: Shockwave Therapy

Individual
Closed pairs
Open pairs
Team/group work

COMPANIES
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My

SPEAKING
A. You are doing some research on this company. How many of these questions can
you answer from this text? (FA:TB PAG.5)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Whats the name of your company?

What line of business are you in?
What good or services does your company provide?
How many employees does your company have?
Where are your headquarters?
Where are your main markets?
The long-term goal of the Atlas Copco group is to be
the worlds leading company within its specialized
areas of business: compressor, construction and
mining and industrial technologies. The group
employs more than 21,000 people, of whom 14%
work outside Sweden. Operations are conducted
through 17 divisions, which manufacture products
in 57 plants in 15 countries. The major share of
manufacturing is conducted within European Union
countries. Each division has total business
responsibility.

LISTENING

(FA:TB PAG.6)

Listen and check your answers. Then practice asking and answering these questions with
a partner. Ask about other companies too.

SPEAKING
Find out about another learners company. Then report back to the rest of the group like
this:
works for.company. Theyre in the.business.
haveemployees.
The headquarters are in. Their main markets are

They

make

They

LANGUAGE FOCUS
Past simple

What did you do last night?

Did she have an English test?

I went to the mall.

Yes, she had an English test yesterday.

Study this table of verb forms (regular and irregular):

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Infinitive
To be
To become
To get
To do
To go
To think
To say
To make
To develop
To drink

Present tense
Am-Is-are
becomes
gets
does
goes
thinks
says
makes
develops
drinks

Past tense
Was-were
became
got
did
went
thought
said
made
developed
drank

-Ing form
being
becoming
getting
doing
going
thinking
saying
making
developing
drinking

Past Participle
Been
Become
Got/gotten
Done
Gone
thought
said
made
developed
drunk

Present Perfect

Past Simple

We have made 100,000 widgets.

We havent sold all of them yet.
Have you confirmed that order?

We made 10,000 widgets in April.

We didnt sell any last month.
When did you confirm it?

Use: We use the present perfect to talk about past actions when we are thinking about the results now. If
we are talking about a definite time in the past (yesterday, last month, two years ago) we use the past
simple and not the present perfect.

Task 1. : Add other verb forms for these verbs:

To buy
To come
To bring
To find
To get
To have

Task 2. Write five sentences which contain any of the verb forms from above (Past simple or
present perfect).
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________

Task 3. Write and say an appropriate Wh-question from the sentences above (Past simple or
present perfect).
1.
2.
3.
4.

____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
5. ____________________________________________________________

GETTING PRODUCT INFORMATION

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A. You work for ABC computing in Taipei. You receive a letter from X
Electronics in Mexico. Where do these parts of the letters go?
1.Truly yours

2. May 21, 200__

3.. Dear Sr or Madam:

M. A. Park
M.A Park (Ms)
Sales Manager
4.. ABC Computing
F8, no 142, Min Chuan E.Rd
Sec.3 Taipei. Taiwan

B.

5. X Electronics
Jaie BAlmes 11
COL Los Morales
11510 Mexico DF.
Mexico

Now write a reply to X Electronics in Mexico.

Here are some phrases you can use. Can you complete them?
Thank you for your letter of.
We enclose ..
Please contact me if .

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READING
Shockwave Therapy
By Michael S. Hewitt, MD

Before you read

How much do you know about electricity in the treatment of some health problems?
Mark each statement true ( T ) or false ( F ).
1) Electricity can only kill people._____
2) There are several alternatives of treatments and therapies for health .........._____
3) Sea waves and radio waves are the only existing waves...._____
4) There are many kinds of tendonitis known..._____
5) Rehabilitation medicine is intended for drug addicts only._____

Shockwave Therapy
By Michael S. Hewitt, MD

It is a relatively new treatment option in orthopedic and rehabilitation medicine. The

effect of shockwaves was first documented during World War II. The first medical
treatment developed from this research was *lithotripsy. This allowed focused
shockwaves to essentially dissolve kidney stones without surgical intervention. Today,
over 98% of all kidney stones are treated with this technology. The use of shockwaves
to treat tendon related pain began in the early 1990s.
A clinical shockwave is nothing more than a controlled explosion that creates a sonic
pulse, much like an airplane breaking the sound barrier. The primary effect of a
shockwave is a direct mechanical force. The exact mechanism by which shockwave
therapy acts to treat tendon pathology is not known. The leading explanation is based
on the inflammatory healing response. Shockwaves are used to treat many orthopedic
conditions, including plantar fasciitis (heel spurs), patellar tendinitis (jumpers knee),
lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow), medial epicondylitis (golfers elbow) and shoulder
tendinitis.
There are two main types of shockwave machines, low and high energy. High-energy
treatments are administered in the operating room with regional or general anesthesia.
Low-energy treatments are administered in the clinic and do not require anesthesia or
injections.
(*-Lithotripsy is the technology that allows us to break up stones inside the body; such
as kidney, Ureter and Urinary Bladder stones; using shockwaves. The machine is called
a Lithotripter)

http://www.scoi.com/shockwave-therapy.htm
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Body areas where Shockwave therapy can be applied

Exercises:
Reading
Scan the text to check your predictions. Then read carefully the text again, and
complete the following activities.
A) Complete this word puzzle with the clues provided from the text.
1. - The first word of the texts title.
1

2. - The exact mechanism by which

shockwave _____________ acts to treat
tendon pathology is not known.

3. - Today, over 98% of all kidney stones are

treated with this ______________.
3

4. High-energy or Low-energy
_______________.
5. - The leading explanation is based on the
inflammatory _______________ response.

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C) How do you say these expressions in your language?

o

To dissolve kidney stones _____________________________________________

Surgical intervention_________________________________________________

To treat tendon pathology_____________________________________________

Many orthopedic conditions___________________________________________

Primary effect_______________________________________________________

Operating room_____________________________________________________

Source (Listening/Speaking/Writing) Exercises: Sara Jones-Macziola with Greg White. Further Ahead.
Learners Book. Cambridge University Press. 1999.

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JOB ENQUIRES
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

IN THIS UNIT YOU WILL

Answer enquires.
Take phone calls.
Describe responsibilities.
Leave/write messages on
the phone.
Read technical passages.

STRATEGIES FOR
LANGUAGE LEARNING

SKILLS TO DEVELOP
Listening: Customers phone
calls. Dealing with enquires on
the phone.
Speaking: Taking phone calls,
describing responsibilities at
work, finding out about other
learners responsibilities.
Writing: Short messages.
Reading: About X-Rays.

Making predictions
Transferring information
Word associations
Guessing meanings from
context
Matching
Skimming and Scanning
WORD POWER

Responsibilities
different jobs.
Business calls.
Technical passages.

LANGUAGE FOCUS

Present simple.
Present progressive: ing
form.
Frequency
words(adverbs)
Short/complete answers

COMMUNICATIVE
TASKS
of

Information gap: Dealing

with enquiries. Phone
calls.

Class work:

Individual
Closed pairs
Open pairs
Team/group work

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TAKING PHONE CALLS/Enquiries

Rita Tong is off sick today and you are taking calls for her at ABC Computing.
Practice this conversation with a partner. (FA:TB pag. 9)
A: Answer the phone:
Abc Computing. Good

B: Ask for information about Vari-X filters:

Im interested in
Could you send me some information about..
Id like to know about ..
Can I have information about

A: Offer to send brochures. Ask for callers name and address:

Ill send you a
Ill mail you a .
Could I have your name and address?
Could you spell/repeat that?

B: Give your name and address

My names is
My address is

A: Promise to mail information today. Finish the call:

Right. Ill mail it today.

B: Finish the call.

Thank you very much.

On the Phone expressions:

Id like to speak to..
Could you put me through to
Theres no reply
The lines engaged
Would you like to leave a message
Can I take a message?
Whos calling?

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JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
A. These people all work for Acme International. What department do you think
each person works in? (FA:TB pag. 11)
Departments: Finance, Human Resources, Production, Sales Marketing

B. Now listen to interviews with them and complete the chart. (FA:TB pag.12)

LANGUAGE FOCUS
Present simple and Present Progressive

Present simple: (usually, often, sometimes)

I send out invoices to customers.

He organizes conferences.
We deal with customer complaints.

Present Progressive (around, now, temporarily)

Im sending reminders to slow payers.
Hes organizing the sales conference.
Were preparing for a trade fair.

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WRITING
Now make some sentences about the people at Acme International like this:
Frank works in Accounts. He sends out invoices to customers. At the moment, hes sending reminders to
slow payers.

SPEAKING
Then practice asking and answering with a partner.

LISTENING
Leaving/taking a phone message:

Listen to this phone call. Write down the message. (FA:TB pag. 14)

GIZMO GADGETS
For:
From:

On the phone expressions:

Id like to speak to.
Could you put me through to ..?
Im afraid s/hes in a meeting/on holiday/the lines engaged/theres no reply.
Could you leave a message?
Could you take a message?

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SPEAKING
PRACTICE THIS PHONE CALL WITH A PARTNER:
A: Answer the phone.
B: Ask to speak to Josie Williams.
A: Say shes not available. Offer to take a message.
B: Give your name and phone number. Ask her to call you back.
A: Repeat the message. Promise to give her the message.
B: Finish the call.

READING
Before you read
1. Do you remember the last time you had a Rntgen radiation? And why did you
have it?
2. What have you heard about the damages caused by x rays?

About X-rays
X-rays (or Rntgen rays) are a form of electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength in
the range of 10 to 0.01 nanometers, corresponding to frequencies in the range 30 to 30
000 PHz (1 PHz = 1015 Hertz). X-rays are primarily used for diagnostic radiography
and crystallography. X-rays are a form of ionizing radiation and as such can be
dangerous. In many languages it is called Rntgen radiation after one of the first
investigators of the X-rays, Wilhelm Conrad Rntgen.
Since Rntgen's discovery that X-rays can identify bony structures, X-rays have been
developed for their use in medical imaging. Radiology is a specialized field of
medicine. Radiographers employ radiography and other techniques for diagnostic
imaging. Indeed, this is probably the most common use of X-ray technology.
X-rays are especially useful in the detection of pathology of the skeletal system, but are
also useful for detecting some disease processes in soft tissue. Some notable examples
are the very common chest X-ray, which can be used to identify lung diseases such as
pneumonia, lung cancer or pulmonary edema, and the abdominal X-ray, which can
detect ileus (blockage of the intestine), free air (from visceral perforations) and free
fluid (in ascites). In some cases, the use of X-rays is debatable, such as gallstones
(which are rarely radiopaque) or kidney stones (which are often visible, but not
always). Also, traditional plain X-rays pose very little use in the imaging of soft tissues
such as the brain or muscle. Imaging alternatives for soft tissues are computed axial
tomography (CAT or CT scanning), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or ultrasound.
Since 2005, X-rays are listed as a carcinogen by some governments.

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After you read

Main idea:
The most important thing in this reading is:
a. Radiology.
b. The skeletal system.
c. Rntgen radiation.
Can you mention some kind of X-rays?
________________ _________________ _________________ _________________

Source (Listening/Speaking/Writing) Exercises: Sara Jones-Macziola with Greg White. Further Ahead.
Learners Book. Cambridge University Press. 1999.

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