Week of quizes

This week was very tired because I had two quiz the same day. I am worry for costs in special it is a matter that isn’t difficult but depend who is your teacher will require many participation in the classroom, this is the worse. I only want that arrive the weekend for to go to fun.

I arrived to my house on thrusday at 9:00 p.m , I only ated and continued studying but I didn’t finish completely the theory.

The next day only presented and returned to my house to sleep, when returned to my class of computation at the students solicited to the teacher that won’t give the class because was tired for the exam she accepted and returned to my home.

Your company

Fill in the missing words in the sentences below. Choose from the words in the box. You can the use similar sentences to talk about your company.

Competitiors customers employees leader products profit
share shareholders share price subsidiaries turnover

1. I work for a company called Kwikshoe.
2. Our main products are sport shoes
3. Kwikshoe leader In the tennis shoe.
4. It has a national market share of 23%
5. Ithas 2,500 employees in this country.
6. It has seven subsidiaries in five different countries.
7. Its main customers are young people and people who do sport.
8. Its main competitors are in Britain and the USA.
9. Its main shareholders are banks and pension funds
10. Its turnover last year was $1.2 billion.
11. Its profit last year was $16 million.
12. Its share price today is $57.

Activities: I completed the sentences whit tha words corresponding of a company.
Reflection: Well, in this exercise I learned some basic concepts in a company and applied in the sentences corresponding.
Source: Flinders Steve, Penguin English Guides, Proffesional English, page 2.

Discussing the market

First, read this articule about the world computer market. then, using the information in the article, complete the table.

COMPUTER TRENDS
by the financial editor

When analysing the computer market worlwide it is useful toi distinguish beteween sales of desktop computers and portable laptop models. The major manufacturers perform very differently in different areas of the mark: for example, A.B.I, the worlwide brand leader in desktop computers, ranks only fourth in laptop computers sales and has captured only nineteen per cent of the European market. The Crown Corporation has suceeded in penetrating the difficult european market and now has a twenty-on per cent market share; Crown ranks second in laptop models and fourth in desktops.

Begginner´s luck

A recente arrival on the scene, Unitec, has won a twenty-eight per cent slice of the european market and already stands at number five in the world market in both categories. The computer division of Marcus Industries rans just below A.B.I in the desktop best five and currently leads the world market in portable models; in spite of this, Marcus have captured only six per cent of the European sector.

Europe figths back

The remainder of European markert is shared by a number of local manufactures who are competing well in home markets but who do not figure largely on the international escence. The only one of these European companies to challenge the U.S.A and Japanese akers abroad successfully is contact Electronics who entered the top five in the laptop field this year and managed to aoutsell both A.B.I and Unitec. Unitec´s main rivals, Perry-Hamilton, still occupy third place in the desktop category, but are struggling to amintain their market share.

Activity: I read a article about of the worl computer market and after I completed a table whit the name of the company tath are in this market.
Reflection: I learnd news words that we use when talk of markets.
Source: Goal: Reading- discussing the market
Lees, Gerald; Thorne Tony.(1994), English On Business, London: Chancerell. page 39.

Discussing the market

Phoning your contacts

Making a call

A few common expressions are enough for most telephone conversations. Practise these telephone expressions by completing the following dialogue using the words listend below.

Switchboard Conglomerate Group; Can I help you?
You Could I speak to Mr Pardee, please?
Switchboard Putting to trough.
Secretary Hello, Mr Pardee's office. Can I help you?
You Hello, can you hear me? It´s a bad line. Could you speak up, please?
Secretary IS THAT BETTER? Who`s speaking, please?
You Lilia of Wal Mart
Secretary Oh, hello. How nice to hear from you again. We haven´t seen you for
ages. How are you?
You Fine, thanks. Coul you put me through to Mr Perdee, please?
Secretary Hold the line a moment. I'll see if he´s in. I´m so sorry. I´m afraid he´s not in
the office at the moment. Coul you give me your number, and I´ll ask him to
call to back?
You I´m on 3478621. That´s London.
Secretary Would you like to leave any message for him?
You No, thanks. Just tell him I rang.
Secretary Certainly. Nice to hear from you again.
You I´ll ex`pect him to call me this afternoon, then. Thanks.
Secretary You´re welcome. Goodbye.

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Company Perrier

Read the text below about the French company Perrier Vittel and fill in the gaps. Use the words in the box.

Product takeover subsidiary market leader research centre turnover
division brands customers market share production sites acquisition


Perrier Vittel

Perier Vittel is a subsidiary 1 of the Nestlè Group. It has millions of customers 2 all over the world. It is the water division 3 of the group and has many famous brands 4 such asa San Pellegrino, Contrex, Panna and Aquarel. There are sixty-seven products sites 5 producing billions of litres of bottled water. The main researh centre 6 of Nestlè Group is in Lausanne and there is a network of seventeen other centres on four continents employing 2,500 staff. This research helps produce safe and affordable water for everybody.
A recent new product 7 is Nestlè Pure Life.
The company bottles this water locally in developing countries such as Pakistàn and Brazil.
Nestlè's interest in water began in 1969 with the acquisition 8 of 30% of Vittel. After the turnover 9 of Pêrrier-Vittel became a major part of the Nestlè Group. Today water sales represent 8.8% of the group's takeover 10. The groups is the international market leader 11 for bottled water with a 15% market share 12. A new CEO, Frits van Dijk took over in 2000 and he aims to keep Perrier-Vittel at the front of the bottled water market in both ales and technology.

Activities: I completed a text using the words relationed with the market business.
Reflection: I learned with this practice some news words that can help me in my carrer.
Sources: Goal: Academic-knowing about of a company.
Grant David; McLarty Robert Business Basics. Oxford University Press. pages51.

My mascot

I have a rabbit called roussi, she is white colour, is very loving, roussi ate many, she consumed between six lettuce evryday. I believe that quickly will be fat, alse is very affectionate, she always is where I am.

My cousins love to my rabbit, when they are in my house plays whith her and roussi is happy. Years ago I alse had other rabbit but my father gaven and I never forget because was very sad for me.

My sister has a small duck but I don't like because the ducks are very dirty when grown. My sister Cinthia alse has a turtle, if she will can, I believe that she will have a zoological.

Change to the subject, I believe this semester will be more fun to learn english because the new SAC is more comfortable for study. I want to do enough hours for to better the leguage.