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IX. Choose the correct alternative. Then comment on the verb tenses in italics




1. Feeling deeply bored and burnt out? If you are over 30, you may be showing the first signs of a midlife crisis. This means that it is

a) certainly a midlife crisis

b) possibly a midlife crisis

c) certainly not a midlife crisis

2. Those who have the money may take a year off to sail around the world. This means that they

a) will possibly sail around the world

b) have permission to sail around the world

c) will certainly sail around the world

3. Midlife crises can happen at 31, at 56 or several times during one's life. As well as having a huge personal impact, they can have a significant impact on organisations. This means that midlife crisis

a) always happen in the way described

b) sometimes happen in the way described

c) never happen in the way described

4. 'I would begin to disappear emotionally in the middle of presentations. People would see it. They would become nervous... their attention would wander...'This means that people did these things

a) never

b) once

c) several times

 

X. A friend of yours is having a midlife crisis. Which of these things would you recommend and why?

sail around the world

coach (= give advice to) young people in the organization

take a job in the same company, but in another country

do voluntary work (= low-paid or unpaid work with social objectives)

stay at home for a year, read a lot of books and work on the garden

 

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UNIT 2. SELLING ONLINE

I. Lead-in

Are you a Nethead or a Web-hater? Discuss the following with a partner.

1. How much time a day do you spend surfing the Net?

2. Do you ever join online discussion groups or chat rooms?

3. Do you book things like flights or hotel rooms on the Net?

4. Have you ever bought goods over the Net books, DVDs and software?

5. Would you search for a job in the Internet?

6. Would you consider looking for a partner in a cyberspace?

 

II. Study the vocabulary

e-commerce

dotcom ,

frenzy ,

to oversubscribe ,

preach

in conjunction with ,

retailing

retail outlet

clicks and mortar ,

e-tailing

to fall down

hurdle

logistics

warehouse

delivery

pure-play . ; , , .

range

e-fulfilment system

renowned [ri΄naund] ,

long term

profitability ,

to bear out ,

cost reduction

elimination ,

to ally ,

bid for

B2B (Business-to-Business e-commerce) ,

B2G (Business-to-Government e-commerce) ,

refund

discount

to dispatch (also despatch )

purchase

stock

bargain ,

cooling off period

interest free credit

tricky

enormous

arrangement ,

negotiations ,

concession ,

joint venture

 





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