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