商务英语Unit 11 Corporate Responsibili

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Unit 11 Corporate Responsibility

Objectives Key vocabulary Lead-in Language focus Skills Business communication Homework

Objectives

When the learners finish learning this unit, they should be able to

providing information on corporate responsibility

collecting information on corporate responsibility

Language focus

Conditional 1: events and consequences

Gerunds and infinitives

Pronunciation: short forms

Lead-in

responsibilities:

1. there should be good communication

2. The company should pay suppliers on time.

3. the company should have an equal opportunities policy.

4. It should train its employees.

Skills

Writing: both…and either…or neither…nor

Reading: late payment of commercial debts

Listening: the ethical consumer

Key vocabulary

market research ethical consumers behave responsibly spending power environment itinerary foreign business trip make good use of colleagues business partner social conventions nationalities

itinerary: plan for details or records of a) journey, route

convention: general consent ;practice or custom based on general consent

Conditional 1: events and consequences We use Conditional 1 to talk about future situat

ions the speaker thinks are probable, and their consequences.

Will expresses certainty about the consequence. When we are less sure of the consequence, we can use may and might.

Form: if+present simple,+will+infinitive

Gerund and infinitives When there are two verbs together in a sentence,

we must be careful about the form of the second verb.

After most verbs we use the infinitive with to The company agrees to change its ethical policy After some verbs we use the gerund ing form. We considered making the changes last month. Some common verbs which are followed by the

gerund are: stop finish delay practice imagine consider

risk avoid delay involve

Pronunciation:

short form of will/ will notListen to the sentences then repeat.

1. How are will/ will not pronounced in Conditional 1 sentences?

2.How is will pronounced in the question form?

Reading:

Hefty: big and strong Deterrent: deter; discourage; hinder A bill: a proposal for a new law On the continent: continental Europe League table: a public list of all the worst

payers

Writing:

both…and, either…or, neither…nor

Both…and shows that two things, are compared.

We use neither…nor to show two options are excluded i.e. to say that the two options are not possible or ture.

Either…or shows one of two possible options.

Homework: in the following sentence, is the

consequence probably going to happen? Name three responsibilities that

companies have? What pattern follows these verbs?

Refuse consider could What is an important grammatical

structure to use when you are negotiating?