Unit 3: Building relationships

“A relationship is like a shark, you know. It has to constantly move forward or it dies.“

Woody AllenAmerican film-maker and actor

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New vocabulary, pg. 23

• Positive relations development:verbs: build up, cement, foster, develop, encourage, establish, improve, maintain, strengthen, promote, restore, resumeadjectives: close, open, sharing

• Negative relations development:verbs:break off, cut off, disrupt, endanger, jeopardise, damage, undermine, strainadjectives: stormy, sour

Language review: Multi-word verbs, pg. 18 • Common in spoken English• verb + particle(s) (at, away, down, off,

etc.)• Object – separable or inseparable• Examples:

draw up, put off, build up, hold on to, let down, count on, set up, call off, come up, sound out, get on, depend on, rely on, find out, write down

Skills: Networking, pg. 27Mentioning people you know//// suggested I gave you a call.I was given your name by ////.

Giving adviceI suggest you give her/him a call.You could try to track him/her down through our New York office.

Asking for help/contactsCan I mention your name?He/She mentioned that you might be able to help me.You haven’t got his/her phone number by any chance?Is this a convenient time or shall I call back later?

Establishing common interstsMaybe we could help you out there.Are you interested in...?

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