ACSID - New Business Basics Unit 1.

1, pp 6, 7 WORD

1.1 People in business

Grammar Present Simple

The verb be
Vocabulary Daily activities.
Communication skills Introductions
Pronunciation The alphabet

A Listening
Lorella Braglia is a designer. She lives in the North of Italy between
Milan and Bologna. Her company makes clothes which sell all over the
world.

(Track 1)
1 Two journalists talk about Lorella. Listen and write down the
information:

Name ____________Lorella Braglia_____________________________

Nationality ________Italian____________________________________

Home _______________________________________________________

Age _________________________________________________________

Company ____________________________________________________

Job __________________________________________________________

Languages ___________________________________________________

2 Listen again. Complete these sentences :

1) Her name _______ Lorella Braglia.

2) She ___________ in Reggio Emilia

3) She ___________ a designer.

4) She _____________ Dielle.

5) Her husband _________ the Marketing Director.

6) They __________ Italian.

7) They ___________ English and Italian.

8) They ___________ together.

B Speaking

1 Ask a partner these three questions. Write down the answers.

Then ask other people.

Name ____________________________
Nationality _______________________
Job ______________________________

2 Now tell the class about the people you talked to.

“His name is Laurent. He’s French. He’s a ...”

Language note

The verb be

1 The verb be is irregular and is often contracted. We use it to talk

about age, nationality, job and status.

I’m (I am) Italian. She’s (she is) married.

You’re (you are) a manager. They’re (they are) German.
He’s (he is) thirty. We’re (we are) both engineers.

2 To make a question with the verb be we invert the subject and the verb.

Are you married? Yes, I am.

Where is she from?
? Is she American? A
She’s Italian.
No, she isn’t.
What does she do? She’s a designer.
 is

C Reading

1 Look at the article about Lorella Braglia. Complete the article using
verbs in the box. The first (1st) letter of each verb is given.

makes designs employs eat live

works
do

produces travel presents

plays uses
are

play

Lorella Braglia ___i___________ (1) the founder of Dielle, and also the main

designer. Her husband Danilo __w_____________ (2) for the company as

Marketing Director. Lorella ___d______________ two collections every year

and ___p___________ them at fashion shows in London, Paris and New York.

Dielle ___m________________ everything in Italy, and ___u__________ very

modern equipment in its workshops. The company __e____________ the

services of 70 workshops in and around Reggio Emilia. It ___p____________

100 000 units per year. Lorella and her husband __l____________ in a house in

the centre of Reggio Emilia, not far from the office. They __a_________ not

often there because they both __t_________ a lot. How do they relax? “I

__d_____ yoga and Danilo __p__________ golf,” says Lorella. At the

weekends they __p_________ golf together and __e_______ out at local

restaurants with their children.

2 (Track 2) Listen to the first part of the passage (up to 8). How is the final -s
of the verbs pronounced? - / s / / z / or / Iz / ?

/ s / as in likes
_________________________________________________________

/ z / as in plays
________________________________________________________

/ Iz / as in uses
________________________________________________________

3 Listen again and check. Read the passage aloud, paying particular attention
to the pronunciation of verb endings.