=a | 2 Work and teisure Describing your routine Before you read the article, discuss these questions. 4 What is a typical day in the life ofthe CEO of a big company? 2 What do CEOs do at weekends? © Look through the article. Can you find any of the ideas you discussed in Exercise A? Carlos Ghosn, Superstar ‘Many people in Japan think Carlos Ghosn is superstar. But Ghosm is ota rock star ora footal player, he is the CEO and President of two of the world's biggest car makers: Renault and Nissan. He is also onthe board of Alcoa, Sony and IBM He is one ofthe work's great business » leaders, He was born in Braz, but his parents are Lebanese, He speaks five languages uenly and he knows some Japanese too, He travels al the time because he works in Paris and in Tokyo. His schedule is very tight: he attends meetings, vst plants and dealerships, and meets 10 intematinal customers. When he has ime, he also goes to car shows ‘Some people cal him 7/11" because he often arrives at the office at 7 clock inthe moming and sometimes finishes at 11 p.m. He gets up ‘aly every day and works over 70 hours a week. But itis not all business for Ghosn. He does not work at weekends, He 1 makes time for his wife, ita, and tei fur children. They spend time together and enjoy their hobbies. Thay vein France, but his elder laughter, Caroline, studies at Stanford University. @ Answer these questions. 4 Why do some people call Ghosn ‘7/11"? 2 Why is Ghosn’s schedule busy? © Decide whether these statements are true or false. 4 Many people think Ghosn is Japanese. 2 Ghosn speaks three foreign languages. 3 He lives in Europe. 4 He often travels between Europe and Asia. 5, He meets international customers at weekends. 6 He has four children. false @ ineach box, match the words that go together. 1 football 2 business 3 car a) leader b) maker player attend meet spend speak a) customers ) languages © meetings @) time © Workin paes.Tettyour partner about your day and abost your wockend. I get up Larvive at work/school at At weekends, |