A.
Directions
Watch this video and try to do activities B1, B2 and B3 below.
VOCABULARY TIPS: bring me up to date
= update me; test-marketing
project = a market research
about selling a new product in limited area to measure
its acceptability; teething problems = difficulties met in the early stages of a
project; equipment =
machinery; raw
materials = substances used in an industrial process;
availability = being at hand
when needed; supplier = the company that sells
raw materials; backlog = accumulation over time of work
waiting to be done; work-to-rule
= working strictly to the
regulations;
to launch = to put a new product on the market;
to hold off = to postpone;
promotion campaign = advertising;
gets under way = is coming soon;
deal = agreement.
B1. Activity
Mark each comment below as TRUE or FALSE.
Then
check here your answers.
1.
Mary
wants to be
updated on the test-marketing
project.
TRUE
FALSE
2.
Joseph's
concern is about the price
of raw materials.
TRUE
FALSE
3.
They might have to hold off
the projected launch for a
fortnight.
TRUE
FALSE
B2. Activity
Try to answer these questions about
the video.
Then
check here your answers.
1.
What
do the "teething problems"
mentioned involve?
2.
Why is the raw materials
their main concern?
3.
What
about price or availability
of the raw materials?
4.
Will this situation affect the projected launch in
September?
B3. Activity
Choose the best alternative from the
menus to complete these sentences.
Then
check here your answers.
1.
Prospects of stable
for young people are poor.
2.
Language
are crucial these days for many jobs.
3.
Unfortunately, many governments have
been forced to cutback on unemployment .
4.
Women still suffer from sexual
in
the workplace.
5.
Now fathers are able to take
of maternity leave to help look after
the baby.
On the next page,
watch the video again and check the
video transcription.
