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UNIT 7 00459411341
A GOOD LOCATION:
Which location is best for each of the business activities 1-5? Choose from the list a-e.
RTA:
What facilities does a region need to develop as both a tourist resort and a business center? Put the
following words in the correct group.
Read the article on the opposite page and decide which of these statements is true.
1. The future of Dubai depends on oil.
RTA: False Dubai hopes that the city-state is using its oil revenues to invest in a different kind of future,
replacing oil with people.
2. Dubai doesn’t have much potential for development.
RTA: True, if it has everything to be potential.
3. Dubai has a future as a tourist destination and business center.
RTA: True, Dubai will not only be a tourist center but an important business center.
Which of the following is complete ©, under construction (u) or planned for the future (p), at the time
of writing the article?
Dubailand
Media City
Knowledge Village
Burj Dubai
Match the definitions 1-6 with a phrase combining a word from A and a word from B
A B
Capital Bank
Investment Company
Multi-national Mall
Service Market
Shopping Office
Regional Sector
1. The companies in an economy that don’t manufacture anything but provide services such as
banking insurance and tourism. SERVICE-MARKET
2. A Company’s local office in a different country or city from their main office. SHOPPING-OFFICE
3. A place where people and businesses can deal in stocks and shares, raise finance and make
investments. INVESTMENT-COMPANY
4. A financial institution that specialises in buying stocks and shares, and also gives financial advice
to businesses. CAPITAL - BANK
5. A large area, often inside a huge building, where there are lots of shops. REGIONAL-SECTOR
6. A large corporation with activities in many different countries. MULTI-NATIONAL-MALL
MULTY-PART VERBS
Choose the correct words in italics
What factors are important when setting up a regional office in a foreign country? Discuss the list
below with a partner.
RTA: Fundamental basic objective is to achieve the highest possible level of guaranteed health for all
citizens of the world. In this sense, he understands health as a state of physical, mental and social well-
being.
Strengthen the different health systems in the world, and especially in the developing world.
Make health occupy a privileged place in the health policies of the countries.
Establish health strategies that respond to the diverse and changing needs of the countries.
Mobilize more resources for the health sector in the countries of the undeveloped world.
Improve measurement strategies and health data collection worldwide.
An office abroad
Now listen to Declan Murphy, who advises businesses on intemational expansiono Which of these
topics does he mention?
Economy
Access to regional markets
Inflation
Cost of renting office space
Unemployment
Labour costs
Currency
Taxation
Prospects for growth
Attitudes to foreign business
Infrastructure
COLLOCATIONS
Match the words with a topic from the list above to make a positive factor. You can use some words
more than once.
Low: The economy is not good if strategies are not proposed.
High: High levels of indexes will help maintain the company.
Strong: A strong economy is what is needed.
Weak: Poor minds make weak minds.
Stable: A stable economy and inflation to be able to maintain its employees.
Easy: Easy is the long way to success
Positive: Everything good takes time to arrive.
Good: If inflation drives the economy, it is a very good thing for companies.