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Tal k about a person you know who is successful. Why are they successful?
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II What are the best indicators of an individual's level of success?
How im portant are the following in your culture?
luck
money exotic holidays cosmetic surgery chauffeur-driven car(s)
nepotism
designer clothes expensive jewellery mixing with famous people
ruthlessness
pedigree pets luxury home(s) exclusive club membership
brand EJ Complete these statements with the words from the box on the left.
customer Then discuss with a partner which three statements are the best indicators
headquarters of a successful business.
innovation
A successful business ...
leader
people 1 is always making money and increasing its . . . . . . . . . . . . .
profit 2 is often the market . . . . . . . . . . . . .
shares
subsidiaries 3 is moving forward and interested in . . . . . . . . . . . . .
D Cross out the word in each group that does not follow the prefix in bold.
1 under perform I rate I charge I j7fflftf
2 co producer I worker I boss I author
3 re launch I engineer / locate I decide
liJ Complete these sentences with words from Exercise C in the correct form.
1 Several sales staff <:' 'l � err e r fr. r� �� last year and didn't meet their targets.
. . . . . . .
4 Sales were very disappointing. We . . . . . . . . . . . . the n u m ber of people who would buy our
product in Asia.
5 Because the company has been . . . . . . . . . . . . for years, we are close to bankruptcy.
6 It was an expensive acquisition. They had to . . . . . . . . . . . . their rivals to take over the
company.
7 Our . . . . . . . . . . . . factory has state-of-the-art machinery.
8 My . . . . . . . . . . . . was impossible to work with, so I left the company.
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manages to . . . 2 and
. . . . . . .3 something, whether that is a . . . . . . • or a
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 5,
. . . . . . . . . . . .
but manages to . . . . . .
. . . . . . 6 it for more than it 7
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. . . . . . . . . . . . it.
Tom Hockaday
m �)» CD1.27 Listen to the second part of the interview and summarise in a short
paragraph what Tom says about Natural Motion - the type of company it is,
what it does and the reasons for its success.
Watch the
interview on II �>» co1.2s Listen to the final part of the interview and answer these questions.
the DVD-ROM. 1 Which types of business does Tom expect to succeed in the near future?
2 Which four examples does he give?
Read the article on the opposite page and correct the six mistakes in this
paragraph about Carlos Slim.
Carlos Slim is probably the richest man you have ever heard of. The major influences on
his life were his father, Julian, who was born in Mexico, and Jean Paul Getty. He studied
finance at Harvard University and on graduating set up as a stockbroker. He made a lot
of money in the Mexican recession of 1982, selling his assets in the middle of the crisis.
In 1990, Slim gained control ofTelmex, which owns 90% of Mexican telephone lines
and is the largest part of Slim's empire. Slim is also involved in charity through his
Carso Foundation.
m Match the words on the left with words on the right to form word
partnerships. Then check your answers in the article.
1 business a) spree
2 economic b) acumen
3 annual c) recession
4 retail d) point
5 turning e) sales
6 buying f) outlets
7 global g) crisis
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throughout the world had empty shelves. However, business is recovering and there
has been a transformation of the industry from one that relied almost exclusively on a
shipowner's innate . . . . . . . . . . 7 to today's highly sophisticated finance-based ind ustry.
. .
EJ I f you had Carlos Slim's money, what kind of businesses would you buy?
What kind of lifestyle would you lead?
Profile: Carlos S l i m
by James Quinn
Carlos Slim is either the world's richest 25 and to American oil b i l l ionaire Jean the most substantial part of his empire.
or second-richest man, with a fortune Paul Getty. S l i m learned o f Getty's opening up other parts of Latin America
estimated to be in excess of $67bn. Pos business arnmen as a young boy and to mobile telephony. It now operates in
sibly the richest man you ' ve never has gone on to mi rror his a b i l i ty to 1 1 countries, including Brazil, Ecuador
5 heard of, u n t i l recently his i n fl u ence make money. 75 and Guatemala.
had largely been restricted to his native JO Aged 1 1 , he invested in government Many commentators believe that his
Latin America, where his sprawling saving bonds, keeping a detailed ledger recent buying spree is part of' a desire to
family empire controls more than 200 to track all of his purchases. By 1 5 , he replicate what he did in Mexico in the
companies, spanning everything from had bought a very small shareholding in 1 980s on a world stage, taking advan-
10 banking and retail to telecoms, roacl Banco Nacional de Mexico - then the 80 tage of the global recession by investing
building and restaurants. B u t given the J5 l a rgest bank in Mexico, and one to in d i stressed assets al knock-down
size o r his fortune, he was unlikely to which he has recently been l i nked with prices while he can.
stay local for long. In recent years, he buying, as the current owner Citigroup I n spite of his obvious wealth, he
has begun to stretch h i s increasingly looks to divest some of its assets. remains frugal in his tastes, and is often
1 5 long tentacles north of the border and While studying civil engineering at 85 seen wearing a plastic-effect wrist
into the United Stales. and this week �a university in Mexico City, he realised watch which doubles as a calculator.
took the American intelligentsia some the way to make money was from H i s clothes tend to be bought from the
what by surprise by revealing plans to investing in companies. and so set up many retailers his empire owns.
inject $250m into the New York Times. on his own as a stockbroker on gradua Over the next four years. he has com-
20 S l i m puts h i s success clown to h is tion, working 14-hour clays. 90 mitted to spend $ 1 0bn through h i s
admiration for his father J u l ian - who 45 I t was not until the Mexican reces charitable Carso Foundation, whose
emigrated from the Lebanon aged 1 4 sion of 1 982 that S l i m really began to main aim is to fight marginal isation and
and made his fottune investing in prope1ty make some money, taking advantage of poverty by investing in health, educa
in the 1 9 1 0- 1 7 Mexican revolution - a nationwide ' fire sale' o f assets by tion and employment.
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Complete the rules with the words present simple, present continuous, present perfect,
Present and past perfect or past simple.
past tenses 1 We use the . . . . . . . . . . . . to describe actions and situations which are generally true.
Carlos Slim is worth about $67bn.
2 We use the . . . . . . . . . . . . to describe completed actions or events which took place at a
particular time or over a period of time in the past.
Slim bought Telmex in 1990.
3 We use the . . . . . . . . . . . . to describe current or temporary situations.
Petrol is getting more expensive by the week.
At the moment, Slim is writing a book about his family.
4 We use the . . . . . . . . . . . . to describe life experiences, the present results of past actions
or to announce news.
The company hos done well recently.
In recent years, Slim hos devolved power to his family.
5 We use the . . . . . . . . . . . . to describe an action which is completed before a time in
the past.
The office hod closed by the time we got there.
Cl Grammar reference page 147
Ill Label the tenses in these sentences based on the article on page 39 and say
why those tenses are used.
1 In recent years, Slim has begun to stretch his tentacles north.
2 Aged 1 1 , he invested in government saving bonds.
3 He remains frugal in his tastes.
4 By 1 5 , he had bought a very small shareholding in Banco Nacional de Mexico.
a Write an article about Apple for a busi ness magazine. Use these notes,
putting the verbs in brackets into appropriate tenses.
D Research Carlos Slim on the Internet and write a final paragraph for the
article on page 39 saying what he is doing now.
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