Les Nouveaux Cahiers d’Anglais / BTS tertiaires /

1re et 2e années / Nouvelle édition © Éditions Foucher 2023

UNIT 1 Working Life

p. 6, Activity 1
a. Hello. My name’s Karen and I’m a student in Marketing. Right now, I work for a Marketing agency
to learn a bit about the job.
b. Hi. I’m Bob. I’m a gardener. I’ve got my own truck and tools, and I work for myself. I don’t have any
employees.
c. My name’s Sandra. I’m a banker and I work about 39 hours a week.
d. Hi. I’m Klaus. I’m between jobs right now. I’m still looking for one.
e. I’m Fred. I work in a bar three nights a week. The rest of the time I write music.
f. Hi, my name’s Juan and I’m a nurse. I only work on short assignments when an employer needs me.
g. My name’s Theresa. I’m a full-time secretary, and in the evenings, I deliver pizza.

p. 11, Sounds at Work

Question 1 What do you enjoy doing outside of work?
Question 2 Have you ever worked overseas?
Question 3 How long would you stay with us?
Question 4 Did you like studying?
Question 5 Why should we hire you?

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 UNIT 3 Company Organisation
p. 30, Activity 2
►I’m Ms Pinelli. I look after the company’s finances.
►My name’s Martinez. I head up the department responsible for pay, training and recruitment.
►I’m Mrs Mizuno. I run this company and I report to its board of directors.
►My name’s Chen and my job is to look after the accounts and balance the books. I report to Ms
Pinelli.
►My name is Charles Edwards and I’m in charge of finding courses for staff. I report to the Human
Resource Director.

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 UNIT 8 Consumption Trends
p. 91, Activity 3
Jeremy: Technology plays a major role in my life. Being healthy is a major concern and I am more and
more interested in wearable technology to monitor my health. For instance, HealthWatch is a
smartwatch specially designed to help you monitor your health. It’s a product that helps me spot
problems sooner and pushes me to live a healthier life.
Jennifer: I live alone, so it is sometimes difficult to find a table in a restaurant. Luckily, I can make
reservations through online platforms such as OpenTable US. It pairs solo diners with other solo diners
or a group of diners, and I can have a nice dinner with other people.
Mark: The fast-paced modern lifestyle makes me crave for more simplicity, including in food. So I often
buy it at Morrisons, a British retailer that is actively trying to expand its range of local produce through
the Local Foodmarkers initiative.
Juliette: I am a “conscious consumer”, and animal welfare is very important to me. That’s why I have
become a vegetarian. I turn to products that cater to my needs. For example, I choose to go to KFC
because it sells a veggie burger.
Peter: With environmental awareness on the rise, I have become a lot more sensitive to the issue of
plastic waste and its harmful effects on the planet. I gravitate towards businesses which are
environmentally conscious. For example, UK frozen food retailer Iceland has pledged to remove all
plastic packaging from its private label product range by 2023.

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 UNIT 10 Business and Ethics
p. 115, Activity 3
Peter Mayle
Being ethical may be less profitable than making money by deceiving people, but it gives security for
long term business. It also gives stability as well as respect in society. Customers and competitors judge
you on the basis of ethics, not on the basis of profit.
Gillian Montero
Surveillance systems are very efficient nowadays, so that unethical behaviour is discovered very easily.
Ignoring social responsibilities has negative consequences and can cause a business to go bankrupt
and disappear. If you cheat customers, violate norms and earn money through corrupt means, your
business won't exist for long. With advances in technologies and the use of Artificial Intelligence,
unethical businesses will cease to exist and become history.
Janet Jones
Many businesses are beating all records of success stories thanks to unethical practices. They are
stealing tax, selling contaminated food and tampering with quality to earn more. The very practice of
business is based on the idea of making a profit for oneself. It is ridiculous to even try to associate it
with ethics.
John Reeds
By committing wrong actions one might gain immediate benefits but later on it will have to suffer for
it. No one has ever been able to accomplish anything by indulging in unfair practices. At some time or
the other they will have to pay for their actions. In business, where one has to be practical and sensible,
acting ethically might take a little more time to succeed. But eventually one will be at the top and
respected by all. All customers want to associate themselves with ethical companies and not with those
who are cheats and liars. Thus, business and ethics do go together.

p. 123, Let’s be pro! Recording and leaving a voicemail message

Hi Julie, Mark Jones speaking. I've heard that your latest accounting software is now sold in stores and
I would like to speak to your sales manager to find out more about it.
Could you please call me back so that we can arrange a meeting in your office? I will be available any
afternoon next week. Thank you.

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 UNIT 11 Making a Difference
p. 127, Activity 3
Interviewer: Professor Muhammad Yunus founded the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh in the early ‘80s.
How did he think up this new form of banking system?
John Hooper: Yunus lent $ 27 to a group of women who made bamboo baskets but were obliged to
sell them at a very low price. With the small sum they received they were able to restart their business
and settle their debt in time. That’s how microcredit was born. That experiment resulted in the
creation of the Grameen Bank. It was designed to provide local populations with micro-loans without
asking for guarantees. The practice has completely revolutionised the lives of people living in rural
areas.
Interviewer: This financial system challenges the way financial institutions usually do business.
John Hooper: Indeed, Yunus thought that serving the poor could be good business, if you knew how
to do it. So he simultaneously created an affordable financial product - microcredit - and organised the
bank so that it was capable of serving millions of consumers. The continuous expansion of Grameen
Bank is evidence of the gigantic business opportunity when dealing with low-income people.
Interviewer: Are there signs that lending to the poor is becoming mainstream?
John Hooper: The last three decades have seen the emergence of millions of citizen sector
organisations around the world, with an estimated volume of resources of more than $ 1 trillion and
19 million jobs at the global level. The non-profit sector is already equivalent to the eighth-largest
economy in the world. It delivers products and services to low-income consumers and small producers,
which contributes to significantly improving their lives, creating positive social change and developing
innovations.

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 UNIT 12 Creating a Sustainable Planet
p. 139, Activity 3
Interviewer: As you see it, what is the biggest problem caused by pollution?
James: Obviously, it is global warming. This happens when greenhouse gases such as CO2 are released
into the atmosphere, trapping heat and causing the planet to warm up. Since species are adapted to
particular climates, when the Earth warms up, they have to move to keep comfortable. This can be
difficult if natural habitats are isolated by human settlements and agriculture. Global warming will
affect every species on Earth to some extent.
Interviewer: Fanny, do you agree with James?
Fanny: No, I don’t. I am convinced that chemical pollution in the environment is even worse. It affects
humans — 46 US states have issued warnings against eating local fish because of dioxin contamination.
And in Europe, human breast milk passes on more dioxin to babies than is legally allowed for cow's
milk. It is also responsible for affecting the reproductive organs of fish, alligators and polar bears,
preventing them from producing babies. Despite this, the amount of pesticide sprayed on crops around
the world has increased 26 times in the last 50 years.
James: I also worry about water pollution because water spreads pollution more easily than land. We
keep dumping our pollution into water and species living in water are strongly affected. Coral reefs
have already been very hard hit by climate change, and polar bears have received the double whammy
of climate change and chemical pollution.
Interviewer: Can you suggest any solutions?
Fanny: It is important to make sure that human activities produce as little pollution as possible. So
people should switch to clean technology, for instance: electric cars, environment-friendly washing
powders and solar-powered energy. It means having the same benefits from our modern lifestyle
without the pollution. Less pollution is good for wildlife and nature, but also for human health, which
means lower medical bills and a better quality of life!