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    Many people believe the following: Busines English must be dul. We believe they are wrong, In our yeas of teaching English, we have frequently looked fora book that teaches sie business English. Unfortunately, we hive not found one. Fo that reason, we decided to writ his book, Business English Caramseication i book for everyone interes in busines English. This bok is for those of you who expect to work wth speakers of English inthe future after you graduate This ‘book is also for those of you who use English at wor now but donot have the condense tt You ‘have mastered fundamentals There ate no PowerPoint presentations in this book. There are no negotiation strategies a this book. Those are fr Iter books inthis series. This book is about the fundamentals that no tusinessperson ca be without. You have to cornmuniate well in English to {do busines smoothly. We designed this book to help you do EXACTLY that. ‘The conversations inthe book are seta a foreign company in Seoul that has both American and Korean employees This ensures thatthe conversations as well asthe exercises and cultural lesions In every chapter, focus on words, phrases, and situations that are important to those of you ia ‘Korea who are loking to improve you business English abies. ‘This book focuses on the four mun skill speaking, Istening, reading, and wrting—by providing ‘many diferent execs for you. Each chapter has a main fous-either «grammar lesson or & specie top. Alko, exch chapter is section on Western business culture. Students should not ‘only know English but should also know th culture somes from, person with exellent English an sll make cultural mistakes that may lea to problems and misunderstadings in the workplace. ‘The cultural sion shoul help stents understand Wester clare Better ‘Whether yu ae studying the classroom or in your own oom, you wil iad this Book comenient ‘to use. We hope to have an online etue sis to support this book very soon, But we have made ‘using this book simple enough that you can learn much by studying on your own. Theres an answer key and Istening CD. The answer key wil et you check your answers without a teacher ‘The CD will let you leaa the proper pronunciation and intonation ofthe book's conversations. ‘That are always many people involved inthe writing of @ book. This was surety the ease for us First, and most importantly, we would ike to thaak everyone at Dasakwon for their assistance in ring this book. Tsaae woul also like to thank his fail for thei endless support, Michel ‘would ike to thank his dog Choco fo belpng him keep asl on his face while writing this hook. ‘We hope you al enjoy our book, and we wish you the best of luc in your stds of the English Iiguage Micha A, Puck, save Durst PLAN OF THE BOOK Benoa nertion “Asking for ané ving personal | Trobe vet "rd raton ‘nomsion aerore -Aserg tore 90a ‘rere raion ‘wot eeringceoperweractiiee | The pret cortisone Deserting ee acon eo Sang oleate ccs | Prana otoston ‘Sting osteo slaee Tine Peaarg ands te ‘The rset spl ane aly sche Tang abet hee pave of fegercy eseng he suey of Noney Covnirg mane una ‘td pen rai soon nbrandjsbrespensbities | nutes Nogetven the pratt sine Neoaes Cero rspentites | se | Desert now wallne can do semen Tang ase pecpesiooe | Whaatons Thing soos pops comes | Tepe enthuses Tang soot pat ‘Trepas snp tense Deusen past ene Pacer nresons Tal sbow tes andes | Prawns Tang tou pence Counts Conunctone ely sarpanang o Ccon/coues reams Doyo youring (Gung seo oreciesto aie cbitone Stout te hing ain Negnvee Fae pln and atte ee eee “ing att ware na cen Lusurigerpecona roman | Agproprat and raprepte Licino wena eatin | parson qetine atone Lng crt cone Female rea aaiage Deering cane Lisunng orto caies of aeets | Taka maton courts Frodnamans Using forte leabrecf paces Day atten stn or dy on pr Job epee LUnenng oro ie ard sae pica and rounding up and snore respons om Ueno reney ae are Lol of sil arate tering fr tow nl on oe pe operon lates serng fr paren ceaiptons | -Panonal quatre ted a hee Loteinglreatnngceereion | appeoance Pat cttin Laing er past acs Bing te ara bergen tne ‘asa aos suing otha na ates cating and ct ors centers ig equ nang frequent ate ‘rg pate aneing cuts twovers Fares nd cigs Linen trae and oigaters | Coons ve savee ara ave Using ter aovce| penane utr ace an eho seni tare pare andactons | < How ue "wi nate gonatat CONTENTS Introduction ran ofthe Book 2 uc 1 a Itenice to mest you. ‘ate ee 2 rm wetng this report now, i 08 = Winer is my calculator? 8 fish work around ex ook. 59 ook ka? "stayed at the office lat ast ight, use 09 * ke to mest new customers. Cou please got tho day of tomorow? uae 11 OL ‘have to tak thin. AZ ee rs ‘wi etend a conference. Answer Key ay ‘Tansltion a: What is DP Solutions? > DP Solutions DP Solstions i sl fosan-owned company Jongr-Guin Seoul Koes, We enpley rou 50 wakes, both foroign an Korean. > Meet the Employees of DP Solutions = te oe i. = Joi i the Amercan manager of OP Sokaions He runs the ent fe, ‘Seat ian American salesman. He vets many customers an ist athe company's products. Marcia isan enginr. She leo works wth computers and does compute programing. ‘Amy i an ele worker She assists alo the othr employees when they aed ab Ming es ow solos at OP Solutions, He a vary nese in bacon ‘unin i anew employee at DP Soltis, She works as an ofce assistant and on works together with Mates ana Any. Ol It’s nice to meet you. vor) | matron eo areas | * poston + option wena | “+ e-mail address os == * Accounting Department =i, 206 i + saloomen se + foe-tine act ome i o-atepn + torte j * hometown 38 acacia’ j business card sw = culture es) j + worealated wre + Westemer i + personal information 71 * politics 2% a0 } ease ae | + inestnant company tt + ena a 2 01 i | Sales Department 2 + salary wa 28 ; J ‘Write about yourself ranectorsstyou. 11 een Stas Listen tothe following conversation. Then practice with your partner, ‘ect Hello, t's nice to mest you. ras It's nice to meet you, too. What's your name? scat My name is Scott 'm a salesman here. ns Tm Kim Minsu. 'm anew employee. som That's great. Can you tell me about yourself? Meas Sura, 1 went to Yonsei University | studied business, eat That's great Where do you ive? rey lve in Seoul in Sengpa Gu. 2.9 08) 1, Oe Ae NL | Aad Ae Re eh (AR OA Ue ANA ak A Ghee on A. Read the following information, ‘tet astng, people often tlk about har nama, eho, hometowns, and fale Here 2 come ‘common qunsons and ane fr ex este ati your gu nae? Wats your fest name? yet name is Sunn. A. My name is. John White ‘ere dais you got stool? gant na Unies, int swas yourmar? My major ia bsiess management © Winatis your hometown? Myhometown is Daeg: © Gayo em about your try? “ace are fe peop my fami: my mothe, ‘ator, st, broths and me 2 Bienes Een Cmmantaton 1 B_ Answer the following questions. + What's your frst name? _ 2 What's your lastname? 5 What's your full name? 4 Where dovaid you go to school? — 5. What ishwas your major? © Whats yourhometown? 7 Can you tol me about your fay? C Circle the mistakes. Then write the correct sentences. + name is Le Surin. My majoring was accounting, | went Busan National University 4 There are ¢ fais in my ari. 5 My hometowns is Seoul, © My firsts Scot D_ Match the phrases to make complete sentences. + Myhometown = + Is Boston 2 Iwentto « + © thee people ia my family 8 Mylast name. + + © was business management. © Myfirstname = +6 ia White Ss Mymajor—« 6 elu National University © Thereare + +1 fevoho, E_Talkto your group members, Write each persons answers Lor weeotomecten 13, Listen to the following conversation, Then practice it with your partner. ‘surmin What s your e-mail adcress, Amy? ©) sew My e-mail address is amyathiscompany.com. ‘sun Okay, thanks. Here fs my e-mail adress. ‘sey Great. Oh, what's your cell phone number, Sunmin? ‘Semin My coll phone number is 010-555-1234 © my Thanks alot. | ‘Semin What about yours? ony Here's my business card. My cellphone | number ison it. “ee on 1 RAP} MEP AOI IPN FE epee ne 6h TAL TM yma 48h Mojo, A -RAE e7} AP/ ARE EAE Wess OS ae eM A TH, c aI eat ap oe ae 2h 7 ae a Biche es A. Read the following information, ‘Ax ts masings. many people talk about werk-lated personal infomation Ike jb, position ema ‘cress, and cl shone suber. Here are some common quasion eva snewers for Wor tes personal © Do you workin to industry? Yes, 1. /No, Lon © Wat do you do? 1» Laman ofiee worker © Were do you werk? 1 wor for an investment company. © Whats the name of your company? wort Samsung (© Wnt le yourpoeton? 1 Lama manager /l werk nthe Sie Deparment (© Wat is youresmal acess? 1 Myemal adsessisscoternscompanycom. ‘inate youre phone nanbor? ‘My a phone number 010-585-1204, 1A eee wih corertst | snl. Sith B Look at the business card, Write your own information in the blanks. C Look at the information above. Then answer the following questions. Wore do you work? ‘What department are youn? ‘whats your postion? Whats your office number? ‘Whats your fax number? ‘wnat your cal phone number? ‘mats your e-mail across? D Match the questions with the answer. ‘What the name of your company? * 5 e252 Whatisyourcallphone umber? +» Lama ceptions What o you do? : + © tjohnuitespsolutons.com, Wat department areyouln? 16 Iworeat DP Solitons. What is your emai aderass? + +6 ws 01055-0076 Whatisyouroficenumber? + +1 [workin the Accounting Dopanment E complete the following sentences. My isorezse-azrs, i Inthe Accounting Department The cof my company is DP Soutins. computer programme. Lor meneetometieu. 15 F Read the following information. People oon ask others personal intonation. Thy eften ask about heb favor, ASK ae answer these questions ik hs ‘roots activites, and © Whats yurreboy? A My obeys setoraty my ao pln ne ano © nate youc n your fee ne? A twos Viney fe ne A nm fet, most my Hans (2 nati youravorte spon? A myovome spon soz A. oiismy tent pot. G Answer the following questions. 4 What s your hobby? f, 2 What do you doin your foe time? H_ Answer the following questions. 1 What is your favorite newspaper? 2 What is your favorite Internet sto? What is your favorit restaurant? 4 Whos your favorite co-worker? 5 Whos your favorite author? | Talkto your group members. Write each person's answers _ 16 fates ner Conmanteatn A. Look atthe business card. Imagine its your card, Then answer the questions. ‘Whre do you wore? ‘What's you lastname? ‘Whats your extension? Whats your office umber? Whats your tax number? B Practice the conversation. Use the information in the box below. som You'e & new employee here, ight? ‘Sein Yes, Lam. My names Lee Sunmin. vom imdohn White, ls nie to meet you. Sm ene to meet you, to. sen Can you tlle about yourself? What's your hometown? Surmn_ My hometown is san vin Ob, that’s oe, What was your maior? Sunn My major was accounting, teu E Bi rm Min ‘Seoul bese Yoo Jeay Busan ‘ow Perk Minch Sewon enginesing 9) menoetometyeu. 17 ee ice k celseite A. Read the following on Western business culture In Wester business culture, there are both good and bad questions fr fst meetings. Most "Westemers do NOT ike very psreonal gestions, Do NOT ask questions about mariage. money poitie, reign. Her ate some BAD cussions: How old are your How much money do you make? Are you married? How do you ik the president? Whats your religion? Instead, many Westemers make emall talk. This means that they do NOT talk about personal things. They might talk about the weather, spots, or hobbies. Here are some GOOD questions: How do you like the weather? Did you see the baseball game last night? What do you do on weekends? B_ Ave these good (G) or bad (B) questions for a first meeting? + wy con't you nave any ehiron? 2 __Doyou ike spots? 9 Wines your eal? How old are you? 5 ____ What's your favorite feo-time activity? 5 _What ie you do last weekend? 7 Whats your religion? 8 _When are you getting married? 18 Bstrcs Een Communion | yr 02 ’m anita this report now. IF vrs ron) + report 29) |= usea computer nis «take a break 2s 280) project ns 78 + manager 92.225) + connect tothe Internat ae sae + business trp ou + have/hold a meeting s8 2) greet sie » cient = product se «arrange some files se st + presentation ws + factory worker 248% + conference room si * pick up #27 seoretary 9 + make a reservation st) repairman #2 + answer the telephone sus + negative we) + ype sme «signa contract eu + negotiate wae ‘What are they doing? Answer the questions Temas ‘The woman ie ‘The two men ae ‘Ta twa women a8 2 rung merepot now. 19 eee Listen to the flloeing conversation. Then practice it wth your partner, ©) » TT vem Excuse me, Sunmin. What re you doing? ‘samin_m writing this report now. sme Oh, so you're busy. ‘ann Yeah, alittle. Do you need something? tee Thats okay, Were is Minsu? — Sarmin He's going outside right now. ie Ishe leaving the office? sin. Yes, hel. He has a mesting with alent. Seal LY en ae AE Be A, I a 8 a sas ee eye me A A Ble Boa Bo a & EA Erno A. Read the following information. “ak about actions or satvitas you ae dang now wih the present contitucus tense, Make the present ‘Sontnsou ene he way: be ver amas)» wee ng 2 What are you doing now? A tama arepart now. (2 Watie Scot working on ont now? Hele warking ona project rot now (2 Wo Surnin masting now? 2 Shes mating ner manager now: 12 Winatie contr doing right now? ‘tis comecting othe itet rat now Whore ae shy going now? ‘8 “Thay aro ging ona busines pnw. © Wihyare we heling a moating rsh 047? Weare taking wth the boss rit now 20 Suahoss raion Conmuston 1 full EBs B_ Lookat each picture. Then complete the sentences. Use the words in the box. we arapor stodan ema range some tes eet a comer most actert make a protet tak on te talphone {stent presntaion take to He's ones _ Shes. © Whatis each person doing? Match each person with the correc activity + ___The travel agent 2 The tax aver 9 The managers 4 The salesman 5s __The secretary © The repairman 7 ___The businessman 8 The factory workers Is soling product toa customer now. ‘are making automobiles ght row. Is picking up a passenger right now. In fixing the computer nov. Is making some hotel reservations now. Is going tothe alr right now, are having a meeting now. Is answering the tlephone right now. rrmting nirepr ron. 21 Listen to the following conversion, Then practice it with your pare. vines Good afternoon, Scott, What are you doing after work? (| sex Alter work? 'm meeting a clon this evening, vom Oh, what are you doing with him? ‘tt We're having inner at seven o'clock How about you? ‘yeas going out with my friend tonight so What are you and your rind doing togetner? nay Were watching a movie at sight set Havea great tre. UGS ee He es? Sica aR NR TOM AME ORLA (se aH ws AR, NE to ya Bs a ae eh, sa aa Ae it: ela ————————————— Expand Your Knowledge 2 A. Read the following information. Use the present continuo treo to alk about the re stad a fre tne word or expression tothe fend of the sanance. Lok tte olowing tutu te words shonty 2 Inawhie cio} laters this evening 268 ‘ster work 2s tonight 2536 tomorow this Thureday oe this week o> next weak == rt mom 5 ext yar ss (© What are you ding afer work? insti Sunmin cing 200n? Wino is Sct aaing tis evening? hen ae hey aking thei ip? Where aro we having inch tomorow? rm ging home ter work. ‘Shas ging o work 00, He is mosting his os this evening. ‘Thay a taking hor tip next week ‘Were having unc a restaurant tomorow. 22 Swansea Engh Carmunston + B. Whatare they doing in the future? 1 What i Jlle doing right ater work? 2 Wha is daegyu greeting ths evening? 5. Whereis Brad going next Friday? ‘Whois Mina taking to tomorrow morning? 5 Where is Taewon going tomorow? CMake questions and answers (© ate Jann doing ot our? 2 Jon have mosting at four “dein having a mosting at eu + salesman tak onthe phon later 2 Mingyoung / work tonight 8 Scott/ masta cient / next week 4 Sunmin ake atx / tis wookend 5 diag to the alrporttornarow D Answer the questions, Then practice asking and answering them with your partner. 1 What are you dalng ater work? 2 What are you doing tomorrow? = ee ee 5 Whore are you going tonight? - 4 Who ae you mesting tomorow? 5. When are you going to work? © When are you taking a tp? What ave you reading iter? | Who are you caling onthe phone lator? Unico tng ergo none 23 E _Askand answer the following questions with your group. Write each person's answers. est won ext year F Read the following information. Make negate sertoncas inthe presant continuous tense wth not be verb + not + verb ing 12 Are you meting Any now? 1% No, tm ok |r mesting Julie now © Soatwerking inhi feo now? 1 ‘No, e's ot Hels working in Joni fee ts Surmin taking a treak now? ‘> No, se it. She sping a epartnow. 2 tthe computer working now? A No ito. The epaian is ng it now. 12 Are ttay gong on business tip now? ‘No thay ar not. They ae going home rom 2 Are wo igang the convact ight now? ‘No, we aren. We ae negcatng right row. G Change the following positive sentences into negative ones. + itaniaeig enemies Lamnot tng reper: now 2 John staking onthe phone right now 2 They ar going ote apr now. 4+ We acing onthe bs Fat now ® Sunminis taking a break now © Mine and Seat ace having a sales meeting now. 24 Buses Engh Carmunaton 1 ill E Bn A. Whatare they doing? 1 What is John doing now? 2 Whats Sunmin doing now? Whats Scot doing now? 4 Whats Minsu doing now? Practice the conversation. Use the information in the box below. fry Mins, are you busy this wesk? is Atle. Why ae you asking? dry URave some work for you. ‘rau Well, 'm mesting a cent al aternoon. dy What about tomorrow’? Wht are you doing then? ‘tras _t'm going tothe Incheon offic then, oy Okay Are you busy on Friday? eas No, Im not. I'm not doing anything then ‘yping report Twescay ing nating roaring presentation ‘emarow mening Staying inne ote Isteing oa tecture ‘his ing Im wningtis prt non, 25 Seni Weeks ‘A. Read the following on Western business culture Luke Korean, English has formal and informal language In Westem business cunze, you should saiways use formal languaga. It is rude or impolite to use informal language. Here are some examples: Formal Informal Scott: What are you doing now? Set: What are you doing now? ‘Suni: I'm going to a meeting now. Surin: Going to a meeting ‘Amy: Who are you meeting now? any: Who are you meeting now? oh: Fm meeting a cent right now. John: A ellen. The formal expressions above use complete sentences. The informal sentences do NOT use completa sentonen In hutiness situations, you shoul alwaye use complete sertences. Ging ‘short answers ike “Going to @ meeting” er “A client” is VERY rude to people you do not know. Between fiends, its okay. BUT...when possibe, in business situations, avoid incomplota ‘sentanoes, So, give long anewers with a subject, vero, and object in any business situation. Thet isboth pote and correct English B_Arethe following formal (F) or informal () expressions? 1 rm taking on the telephone now. 2 esting end, 3 ‘Sending an omal ‘ They are taking a tax ight now. This weekens 5 He's using the computer now. r ‘Wir eating lunch soon. 8 ____ Talking about some problems. 26 Suanoss je Curmuroalon | Fs farses + Youtook = ses + brofoase A + fost se. 800) |< What's the matter? == 89° + copy room wi + ealoulator 01 + stars + there 320.70 + tounge #8 | drawor se + destination 51 Look at the picture. Write the correct answers. + Thenatepada 8 Thopens.are 5 Tha otto is 2 Themoutela 4 Theiaris 6 The window is + anything elee 2s e205) + vending machines + folder + eonwenionce store 281 » bookshott se 8 + secunty guard 8 + staples 07 + stand 4 = papercip - tandmark 858 the keyboa. ‘he lamp, the ek 0 Vier etter 27 eee Listen tothe following conversation, Then practice it with your partner sat Sunmin, I need some help. iP crn What's the matter? | sen Whereis my calculator? | ‘umn Hmm... Your ealulator is on your desk. ‘Sox Oh, right. There itis. Thanks alot (Senn Is there anything else? | sox Um, yes. Where is my folder? oem It's on the bookshelf, There itis. eo} br a a. AREA AE PY ooh. AENEAN | | 29 HL el # NAL | ANE RE MO / Ac A el RE HE | | s4atae} a7 ao Em hoenne oe A. Read the following information, ‘Ask and arewor questions about location he ti: Were fare A? Aialre (reposition B 2 Wher is he book? | “The book eon te books, (2 Whar the stapler? ‘A ‘The staplers in tont ofthe telephone 2 Ware are tho nai? 1A The pense ee newt 10 te eptop. (2 Where are te paprlps? |The papercineaeinthe desk rawer 28 fins Engh Cormancaton + alt Et B_ Lookat the pictures. Pa re Fe ensontepet ee anes to ty be Intortot bein back ot invests = =| : C Look at the picture. Then answer the questions. 41 Wheres the trashoan? ‘Where are the pencis? 2 Ware i tha telephone? 4+ Whore are the pictures? ee Se ‘Whore tho folder? == mare are the pens? ‘mere is the monitor? ‘Where i the brletcase? 7969 whee pear 29 Listen tothe following conversation. Then practice it with your partner, | | | tel ‘You look lost, Minsu, What do you need? ina Where the copy room? te The copy room isnext to the stars. una Thank youvery much. Oh, Ihave ane more ‘question sein Sure, What is it? es) Whereis Amy's office? Jen's on the third floor I's near the employee lounge. Mons Groat. Thanks for helaing me. SUM BHO Awe FESR Mace ete HHb He eee MAINA Be BY HM, “Weel 1 eee ees Pe oe sa MeL AA, TB Eireann es A. Read the following information ‘Make shortor answers by using pronouns ike he, she, i we, you, and they. Look st the following enarples: © Wreroisinopenci? A iene rawer © Were Jenn? 1 Hols font of he levator, © nares te vending machine? 2 tis on tha ascond aoe (© Where are Surin and Mis? A They we nox ome bi, 30 fushoss engin Carmurioten + B_ Look atthe pictures, CC Lookcat the map, Then answer the questions. Ty i Pi oye a=! =I ye ‘wmare i the post office? ‘Whore is the computer store? Where are the apartment buidings? Wher isthe bank? Wher isthe cote shop? Where the university? ‘nara i the aban restaurant? Whore ls Central Park? 05 wees myeaodser? 31 D Circle the correct answers. 1 Tha laptop ison fund / tp) ofthe desk. Mins is onthe three thr) flor. ‘Tho pens is/are) in the desk drawer, ‘Sunmin iin front (orf the door. © The employees ar in /next) the elevator. © The bookshats(near/ near to) the dask E_ Lookat the picture, Then write both the questions and answers. 1 the convanience store _Wheris the comenancs ston? Iesonthe first oor ‘the secuty quacd the two men the te women {the cellphone 32 Buses Ereh Common 1 ital Eas ‘A. Look at the picture, Then complete the sentences. + The books are ‘Sunmin’s desk. 2 The keyboard is ‘the monitor Thenewspaperis ___the magazines. 4 Thetrashean is Minsu’s desk, 5 Sunmin is standing her dosk. © Thecaloultoris the books. B_ Practice the conversation, Use the information in the box below. seen This ara is very confusing. What are you looking for? ‘The bank. Where ist? tes nox tothe convenionce store. ‘Ah, ight. member now. Is there anything ese? Yee, whor isthe bookstore? “The bookstore fs across from the gas station restazant in back of ‘sound the comer tom hospital by ‘pponte clans company behind eer noo Wheres moteur? 33 ede aie kcbaka A. Read the following on Wester business culture Taking taxis Western courts and Korea can be voryciferent, In Western counties lke the United States, passenger el the tal diver the address, Hero are some examples: Taxi Diver: Where are you going? Passenger: I'm going to 100 Market Street. ‘Taxi Diver: Where do you want to go? Pasconger Please take me to $4 London Avenue BUT.. In Korea, passengers tl the taxi river the neighborhood and a landmark Here are some examples: “Tex Diver: Where shall we go? Passenger: Ii like to go to the Samsung Building in Jongro Taxi Diver: What's your destination? Passenger: Can you take me to the American Embassy in Gwanghsamur? B_ Are these taxi passengers in Korea (K) or the United States (US)? 1 Can you ake me to 900 Wall Strat? 2 Please take moto Hyundai Apartment in Sadana Dona 5 Pike 1 goto 82 Hudson Rad. ‘ Can you tke moto the Kyobo Bualing in Gangnarn? 5 'm going to the department store in Songp 5 {keto goto the gas station near Suwon Station. 7 ___ Please take me to 1212 Valley Road. . 1m going o 65 Presley Avenue, 134 Bustos Eng Cormeen 7 O04 I finish work around six é o’clock. a aly 201 = How often =? smiis-r j when -8 + frequency 2 j + fini 82 + answer the telephone ess w= j + noon /icight 32/28 + eheek e-mail ers ae + vt weer + get sick ws) Laon 2 + socialize at + ave 2081 + group activity + wake up = + get-together 2256 + broaktast invite 228 + gotobed se. 0c = ave plans. nee tay long #8 Answer the questions. What do you uualy do every cay? ave breakfast nthe mening Vinh wok ecard earosek 35 Listen to the following conversation. Then praticeit wit your partner. SEED 5 | if Expand Your Knowledge 1 A. Practice the ways to tel time. @ Whattimeisitnow? A its. 1200 Wwavetteek ——_noen neigh 400 fourocock four PHAN fourin he aterncon 6:15. siefoen fiteon ars quarter past sic 830 eight ity hat pas oh ight they PAM 245 ninefedfive — quatertoten inate tight 1195 dovencivive — fveatereleven——_fiepast oven 36 Shs Eat Cormenzaen atl E Sn B_ Look at the clocks. Write the correct times. lee coven stot = What is your daily schedule? Write sentences. Then tal to your partner. | 2 What you dat rine otock7 anv at werk atrineoock. D Answer the questions. 1 What time do you wake up? Inte upat ssn at 2 What time do you have breskfast? 8 Whattime do you ative at work? — 4 Whattime do you goto lunch? When do you frish work? When do you arive home? 1 When do you eat cnner? 8 When do you go to bed? 008 Viewer sur soon 37 Listen to the following conversation. Then practice it with your partner. © X=0) ‘seat What do you usually doin the morning, Minsu? ras always review my reports. How about you? 9. Seen offen mest clients in the morning, ess How often do you meet them? f Hem... get together with cllents threo times a wosk } Wras Wow. Tha’ alot. ‘sea Yeah, 1m sometimes very busy. 2c LS SM7 ate He / OF WR ASH la ee ae HE 2 BURSA RMU ah AR EPR I-A e/a | ES a eevee Erno ee) A. Read the following information Use adverbs of equency to expan how often you co an acy. Some commen adverbs of requeney ae ‘alvays, usualy, ofen, sometimes, atl never, n sontances, aways put fe 2dvereebetwoen the subject ‘nd the verb Hoe se some example: What do you usualy do at 1:00? What co they usualy do at neon? (What does Sot ususy dost 6:07 2 Whatcoes Surin usualy do at 1007 mua tk to my bos at 10.00. ‘They always have ch at neon He sometimes leaves the ofa at 6:00. ‘She often goes obec at 1:00. 38 Sure Elan Commancaten Answer the questions, 1 What do you usualy doin the moening? 2 What do you usualy do‘on the weekend? 8 What do you usualy eat at nner? 4 Where do you usualy go after work? 5 Who do you usually talk to at he office? 5 Where do you usually meet your co-workers? Circle the mistakes. Then write the corect sentences. 1 Never check my e-mal 2 What do you usualy doing at ight? 5 dob is often works on his computer 4 Sunmin somtimes copying papers. © When usualy does he eat? © am often go on business tris Pat the words below in the correct order. 1 hard / John J works /alvays 2 Sunmin lunch / where / dows / eat / usually 5 ema often /you/ how / your! check / do 4 boss /1/ meeting / my / every / Friday ‘have a/ with 5 t0/ Amy takes / bus / usually /the / work © Ming work /thres early wosk /@ loaves /times O! neh wotcacindec'eeck 39 E_ Read the following information. People oft ask questons uae “How often do you~?" Anawer hese questions wih te expressions tho these: very day ote er Friday 7 every woo very mont ah te tine | nce aweok at ot a tree times year 1a may ona 32 ‘ioe a mont two tines month 1028 soften as ean 26824 Ansys an theae expressions atthe END of the enlace, Look atthe flowing exams tact my bos aot. Amy answers te tlphone al day long ‘Scott wits he Unie Stats four ines a year. F Answer the questions, 1 How often do you go to work? oto work five dayo a wk 2 How often do you take the bus? {How offen do you go on business rns? 4+ How often do you use your computer? How often does your boss tak to you? How often do your co-workers call ou? 7 How often do you go home eaty? How often do you get sick? G Think about your daily schedule. Answer true or false. 1 usually wake up at seven AM. | sometimes goto work late. aways work hard at my jo. 4 Inever get angry at work 5 1use my computer as often as can ake the subway twice a day. 40 Baise Engah Cammunestn + aE ns A. Waite the questions and answers c=) 1 What doas aha do at 4:20? 2 What does he do a 9552 9) What does he do at 2007 4 What dose she do at 8:30? 5 What does he do at 11152 © What does she do at 7452 B Practice the conversation. Use the information in the box below. oy Whats your dally schedule? os take up at 6:0 every morning sey Wow. That's ear vars Then | come to work at eight o'clock ny When do you usualy go home? Mees Labways go home at six thy. ey Thats along day. ‘tess Yeah, $0 | usually goto bec around ten. eat breast, take ashower ceoht iy ‘get bay or work rine otc Ube He werkanandan aod 4] — Ree ucek cain ‘A. Real the following on Western business culture, [Alter wrk, Korean and Westom business cultures ae very liflerent. In counties Ike the United ‘States after work, people usualy go home. Many times, Ameccan co-workers do NOT socialize with each other. Sometimes they are fends. And sometimes thee ar four co-workers socialize BBUT.. In the United States, group activites wit co-workers are rere, Company barbeques or ‘year-end pares happen only once or twice a year However in Korea, here are many group actives wih co-workers. Koreans often have company pats or other gt-togatnors Sometimes, Korean invite ther foreign co-workers. But remember this: Asking a day oF more In. advance i. good manne, Or atleast ask the forelgner early inthe day. In Western business ‘cute, inviting someone out at 6:00 PM i vry rude, Look athe folowing examples (at 200M) Korean: We are having a company get-together tonight. Can you come? Foreigner Tonight? Okay; I can go to the event. (6:00PM Korean: We are having a company party tonight. Can you come? Foreigner: Tonight? Sorry, but I have plans. I can't go B_ Are the speakers most likely Korean (K) or Western (W)? + ____ te 6:00. 1m going home now. 1m going out wth my co-workers tonight 2 Everyonein the department is having dinner together this evening. + ____Lean't meet tonight. You al’ ave me enough time 5 paver do anything with my co-worker. ‘ My boss and are going hiking this weekend. ? [want to have dinner tonight But have other pla ove meeting my co-workers after work 42 uses Een coomneaion L wl, I @ 05 John manages the office. fa Word Power + bi oe » — wns How many people work a his company? ny About ity people work hee. | vom) id’ know that, What does everyone do? soy Wl, Scott isa salesman, He sells our | Product as What about John? Wat does he do? sony John manages thetic. He's heboss. tau Tefen dana caacat 4 | ay She works with computers. She's an engineer. Yet le Ae NS BOL Ae OR MAO A AG ARIS) AE Sl ABR BH E8P-Te ROE MO LEARN Wl Gree oe A, Read the following information. Use he present inp tense for tngsin ane faci, and things that ways o somstimes happen. BLT. ‘Add an, 98, of oo verbs whan the subjectis he, she, ot Look ate folowing examples: work at a rave! agorcy He oton goss America You ake the bus 1 work very oy Sunmin tudes business ate wor We Bah workat sco'eck They smiles wit reper. ‘The copy machine ays breaks coe 4 sins Engh Crmuicaten + B_ Match the phrases to complete the sentences 1 Aeomputerrepainnan © ‘+2 makes plane and hotel reservations 2 travel agent . 1 serves customers in restaurants, 4. stockbroker . ‘+ © answors telephones and greets people. 4 Arecaptionist . + nes broken computers 5 Awalter . + © Gepost and withdraws money for people. © Abank lr . ++ buys and sels stock © Answer the following questions. + What does a doctor do? doctor tla caro ipo. 2 What does a plot oo? 2 What does an accountant do? 4 What dows a supenisor do? a 5 What does a secretary do? = {what do you doa your? ——— ay D Circle the mistakes. Ten write the correct sentences, + My co-worker oftn@@business ps —_Mco-werer often takes business Pops ‘consultants thinks of new ideas, “Te fight attendants works very her. ‘wnat do company manager do? 5 The operator does gves out tlephone numbers. ©. Adeliveryman delivers aways packages E_ Talktto your group members. Write each person's answers. Les Jon manager. 45 Listen tothe following conversation. Then practic it with your partner. ‘urn Afe you going to China on business? vom Yes, Pm going there next week. ‘semin How much does your plane ticket cost? Jom easte about four hundred dala, ‘smn Oh, How much's that in Korean won? sin te about four hundred thousand won, ‘simon How many days are you staying there? azn Tm staying therefor ive days. pes} BHI / ee HE 2H BAe | A HP ene 2250 (EOL SANE BY / Sea NGO / Ae Be ete Ag 7 ER A 1 8 - Broa es A. Read the following information. 4 one 30.00 thirty theusane 0 ten 10.000 “sixrundrec ten tourer +00 ove fundies ‘7.900.000, severoen mien 4,000 ove heusard 420,000 30000 tan thowsane ‘hres millon four hanered twenty thousand 00.000 ‘ne unde tbeusand $20,200,000 1,000,000 ‘one millon ‘re hundrec twenty milion, to heed thousand 10,000,000, ten milo +,200200.400 100,000,000 ‘one hundred aitlon ‘one lion two uncredilon, 41900000000 one iin three hunted thousand, ou andre 46 eusress Ech Gomaicton 1 B_ White the numbers in English 25,000 41300.870 8 500,100,888 4 9876.545.210 5 12000082 5 764.000 Read the following information “Tale about Koran and Araican maney Sheth Won US. deters 50 ‘we hunered won $025 twortyfve cents W100 tenthousand won $100 one dolar ‘iso00 ere hued ity thousand wen $200 twodolas ‘¥eo000 sixmion won $1050 ten doi and ty cons +#¥200,000000 two hurea millon wen $80.99. Hty doar and) igty-nine cont D Take some items from your bag. One student is a shopkeeper. The other stadent is the customer. The customer asks about the price of each item. The shopkeeper gives the price. Use prices in Korean won and American dollars. Write the items and thelr prices below. romans ote, 47 F Read the sentences below. Then change them to negative sentences. + attend schoo! at night. ldo attend scoot atlas Miu travels o Busan on business. Mr Loe works at an investment company. “The elevator takes you tothe tenth oor “The executive cives his arto work. Marca has a lunch meting. ‘The employees go toa conference today, The tere offers mary items fr seo G Talk to your group members. Write each person's answers. 48, Bienes Enon Conmarestont seat Eas A. Lookat the picture. Then answer the questions, + How much doas the OVD player cost? 2 How much does the computer cost? How much does the stereo cost? 4 How much does the mortor cost? How much does the VCR cost? 5 How much does the call phene cost? B Practice the conversation. Use the information in the box below. set Do you know Trevor Michel? Yes, Io. wy? wnat does ne co? He's an engineer. ‘what does he do at his job? He designs coll phones. Whats the name of his company? Ho works at Elite Enginesing, stockbroker bys and eal stock Beat veatnents sn aocountant ‘wore wih nubs (6B Consutng ‘a vavel agent sls tor packages otave tbe maaan. 49 ‘A. Read the fallowing on Wester business ilture, @ 9 In business, money is very important. So be careful and do NOT make mistakes when taking bout money. But remember this: Somatimes people give the exact price, And sometimes they do NOT alve the exact price. Look a he folowing examples: Customer: How much does that cost? Salosparson: It costs forty-five dollars and ninety-nine cents. customer: How much is that TV? Pere ce hoist Salesperson: 11's about sbx hundred thousand won, Jn the frst example, the salesperson gives tho 1 price, nthe second example, the salesperson does not He says “about He ether rounds up or rounds down the price. ‘To rund up, dots: Wnan the last number ie 5-9, round up fo the higher number. “To round down, do thi: When the last rember i 0-4, round dawn ta the lower number Leak atthe folowing examples: Rounding Up Rounding Down $9.95 = about $10 521.00 = almost $20 296,000 +9°520,000 = around W500,000 11,900,000 93,300,000 = abou ¥3,000,000 B_ Look at the numbers, Round the numbers up or down, + $5050 2 s187.00 8 $995.00, «$5,800.00 ws,100 6 12,350 7 ¥¥1,200,000 1 ¥¥64,000,000 50 usnas Engeh canmuncaten | i “vont wae + business latter sow Eee + brochure uss. 288 = fix seme + wonderful #88, 38 | accounting 29.38 |» purchase 21) + athotc 26 201455 + drivers leanse 20 + be able to ~ |» give. presentation 5% + candid 28 + business report 4 esis) + hatpfu esse + How well ean you =? sob 9-0-7 + modest e# Answer the questions. © canyou 1. sut the teat 2 speak a righ language S.dnveacar A vent anew product 5 repair a copy machine S.estareport * poorly 5% «perfectly in outstanding 4s 8) + tebe / hole 628 + imperfect ses + communicate “882 + antl me 48 j j j + Chinese characters & a ee 7. erder something onthe Internet 8 vee computer 8 we business eter 10. soe aout protiams M.send afax 12. designa brochure Ccanyeusconn ewconens? 51 Listen tothe following conversation. Then practice i with your partner, % ee, ‘nnn Amy, can you design a webpage? : aes ceed fs ae tere | |) See ieee | ets cenbereerteres canoe | [ere eccenmeneeranset sem That's wondeetul, Thanks ao. ‘any Let's go to your desk ight now. “2 Ao AHO ee ae. a aos EF 28 wa a Mele EOP) RE BM eh RE HE A oh A / AMT a I py a 2a a we, 2A Me OHA, Expand Your Knowledge 1 A. Read the folowing information Use canto tak spout your sls and abilities, Use cans ver together Laok st the ollowing xanga: an solve math problems. ‘my ean design a bulng, ‘You ean speak Engich. We ean answer te question Use camot to tak cut shi ed abies you do NOT have, Use cannot (ent + ver topether: Look at ‘he folowing exams: ‘cannot fy an akpans _Sunmin cant he cotemakee ‘You cannot uncorstand thi ‘They ean purchase te plan kets Mines cannot ues a fax machin. We cant atond the mocing ell Me B_ What can you do? Ask and answer questions about your skills and abilities. My Work Sis ané Abilities Lean use a computer. My Creative Skills and Abilities = Lean think ofnawidess My Athlete Skills and Abilities My Other Skills and Abilities = lean dive aca Lean pay soccer. C Read the following information. ‘emer “Can you -7" wth “Yes, 1 can." of “No, | cannet” BUT... long answers. Long answers ve ‘mora nfomaton, Look athe folowing extras 2 Canyousoeak Cinee? ‘es, ean tove Cess. ‘No, cannot. But an speak Engl ‘Yes, ean. have aver’ lense, No, Lean. But want oan © Canyoudtiveacar? D Answer the questions. Give long answers, + Canyouuse a computer? 2 Can you repair a copy machine? 8 Can you speak Japanese? + Can you give a presentation in English? Can you write a business report? Can you make a computer chip? os Canyou soon anetnaae? 53 Listen othe fllowing conversation. Then praciceit with your partner. ND Minsu, can you speak Chinese? oss Yes, Lean speak Chinese. ‘sy How well can you speak it? ina lean speak Chinese very well. Why? ‘hry Aelent is eoming from China. sas Okay, Han tact him, ‘ny That's great: Oh, how well can you speak Gorman? ea Sony. lean't speak German a ll oor: 36 a hee SR ES a / Ae a aOR WF MLR SHiR Hf a Heo Bo] SNS BO rt abt oh wt 24h} SS Hee aN HT He — Eiko ce) A. Read the following information. ‘Yeu might say,“ can speak English BUT... Can you speak English well? Or can you speak English oor? ay expan how well you ean do something, Leek at the fellowng examples: vere perety [two cle eterna be nonderid at ar ing Te imgerecat big ts rething | Be poor at ver ina ean use a computor wall | eant understand he maening very wal ‘Scott can speak Spanish petty nes cant aeve bus a a Jotn is good et mansgig tha company. “Thy ae bad a wring. Sunmin is excellent a ing Ne 2. We are atl at xing he computer vant Ea B Answer the questions. + an you ype well” = ‘es, ean. 1am good a epi 2 Can you wet English wel? 5. Can you communicate with others wel? + Gan you explain ideas well? 5 How well ean you do your job? © How well can you manage an office? > How wall can you help others? C Are the following sentences positive (P) or negative (NY? : ‘She home at surg the ntemet sot fs bad at speaking Korean. They ate gret at giving presentations. 4 ___Sunmin is good at making fends. 5 Hie awtulatsohing math problems. © Weare excellent at doing orbs. D Talkto your group members, Write each person's answers. yore nana —— mua Tae fd E Read the following information. Use beable oto tak shout your sla bites. hs meanings very similar ‘o can, Use not be able too tne the nagatve fom, Look he folowing examples: © Are yovable to cea van? Yor, am. ean lie van. (© ane able to come othe esting? 1 Yes, is He can come tote esting. © Are you able to downlod hee? 2 No, met. art downoad it © Inshe alot ead Frese? A No, he st Ste cant ead French © It are you able too? A tablet compte the pect Leos can you dadgnawetnane? 55 F Answer the questions, 1 Areyou ablato speak aforsign language? — Yes la.Lcanspeinlshs ‘Ae you abe to work quick? ‘Are you able to make fronds easy? 4 Are you abla to ride a bicycle? © What kind of work ae you able to do? © What kind of webpage are you able to design? 7 What kind of veicl are you able to crive? 8 What kind offood are you able to make? G Complete the sentences. Use can, cannot, beable to, or not be abl to. vn repair a computer at speak Chinese pertecty st ‘ype in English an design new bulangs 5 My co-worker do heer jt very wel © Myco-worker_______gue'very good presentations. + My boss manage employoes wel 8 Myboss be vary hopful H_ What can each person do? Match the phrases to make complete sentences. 1 Thepilot 2 ‘8 Is grat at running an office. 2 Treconstcton workers * ‘+ Isableto find any pane in Seou. 5 Thetax! diver . + © are grat at using computers. «The cook . + Isableto ty an aiplane. 5 The accountant . “+ 5 lela to work well wth numbers, © The manager . 11 ae good at building new places 7 Theprogrammers “+4 is wonder at making Halian food, 56 Suaners Engin Cammiteten + il ts E up A. What can they do? + What ean Sunmin do? 2 What can John do? What can Minsu do? 4 Vnat can Marcia do? 5 What ean Scott do? B._ Practice the conversation. Use the information in the box below. Luin. Mingu, can you make PowerPoint presentations? nw Yes, Lean, om How well can you do that? ‘unas 1 0an do that very wal oon Great, have some work for you. nas No problem, sein. Oh, my fax machine is broken. Can you tht? as No Lean, | cant do that a all ‘conju sgn wenpage? 57 es uch ceiauka A. Read the following on Western business culture People eften talk about their abilities. BUT... Sometimes people are vary modest In other words, maybe they do something well, but they ey, "leant it” In Western business culture, this fs not always good. It's nie tobe modest. But you should aso talk about your ables. Look tthe folowing examples: Western Sivie study: Scot, can you read Spanish? seats Yes, Fean. Fean read Spanish very wel. Korean style sexy: Minsu, your English is really good. Minsu: No, [speak English very poorly: ‘Scot saye he can ead Spanish very wall, Mine says he cannot speck Engish well. BUT. insu Is being modest. Actually, ho can read Engch very well In Westom culture, being too modest is ‘bad. Remember, companies want to know ALL of your abilities. So, don't be medest. Be hones. ‘Say,"Ican do this very wel,” orm excellent at that." B_ Ace the people modest (M) or candid ()? 1 John i excellent at golf He says," can pay golf vey well” A ‘Sunmin can cook very wel She say, “am bad at cooking.” a Scott can fix computers. He say, "| am poor at xing computers” + Marca is grat at making tends. She says, “can make fends easly 5 'Minsu can speck Chinese and Russian. He says, “lam bad at learning languages.” Amy can design webpages. She says, "Im great at designing webpages." ‘Soohee can give good lectures. She says, "can lecture to people very well” CChuleu can answer questions very wel. He says, “| cannot answer many questions wel” ny 59 Suton leh Conmncston | ‘What do they look like? What are they wearing? Listen to the following conversation. Then practice it with your partner. © EEIED % ee | Sear c ninas I Know her. We went to the same university. 2 eae ines She has long, straight black har Here's a picture of her. 2-244 58 Ma Rea SI BEAM, A Foe RE MME TNE (ae tected map te 23% 1 he ae Hw | chee 2 EH 8 ee el eh BVA sco Expand Your Knowledge 1 A. Read the following information For looks, people usualy tak about or things looks, height, har, and ago, Look at he folowing queers: Wat do you ook? How ate yur? What ind othe do you hve? How od are you? at done helene oc ke? How at shel? atin afar does he/she nave? How laa alsa? 60 Buaness rain Carmen 1 B. Lookat the pictures. A Entra Height Words j ncaerage lg He ser, Heumedun dent Het Hear man Hos avengonegt. Herat man Extra Hale Words 2 ponrat Hohae snot Sh has recut ‘eas og ‘eck, ‘way Bondar uty brow ha Enea Age Words Helsinnisteenies. —Shalisinharfonies Sheis inter sie Heleva ‘She emia aed ‘Sheiseany. C Complete the sentences. + tam (looks) 2 tam (height) 8 thave (hat) 4 tam (eae) 1007 What do stoke? 61 Listen to the following conversation. Then practice it with your partner ‘semn Lookat Me Kim over there. ern Who is ne? What is he wearing? Seen He's wearing a white button-down shir and black sult pants. con Is he wearing a red tie? ‘crn No, thats Mr. Park, Mr. Kim has a blue te on. sie Al yes. 1s00 him. He's wearing glasses c ‘and a waten, right? | Sinn Exactly. That's Mr. Kim, “ion Okay, Lets go talk to him now. A012 NE oN Fee UNEP ae LE WA Me A Lela /esr4a grey up) oe aE Neh Alaa at Mela 0h ‘a oe a AW / UNE Hah Hel DAN sea Las Bikes ees A. Read the following information, Fo clots, people usualy at ask one queston: "What are you wearing?” or "Whats elena weaving?” BUT. You can ato as qunstins about spi dots. Lanka the fling questions: ‘inst hnd of it ro you wearing? at ind of hit isha wong? ‘ins bind of pants are you wenn? natin pant shale weneng? What hind of soas a you wearing? Vinten of hoosie haere wearing? 662 Buses Egeh Garmin 1 B_ Lookat the pictures. Then practice clothes words. | en's Cotes Words 1 | seu sven ies eit | | Mens shirts Words | along seeod sit Shuttedonnstit sett /apala shit g hes ih slacks: ‘khakis shorts wa a) resspats/sutpamtsjeant pants Women's lathes Words | ernie aut sundres l [teres ashit/amilshit 2piouse | i | Shoes Words } | eaters saat sncers | crezstecs heels/hgh heals stows C Answer the questions. 1 What are you wearing now? 2 What kind of shit re you wearing? 2 What kind of pants are you wearing? 4 What kind of shoos are you woaring? D Talk to your group members. Write each person's answers. Ez lend of set end of pants ‘endef shoes sor What dome shank? 63 E Read the following information. Aways say the ool ofthe canes, Look atthe follwing examples 1am wearing white buton down shit Jom is wearing a green and Bue pol shi ‘Shots wearing are blouse. Minsu wearing black es soos ‘io, mary pople wear accessories. Lok atthe picts: F Answer the questions. ‘What accessories are you wearing? wha cessories is your partner wearing? What color shirt are you wearing? 4 What color shirts your parner wearing? ' What color pants are you wearing? © What color pants is your partner wearing? 7 What color shoes are you wearing? What colo shoes is your partner weating? 64 oss Ensen Conmancton 1 vol EB ‘A. Lookat the picture. Then answer the questions, Jota Merc Sannin Nnsu + What does John look ike? What a John wearing? What doos Marcia look ike? inate Marcia wearing? What does Sunmin lok ike? nats Sunmin wearing? ‘wnat does Mins look tke? 8 What is Minsu wearing? B Practice the conversation. Use the information in the bax below. fy Bo you know Rick Dysinger? ‘Sin Yos, Io, Dy What does he ook ke? siorin He ital, And he has brown Amy Isthat him over there? Surin Yes, its, He's wearing a Di necktie. ‘oy He looks very nie. very shor, sight Bask hat ‘ite baton down sit shor | eunybrown ha aback vet medium hit | | ; i i a rekon ‘A. Read the following on Western business culture In Korea culture, peole often ask very pronalqueation, However, in many Western cues, people often do NOT ask very personal questions. In Western cues, there are many bad questions Asking a person about his her age, height, weight, and other personal formation is bad Hee are some exampies of bad questons: How old are you How tall are you? How much do you weigh? [At a fst meeting, NEVER ask these questions. Of course, in Korea, age is very important. But ‘most Westerners donot care about ae. Itis NOT important to them. ‘Also, Koreans somatinas ask about a persons blood type. Most Korer naw thar bood type. Westerners da NOT know ther blod type, Te them he qusstion i its strange B_ Arethe following questions okay (0) or not okay (NO) in Western culture? 1 What does he look tke? How much do you weigh? What is yourheight? ‘ What kind of har does she have? 6 ‘Aro you 45 yoars old? 5 How ld is she 7 mats your blood type? 8 What ar you wearing? Lp 196 Bushs Eigeh Corton + Fs You ook =. see, remember 768 bring sss se + forget wake up wns «current 225, 29 + which i. 8.08.2 + signa contract rane | Not yet 2-98 + confarence #8 Practice the conversation with your partner. wnat cit you do yesterday? walked home st igh * take a coffee broak ssh 51 = go on vacation wr + graduate wens + gat ent aee » pay raise uso: ing » package "= = How ong 2 ss 981-7 + rola eke oe + disappears itary time ss _ 08 \ ceael at the attics late _last night. eyed the cee ka nt. 67 Listen to the following conversation. Then practice it with your partner. & ‘ny Youook tired. Are you okay? G ‘sumin | stayed at the office late last night. os Realy? Why you do that? mn {worked on tha big project with Min sid you fright? ses we ik. We rise aroun 10 Ft sy That's great. Was the boss happy? inna Yes, he was. He was realy pleased with our wor. ee 08 Wt en ta loa aM {60 ol 2 RA oe RG BHO 3 Le A OM HL Ao a se APR mao ana, 98 we ARE RSH, Expand Your Knowledge 1 A. Read the following information, “ak about past actios and action wth the past simple tense. n English, there ae regular verbs anc iropular verbs. At -ed othe ends of rar verbs 19 rake the pat spa tence. Lock a he flowing amples love love cary scared stop stopped tk asked ty ted sy played regular veros do NOT fotow pattern, You must remember he past ans forms of regular verbs, Look at the folowe examples cone 00 went ake made ee begin began teach taught nan wrt wrote read read 68 Susreas Engen Commnicaton B_ Write the past tense forms ofthe following verbs 1 tod 2 remember 8 become 4 give 5 star 8 esp. 7 bing 8 forget 9 have 1 arve 1 eink - 12 wake up ‘What did you do yesterday? Write sentences, Then tall to your partner. 2 What id you do yesterday at 7:00 AM? “A. woke up yesterday at 7:00 AM. Anower the questions. 1 What dd you do last weekend? —E What id you do at work yesterday? ‘what is you eat for lunch today? = = Who did you moot ast week? {Who dll you tak toon the phone today? Where did you go lastnight? eee 7 Where gid you goto schoo!” 8 When dd you stat your unent job? 08 telaadt eisai 69 Listen to the following conversation, Then practice it with your partner. TEED 2 Cl set What time did you come to work this morning? ‘arrived at seven o'clock. Wow. Why di you come so eay? | had an important meating with a customer Which customer cid you mest? | met Soohee, We talked about a future sal, ‘Di you sign a contract with her? Not yet Fr SRM PM ara a, HS a ANAS MgO) eR WL) AnH MR OO LEMON elo PHR LL / apne tee 204 1 Phe es A. Read the information below. People often ack ussionsin tho past ens, May questons use what x which- lo, these question often havo anoun Use what noun r which » noun lo as hese questions. Lacks he folowing examples: 2 What conference oi you atend? 1 atended tha coneence 2 What manual i you read? 2 (read he computer manus. 2 Winat meais you in wor? 1 fined work at even iy 12 Which customer ci you at wth? te with Me Cho 12 Which butaing i you go 02 went te bang emai 70 Busnes Engen Commun Look at the words below. Make questions with them. Then write the answers. 2 peron “cl this morning 2g Janet his meeting © Wich przon you eas mersing? meeting / attend / at 1:00, 2 problem / solve / yesterday 2. ermail/eend / recently 4 new employee / mest / tis morning © subject seuss / with your boss / today Circle the mistakes. Then write the correct sentences. 1 Job aid went to Daegu this moming, 9 What time ald Sunmin coma here tomareow? 8 Mins fish the report ast night oe 4 Which ei you most customer last week? = 5 Amy washed lunch with her co-workers, © What cid you ad yesterday? = Read the following information. Look atthe past re pressions: ar7.00 74 around 00 03083 yestery | yesterday moring to lastigntob Inst Monday se lost werk lestmenth 5h 2 weeks ag0 29 Smonths ago a= Byers ago ss sve past 2704 Aways use these expressions he END ofthe sortence Look a the following examples ina toes coe trek around 1030. ‘unin wat en vecaten lst Monday. ‘Scot cae the ofc ton minutes ae. sot came to Ktea 5 yours ag ey on gt 7 E Answer the questions. + Whon di you graduate from high school? When di you take a vacation? When aid you go on a business trip? ‘When al you get your st job? Wien di you get a pay raise? 1 When dl you arive at work today? 7 When aid you take a taxi? 8 When did you go tothe airport? F Complete the sentences. Use the words yesterday, last, and ago 41 The telephone rang just two minutes. 2 The package artivedin the mal ‘morning. That company signed the contract with us Marc “+ Mingu took tpt the United States four months 5 How long ci you stay here ight? What cll Marca ay to you 2 G Complete the sentences. lastnight. ‘wo days ago, last weekend. theoe weeks ag. last year ten years age. H Tatkto your group members Write each person's answers. Student 3 atx beakaat oa wor at weak forget to toy 72 Susass ah Canmaicaten 1 Cm A. Put the words below in the correct order. 1th the /they /want/ morning /10 Fairport 2. TW/-saw/ news /1/ ago five en J inutes / the - Mingu/in/in/ past vod / Daegu the 4 McKim /9:30 telephone / called / around /on the 5 customer/two/ we /to the /ago/ days /taked © week /last/ ead / contract /the/ she B Practice the conversation. Use the information in the box below. Join What dl you do yestordy? nas ished that report coe Exell Did you do anything else? ‘ura Yos, also met with Amy. Jone What id you talk about? Winns We discussed avr new project. Jom How did that 907 nas twas great. We had a productive mestin, ‘i morning he a esting tn Soonee aconact last wee ite ents eto our iteat product on Tuesday takedto Scot seveiesves 08 Heed tte ae wt 73 Wi nek oeaka A. Read the fllowing on Westem busines culture People often talk about “Korean Time.” This refers to Koreans often being late, Many times, Koreans are tity minutes or an hour late to meatings or oer appointments. Koreans themselves all his Korean Time It's Sowly isappearing. But isis happens sometimes. BBUT...In Westom business cuture, people say, “Time s money." This means: Dont be late. Time Is very important to Westeeners, In fact, many Westerners arve at thelr appointments 5 oF 10 ‘minutes eal. Maybe their appointment is at 00. But they wil arive at 2:50 or 255. ‘Also, Koreans often use military time, Instead of 2:00 PM, they may write 14:00. Or they wnte 20:00 Instead of 8:00 Pk, WNestemecs do NOT often use itary time. lt usualy only appears at airports B_ Change the military times intn standard times 23:00 evan 0:20 8 18:00 2115 5 0545 © 1900 11730 © 2a10 74 Susnmss Ergin Cormunoston | 1 ov i + commute 8213 totally 220.0% i + doa job interview 7 = #6 + agree 526! j * etteate sample i stable «pay tock nasa! i | scant stand as 29 + chat 98 j |» hours eens = machine 2P¢ j + nny 08 jon i + broken a, 222 = common 285 ; attain er

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