Exercise 25 Read the text below, then use the words given to make questions about Pierre

B) Imagine you work at a company. Introduce your company, give details as to the name and the activities of your company. Describe your position in the company, the functions of your department in detail, your daily routine.

Exercise 23 a) You are a Public Relations Specialist at a big firm. Today you have a conference with journalists of the most important newspapers in the country. Your task is to make a good presentation of your firm, its goals, its structure, and the staff.

c) You and your former school-mate meet after a long period of time. One of you runs his/her own business, another works at a joint venture. Ask each other questions concerning your work. Be as curious as you only can. For ideas:

1. Where do you work? What are you? 2. What is the name of your company? 3. What is your position in the company? 4. Have you got much work to do every day? 5. What do you deal with? 6. How large is the staff of your company? 7. What are you in charge of? 8. Who do you report to? 9. Are there possibilities for promotion?

Exercise 24 Morten Lauridsen from Copenhagen works for Unilever, a multinational food and household products company. Here is an article about his normal working day. But it's mixed up! Put the paragraphs in the correct order.

I can work till seven, or eight at the latest, then that’s it … I get in the car and drive home.

The first thing I do when I arrive is check my voice mails and my emails. I report to the brand manager and work very closely with him, so we usually have a word over a coffee first before the meetings begin. There’s nearly always a meeting – the first is about ten.

I'm an assistant brand manager and my typical day is – well I am hardly ever in the office before nine – but that's OK because the Personnel department have a system of flexi-time so we can arrive between eight and nine thirty and leave between four and half five. In fact most of us work later than that … but we don't get paid for it!

Then after lunch, usually in the canteen, there are more meetings… in fact I think I do some of my best work later, after five, when the meetings finish and the phone stops ringing.

This first meeting might be with Market Research to look at some data, or a budget meeting to discuss the next quarter, or about packaging, for example.

My name’s Pierre Meyer. I’m from Luxembourg, and I’m an IT specialist. I have a passion for anything that’s related to computers. I graduated in maths and computer science from Imperial College London. Since then, I’ve been working on a very exciting project in Bulgaria, developing new software for a government ministry. In addition, I also train the ministry IT staff in the use of new technologies. I’m going back home in three months’ time, when the project finishes. I’ve just read about an interesting vacancy for an IT job with a famous bank, so I’m going to apply.

I love what I do because it’s not only about machines. I work in a team most of the time. On top of that, I’m responsible for training a lot of people.

1. Pierre / do / for a living?	What does Pierre do for a living? He’s an IT consultant.
2. Where / from?	From Imperial College London.
3. think / project in Bulgaria?	He says it’s very exciting.
4. project / finish?	In three months’s time.
5. job / only about computers?	No, it isn’t. He often works with people.
6. have / any other responsibilities?	Yes. He also has to train a lot of people.

Exercise 26 Read the text above again, then write questions for Pierre’s answers.

1 What’s your name? – Pierre. 2. … - From Luxembourg. 3. … In maths and computer science. 4. … – Since I graduated. 5. … – For a government ministry. 6. … - The ministry IT staff. 7. … – When the project finishes. 8. … – An IT job with a bank. 9. … – Because I work with people, not only computers. 10. … – Yes, most of the time.

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