INTRODUCING MYSELF AND ANOTHER PERSON

                                         

	Myself	Hello, I am Mindy How do you do? My name is Tom. Let me introduce myself. My name’s Hello, Judy. I'm an accountant of this company.
Introducing	Others	Judy, meet John, my husband. John, this is my friend Judy. John, this is David.          Mrs. Tuya, may I introduce my boss, Mr. Smith.  Mr. John, I'd like you to meet Smith, our salesman.
Responding		Pleased to meet you.         Pleased to meet you too. Nice to meet you Glad to seeing you.

     

PRESENTING A COMPANY

1.   Structure and location

The company/group is called………….

It is a French company based in Paris

It has factories/production centers/subsidiaries in …………

The chairman/CEO/founder/owner is ……………

It employees (200) people/it has 200 employees.

2.   Products and customers

Their main activity is ……………

The main products are/customers are …….and ……..

3.   Result and future plans

The annual turnover is ($30 million) with profits of ($2 million).

The company is successful because ……………

We plan to ……………………………

PIZZA HUT

                                    PRESENTATION ON PIZZA HUT (UK)

              Good morning, ladies and gentlemen thank you for coming. My name’s Sara James, and I am here to give a brief presentation on the company. My talk is very short so please to keep your questions for the end.

             The first part of my presentation is about the company structure of Pizza Hut (UK).

The second part looks at the present activity of the company in the UK, and in the last part I want to talk about our future plans.

            Fist, the structure. Let’s start with the present company. As you know, Pizza Hut (UK) is a subsidiary of Tricon Global Restaurants. There are other brands in the group, such as KFC and Taco bell. The president of Pizza Hut (UK) is John Prinsell. 

           Now, look at our present activity. Business is very good. People in Britain like pizza. We have sales of over $300 million from 400 outlets. We employ about 16.000 people. In Britain our brand is well-known. 80% of the population eat at Pizza Hut at least once a year. On the top of that, we deliver 75.000.000 pizzas to people‘s home. Pizza’a are our product, but we also sell a lot of pasta, pasta, desserts and drinks.

            Finally, the future. In the next ten years we plan to open at least another hundred restaurants. At the moment, our market share of all meals in restaurants in Britain is 6%. We would like to increase that number to 10% in next ten years.  With our customers and our staff, that main aim is possible.

Thank you for listening. Do you have any questions?

Listen to the short presentation on Pizza hut (UK). Are these statements true(T) or False(F)?

1.      The talk is four parts

2.      Tricon Global Restaurant is a subsidiary of Pizza Hut

3.      Jon Prinsell is the President of Pizza Hut.

4.      British people do not eat many pizzas.

5.      Pizza Hut wants to expand

In the talk what do these numbers refers to? Listen again and match the numbers with the correct information on the right.

1.      300.000.000	a.      Number of pizzas the company delivers
2.      400	b.      Number of employees
3.      16.000	c.      Future market share
4.      80%	d.      Present market share
5.      75.000.000	e.      Total sales
6.      6%	f.        Number of outlets
7.      10%	g.      Percentage of the population who eat at Pizza Hut at least once a year.

Article about Lorella Braglia

Look at the article Lorella Braglia. Complete the article using the verbs. The first letter of each verb is given.

makes             designs           employs          eat                   live           

works              do   produces        travel              presents          plays               uses    are       play   

     

 DIELLE

Lorella Braglia i……….. the founder of Dielle, and also the main designer. Her husband, Danilo, w……. for the company as Marketing Director. Lorella  d……… two collections every year and p……… them at fashion shows in London, Paris, and New York.

Dielle m………..everything in Italy, and u…….very modern equipment in its workshops in and around Reggio Emilia. It p …….. 100.000 units per year. Lorella and her husband l…… in a house in the centre of Reggio Emilia, not far from the office. They a…….. not often there, because they both t…….a lot. How do they relax? I d……yoga and Danilo p…….golf, says Lorella. At the weekends they p………golf together and e…….out at the local restaurants with their children.

Abbreviation

WWW- world wide web
EU - water - closet
Plc - Public Limited Company
UK - United Kingdom
USA - United States of America
UN - United Nations
IBM - International Business Machines
MBA - Master of Business Adminstration
VAT - Value Added Tax
CEO - Chief Executive Officer 

Dialogue lorella Braglia

Read the dialogue and write down the information

 - Her name’s Lorelia Braglia

- Ok, where does she live?

- She lives in Italy. In Reggio Emilia.

- Who does she work for?

- She has her own company.

- Really? What is the name?

-Dielle. D-I-E-double-L-E

- And what does this company do?

-They produce knitwear, you know pullovers, etc. She’s the main designer.

- Oh, and does she speak English?

-Yes, she  and her husband speak excellent English.

-Her husband?

-Yes, he’s the marketing director.

-So they work together?

-That’s right.

-How old are they?

-I think they’re both about thirty.

1. Name:
2. Nationality:
3. Home:
4. Age:
5. Company:
6. Job:
7. Languages:

The verb be

AFFIRMATIVE FORM: I am a businessman. He is from England. She is thirty years old. It is our company. We are  engineers. You are a director. They are students. NEGATIVE FORM : I am not a businessman. He is not from England. She is not thirty years old. It is not our company. We are not engineers. You are not a director. They are not a student. QUESTION FORM: Am I a businessman?  Is he from England? Is she thirty years old?   Is it our/your company?    Are we/you engineers?