SUCCESS WITH BEC PRELIMINARY UNIT 1: MEETING PEOPLE
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SUCCESS WITH BEC PRELIMINARY UNIT 1: MEETING PEOPLE
SUCCESS WITH BEC PRELIMINARY UNIT 1: MEETING PEOPLE compte comptable comptabilité account accountant accounting accounts Profit and loss account ! compte de pertes et profits actually " "faux-ami" / at present ! actuellement to advert advertisement to advise sb on sth ambitious (adj.) annual meeting to apply for a job apprentice apprenticeship area = to give someone advice on something I'm an apprentice. comptabilité en fait, réellement, en réalité faire de la publicité publicité conseiller ambitieux un entretien annuel postuler à un emploi apprenti-e apprentissage domaine, zone assistant PA= personal assistant ! assistant(e), secrétaire de direction assistant to attend to attend classes ! assister aux cours to attend a workshop (assister à un assister auditer auditing to be good at I'm good at French, but bad at accounting. ≠ be bad at ! être mauvais dans être bon dans to be in + business field I am in management travailler dans un domaine to be responsible for ≈ to be in charge of ≈ to deal with être responsable de I work in computers. à vélo les affaires gestion d’entreprise homme d'affaires occupé acheter ≈ PDG : président directeur général directeur financier collègue communiquer Se rendre à (trajet professionnel) pendulaire, "banlieusard" société, entreprise ordinateur corporate law … des affaires, … des by bike business business administration businessman busy to buy, bought, bought = a bicycle chief executive officer =CEO Chief financial officer colleague to communicate = CFO to commute to I commute to work by train. to do business with , to be in business to be busy = être occupé commuter company, companies computer corporate (adj.) insurance company ! compagnie d’assurance sociétés currency, currencies criterion, criteria (pl) data to deal with to describe to develop, developed division to earn one's living employee employer employment ∅1 engineer estate agent feature finance assistant ≈ to do business with = department What do you do for a living? I'm a secretary. foreign (adj.) to forget, forgot forgotten to + inf formal free time ∅ to get bored to give a speech She forgot to send the files. oublier ≠ informal formel, ≠ informel temps libre s'ennuyer I want to give a speech at my brother’s wedding. goods (pl.) to grow, grew, grown to hate +-ing = products head office ≈ headquarters headquarters ≈ head office health and safety health and safety at work = santé et sécurité au travail I grow my own vegetables. I hate playing the guitar. to be interested in +ing international (adj.) interview " Information is always singular! Ask me if you need further information! She is interested in working with us. ≠ national a job interview = un entretien d’embauche to get an interview = obtenir un entretien to give an interview= donner une interview to have an interview= avoir un entretien to go for an interview= aller à un entretien d’embauche interviewee interviewer 1 faire un discours produits croître, cultiver détester siège social, bureau principal siège social, bureau principal santé et sécurité ville d’origine y compris home town including information devise, unité monétaire critère données avoir affaire à, avec décrire développer département, division gagner sa vie employé (e) employeur emploi ingénieur agent immobilier caractéristiques assistant aux finances étranger, d’un autre pays Ø : This sign indicates that the word is uncountable! information être intéressé par/à international entretien candidat introduce introduce oneself to someone to invest in job job applicant job title journey to know, knew, known Introduce yourself to your neighbour! se présenter, présenter I introduced myself to my new colleagues. se présenter à quelqu’un investir dans emploi candidat intitulé du poste It's a 15-minute journey on bike, by car, by train, on foot. well-known, best-known, unknown ! connu, le plus connu, inconnu trajet connaître late to arrive late en retard lawyer ≈ attorney (US) law firm ! etude d'avocat law suit ! poursuite judidiciaire avocat (général) to learn to leave, left, left let's + verb to listen to to love +-ing main to make sure to make a contribution towards sth manager managing director manufacture (v + n) marketing and sales ≠ teach, taught, taught ! enseigner Let's go! ! Allons-y! What kind of music do you like listening to? I love listening to music. Our main office is in Spain. boss, chief (director) = MD / " ≠ directeur d'école : headmaster Deputy managing director ! directeur adjoint, sous-directeur a manufacturer ! un fabricant to match to meet someone at mistake to organize to overcome a situation/ difficulties to own owner person (singular), people (plural) Nice to meet you. a meeting ! une réunion to make a mistake ! se tromper apprendre partir, quitter impératif écouter aimer (beaucoup) principal s'assurer de apporter sa contribution à directeur, gérant directeur, directeur général fabriquer, usine Marketing et ventes relier, faire correspondre rencontrer, faire la connaissance de erreur organiser surmonter There is only one person at the reception desk and so many people waiting for their tickets! posséder le propriétaire une personne, des personnes position What's his position in the company? He's a sales representative. He's the deputy managing director. There were four candidates for the position of manager. poste, emploi, situation, fonction to practise a practice ! habitude, experience, pratique s'exercer, s'entraîner, mettre en pratique to prefer +-ing private company I prefer working in the morning préférer = private limited company ≈ société à responsabilité limitée production profile to provide reception desk receptionist to recruit recruitment ∅ to remind representative responsibility, -ies responsible retirement to produce ! produire, fabriquer a product ! un produit She has the right profile for the job. Write a personal profile. = to employ, to take on, to hire You remind someone of something ≠ to remember ! se rappeler duty-ies , tasks to be responsible for : to be in charge of to be responsible to : to report to to retire ! prendre la retraite She deals with retirement arrangements. ! Elle s'occupe des dispositions relatives à la retraite. to run, ran, run a business /courses/a factory secretary to sell, sold, sold to set up a business ship building shipping to show somebody around single to set up a business through the Internet skill skilled ! competent, habile The four basic skills are reading, writing, listening and speaking. solicitor I'm a solicitor. I specialize in corporate law. to send or transport by ship, by land or air ≠ married / ≠ divorced / ≠ widowed ! veuf How much do you spend on clothes? How many hours a week do you spend studying? to talk (v + n) It takes her 20 minutes to go to work. She enjoys the journey to talk to : parler à / to give a talk ! faire une présentation trading, trade traffic trainee trainer training ∅ fellow trainee ! camarade stagiaire training course to travel fournir (guichet de) réception réceptionniste recruter, embaucher recrutement rappeler représentant responsabilité responsable retraite secrétaire vendre monter une entreprise chantier naval expédition faire visiter célibataire capacité, compétence notaire, avoué, avocat (Br) se spécialiser en dépenser (argent), passer (du temps) le personnel staff ∅ to take profil, portrait diriger, organiser, tenir to specialize in to spend, spent, spent production She travels to work by car. prendre parler, conférence commerce, échanges commerciaux trafic stagiaire formateur formation stage de formation (professionnelle) voyager, aller How was your trip? Not bad, thanks! a one-day trip ! excursion trip unusual (adj.) to wear, wore, worn to welcome winner voyage inhabituel porter (habits) accueillir gagnant to win, won, won to work for : Mr Smith works for our New York branch. to work with : I've worked with them for a long time. to work as : I work as an accountant for them. " un travail ! a job work (v + n) Country ☺ Nationality ☺ Argentina Austria Brazil China France Germany Hungary Italy Japan Malaysia Norway Portugal Russia Scotland Spain Sweden Switzerland Thailand The Netherlands The United Kingdom Turkey United States Europe Expressions Hello. My name is …. Hi! Good morning. Good afternoon. travailler, travail Language ☺ Argentinean Austrian Brazilian Chinese French German Hungarian Italian Japanese Malay, Malaysian Norwegian Portuguese Russian Scottish Spanish Swedish Swiss Thai Dutch British Turk, Turkish American European Spanish German Portuguese Chinese French German Hungarian Italian Japanese Malay Norwegian Portuguese Russian English Spanish Swedish French, German, Italian Thai Dutch English Turkish English --- Bonjour. Je m’appelle …. Salut! Bonjour! Bonjour! (après-midi) Good evening. How do you do! " Answer: How do you do! I didn’t understand what you said. Could you repeat, please? I don't think we've met. I work for …. I’m an apprentice. I’m responsible for budgeting. Just for fun! May I introduce you to Peter Brown? Nice to meet you. Pleased to meet you. Peter, this is Mike Smith of Hewlett Packard. What line of business are you in? What do you do for a living? I'd like to… Question words How far is it? How long does it take you to get to work? What nationality are you? When do you start work in the morning? What time do you have lunch? Where are you from? Where do you work? Why are you studying English? Why don't you come along? Bonsoir! Enchanté! Je n’ai pas compris ce que vous avez dit. Pourriez-vous répéter, SVP? Je ne crois pas que nous nous soyons rencontrés. Je travaille pour… . Je suis apprenti(e) Je suis responsable du budget. Juste pour s'amuser! Puis-je vous présenter à Peter Brown? Ravi de vous avoir rencontré. Peter, voici Mike Smith de HP. Dans quel domaine êtes-vous? Que faites-vous dans la vie? J'aimerais Only 500 meters. About 15 minutes. I'm Swiss. At 8 o'clock! At noon. I'm from Italy! In Meyrin. I need it for my job. Because I'm too busy! Pourquoi ne viens-tu pas avec? Adverbs of frequency always never often rarely sometimes usually We always say attend his meetings. We never listen to music in class. She often writes letters. They rarely deal with customers. Do you sometimes travel abroad? He is usually on time. toujours jamais souvent rarement parfois habituellement