Download Work: places, departments, outlets and industries

Work: places, departments, outlets and industries
A. Places
Where do you work?
I work /in a factory.
at head office (= the most important and main office of a company),
in an office ,
in a store
in a
university,
at home,
on a building construction site,
on a farm,
on an oil rig
in New York,
in Shanghai,
in the downtown area,
in that office building
Where does he/she work?
He/She works on a farm
Where do they work?
They work on a farm
B. Departments
Which department does he/she work in?
Which department do you work in?
He works in the sales department. He sells the company’s products.
She works in the training department. She organizes training courses.
I work in the production department. We make the company’s products.
C. Industries
You can talk about the industry that you work in like this: I’m in sales.
She’s in finance.
in oil,
in tourism,
in education,
in construction,
in telecom,
in advertising
D. How many employees are there?
Interviewer: How many employees are there at Carefour?
Charlotte Stone: Approximately 4,000 — I think the exact figure is 4,053.
Interviewer: And how many department store outlets are there?
Charlotte Stone: There are 56 department stores in the UK and 22 in Europe.
Interviewer: Is there one in Paris?
Charlotte Stone: Yes, there is.
Interviewer: Are there many offices?
Charlotte Stone: There’s (= there is) one head office and there are six other regional offices.
Interviewer: And how many hours a week do your employees work?
Charlotte Stone: The full-time employees work 42 hours a week on average, including overtime (= some work 40
hours a week and some work 44).
E. The Work Sites
Interviewer: ‘Where is Carefour’s head office?
Charlotte Stone: The Carefour head office is in Paris. About 70 people work there, mostly top managers (= 55 out of
70 are top managers).
Interviewer: How many other work sites (= places with buildings where people are employed) are there?
Charlotte Stone: Well, we have the other offices, the retail outlets (= different stores that sell to the public) and
five other worksites which are our warehouses. We keep the products there before they go to the stores.
Interviewer: So how many sites are there approximately?
Charlotte Stone: There are 7 offices, 56 retail outlets and 5 warehouses, so there are approximately 70 work sites
altogether.
Carefour:
head office – Paris, + 6 offices,
+ 56 branches, + 5 warehouses = 68 worksites (approximately 70)
Questions
I. Match the two parts of what people say about their jobs. Look at ‘A’ above to help you.
1. I work in the production department.
A. I’m the boss!
2. I work in New York.
B. I make televisions.
3. I work in a college.
C. I sell machines.
4. I work at head office.
D. I teach French.
5. I work in the sales department.
E. I love big cities!
II. Complete the sentences with ‘in’, ‘at’ or ‘on’. Look at ‘B’ opposite to help you.
1. I work ____________________a store.
2. I don’t work ___________________a building construction site.
3. I don’t work __________________home because I want to be with people all the time!
4. She works _________________a factory.
5. He works _____________________the finance department.
6. They work_______________________a farm.
7. One day, I want to work ____________________head office. I want to be the boss!
III. Complete the questions. Look at ‘A’ and ‘B’ from today’s lesson to help you.
1. A: Which department ___________ _____________ __________ ___________
B: I work in the training department.
2. A: Which department ______________ _______________ _____________ ___________?
B: She works in the marketing department.
3. A: Which department _______________ _______________ _______________ ___________?
B: B: He works in the production department.
4. A: Where __________________ _________________ _______________?
B: B: I work at home.
5. A: Where ___________________ ___________________ __________________?
B: They work on an oil rig.
IV. Complete each sentence with the name of an industry. Look at ‘C’ in today’s lesson to help you.
1. I work for Chungwa telephone company. I’m in __________________________.
2. She works for BP Oil. She’s in _________________________________.
3. He’s a teacher. He’s in ___________________________.
4. They’re tour guides. They’re in ____________________________
5. We write advertisements. We’re in ________________________________.
6. He builds houses. He’s in ____________________________________.
V. Look at this interviewer’s notes taken on her computer about Singapore Computer Stores (SCS). Are the
sentences below (1—4) true or false? Look at ‘D’ and ‘E’ opposite to help you.
Facts about SCS
Employees 2,433
10 offices
The New York office has 30 employees.
10 branch outlets
(3 are managers)
One warehouse in New York, one in Singapore.
Some employees work 46 hours a week, some work 44, and some work 42
1. Singapore Computer Stores has 22 work sites altogether.
2. Singapore Computer Stores has approximately 1,000 employees.
3. The people working at the New York office are mostly managers.
4. Employees at Singapore Computer Stores work 44 hours a week on average.
VI. Complete the interview with Ann Lee, an SCS employee. Look at ‘D’ and ‘E’ opposite to help you.
Interviewer: ___________ _________ people work for SCS? Ann Lee: It’s not a big company. There are
__________________ 400 employees in Singapore and the US — the ____________ _____________ is 409.
Interviewer: And _____________ _____________branches are there? Ann Lee: ______________
_______________seven branches in Singapore and three in the US, so there are ten ___________________
Interviewer: ____________ ____________two head offices, one in Singapore and one in New York? Ann Lee: No,
__________ ____________ only one head office. It’s in Singapore!
Interviewer: How many _______________________ do you work? Ann Lee: Sometimes 40, sometimes 42, so
__________________________ , I work 41 hours a week.
VII. Fill in the blanks using ‘E’ to help you.
1. Summit Supermarkets is an international company with its (main office / head office) in Frankfurt as well as four
other ________________(branches / offices) in Europe.
2. We have a total of 90 _____________(retail outlets / warehouses) selling our products in Germany and Holland.
3. The company has 103 (worksites / worksites) altogether.