Energy in Iceland

Before watching

What do you know about Iceland?

While watching

a- Watch the video.

Mention five new things you have learned about this country.
What types of energy does this country harness?

b- Watch the video again and write the numbers.

Population in the country:
Population in the capital:
Frequency geysers erupt:
Megawatts of electrical power the geothermal plant produces:
Liters of hot water the geothermal plant produces:
Percentage of houses that profit from geo power:
Megawatts of electricity the electricity plant produces:
Year the first hydrogen filling station opened:

c- Complete this sentence:

If geothermal plants hadn't been built, ...............................................................................
                                                              ...............................................................................

Gerunds vs Infinitives

Read the note above and do the following quiz:

https://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/268.html

Why Outsource?

1- Watch the video and say why outsourcing can boost a business.

2- Watch the video again and complete these sentences:

a- Outsourcing is no longer a business buzzword or _________________.
b- Management of non-core functions like ______________ , ____________________ and the like  
are transferred to your outsourcing partner.
c- Filipino workforce _____________ among the most globally _______________ and _____________ people.
d- These labour force are not left behind in _____________  ___________ with the rapidly evolving technology.
e- Outsourcing can be effective in improving the quality of services through being _______________ and ________________,
f- To keep up with the _____________ ____________ of changes in technology, start-ups and small companies can look up to outsourcing for help.
g- Your outsourcing partner usually invests and acquires new technological resources to ____________ the clients' operational needs.
h- When done right, outsourcing can be a joyous ______________.

Predictions

1- Watch the video and get ready to tell us in class which predictions you agree with.

2- Read about the 20 top predictions for life 100 years from now? Make 10 sentences using the expressions in exercise 4 on page 34

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16536598

Ethical business

Watch the video and answer the following question:



According to Simon Webley, what are the ethical issues facing business today?

Success: Negotiations Part 2

Watch the video until 1:37 and answer these questions:

a- What are the two conditions proposed by Victor? Why?
b- What expressions are used to show agreement?

Now, watch the presenter's explanations and answer the following questions:

c- What phrases can be used when giving a condition?

d- What can you say to introduce a problem?

e- Apart from the expressions that you wrote down in exercise b, what other expressions can be used to agree or disagree to conditions?

f- What phrase could be used when you think it might be a difficult condition for the other side to accept?

g- What expressions are usually employed when someone wants to signal a condition?

Success: negotiations

Watch the video until 1:32 and answer the following questions.

a- What's Lin's attitude towards the results of the negotiation? What about Victor and Sue?
b- What does John say about their terms? Does he sound confident?
c- What's Lin's proposal?

Watch the rest of the video and answer the questions below.

a- What's a negotiation?
b- What's the purpose of small talk? What questions can you ask?
c- What phrases can you use:

• to show it's time to start the negotiation?
• to make an opening statement?
• to state your point of view?

d- What does ´run it past the board' mean?