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Corporate culture

Reading

Read the following culture statement from a bank and decide which paragraph is about the following. Write the correct paragraph number in each box.

•    staff development    G£!

•    after-work activities    O

•    working hours    □

•    eąual opportunities    □

Our Culture

COMMUNITY BfiNK CfiLIFORNIfi

We offer a lively working culture in which we’re confident you’ll feel at home. In return, we’ll expect you to work hard and take responsibility for what you do.

As an organisation, we recognise the benefits of attracting staff from a wide rangę of backgrounds. We carry out regular diversity training and monitoring. In addition, we have recently commissioned reports on disability access and race equality in the workplace.

Our strong commitment to training reflects a learning culture which encourages movement across departments and progression within the Bank. We provide regular assessments so that you’II always be aware of your performance. We can also provide support to study for Professional qualifications.

The Bank also recognises the value of flexible working. We encourage a work-life balance by allowing flexible working arrangements. You can balance periods of intensive work by coming in a little later or !eaving a little earlier at other times. This allows you to enjoy a good social life and can help with your family commitments.

If you are a keen sportsperson, you can play a variety of sports at the Bank, socially or competitively. Many of our bank teams travel to other central banks to compete. In addition we are hoping to open our new Head Office gym by the end of next year. We also have discounted rates for trips to the theatre.

UNIT 2 Corporate cultu

Vocabulary

Collocations are words which are often used together (see page 15 in the

Studenfs Book).

1    In your notebook, write four verb-noun collocations and four adjective-noun collocations from the Community Bank text that you think are useful to remember.

2    Match the following words (1-4) with the correct definition (a-d).

1 a loan 2 a mortgage    3 interest    4 an overdraft

a An agreement with the bank which allows you to spend morę money than you have in your account.

b A sum of money which you borrow from a bank or person for a period of time.

c A sum of extra money which you pay when you pay back a sum that you borrowed.

d A sum of money which you borrow from the bank so that you can buy a house.

3    Match the words in column A with those in column B to make compound nouns connected with banking. You can use some words twice.

A	B
credit ^	-^;-account
current--	ratę
deposit	debit
standing	card
overdraft	facility
direct	order
cash	point
interest	dispenser
mortgage

4 Complete these definitions with the correct compound nouns.

1 A/an    is a bank account for writing cheques and paying

bills.

2    A/an.......................is a bank account for saving money for a long time.

3    The.......................is the interest that the bank charges on a loan, expressed as

a percentage.

4    A.......................is an instruction to a bank to make a regular payment to

someone.

5    A.......................is an agreement that a company can regularly collect an

amount of money from their customer’s bank account (for example to pay bills).

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UNIT 2 Corporate culture