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UNIT

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Humań resources

Q| Match the words in whiclt the lottom in łiolti ate pionoiint ud Iii Hic same way.

appearance _v    |»ninoimlity

contract    t|iinlirii rtflons

improve    Cf«fltlve

money    ^ career

profits    company

vacancy    fluent

4)) 52 Listen and check your answers. Then listen again and practise the words.

Q 4)) 53 Listen to the way certain words are linked in these sentences.

1    Tell_us^about your_experience_and qualities.

2    You’ll have to liaise with^our teamj)f_experts.

When a word ends with a consonant sound and the word immediately after begins with a vowel sound, we usually link those two words.

4)) 53 Now listen again and practise the sentences.

BI 4)) 54 Listen and complete the sentences.

1    l’m.....................in English and Arabie.

2    lthinkl’man.....................planner.

3    Pve.....................as an adviser in an estate agency.

4    I graduated in.....................from the University of Alagoas in 2006.

5    My current employer says l’ve got.....................interpersonal skills.

6    The.....................was above average but I expected a morę challenging job.

4» 54 Listen again and indicate where links like those in Exercise B are madę. Then check your answers and practise the sentences.

0    41 55 There are many words ending in -tion, -ssion, or -sion. Listen to the

way they are pronounced.

promotion    discussion    decision

situation    expression    supervision

imilffltMWST........'

If a word ends in -tion, -ssion, or -sion, the stress Is ulways on the syllable just before the ending. Notice that -tion and -ssion nre pronounced fon/ and -sion is usually pronounced fon/.

4)) 56 Now listen to these words. Underllne the stressed syllable.

1    qualifications    3    conduslon    5    motivation

2    impression    4    communlcntlon    6    division

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irnEZBnca o 4)) 57 Listen and complete the sentences.

10 Good morning. How can I.....................you?    0

|3 Look at items 1-10 in Exercise A. Write ‘M’ next to the items spoken by the person making the cali, and ‘R’ next to those spoken by the person receivingthe cali.

1    Good......................My name’s Emilio Conti.    0

2    l’d......................to speak to Mr Yosuke.

3    Can I.......I.............a message?

4    l’m..................... about your advertisement in the Westland Echo.

5    Just one...................... please. Pil put you through.

6    Hołd......................

7    Could you.....................him to cali me back tomorrow?

8    l’m afraid Mr Andrade is in a.....................just now.

9    Iwas.....................if you could give me a little morę information.    0

4D 57 Check your answers. Then listen again and practise.

4) 58 Listen and complete each column with the missing letters of the alphabet.

/ei/ as in play safe	/i:/ as in clean sheet	lei as in sell well	/at/ as in my price	/ou/ as in go slow	/ii:/ as in school rules	/u:/ as in smart card
O In	...*?•.....9- c A e	f

Tips

•    The key words will help you remember the pronunciation of each letter of the alphabet.

•    When dictating or taking down a strange word, you need to know how to pronounce each letter of the alphabet clearly and accurately.

|3    59 Listen to the excerpts from phone conversations and write down the

words that are spelt out.

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Look at these excerpts from telephone conversations. Underline the part which Speaker B will stress to correct Speaker A.

1    A: So your office is at 36, Wellington Street.

B: No. It’s Wellington Road, in fact.

2    A: The interview is on the twenty-first, is that right?

B: Sorry, no. It’s on the twenty-third.

3    A: ... and your agent in St Petersburg is Konstantin Bupnov. B-U-P-N-...

B: Sorry, that’s spelt B-U-B-N-0-V.

4    A: And you graduated from the University of Almeria four years ago.

B: Weil, that was five years ago, actualiy.

4)) 60 Listen to check your answers. Then listen again and practise Speaker B’s replies.

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