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Ethics

Circle the word in each lino whl< It dno-, not i nni.iln IM, Ih»* sotind in much luck. Then check yom answois,

1	result	bonus	uirruptlon
2	drug	company	couiilmlelt
3	fraud	country	monlh
4	business	industrial	customer
5	discuss	money	Industry
6	government	unfair	supplier

4)) 68 Listen and practise saying the words which contain IM.

4)) 69 Listen to the pronunciation of was and were in these conversations.

1    A: Helen was always taking extended lunch breaks, wasn’t she?

B: Yeah, and she was phoning in sick almost every week.

2    A: What they were doing wasn’t really unethical.

B: Weil, if you ask me, l’d say that it was.

3    A: The previous owners weren’t exactly trustworthy.

B: Weren’t they?

A A: Was he as corrupt as his predecessor?

B: Yes, he was. Even morę so.

5    A: Were those investments considered ethical?

B: Of course they were.

6    A: There was a bit of a cover-up, wasn’t there?

B: There certainly was. And a major one at that.

•    In positive sentences was and were are usually pronounced Iwszl and /wo/.

•    At the beginning or at the end of a sentence, was and were are usually pronounced Iwazl and Av3:/.

•    The negative forms are usually pronounced /'wDznt/ and /'wa:nt/.

4)) 69 Listen again and practise Speaker A or B’s part.

Study the examples (1-4), then complete the sentences (5-8).

Positive sentence    Negative question tag

1    They’d (+) already launched the new model,    hadn’t (-) they?

2    They were (+) losing money,    weren’t (-) they?

Negative sentence    Positive question tag

3    It wasn’t (-) really going well,    was (+) it?

4    She hadn’t (-) done anything wrong,    had (i) she?

5    He'd been discriminated against,................ 111??

6    It.....................a big scandal, wasn't It?

7    We weren’t putting pressure on hlm to reslgn,    we?

4) 70 Listen and checkyour answers. Notice the falling intonation on the second part of the sentence (the question tag).

Tip

You can use a question tag to involve the person you are talking to in the conversation. If you simply expect the person to agree with you, your voice goes down on the tag.

4)) 70 Listen again and practise the sentences.

UJ 4) 71 Listen to eight extracts from discussions, and decide what each speaker is doing.

•    Write one letter (a-d), next to the number of the speaker.

•    You will have to use each letter twice.

Speaker 1.....................
Speaker 2.....................	a) expressing qualified agreement
Speaker 3.....................	b) changing approach
Speaker 4.....................	c) considering possible effects
Speaker 5.....................	d) making a decision
Speaker 6.....................
Speaker 7.....................
Speaker 8.....................	1 <
4) 72 Listen and complete the conversation excerpts.
1 l’m not surę 1 trust our new accountant. To me, all those errors seem deliberate.

Any.....................how we should address this issue?    GO

2 She’s very worried about frauds with government contracts.

SURVIVAL BUSINESS ENGUSH

.....................you thinkwe should do something about it?    Q

3 He keeps telling me that his cousin would be the best person for the job.

What.....................wędo?    CU

A Tim’s already taken five days of sick leave this month.

What do you think we.....................do?

5 The new office manager is putting pressure on Elaine to go out with him.

What do you.....................we do?    dl

Q[ Match each request for advice in Exercise B with a suitable response.

a)    Have you thought of confronting him with the issue? He may have genuine health problems.

b)    I suggest you check his personnel record first. Find out if he’s ever been accused of harassment.

c)    I think we should tell her not to speak to anyone. The issue’s far too serious.

d)    If I were you, l’d give her another chance. Honestly, she doesn’t look the type of person who’d make false entries in the accounts.

e)    Let's just tell him it’s not on. There’s no room for corruption in our company.

4) 73 Listen to check your answers.

□ Undertine the phrases in Exercise C used for giving advice or making suggestions.

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