【正文】 ports Speakingrank the extracts in terms of how positive the results are Vocabularyskim the extracts for connectors of cause and effect and add alternatives Speakinglook at financial information about two panies and decide which pany they would prefer to invest inWritingwrite a short report explaining their decisionUnit 6 b Environmental Report Teaching aims and requirements: To enable students to talk about the impact of business on the environment To practise listening for specific information To practise report writingTo review and practiselanguage of giving presentations Important and difficult points:How to give presentations Teaching content: Assessing environmental impact Speakingplete a questionnaire assessing the enviromental impact of each other’s then think of three ways to reduce this impact Environmental performance Listeninglisten to a presentation about ICI’s environmental record and answer multiplechoice questions Speakingsummarise the four main ICI initiatives and rank then discuss how panies can balance the interests of customers and shareholders with a mitment to the environment Language focusfocus on presentations including typical phrases for presentingSpeakingwork in groups to prepare a brief presentation using information about a chemical pany’s environmental performance Writingwrite a brief report on the pany’s environmental 7 a Health and Safety Teaching aims and requirements: To enable students to talk about health and safety To practise listening for specific information To practise reading for gist and specific information To review the language of obligation Important and difficult points:How to describe the injuries at work Teaching content: Injuries at work Speakingdiscuss what kind of injuries can happen in an office Reading 1match percentages with the frequency of certain types of office accident Speakingdiscuss how they think su accidents happen and how they can be prevented Listeninglisten to a conversation and plete an accident report form Language focusfocus on language of obligation/absence of obligation Speakingtalk about employers’ and employee’s health and safety obligations in the workplace How safe is your workplace? Reading 2match paragraph headings with paragraphs in a brochure about risk then insert missing sentences into the same assess features of their working environment and discuss how the three worst features could be improvedUnit 7 b Rights at Work Teaching aims and requirements: To enable students to talk about workrelated and their legal implications To practise listening for gist To practise reading for gist and specific information To review passives Important and difficult points:How to describe rights at work Teaching content: Know your rights Speakingdiscuss statements about smoking in the workplace Readingread a bulletin about an industrial tribunal on smoking and answer gist questions then true/false questions Speakingdiscuss the decision of the industrial focusread the bulletin to find examples of passives and group them under functions they perform Writingformulate a smoking policy for their office and write a memo informing staff of the policy Problems at work Listeninglisten to five short pieces to identify which work problems are being talked about Speakingdecide if the dismissals mentioned on the cassette were disscuss how they would deal with other workrelated 8 a Business Expenses Teaching aims and requirements: To enable students to talk about expenses To practise listening for gist and specific information To practise reading for specific information To practise memo writing Important and difficult points:How to claim business expenses Teaching content: Claiming expenses Speakingdiscuss the expenses people typically incur on business trips Listening 1listen to three telephone calls about expenses and plete forms Speakingexplain the system for claiming expenses in their pany and discuss how it could be improved A new expenses claims system Readingread a memo about a new expenses claims system and answer discuss the advantages/disadvantages of the system Listening 2listen to five telephone messages and match them with the purpose of the calls Writingwrite a short memo to staff concerning expenses Speakingtell each other about feelings which might be experienced when claiming expensesUnit 8 b Business Travel Teaching aims and requirements: To enable students to talk about air thravel To practise listening for gistTo practise reading for gist and specific information Important and difficult points:Airline services Teaching content: Airline services Speakinglook at a list of airline services and agree on the top three services for business travellers Listeninglisten to five short pieces to identify which airline services are being talked aboutSpeakingdiscuss which airlines they have flown with and their feelings about the services offered No frills flyingSpeakingdiscuss differences between mainstream and lowcost airlines Reading 1read an article and note the mainstream and lowcost airlines students think of a heading for each paragraphs then answer true/false questions based on the article Speakingdiscuss how they see the future for mainstream and lowcost airlines Reading 2read ments about flights with lowcost airlines and match seven statements with the appropriate ments Speakingdiscuss their positive and negative experiences of air travelUnit 9 a Flexible Benefits Teaching aims and requirements: To enable students to talk about employment benefits To practise listening for specific information To practise reading for gist and specific information Important and difficult points:Know the flexible benefits Teaching content: BenefitsSpeakingdiscuss the benefits offered by their own panies Reading 1read miniprofiles and suggest suitable benefits for the people described Speakingdiscuss w