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Unit 1:

Steve Morgan, a good dynamic salesman, is on the way to a job interview on Bateman Retail Technologies. But he is very nervous because his IT skills are not good enough to get the job. Jim, the security camera, wants to help him. He thinks that Steve has not prepared well for the interview as Steve does even not know what sort of products do the company sell. When Steve is thinking about the interview, Jim tells him that the first impression is very important for interview and encourages him to be confident. In the waiting room, Jim encourages Steve to chat with the lady called Jennifer who is the head of personnel but is mistaken as the one of candidates by Steve. They talk about many things like the expansion of the company. Steve tells her that he is taking part in an evening course to improve his IT skills. He also demonstrates his opinion about the on-line selling that no customer care, no customer loyalty. And few days later, with the help of Jim, Steve gets the job and successfully makes a deal with Jack Smedley.

Unit 2:

Hilary Baker is under a lot of pressure because there will be a big presentation about a web directory for inventors, called The Great ID,tomorrow. It is an important presentation for them because if Pablo Duarte, the European chairman, likes their idea, they will receive a great number of money invested by him and other investor. Because of the nervousness, Hilary decides to go back to the office to have another look of the material. Jackie goes with her and help her. Back to the office, they begin to rehearse the presentation. Hilary is too tense to finish the presentation. However, with the encouragement and help of Jackie,Hilary becomes better and better. While they are rehearsing, Simon, the partner of Hilary, comes back to the office with the same reason as Hilary. And then they go through the presentation together. Their efforts have been paid. The presentation is very successful. Both Pablo and Pik Sen are satisfied with their presentation. They also exchange present for each other and Pik Sen and Simon will go to the opera together.

Unit 3:

Jonathan and Katherine, the two senior directors of Preston Valley Racecourse, are talking about the problem of the racecourse which has lost money for the two years and is nearly bankrupt. Katherine suggests to ask the consultant for help. But Jonathan opposes to do so for worrying that the consultant wants to turn the racecourse into a theme park. Warren ,the owner of the racecourse, is 1.2 million dollars in debt and he has to put a proposal in front of the bank manager on Friday. Unluckily, he failed to get some suggestions from Jonathan and Kathrine. Jonathan wants to accept Warren’s suggestion of opening a riding school which would take too much time to bring in the profit they need and they also need to invest extra money but Warren doesn’t have another money to put in. Finally, as the time is limited, they have no choice but to consult with the expert. Therefore, they consult with Jean-Piere Dubois who is the best in the business. After the visit of the racecourse, Jean-Piere gives two suggestions. One is to sell part of the land and then use the money to relaunch the business. The other one is to sell the racecourse to the National Racecourse Association, which the future of the racecourse is guaranteed but Warren would not be the owner of the racecourse any longer. Katherine agrees on the first suggestion while Jonathan supports the second one. Warren asks them to think about it more cautiously and then make a right choice. After a heated discussion, Warren makes a decision to choose the second suggestion. One week later, Katherine don’t want to work for a big cooperation and leaves the racecourse for France to

work for Jean-piere.

Unit4：

Today’s world Business Update is going to tell us three business issues around the world. In the first report on bullying, Jeremy interviews Lorraine, the victim of the case of bullying at work, and Jay, the representative of the company which lost the case. Lorraine is the executive who was consistently bullied and abused by her boss has been awarded 250,000 pounds in the compensation. She encourages people to stand up for their rights and don’t be bullied. While the spokesperson of the company affirms that they have try their best to solve the problem and claims that there are many factors of the case to take into account.

In the second part, Jeremy is going to show us the phenomenal growth of the IT industry in India. India has make great achievement in many areas, such as the opening-up of the country, foreign investment, transport. One of the most outstanding growth is the IT sector,especially the growth of ‘back-office’ IT services. That all thanks to a large English-speaking workforce of highly educated and highly qualified people and the support of the government.

In the last part, the reporter tells us that the cycling revolution across the global. The bicycle have many special features. Cycling becomes more and more popular in the world.