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Situation 87: Sales Income - Business English for Workplace
861. Watch the market and be ready to sell if the price rises. 862. There is a good market for these articles. 863. The talked over at great length the matter of how to increase the sales of your products. 864. Your notebook computer can find a ready...
Situation 88: Brand Development - Business English for Workplace
871. Do you often carry out market research? 872. Marketing research is very important for sales. 873. Let’s look at the original plan and wee what we’ve lost. 874. Everyone knows that there have been some major changes in our market over...
Situation 89: Merging - Business English for Workplace
881. We are going to be taken over by our competitor. 882. We’re being bought out. 883. We’ew merging with Company X. 884. Two of our major suppliers are merging. 885. The new owners will be coming to start alignment meetings next week. 8...
Situation 97: Copyright Issues - Business English for Workplace
961.The US has complained that China is not doing enough to crack down on intellectual property theft. 962. Have you patented this design? 963. Let’s review the copyrighted images. 964. We are waiting for our copyright to be complete. 965. Come...
Situation 98: The Director - Business English for Workplace
971. She is the CEO now 972. The CEO must give leadership to all company officers. 973. The CEO is responsible to the board of directors for everything that happens in the company. 974. How often are stockholders meeting held? 975. Financial st...
Situation 99: Resigning the Job - Business English for Workplace
981. I want to expand my horizons. 982. I‘ve made a tough decision, sir. Here is my resignation. 983. I quit because I don’t wabt to be stuck in a rut. I want to move on. 984. First of all I ‘d like to say that I’ve really enj...
Situation 100: The Co-op Relationship - Business English for Workplace
991. Would you be willing to join our team? 992. Do you have interest in our project? 993. I’d like to talk to you about joining our team to help bring this project to completion 994. We’d like to set up a partnership whre we can help eac...
Situation 90: Competition - Business English for Workplace
891. Our competitors have undercut us by 10%. 892. Profits are almost nonexistent now. 893. We can’t beat their price. 894. The competition will beat us hands down. 895. What is our competitive strategy? 896. There is no way we’ll be able...
Situation 91: Pension - Business English for Workplace
901. We expect to live on our savings and a modest pension after retirement. 902. Peter will take over as managing director when Bill retires. 903. She’s got a few thousand pounds put away for her retirement. 904. I’ll health obliged him...
Situation 92: Interview - Business English for Workplace
911. Would you please tell me a bit about yourself? 912. Do you have any working experience? 913. Why do you choose our company? 914. What is your anticipated salary? 915. I was impressed by your application materials. 916. I think you are just the m...
Situation 93: Social Prejudice - - Business English for Workplace
921. Traditional social customes sometimes lead to inequality. 922. Women have few opportunities to advance work force. 923. I’m going to report my boss for sex discrimination. 924. I was offended at work. 925. Men have power, so it’s eas...
Situation 94: Worker's Union - Business English for Workplace
931. Labor relations are getting heated 932. Why are the unions making demands now? 933. Many companies in our industry are being unionized. 934. The union’s purpose is to look out for the little guys. 935. We’re hopping on the bandwagon...
Situation 95: Strike - Business English for Workplace
941. Our labor union is staging a nationwide strike today. 942. We start work again after the strike is over. 943. The strike has been brewing for quite some time. 944. What kind of demands do the workers have? 945. Why would they have to go to such...
Situation 96: Protecting the Rights - - Business English for Workplace
951. But the Licensee is the weaker party, they should be afforded some protection. 952. I do not necessarily oppose the thought of providing some protection to the Licensee. 953. I am against any kind of quota system. 954. Our company is too homogen...
Situation 9: Going To a Party - Business English for Workplace
81. We only meet each other when we got our salary. 82. It’s called BYOB party, and we play drinking games, sometimes it’s really crazy. 83. It was very kind of you to invite us. 84. I hope you enjoy the party. 85. This is for you. I hope...
