Self study March

1. decide on your special subject – 1st draft of outline on one page; see following example
   1. Introduction (some words about were is your job in the hapag company)
   2. jobdescribtion
      1. first responsibility
      2. second responsibility
      3. third responsibility
   3. conclusion
2. Text “Body Shop” – read, understand, vocabularies, grammar
3. Text “Babel” – read, understand…
4. Exercise “if…if…if” -practise it without your notes
5. write your own personalized if-sentences (2 of each group)
6. Text “the cultural meaning of words” – read, understand…
7. check rotten-tomatoes for “freedom writers”
8. listen to the cds “new business matters”
9. Unit 9 in the coursebook

If sentences – Alliance examples – Cond. I

If Anna is successful, the Alliance will be successful.

If the bank doesn’t agree to the loan extension, Omega is in deep trouble.

If you can reassure them, the bankers will lend you the money.

If sentences – Alliance examples – Cond. II

If Omega expanded too quickly, they might go into enormous debt.

If Omega expanded too quickly, they coud get into deep trouble.

If J.C. weren’t already heavily overextended financially, he wouldn’t be so anxios.

If AP formed an Alliance with TW, it would give them a way into the US market.

If business were better, there would be no need for an Alliance between TW and AP.

If Omega’s profit margins were better, they could all work shorter hours.

Unless there is total commitment on both sides to share information, communicate and create a safe environment, the alliance will surely fail.

If the chefs wee paid more, Bob R. might not have so many problems with them.

If sentences – Alliance examples – Cond. III

If Frank hadn’d had a motorcycle accident, he wouln’d have bought a stretch limo.

If Larry had not missed Anna Valdez’s meeting last month, he couldn’t have learned about synergy.

If Anna Valdez hadn’t had so much success in the past, TW wouldn’t have hired her as a consultant.

If TW hadn’t become Omega’s biggest customer, they might not have had to cut their margins to the bones.

If the plane had not been delayed, Larry K. might have been less stressed by Frank.

If TW hadn’t increased their market share, they wouldn’t have put so much pressure on Omega.

If AP hadn’t slashed its prices in econimy by 60%, they wouldn’t have filled their seats.

If Larry had understood more about synergy, the meeting with Eddi Chan could have gone better.

word & phrases

long-term
nice guy
hold a meeting
generate new ideas
profit-oriented
promt delivery
business relationship
get results
a searching question ( a very deeply asked question)
main purpose
minor point
lose face (not: lose your face)
team spirit
cultural awareness
great pleasure
stick to the agenda
fact-finding
competitive edge (when you have e.g. the same product as others, but yours is a little bit better)
pool information ( a collection of a lot information)
report back
hard sell
quality-sensitiv
price counscious

If sentences

1. If we _*go*_ to the canteen now, we _*will have*_ more space.
   this describes a fact that is possible
2. If we _*had*_ holiday next week we _*would travel*_ to a warmer place.
   this describes a fact that is more impossible than possible
3. If we _*had had*_ a sport activity this morning we _*would have felt*_ better.
   this describes a fact that is impossible because it happend in the past