B Understanding expressions

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 538.

A Word search

Vocabulary tasks

1. The text describes two 'business management courses', which is a compound noun made up of three separate nouns. Find at least ten others in the text, either with two or three nouns.

2. The word “course” is used a lot in the article. What other word is used with a similar meaning?

3. In the first three paragraphs there are several words and phrases used to describe aspects of travelling. Find a word or a phrase from the text that has a similar meaning.

a. a person who feels tired from too much traveling

b. a very quick visit to a ptace

c. a person who travels around the world on business

4. Words associated with flying are used to describe people with talent and potential, especially in business. There are two examples in the text (paras 3 and 10). What are they? Do they have the same meaning?

1. The London Business School's Global Business Consortium consists of six blue chip multinationals” (line 20). Choose the best explanation for the phrase “blue chip”.

a. large and very profitable

b. well-established and well-known

c. listed on the stock market

3.One of the six companies, the Korean group LG is described as a “conglomerate” (line 5). Choose the best explanation for the word “conglomerate”.

a. a company operating in many different countries

b. a large company with many subsidiaries

c. a very large company which is in many different kinds of business