Arguments for and against free trade For Against

Arguments for and against free trade For Against Economic: • societies become richer • need to protect young local companies so they can become established and compete on the world stage • living standards rise • poverty is reduced • countries can specialise to gain competitive advantage • developing countries get locked into serving the needs of the world market with a limited range of sectors • risk of economic bubbles Moral: • less likely there will be wars when nations trade • causes social dislocation and economic pain • culture is enriched • causes a “race to the bottom” in terms of environmental and labour regulations • local cultures are destroyed

Phrasal verb brainstorming 1 come around go away We’ve put back the meeting till two. put back Meetings bring out the best in Jan. get down take in turn into run off bring on look out cut over through up

Phrasal verb brainstorming 2 around away back come down in into off on out over through up When do you think we’ll come through this downturn? Hopefully, they will come around to our way of thinking.

Summary of Discussion commence with a review of the new David argued that the process (1) _____ erode trading laws. Jin disagreed, saying that this would (2) _____ the time available, proposing instead to immediately (3) _____ with continue formulating the strategy. Sarah doubted whether the time was right to enter diversify (4) _____ overseas markets or (5) _____ geographically produce into overseas markets. Jin’s focus was to (6) _____ a business plan, something he could not instantly do alone. David emphasized the protecting importance of (7) _____ the domestic market, but Jin reiterated _____ the actual plan. Jin warned against the initiate dilute tendency to (9) _____ proposals before they were fully discussed. surrender Dave concluded by saying that the company should (10) _____ the need to (8) bow to what is unavoidable and stop discussing costly ideas.

Summary of Discussion kick off David argued that the process should (1) _____ with a review of the new trading laws. Jin disagreed, saying that this would eat into (2) _____ the time available, proposing instead to immediately (3) crack on _____ with formulating the strategy. Sarah doubted whether the time was right to (4) break into _____ overseas markets or branch out _____ geographically into overseas markets. Jin’s focus was come up to (6) _____ with a business plan, something he could not shoring up instantly do alone. David emphasized the importance of (7) _____ start up the domestic market, but Jin reiterated the needs to (8) _____ water down the actual plan. Jin warned against the tendency to (9) _____ (5) proposals before they were fully discussed. Dave concluded by saying that bow to the company should (10) _____ what is unavoidable and stop discussing costly ideas.

Ten ways to create new words 1 1 Acronyms: BRIC 2 Attach a letter to words: e-commerce 3 Combine old words and affixes to create new words: offshoring 4 Blends: globaphobic 5 Raid words from other contexts: guru 6 Shorten words: max 7 Change the part of speech: stopover 8 Rhymes: clicks and mortar 9 Combine two words in a novel combination: swarm businesses 10 Metaphors: glass ceiling

Ten ways to create new words 2 1 Acronyms: BRIC, NAFTA, ASEAN 2 Attach a letter to words: e-commerce, e-signature 3 Combine old words and affixes to create new words: offshoring, presenteeism, downsize 4 Blends: Globaphobic, Coca-colonization, ifonomics, blog, agflation 5 Raid words from other contexts: guru, marketing crusade 6 Shorten words: max, dotcom 7 Change the part of speech: stopover, dollarize, Google(d), bookmark(ed) 8 Rhymes: clicks and mortar, al desko, get rich click, brandalism 9 Combine two words in a novel combination: swarm businesses, angel investor, marketing crusade 10 Metaphors: glass ceiling, cappucino / goldilocks / tiger economy, angel investor

Belbin team roles 1

Belbin team roles 2 Which people in a team would you expect to hear say these things during a planning meeting? “Rather than review the project in the usual way, why don’t we consider hiring in a consultant? ” Plant “When we’ve finished the meeting, I’ll draw up a detailed plan in Project and send it round to everyone for comment. ” Implementer “Look, what we’ve got to do this afternoon is reach a consensus on the best way forward. ” Coordinator “It’s really important that we all pull together on this one and not seek to protect our own departmental interests on this project. ” Team Worker “It’s no good making these plans if we don’t put some dates to these milestones. ” Completer Finisher

Model one-sentence invitation replies 1 Gerrard Stein, Head of Faculty, and guest would be delighted to attend the Festival Celebratory Lunch at the Grand Hotel, on Sunday 12 August at 12. 45 pm. 2 Mr Fernando Cabrera regrets he is unable to accept the kind invitation of Dr and Mrs Albert Casey for Saturday 18 th December. 3 Gerhard Pohl thanks the Dean and his wife very much for their kind invitation to the Senate dinner on December 9 th at Graduation Hall, New Street, and has much pleasure in accepting.

Model formal replies Acceptance Thank you very much indeed for your kind invitation to attend Dr Milagros’s talk on The Price of Trade on Friday 21 October at 7 pm. I would be delighted to attend and look forward to the evening very much. Refusal Thank you very much indeed for your kind invitation to attend Dr Milagros’s talk on The Price of Trade on Friday 21 October at 7 pm. I’m afraid I won’t be able to attend as I will be away on business. I hope the evening goes very well.

Model formal invitations Sir Reginald Hall, Chairman of the Campaign for Pan-European Economic and Political Cooperation, cordially invites you and your partner to a gala dinner-dance in celebration of the first annual summit meeting. Saturday, 16 th August 2010 Walthorpe Manor Dinner served at 8 p. m. Business attire RSVP: Mrs Josephine Scott j. scott@cpeepc. org

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