初级商务英语Unit9.docVIP

Unit 9 Job routines Present simple and expressions of frequency 1. Listening You will hear an interview between a journalist and a top businessman. The journalist is going to write an article called ‘A day in the life of Paul Johnson’. First look at the different activities below. Then, as you listen, number the sequence of events in Paul Johnson’s typical day. Some of them have been done for you. a. ( ) Visit the plant b. ( ) Look at the post c. ( ) Have breakfast d. ( ) Meetings with Finance and Sales Directors e. ( ) Read a book f. (1) Get up g. ( ) Dinner engagement h. ( ) Leave for the office i. ( ) Go for a jog j. ( ) Lunch in the canteen k. (11) Management/Board meetings l. (4) Read the newspapers m. ( ) Meeting with deputy n. ( ) Finish work o. ( ) Go to sleep Listening Task PJ：Oh, I usually get up about five, go for a jog before breakfast. We usually have breakfast around 6.30. Then I have time to read the papers. J：Which papers do you take? PJ：Well, The Financial Times, The Times and The Independent. I don’t exactly read them from cover to cover. J：No, of course not. PJ：Well, after the papers, I leave for the office. I’m usually behind my desk by 7.30. The first job of the day is the post. My secretary sorts out those letters, which need immediate attention. Then round about 9.00, I have a daily meeting with Pete Sykes, he’s my deputy. We run through the agenda for the day. J：What about lunch? PJ：Well, I try to have lunch in the company canteen as often as possible. But, of course, sometimes I have lunch out with customers or the bank manager. People like that. J：What about the afternoons? PJ：If I’m in the country, I often go down to our plant and see how things are going. We have weekly management committee meetings on Friday afternoon. Then, of course, there are monthly board meetings, usually the first Monday of the month. J：When do you finish work? PJ：Round about seven. Then, if there’s nothing on in the evening, I’l