商务职场英语Unit5课后答案.ppt

4. investments / screen / according to / a range of social and environmental criteria ______________________________________________________ 5. nowadays / ethical sourcing issues / cannot / ignore ______________________________________________________ 2 Research and prepare a short report about ethical trading initiatives in your country. Investments are screened according to a range of social and environmental criteria. Nowadays, ethical sourcing issues cannot be ignored. Key Reading Resource A Read the text. Then complete the sentences with the correct names. a 1 3 4 6 Key Key 1. ____________ was born in the USA. 2. ____________ has been involved in the music industry. 3. ____________ is a philanthropist. 4. ____________ has many business interests in Latin America. 5. ____________ started in business when he was very young. 6. ____________ was born in Mexico. Gates Gates 5 Carlos Slim Branson 2 Branson Carlos Slim 1. Branson, Gates, and Slim all have about the same net worth. 2. Richard Branson’s first business ventures were in the 1970s. 3. More than 200 companies make up the Virgin brand. 4. Bill Gates founded Microsoft on his own. 5. Carlos Slim no longer runs his companies day by day. 6. The Microsoft company is over thirty years old. Read the text again. Read the sentences and write True or False. False Key True False True True b False Reading Resource B Skim through the text and label each paragraph with an appropriate heading from the box. There are three extra headings. a Key _______________________ In business, a takeover is when one company (called the acquirer or the bidder) buys another company (called the target). When a bidder makes an offer for another company, it usually informs the board of the target company first. If the board believes that the offer would be advantageous for its shareholders, they recommend that the shareholders accept the offer. A takeover is called a hostile