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4 PRONUNCIATION 6 READING
word and sentence stress a Work in pairs. Where are these companies from? W h at languages do you
a Un derline the stressed syllable(s). think they use?
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a tea cher Uniqlo LG Nissan Nokia
2 a doc I tor b Read the article and check your guesses in a.
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4 a facito ry worlker English: The Language of Business
5 a law Iyer
6 an aissis l tant We all know Nissan is a Japanese company. It has factories, offices, and salespeople
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7 a pollice man all over the world. It is partners with a French company, Renault /n:;'nou/, and its CEO,
Carlos Ghosn /goon/, is Brazilian. But what is the official language of Nissan? English!
8 a sales I per Ison At Nissan's headquarters in Tokyo, the managers are from Japan, North America,
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b 72 >) Listen and check. How is the and Europe. They have meetings in English. They also read documents, make phone
final -er/ -or pronounced? calls, and write emails ln English.
"Sometimes everyone in a meeting is Japanese. Then we s peak
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c 73>) Listen and repeat. {& py the Japanese," one Nissan manager says. "But we are a
rh}: thm. multinational company and English is the
only language we all know."
She's a nurse. She works in a
hospital. More and more big companies
only use English. English is the
Does he work in a store? Yes, he official language ofUniqlo and
does. Rakuten, two other big Japanese
Is he a salesperson? Yes, he is. companies. It is also the official
language of Nokia in Finland, LG in
5 SPEAKING & WRITING Korea, and more.

a Think of two people you know who
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have jobs. Ask and answer with a c Read the article again. Then mark the sentences T (true) or F false).
partner. 1 Nissan and Renault are partners. __
What I do? 2 Carlos Ghosn is-from the US.
Where I work? 3 The official language of Nissan is English. __
I speak English at work? 4 Nissan's managers send emails in English. __
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I like his or her ob? 5 Sometimes everyone in a meeting is Japanese,
but they all speak English. __
is my mother. --! o? 6 English is the official language of other Japanese companies. __
Person number one ') { What does
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d Look at the highlighted words and phrases. Guess their meaning. Check
b Write about the two people. with your teacher or a dictionary.

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My mother is a nurse. She works in e Is English important for XQY. job? Why (not ?
the Hospital Santa Cruz in Curitiba. j
She doesn't speak English at work. f Look at the list of obs. Add two jobs to the list. Do you think English is
She likes her job. important in these jobs? Write I (important), V (very important), or N
(not important).
__ a) a doctor __ b) a factory w o rker __ c) a lawyer
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__ d) a waitress __ e an assistant __ f) an actor
__ g) _____ (your idea)
__ h ) (your idea)

g Compare your answers in f with a partner.
For a doctor, English is very importan � � or a ... English isn't important. -

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