2.0 Upper Intermediate eWorkbook © Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013 TheBusiness 2.0 Print and work Unit 2   1 Unit 2  Print and work: Information with us today – their food is just . 8 Mark made the mistake I’ve ever seen. I hope he can sort it out before the boss hears about it. 9 It’s to bring your own lunch than to eat in the canteen. Jon got sick there last week. 10 I can’t believe it. That’s thing I’ve ever heard! Grammar 3 Comparisons 3 Choose the correct comparisons to complete the quotations. 1 ‘There is one thing in the world bad / worse than / the worst being talked about, and that is not being talked about.’ Oscar Wilde 2 ‘Money is good / better than / less good than poverty, if only for financial reasons.’ Woody Allen 3 ‘The man who goes far / the least far / the furthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.’ Dale Carnegie 4 ‘It has been said that democracy is bad / worse than / the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.’ Sir Winston Churchill 5 ‘Income tax returns are as imaginative / more imaginative / the most imaginative fiction being written today.’ Herman Wouk 6 ‘You can go a long way with a smile. You can go far / as far / a lot further with a smile and a gun.’ Al Capone 7 ‘Nothing is impossible. Some things are just more likely / less likely than / unlikelier than others.’ Jonathan Winters 8 ‘The best / The worst / The least ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible.’ David Ogilvy Grammar 4 Requests Put the words in the correct order to form requests. 1 Can / turn it / how / me / on / tell / to / you / ? 2 Do / hotel / nearby / is / which / know / you / ? 3 attachment / me / mind / sending / the / Would / you / ? 4 I / if / prepare / the report / was / wondering / would / you / . 5 a / giving / hand / me / mind / Would / you / ? 6 find / how much / I’m / out / spent / to / trying / we / . 7 back / call / could / I / if / me / was / wondering / you / . 8 close / Do / I / if / mind / the / window / you / ? 9 Reception / me / mind / showing / to / Would / you / ? 10 Can / check / I / is / just / our / password / what / ? Grammar 1 Comparisons 1 Choose the best options to complete the report. Please look at Handout Number 6. This is a graphic report on the spending of our IT department last year. I’d like to call your attention to various aspects. Firstly, notice the high spend on hardware – a (1) bit / few / lot more was spent on hardware than on software applications. Furthermore, spending on hardware was (2) half / a quarter / twice as high as our spending on broadband access. This worries me. Despite the need to develop our online presence, this year most IT managers put (3) lot / much / several times less money into web design than into managing hardware. Hardware upgrades attracted three (4) fractions / more / times as much investment as web design and this isn’t (5) as / more / most important to the department right now. Another problem is IT training. The amount spent on this was only (6) much / far / slightly more than on broadband. While I believe broadband and website design are (7) far / half as / twice more important than other aspects, training is one of our main weaknesses. This year we need to redefine what our goals should be and direct our spending on what will help us reach these goals more rapidly. Our first aim should be to adjust our priorities so that we spend only (8) twice / half / marginally as much money on hardware as on web design, broadband access and training. Grammar 2 Comparisons 2 Complete the sentences with the words and phrases from the box. as expensive      ​as tasty      ​better      ​biggest      ​further      ​ healthier      ​less honest      ​less likely      ​the most ridiculous   ​ the worst 1 Mr Cato tried to trick us. He’s than we thought. 2 I can’t pick up a signal from the wireless network. I think my office must be from the wi-fi hotspot than yours. 3 Tara uses an app on her smartphone for international calls. She says the sound quality is than on her landline. 4 The other advantage of using an app for international calls is that it’s not as a landline call. 5 There’s still a possibility that I could get the job, but unfortunately it’s than before. 6 Hurley Clothing’s website is terrible – I think it’s I’ve ever visited. 7 Don’t eat in the canteen. Come to the sandwich bar 2.0 Upper Intermediate eWorkbook © Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013 TheBusiness 2.0 Print and work Unit 2   2 6 Computer bugs / viruses are easily spread over the Internet. 7 The company gave me a PC / server even though I’d asked for a MacBook Pro. 8 We need more than just one program, we need an application / a suite of programs. 9 If you download the new patches / plug-ins, it will improve the performance of your application. 10 A patch / plug-in is a piece of software designed to fix any problems you have with a computer program. Vocabulary 3 Giving information 1 Complete the sentences with the words and phrases from the box. a ring      ​ update      ​      ​back      ​fill      ​informed      ​loop      ​  in touch      ​let 1 I promised to give Solange an after the meeting. 2 I haven’t got the price list in front of me now. Can I get to you in ten minutes? 3 To start today’s meeting, Guto is going to us in on the developments in Sales. 4 Could you get with Francesca? Send her an email about the spreadsheets. 5 Our online tracking system allows customers to be kept about their deliveries. 6 Someone was supposed to give me about the meeting, but nobody called. 7 Would you me know if that error message appears again? There may be a problem with your PC. 8 Mrs Liotta has asked me to keep her in the about the cost of our IT upgrade. Vocabulary 4 Giving information 2 Match phrases 1–8 with ones that mean the same in a–h. 1 contact me 2 give me an answer later 3 contact me by telephone 4 give me regular progress reports 5 include me in the group of people you inform 6 give me some details 7 report on 8 tell me a) get in touch b) fill me in c) get back to me d) keep me in the loop e) give me a ring f) keep me informed g) give me an update h) let me know Vocabulary 1 Computing terms 1 Complete the puzzle. The first letter of each word is given in the clues below. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Across 1 I need someone to help me s my new computer. 5 The IT Department told me they would i the required patches this afternoon. 7 I had to d six different programs to get his computer working again. 8 Oh, no! My computer has just c again. Down 2 I don’t understand it. We just u that operating system. 3 All you have to do is e the data in these spaces. 4 I couldn’t send the email. The server w again. 6 He told me you had d his file by mistake. Is that correct? Vocabulary 2 Computing terms 2 Choose the correct option to complete each sentence. 1 Make sure you have the correct password for our company’s intranet / Internet. 2 Have you joined our workgroup / workstation yet? 3 I don’t like laptops / tablets any more. They’re too heavy to carry when I’m travelling. 4 If we are going to improve our web presence, we’ll need at least two new PCs / servers in order to handle the increased traffic. 5 I only expected to get a new PC but they also gave me a workgroup / workstation to put it on. 2.0 Upper Intermediate eWorkbook © Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013 TheBusiness 2.0 Print and work Unit 2   3 Listening 1 Vocabulary Listen to this telephone conversation and decide if the phrases were I (included) or NI (not included). 1 I was wondering if you … I / NI 2 Anything I could do to help? I / NI 3 Do you need to know how to do it? I / NI 4 I won’t keep you any longer. I / NI 5 Have you got a couple of minutes? I / NI 6 Anyway, I’d better hang up. I / NI 7 I mustn’t take any more of your time. I / NI 8 I’d like to help you, but … I / NI 9 Normally I’d run right down … I / NI 10 Do you think you might be able to help me?  I / NI Listening 2 Telephoning Listen to the conversation again and decide if the sentences are T (true) or F (false). 1 Karen works in Sales. T / F 2 It’s been raining for a week. T / F 3 Karen left the Prentice account in Brian’s office. T / F 4 Karen knows Mike’s telephone number. T / F 5 Karen can’t connect her printer to her computer. T / F 6 Brian will help Karen immediately. T / F 7 Brian’s client is about to arrive.  T / F 8 Brian is having lunch in 15 minutes. T / F 9 They might have lunch together. T / F 10 Brian says goodbye first. T / F Pronunciation Intonation in telephone calls Listen to these sentences and choose the correct intonation: rising ( ) or falling ( ). 1 How’s it going?  / 2 Have you got a couple of minutes?  / 3 I was just walking out the door.  / 4 Anything I can do to help?  / 5 Do you think you could send me an email? / 6 Anyway, I won’t keep you any longer.  / 7 I’m not disturbing you, am I?  / 8 Thanks a million.  /