Materiál na 17.4.08

   WORKBOOK, p. 55; READING

   

   

   TASK 1 Find the words and phrases in the text described by the following: (The words appear in
   the article in the same order).

   

   1. ______________ (adj) = similar to something else and considered to be a copy of it

   copycat crimes

   2. ________________ (adj) = brave enough to do dangerous things

   3. _______________ = what most people believe to be true

   4. _____________ (verb) = 1. to breathe in noisily through your nose, for example because you
   have been crying;  2. to smell something

   5.  _______________ (verb) = to make someone suffer because they have done something against
   the law or against the rules

   6. _______________ (noun) = someone or something that has the same job or purpose as another
   person or thing, but in a different country, time, situation, or organization

   7. _______________ (verb) = 1. to quickly increase to a high level; 2. to fly high in the sky:

   8. ________________ (verb) = 1. to consider doing something in the future; 2. to think very
   carefully about something for a long time

   9. __________________ (verb) = to fall straight down very quickly from a high position; syn.
   to plunge

   10. ____________________________ = to refuse to accept something, especially because you do
   not think it is good enough

   11. _________________________ (verb)= to know about something through a natural ability or
   feeling, without being told

   12. _______________ (noun) = a company or an organization that is connected with or controlled
   by another larger one

   13. ________________ (noun) = a situation when the edge of one thing fits over the edge of the
   other

   14. _________________ = broken into a lot of separate pieces or parts

   

   TASK 2 Complete the gaps with the words you hear:

   I have my doubts about the 1. ________________(1 word) of the merger between UniCredit and
   HVB, and the challenge of dealing with two different languages and cultures. But two factors
   2._________________________________ (5 words): HVB´s urgent need to merge and Mr Profumo´s 3.
   ____________ (2 words) in forging UniCredit out of several smaller Italian banks. There is
   also the advantage that no other merger 4. _____________ (1 word) western and eastern Europe
   could expect such a good fit. The success of Bank Austria, which HVB bought in 2000, show that
   Gross-border mergers can indeed be successful.

   What might the next move such be? In the past, Italy´s central bank 5. __________________ (3
   words) foreign banks wanting to buy in Italy. Now that UniCredit 6.______________________ (3
   words), the central bank might look more kindly on one of two other 7._________________ (2
   words), by the Netherland´s ABN Amro and Spain´s Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria. The most
   pressure to merge, though, may be felt by Germany´s Commerzbank. Commerzbank has spent the
   past year cutting costs in investment banking and 8. _____________________________ (5 words)
   as a middle-tier corporate and retail bank. But it will surely merge soon. 9.
   ______________________________________ (5 words) WestLB, a public sector bank.

   Deutsche´s future is easy to predict. Deusche said no last year 10. ______________________ (7
   words)  Postbank, a retail bank owned by Deutsche Post. Now 11. ___________________ (3 words)
   ;that Deutsche is aiming to expand at home and abroad. Deutsche is among those interested in
   Banca Comerciala Romana, Romania´s biggest bank. Although Deutsche has operations in several
   central European countries, this would be its first big acquisition in the region.

   

   track record =your reputation, based on the things you have done or not done:

   They have a long track record of being mean with their money.