F Circle the correct option (a-d) to complete the six short texts.
AWL GLOSSARY
One of the quirks of the MegaCorp employment process is that existing
employees are encouraged to act up, '„_to perform roles on a temporary basis
at a level slightly more senior than their experience and qualifications would normally allow.An employee may do a job ably for months, if not years.
\_.when the position is formally advertised and filled, that worker may well be
passed over. Until that process began, the employee had had a reasonable level of
job satisfaction.3_. the permanent member of staff is appointed, the long-term
employee may have become resentful towards the organization.4—, they may leave, and in the meantime their productivity is likely to suffer.
The choice is apparent: either the two partners demarcate the sides of the business
entirely (s_one deals with suppliers and the other with customers), or they find
ways of sharing more than the minimum of information. When a micro-enterprise
hires its first employee, the lines of communication triple:6_what previously
existed, we must factor in A to C, C to A, and also B to C and C to B.
Some householders with ample storage space choose to bulk-buy their food from out-of-town superstores. Once the costs of driving
there and back are taken into consideration,7__, it is not clear that this
represents a real savings.
8_American companies stripmine parts of their own country, they are
subject to criticism and protest. The protesters,9-__, are not in the main
calling for the overthrow of the capitalist system - even the terminology seems dated. Instead, they are attacking one company or one industry, and trusting to the legal system and public opinion to help win their case.
It is necessary to have watertight proof of wrong-doing 10_firing a staff
member for gross misconduct such as theft, or their dismissal could 11_be
deemed unfair by an industrial tribunal. There also remains the issue of error; if it turns out that the employee was not, after all, involved in the theft, then
the employer has lost a valuable employee for nothing. 12_, there is the
bad PR that such a move may generate.
roleithe function or position that somebody has or is expected to have in an organization, in society, or in a relationship
partnerioneof the
people who owns a business and shares the profits, etc.
communication ithe activity or process of expressing ideas and feelings or of giving people information
issueian important topic that people are discussing or arguing about
surviveito continue to live or exist
subsidy: money that is paid by a government or an organization to reduce the costs of services or of producing goods so that their prices can be kept low
ensure Ito make sure that something happens or is definite
,3^_ multinational agribusiness is thriving, it is difficult for family farmers to survive. Government subsidy goes to big producers with clout; lobbyists for
meat and dairy ensure that their industries do well, '4_orchards continue
to be dug up and heritage vegetable varieties lost. However, there are
tendencies working against this centralization,15_the Slow Food campaign,
and the movements for organic produce and free-range animal products, for traceability and provenance, for farmers' markets, and for locally-grown food.
1	a	nevertheless	b	on the other hand	c	i.e.	d	subsequently
2	a	Finally	b	Even though	c	As well	d	However
3	a	By the time	b	Whereas	c	Additionally	d	Because
4	a	Eventually	b	So that	c	In order to	d	Whenever
5	a	at first	b	e.g.	c	at last	d	in order to
6	a	in addition to	b	also	c	but also	d	afterwards
?	a	moreover	b	as well as	c	even though	d	though
8	a	In the meantime	b	Whenever	c	At the same time	d	Subsequently
9	a	on the other hand	b	while	c	however	d	whereas
10	a	as soon as	b	while	c	before	d	after
11 a meanwhile			b	in the meantime	c	on the one hand	d	subsequently
12	a	Next	b	At last	c	Finally	d	Apparently
13	a	On the one hand	b	Even though	c	But	d	Despite
14	a	nevertheless	b	whereas	c	in spite of	d	despite
15	a	that is to say	b	namely	c	as well	d	such as
G Look at the seven categories of connectors covered in unit ?. Try to use at least one from each category in a brief description (100-200 words). Write about, or write the script for a talk about, either the economy of your country or an organization you know well.
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