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Nombre: Ingrid Lorena González Murcia UNIT 7 00459411341 A GOOD LOCATION: Which location is best for each of the business activities 1-5? Choose from the list a-e. RTA:

What facilities does a region need to develop as both a tourist resort and a business center? Put the following words in the correct group. Accommodation Apartment blocks Villas Hotel

Infrastructure Airport Road links Port

Attractions Theme park Beaches Shopping

What else can you add to the list? RTA: Farms, resting places, swimming pools, lagoons. Read the article on the opposite page and decide which of these statements is true. 1. The future of Dubai depends on oil. RTA: False Dubai hopes that the city-state is using its oil revenues to invest in a different kind of future, replacing oil with people. 2. Dubai doesn’t have much potential for development. RTA: True, if it has everything to be potential. 3. Dubai has a future as a tourist destination and business center. RTA: True, Dubai will not only be a tourist center but an important business center. Read the article again and answer the questions. What are they building on the large man-made islands off the coast of Dubai? RTA: They have built large duty-free shopping malls and launched sporting events, such as the Desert Classic golf tournament and the Dubai World Cup horse race, making it a holiday destination, attractions such as safaris around the world. Desert and dhow cruises. How long will Dubai's oil production continue?

RTA: About ten years are expected. What attractions does the city-state have for tourists? RTA: safaris por el desierto y cruceros en show. What is the population of Dubai? What percentage of the people is originally from the city-states? RTA: Dubái está abierto a extranjeros de sus 1,5 millones de personas, más del 80 por ciento son expatriados. El estilo sencillo de Dubái lo ha convertido en un lugar positivo para vivir y trabajar. What kinds of companies are setting up business in Dubai? RTA: These areas are attracting the service sector, establishing developments for multinational companies specialized in similar activities. For example, Internet City houses regional offices of Microsoft, Siemens and IBM, among others. Which of the following is complete ©, under construction (u) or planned for the future (p), at the time of writing the article?  Dubailand  Media City  Knowledge Village  Burj Dubai Would you like to live Dubai? Why/ Why not? RTA: Dubai is a source of many incomes among many tourists, partners and investors, living in this great city gives you great opportunities to be able to invest in a business that is both profitable and profitable. Since there are people from all over the world who have reached Dubai in search of good jobs, each new project devised and created here is a potential opportunity to grow and excel professionally. Actually; Dubai no longer depends on oil, now it depends on tourism, investment and business. Match the definitions 1-6 with a phrase combining a word from A and a word from B A Capital Investment Multi-national Service Shopping Regional

B Bank Company Mall Market Office Sector

1. The companies in an economy that don’t manufacture anything but provide services such as banking insurance and tourism. SERVICE-MARKET 2. A Company’s local office in a different country or city from their main office. SHOPPING-OFFICE 3. A place where people and businesses can deal in stocks and shares, raise finance and make investments. INVESTMENT-COMPANY 4. A financial institution that specialises in buying stocks and shares, and also gives financial advice to businesses. CAPITAL - BANK

5. A large area, often inside a huge building, where there are lots of shops. REGIONAL-SECTOR 6. A large corporation with activities in many different countries. MULTI-NATIONAL-MALL Use a collocation from exercise 1 to complete the sentences. 1. Shell is an example of a(n) SERVICE MARKET 2. Hotels, restaurants and travel agents belong to the MULTI-NATIONAL MALL 3. Christian Hansen works as a share dealer for ABM amros, a(n) INVESTMENT-COMPANY 4. Fred pierce is going to work abroad for two years at his company’s REGIONAL SECTOR 5. I’m going to the SHOPPING OFFICE to buy some clothes for my trip. 6. Many wealthy people invest their money in the CAPITAL BANK MULTY-PART VERBS Choose the correct words in italics 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

The sun ser / set up at 6:30 yesterday. I'm planning to set / set up a new business, selling holidays abroad. If you Tun / run out of money, you may have to ask the bank for a loan. Many people leave their jobs to run / run out their own business. We sold / sold out 50 tickets for the dhow cruise tomorrow night. I wanted a ticket for the cruise, but they were sold / sold out. The market for luxury cruises is grOWil1g / growing up. Tom's children are growing / growing up. They are now 12and 14years old. It took 20 years to build / build up the business low a chain of supermarkets, It took six months to build / build up the new block for our regional offices.

What factors are important when setting up a regional office in a foreign country? Discuss the list below with a partner. RTA: Fundamental basic objective is to achieve the highest possible level of guaranteed health for all citizens of the world. In this sense, he understands health as a state of physical, mental and social wellbeing. Strengthen the different health systems in the world, and especially in the developing world. Make health occupy a privileged place in the health policies of the countries. Establish health strategies that respond to the diverse and changing needs of the countries. Mobilize more resources for the health sector in the countries of the undeveloped world. Improve measurement strategies and health data collection worldwide. An office abroad Now listen to Declan Murphy, who advises businesses on intemational expansiono Which of these topics does he mention? Economy Access to regional markets Inflation Cost of renting office space

Unemployment Labour costs Currency Taxation Prospects for growth Attitudes to foreign business Infrastructure COLLOCATIONS Match the words with a topic from the list above to make a positive factor. You can use some words more than once. Low: The economy is not good if strategies are not proposed. High: High levels of indexes will help maintain the company. Strong: A strong economy is what is needed. Weak: Poor minds make weak minds. Stable: A stable economy and inflation to be able to maintain its employees. Easy: Easy is the long way to success Positive: Everything good takes time to arrive. Good: If inflation drives the economy, it is a very good thing for companies. FUTURE PLANS AND INTENTIONS Study the examples and complete the rules below with me correct future form.  Giorgio Armani is going to open a hotel in the Burj Dubai.  Many of the big investment banks are going to set up their offices in Dubai's financial center.  A new train service to the city center is starting next month.  We’re meeting with the export manager al 3pm tomorrow,  Thanks for your report - 1'11 read it this afternoon.  We’ll ley 10 leave early so we can be sure 10 get 10 the airport on time.