Making an Impact 13

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In Company Upper-intermediate - Second Edition Answer Key: Unit 13

Making an impact

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E 4

1 quoting a statistic 2 telling a joke 3 thanking people

4 quoting a famous person 5 telling an anecdote

6 making reference to a famous person

Ex 6

a Did you know that of the world’s one hundred iggest economies only 4! areactually countries"

#ne of my fa$ourite lawyer jokes is% this guy’s ha$ing a quiet drink in a arwhen a drunk starts shouting &

c '’d like to start off y thanking Dr (ensen) Dr *an and Dr +artine, for in$iting meto speak today-

d ' think it was *homas .dison who said% /' ha$e not failed- '’$e just found 10)000ways that don’t work-’

e ' was looking through the appointments pages the other day and came acrossthis unusual jo ad$ertisement-

f hene$er '’m asked aout *otal uality) ' think of the story of the mericansteel magnate) ndrew arnegie-

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Ex 3

1 words 2 sounds 3 opposites 4 threes 5 questions

6 points language

Ex 4

Extract 1

a ' do not shrink from this responsiility ' welcome it- contrast

' do not elie$e that any of us would e7change places with any other people or

any other generation- repetition (words), group of three

c *he energy) the faith) the de$otion) which we ring to this endea$our will lightour country and all who ser$e it- group of three, metaphor

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d nd so) my fellow mericans) ask not what your country can do for you askwhat you can do for your country- contrast, repetition (words), repetition(sounds)

Extract 2

a ' still ha$e a dream- 't is a dream deeply rooted in the merican dream-repetition (words), metaphor, repetition (sounds)

' ha$e a dream that one day on the red hills of 8eorgia the sons of former sla$esand the sons of former sla$e owners will e ale to sit down together at thetale of rotherhood- repetition (words), repetition (sounds), metaphor

c ' ha$e a dream that my four little children will one day li$e in a nation where theywill not e judged y the colour of their skin ut y the content of theircharacter- ' ha$e a dream today- contrast, repetition (sounds)

Extract 3

a hat are our chances of success" 't depends on what kind of people we are-rhetorical question

hat kind of people are we" e are the people that in the past made 8reat9ritain the workshop of the world--- rhetorical question, repetition (words),repetition (sounds)

c ---the people who persuaded others to uy 9ritish) not y egging them to doso) ut ecause it was est- contrast, repetition (sounds)

Extract 4

a e understand it still that there is no easy road to freedom- e know it well thatnone of us acting alone can achie$e success- metaphor, repetition (sounds)

:et each know that for each the ody) the mind and the soul ha$e een freed to

fulfil themsel$es- repetition (words), repetition (sounds), group of threec ;e$er) ne$er and ne$er again shall it e that this eautiful land will again

e7perience the oppression of one y another- repetition (words), group of three

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ex 5

a main prolem we’re < main prolem is

so < so < and < so

c faster < cheaper < easier to use < all < reliale

d if < ne$er < iggest < can < e the est

e is < more < are fighting < and fewer jos

f only are < now numer one

g market < company < outperformed < one < e$er

h once < thirty years of usiness < we e$er < single one

Ex 6

*he most important words usually come at the end of clauses and the most importantclause at the end of the sentence-

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Ex 8

the sum up = 4 the call to action = 3 the famous quotation = 1

the emergency stop = 2

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!A"#UA#E !I"KS

>ocaulary% +etaphor

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takeover battle war

ballpark figure sport

heated debate fire

economic recovery healthcash flow water

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a pouring b trickling c pooling d coming e growing f sowing

g idea h attack i fight j guns k victory l stakes

m odds n goalposts

8rammar% ?hetorical techniques

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a very b much c now d always e here f today

This is important, very important.

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a better b past c team d promotion e dynamism

f willing g simpler

a b b p c t d p e d f w g s

They are all lists of three

3b !f we don"t sei#e this opportunity$ someone else will

c Tackling a few minor problems now will save us a whole lot of major problems later

d %ome people are saying we can"t afford to advertise$ but ! say we can"t afford not to

e !"m not saying we"re certain to succeed& what ! am saying is we"ll never know until wetry

f Three years ago this company was going nowhere' today it"s number one in theindustry

4a !sn"t this what we need to be doing(

b %houldn"t we be learning from our mistakes(

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c )eep down$ don"t we all know this to be true(

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a advantages

b answer

c chances

d pointe problem

f result

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a is this company leaner$ it"s also greener

, must we panic

- have we done better than in .exico

) exhaustive tests will we be ready to launch

@hrase ank% #pening and closing a presentation

1 /ould you believe it(

2 0ow$ here"s a funny thing

3 et me take you on a journey

4 /ise words

* This is a true story$ by the way

+ !s anybody out there(

To cut a long story short h$ and one last thing5

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