Work in pairs and each take one of the roles in a telephone conversation. Read your card and prepare what you are going to say. When you are ready, Student B begins

Student A You are a financial adviser. One of your client telephones you. Take the client’s account number and then give some advice. The client owns shares in the following companies: 1) AT Engineering. This group is performing very well and is probably worth investing in further. It has recently received a very large new contract in a new market. 2) Inteco Company. This company will soon get a new chief executive who may want to make big changes. You are not sure if this will have a good or bad effect on the share price, so it is probably best to wait and see what happens.

Student B You own shares in these two companies: AT Engineering and Inteco Company. Your account number is 0994758367. You are worried about Inteco as there are stories in the news about changes to the board of directors. You think this may affect the share price. Should you sell the shares? You are also thinking of investing another sum of money. Telephone your financial adviser for advice.

Listening: Interview with the founder of an Internet business consultancy

(Market Leader, Upper Intermediate Business English CB by D. Cotton, Unit 9)

Writing

Part 1

A. Choose three companies from different sectors that interest you (entertainment, technology, telecommunications, food, cosmetics, transportation, etc.) and fill in the information that you obtain from your research. Then, based on your research, write a report analyzing these companies and graph their stock prices for the past six months.

Company Name:______ Symbol:_____________ History:_____________ Management:________ Products:____________ Income Analysis:______