1. Competition
Business English
Week 13
Professor Hayashi

2. Our Last Chapter 
• Review
• Vocab
• Language Review
• Case Study

3. Review – Ethics / Leadership
 Fill-in-the blanks
1)LG’s latest cell phone looks suspiciously similar to
Samsung’s. We suspect _________________.
2)We had to sign a ____________________________
stating that we could not disclose any of the
company’s business plan.
3)The pharmaceutical company offered ________ to
doctors for prescribing a certain medication.
4)The opposite of diffident is _____________.
5)The opposite of principled is _____________.
industrial espionage
confidentiality agreement
bribes
assertive
ruthless

4. Review – Ethics / Leadership
 Which tense is normally used for:
1)events in the story
2)setting the scene and providing
background information
3)saying what the present results of
the story are
1)events which happen before the
story begins
*** Past Simple
*** Past Continuous
*** Present Perfect
*** Past Perfect

5. Review – Ethics / Leadership
• Tell a story about an unusual or
memorable experience while you were
travelling
• Be sure to use Past Simple, Past
Continuous, Past Perfect, Present Perfect

6. Review
• What is the difference between a defining
and non-defining clause?
-- Defining clauses provide essential information
e.g. A counterfeiter is a person who copies
goods in order to trick people
-- Non-defining clauses provide extra information that
is separated by commas.
e.g. Alberto Talton, who was a famous
counterfeiter, produced over $7 million USD in
fake currency.

7. Review
• Call out expressions from the useful
language on giving a presentation!
Remember the subheadings:
- welcoming the audience
- structuring a presentation
- inviting questions
- giving background information
- referring to the audience’s knowledge
- referring to visuals
- concluding
- ending

8. Are you competitive?
• In partners, take turns asking the
questions on page 112 to see how
competitive you are

9. Vocabulary – Pg. 113
Exercise A, B, C, D
Exercise A/B:
1.field – a
2.seat – h
3.neck – c
4.horse – e
5.player – j
6.goalposts - g
7.ball – f
8.game – b
9.race – d
10.ropes - i
Exercise C:
1.playing field
2.a one horse race
3.flogging a dead horse
4.in the driving seat/ahead of the
game
5.neck and neck
6.major players

10. McDonald’s vs. Starbucks
• Read the article on pg. 114 in pairs and do
exercise C, D, E, F, G
Exercise C
1.M
2.S
3.S
4.M
5.S
6.S
7.M
8.M
9.M
Exercise D
1.up
2.by
3.out to
4.on
5.on
Exercise E
a)lose out to
b)take on
c)focus on
d)replace (by)
e)stir up
Exercise F
1.c
2.a
3.b
4.e (a loan)
5.d
Exercise G
1.take on
2.taken over
3.taken aback
4.take out
5.take off

11. Language Review – Pg. 116
• Exercise A
A:
1. Correct
2. contest depended on
3. was shot
4. Correct
5. depending on
6. Correct
7. Correct
8. Correct
9. may occur after
10.Correct
11.Correct
12.audience consists
largely

12. Homework!
• Do a 1 page review sheet of 1 unit from
Cultures~Competition
• Exchange review sheets in a study group
and post your photo to Facebook for a
bonus participation point!