Prime Time 5/6, Language in Use, Arbeitsheft

b) Match the expressions you have highlighted in the text on page 52 with the definitions given below. 1. to lay off sb. O A office job which generally does not involve manual labour or the wearing of work clothes 2. from boom to bust B action of buying and selling goods and services 3. trade C amount of wages and salaries paid by a company to its employees 4. industrial revolution D companies that produce services rather than physical products 5. economic superpower E in or to a foreign country, especially one across the sea 6. information technology F from increasing to decreasing 7. post-war years G (sub)contracting of activities to free up money, personnel and time 8. multinational company H years after a war (especially World War II) 9. overseas I very powerful and influential nation in economy 10. outsourcing J enterprise operating in several countries but managed from one (home) country 11. services sector K process of sending bills for payment 12. payroll L positive change in the level of production of goods and services by a country 13. billing M rapid development of industry in Britain in the late 18 th and 19 th centuries 14. white collar job N use of computers and telecommunications for storing, retrieving, and sending information 15. economic growth O / to discharge an employee c) Recreate sentences from the article by taking one part from box A and one part from box B. Then check with the text. A B • transforming regions • Britain grew rich in the 19 th century • rapid spread of information technology • business process outsourcing • poll by Deloitte in November 2006 • global regulation • everything from payroll to billing to IT support • first global economic superpower • from boom to bust • good or bad for world economic growth and equality • the way companies organise production • worries about outsourcing of white collar jobs in the UK 1. Globalisation is transforming regions like Detroit from boom to bust. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 53 18 Globalisation Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv