Prime Time 5/6, Language in Use, Arbeitsheft

2 Language in use: Outsourcing the news You are going to read a text about outsourcing. In most lines of the text there is a word that should not be there. Write that word in the space provided after each line. Some lines are correct. Indicate these lines with a tick ( ü ). There are three examples at the beginning. In an office in central of Bangalore, dozens of employees are arriving to of 0 work on the night line shift. They are journalists employed by the world’s line 00 biggest news agency, Reuters. Their job is to cover US financial news. ü 000 And they are working at overnight so that they can report company news Q1 live as it happens on the NewYork Stock Exchange – from India. But why Q2 in the world is Reuters covering overWall Street from Bangalore? In a Q3 word: salaries. These are Indian financial journalists can be employed by Q4 Reuters for a fraction of the cost balance of employing a journalist at Q5 their NewYork office. Such a system has only recently become feasible – Q6 as a result of the internet. Most of US companies now put out their press Q7 releases on the internet, and they all pretty use financial PR firms to Q8 release their profit figures just as the stock market all opens. So Reuters Q9 journalists in Bangalore can access the same basic information – in the Q10 same time frame – as their colleagues in NewYork though. And the Q11 reduced cost of telecommunication means that the news is written Q12 in Bangalore can be sent around whole the world as quickly as Q13 the news written in NewYork – of key importance for a wire service, Q14 which mistakably depends on speed for its competitive advantage. Q15 Reuters’ Bangalore operation is only one example of a broader trend in Q16 outsourcing by media organisations. Q17 3 Outsourcing vocabulary Put the letters into the correct order and use the words in the sentences on the right. 1. T E E X R N A L: Mr Benning said that using an external provider was out of the question. 2. O R N U T U S C O I G: According to this article here is growing by 20%– 25% per year. 3. T I V E S A C I T I: Companies outsource tasks to concentrate on their core . 4. A L T T E N: We are working hard to build up a pool of suitable candidates. 5. F S T A F I N G: She argued that the shift to outsourcing would help cut costs. 6. W E R L O I N G: The decision to outsource is often made in the interest of costs. 7. E L O D E V P I N G: One of the benefits of outsourcing is the reduction of labour costs in countries. 8. P E C O M T E: Outsourcing allows companies to develop competitive strategies that will help them in the global marketplace. 9. A L Q U I T Y: Opponents of outsourcing claim that the of a service is usually worse when it is outsourced. 10. P L O U N E M Y E D: One criticism of outsourcing is that many people in developed countries become when their jobs are moved abroad. 54 Globalisation 18 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv