Business Spotlight Plus – Nr.6 2019

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B. Did you two really make that
yourselves?
C. He’s definitely been fired —
he told me so himself.
D. That’s very kind of you, but we’d
rather do it ourselves.
E. The job itself is OK, but I don’t
get on with my boss.
F. If you don’t want that last piece
of cake, I’ll eat it myself.

3. Idiomatically speaking
A –5; B –1; C –4; D –2; E –3
4. First person plural
A. ourselves
B. each other
C. ourselves
D. each other
E. each other
F. ourselves
G. each other
H. us

LAND & LEUTE (p. 14)
China

1. China facts
A –1; B –2; C –2; D –2 (after Russia,
Canada and the USA); E –1; F –2
2. Chinese business culture
A. True
B. False. Receive the card with both
hands.
C. False. Clocks and watches are
not given as gifts, as the phrase
“give a clock” in Chinese sounds
like the phrase “attend a funeral”.
D. True. Unless the giver suggests
you open it.
E. True. This is seen as good man-
ners.
F. False. In Chinese, the surname is
the first name. So, he should be
addressed as “Mr Wang”.
G. False. It simply shows they are
listening and understand.
H. True. So make sure you do the
same.

HÖRVERSTÄNDNIS (p. 15)
Great expectations

1. Three questions
A –2; B –2; C –2 (Reasons for expecta-
tions: yearly advancement in school
and being used to getting frequent
feedback)
2. True or false?
A. True
B. False. She says that parents, teach-
ers and authority figures have
told this generation to go for it.

C. True

3. A good summary
B is the best summary.
Transcript:
Great expectations
Generation Z is in a hurry. Young
people in their late teens and early
20s are radically changing the work-
place. For many of them, this means
asking for promotions after only a
year on the job.
“This generation has been given
permission by their parents and
teachers and other authority figures
to just go for it,” author Julie Jansen
told The Wall Street Journal. “Go for the
gold, ask for whatever you want.”
According to a survey by InsideOut
Development, a coaching company,
over 75 percent of Gen Z members
believe they should be promoted in
their first year. Career coach Jill Tipo-
graph says yearly advancement in
school is one reason for these expec-
tations. They are also used to getting
frequent feedback, Tipograph says,
which they do not find in many firms.
Recruiter Alex Klein advises young
employees to be realistic. “I want to
hire people who want to grow,” Klein
says. “But you also need to leave the
employer with the impression that
you want to earn it.”
LESEN & VERSTEHEN (pp. 16–17)
“It is not what is done, but who
does it and how they do it”
1. Match the expressions
A –4; B –6; C –1; D –2; E –3; F –5
2. True or false?
A. False. They want to keep that
knowledge from you. (lines 3–4)
B. True (lines 13–14)
C. False. Their theories can be
myths. (lines 24–25)
D. True. It’s not what is done, but
who does it that counts. (lines
29–31)
E. False. But they could be a magic
marksman who gets the job
done. (lines 34–36)
3. Key words
A. distinguish = unterscheiden
B. versus
C. predictor = Prädiktor,
Prognosefaktor
D. novelty = Neuheit; hier: etw. Neues
E. ritual
F. charm

WORTSCHATZ (pp. 18–19)

Corporate finance

1. Useful expressions
A –4; B –7; C –6; D –1; E –2; F –3; G –5
2. Know your idioms
A. bootstrap (bootstrap (a busi-
ness) = (ein Unternehmen) ohne
Fremdkapital mit möglichst geringen
finanziellen Mitteln gründen)
B. unicorn = Einhorn (junges Unter-
nehmen mit einem Marktwert von
über einer Milliarde US-Dollar)
C. strapped (sb. is strapped for cash
ifml. = jmdm. fehlt das Geld)
D. cook (cook the books ifml.
= die Geschäftsbücher frisieren)
E. cruncher (number cruncher ifml.
= Zahlenfreak)
F. bill (clean bill of health
= Persilschein; hier: Unbedenklich-
keitsbescheinigung)
3. Know your expressions
A. expenditure (capital expendi-
ture = Investitionsaufwand)
B. asset (capital asset = Anlage-,
Wirtschaftsgut); tax (capital gains
tax = Kapitalertragsteuer)
C. seed (seed capital = Startkapital,
Anschubfinanzierung)
D. loan (loan capital = Fremd-,
Anleihekapital)
E. working (working capital
= Betriebs-, Umlaufkapital)
F. dilution (capital dilution
= Kapitalverwässerung)
4. In English, please!
A. This year, we were able to win
additional/more key accounts in
the US.
B. Surprisingly, the company
reported a loss in the annual/
year-end accounts.
C. Have you heard his account of
the events yet?
D. Why didn’t you check the costs
one more time? The report
contains two bad mistakes.
(Other translations are possible.)
TEST (pp. 20–21)
What have you learned?
1 – C; 2 –A; 3 – C; 4 –B; 5 –A; 6 –B; 7 –B;
8 – C; 9 –A; 10 – C; 11 –A; 12 – C; 13 –B;
14 –A; 15 – C; 16 –A; 17 – C; 18 –B;
19 – C; 20 –A