Unit 10 Company Performance

At the end of each financial year, most companies will release a report on company performance, i.e. how the business ran in the past year. This may include both quantifiable and unquantifiable information.

大部分公司在年终都会就其业绩，即上一年度的运营状况，发表年度报告。报告包括量化指标及非量化指标信息。

Contents

• Learning Objectives
• Part I Warm-up
• Part II Listening Practice
• New Words and Expressions
• Task 1
• You will hear a Production Manager talking about company inventory. Complete the labels on the pie chart. The first one has been done for you.
• Task 2
• New Words and Expressions
• Look at the following sales graphs and describe them. Try to use different expressions for the trends and changes represented in each graph.
• Listen to an automobile Sales Manager describing the sales performance of the Jeep V6. Fill in the blanks with what you hear, and decide which of the above graphs the manager is referring to.
• Part III Language Focus A
• Language Focus A
• Follow-up Practice
• New Words and Expressions
• Listen to an extract from the statement made by the Chairman of the China Southern Airlines Company Limited. Fill in the blanks with what you hear.
• Work in groups. Find one graph on newspapers or magazines. Bring it to the class and describe it to your group members.
• Part IV Video 1
• New Words and Expressions
• Previewing
• Read the short passage below and answer the following questions.
• Look at the following pictures to have a rough idea of the video.
• Viewing
• Watch the video. Try to match the items in Column A with the descriptions in Column B.
• Watch the video again. Focus your attention on the second half of the presentation and fill in the blanks with the numbers and percentages that you hear.
• Post-viewing
• Work in groups. Suppose you were a reporter from the local media, give a one-minute oral report summarising Mr. Suzuki's presentation. Note that the report should cover the most important information.
• Part V Language Focus B
• Language Focus B
• Follow-up Practice
• Work in pairs. Here is a line graph for the sales performance of a shoe company in financial years 2006 and 2007. Study the graph and describe it.
• Susan Brown, the Finance Manager of this shoe company is going to talk about the sales performance. Listen and compare it with your own description.
• Part VI Video 2
• New Words and Expressions
• Previewing
• Suppose you are the manager of a Chinese company preparing for an interview with a foreign reporter about the company's business performance, tick the items that you would like to cover in the interview.
• Look at the following pictures to have a rough idea of the video.
• Viewing
• Watch the video. Tick the items that Allen Zhou has mentioned in the interview.
• Watch the video again. Match the 4 charts with the corresponding titles in the box.
• Post-viewing
• Work in pairs. Here are 2 graphs. Graph 1 shows a company's sales over a 12-month period whereas Graph 2 is blank. Describe Graph 1 to your partner so that he / she can complete Graph 2 according to the information you supply. Then change your roles and repeat the exercise. Cover Graph 1 while completing Graph 2.
• Business Culture: Table Manners in the Western Countries
• Resources
• Business Profile
• Language Expansion
• Text Bank