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Susan: Jan, are you doing anything special now? If not, what about a short interview?
Jan: Fine. I am not doing any more work today, so let’s talk.
Susan: Well, Jan, you’ve finished, but with all that bad weather, you’re badly behind schedule. Does
that often happen?
Jan: No, it doesn’t happen very much, at least, not his badly, thank goodness. But, of course,
things don’t usually go exactly to plan, and something often goes a bit wrong. So, I always add a
little extra time to the schedule.
Jan: No, and of course, I am thinking about the next step now. I have to get back on schedule
with other projects as well.
Jan: Yes, we are leaving early in the morning. And we are starting work on editing in the
afternoon.
Jan: No, I don’t usually do much of the editing work these days. My assistant, Lucas is very good.
He generally does most of that part of our work.
Jan: Several! And I am going to a lunchtime meeting tomorrow to discuss the most important
one. It’s going to be a series of programs about food around the world.
Currently Vanessa Ramirez is working as the food and restaurant journalist for the International
Times. Vanessa comes from Mexico but moved to the United States in 1988, where she studied
journalism. She has lived in Los Angeles since 1994 and has worked on several newspapers at
different times. Vanessa married the chef, Claude Blanc, three years ago. He owns two restaurants
already and is opening his third next month. Vanessa knows the world of international food and
drinks very well and has built up good contact with many people in the industry. unfortunately, she
doesn’t like traveling very much. She researched a cooking program for local TV last year. Now she is
looking for new opportunities and wants to do more consultancy work for TV.
Did you have any problems finding us? How do you do?
I’m Lucy Lang, Mr. Herbert’s assistant. You must be Ms. Philips.
Would you mind very much… I’m not sure that I want to do that.
May: Right, the next thing. Could you pick up your ticket and travel money from my assistant
Magda?
Sarah: Yes, I’ll do that right after this meeting. Oh, and by the way, Shall I take anything out to
Guatemala for you, letters, for example?
Sarah: Fine.
May: And now, I’ve got something else to ask. Would you mind very much changing your role and
becoming our part-time administration officer out there?
Sarah: This is a surprise! Mmm… I’m not sure that I want to do that.
May: Please think about it. You see, our previous administrator has had to return to Canada
suddenly, and we need someone with management experience to do the job, and you would be
ideal!
Sarah: Well, all right, I’ll try it for a while, but I still want to dig! OK?
Since 1997 three multi-airline alliances have developed . The smallest alliance in terms of number of airlines is
Oneworld with 11 airlines. This alliance links national giants American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific and
Qantas. Next, with 13 airlines, is SkyTeam which links Delta, with AirFrance/KLM, Korean Air and Aero Mexico,
amongst others. Finally with 23 airlines there is Star Alliance which includes United Airlines, Lufthansa, ANA of Japan
and Air New Zealand. All of them claim that their alliance offer travelers with better services including more staff,
greater rewards, easier check-in and smoother transfers. ‘All of the alliances allow the business traveler to move
through the world more easily and more efficiently’ says Nathan Harvey, an Airline industry writer. ‘Thanks to better
connections and shared services the airlines are able to provide more departure times and cheaper fares’.
C/Shorten the advertisement by changing the underlined phrases for single words from the box:
Data-Flash is looking for a person who (1)loves his/her work and is (2) full of new ideas in order to head our new
operation in the Baltic region. As this part of the world is changing rapidly, this person must be (3) happy and able to
change plans quickly when necessary and will also be (4) good at dealing with people without making them angry.
Our future Director will be (5) someone who we can fully trust and will also be very (6) certain of his/her ability to
succeed due to an excellent record of success in international management.