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[5:56] Cambridge Business English (Beginner) Unit 1A: Detailed Guide to Job Positions and Responsibilities

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This article organizes the listening content of 'Cambridge Business English (Beginner) Unit 1A'. It explains various job positions and responsibilities through authentic business conversations, covering IT, pharmaceuticals, food industries, and helps learners master natural workplace English expressions.

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Learning English is not only about mastering grammar and vocabulary, but more importantly, being able to use it naturally in real situations. However, textbook sentences are often too formal and far from expressions used in daily life. To speak authentic and natural English, you need exposure to dialogues in real contexts. Here, we have selected high-frequency daily English expressions covering social, work, travel, and other scenarios to help you break free from 'textbook English' and learn what native speakers really use. Below is the content of this issue of 'Cambridge Business English (Beginner) Unit 1A'. Consistent practice will make your English closer to real life!

Conversation 1: So are you from London then? Or just here for the meeting? No, I'm not from London, but my company has offices here. Ah, what kind of company is it? I work for an IT company. I'm a consultant.

Conversation 2: Where do you work? I work for a large pharmaceutical company. Uh-huh, and what do you do? I'm the head of the marketing department.

Conversation 3: So what kind of products do you sell? Well, anything that helps people make money. How do you mean? Financial services. Sell investment products.

Conversation 4: Tell me, does your consultancy work with big companies? No, we do the accounts for small and medium-sized companies. Ah, I see. Do you have clients in London? Some, but not many. Most of our clients are in Reading.

Conversation 5: So, you work in the food industry? Yes, I'm a factory manager. Oh, really? What do you make? We produce frozen food.

Conversation 6: What do you do? I'm a manager and personnel. What kind of company do you work for? We make packaging for fresh food.

Helen Marston: Hello, I'm Helen Marston. I work as a marketing manager for a large pharmaceuticals company. My department produces vaccines against hepatitis and so on. We normally sell our vaccines directly to doctors. One of my jobs is to discuss our new products. Marketing managers don't always do this, but as I'm a qualified doctor, I'm also responsible for our publicity material. I have to deal with designers and printers. My area is central Europe, so I have to deal with the health authorities in those countries. That means my job involves a lot of travelling. Finally, when we produce a new vaccine, it's my job to organise a conference for the medical press so that they can ask us questions about it.

Robin Ceton: Hello, I'm Robin Ceton. I work for a company called VacuPak. I'm responsible for employing most of the people in the company. I write the job advertisements and then choose which applicants I want to interview. Usually, I interview the applicants with the head of the department where the vacancy is. I then have to contact the applicants after the interview, both successful and unsuccessful ones. Another duty is dealing with employees' problems. Of course, many of them are work-related, but people sometimes come to discuss personal problems with me. My job also involves informing employees if the management isn't satisfied with their work, which isn't a pleasant part of the job.

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Listening Comprehension

consultant
noun
1. an expert who gives advice
e.g. an adviser helped students select their courses
the United States sent military advisors to Guatemala
Synonym: adviseradvisor
financial
adj
1. involving financial matters
e.g. fiscal responsibility
Synonym: fiscal
management
noun
1. the act of managing something
e.g. he was given overall management of the program
is the direction of the economy a function of government?
Synonym: direction
2. those in charge of running a business
personnel
noun
1. the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management
Synonym: personnel departmentpersonnel officestaff office
2. group of people willing to obey orders
e.g. a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens
Synonym: force
production
noun
1. (law) the act of exhibiting in a court of law
e.g. the appellate court demanded the production of all documents
2. the act or process of producing something
e.g. Shakespeare's production of poetry was enormous
the production of white blood cells
3. the creation of value or wealth by producing goods and services
4. (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale
e.g. he introduced more efficient methods of production
5. an artifact that has been created by someone or some process
e.g. they improve their product every year
they export most of their agricultural production
Synonym: product
6. a presentation for the stage or screen or radio or television
e.g. have you seen the new production of Hamlet?
7. a display that is exaggerated or unduly complicated
e.g. she tends to make a big production out of nothing
8. the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)
e.g. production was up in the second quarter
Synonym: outputyield
publicity
noun
1. the quality of being open to public view
e.g. the publicity of the court room
2. a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution
e.g. the packaging of new ideas
Synonym: promotionpromotional materialpackaging
pharmaceutical
noun
1. drug or medicine that is prepared or dispensed in pharmacies and used in medical treatment
Synonym: pharmaceutic
accounts
applicants