The following is a simplified version of the Contents, showing the Topics and Language covered in each unit. The full version of the Contents Page in the Student's Book also includes the Vocabulary, Pronunciation, and Skills work covered in each unit; 1. Meeting People; Topics; Getting information; Describing jobs; Commuters; Personality profile ; Language; Introductions; Prepositions - jobs; Wh- question forms; Present Simple tense; How long does it take?; 2. Telephoning; Topics; Starting calls; Transferring information; eciding what to do; Requests; Language; Can / could / may I ... ?; Can / could / would you ... ?; INSTANT DECISIONS: I'LL ; 3. Companies; Topics; Company profiles; Facilities; Organizations; Current activities; Company strengths ; Language; Present Continuous and Present Simple tenses; Has got; It is / There is / There are; 4. Exchanging information; Topics; Description; Explaining what you need; Size and dimension; Sorting words ; Language; Adjectives; was and were; What was it like?; Dimensions; It weighs / costs ..; 5. Reporting; Topics; Company history; Saying when; Reporting on a trip; Complaints; Language; Past Simple tense; Prepositions with time; Question forms; 6. Socializing; Topics; Business lunches; Offers; Interests and routines; Chatting ; Language; some and any; Would you like ... ?; Expressions of frequency; Polite replies; 7. Meetings; Topics; Recommending action; Asking for opinions; Making suggestions; Justifying decisions; Problem solving ; Language; Should; Expressing opinions; Going to (future); Why don't we ... ? / Shall we ... ? / We could ... ; 8. Making arrangements; Topics; Dates; Timetables, plans, and arrangements; Making appointments; Invitations; Fixing a time ; Language; Present Simple and Present Continuous tenses (future); Would; 9. Describing trends; Topics; Rises and falls; Describing changes; Describing graphs; Giving reasons ; Language; Prepositions - finance; Verbs of change - rise, fall, etc; Adjectives and adverbs; Cause/effect connectors; 10. Progress updates; Topics; Giving news; Staff changes; Targets; Checking progress ; Language; Present Perfect Simple tense; Question forms; 11. Planning; Topics; Talking about quantity; Making predictions; Giving advice; Offering help; Conference planning ; Language; Countable and uncountable nouns with much and many; Future facts and predictions: Will / won't; Shall I ... ? ; You'd better (not) ... ; 12. Comparing information; Topics; Comparing sales figures; Comparing countries; Comparing companies ; Language; Comparatives and superlatives; -er / more than ..; as ... as; the -est / the most ..; 13. Business travel; Topics; Air travel; Rules and regulations; Future possibilities; Company policy; Social customs ; Language; Modals expressing obligation; Mustn'tr vs don't have to; Open conditionals; 14. Company visits; Topics; Achievements; Experience; Systems and processes ; Language; Present Perfect vs Past Simple; For and since, ever and never; Passive voice; Sequencers; 15. Tackling problems; Topics; Consequences; Hypothesizing; Problems; Solutions; Negotiating ; Language; would / might / could; Second conditional; Supposing ..
