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Speaking  4   Work n pairs. Either a) Explain  what  your o b is and  what  y o u do. Or  b)  Imagine
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                               you  work  on the onstruction site in 1. Explain  what  your ob is and  what  y o u do.
                               I'm  a  ...  I  work  for  ...  My  company  ...  I'm  responsible  for  ...
                 Listening  5          Two  reporters  are isiting  Martin  Karp  from  Karp  Construction.  Listen
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                               to heir onversation.  What  do the eporters  want?
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                               Listen again and omplete  these  sentences.
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                               1  Karp  Construction is the
                                  Martin  Karp  is the
                                  Sabina  Tom is the
                                  Kasper  Karp  owns
                                  Mr  Lang  represents  the
                                  Anna  Black  works  for h e .
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                                  Robert  Lane is
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           Present simple and present  continuous
            We use the present simple to talk about routines and things  / control  access  to the  site.
            that are permanent or happen all the time.     She  works  for  the cement  supplier.
            We use the present continuous to talk about things that   We're  visiting  the  site.
            take place at the time of speaking and are not permanent.   He's  walking  through  the  gate.
            We use adverbs of frequency  (e.g.  always,  usually, often,   We usually  have  about  100 people  on  site.
            sometimes,  never)  with the present simple to describe how   Sometimes  we  work  in a  consortium.
            often somebody does something or how often something
            happens.


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                            7  Martin's assistant  is giving  more nformation  about  people's roles  o n site.
                               Choose he orrect  verb  forms  to omplete  this text.
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                               '  ... So, as  Martin  said, we (1)  have  / are  having  around  100 people  on site
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                               every day. Today, most  people (2)  work  / are  working  on he basic  structure
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                               of the uilding. he people in green jackets  over  there  are concrete  finishers
                               from  DKI Cement,  the cement  supplier.  On his project,  they (3)  supervise  /  are
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                               supervising  the  unskilled labourers,  w h o are all local  people. Of course,  there
                               are  always  a lot of heavy  equipment  operators.  They (4)  handle  / are  handling
                               the cranes,  the cement  mixers, he cement  pumps, and so  on. The  drivers
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                               (5)  bring  / are  bringing  in fresh  loads  of cement  several  times  a day. Over  there,
                               a couple  of painters  (6)  paint  / are  painting  the staircase,  and he  electricians
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                               (7)  repair  / are  repairing  one of he  generators.'
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                  Speaking  8  Work n small groups  to discuss  these  questions.
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                                1  What's  the difference  between  a general  contractor and a  subcontractor?
                               2  What's  a  consortium?
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                               3  What  suppliers  are ypical  on a onstruction  site?
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                               4  In udio  script  2 on page 70, Martin  Karp  says,  'We co-ordinate  all the
                                  subcontractors  and make  sure things stay on schedule  and stay  within
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                                  budget.'  What  do the expressions  in old  mean?





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