The questions provide different reasons for listening -listening for specific factsH for gist, to understand the speaker's attitude, etc. - and together they require a variety of listening skills to be used | PERSONALLY SPEAKING 8 b The passive often with an introductory It structure is useful if you want to avoid mentioning the source of a piece of information especially if it is confidential. Read these notes made by a business journalist. Then use the information to write eight sentences about the situation at ABC Electronics using appropriate verbs from the list in passive constructions. judge say believe feel think claim report rumour Examples It is believed that the company is about to go bankrupt. The Director of Finance is felt to be responsible. VmVVVVVi Trouble at ABC Electronics I spoke to some of the staff today off the record and made a note of their feelings. Most of them are convinced the company is about to go bankrupt. They feel the Director of Finance is responsible. Apparently despite the company s poor financial position she has just bought a private jet for the directors to use on foreign trips. And amazingly the directors have just received a 507 pay rise. One of the workers told me that a big overseas contract has fallen through. It seems that the clients decided the price of spare parts was too expensive. I heard that another important client has cancelled his contract in the last few days. The latest gossip here is that a strike Is imminent at the main factory and tax inspectors are investigating the company s accoun Focus on Speaking Selecting and Ranking Paper 5 Part 3 Work with a partner. For each of the jobs below choose six key skills or personal characteristics and put them in order of importance 1-6 1 most important . Flight attendant The right qualities for the job good general education good communication and interpersonal skills sense of humour patience initiative self-motivation stamina attractive appearance good clothes sense ability to speak at least one foreign language ability to work under pressure ability to work as part of a team leadership qualities TV reporter Useful Language See Suggesting an opinion agreeing and disagreeing
