Tham khảo tài liệu 'business options students book phần 7', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 14 Trade LANGUAGE WORK Pronunciation and stress Trade fairs Q Match the sound in bold of the words in the first column with one of the sounds in the other three columns. e-g. Austin force house loss answer loss 1 Birmingham ham home item 2 Chicago chip kit ship 3 Douglas enough though would 4 Greenwich seen when win 5 Heathrow- method smooth thus 6 Hugh bug dog few 7 Leicester best nicest waste 8 London alone done gone 9 Scarborough rough thorough through 10 Yorkshire fire mature pressure Listen to this British speaker saying the words and check your answers. Q Which word has a different stress from the other four words Underline where the stress falls. . Bangkok Dublin Iran Milan Japan answer Dublin 1 Arkansas Wisconsin Iowa Oregon Idaho 2 Athens Boston Madrid Moscow Paris 3 Brazil Cuba Iraq Peru Ukraine 4 Canterbury Edinburgh Geneva Lancaster Newcastle 5 Hawaii Kentucky Miami Missouri Michigan Read the passage about trade fairs and discuss the words in italics. 1 Have you or your company ever taken part in a trade fair 2 What would be the benefits of taking part in a trade fair As the world shrinks and industrialization spreads trade fairs have boomed. Indeed companies are often faced with a choice of dozens even hundreds of fairs in their sector and deciding where to exhibit can cause plenty of headaches. The size location duration and influence of the fair the presence of target customers competitors suppliers and other partners and of course the investment return ratio all have to be weighed up. Reasons for exhibiting range from breaking into new markets to keeping up with the industry s latest developments and of course checking out what the competition is up to. Fairs also offer a unique opportunity for producers to meet suppliers distributors and retailers while buyers can shop around and make comparisons all under one roof. Although trade fairs are designed for professionals some are open to the public as well offering the added advantage of direct .
