Practice Listening Business English Exercises for A2 – Green solutions

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A. Listen to a radio interview with Kyra Sharma, an expert in public transport. Why has she written her book?
1)
to present technological solutions to transport problems
2)
to suggest why cities need good public transport systems
3)
to say that governments should spend more on road building
B. Listen again and complete the information on the back cover of Kyra Sharma’s book. Use one to three words in each gap.
TRAVEL CHAOS
KYRA SHARMA
Kyra Sharma is a university lecturer and (1) ) in public transport.
This book shows
• why the (2) ) is the worst way to travel in cities and the least efficient use of 3 .
• how congestion on (4) ) causes serious air pollution and (5) ) problems.
In Travel Chaos, Sharma studies the transport solutions that (6) ) could give but says that these better ways to travel and power our vehicles are (7) ) .
Dr Sharma wants governments to (8) ) on public transport and gives examples from developed Asian countries such as Hong Kong, Korea and Singapore.
The book also looks at ways European cities are using (9) ) in public transport and promoting walking and cycling.
Dr Sharma believes our cities need solutions that offer a good (10) ) to the people living and working in them.

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A. Elena and Ted have just given a presentation to colleagues. The company they work for is moving to a new site. Listen to the first part of the Q&A session and match the names (1–3) with the topic(s) (a–d).
1)
Steve
2)
Keira
3)
Ben
a)
travel to other sites
b)
a place to hold meetings
c)
the timing of the move
d)
some staff moving to the temporary office
B. Listen again and decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F). In pairs, correct the false statements.
1)
Staff will no longer have their own office.
2)
There will be one meeting room on every second floor at the new site.
3)
Most of the staff will move to the new site in May.
4)
Staff will have to take a thirty-minute bus trip to reach the temporary site.
5)
Ben will not be moving to the temporary site.

C. Listen to the next part of the Q&A session and answer the questions.

1 How does Jen feel about the move to the new site?

2 What is she worried about the most?

3 How does Elena manage Jen’s question?

4 Why do staff members need storage space?

5 What does Jen want to do?

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A. Listen to Patricia, the Facilities Manager, and her team discussing ideas for the G.O project. Put the things in the order they are mentioned.
B. What three options do they want to find out more about?
C. Listen again and complete the notes. Use one to three words in each gap.
REDUCING ENERGY COSTS
• LED lights in new building:
– motion sensors switch the (1) ) on and off in (2) ), corridors, storerooms, the stairs and in the (3) )
• Costs from computer servers:
– electricity to run the (4) )
– cooling and ventilation to keep the server room at the (5) )
Possible solution: Use a cloud computing service
REDUCING WASTE
• Employees are using too much paper – the current printers are old and the (6) ) is terrible. They also use a lot of toner.
Possible solution: New multifunctional printers.
• Waste levels currently two kilos per person per day.
Possible solution: More recycling
Reducing waste is important for company’s (7) ) and (8) )

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1)
You will hear eight short recordings twice. For questions 1–8 choose the correct answer.
1)
What is the company going to do to help the environment?
a)
reduce air pollution
b)
recycle paper in the offices
c)
use less water
2)
What is the best way to travel around the city?
3)
What advice does the woman give her colleague?
a)
Go to bed early.
b)
Prepare well for the presentation.
c)
Check the presentation slides.
4)
How has the council made the city greener?
a)
by introducing more cycle lanes
b)
by introducing car sharing
c)
by introducing electric buses
5)
What does the man need to improve?
a)
his relationship with colleagues
b)
his management skills
c)
his admin skills
6)
What does the woman do at the end of the meeting?
a)
invite questions
b)
thank everybody
c)
check understanding
7)
What is the company going to do with its product?
a)
use less plastic packaging
b)
make it from recycled materials
c)
reduce waste by improving how it’s produced
8)
What kind of energy is the company going to start using?

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2)
Look at the notes from the management meeting from Coolaids Ltd. Some information is missing. Listen to the Managing Director’s update to the heads of department and complete the meeting notes with one or two words.
MD messages:
Overall, very happy with efforts to find (1) ) .
Departments need to offer staff more (2) ) .
The majority of staff travel to work by (3) ) .
Need to research giving staff (4) ) .
Sales this year are (5) ) above the yearly average.
There will be (6) ) adverts next month.
The summer party will be in August at (7) ) .

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