A. Fill in the gaps!

Executive summary

Introduction looked / labour / expand / compares / stable / skilled / local / incentives / grants / set up

Findings incentives / force / rate / strong / economy / businesses / high / exchange / skilled / weak / has /
rate
Conclusion / business / subsidiary / stable / incentives / offers
Recommendation

Introduction
The company is growing fast and, in order to ____expand____, we need to ____set up___ a new subsidiary in a region
that offers a ____stable____ economy, ____skilled_____ workers and – if possible – tax _____incentives____. We have
____looked______ at two possible regions: Country A and Country B. This report _____comapares_____ the two
regions with regard to their ____local_____ economy, ___labour____ force and government ____grants_____.
Findings
Country A has a stable _____economy_____. The inflation ___rate____is low (2.4 per cent), and the ____exchange___
rate for the local currency is _______. Country B, however, has a ___weak____ economy with ____high______
inflation (14 per cent and rising). The local currency ____has_____ devalued by 5 per cent in the last year.
Country A has a strong labour _____force________with a high number of _____skilled_____workers. Unemployment
is only 5 per cent. Country B has a high unemployment _____rate______(16 per cent), and not many of its workers are
skilled.
An advantage of Country B is that the government is offering low rates of tax to new ___________: only 8 per cent in
the first three years. In Country A, however, there are no tax _________, and the tax rate is 35 per cent for all
businesses.
Conclusion
The tax _____________ in Country B are attractive, but Country A ____________a much more _____________
economy to locate a new ______________.
Recommendation
We should set up our new ________________ in Country A.
Total marks: 27

Total marks: 27
VOCABULARY
A Choose the best words to complete the e-mail.
To: Allen

Subject: Yesterday’s meeting

Dear Allen,

I’m writing to apologise (1) (to / for) losing my temper at the meeting yesterday. I know we
don’t agree (2) (for / on) a lot of important decisions at the moment. It can be very difficult to
talk (3) (about / to) them without arguing (4) (with / for) each other. At the next meeting,
I’m going to report (5) (to / on) the progress we’ve made so far. At that time, I hope we can have a
constructive discussion.

With apologies again,

Orlando

ACADEMIA DE STUDII ECONOMICE DIN MOLDOVA

FACULTATEA “BUSINESS ȘI ADMINISTRAREA

AFACERILOR”

PORTOFOLIU
La Limba Străină de Afaceri (Engleză)
 Realizat de: Sîrbu Diana
gr.BA-162
Profesor: Hîrbu Stela

Chișinău, 2017