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PART IV. CULTURAL ENVIRONMENTS FACING BUSINESS
Culture is the way we do things around here. The “here” may be a country, a region, a social class, a company.
UNIT I 1. Study the following.
Adjectives for countries and nationalities.
There are three ways to form adjectives of nationality and names of the inhabitants of the country: 1. Spain: That man is Spanish; he is a Spaniard. 2. France: That man is French; he is a Frenchman. 3. Germany: That man is German; he is an German. The most common suffixes for nationalities and the adjectives from countries are:
If you want to talk about the people of a country, you add the to make the plural: “I like the English / the French / the Portuguese.” Words with endings -an, -ian, -ean make the plural adding an s: the Americans / Italians / Koreans. Words ending in -ese don’t add an s in plural forms: the Lebanese / Japanese. If the national adjective ends in -sh, you add man or woman when you talk about one particular person: “I’m an Englishman / Frenchman / Dutchman”. Some countries have a special word for their inhabitants: Sweden – a Swede, Spain – a Spaniard, Denmark – a Dane, Finland – a Finn. All these add an s to make the plural: the Swedes, Spaniards, Danes, Finns. The name for an inhabitant in Britain is usually avoided and the adjective is used instead: “I’m British”. However, you sometimes hear the words Britisher or Briton.
2. What are the adjectives from these countries?
3. What nationality are most people living in the following countries?
4. Each of the sentences has a nationality word missing. Add the missing words.
1. He is from Copenhagen, so I guess he speaks … . 2. They live in Austria, so they speak … . 3. He is from New Zealand, so he is … . 4. If he comes from Cairo, he must be … . 5. If she lives in Paris, she must be … . 6. If they live in Brussels, my guess is that they’re … . 7. If he lives in Warsaw, I expect he’s … . 8. If she comes from Rome, she’s … , I suppose. 9. They live in Vienna, so they are … , I guess. 10. He works in Tokyo, so I presume he’s … . 11. As she’s from Budapest, I presume she’s … . 12. His home town is Sidney; he is …, my guess. 13. If he comes from Toronto, he probably speaks … . 14. If they live in San Paulo, they’re probably … . 15. As they live in Athens, I think they’re … . 16. He lives in Beijing, so presumably he’s … . 17. If she is from Bangkok, she must be … . 18. Her home town is Amsterdam, so I guess she’s … . 19. Their head office is in Madrid: they are a … firm. 20. If they work in Kuala Lumpur, I expect they’re … . 21. He has a house in Istanbul, so he must be … . 22. If they come from Edinburgh, they’re both … . 23. If he is from Lima, I suppose he’s … . 24. She lives in Buenos Aires, she is … . 25. The headquarters of the company are in Munich, so they are a … company.
5. ABC group is an international operation. Choose the correct expressions to describe its different locations.
We have operations in:
6. Match the words from each list below to make as many sentences as you can. You will have to transform the names of the countries into adjectives of nationality.
7. Give English equivalents of.
ßïîíèÿ, Èòàëèÿ, êîðååö, äàòñêèé, Âåíãðèÿ, øâåäû, ïîëÿê, êàíàäñêèé, òàéöû, âüåòíàìñêèé, ãðåê, òóð÷àíêà, ×åõèÿ, Ëèòâà, íîðâåæåö, ÷åõ, óýëüñêèé, Øâåéöàðèÿ, ôèííû, ïåðóàíåö, èñïàíöû, ôðàíöóæåíêè, àâñòðàëèéêè, Ëèâàí, èçðàèëüñêèé, èñëàíäåö, åãèïòÿíèí, Øâåöèÿ, áîëãàðñêèé, æèòåëü Ëþêñåìáóðãà, àðãåíòèíåö, ãîëëàíäñêèé, âåíãð, ìàðîêêàíåö, ×èëè, Áåëüãèÿ, Òóðöèÿ, øâåéöàðñêèé, Áðàçèëèÿ, ñóäàíåö, Òóíèñ, Àëæèð, øâåäñêèé, ìàëüòèåö, èíäååö, êóâåéòñêèé, èíäèåö, ïîðòóãàëüñêèé, Íèäåðëàíäû, ÿïîíñêèé, èòàëüÿíñêèé.
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