Business English Videos: Citibank - Is it too big to manage?

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Citibank - Is it too big to manage? 04-02-2011

Nivel: Intermedio (B1) e Intermedio-alto (B2)

Vea el video y conteste a las preguntas. Se trata de una entrevista que el periodista Charlie Rose hizo en 2008 al consejero delegado de Citibank (CEO) al respecto de la crisis financiera de 2007 y al rescate financiero de Citibank en noviembre 2008 por parte del gobierno de EEUU.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkZ77Dqk-Z4


Listening Questions

1. Is Citibank too big to manage?

2. What’s unique about Citi according to Vikram?

3. In how many countries does Vikram say that Citi operates?

4. How many businesses does Vikram say that Citi has sold?

5. What does Vikram say that is Citi’s core purpose?

6. What does a bank do according to Vikram?

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Answers

1. No

2. We bring our clients to the world and we bring the world to our clients.

3. 109 countries

4. 18 businesses

5. Is to be a bank.

6. A bank helps people save, loans people who need it and takes deposits and puts them to work.

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Christopher Wright

The Practice Office

Una inmersión trabajando en inglés en España.

http://www.thepracticeoffice.com/

Business English Videos: Luxury Brands Look To Asia

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Luxury Brands look to Asia 21-01-2010

Nivel: Intermedio-alto (B2) y Avanzado (C1)

Vea el video y conteste las preguntas. El reportaje trata sobre las marcas de moda de lujo más internacionales e interesadas más que nunca en el mercado Asiático y sobre todo en China.

Listening Questions

1. What is a first for Louis Vuitton´s advertising campaigns? (0:20)

2. Who is Rupert Sanderson´s newest design specifically tailored to (customised) ? (0:28)

3. How long has Barney Cheung been designing for? (0:53)

4. Where is Barney Cheung based? (1:04)

5. How much is 50,000 Hong Kong? (1:12)

6. What do Chinese, Malaysian and Indonesians and Japanese clients like? (1:52)

7. When the designer first went to Paris to buy fabrics why didn’t the fabric suppliers let him into their stalls? (1:52)

8. Why is it good to be Chinese now? (2:41)

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Answers:

1. To feature an Asian model in their advertising campaigns.

2. Asian feet

3. 18 years.

4. Hong Kong

5. $6000 (US Dollars).

6. Chinese like Lace, Malaysian and Indonesians like handiwork and Japanese like very understated things.

7. The fabric suppliers thought the Chinese would copy their designs.

8. Suppliers now fly to visit him in Hong Kong and all eyes are on Asia.

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Christopher Wright

The Practice Office

Una inmersión trabajando en inglés en España.

www.thepracticeoffice.com