Conversation One
19.[A]The benefits of strong business competition.
[B]A proposal to lower the cost 0f production.
[c]Complaints about the expense of modernization.
[D]_Suggestions concerning new business strategies.
20.[A]It cost much more than its worth.
[B]It should be brought up-to-date.
[c]It calls for immediate repairs.
[D]It can still be used for a long time.
21.[A]The personnel manager should be fired for inefficiency.
[B]A few engineers should be employed to modernize the factory.
[c]The entire staff should be retrained.
[D]Better-educated employees should be promoted.
22.[A]Their competitors have long been advertising on TV.
[B]TV commercials are less expensive.
[c]Advertising in newspapers alone is not sufficient.
[D]TV commercials attract more investments.
W:Hello,Gary.How"re You?
M:Fine!And yourself?
W:Can"t complain.Did you have time tO look at my proposal?
M:No,not really.Can we gO over it now?
W:Sure.I"ve been trying to come up with some new production and advertging strategies.First of all,if we want to stay competitive,we need tO modernize our factory.New equipment should"ve been installed long ago.
M:How much will that cost?
W:We have several options ranging from one hundred thousand dollars all the way up to half a million.
M:OK.We"ll have to discuss these costs with finance.
W:We should also consider human resources.I"ve been talking to personnel as well as our staff at the factory.
M:And what"s the picture?
W:We"ll probably have to hire a couple Of engineers tO help us modernize the factory.
M:What about advertising?
W:Marketing has some interesting ideas for television commercials.
M:TV?Isn"t that a bit too expensive for us?What"s wrong with advertising in the papers,as usual?
W:Quite frankly,it"s ju
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