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Chapter 9 Instructional Overview Communicative Skills and Functions Some strategic planning for purchasing Some strategic planning for financing of trade (cash flow, etc) Some ESP vocabulary for Economics (currency valuation, etc.) Simple discussion about money, currency and sums (dollars, yen, Euros, pesos, real, baht, rupees, yuan, etc.) Ask to exchange money into foreign currency Grammar Introduced Adjectives - position Determiners with countable and uncountable nouns (“some money,” “some dollars,” “much money,” “many dollars,” “much cash”) Quantifiers - usage of “some,” “any,” “a lot of,” “a few,” “much,” “many” Preposition “by” - method of transportation (“travel by taxi, by train”) Story for Chapter 9 Paula Zimmer, Purchasing Manager for Apple Falls Mill, meets with Gary Lane, the mill’s Chief Financial Officer, to plan for the upcoming order of pulp. The pulp should leave Brazil by May 1. They briefly discuss the timing and financing of the shipment. Paula asks about interest rates and the impact of a weak dollar. Gary needs to learn more about the cash flow forecast before making a decision about the terms of payment and whether they need a bank loan. Meanwhile, Marc Perec and Peter Schmidt arrive at Heathrow Airport in London. There they exchange Swiss francs for British pounds and proceed to take the airport train to Central London. From the Paddington Station they take a taxi to the main UGB branch on Lombard Street. Preview Transcript of Audio Text Welcome to Chapter 9. In the last chapter, Peter Schmidt and Jimmy Andoh appeared in television interviews and introduced their companies. Paula Zimmer is importing paper pulp for Apple Falls Mill soon. She discusses import financing with Gary Lane, Chief Financial Officer at the mill. But what is a fair price for pulp? Does the mill need a lot of money from the bank? Gary definitely wants to know about interest rates. In Europe, meanwhile, Marc and Peter are flying to London for an urgent meeting. At the