ACTIVITY. Write a few sentences saying what you think banking will be like in future

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Write a few sentences saying what you think banking will be like in future.

ACTIVITY

Using the model above, say what you are going to do next week. Write six or eight sentences.

ACTIVITY

GRAMMAR EXERCISES

■ Ex. 1. Alex Vandervoort has many things to attend to. He has been very busy recently. He was busy last week, he is busy now and he is going to be very busy next week.

On Monday he is going to see Herald Austin about advertising proofs. Alex is not satisfied with the results. He is going to veto Keycharge credit-card advertising prepared by the Austin Agency.

On Tuesday

to attend the reconvened meeting of the board

not to reach any agreement

On Wednesday

to visit his wife Celia in the Remedial Centre

to be mentally unstable for four years

to be unhappy about it

On Thursday

to get down to a report

to prepare a report on improving the bank's performance

On Friday

to discuss counterfeit credit cards with Nolan Wainwright again

to solve the problem yet

1. Using the model above, say what you think Roscoe Heyward, Nolan Wainwright, Edwina D'Orsey are going to do next week.

■ Ex. 2. There is a programme about the future of banking services on television tonight. Professor John Savage is saying what banking will be like in some five years' time. Look at the Professor's notes and write down what he says.

1. reassessment of strategic objectives

2. developing and adopting new forms of competition

3. shifting emphasis from intermediary to service functions

4. recruiting and retaining customers through quality service

5. focusing not on accounts and balances but on customers' preferences

6. increase of responsiveness to customer needs

7. introduction of new services (such as, life insurance and investment)

8. provision of automated services

9. improving communication between customer and vendor

10. use of new information technologies

■ Ex. 3. Look at the two pictures below. In picture I you can see Juanita Nunez, in picture 2 you can see Miles Eastin. Where are they? What are they doing? Try to say what will happen to them afterwards. In each case give your reasons. Do it one after another.

Write 6—8 sentences saying what life will be like in 30 years' time.

■ Ex. 4. Roscoe Heyward and Alex Vandervoort are the two candidates for the FMA Presidency. They have different views on the future of FMA. Say what they are going, to do and what the results will be. For facts and vocabulary consult Units VI and VII.

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