Conversation
After a quick greeting, use the following questions as a guideline to form an interesting conversation with your tutor. Feel free to diverge from these suggestions if anything interesting comes up.
- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Businesses should do anything they can to make a profit. Use specific reasons and examples to support your position.
- What sorts of things do businesses do to ensure they make a profit?
- What dangers can this obsession result in?
- Should profit always be the top priority for a company?
Vocabulary
Skip this section if you have a 15-minute plan. Read the word/expression and definition out loud, and your tutor will go over anything you do not understand. Practice creating a sentence or two to make sure you know how to use the word/expression properly.
Vocabulary/ Expressions
| Expression | Definition |
| profit | (n) financial gain To some companies, profit is the most important thing. |
| receipt | (n) statement acknowledging something has been purchased She asked for the receipt of her purchase. |
| greedy | (adj) showing intense selfishness Some businessmen can come off as greedy and only care about profits. |
| obsessed | (adj) preoccupied constantly The managers of the company were obsessed with making large profit margins. |
| sacrifice | (v) giving up something of value for the sake of something else. The employees had to sacrifice a lot to get their numbers. |
| merit | (v) earn, be worthy of The findings were good enough to merit bonuses for all employees. |
| rent out | (expression) allow usage for a fee When money was tight, they decided to rent out their extra bedroom. |
| buy into | (expression) accept an idea In order to do well, they had to get people to buy into their idea. |
| dish up | (expression) serve She could dish up a new idea easily in every meeting. |
| crunch the numbers | (expression) do a lot of calculations They wanted to crunch the numbers several times to be sure they had the right profit margins. |
Something Extra
Read the following quote out loud.
“A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them and strong enough to correct them.”
― John C. Maxwell
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