A sales company A sales company: Reading

Business English lesson 8 : A sales company
Reading

Beginner level / CECR : A2/B1

1st Part
Video

2nd Part
Understanding

3rd Part
Vocabulary

4th Part
Writing

5th Part
Reading

6th Part
Game

Read the following text

Oxfam is a large international charity.

The head office is in Oxford in the U.K. Seven hundred people work for it.

Oxfam also has employees and volunteers all over the world who provide food and medicine, build wells (des puits) for clean water, build schools and help children to get an education.

They also work with small businesses. With help from Oxfam, many farmers sell their products in local markets, and some people export products to other countries.

Many people give money to Oxfam every month because Oxfam needs money for its work. Oxfam also has seven hundred shops in the U.K. in which people give old books and clothes, which the organization sells.

You can even order clothes from Oxfam shops online.

All the money from the shops helps Oxfam with its good work.

1️⃣ Learn the vocabulary:

charity 

Meaning:
An organization for helping people in need. 
(Traduction : une association caritative.)

Synonym:
NGO (Non Governmental Organisation) 

head office

Meaning:
The main office of a company
(Traduction : Le siège social d’une entreprise)

Synonym:
Headquarters

A volunteer

Signification:
A person who does a job without being paid for it.
(Traduction : un(e) bénévole : une personne qui fait un travail sans être payée pour cela.)

Synonyms:
Voluntary, unpaid

medecine

Meaning:
A substance , pills, liquids, injections  that you use to cure an illness. 
(Traduction : médicaments: une substance, des pilules, des liquides, des injections que vous utilisez pour soigner une maladie.)

Synonyms:
Drug, medication

to build

Meaning:
To make something (especially a building ) by putting things together.
(Traduction : (construire) Faire quelque chose (en particulier un bâtiment) en assemblant des choses.)

Synonyms:
To put up, to set up, to construct, to erect

clean 

Meaning:
Free from any dirty marks, pollution, bacteria, etc.. 
(Traduction : propre: Exempt de toute salissure, pollution, bactérie…)

Synonym:
Proper

to help 

Meaning:
To make it easier or possible for somebody to do something by doing something for them.
(Traduction : aider : Rendre plus facile ou possible pour quelqu’un de faire quelque chose en faisant quelque chose pour lui.)

Synonyms:
Assist, support, facilitate

to give 

Meaning:
To hand something to somebody so that they can look at it, use it, or keep it for a time. 
(Traduction : donner : Donner quelque chose à quelqu’un pour qu’il puisse le regarder, l’utiliser ou le garder pendant un certain temps.)

Synonyms:
To hand, to provide

to order 

Meaning:
the arrangement or disposition of people or things in relation to each other according to a particular sequence, pattern, or method.
(Traduction : commander)

Synonyms:
commande, instruit, demand

2️⃣ Read, listen and repeat the following sentences:

Oxfam works with 700 employees and volunteers

→ Traduction : Oxfam travaille avec 700 employés et bénévoles.

Oxfam provides food and medicine all over the world.

→ Traduction : Oxfam fournit de la nourriture et des médicaments dans le monde entier.

With help from Oxfam, many farmers sell their products in local markets.

→ Traduction : Grâce à Oxfam, beaucoup de fermiers vendent leur production sur les marchés locaux.

Many people give money to Oxfam every month.

→ Traduction : Beaucoup de gens donnent de l’argent à Oxfam chaque mois.

3️⃣ Written comprehension

Lesson Content
Previous Quiz
Back to Course
Next Quiz