The Business pi answer key

8.4 Speaking
 Presentations – handling questions
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1 b) Atlanta had 85,907, 423 passengers in 2005
Heathrow had 67,915,403 passengers in 2005
Beijing had 41,004,008 passengers in 2005
2 b) The longest runway is at Edwards Airforce Base, USA
3 c) Bangda, Tibet (15,548 feet above sea level)
4 b) The Airbus 380 is the largest passenger plane. The Antonov 225 is the 
largest cargo plane.
5 b) A Boeing 777-200LR Worldliner made the longest non-stop 
commercial fl ight from Hong Kong to London in 2005 (13,422 miles)
6 a) KLM was founded in 1919.
2
1 1969
2 1980
3 1992
4 the last two years
5 passengers, 
take 
offs
6 156%, 
114%
7 business, 
economy
8 private, 
business
3
1 c) 2 a) 3 d) 4 b) 5 f) 6 h) 7 e) 8 g)
4
1 That’s a very good question.
2 OK, I’m glad you asked me that.
3 Some people say that it isn’t, but…
4 Yes, of course. As I mentioned in my talk…
5 No, on the contrary… 
6 I’m afraid I can’t go into the details here.
5
1 I’m afraid I can’t go into the details here.
2 OK, I’m glad you asked me that.
That’s a very good question.
3 No, on the contrary. 
Some people say that it isn’t, but…
4 As I mentioned in my talk…
8.5 Writing
 Reports of recommendation
2
1 Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania.
2 6
3 Bucharest or Constanta
3
2
list which points were taken into account
1
outline the structure of the report
5
make a recommendation 
4
identify possible future risks
3
identify the pros and cons 
4
1 c) 2 a) 3 d) 4 b) 5 h) 6 f) 7 e) 8 g)
5
Positive points 
Negative points
Location
Cheap land, no problems 
if the company wanted to 
expand later.
Flat area, near a large river, 
could be fl ooded, high 
humidity in the area means 
that parts would have to be 
kept inside.
Infrastructure
Good rail connections to 
Mumbai. There are plans 
to build a highway.
Road connections aren’t 
very good especially in the 
monsoon. The highway 
won’t be fi nished for many 
years.
Staff
Finding skilled workers 
won’t be a problem 
because there are a lot of 
small factories in the area 
already.
Will need to invest in some 
retraining programmes.
Suppliers
There are lots of suppliers 
in the area.
None of the local suppliers 
have the necessary control 
units. They will need to be 
fl own in from the UK at 
the beginning.
Constructing 
the factory
Only six months for 
construction.
With paperwork could take 
up to a year.