Prime Time 7, Coursebook plus Semester Self-checks

Working teenagers Teenage entrepreneurs a) Study the texts about successful teenage entrepreneurs below and write the correct numbers into the circles. prescription glasses full-time employee funnelled heavier demand online retailer full time b) Give each text a suitable title. At age 14 in 2002, Fraser Doherty started making jams in his parents’ kitchen in Edinburgh, Scotland. By age 16, Doherty left school to work on his jams …  1   , starting SuperJam. SuperJam’s revenue hit $1.2 million in 2009. Doherty remains the company’s only …  2   , and his debt-free stake is worth an estimated $1 million to $2 million. Doherty asserts that his supply chain and operations can safely scale to meet …  3   . “We’re sticking with what works,” he says. When 21-year-old university student Jamie Murray Wells attempted to buy a pair of …  4   in 2004, he had a vision for a new type of business. Nonplussed by the glasses’ $300 price tag, Wells decided to leave school and …  5   his $2,000 student loan into what would become Glasses Direct, an …  6   based in London. In the first year, the company’s revenue topped $2 million. Today the company pulls in $5 million a year in sales and employs 70 people. c) What do the two entrepreneurs have in common? d) Which of the two ideas do you like better? Give reasons. e) Have you ever considered yourself to start your own business? Why? Why not? Listening: Car sharing a) You are going to listen to an interview with a young entrepreneur who set up a car-sharing scheme. First you will have 45 seconds to study the task below, then you will hear the recording twice. While listening, answer the questions (1−5) using a maximum of four words. Write your answers in the spaces provided. The first one (0) has been done for you. 0 When did Ali Clabburn start his scheme? before finishing his studies ✔ 1 Why did Clabburn find the concept promising for students? 2 What was Clabburn’s major obstacle in the beginning? 3 How did Clabburn finance his project in the beginning? 4 What does Liftshare do? 5 What’s most important when setting up a new business according to Clabburn? b) What motives were behind Ali Clabburn’s decision? c) How would you describe his language – informal, neutral or formal? Give examples to support your answer. d) Do you think anyone can start a business like Clabburn or the two entrepreneurs from task 1? Why? Why not? 1  2  1.8 61 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv