新编剑桥商务英语module 3课件.ppt

3.1Business topic: Starting a business;3.1 Business topic: Starting a business;Here are three different ways to start your own business. Work in pairs and think of one advantage and one disadvantage for each approach.;; Reading1.The table below lists things to remember if you are setting up a new business as a sole trader. Read the article and complete the right-hand column.; But being a franchisee is unlikely to satisfy the most entrepreneurial. It doesn’t suit people who don’t want to follow the system. William Ewbank, the head of franchise sales at Domino’s Pizza, says, ‘If you’re massively entrepreneurial this isn’t for you. It’s a discipline, a club with rules. There is some independence our franchisees can charge their own prices although we’re strict on menu content. It’s running a business with help.’ Astrid Patil, a new Domino’s franchisee, abandoned a career as a solicitor to set up a franchise with her husband. The way she reasons it is this: ‘Rather than putting all your time and effort into working for someone else, put it into your own business.’ Leaving a well-paid, well-respected profession to run a pizza shop at the age of 31 has worked for Patil. There’s a good profit margin and the business has seen growth. Of course if you do decide to (go it alone单干) and start a business from nothing, you could always branch out into franchising.;Tags that can end misery of lost luggage Globalbagtag was (0) set up six years ago by husband-and-wife team Chris and Alison Truelove on their return from a holiday in Australia. The couple decided to(1)________ G, which sells secure tags which travelers attach to their luggage. They started to (2)___________ ￡9.95 per tag in the first year, followed by a 2.95 subscription (3)_____________ for the following years. Customers activate the tag online with their home address on an online database. If luggage is lost, the person who finds it can log on to the Globalbagtag website and repor