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HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW EXOLOGISTICA?By Diego Romeo & Valeria Viñas

• - Who’s the I.T manager? – • □ M. Leiva □ G. Castelló □ J. L. Onostre• B. - Where is P.L.S located? • □ Dock Sud □ Zarate □ Esteban Echeverría• C. - When did the company schedule the End of the year party?• □ December 8 □ December 1 □ December 15• D.- How many new warehouse modules is the company building at PLEE site?• □ Four □ Three □ Five• E. - Where did the company organize the last Children’s day party?• □ Temaiken □ Parque de la Costa □ The Zoo• F.- Do you know if the warehouse is open in January? □ Yes □ No• G. - Who’s working with new clients’ development?• □ Commercial area □ Financial area □ Management• H. - Where is the Transportation Office?• □ At the entrance of the industrial area □ Another site• I. - Did administration and Personnel ever work in the same building? □ Yes □ No • J. - Is the Personnel Department hiring new people? □ Yes □ No• K. - What kind of workers do they need? • □ Warehousing □ Administrative □ Both

USING COMPARATIVES: RIDDLES / GUESS WHAT?

• They are better, cheaper, smaller and faster than 20 years ago. They are also more complete and have more devices connected nowadays. They are very useful for many of us both at work and at home.

• It’s more ecological, slower but healthier in safe places. I can listen to the radio. It has 2 wheels.

• It’s more comfortable, but the maintenance is expensive. It’s difficult to park in downtown. It’s private and has many options.

• LAST HOLIDAYS: GUESS WHO? OR GUESS WHERE??• I went to … last February with my family. We went there by car and stayed for ten

days in a small apartment near the center. The apartment was nice and quite cheap.

• During the day we played at the beach. We saw all the funny places, like Zacoa and The Castle. We put a coin in the clown’s hat. We took a lot of photos.

• At night we went to restaurants and had very good fish and white wine. Our favorite restaurant was in the port. We bought four t-shirts for my nephews and my wife bought a very expensive jacket.

• We had a nice time. This place is full of fun and has a great atmosphere and the sea food is wonderful. We only had one problem, the owner of the apartment wanted to increase the price of our stay.

MATCH

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He was born on Pablo Rubino December 8th JoséLuis Onostre He’s Married Pablo Gómez He’s Virgo

He was born on December 11th

WRITING E-MAILS: GUESS WHO? By J.L. Onostre, P. Gomez & P. Rubino

• 1. - From:To:Subject: Hi!

Hi!I’m … I’m from Virrey del Pino. I’m a Developer at Exologística. I speak Spanish and a little English. I want to learn English for my work and to travel. I don’t have a big family. I have two sisters. My father works with honey and my sisters work in education. They are 42 and 35. I’m 44.I like sport and robotics.Please write soon.Best wishes…From:To:Subject: Hi from Argentina!Hi! My name’s … I’m from Argentina and I live in Tapiales. I’m an analyst programmer in Logistics. I speak Spanish and a little English. I have a little family. I

have a sister. She is 23 years old. My father is dead and my mother doesn’t work. I like music, work and sport. I watch car races on TV every Sunday.Please, write soon.Best wishes,From:To:Subject: Hi from Argentina!Hi!

My name is .. I'm from Argentina and I live in Buenos Aires. I'm a System Analyst and I will graduate as a Systems Engineer. I speak Spanish and a little English. I want to learn English because it is a universal language.My mother lives in Toronto, Canada. I haven't got any brothers or sisters.I like music, sports and the cinema and I like to watch a football match every weekend.  My team is San Lorenzo de Almagro (the current champion).Please confirm that you receive this e-mailBest regards,

WRITING LETTERSBy Marcela Heusdens & Agustín Soria

I’m fine! Monte Grande is a small city. The buildings are very old. There is a church in the centre of the city, five minutes from my flat. In the centre there are some bars, clubs and restaurants.I share a flat with my boyfriend. It’s in the avenue in front of a supermarket. The flat’s quite big. It’s got two bedrooms, there are lot of windows in it, it is very well-lit. My room’s got a bed, a big window and a tv but there isn’t a wardrobe.There is a sofa in the living room and some shelves with books. We eat here, watch tv and listen to music. In the smallest room I can study with friends or alone.See you soonMarcela.

Hi James,I’m fine too. I’m here now in Quilmes city. This city is beautiful. There is a commercial centre, there are flats in the centre of the south country. There is a cathedral around the centre place. This is a cosmopolitan city, there are many people from the world such as Italian, Brazilian, Japanese. This is 30 minutes from the capital.My house is ten minutes from the centre. I live in a small house with two trees. I’ve got two dogs. In the living room there isn’t a bar, but there is a big window and a tv with a dvd player. There is a small tape recorder. There are three rooms for my children. My room is big. It’s got a wardrobe but there isn’t a tv there. See you soonAgustin.

Describe a bad/good day you had last week. You can also describe the whole week.

Last Monday I started my day with English classes. Then, I went to my office to end this job day. After work I took my car to go home. In the trip I saw a very interesting car for sale. At eight o’clock I had an appointment with the dentist.

On Tuesday I had a bad day. I had problems with my car and arrived late to work. I had much work and I stayed more time. I didn’t have time to study English.

On Wednesday I bought a clock to my wife.Last Thursday I was very tired so I left work earlier and went home. On Friday I went to a meeting in the warehouse so I didn’t have time for lunch.In the weekend I had good days because I went to a barbecue, I was in the church and I

slept more time. By Agustin Soria

I arrived on time for work. I was in my work lot of time in the morning. I went to my mother's home in the afternoon and saw my cousins. I played with them all the time. We did casttles in the sand. After that we had a shower. At night I went to my flat to cook the dinner. On sunday I didn’t work and slept lot of time, then I went shopping with my boyfriend. Then he played in his computer while I saw a film.

By Marcela Heusdens

Crossword Puzzle

• 1. The number of business units the company has.• 2. Company that belongs to the same group.• 3. The number of people working at PLEE. (…hundred)• 4. The Receptionist’s name.• 5. Business Manager’s last name

• 6. The number of women working at PLEE•• 8. The number of m2 the company owns at PLEE. (fifty …..)• 9. The number of trucks loaded per day (One hundred …….)• 10. One of the countries the company operates in.• 11. The Operations manager’s initials.• 13. Another country the company operates in.

A poem for you and your boss

INTERPRETATIONSWhen I take a long timeI am slow;When my boss takes a long timeHe is thorough.

When I don't do itI am lazy;When my boss doesn't do itHe is too busy.

When I do something without being toldI am trying to be smart;When my boss does the sameThat's initiative.

When I please my bossI'm ass-kissing;When my boss pleases his bossHe's co-operating.

When I do goodMy boss never remembers;When I do wrongHe never forgets.

GLOSSARYthorough: complete, perfect lazy: indolent, not inclined to work without being told: without anybody telling me to do it trying to be smart: behaving impertinently that's initiative: they call it readiness please: to be pleasing to ass-kissing: an ass-kisser is someone who humbles himself or behaves as he had no self-respect co-operating: collaborating I do good: when things are OK Opposite: I do wrong

The current issue was possible thanks to the cooperation and contribution of the

teachers: Gisela Herman, Maria Laura Calvo and Jimena Fernandez