Amazing Entrepreneurs and Business People
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Amazing Entrepreneurs and Business People

A2

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eBook - ePub

Amazing Entrepreneurs and Business People

A2

About this book

The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history.

Contents:
Mayer Amschel Rothschild who started a bank which made his family rich
Cornelius Vanderbilt who became one of the richest people in the USA
W. K. Kellogg who started the world's biggest cereal company
Elizabeth Arden who built the Elizabeth Arden cosmetics company
Walt Disney who started the famous entertainment company
Soichiro Honda who started the Honda motorbike and car company

BRITISH ENGLISH
Word count: 6,901
Headword count: 623

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This book is Level 1 in the Collins ELT Readers series.
Level 1 is equivalent to CEF level A2.

About the Amazing People series:
A unique opportunity for learners of English to read about the exceptional lives and incredible abilities of some of the most insightful people the world has seen.

Each book contains six short stories, told by the characters themselves, as if in their own words. The stories explain the most significant parts of each character's life, giving an insight into how they came to be such an important historic figure.

After each story, a timeline presents the most major events in their life in a clear and succinct fashion. The timeline is ideal for checking comprehension or as a basis for project work or further research.

Created in association with The Amazing People Club.

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Information

Publisher
Collins
Year
2014
Print ISBN
9780007545018
eBook ISBN
9780007556977

GLOSSARY

accounts PLURAL NOUN
records of all the money that a person or a business receives and spends
action UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
something that you do for a particular purpose
advertisement NOUN
information in a newspaper or magazine that tells you about a product, and tries to make you buy it
advertising UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
the business of creating information about products to try to make you buy them
amusement park NOUN
a place where people pay to ride on machines for fun
animation NOUN
a film which does not show real people but which has drawings that appear to move
apprentice NOUN
a young person who works for someone in order to learn their skill
apprenticeship NOUN
a period of time when a young person works for an expert in order to learn a skill
award NOUN
a prize that is given to someone because they did something well
banker NOUN
someone who works for a bank at a senior level
banking UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
the business activity that banks do
blind ADJECTIVE
not able to see
branch NOUN
one of the offices or shops that form part of a bigger company
brand NOUN
the name of a product that a particular company makes
broom NOUN
a type of brush with a long handle used for sweeping the floor
championship NOUN
a competition to find the best player or team in a particular sport or game
character NOUN
one of the people in a story
civil war NOUN
a war between different groups of people who live in the same country
client NOUN
a person who pays someone for a service
compete VERB
to try and make people buy the products that you are selling, rather than products from another company
competitor NOUN
a company that is trying to sell the same sort of products as you are
corn UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
the yellow seeds of a plant that is a type of tall grass. Corn is used for food
cosmetics PLURAL NOUN
products that women use on their faces to make themselves look more beautiful
create VERB
to make something happen or exist
currency exchange UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
changing money, such as American dollars, into another sort of money, such as British pounds
distributor NOUN
a company that sends films from the film makers to cinemas all over the country
elegant ADJECTIVE
beautiful in a simple way
emperor NOUN
a man who rules a group of countries (= an empire)
empire NOUN
a group of countries who are ruled by a single powerful country
expand VERB
1 to make something such as a company or an empire become bigger
2 to become bigger
feature film NOUN
a long film that tells a story and is shown in cinemas
ferry NOUN
a boat that regularly takes people or things a short distance across water
flake NOUN
a small thin and flat piece of something
fortune NOUN
a very large amount of money
Gold Rush NOUN
the time when a lot of people suddenly went to California because gold had been discovered there
grain NOUN
a single seed from a particular plant. Grains are used for food
Great Depression NOUN
a period of time that started in 1929 and lasted several years, when lots of companies had to stop working and lots of workers lost their jobs
high standards NOUN
the best quality that is possible in a particular product or activity
invest VERB
to give money to a business or a bank, because you hope they will give you back more money than you gave t...

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Contents
  3. Introduction
  4. Mayer Amschel Rothschild
  5. Cornelius Vanderbilt
  6. W. K. Kellogg
  7. Elizabeth Arden
  8. Walt Disney
  9. Soichiro Honda
  10. Glossary
  11. Keep Reading
  12. Copyright
  13. About the Publisher

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