Tata Buys Iveco, But Who Will Lead Tata?
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Tata is a big company from India. Tata has bought Iveco. Iveco is a company that makes trucks.
Tata also owns Jaguar. Jaguar makes cars. Tata is a very big group of companies.
But there is a problem for Tata. People do not know who will be the new leader of Tata.
This is called a succession problem. It means a company needs a new boss, but no one knows who it will be.
Many people in India are talking about this. They want to know who will control Tata next.
Tata is very important in India. It owns many big companies, like Jaguar and now Iveco.
Vocabulary15 words
- group
- many companies owned by one big company
- leader
- the person who is in charge
- succession
- when a new person takes a job after another person
- truck
- a big vehicle for carrying things
- owns
- has something as yours
- controls
- has power over something
- empire
- a very big company or group of companies
- boss
- the leader of a company
- deal
- an agreement between two sides
- buy
- to get something with money
- India
- a big country in Asia
- company
- a business that makes or sells things
- news
- information about new events
- important
- very big and needed
- problem
- something difficult
Quiz
Answer key
1. Iveco 2. Jaguar 3. False
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Tata is a big company from _____. Tata has bought _____. Iveco is a company that makes _____.
Tata also owns _____. Jaguar makes cars. Tata is a very big _____ of companies.
But there is a problem for Tata. People do not know who will be the new _____ of Tata.
This is called a _____ problem. It means a company needs a new boss.
Tata is very important in India. It owns many big companies, like Jaguar and now _____.