Outsourcing

Let's Talk! 1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing?2. What are the most common reasons for a company to outsource their services?3. Which countries are mostly chosen for outsourcing?4. Can outsourcing be harmful to the labor and employees? Can it be the reason of the huge unemployment rate in some countries?5. Does your company outsource their services?6. Would you say that outsourcing is generally good or bad? Outsourcing vocab 1. What are the main advantages of outsourcing according to the video?2. Do you think that outsourcing is generally a good idea? Passive voice Active: I mailed the letter on Monday.Passive:Theletter was mailedon Monday.In the activesentence the subject (I) causes an action (mailed the letter).In thepassive sentence, the cause of the action is unknown or unimportant - we only say what happens to the object (the letter).The passive is formed with the verb be (is etc.) + past participle (e.g. mailed)If we want to say who or what causes the action in a passive sentence, we useby:The letter was mailed by her father.He was hitbya motorbike.If the verb in a passive sentence hastwo objects, we can begin with thesecond object or use to:Active:The company gave me a new phone.Passive:I was given a new phone. / A new phone was given to me.We sometimes useget instead of be: He nearlygotrun over by a car. My phonegotstolen yesterday.Get is used mainly in informal or spoken English to talk about things that happen or change unexpectedly. Passive verb forms