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Rolex is one of the most famous brands of high-quality luxury watches. They are widely regarded as status symbols. The company was started by Hans Wilsdorf and his brother-in-law Alfred Davis in London in 1905. They registered the name “Rolex” in 1908. In 1919, the company moved to Geneva, Switzerland, where it has stayed ever since. Rolex has been a pioneer in watch-making and produced the first ever self-winding watch, the first watch with an automatically changing date and the first underwater time piece. Today, the company produces over 2,000 watches a day, all put together by highly skilled workers. The company has a never-ending job of pursuing counterfeits of its products. Rolex generates around $3 billion in annual revenues and employs just less than 3,000 staff.

1. BRAINSTORM CHAT: Write all the words you can think of about Rolex on the board or on a piece of paper. Talk about these words with your partner(s).

2. ROLEX MORNING: Each student pretends to be an employee of Rolex. They walk around the class and talk about the company and their job.

3. RUMOURS: Each student writes down a pretend rumour about Rolex. They then walk around the class and talk to other students about their rumour.

4. GOOD AND BAD: Brainstorm good and bad things about Rolex and write them on the board. Students talk about these in pairs.

5. TRUE OR FALSE: Students find out several facts about Rolex. They write these down and add the same number of things about the company that are false. Students test each other on which of their points are true or false.

6. FACTS: In groups, students write down as many facts as they can about Rolex. The winner is the group with the most facts. Teacher may wish to have groups share their facts to make sure they are real.

  LISTENING / READING GAP FILL

Rolex is one of the ______________________-quality luxury watches. They are ______________________ symbols. The company was started by Hans Wilsdorf and his brother-in-law Alfred Davis in London in 1905. They ______________________ “Rolex” in 1908. In 1919, the company moved to Geneva, Switzerland, where it has stayed ever since. Rolex ______________________ watch-making and produced the first ever self-winding watch, the first watch ______________________ changing date and the ______________________. Today, the company produces over 2,000 watches a day, all put together ______________________. The company has a never-ending job ______________________ of its products. Rolex generates around $3 billion in annual revenues and employs just less than 3,000 staff.

  CORRECT THE SPELLING

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  UNJUMBLE THE WORDS

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  INSERT THE VOWELS

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  PUNCTUATE THE TEXT AND ADD CAPITALS

rolex is one of the most famous brands of high-quality luxury watches they are widely regarded as status symbols the company was started by hans wilsdorf and his brother-in-law alfred davis in london in 1905 they registered the name “rolex” in 1908 in 1919 the company moved to geneva switzerland where it has stayed ever since rolex has been a pioneer in watch-making and produced the first ever self-winding watch the first watch with an automatically changing date and the first underwater time piece today the company produces over 2000 watches a day all put together by highly skilled workers the company has a never-ending job of pursuing counterfeits of its products rolex generates around $3 billion in annual revenues and employs just less than 3000 staff

  CHOOSE THE CORRECT TENSE

Rolex .......... (be) one of the most famous brands of high-quality luxury watches. They .......... (be) widely regarded as status symbols. The company was .......... (start) by Hans Wilsdorf and his brother-in-law Alfred Davis in London in 1905. They .......... (register) the name “Rolex” in 1908. In 1919, the company .......... (move) to Geneva, Switzerland, where it has .......... (stay) ever since. Rolex has .......... (be) a pioneer in watch-making and .......... (produce) the first ever self-winding watch, the first watch with an automatically changing date and the first underwater time piece. Today, the company .......... (produce) over 2,000 watches a day, all .......... (put) together by highly skilled workers. The company .......... (have) a never-ending job of pursuing counterfeits of its products. Rolex .......... (generate) around $3 billion in annual revenues and .......... (employ) just less than 3,000 staff.

  REWRITE WITH SPACES

Rolexisoneofthemostfamousbrandsofhigh-qualityluxurywatches.Theyarewidelyregardedasstatussymbols.Thecompanywasstarted
byHansWilsdorfandhisbrother-in-lawAlfredDavisinLondonin1905.Theyregisteredthename“Rolex”in1908.In1919,the
companymovedtoGeneva,Switzerland,whereithasstayedeversince.Rolexhasbeen
apioneerinwatch-makingandproducedthefirsteverself-windingwatch,thefirstwatchwithanautomaticallychangingdateandthefirstunderwater
timepiece.Today,thecompanyproducesover2,000watchesaday,allputtogetherby
highlyskilledworkers.Thecompanyhasanever-endingjobofpursuingcounterfeitsofitsproducts.Rolexgeneratesaround$3billionin
annualrevenuesandemploysjustlessthan3,000staff.

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  CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORD

  PROJECT ROLEX

Part 1. Your mission is to increase the profits and sales of Rolex. Complete this  table with your project partner(s):

Part 2. Change partners and look at their project. Suggest improvements. Ask for advice on your project:

Part 3. Make a presentation on your project. Give it to the class. Vote the best projects.

  ROLEX – ROLE PLAY 1

  ROLEX – ROLE PLAY 2

  JOB INTERVIEW ROLE PLAY

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  DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

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  ROLEX SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about Rolex in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper.

When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

• Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often.
• Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.

  WRITING 1 – SPEED WRITING

Write anything about Rolex for 10 minutes. Show your partner your paper. Correct each other’s work.

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  WRITING 2 – LETTER OF COMPLAINT

Write a letter to Rolex. Complain about one of its products. Ask for a refund. Show your partner your paper. Correct each other’s work.

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  WRITING 3 – LETTER OF APOLOGY

Write a letter of apology to the customer. Explain why you cannot give a refund. Show your partner your letter. Correct each other’s work.

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  HOMEWORK

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.

2. INTERNET INFO: Search the Internet and find more information about Rolex. Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about Rolex. What have they done recently? What are their plans? Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.

4. ROLEX POSTER Make a poster about Rolex. Make sure you sell the company to the public.  Show it to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your posters.

5. MY ROLEX LESSON: Make your own English lesson on Rolex. Make sure there is a good mix of things to do. Find some good online activities. Teach the class / another group when you have finished.

6. ONLINE SHARING: Use your blog, wiki, Facebook page, MySpace page, Twitter stream, Del-icio-us / StumbleUpon account, or any other social media tool to get opinions on Rolex. Share your findings with the class.