2. Ответьте письменно на вопросы после текста.

1) What factors can lead to disagreement during the meeting according to text?

2) What are the peculiarities of business behavior in Japan?

3) Where do companies invest money to bridge the communication gap?

4) What are the meetings like in Spain?

3. Какие предложения являются верными?

1) Executives from Germany who want to do business in Italy or Spain need to misunderstand the ground rules.

2) Companies from different countries can usually deal with language differences by learning foreign languages.

3) Senior executives from Japan will only discuss business with people from another management level.

4) Analysts want to see a situation where investment in intercultural awareness is on the same level as language training.

4. Дополните предложения.

1) More and more companies are increasing their language training ­­_________ to equip staff for global business.

2) Differences between northern and southern European countries are well ____________.

3) In south-east Asian cultures it’s the group that’s important in _____________ making.

4) Training in ____________ awareness – as well as languages – is the key to overcoming the communication gap.

5. Переведите следующие слова и словосочетания на английский язык:

принятие решения, европейские страны, бюджет, распространить информацию, иностранный язык.

Вариант 3

1. Прочтите и устно переведите на русский язык с 1-го по 4 абзацы. Перепишите и письменно переведите 1 и 2 абзацы.

Four golden rules for chairpeople

1. Time is god in meetings. Don’t let a discussion run on unnecessarily. If an issue can’t be resolved in this meeting, cut the discussion off and continue it in a later meeting. But if you and be honest your colleagues have to reach a decision today, and tell them that they’ll have to sit there until the job is done.

2. Meetings are for business, not socializing. A certain amount of small talk at the beginning and end of a meeting definitely helps to create a friendly atmosphere and build team spirit. But time is money. Make sure that participants get down to business after a few minutes of pleasantries. Also make sure that business is concluded before someone changes the subject to football again.

3. Give people enough time to prepare for a meeting. It’s surprising how many chairpeople call meetings at short notice and then complain that the participants haven’t prepared properly. With advance notice, participants will come to your meeting having thought about agenda, read through the background papers, prepared presentations, and come up with solutions to problems.

4. Meetings should be democratic in approach and spirit. The only point in bringing people together for a meeting is to let them discuss an issue. If you want to announce decisions that have been made, don’t do it in a meeting but find another way of communicating it. Your meetings should have a creative and open atmosphere so that your people can make interesting contributions to the discussion.