2. The businessman’s working day

2.1. Job routines

Task 1.

Read the words and word combinations. Copy them down into your vocabulary, then learn them by heart.

- an interview	интервью
- a journalist	журналист
- a top businessman	ведущий бизнесмен
- аn article	статья
- to go for a jog	делать пробежку
- from cover to cover	подробно, от корки до корки
- to leave for the office	уходить в офис
- a secretary	секретарь
- to sort out	сортировать
- to need immediate attention	требовать срочного внимания
- a daily meeting	оперативное собрание
- a deputy	заместитель
- to run through the agenda	просматривать повестку дня
- Finance Director	директор по финансам
- Sales Director	директор по продажам
- to travel abroad	путешествовать за границу
- to keep up to date	быть в курсе событий
- the company canteen	столовая компании
- a customer	клиент
- the bank manager	менеджер банка
- a management committee meeting	собрание управленческого комитета
- board meetings	собрания совета директоров
- a dinner engagement	договорённость об ужине

Task 2.

Working at grammar.

1. Выпишите из текста словосочетания с существительными в роли определения и переведите их на русский язык.

2. Вставьте артикль там, где это необходимо / Insert the article where necessary.

The journalist is going to write ___ article called "___ Day in ___ Life of Paul Johnson". The businessman goes for ___ jog before ___ breakfast. They usually have ___ breakfast around 6.30. Then Paul Johnson has ___ time to read ___ papers. He doesn't exactly read them from ___ cover to ___ cover. After ___ papers he leaves for ___ office. ___ first job of ___ day is the post. Some letters need immediate ___ attention. Round about 9.00 the businessman has ___ daily meeting with his deputy. They run through ___ agenda for ___ day. He has ___ regular morning meetings with his Finance and Sales Directors. When he travels abroad , he keeps up to date by ___ telephone.

He has ___ lunch with his customers or ___ bank manager. ___ people like that. There are ___ month­ly board meetings, usually ___ first Monday of ___ month. He finishes ___ work round about 7.

Task 3.

Read and translate the text.

Following is an interview between a journalist (J) and a top businessman Paul Johnson (PJ). The journalist is going to write аn article called "A Day in the Life of Paul Johnson".

PJ: Oh, I usually get up about five, go for a jog before breakfast. We usually have breakfast around 6.30. Then I have time to read the papers.

J: Which papers do you take?

PJ: Well, The Financial Times, ‘The Times’ and ‘The Independent’. I don't exactly read them from cover to cover.

J: No, of course not.

PJ: Well, after the papers I leave for the office. I'm usually

behind my desk by 7.30. The first job of the day is the post. My secretary sorts out those letters which need immediate attention. Then round about 9.00 I have a daily meeting, with Pete Sykes, he’s mу deputy. We run through the agenda for the day.

J: What’s а typical day like?

PJ: Well, there's no such thing as a typical day, but I have regular morning meetings with my Finance and Sales Directors. Of course, I travel abroad a lot, then I keep up to date by telephone.

J: What about lunch?

PJ: Well, I try to have lunch in the company canteen аs often as possible. But, of course, sometimes I have lunch with my customers or the bank manager. People like that.

J: What about the afternoons?

PJ: If I’m in the country, I often go down to our plant and see how things are going. We have weekly management committee meetings on Friday afternoon. Then, of course, there are month­ly board meetings, usually the first Monday of the month.

J: When do you finish work?

PJ: Round about 7. Then, if there's nоthing on in the evening, I’ll go home. More often than not there’s a dinner engagement. My wife comes to quite a lot of these, so at least we see each other.

J: When do you go to bed?