Вариант № 9

Task I. Read the following text and answer some questions in writing:

1. What does John’s firm sell?

2. What does John do as a manager?

3. What does he do after lunch?

The Working Day of a Manager

John works in London. He is the manager of a big trade firm. His firm sells the goods to various countries. In the morning he always goes to his office in London. Saturday and Sunday are his days-off.

John frequently meets the representatives of English and French firms. They discuss the prices, terms of payment and delivery. He begins his working day at 9. Every morning John first looks through fresh newspapers. He takes much interest in the latest political and business news. Sometimes John goes to different cities to discuss business with their customers. He looks through mail, reads letters, speaks on the phone with the customers. He also makes appointments with his business partners.

At 12 o’clock he has lunch. After lunch he sometimes stays in the office and discusses business matters with director or customers. He finishes his working day at 6 o`clock in the evening. He usually comes home at 7.

Task II. Match left and right:

1) delivery	a) выходные дни
2) days-off	b) клиент
3) to discuss business matters	c) назначить встречу
4) to look through	d) встретиться с представителями
5) to make an appointment	e) обсудить деловые вопросы
6) customer	f) доставка
7) to meet representatives	g) условия оплаты
8) terms of payment	h) просмотреть

Task III. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form.

1. Their flight just (land).

2. Where is Petrov? – He (discuss) business matters.

3. What the customer (do) there? – He (have) a meeting with a manager.

4. You (wait) for me in the hall?

Task IV. Give synonyms to the following words:

1. to look

2. manager

3. to discuss

4. matter

Task V. Put the questions to the underlined words.

1. She arrived at the meeting an hour ago to discuss the economic situation.

2. After a few minutes she heard the announcement.

3. He is always busy with economic reports from all over the world.

Task VI. Translate into English.

1. Бизнесмены из Англии только что прошли регистрацию на рейс 254 в Лондон.

2. Мой друг работает в бизнесе пять лет.

3. Директор все еще проводит встречу с представителями из Голландии.

Вариант № 10

Task I. Read the following text and answer some questions in writing:

1. What does Linda do in the morning?

2. What does manager do at 11 o’clock?

3. What language does Linda study and why?

The Secretary’s Working Day

Linda Foster is a secretary to Mr. John Turner. Her office is not large. She has got a computer, a fax and a telephone on her desk. Linda comes to her office at nine every morning from Monday to Friday. At the beginning of her working day Linda usually looks though the mail. She receives both snail-mail and e-mail. At 11 o’clock she comes into her manager’s office with the letters and telegrams. The manager reads them and gives answers to the letters. Linda writes everything in her book and goes to her office. There she types the answers on her computer. She also receives and sends e-mail correspondence.

In the afternoon Linda usually has lunch at the office but sometimes she has lunch at the café with her friend Alex. She stays in the office till 6. In the evening Linda has her French lessons. She learns French for two years already. Linda wants to know French well because she wants to work with French firms and customers.

Task II. Match left and right:

1) delivery	a) отправить электронное письмо
2) to look through the mail	b) напечатать ответ
3) to receive snail-mail	c) ужинать
4) to type the answer	d) работать с клиентами
5) to send e-mail correspondence	e) оставаться на работе допоздна
6) to have lunch	f) доставка
7) to stay late at work	g) получать обычную почту
8) to work with customers	h) просмотреть почту

Task III. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form.

1. There (be) many internal rules in our company.

2. The secretary (look) through the clients mail at the moment.

3. He is a manager. He (work) in this firm for eight years.

4. They (buy) their tickets for flight to Paris last week.

Task IV. Give synonyms to the following words:

1. correspondence

2. to stay

3. customer

4. to receive

Task V. Put the questions to the underlined words.

1. In the centre hall Jane joined the other colleagues.

2. On the way to the office he speaks to his friends or reads a morning newspaper.

3. At 11 o’clock she comes into her manager’s office.

Task VI. Translate into English.

1. Мой рабочий день начинается в 9 часов утра и заканчивается только в 8 часов вечера.

2. Вы получите все необходимые документы, если обратитесь к моему секретарю.

3. Вам нужно срочно просмотреть почту и ответить на письма наших партнеров.