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Unit1 at the office

Mr. Brown is an engineer at Compexport. Compexport does business with different countries of the world. They sell mining equipment, power equipment and other goods.

Mr. Brown’s office is on the second floor. There are six desks in it. You can see a lot of faxes, letters and cables on them. There is a telephone on every desk.

All the engineers and economists at his office can speak one or two foreign languages. The engineers of our сompany must know foreign languages to do business with foreign firms.

Mr. Brown’s working hours begin at 9 o’clock, but he usually comes to the office at a quarter to nine to get ready for work. At 9 o’clock the secretary brings him the mail. He goes through the letters, cables and faxes and sends answers to foreign firms or telephones them. He sometimes receives foreign businessmen from Great Britain, France, Germany and other countries. They usually discuss prices, terms of payment and delivery.

At half past one Mr. Brown has dinner. After dinner he sometimes meets directors or engineers of our factories. He finishes work at 5 o’clock in the afternoon.

Dialogue

Camp: Good morning, Mr. Brown.

Brown: Good morning, Mr. Camp. Won’t you sit down?

Camp: Thank you.

Brown: Have a cigarette

Camp: No, thank you. I don’t smoke.

Brown: How are you, Mr. Camp?

Camp: Very well, thank you. And how are you?

Brown: I am well to. What can I do for you, Mr. Camp?

Camp: Well, you see, Mr. Brown, I am here to make a contract with you for

computers.

Brown: Very good. How many computers would you like to buy?

Camp: Four or five computers. May I have your catalogues and price-list?

Brown: Yes, certainly. Here you are.

Vocabulary

to do business торгувати

to sell продавати

equipment обладнання

mining equipment гірничо-шахтне обладнання

power equipment энергетичне обладнання

goods товар, товари

cable телеграма

firm фірма, контора

working hours робочий день

quarter чверть

to be ready бути готовим

mail пошта, поштова корреспонденція

to go through проглядати

to send посилати, присилати

answer відповідь

price ціна

terms of payment умови платежу

terms of delivery умови постачання

to have dinner обідати

cigarette сигарета

to smoke курити

contract контракт

to make виробляти

to buy купувати

catalogue каталог

price-list прейскурант