1. Read and translate the following sentences. Make them first negative, then interrogative.

1. They require new salesmen.

2. Our manager discusses the terms of delivery and payment every day.

3. Our company is recruiting a new sales manager now.

4. At the moment the secretary is talking to our clients.

5. Electrolux launched its new vacuum cleaner three weeks ago.

6. The secretary wrote this urgent business letter an hour ago.

7. Currency analysts give the opinion that the euro will continue to get stronger.

8. Domestic banks are leading the consortium that will provide bridging finance.

2. Ask questions of 4 types (general, special, alternative, disjunctive) about each sentence.

1. Companies use advertising to increase the sales of the product.

2. Our firm attracts a lot of foreign clients.

3. They are producing components for washing machines.

4. We are studying the results of our market research now.

5. Because the national central banks will remain large and important, the transition to the new regime will not mark a sudden shift.

3. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Indefinite Tense. Translate the following sentences from English into Russian.

1. The first company I (to want) to speak about is a pharmaceuticals company. It (to develop) and (to manufacture) a wide range of medicines and it currently (to develop) a new drug against asthma. As you all (to know), more and more people (to suffer) from asthma now so they (to hope) to make a healthy profit from this drug. The company currently (to prepare) to launch a TV advertising campaign. As you may know, it (to be) illegal to show drugs on TV, so the campaign (to focus) on the illnesses not the drugs. It will be interesting to see public reaction to this.

2. The South Sea Bubble (to be) the name given to a speculation in 1720, and (to associate) with the South Sea Company in London.

People (to buy) shares in the company expecting to make a huge profit, but the boom in shares (to collapse) and many investors (to lose) all their money.

The South Sea Company (to be founded) in 1711 to trade with Spanish America. The company's stock (to offer) a guaranteed interest of 6% and it (to sell) well. Unfortunately, however, Spain (to allow) the company to send only one ship a year to trade in the area.

The first voyage in 1717 (to be) a success. Then King George I (to become) governor of the company in 1719. This (to create) confidence in the business, and soon it (to be) paying 100% interest.

In 1720, there (to be) a boom in the South Sea Company's shares because it

(to agree) to take over the country's national debt. It (to expect) to get back its money by increased trade and a rise in the value of its shares.

The shares (to do), in fact, rise dramatically. The stock of the company, which (to have) been around £128 in January 1720, (to reach) £1,000 in August. However, by September the market (to have) collapsed, and the price (to fall) back to £124. Eventually, with the support of the Government, the shares (to level) off at around £140. The South Sea Bubble (to have) burst and it (to lead) to an economic depression in the country.

4. Complete each paragraph, using the verbs in the box. Translate.

set up launch total offer

In 1992 Bell______free installation of applications software as a standard option and in 1993______the low-priced Explorer PCs, one of the most highly praised systems in the industries. In 1996 Bell______an Internet computer store, through its website www.bel.com. Last year sales______more than $10 million a day.