Unit 5 at a london business centre

Proverbs and sayings

The early bird catches the worm.	Кто рано встает, тому Бог дает.
Well began is half done.	Хорошее начало – половина дела.
If you want a thing well done, do it yourself.	Хочешь сделать дело хорошо, сделай его сам.
Through hardship to the stars.	Через тернии – к звездам.
The work shows the workmen.	Дело мастера боится.
Little strokes fell great oaks.	Терпение и труд все перетрут.
Life is not all cakes and ale.	Жизнь – не только забавы и развлечения.

Text at a yuzhno business centre

A Yuzhno business centre is a place where there are a number of offices which are already furnished. There are telephone lines and telephones already in the rooms and a businessman can just sign a very simple lease and move in and start work immediately. There are all kinds of modern equipment there: the Internet and Wi-Fi, fax-machines, photo-copies and computers in every office.

There are seventy-five rooms altogether in the centre, four kitchens where the tenants can make coffee for themselves. Every floor has its own coffee room where tenants can sit down and relax and watch television if they want to. Here you can have some refreshments, look through the newspapers or have a small talk with your colleagues.

There are two reception areas where the visitors can sit while they are waiting for a meeting to start. There are a few conference rooms with big screens, projectors and telephone sets for conference calls. It’s very convenient to hold business meetings there if you want to speak to your partners or abroad, to display tables, diagrams and graphs.

At lunch time you can have a snack or business lunch in a few cafes on the ground floor, discuss some business matters or enjoy meal.

The Business Centre can provide a wide variety of things for their clients – they can type all their letters and prepare any documents that might need sending out. They can order couriers and taxis for them and even book airline tickets for their clients. They can organize their meetings and food, may be lunch for those meetings. The Business Centre can even organize their dry cleaning and arrange for flowers to be sent to their wives.

Some souvenirs, bouquets or books on art can be bought by the clients or visitors in the boutiques and bookshops on the ground floor.

The main goal for any Business Centre is to provide high quality services for their clients and visitors, to organize their comfortable and convenient work.

Active vocabulary

to be furnished	быть обставленным
to sign a very simple lease	подписать простой договор аренды
to lease	арендовать
to move in	въезжать
to move out	переезжать
to wait for	ожидать чего-либо
to type any documents	напечатать документы
to send out	разослать
wide variety of things	зд. широкое разнообразие услуг
tenants	арендаторы
to order couriers [‘ku:riəz]	заказать курьеров
to start work immediately	начать работать сразу же
to relax	отдыхать, расслабляться
reception area	зона приема
to arrange	организовывать, устраивать
to book tickets	заказать билеты
modern equipment	современное оборудование
fax-machine	факс
photo-copies	ксерокс
refreshments	освежающие напитки
colleague [‘kɔli:g]	коллега, сослуживец
screen	экран
projector	проектор
to be very convenient	быть удобным, подходящим для чего-то
to hold a meeting	проводить совещание, собрание
abroad	заграница
to display	демонстрировать
business matters	деловые вопросы
to enjoy meal	наслаждаться едой
might need…	может быть нужно...
to arrange [ə’reinʤ]	устраивать, подготавливать
bouquet [‘bukei]	букет
to provide	обеспечивать, снабжать
boutique [bu’tik]	бутик, небольшой магазин
high quality services	высококачественные услуги