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ПОСОБИЕ ПО АНГЛИЙСКОМУ ЯЗЫКУ ДЛЯ СТУДЕНТОВ ГУМАНИТАРНЫХ ВУЗОВ

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Facilities Contracts

Meetings, conventions, meals, and outdoor activities are typical occasions where you will need to negotiate a contract with a restaurant, caterer, or hotel. For your own financial safety, any contract should be written so that you thoroughly understand basic costs as well as add-on costs.

For example, a restaurant may quote you $25 per person for a meal but neglect to tell you that this does not include taxes and a gratuity for staff. On top of this, you may even find yourself paying a basic rental charge for the banquet room if this isn't clarified in your negotiations.

In sum, know exactly what you want and how much the restaurant or hotel will charge. Ask a lot of questions, and get all price quotations in writing.

□ Words and word-combinations

1. to balance one's workload — сбалансировать рабочую нагрузку

2. to get around laws and regulations — обойти законы и правила

3. temporaries — временные работники

4. regular employee benefits — пособия, положенные постоянным работни­кам

5. to conform to — соответствовать; подчиняться

6. ownership — право собственности

7. add-on costs — дополнительные расходы

8. gratuity — денежный подарок; чаевые; наградные

EXERCISES

1. Look up the pronunciation of the following words:

zealously, Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, unique, to warrant, mileage, procedure, banquet, gratuity, freelancer.

2. Give English equivalents:

размещать рекламу, грозить, уникальный, полагаться на ч.-л., времен­ный, недостаток, лишать к.-л. ч.-л., постоянный штат, условия оплаты, чаевые, устное соглашение, обойти закон. Reproduce them in situations from the text.

3. Give Russian equivalents:

media outlets, to take legal actions, to be worthwhile, to monitor publications, to preclude smth, to spell out, on top of this, to be missing, to conform to smth, basic costs, add-on costs, a caterer* price quotation.

Use them in situations of your own.

4. Translate in writing:

1. the first paragraph of the text

2. the sectors "Freelancer" and "Facilities Contracts"