16. Describe your working day in a company. Learning foreign languages

1. Learn the new words and word combinations:

business relations деловые отношения

a lot of foreign firms много зарубежных фирм

as a rule как правило

business partners деловые партнеры

for example например

it is very convenient это очень удобно

to do business сотрудничать, делать бизнес

to take part in talks принимать участие в переговорах

to speak English fluently говорить свободно (бегло) по-английски

to go abroad ездить за границу

developing countries развивающиеся страны

foreign scientists зарубежные ученые

to participate участвовать

to arrange exhibitions организовывать выставки

similar подобный

to improve улучшать

foreign languages иностранные языки

in order to know для того, чтобы знать

to learn изучать

to help помогать

to know знать

newspapers газеты

magazines журналы

courses курсы

to communicate общаться

2. Read, translate and retell the text:

My office has business relations with a lot of foreign firms in Europe, America, Asia and Africa. As a rule, our business partners don’t speak Russian but the people of my office know different languages. For example, I speak English and Spanish. It is very convenient because we do business with many firms in English- and Spanish-speaking countries. I often take part in talks and it helps me to speak these languages fluently. I also read foreign newspapers and magazines and listen to radio programs in these languages.

3. Give the Russian equivalents:

business relations it is very convenient

a lot of foreign firm to do business

as a rule to take part in talks

business partners to speak English fluently

for example

4. Put the questions to the sentences:

1) My office has business relations with a lot of foreign firms in Europe, America, Asia and Africa.

2) We do business with many firms in English- and Spanish-speaking countries.

3) I often take part in talks.

5. Read and translate the text: Learning foreign languages

Russia has political, business, trade, economic and cultural relations with many countries in Europe, Asia and Latin America. A lot of tourists and businessmen come to our country and a lot of Russian people go abroad. We have good relations with developing countries. We help them to build plants, factories, schools, stadiums, hospitals, radio- and TV-stations, etc.

Many young people come to Russia to study at our institutes and universities. Russian scientists cooperate with foreign scientists. Russia participates in international exhibitions abroad and arranges similar exhibitions in our country. Exhibitions help to improve our relations with different countries. More and more people in our country learn foreign languages. Many people learn to read books, newspapers and magazines in foreign languages in order to know more about the life and people of other countries.

Studying foreign languages is very necessary. Everybody knows his own language, but another one is very useful. It is useful when we travel to other countries or if we must read foreign literature in the original.

English is the most used language in international business, science. English is used not only in England and the USA but also in other parts of the world. About two hundred and fifty million people use it as their own language, and another two hundred million use it as a second language. It is difficult to say how many people are learning it.

Knowledge of foreign languages helps young people of different countries to develop friendship and understanding.