IV. Заполните пропуски предлогами, где это необходимо.

1. Mr. Krantz is a manager ___ a manufacturing company.

2. Last week we signed a contract ___ office equipment ____ an Italian company.

3. Did you see the equipment ___ operation when you visited ___ the plant?

4. Yesterday I met Peter Archer, a consultant ____ a law firm.

5. Were you lucky ___ the weather when you were in London?

6. There was a conference ___ financial management ___ Paris last month. – Did you attend ___ it?

7. Do you do business ___ any foreign companies?

8. Did you discuss the purchase ___ computers ___ the talks?

9. Are you pleased ____ the contract that you signed ___ Steel&Co?

V. Заполните пропуски, используя приведенные ниже слова. Agree attend engineer matters operation pleased purchase reduce sign supplier trip

1. What do you do? – I’m an ________.

2. When did you ______ the contract with ABC?

3. Thompson&Co is our British ______.

4. The price was very high. But the seller agreed to ______ it.

5. I want to see your computer in ______.

6. We are _______ to visit your plant.

7. What ________ do you usually discuss at the talks? – We discuss prices, terms of delivery and shipment.

8. Did Mr. Taylor _______ the meeting yesterday? – No, he was on a business _______ in Italy.

9. At the talks on Monday we discussed the _________ of office equipment.

10. Did you _______ on price at the talks yesterday

Text b a visit to the plant

TAYLOR:	We like your plant, Mr Ivanov. It’s quite modern.
IVANOV:	Glad to hear that, the plant is really new. We built it only two years ago.
TAYLOR:	By the way, how long did it take you to construct it?
IVANOV:	Three years, though it’s one of the biggest plants here.
TAYLOR:	You produce very good compressors, they are easy to operate and reliable. Do you produce anything else?
IVANOV:	No, nothing else, as we specialize in compressors. Our goods are in great demand in the world market. We export them to many countries of the world. Last year was particularly good. Our total sales increased to 247 million roubles. We found new foreign partners.
TAYLOR:	Incidentally, in what way did you use the profit?
IVANOV:	We invested heavily to improve the quality. We increased the salaries and wages. We also arranged a number of training courses for technical personnel.
TAYLOR:	We’d like to establish business relations with you. We are going to place a large order.
IVANOV:	We’ll be glad to cooperate with you.

Vocabulary

arrange v – организовывать, устраивать

build v – строить

construct v – строить

cooperate v – сотрудничать

demand n – спрос

be in great demand – пользоваться большим спросом

easy a – простой

establish v – устанавливать

export v – экспортировать

How long did it take you? – Сколько времени это заняло?

It takes me 30 minutes to get to work. – На дорогу до работы у меня уходит 30 минут.

improve v – улучшать, совершенствовать

increase v – увеличивать(ся)

increase by – увеличивать(ся) на

increase to – увеличивать(ся) до

invest v – инвестировать, вкладывать

market n – рынок

world market – мировой рынок

modern a – современный

operate v – действовать, работать

particularly adv – особенно

place an order – разместить заказ

profit n – прибыль

quality n – качество

relations n – отношения

reliable a – надежный

salary n – зарплата

sales n – продажи

total a – целый, общий

total sales – общий объем сбыта

training n – подготовка

training course – курс подготовки

wage n – зарплата