Vocabulary notes

adventure – 1) приключение;

2) рискованное коммерческое дело, рискованное

предприятие

flourishing – процветающий

get rid of smth – избавляться от чего-либо

take smth out on smb -переложить что-либо на кого-то

3. Imagine that:

1.You are a sole proprietor. You have started a business of your own. Speak up about your company, its organization, performance, owner’s liability, tax treatment, etc. Which aspects of your business activity seem the most attractive to you and what problems do you have to face as a individual owner?

2.You and some of your friends have gone into business together. Make up a story about your mutual business enterprise. What type of partnership did you organize? How do you share rights and responsibilities? What key elements does your partnership agreement include? Have you any interpersonal problems? Why did you choose this form of business enterprise and does it suit you completely?

3.You are a shareholder of some corporation. Advertise a corporate form of proprietorship. Do you agree that corporations are not without some disadvantages? Give your reasons.

IV. Brush up your grammar a. Grammar Folio The Present Perfect Continuous Tense

Утвердительная форма	Вопросительная форма	Отрицательная форма
I have been working	Have I been working?	I have not been working
He She has been working It	He Has she been working? It	He She has not been working It
We You have been working They	We Have you been working? They	We You have not been They working

Present Perfect Continuous выражает действие, начавшееся в прошлом и продолжающееся в настоящем.Типичные предлоги для Present Perfect Continuous: for, since. Present Perfect Continuous переводится на русский язык глаголом в настоящем времени.

Иногда практически нет различия в значении между Present Perfect и Present Perfect Continuous.

How long have you worked here?

How long have you been working here?

Глаголы с оттенком значения длительности (wait, work, learn, travel, play и т.д.) употребляются в Present Perfect Continuous Tense.

I have been playing tennis since I was a boy.

Глаголы, не имеющие оттенка длительности, (find, start, buy, die, lose, break, stop и т.д.) обычно не употребляются в Present Perfect Continuous Tense.

I have bought a new car.

He has lost his key.

Глаголы, выражающие состояние (like, love, know, have for “possession” и т.д.) не употребляются в Present Perfect Continuous Tense.

We have known each other for a few weeks.

How long have you had your car?

Present Perfect в сравнении с Present Perfect Continuous часто выражает законченность действия.

I have written three letters today.