Information

1. Sheila is sitting between Ann and Mary.

2. The person on Simon’s right does not like using the telephone and the person on Simon’s left likes going home.

3. Sheila likes meeting people and Simon does not like filing.

4. Ann is sitting on Helen’s left.

5. The person on Sheila’s right does not like typing and the person on Sheila’s left likes writing letters.

6. Helen is sitting on Simon’s left. Mary is on Simon’s right.

Questions

1. Who likes working at BOS?

2. Who does not like taking shorthand?

Exercise 156

Answer the questions on the above information.

1. Who doesn’t like typing? _______________________________________

2. What does Ann like? __________________________________________

3. Who likes going home? ________________________________________

4. Who doesn’t like openning letters? _______________________________

5. What does Helen like? _________________________________________

Exercise 157

Ask and answer the questions.

1. the girls / eat chocolate

(like) Do the girls like eating chocolate?

(Yes/love) Yes, they love eating chocolate.

2. Fred / visit customers

(like)_________________________________________________________

(No, hate)______________________________________________________

3. Helen / get up early

(like)_________________________________________________________

(No, fed up with)________________________________________________

4. Simon / play football

(like)_________________________________________________________

(Yes, love)______________________________________________________

5. Sheila / clean the car

(like)_________________________________________________________

(No, hate)_______________________________________________________

LESSON 15 УРОК 15

PETTY CASH МЕЛКИЕ РАСХОДЫ

Active vocabulary

Nouns Verbs

1. cash - наличные 26. add up - подытожить

2. heading - заголовок 27. spend - тратить

3. postage - услуги почты 28. go up - идти вверх

4. sundries - разное 29. study - изучать

5. expenditure - расход 30. save - экономить

6. amount - количество 31. pay out - выплатить

7. figure - число Adjectives

8. findings - выводы 32. petty - мелкий

9. rent - аренда 33. comparative -сравнительн.

10. rates - ком.платежи Adverbs

11. conclusion - заключение 34. twice - дважды

12. motion - движение

13. newspaper - газета

14. miscellaneous - разное

15. percent - процент

16. percentage - проц. содержание

17. activity - деятельность

18. fraction - дробь

19. light - свет

20. heat - тепло

21. cable - кабель

22. cost - цена

23. tax - налог

24. carbon paper - копирка

25. government - правление

Exercise 158  (We Mean Business p 72, ex 136)

Simon adds up the petty cash each week. All the money comes under four headings: travel, postage, stationery, sundries. Listen to the tape and fill in the amount spent under each heading in October on a copy of this table.

Table 24

OCTOBER	travel	postage	stationery	sundries
First week
Second week
Third week					TOTAL
Fourth week					EXPENDITURE
TOTAL

Fill in the totals. What was the total amount of petty cash spent in October?

NB There are 100 pence in ₤1 (one pound).

Exercise 159

Sheila wants to know what the petty cash is spent on, so Simon draws her a pie chart. Look at the figures in the table above and fill in a copy of this key to the pie chart with the four headings. Check your answers with other students, like this: I think travel is 50%. I agree / I disagree

G rammar notes

Fractions/Дроби

- twelve and a half

- thirty-three and a third

- sixty-six and two thirds

- thirty-one and a quarter

- eighteen and three quarters

- a fifth

- four fifth

Exercise 160

Do a time and motion study on how Ann spends her working day. Start by reading the description:

She starts work at 9.30 and leaves at 5.30. She has an hour for lunch. She types for about one and a half hours every morning and for about an hour in the afternoon. She does the filing for about half an hour a day and spends the same amount of time taking shorthand. Making tea or coffee takes about a quarter of an hour and she does it twice a day. She spends about an hour and a half on the phone. The rest of the time she spends doing other things, such as talking to people, opening the mail, reading the newspaper etc.

1. How long does Anne spend at work each day (including her lunch hour)?

2. How long does she spend doing each of these things per day?

typing - filing - shorthand - phone - tea/coffee - lunch - miscellaneous (everything else)

3. What percentage of her time does she spend doing each thing?

NB This formula will help you calculate percentages:

eg = =12 % (So 1 hour = 12 %)

Exercise 161

Look at the diagram you’ve just done. Ask questions about the time percentage which Ann spends on every activity. Answer the questions.

1. How much time does she spend typing?

She types for 31% of the time.

2. __________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________

Exercise 162

Write in words.

360 - three hundred and sixty degrees

115% - ______________________________________________________

₤ 574 - ______________________________________________________

$420 - ______________________________________________________

180° - ______________________________________________________

92p - _______________________________________________________

₤5,237 - ____________________________________________________

Exercise 163

Make calculations and write the answers.

1. a quarter + a half = three quarters

2. two sixth + a sixth = _________________________________________

3. two and a half - one and a quarter = ___________________________

4. a third + two thirds = _______________________________________

5. two thirds - a third = ________________________________________

6. a ninth + a ninth = _________________________________________

LESSON 16 УРОК 16

REPORT ON EXPENDITURE ДОКЛАД О РАСХОДАХ

Active vocabulary

Nouns

1. following - следующий

2. item - пункт

3. stamp - марка

4. saving - сбережение

5. call - звонок

6. payment - оплата

7. owner - владелец

8. stock market - биржа

9. loan - заем

10. cash dispenser - банкомат

11. charge - оплата

12. target - цель

Verbs

13. control - управлять

14. buy - покупать

15. switch off - выключать

16. re-use - использовать вновь

17. keep - хранить

18. keep up - успевать, придерживаться

19. leave - оставлять

20. waste - тратить впустую

21. lend - отдалживать

22. owe - быть должным, в долгу

23. overdraw - превышать

24. withdraw - снимать

Adjectives

25. cheaper - дешевле

26. less - меньше

27. local - местный

28. urgent - срочный

29. wise - мудрый

30. advisable - советуемый

Exercise 164

Write out the words concerning money.

Cheque cash clock period pay earn spend finance capital profit loss budget schedule minute coin hour place business second

Exercise 165

Remember the old business saying “Time is money”. Here are some verbs you can use both with time and money.

Spend waste save have make invest

Use one of these verbs to complete the first gap in the sentence and time or money to complete the second one.

1. I think you should …………….. your ………………….. in the New York stock market. That’s the way to get rich!

2. I usually get the train to work. It’s a bit more expensive than the bus but it ……………….. me a lot of ………………….. every morning because I get to work much earlier.

3. There are too many meetings in our company. We ………………… a lot of ……………….. talking about things. But nothing gets done.

4. I’d love to help you but I just don’t …………………. the ……………….. . I’ve got an urgent appointment at head office.

5. Executives at head office have been told to …………………. less …………. on travel and entertainment. All departments have to make economies – from the top down.

6. Teresa enjoys her new job, but she doesn’t …………………… as much ……………………. as she used to when she was on commission.

Exercise 166

Complete these gaps with the words.