- •Предисловие
- •The Company Organization
- •Vocabulary
- •I. Match the English words and word combinations with their Russian
- •II. Answer the questions.
- •III. Fill in the gaps with the words from the box.
- •IV. Answer the questions choosing the replies from the definitions.
- •VII. Find Russian equivalents.
- •VIII. What department are the following responsibilities associated with? Match the responsibility with the department.
- •IX. Speak about the company’s structure shown in the chart.
- •X. Write a list of departments of a company and explain their functions.
- •XII. Make up a dialogue or a story using the following questions and answers.
- •XIII. Translate small dialogues.
- •The Company Profile
- •Vocabulary
- •II. Fill in the gaps in the sentences with the words from the box.
- •III. Match the words with their definitions.
- •IV. Complete the chart below with the information from the box and make
- •VI. Here are some facts about a company. Write a short profile of this
- •VII. Read the text. Make up a dialogue. Use questions and answers below.
- •VIII. Read, translate and reproduce the dialogue.
- •IX. Translate the sentences.
- •Financial Performance
- •XI. Complete the sentences below with the words from the box.
- •XII. Read a presentation about Tara Fashions. Complete the chart.
- •XIII. Read the text. Write out the underlined words and translate them. The History of Marks and Spencer
- •1. Find words to match these definitions:
- •2. Match words with the same meaning.
- •3. Find the words which mean the same as the word below
- •4. Write down the questions to the answers about Marks and Spencer.
- •5. Make a presentation about the above company. Study and use useful
- •Introducing new information
- •XIV. Scan the text, translate and answer the questions. Toyota – a Famous Auto Maker
- •Expanding
- •II. Get information about the company and prepare a presentation of your
- •Investment plan, with reasons for your choices.
- •Valentino Chocolates
- •Advertising
- •I. Read and translate the text.
- •Vocabulary
- •II. Read the dialogue and translate it.
- •III. Complete the questions with the best word or expression.
- •IV. Match the verbs, adjectives and nouns
- •V. Use information from the above texts and complete the table.
- •VII. Translate the sentences.
- •VII. Read, translate the text and speak about the ways the company
- •Coca-Cola and its Advertising
- •Marketing
- •Kristal Water
- •III. Complete the notes with the words from the box.
- •IV. Discuss the keys to successful marketing.
- •V. Match the words to the definitions
- •VII. Translate the sentences.
- •VIII. Read the description of a language training market. Answer the
- •Recruiting people How Companies Fill Job Vacancies
- •Vocabulary
- •I. Match the words to their definitions
- •II. Use the words from the box to complete the text
- •III. Match the verb with the noun.
- •IV. Translate the text into English
- •Information about each candidate. Discuss the strengths and weaknesses
- •VI. Translate the sentences.
- •Talking about Jobs
- •I. Answer the questions in writing
- •II. Here are some different jobs:
- •III. Match the adjectives to their meaning
- •IV. Discuss whether these jobs are highly skilled, skilled, semi-skilled or
- •V. Match the jobs to the professions. Use the table while putting the verbs
- •In brackets into the appropriate form.
- •Personal Features
- •I. Look at the adjectives. Translate them and match definitions with one of
- •II. Match the adjectives in the box to the appropriate descriptions below.
- •III. Which of the qualities above are the most important in the jobs below?
- •VIII. Complete the letter using suitable words and phrases from the box. The
- •IV. Match the following qualities with the appropriate explanations.
- •V. Answer the following questions.
- •VI. Speak about your personal features.
- •Applying for a Job The Letter of Application
- •Curriculum Vitae
- •Vocabulary
- •Writing Letters
- •I. Prepare a short advertisement for one of the jobs:
- •III. – Read and translate the job advertisement.
- •Grammar Part
- •Gerdau - a Brazilian Success Story
- •Vivendi – 150 years of History
- •The Road to Recovery
- •Market Report - a Rocky Road for Tech Stocks.
- •Investment Opportunities
- •In the correct form of the Passive.
- •Список литературы
- •Оглавление
Market Report - a Rocky Road for Tech Stocks.
European investors ….. (watch) US stock markets nervously over the last few months. The problems with US technology and telecomms stocks ….. (begin) last March, and since then share prices at companies like Intel, Apple and Dell ….. (crash). Over the summer all these giants …… (announce) lower than expected profits, and investors fear that demand for PCs in the highly developed US market ….. (peak). Now it’s the turn of European stocks. On Monday stocks in companies like Germany's SAP and Finland’s Nokia ….. (fall) sharply. SAP …..(be) down 3% in Frankfurt, and Nokia ….. (drop) 7% in Helsinki.
But there was some good news for investors yesterday. Yahoo! ….. (release) figures which showed that in the last quarter revenues ….. (rise) to $295 million, up from $115 million a year earlier. Yahoo! relies on online advertising for most of its income, and this year it….. (gain) significant market share in Europe and ….. (manage) to achieve the position of top Web-navigation company.
Analysts believe that the market ….. (not hit) the bottom yet. Earlier this year investors …… (buy) any Internet stocks that were available, creating a stock market bubble. Now it’s just the opposite. Investors ….. (become) so nervous that they are selling everything, even if the company is sound and the stock looks cheap.
Exercise 9. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Continuous Active or
Passive.
Less than a month after the fire at its plant in Ludwigshafen, Germany, the air bag manufacturer HTS is back in business. Sales Director explained that the factory in Ludwigshafen ….. (work) again, because one part was not destroyed by the fire. So, for the moment, some of the other components ….. (import) from the US, and the bags ….. (assemble) at the other plant in Poland.” The company ….. (plan) to build a much larger production plant at Ludwigshafen. This will be a large investment, but the air bag market ….. (grow) rapidly, and more and more air bags ….. (fit) in cars as a standard safety device.
Exercise 10. Complete the report by putting the verbs in brackets into the
Present Perfect Active or Passive.
Investment Opportunities
Brazil ..... (transform) from an economy based on sugar and coffee into a leading industrial power, and this ….. (happen) over a relatively short time period. Over recent years inflation …. (bring) under control, and foreign direct investment …. (encourage).
The Government ….. (privatise) many state-owned companies, and they ….. (also / invest) a lot of money in advanced infrastructure. In an attempt to decentralise the economy, Campinas was chosen to be Brazil’s IT capital, and car production ….. (move) away from traditional centers to states such as Rio Grande do Sul in the south. No one pretends that all the old problems ….. (solve), but Brazil is finally taking its place on the world stage.
Exercise 11. Complete the second email with the verbs from the first email it