A Visit to the Restaurant.
Last week I had talks with Mr. Stanley, the Manager of Blake & Co. At the talks we discussed the terms of our contract. The talks were successful. We signed the contract & I invited Mr. Stanley to the restaurant to have dinner. This restaurant is famous for its traditional Belarusian dishes. The specialities of the house are delicious there. We came into the restaurant & took our seats at a table near the window. The waiter brought us the menu & some minutes later we made our order. We chose mushroom soup for the first course. It was very tasty. For the second course the waiter recommended us to take fried potatoes & roast-beef. We also ordered green salad & a bottle of dry red wine. There was a good choice of fruit & ice-cream for dessert. We finished our dinner with black coffee. We enjoyed our meals at the restaurant.
Then we asked the waiter for the bill. I should say that the service was excellent & the prices were quite reasonable at this restaurant.
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Small Business.
Today small businesses are the heart of the market economy. There are a great number & variety of small businesses. People become owners & operators of small business firms in one of three ways: start a new firm, buy a franchise, buy or inherit an existing firm.
Small firms have been established to manufacture & distribute goods, to sell them at retail & to provide all kinds of needed services.
The existence of a strong, healthy small business community is recognized as the best way to preserve competition, prevent monopolistic control of any industries, creating new jobs, products & services.
A small business is one which is independently owned & operated & not dominant in its field of operation. It should possess at least two of the following four characteristics: 1) management of the firm is independent; 2) capital is supplied & the ownership is held by an individual or a small group; 3) the area of operation is mainly local; 4) the size of the firm within its industry must be small when compared with the biggest units. There are the following criteria for defining small business: retailing, service, wholesaling, manufacturing.
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The list of terms can be used to describe the size of a business:
Total assets all that a business owns.
Net worth business assets less that is owed.
Gross profits money left from sales after expenses (except taxes) have been paid.
Employees total number of workers & managers.
Net profit what is left from gross profit after business income taxes are paid.
Income net receipts, the total sales, less returns, allowances & discounts.
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3. What is the definition of "small business"?
4. What list of terms can be used to describe the size of a business?
V. The Present ontinuous Tense the Simple Future Tense :
1. Jane doesn't think she (to go out) tonight. She is too tired.
2. I promise I (to phone) you as soon as I arrive.
3. Don't worry about the dog. It (not to hurt) you.
4. I can't meet you this evening. A friend of mine (to come) to see me.
5. I (to go) to a party tomorrow. Would you like to come, too?
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6. Have you been to the exhibition of paintings? Not yet, but we (to visit) the museum tomorrow.
