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Unit seven
Business
Text
The next day at exactly nine o'clock Pete comes to his office. He knows that he should refresh the correspondence with David and prepare for the talks he will have with David at ten. First he starts looking through all the letters and faxes of Mr. Hill.
Here is the the recent fax message of Mr. Hill:
Then Pete looks through the letters of the participants of the Programme expressing their wishes and requests. He makes a note that he should discuss the following details with Mr. Hill:
time
hotel accommodation
topics to be discusssed at the lectures
business visits
programme fee
Words and expressions
| seven | (.) | |
| a business talk | ||
| to have a business talk | / | |
| to prepare for a business talk | ||
| next | ||
| the next day | ||
| exactly | [Ik'z{ktlI] | |
| nine | (.) | |
| at exactly nine o'clock | 9 | |
| his | ||
| his office | ||
| to know | [nou] | |
| He knows that. | . | |
| to refresh | [rI'freS] | ( ) |
| He should refresh it. | . | |
| correspondence | [,korIs'pond@ns] | |
| to start | ||
| to look through | ['luk 'Trü] | |
| He starts looking through the correspondence. | . | |
| letter | ||
| fax = fax message | ||
| message | ['mes@³] | ( ) |
| recent | ['rÖs@nt] | |
| international | ||
| management | ||
| development | ||
| Ltd. = ltd. | ||
| general | ['³enar@l] | , |
| director | ||
| twenty second | (.) | |
| February | ||
| the twenty second of February | 22 | |
| dear | , | |
| Dear Mr.... | -... | |
| Re | ||
| November | ||
| programme | ||
| banker | ['b{Îk@] | , |
| foreign | ['forIn] | |
| trade | [treId] | |
| foreign trade | ||
| foreign trade businessmen | ||
| to be delighted | ||
| to inform | ||
| 1 am delighted to inform you that... | , ... | |
| Monday | ||
| the twenty eighth of... | ||
| night | [naIt] | , |
| I shall be leaving for St. Petersburg... | -... | |
| I shall be staying at... | ... | |
| train | ||
| by train | ||
| during | ||
| Thursday | ['TýsdI] | |
| on the third of... | ||
| March | ||
| at your disposal | ||
| to discuss | [dIs'kös] | |
| discussion | ||
| at your convenience | ||
| to receive | ||
| I have received your letter | ||
| proposal | ||
| I look forward to... | ||
| comment | ['kom@nt] | |
| kind regards | ( ) | |
| Yours sincerely | ['jþz sin'sI@lI] | |
| participant | [p¸ 'tIsIp@nt] | |
| to express | ||
| the letter expressing... | , | |
| wish | ||
| request | [rI'kwest] | |
| to make a note | ||
| He makes a note that he should discuss. | , . | |
| following | ||
| detail | , | |
| accommodation | [@,kom@'deISn] | , |
| topic | ||
| topic to be discussed | , | |
| lecture | ]lektS@] | |
| at the lecture | ||
| fee | ||
| the programme fee | ( ) |
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Exercises
1. Underline the sentence true to the text:
Pete and Nick prepare for the talk in the office.
Nick prepares for the talk in the office.
Pete prepares for the talk in the office.
The preparations start at seven o'clock.
The preparations start at eight o'clock.
The preparations start at nine o'clock.
The preparations start with looking through letters to Mr. Hill.
The preparations start with looking through letters of Mr. Smirnov.
The preparations start with looking through letters of Mr. Hill.
2. Translate into Russian:
He refreshes the correspondence with David.
He knows that he should refresh the correspondence.
He knows that he should prepare for the talks.
He will have the talks with David at ten.
He knows that he should refresh the correspondence with
David and prepare for the talks he will have with David at ten.
3. Find equivalents in the fax message:
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