1. What’s your busiest day? 2. What do you usually do? 3. What time do you get up? 4. Who makes breakfast for you? 5. What do you usually have for breakfast? 6. Where do you usually have lunch? 7. What do you usually have for lunch? 8. What time do you usually go home? 9. What do you usually have for dinner? 10. What do you do at the end of the day? 11. What do you do in your spare time? 12. What time do you usually go to bed? 13. What activities do you enjoy? Which do you dislike?
II. Translate the following sentences into English.
1. Иванов – менеджер. Он работает в торговой фирме. 2. Моя фирма продает товары в различные страны. 3. Менеджеры нашей компании часто встречаются с представителями английских и французских фирм. 4. Петров начинает свой рабочий день в 9 часов утра. 5. У меня всегда много работы: я просматриваю почту, читаю письма, говорю по телефону с заказчиками. 6. В 12 часов у Зимина обед. После обеда он остается в офисе и обсуждает деловые вопросы с инженерами или директорами. 7. Мой рабочий день заканчивается в 6 часов. Я прихожу домой в 7 часов. 8. Вы заинтересованы в нашем оборудовании? 9. Господин Семенов – директор большой компании. 10. Каждое утро я просматриваю деловые письма. 11. Когда начинается ваш рабочий день? 12. Мы торгуем с разными иностранными фирмами.
My work at the office
Speaking about my job, I must say I’m always very busy. In other words, I always have a busy job schedule. It isn’t surprising. I'm the company manager (the director of the firm). Our company is very large. We've got offices in different cities. We do business with different countries of the world.
All the engineers and economists at our office can speak one or two foreign languages. The employees of our company must know foreign languages to do business with foreign firms. Our company sells goods to many foreign countries. We sell mining equipment, power equipment, electronic equipment, drilling equipment and other goods.
My office is in Volgograd. It is very large and comfortable. I've got much work to do every day. I'm usually very busy till 6 o'clock and often stay in the office till late in the evening. My office hours begin at 9 o'clock but I come earlier to get ready for work. In the morning I get up at 6.30. I go to the bathroom, wash my face and hands and do my morning exercises. Then I have breakfast. I have eggs with bacon, coffee and sandwiches for breakfast. I leave for work at about 8 o'clock. I live far from my office and it takes me about half an hour to get there by car, which I park behind the company.
In the morning my secretary brings me letters and cables. I go through them and write business letters to foreign companies, make different arrangements. Every day I look through newspapers and journals. I'm interested in the latest political and business events. I speak to our customers on the phone. They are interested in buying a new model of office equipment from our company. They'd like to have the latest catalogues and quotations. I often make appointments with our customers on the phone. During the day I receive customers in my office and discuss business problems with them: prices for different goods, terms of payment, shipment and delivery and some other contract terms.
Sometimes I meet foreign businessmen from Great Britain, France, Germany and other countries. From time to time I meet directors or engineers of our factory. When I have a staff session, I have to speak at it. Sometimes I go abroad on business. I take part in organizing trade exhibitions and fairs in European countries. I participate in striking numerous transactions, concluding economic treaties and signing trade agreements. In my activity I attach great importance to the improvement of interstate relations, having in mind, in the first place, the development of trade relations between different counties.
I finish my work at 6 o'clock but if there are some urgent matters I stay in the office later. In the evening I'm rather tired after work, but I like it and do it with pleasure. I can get home at 10 o’clock just in time to sit down to a bowl of frozen yoghurt and a rerun of this season’s most popular drama series before turning in. Sometimes I go for a walk with my dog to relax and breathe fresh air. I also like to watch TV, listen to music or meet my friends. I go to bed at 12.
Vocabulary
to have a busy job schedule – иметь напряженный рабочий график
to do business with smb. – вести дела, заключать сделки
employee – служащий
mining equipment – горное оборудование
power equipment – энергетическое оборудование
electronic equipment – электронное оборудование
drilling equipment – буровое оборудование
to have much work to do – иметь много работы
to stay in the office till late in the evening – оставаться в офисе до позднего вечера
office hours – часы работы
to get ready for work – готовиться к работе
to leave for work – уходить на работу
to make different arrangements – договариваться по различным вопросам
to be interested in the latest political and business events – интересоваться последними политическими и деловыми событиями
to speak to the customers on the phone – разговаривать с заказчиками по телефону
to buy a new model of office equipment from a company – покупать новую модель офисного оборудования у компании
to have the latest catalogues and quotations – иметь последние каталоги и котировки
to make an appointment with smb. – назначить деловую встречу
to receive customers – принимать заказчиков
to discuss business problems with smb. – обсуждать деловые вопросы
to discuss prices for goods – обсуждать цены на товар
terms of payment – условия платежа
terms of shipment – условия отгрузки
terms of delivery – условия поставки
contract terms – условия контракта, договора
staff session (conference) – собрание сотрудников, коллектива
to go abroad on business – поехать за границу по делу
to take part in organizing trade exhibitions and fairs – принимать участие в организации торговых выставок и ярмарок
to participate in smth. – участвовать, принимать участие
to strike a transaction (a deal) – заключать сделку
to conclude treaties – заключать договоры
to sign trade agreements – подписывать соглашения
to attach great importance to smth. – придавать большое значение
to have in mind – помнить, вспоминать
urgent matters (problems) – срочные вопросы, дела
