Вариант 9

Задание 1.Прочитайте и переведите диалог «Signing a Contract»

The British company is a regular importer of asbestos from Russia and has often dealt with the Russian trading organization. Mr. Brown has been instructed by his firm to sign another contract for asbestos.

Brown: Good afternoon! Nice to see you again, Mr. Petrov! You are looking well, I must say. How are things?

Petrov: Not bad, thank you. And how are you?

Brown: Fine, just fine. I always feel well in a beautiful weather like this. Well, I suppose we had better get down to business.

Petrov: Yes, certainly. You’ve come to sign another contract, haven’t you?

Brown: That’s right. For next year, actually.

Petrov: Do you agree to our usual terms of delivery and payment?

Brown: Yes, quite. As a matter of fact, I’ve come here to talk about the price. I’d like to say that the volume of business in the building industry in our country has dropped considerably. This affected the prices of a number of building materials. In this situation it’s quite natural we ask you to revise your prices for asbestos.

Petrov: I’m afraid this is not sufficient reason for us to lower the prices.

Brown: But I must draw your attention to the fact that we wish to increase the purchases by a few thousand tons if you could offer us reduction in the price.

Petrov: I’m sorry to say, Mr. Brown, but we would not be able to make extra more supplies to you. We’re planning to develop more industrial and housing projects. Taking these factors into account we could offer you the same amount as last years.

Brown: Mr. Petrov, we’ve been in business with you for a long time. Besides we’ve doubled our purchases over the past two years. So we would be grateful to you if you could reduce the price.

Petrov: All right. I think we could reduce it by 2%. But only on condition that the price is subject to further negotiations for the second half of the year.

Brown: That’s fine. I suppose that’s the best we can do today.

Задание 2. Найдите в диалоге английские эквиваленты следующим русским предложениям.

1. Вас устраивают наши обычные условия поставок и оплаты?

2. Объем строительства в нашей стране значительно сократился.

3. Хочу обратить ваше внимание на тот факт, что мы хотели бы увеличить объемы поставок на несколько тысяч тонн.

4. Сожалею, но мы не сможем увеличить ваши поставки.

5. За последние два года мы удвоили объемы закупок.

6. Мы могли бы сократить цену на 2%, но только при условии, что мы вернемся к обсуждению этого вопроса во второй половине года.

Задание 3. Вставьте недостающие реплики.

1. Brown: How are things?

Petrov:

2. Petrov: And how are you?

Brown:

3. Petrov: You’ve come to sign another contract, haven’t you?

Brown: Brown: In this situation it’s quite natural we ask you to revise your prices for asbestos.

Petrov:

Задание 4. Выберете правильное высказывание. Переведите все предложения.

1. The volume of business in the building industry in the U K has increased considerably.

2. Mr. Petrov agreed to lower the prices for asbestos.

3. The British company wishes to increase the purchases by a few thousand tons.

4. The Russian company is planning to develop more industrial and housing projects.

5. The British company has been in business with the Russian company for a long time.

Задание 5. Составьте предложения из следующих слов и словосочетаний и переведите их.

1. In, I, well, a weather, always, beautiful, feel.

2. A number of, materials, affected, of, the prices, building, the demand.

3. For, we, the price, to, be grateful, you, would, reducing.

Задание 6.Укажите основные формы следующих неправильных глаголов и переведите их.

To be, to have, to deal, to see, to say, to get, to come, to draw, to take, to think.

Задание 7. Ответьте на следующие вопросы по тексту. Переведите свои ответы.

1. What was the purpose of Mr. Brown's visit to Moscow?

2. Why did Mr. Brown draw Mr. Petrov's attention to the considerable drop in the building industry?

3. In what way could that factor affect the price of asbestos?

4. Why did the British firm ask for bigger quantities?

5. Why couldn't the Russian company offer a bigger amount of asbestos for sale?

6. On what condition did Mr. Petrov agree to reduce the price?

Задание 8. Задайте вопросы к выделенным словам и переведите их.

1. You are looking well today.

2. I’ve come here to talk about the price.

3. We ask you to revise your prices for asbestos.

4. They’re planning to develop more industrial and housing projects.

5. The price will be subject to further negotiations for the second half of the year.