At The Office

Mr. Danylenko works for Continental Equipment. They are connected with machinery. Their firm consists of 6 departments:

Production

Sales

Export

Financial

Personnel

Research and Development.

They are managed by the Meeting of the Shareholders and the Board of Directors. Currently they employ about 1.500 people. The turnover of their company makes up more than £ 300 million.

Mr. Danylenko is at the office now. His business partner Mr. Grant came with a visit. So he is having an appointment with the Export manager of the company “Whistly” which they supply with their equipment.

• You will work with our Export Department. We export our equipment to Belgium, Spain and Italy. Besides last year we signed a contract with two companies in Asia. We also have two subsidiary companies in Holland and Germany with a headquarter in Germany.

• We heard a lot of positive replies about your company. That’s why we are ready to sign a contract and start buying your equipment. We are going to widen the production of cars and our partners are not able to supply enough equipment.

• We are looking for new partners in Great Britain. That’s why Mr. Gnatenko went to London to establish personal contacts with your company. Have you read all our correspondence with your Director?

• Yes, I think so. We investigated your business proposal thoroughly. I got impression that your Director was positively impressed with the size of our production.

• I was told to show you our price – lists and catalogues. Shall we go to Export Department. They can give you accurate information and you will be able to discuss some questions with them.

• I don’t mind. Let us get down to business.

• This way, please.

Exercise 5. You hired all the people from the exercise number 3. Your task is to introduce new colleagues to the director of the company.

EG:

• This is our new secretary. Her name is Ms Gray. She can operate a computer. Her English is fluent. Earlier she was working for Rugby & Co.

• Nice to meet you.

Exercise 6. Translate the words around the office into your language:

wastepaper basket photocopier drawers

filing cabinet desk computer

answer-phony scales files

fax machine briefcase notebook

Exercise 7. Translate the words on the desk into your language:

Sellotape hole punch drawing pins

scissors paper clip glue

rubber /eraser envelope calculator

in-tray pencil sharpener stapler

calendar diary telephone directory

Stationary printer telephone / telex

Exercise 8. Without looking back answer these questions using the words from above:

1. What do you use to make holes in a piece of paper? _____________

2. What do you use to add up figures? ___________________________

3. What do you put on the wall to remind you of the date? ___________

4. What do you use to hold to pieces of paper together? _____________

5. What would you use to cut paper? ____________________________

6. Where do you keep all the office files? _________________________

7. Where do you throw away pieces of paper that you don't need? ______

8. Where do you write the date of a meeting that you have to go to?_____

Exercise 9. Choose tire correct the ending for each sentence:

We’re negotiating	a new branch in Austria.
We’ve just opened	a new range of products for men.
We do	all our parts from Poland.
We export	luxury goods, which are sold all over the world.
We import	most of our products to the European states.
We’ve just launched	the final details of our agreement on Monday.
We produce	a lot of business in Germany.

Exercise 10. Decide whether the following mean that a business is going badly / B or well /W/

	They are now the market leader in our field.	We’ve taken over our competitors and are expending.
	They are going through a bad patch.	We have our end- of – year figures. Profits are up.
	Business is booming. We sold more than last year.	Apparently, he’s just gone bankrupt.
	Business has picked up in the last two weeks.	Our business is pretty stack at the moment.
	If it continuous like this, we’ll go to the wall.	I go bankrupt. I can’t pay my debts.

Exercise 11. The names of employees are given below. Tell about their positions and their activities. Do their responsibilities of each employee correspond to his or her position?