8. A company is going to forward some large components to a customer. Make inquires by phoning the partner’s company. Use the information given in the box.

The components are in 6

wooden crates.

The dimensions of each crate are:

Length – 4 m;

Width – 2 m;

Height – 2.5 m.

The cubic capacity of a crate - 15 m³.

Each crate weights 1,500 kg.

The dimensions of trailers are:

Length -12 m;

Width -2 m;

Height – 2.5 m.

The cubic capacity of each trailer - 60 m³.

The maximum load - 23.500 kg.

The charge to transport a full trailer load is $ 2000. It takes three to four days.

Ask the following questions:

Speaker 1:	Speaker 2:
How many trailers does the company need? How much does it cost? How long does it take to drive a trailer to the destination?	How long is it? How wide is it? How high is it? How heavy is it? (How much does it weight?) What is the maximum load? (How much can it carry?)

9. Say which of the following car expenses can be deducted: depreciation; gas; insurance; lease payments; oil; registration costs; repairs; tires; parking fees and tolls.

10. Your company is reviewing its policy for business travel arrangements and expenses. Study the proposals below. What will happen if you implement them?

If staff travel economy class on flights, we can save a lot of money.

If staff have to travel economy class, they won’t like it.

Henderson Electronics plc

Proposals

1. Staff should travel economy class instead of business class on flights.

2. We should stop paying for alcoholic drinks at business lunches.

3. We should have a car pool instead of providing individual staff members with cars.

4. We should lease the company cars instead of buying them.

5. We should only buy/lease small cars (maximum engine size -1,000 cc).

6. We should install meters in the company car park.

7. We should not repay the automobile expenses to those employers who use their cars for work.

8. Staff should not use company’s cars for personal needs.

9. Everyone who uses an automobile for work should keep detailed records of all expenses incurred and the kilometers driven on business-related activities

Hold a meeting with some colleagues. Discuss the proposals one by one and decide what to do.

Decide who is responsible for taking this or that action.

Who is going to be responsible for this?

Can you deal with that?

Could you take care of this?

How soon can we do it?

Grammar review

Conditional I

Read and translate the quotations. Can you explain them?

1. If you do not care, your customer never will. - Marlene Blaszczyk

2. If you don't program yourself, life will program you! - Les Brown, American Speaker

3. My warning: If you don't drive your business you will be driven out of business. - B. C. Forbes, American Publisher

4. If it is a good script I will do it. And if it's a bad script, and they pay me enough, I'll do it. - George Burns

Match the two halves of the sentences.

1. If you keep the receipts, … 2. If you have not got anything to declare, … 3. If we lease the car, … 4. If we retire the company’s driver, … 5. If we travel by car, …

we’ll refund you travel expenses. we have to find a new one. the company will save money. it will take us much time. e. you can go through the green door.

Complete the dialogue below using the verbs in brackets.

Ray Dave Ray Dave Ray Dave

We're not going to get a better offer than that. If you ... my advice, you'll accept it. (take) I'm not so sure. If we ... a few more days, I think we'll get other offers. (hang on) Perhaps you are right. If you ..., I'll tell Jagger that we need time to think it over. (want) When he ... that, he'll be a bit impatient but I'm sure that if I ... to him sweetly enough he'll hold on and not look elsewhere. (hear, talk) If things are looking a bit dicey, I ... to you. (get back) So, if I ... from you, I'll assume everything is fine. (hear) Yep. I'll only call you if I ... there is a problem. (think) So unless I ... from you, I ... no need to worry. (hear, have)

actual cost collision insurance comprehensive insurance dimension deduct destination driver’s log (logbook) Equity Section lease Limited Liability Company property damage liability insurance

to watch out for mileage owner’s draws

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