Ex.4. True or false? Correct where necessary

1. Your fax has arrived three days ago.

2. I haven’t been to the office since Sunday.

3. Has anyone seen my car keys?

4. I have passed my driving test.

5. I already had four cups of coffee today, and it’s only lunchtime!

6. I have been to most countries of Africa but I never visited Congo.

7. He has passed his exams last May.

8. He was busy all this week.

9. There is a lot of work to do recently.

10. Computers have become very important lately.

11. Don't worry about the order from Sony. I already dealt with it.

12. Over the last year or so, shareholders of this company made a 50% profit.

Ex.5. Translate into English:

1. Вона завжди давала мені багато корисних порад в бізнесі.

2. Ми не бачили його вже 2 роки.

3. Я щойно заплатив йому за цю роботу.

4. Я тільки що прочитав звіт наших партнерів.

5. Ви не одержали від нього жодного листа, чи не так?

6. Він надіслав нам ці документи позавчора.

7. Невже він повідомив вам цю новину?

8. У мене був вільний час і я продивився ваш контракт.

9. Твої друзі принесли тобі багато квітів і подарунків.

10. Його стаття була надрукована в нашому журналі.

11. Ми обговорили план співробітництва з цією фірмою дві години тому.

12. Вони інвестували в мій бізнес велику кількість грошей.

Speech and Discussion

Ex.1. Talk to your groupmate:

s Which is the most interesting to work in:

sole proprietorship, partnership, a private limited company, a public limited company.

s Choose one form of business ownership and speak about the advantages and the disadvantages of working in this type of business.

Ex.2. Interview an owner of a sole proprietorship, ask the following questions:

1. Why are you in business?

2. Why did you choose this particular type of business?

3. What advantages and what disadvantages do you feel the sole proprietorship has over other forms of business ownership?

4. How difficult is it to borrow money? And how do you arrange for additional funds?

5. What advice do you have for someone who is thinking about going into business?

Ex.3. You want to open a business. What ownership form would you use? Why?

Ex.4. What do you think are the advantages of a small family-run business?

s for the consumers/clients?

s for the owner?

s for the employees?

Ex.5. Familiarize yourself with the following idioms. Consult your dictionary and translate the sentences into Ukrainian. Think of situations where you could use them.

1. Despite the efforts of the government, the black economy continues to grow.

2. I didn’t know how to break the ice with him. We were both shy and had nothing in common.

3. We must bring these partners to book; they deserve severe punishment.

4. We had to work on a shoe-string, with hardly any staff.

5. I could tell from the expression on the men’s faces that something was cooking.

Ex.6. Comment on the following:

“Genius without education is like silver in the mine”.

(Franklin)

Lesson 4

Text: Business Relationship

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