At the Russian Trade Delegation

This is Voronin. He is an engineer of the Ministry of Trade. The engineers of the Ministry often go to different countries to do business with foreign companies. Now Voronin is in London. He works at the Russian Trade Delegation.

Voronin is usually very busy. He has got much work to do every day. His office hours begin at 8.30. In the morning he looks through Russian and English newspapers and journals. He is interested in the latest political and business events.

During the day Voronin works on the computer, meets English businessmen and discusses with them prices for different goods, terms of payment, shipment and delivery. Sometimes he discusses business matters on the phone and goes to plants in London.

 

Mr. Sun and a Big Electronic Company

Mr. Sun works for a big electronic company. They produce different types of electronic equipment, such as telephones, computers, fax machines, copiers, etc.

Their head-office is located in Tokyo. They rent a modern building in the suburbs of the capital. The company has plants and offices in 13 countries, where more than 125,000 employees work.

The company managers are experienced and competent specialists. They run the company successfully.

The board of directors takes the most important decisions on the company’s strategy and distribution of dividends. The sales of the company are high.

 

Smirnov and a Foreign Trade Firm

Smirnov is the President of a foreign trade firm.

In the morning he gets up at about 6.30. His wife and children get up later. He goes to the bathroom to take a bath. Then he has breakfast. For breakfast he has some eggs, coffee and sandwiches. He leaves for his work at eight o’clock. His office hours begin at 9 o’clock but he usually comes earlier to get ready for work.

In the morning the secretary brings him letters and cables. He reads the mail and sends answers to foreign firms. He often receives foreign businessmen at his office. They usually come to discuss prices, terms of payment, shipment and delivery and other business points. Sometimes he goes abroad on business to have talks with foreign customers. Smirnov can speak two languages.

At 12.30 Smirnov has lunch. He finishes work at 6 o’clock in the evening, but if there is some urgent business he stays at the office later.

Smirnov usually has dinner at home.

After dinner he reads newspapers and magazines, listens to the radio or watches television and helps his wife about the house. He goes to bed at 11.00.

Список неправильных глаголов

 

VERB	PAST SIMPLE	PAST PARTICIPLE	ПЕРЕВОД
be [bi:]	was, were	been [bi:n]	быть
become	became	become	становиться
begin	began	begun	начинать
come	came	come	приходить
do [du:]	did [did]	done	делать
drink	drank	drunk	пить
drive [draiv]	drove [drouv]	driven ['drivn]	водить
eat [i:t]	ate [et]	eaten ['i:tn]	есть
feel	felt	felt	чувствовать
forget	forgot	forgotten	забывать
get [ get ]	got	got	получать
give [giv]	gave [geiv]	given [givn]	давать
go [gou]	went [went]	gone	идти
have	had	had	иметь
know [nou]	knew [nju:]	known [noun]	знать
learn	learnt	learnt	учить
make [meik]	made [meid]	made [meid]	делать, создавать
put [put]	put [put]	put [put]	положить
read [ri:d]	read [red]	read [red]	читать
say [sei]	said [sed]	said [sed]	говорить
see [si:]	saw	seen [si:n]	видеть
sleep	slept	slept	спать
speak [spi:k]	spoke [spouk]	spoken ['spouk(e)n]	говорить
take [teik]	took [tuk]	taken	брать, взять
teach	taught	taught	учить
tell [tel]	told [tould]	told [tould]	рассказывать
think	thought	thought	думать
understand	understood	understood	понимать
write [rait]	wrote [rout]	written ['ritn]	писать

 

 

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