Traveling on business

Azamat Utekeshev is the President of a joint venture. His office is located in Almaty. It is an up-to-date office with excellent office equipment. His company is a profit-making one. The company managers are experienced and competent specialists. They run the company successfully.

Utekeshev often goes on business to different European, Asian and African countries. His organization does business with lots of foreign firms. Last month he was in Great Britain. Azamat went there to sign a contract for the purchase of some equipment.

The talks were very difficult. Utekeshev and the British businesspersons discussed prices, terms of shipment, terms of delivery and other business matters. The supplier agreed to reduce the price. During his trip, Utekeshev visited different plants where he saw the equipment in operation.

He also attended a 3-day conference on industrial investment policy and financial management and met with consultants from law firms. Azamat was lucky with the weather. It was warm and it did not rain. He was pleased with the trip.

3. Read correctly:

Locate, a joint venture, organization, company, European, Asian, African, foreign, contract, purchase, equipment, discuss, delivery, shipment, matter, supplier, reduce, operation, industrial, investment, financial, management, consultant, experienced, competent, successfully, excellent, profit, specialist

4. Complete the sentences using information from the text:

1. Azamat Utekeshev often goes on business to ……..

2. His organization does business …….

3. He went there to sign a contract for the …...

4. The supplier agreed to …….

5. They saw there the equipment in …….

6. Utekeshev discussed prices, terms of …..

7. Azamat was lucky …….

5. Choose the Russian equivalents to the following English words:

1) joint venture поставщик

2) price оборудование

3) shipment совместное предприятие

4) reduce цена

5) delivery погрузка

6) supplier доставка

7) equipment снизить

6. Translate the following English sentences and parts of sentences:

1. He saw the equipment in operation in different plants.

2. He signed a contract for the purchase of some equipment.

3. They go on business to different countries.

4. They do business with lots of foreign countries.

5. Terms of delivery

6. Terms of shipment

7. Other business matters

8. He was pleased with the trip.

9. He was lucky with the weather.

7. Replace the words written in italics by their synonyms given below under the line:

1. He has a modern office with excellent office equipment.

2. His organization has contacts with lots of foreign firms.

3. Utekeshev and British businesspersons talked about prices, terms

of delivery and terms of shipment.

4. The supplier decided to reduce the price.

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discussed, agreed, up-to-date, do business

8. Fill in the necessary words given below:

1. …. his ….. Utekeshev ….. different plants where he saw the ….. in operation.

2. Utekeshev ….. lucky with the weather.

3. It was …. and it …. rain.

4. The talks …. very …..

5. He also …. a 2-day conference …. … investment …. and …. management.

in, was, didn’t, financial, attended, on, were, warm, difficult, during, industrial, equipment, trip, policy, visited