Contracts

Business transactions usually start with enquiries. As a rule the prospective buyer gets the name and the address of the prospective seller either at an exhibition, from an advertisement in a newspaper, magazine, and thanks to a television or radio commercial. All these channels of information and advertising

are very important. Enquiries can be sent by mail, by telex or by fax. Sometimes enquiries can be made orally, by telephone. In the enquiry the prospective buyer states in what goods exactly he/she is interested and asks for details on the price and terms of sale. After considering the enquiry for some time the seller sends an offer in reply. The offer usually quotes the price and stipulates terms of delivery, terms of

payment, time of delivery and some other necessary details. In the course of making enquiries and offers, the parties very often meet to agree upon one or another question. After the buyer receives the offer he carefully studies it. Then, very often, he has a few talks or exchanges letters with the seller. After the two parties come to an agreement about terms and conditions of the transaction they sign a contract.

Contracts usually contain the following information: date of the contract, names of the buyer and the seller, description of the goods, price and the total value, terms of delivery, terms of payment, etc.

An enquiry– запрос

A transaction – сделка

To stipulate – устанавливать

Terms of payment – условия платежа

An offer – предложение

Commercial – реклама на телевидении

Terms of delivery – условия поставки

Задание № 11. Закончите предложение, выбрав соответствующий вариант

окончания.

Business transactions start with …

an advertisement offers enquiries

Задание № 12. Перепишите вопросы к тексту и письменно ответьте на них.

How can a person or a company get the name and address of the seller?

How can enquiries be sent?

What information do offers usually give?

Why do the parties often meet in the course of making enquiries and offers?

What information does the contract usually contain?

Вариант № 4

Задание № 1. Выберите соответствующее местоимение. Перепишите и

переведите предложения на русский язык.

We’ve got (no, some, any) bread, but we haven’t got (any, no, some) cheese.

There is (some, any, no) towel in the bathroom. Will you give me one?

Are there (some, no, any) chairs in the kitchen?

The office is empty now. (nobody, everyone, anybody) has gone home.

Задание № 2. Выберите нужный предлог over, on, to, in, out of. Перепишите

и переведите предложения на русский язык.

I’m going … the shop to buy some milk.

John lives … a small village.

Don’t put your feet … the table.

I jumped … the wall into the garden.

She took a key … her bag and opened the door.

Задание № 3. Закончите разделительные вопросы и перепишите их.

Shopping isn’t always fun, …?

You like reading books, …?

Your favorite colours are blue and green, …?

He sent you a letter, …?

You’ll finish the work by Saturday, …?

Задание № 4. Поставьте предложения с модальными глаголами в прошедшем или будущем времени, используя слова, данные в скобках. Перепишите и переведите предложения на русский язык.

He must go to the bank to get some money (yesterday).

Can you speak any foreign languages (when you were a child)?

I don’t have to help you to find accommodations (you could do it yourself).

Задание № 5. Выберите действительную или страдательную форму глагола. Перепишите и переведите предложения на русский язык.

Carpenters (is made, make) things from wood.

She (is cleaning, is being cleaned) the room at the moment.

New working methods (will study, will be studied) by young teachers.

Industrial products (have been replaced, have replaced) traditional ones.

Задание № 6. Переделайте предложения из действительного залога в страдательный, сохраняя видовременную форму сказуемого. Напишите и переведите полученные предложения на русский язык.

They make beer from water, hops and malted barley.

Philips and Sony marketed the first CDs in 1982.

Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin.

A team of European scientists is doing the research.

The committee will announce the names of the Nobel Prize winners in May.

Задание № 7. Перепишите и переведите предложения на русский язык. Выпишите из каждого глагол – сказуемое и определите его видовременную форму и залог. Напишите форму инфинитива глагола.

I was given a watch for my birthday.

These problems will have to be solved before we can go ahead.

Computers are used in all kinds of places nowadays.

People are using computers in all kinds of places these days.

The Second World War started in 1939.

He has been to Italy several times.

Задание № 8. Выберите нужную форму глагола. Перепишите и переведите предложения на русский язык.

If our flight (land) on time, we (arrive) in time for lunch.

If I (have) enough money, I (buy) car.

If I (have) more time, I (finish) my work yesterday.

If you (intend) to go abroad you (have to get) a visa.

Задание № 9. Перепишите и переведите предложения на русский язык. Выпишите причастный (Absolute Participle Construction) или инфинитивный (Complex Object, Complex Subject) оборот и определите его тип.

The weather being fine, we went for a walk.

This experiment was considered to be dangerous.

He wants this work to be done.

Задание № 10. Перепишите и письменно переведите текст.

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