Exercise 1. Translate into Russian

Exercise 8. Complete the sentences

A. Employees have to … at 65 although I'm sure some would like to stay on.

B. I’ve decided to … and look for a job where I can make more use of my training.

C. The boss threatened to … her if her work didn't improve.

D. I lost my job. They had to make cutbacks and I'd been made ….

E. He's enjoying life on a pension, although he's only 58, he's taken ….

F. Recently I was late so often that I got ….

TEXT 7. MEETINGS

Every person in business spends much time taking part in meetings of one kind or another. All the meetings differ in character and type of business discussed. According to their character meetings can be divided into formal, very formal and informal.

Formal meetings are management meetings, meetings of committees of various kinds, advisory groups' meetings. Very formal meetings are government assemblies, meetings of local authorities and meetings of shareholders of companies.

Informal meetings are meetings gathering small groups.

According to the type of business discussed meetings can be classified in several groups: executive, decision-making, discussion and advice, problem-solving, information-given, negotiation.

At executive meetings their participants are not only discussing and deciding matters but also dealing with implementing decisions. A board of directors is an example of an executive committee.

When collective decisions are being made at the meeting we can talk about decision-making meeting.

Its decisions are absolute and binding for fulfillment.

At discussion and advice meetings members can only discuss the matter and give a piece of advice to other people or bodies. The members have no decision-making powers. Joint consultation meetings are within this category.

Special meetings may be held for solving one specific problem only, they are called problem-solving.

Meetings held for the purpose of providing information are often called "briefings". Briefings are usually given to the press.

When representatives of two different companies, organizations meet with the purpose to discuss future cooperation, details of delivery of goods or different arrangements it is called "negotiation". Sometimes arrangement on the matter can be reached only after a series of negotiation. But all the agreement of negotiation reached by groups of people from different organizations then should be ratified by the bodies that they represent.

EXERCISES

To take part in a meeting; to differ in character; according to; local authorities; shareholders; to gather; to be classified in; to deal with; a Board of Directors; decision-making power; problem-solving meetings; to be binding for fulfillment; to give a piece of advice; to provide information; future cooperation; the delivery of goods; to be reached; a series of negotiations; to be ratified.

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