Unit 12. At the Firm

1. Remember the following words:

- enterprise

- department

- office

- accounts

- sales statistics

- a receptionist’s office

- an executive’s office

- a principal (chief’s) office

- an office intercom

2. Read and translate the text:

Talking about an office of a big company we imagine a high building belonging to a business corporation or a big enterprise. Such office includes many departments and every department has its own office. Office is a room or building where written work, accounts, sales statistics, business letters are kept. There are some kinds of offices: a receptionist’s office (a secretary office), an executive’s office, a principal’s office (a chief’s office), etc.

In every office you can see a desk (or some desks), a telephone (and office intercom), some office cupboards, including many drawers for files, folders and multipurpose shelves, a computer, a printer, sometimes a photocopier.

In executive’s office besides the desk you can see a conference table for different meetings and appointments, some chairs, a two seater sofa or a conference groupings for visitors, a safe for confidential documents, some cabinets for folders, a bar.

On the secretary’s desk you will usually see a shorthand pad, a letter tray, a set of forms, a typewriter, an internal telephone list, a telephone and intercom, a fax machine, a computer, a customer card index, a calculator, etc.

Secretary is an employee in an office, usually working for another person, dealing with letters, typing, filing and making appointments and doing many other important errands.

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