Exercise 14

1. Tell other students about John Noe's ideas of setting and reaching professional goals.

II. Tell other students the biography of a famous man / woman analyse the reasons for his / her success.

Exercise 15. Answer the following questions. You can use the words and expressions listed below Give your own ideas.

1. What sort of industry can be developed or restored in your town?

Heavy industry, mining industry, machine-building, civil engineering ['sivlˌendʒi'niəriŋ] (гражданское строительство), manufacture of building materials, food industry, light industry, textile ['tekstail] industry, footwear ['futwεə] industry (обувная промышленность), public service (коммунальное обслуживание), tourist industry.

2. What products can be manufactured and traded in?

Coal; mining machines; brick ([brik] кирпич), stone ([stoun] камень), crushed stone (['kr⋀ʃt 'stoun] щебень), sand ([sænd] песок), cement ([si'ment] цемент), concrete (['konkri:t] бетон), reinforced concrete ([ˌri:in'fo:st 'konkri:t] железобетон); flour ([flauə] мука); bread, bakery products, alcohol (['ælkəhol]), alcohol-free drinks, sweets, dairy products (['dεəri 'prodəkts] молочные продукты), meat, fish, fruits, vegetables; fabrics, footwear, knitwear (['nitwεə] трикотаж), clothing, synthetic detergents ([sin'θetik di'tə:dʒənts] синтетические моющие средства), medicines, tobacco [tə'bækou].

3. What can be done to improve production and distribution of goods?

To modernize production, to introduce new technologies, to lower prices, to improve quality of products, to increase the company's share of the market, to gain new customers, to create new jobs, to raise labour productivity, to improve management methods.

4. What public services are offered in your town?

Gas supplies, electricity supplies, housing and communal services, laundry service, postal service, repair service, transport services, catering (['keitəriŋ] поставка продуктов; обслуживание обедов, свадеб), selling airline tickets, organizing excursions ([iks'kə:ʃənz] экскурсии), securing accommodations ([si'kjuəriŋ əˌkomə'deiʃənz] предоставление услуг) at vacation centres and sanatoriums, educational services, medical service.

5. What are the ways of improving services?

To expand a range of services, to improve work with customers, to attract new clients, to raise quality of services, to provide excellent eating / educational / hotel / medical /public health / recreational / storage / transportation facilities.

6. What are the ways of doing business?

Setting up a partnership, starting a limited company, forming a cooperative (a worker cooperative, a marketing cooperative, a service cooperative), starting a family business, building a small business.

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