Miss Wright: Yes, sir.
Mr. Power: Miss Wright, tell Chris to photocopy the Director's report. 
Miss Wright: Yes, sir. Anything else, sir?
Mr. Power: Yes. Tell Miss Davis not to ring her friend on the office phone.
Miss Wright: Yes, sir.
Miss Wright: Oh, Chris?
Chris: Yes, Miss Wright?
Miss Wright: Mr. Power wants you to photocopy this report.
Chris: Oh, yes... I'll do it later.
Miss Wright: No, Chris. Do it now. I know it's important.
Miss Wright: Miss Davis! Did you ring your friend on the office phone yesterday?
Miss Davis: Well, yes... I did... but it was urgent.
Miss Wright: Hmm... I think Mr. Power heard you. He wasn't very pleased about it. Don't use the office phone for personal calls.
Miss Davis: No... no, Miss Wright... I won't do it again... I'm sorry.
Mr. Power: Miss Wright? Has Chris photocopied that report yet?
Miss Wright: Not yet... but I told him to do it immediately. I think he's doing it now.
Mr. Power: Good. Did you tell Miss Davis not to ring her boyfriend from here?
Miss Wright: Oh, yes... I told her not to use the office phone for personal calls... she says she won't do it again. I'm sure she won't.
Mr. Power: I hope she won't... her friend lives in Australia!
VII. Дайте ответ на следующие вопросы:
1. How can you prove that it was really a busy office?
2. Why didn't Mr. Power want Miss Davis to ring her boyfriend on the office phone?
3. Mr. Power was an efficient boss, wasn't he? How can you prove it?
4. Was Miss Wright an efficient secretary?
VIII. Подберите ответы на вопросы, соответствующие суждению текста “The Nature of Business”.
1. What is one of the modern definitions of business?
a) Business is exchange or trade for things people want or need.
b) Business is the creation of services.
c) Business means the selling of products only.
d) Business is the human activity related to production, distribution and sale of goods and services for a profit.
2. What does production involve?
a) The act of making goods or creating services for human wants.
b) Business activity related to buying and selling of goods.
c) Production refers to transportation, storage and delivery of products.
d) A system of recording summarizing business and analyzing, verifying, and reporting the results.
3. What is distribution?
a) Transportation, storage, and delivery of products from the point of production to the place where they can be sold.
b) Business activity related to providing help, repair or assistance as opposed to selling or producing.
c) Activity related to material things needed for civilization.
d) A kind of public announcement which describes the benefits of using a product or service
4. What is profit?
a) Money or property used for production.
b) The amount by which income exceeds costs.
c) Property in houses and land.
d) Something made or produced which is to be sold.
IX. Определите, являются ли следующие утверждения истинными, или ложными. Отметьте их буквами «T» (true), или «F» (false) соответственно.
a) Business is the activity of making, distributing and selling goods and services for a profit ____.
b) From ancient to modern times the definition of business has remained the same. ____
c) A major goal in the functioning of a business company is making a profit.
d) Sale is the exchange of a product or service for money. ____
e) Profit is the money that remains after all the expenses are paid. ____
f) A doctor doesn’t perform a service by taking care of the people when they are sick. ____
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