Английский язык. Иваненко Т.И. - 146 стр.

                             … to protect our position
                             ________________________
                             ________________________


    1) take legal action in the international courts;
    2) ask the government for compensation;
    3) send in financial analysts and consider re-investing locally;
    4) suspend all shipments and request payment in Deutschmark.
    MUST, HAVE TO, COULD in offering strong advice and
                                      alternative
     As we saw, you can use SHOULD to offer advice or indi-
cate necessity.
     Other words you can use are MUST or HAVE TO if we
think the necessity is strong; COULD if we are not absolutely
sure about it, or if we are offering one alternative among many.
     Example We must change our investment policy.
     Example You have to resign the old model.
     Example We could close down the plant completely.
     If we are sure about the solution we are advising, we can in-
troduce our advice by I am convinced that … If you are not
very sure you can introduce your advice by I think perhaps …
     Example I am convinced that we must discontinue at
least two models. I think we should review our policy.

    EXERCISE 4. Long-term solutions
    You are a manager consultant. Various company directors
are going to ask you for solutions to their problems. Listen to their
problems and give your advice.
                            Problem
      SALES FALLING DRAMATICALLY IN AREA 4
                           Solutions
    1) Dismiss area sales manager
    2) Adopt new strategy
    3) Restructure sales dept

                                146