Разговорный бизнес курс. Митрофанова И.В. - 16 стр.

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производится в стране покупателя;
long-term assessment — оценка долгосрочных перспектив (продаж, расходов и
т.п.);
brief-case, despatch case — портфель, кейс;
souk — рынок в арабских странах;
stencil — трафарет, шаблон;
to cut a stencil — делать надпись по трафарету;
waybill — транспортная накладная, путевой лист, подорожная на воздушные
грузы. Документация на эти грузы отличается от документации на морские
грузы и, как правило
, не так сложна.
UNIT 3
Trouble with a Special Order
Peter Wiles, Hector Grant's nephew, is the Production Manager. He is going to have a
very hectic day, but he thinks he will have a quiet morning dictating into a dictating
machine a long report which his secretary, Jane, can type back later.
John Martin comes into Peter's office very worried. He has just received a memo
from the Production Department telling him that there will be a delay in delivery of
some special plastic-coated steel sheets. These sheets are wanted for an important
order. They will form part of a console for a computerised control system, the place
where one man can sit and be responsible for the production of a large, fully-
automatic chemical plant.
To get the order. Harper & Grant had to promise to deliver these desks before a
certain date. If they fail to deliver on time they will lose money, because there is a
penalty clause in the contract.
To make these desks, the firm need steel sheets which are coated, or covered, with
plastic. The plastic coating is finished in a heat-treatment oven called an annealing
oven. But the steel company who supply these sheets are not able to deliver on the
date they promised: that is to say, they cannot honour their contract with Harper &
Grant. But Harper & Grant did not have a penalty clause in their contract with the
suppliers, so they may lose money unless something can be done about it pretty
quickly.
(Peter Wiles's office.)
PETER WILES: Jane, will you go and see if you can borrow John Martin's tape
recorder for me? I've left my machine at home.
JANE: Here is Mr. Martin.
PETER: Oh, hello, John. Are you using your dictating machine this morning? I've

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