Основы теории английского языка. Шевченко В.Д. - 18 стр.

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А) Dear Sirs,
By now you will have received our new price-list giving details of the
reduction in prices for all our Dry Batteries, which came into effect on January,
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st
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Similar reductions were made in other markets and the result has so
greatly exceeded our expectations that our stocks are rapidly diminishing. While
we are producing at full speed, we may be unable to pace with the exceptional
demand, and a slight delay in dispatch may soon become unavoidable.
You have probably intended to reorder shortly; if we are right in thinking
this, we would ensure immediate dispatch from stock.
Yours faithfully,
Martin Kimland
Sales Manager
Б) Insecurity Haunts North African Regimes
South-Med Hopes
Southern Mediterranean states hope to exploit their growing internal
security concerns as a means of intensifying pressure on the European Union
to cement inter-regional ties during the Barcelona summit.
Among North African states there is growing insistence that the EU should
respond more positively to demands for resources which would bolster the
incumbent governments of the region in the face of insecurity they portray as
threatening to Europe.
The EU aid package for Mediterranean states, amounting to 4 billion
pounds, announced at the Cannes summit in June, is regarded by the
beneficiaries as little more as a token gesture. North African states will use the
Barcelona meeting to emphasize the link between political insecurity and a lack
of investment. Smail Benamara, Algerian councilor for foreign affairs says: “It’s
necessary to give much more money than that provided at Cannes. There
cannot be stability and security without the settling of the social questions.”
В) The gold paper was stamped with a pattern of ridges and spines, a
miniature nautilus wrapped around dark imported chocolate. Unlike cheap
candy that clawed and irritated, this confection slipped down the throat and
satisfied.
The gold paper was subtly textured and, like fine damask, when angled
just so to the light, it revealed secret designs – diamonds – iridescent and
intermittent. Opened flat, the foil was about a three-inch square. It never failed
to amaze Fei Lo how boxes and bags could be knocked down to a flat piece of
hard paper with notches and missing corners. But the spines that formed this
shell design could not be flattened. They were hot-stamped into the paper
almost permanently giving the wrapped chocolate its crisp elegance. Fei Lo
turned the foil over. A shard of chocolate fell free from the crease. He stared at
it before knocking it into his mouth.

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