III. WRITING SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

3.1. WRITE your lecture (2.7) down in no more than 500 words.

IV. ADDITIONAL READING

4.1. READ AND ANSWER THE QUESTION:

Why is it necessary to conduct background activity checks?

СООРЕRАТION: DILIGENCE IS VITAL

In the current economic confusion, fraud appears to be common, so there is growing need for CIS companies to conduct commercial background checks. Checks should be conducted not just on local companies but on potential foreign partners as well. Foreign firms have long heard that there is no more important task than the choice of a credible business partner when exploring business opportunities in the former Soviet Union. Because of hucksters in the ex-USSR, many firms are being established in the area to conduct business commercial investigate tions for both Western and Russian clients. The Maryland-based InterPro opened its branch here with the aim of checking the activities of foreign and domestic firms. The personnel consists of former FBI agents. Paul Lamberth, InterPro president, says that the commercial background check may include several levels. The first level of inquiry involves a simple review of public records and electronic data bases. That gives a client a certain measure of comfort that the company exists. The first level is necessary if, in the course of negotiations, there is lack of trust. If there is more hard evidence that your potential partner may lack credibilitythe full background inquiry is recommended. When serious questions arise about a partner, like a failure to meet payment shedules, or when a deal involves a big amount of money, InterPro conducts a so-called "special inquiry". It maintains a specific plan of action. But the company is always staying within the boundary of legality and ethics. It is here that the skills of professional investigators come into play. The company maintains agreements with several Russian-based commercial investigation firms. If anyone needs a simpler inquiry, Dun & Bradstreet, the famous US company, may be of considerable help. It publishes profiles of companies that include such things as where the firm is located, type of business, employees, revenue, the firm's officers, and their record of paying the bills. The company has data on 30 million businesses worldwide, by far the world's largest data base of general information on commercial enterprises.

4.2. READING COMPREHENSION TEST 12A.

Choose the correct variant on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.

1. The CIS companies should conduct checks because

(A) it is common practice in Eastern Europe

(B) there is a growing need to do so

(D) there is no alternative to that

2. There appear various firms

(A) choosing a credible business partner

(B) exploring commercial opportunities

(D) establishing their branches and offices

3. The commercial background check may include

(A) several levels of inquiry

(B) former intelligence agents

(D) both domestic and foreign partners

4. A "special inquiry" is effected when

(A) there is lack of trust in the course of negotiations

(B) there is more hard evidence that fraud is involved

(D) serious questions arise about a future partner

5. In Line 28, the word "maintains" is closest in meaning to

(A) supports

(B) provides

(D) agrees

6. According to the text, it is NOT true that Dun & Bradstreet Co.

(A) provides profiles of companies from all over the world

(B) has the largest data base of general information

(D) has a fairly limited data base on commercial enterprises

MINI-TEST N3

I. CHOOSE THE CORRECT VARIANT.

HOW THE AMERICAN CAR APPEARED

No big technology (has begun, had begun, begin) more rapidly than the car. And nowhere did it take off faster (than, then, when) in America. In 1898, there were not thirty (working, worked, workable) cars in the United States. A little over a decade later, there were seven (hundred, hundreds) car factories! Automobile manufacturers came from every walk of life. John and Horace Dodge (had run, have run, ran) a Detroit machine shop. David Buick supplied plumbing equipment, (the, — ,a) great number of the first manufacturers were from the Midwest, from Michigan in particular. Henry Ford was from Detroit, and William Durant from Flint. It is interesting to (know, study, research) that some of the models were named for explorers (brought, bringing) the spirit of adventure. Cadillac, for example, was named (in, for, by) a Frenchman who had founded the city of Detroit. But the early cars were (costing, costy, costly) and unreliable.

II. FILL IN THE GAPS WITH THE WORDS FROM THE LIST BELOW.

THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

When in Washington, D.C. you can visit any of the Smithsonian's 14 1) ___ or the National Zoo. It is the world's 2) ___ museum complex. The museum was 3) ___ for "the increase and spreading of knowledge among people". The Institution is dedicated to 4) ___ education, natonal service and 5) ___ research. The Smithsonian was named 6) ___ James Smithson, an English scientist, who had donated the fund to establish the institution. Nine Smithsonian museums are 7) ___ on the National Mall between the Washington Monument and the Capitol. In addition to museums and objects, the Smithsonian 8) ___ an exciting schedule of "living exhibits". For a 10-day 9) ___ each summer, the Festival of American Folk-life

10) ___ musicians and craftspeople to the Mall.

WORDS TO BE FILLED IN GAPS:

a) period b) for c) public d) museums

e) located f) brings g) scientific h) largest

i) offers j) established

POETS’ CORNER

MARINA TSVETAEVA

ОДА ПЕШЕМУ ХОДУ

В век сплошных скоропадских,

Роковых скоростей —

Слава стойкому братству

Пешехожих ступней!

Всеутесно, всерощно,

Прямиком, без дорог,

Обивающих мощно

Лишь природы — порог,

Дерзко попранный веком.

(В век турбин и динам

Только жить, что калекам!)

...Но и мстящий же вам

За рекламные клейма

На вскормившую грудь.

...Нет, безногое племя,

Даль — ногами добудь! (...)

Между Зюйдом и Нордом —

Поставщик суеты!

Ваши "форды" (рекорды

Быстроты: пустоты),

Ваши "рольсы" и "ройсы" —

Змея ветхого лесть!

Сыне! Господа бойся,

Ноги давшего — бресть. (...)

Где предел для резины —

Там простор для ноги.

Не хватает бензину?

Вздоху — хватит в груди! (...)

Я костьми, други, лягу —

За раскрытие школ! Чтоб от первого шага

До последнего — шел

Внук мой! Отпрыск мой! мускул,

Посрамивший Аид!

Чтобы в царстве моллюсков —

На своих на двоих!

TASKS

1. LIST the names of car makes mentioned in the poem. Why does the author remember those makes?

2. DISCUSS the poem's message. It was written in the 1930s, but it remains actual,

doesn't it?

3. BRAINSTORM the problem how to present the poem as a metaphor explaining the essence of beneficial cooperation between the West and the East — "между Вестом

и Остом..."

4. FIND & READ other poems by Marina Tsvetaeva and share your impressions with

the groupmates.

TO THE STUDENT

Dear Learner,

This is the end of Part One. By now, you've developed sufficient background for further progress. Let us now check on your progress. Do the following quiz, please. Try to be attentive. Do not lose your sense of humour. Best wishes!

1. Loius Chevrolet joined efforts with William 2. Coca-Cola was born in

A) Shakespeare A) Flint, Michigan

B) Harley B) Cocajumbo, Abracadabra

C) Durant C) Atlanta, Georgia

3. Pilot is

A) a man who flies the Boeing-747

B) a Jumbo Jet Jumper from Japan

C) a Japanese corporation 4. Frederic Taylor was .

---- -------------------------------------- A) his mother's son

B) somebody's father

C) the father of Scientific Management

5. The first thinker about management was

A) Tom Sawyer

B) Henry VIII

C) Henry Fayol

6. The zipper was invented

A) by CD. Zipperlin from Berlin in 1819

B) by D. Zipperjing from Bejing in 1918

C) by W.L. Judson from the U.S.A. in 1891 7. The Golden Gates is

A) a genious of golden

opportunity

B) a monument to Bill Gates

made of gold

C) a bridge in San-Francisco

7. Sponsorship is popular because money

A) can't buy me love

B) is always funny in the rich men's world

C) opens all doors, golden gates included

9. Teenage research these days is

A) a limited company

B) a campaign without limitations

C) practically unlimited

10.The least difficult thing in selling is to sell

A) Alaska to Americans

B) snow to the Eskimos

C) Eskimos to children

ANSWER KEY:

...SEE? SEE! SEE!

ANSWER KEYS

MULTIPLE CHOICE TESTS A/B

READING COMPREHENSION

STRUCTURE & EXPRESSION

TEST

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5В

6В

7В

8В

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9В

10A

10В

11A

11В

12A

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