Certificate of Incorporation

 

I hereby certify that the Goldfields, Limited is this day incorporated under Companies Acts, 1862 to 1994, and that the Company is Limited.

Given under my hand at London this tenth day of July one thousand nine hundred and ninety four.

 

     Fees and Deed Stamps 15,200. 00

     Stamp Duty on Capital 13,510. 00

     Registrar of Joint Stock Companies

     Certificate received by Stephen Low

     65 London Wall, E.C.,

                                                                 Date 13 the July, 1994

Exercises:

I. Find the English equivalents in the text:

1. Деятельность товариществ и компаний.

2. Зарегистрированы официальным регистратором.

3. Представить насколько документов.

4. Выдаётся свидетельство о регистрации.

 

II. Give the Russian equivalents:

a certified copy

company’s charter

   statutes

fees

deed stamps

stamp duty on capital

 

III. Fill the sentences from the text:

1. When a company is registered a certificate …..…..

2. In order to be registered they are to deliver ……….

3. All partnerships and companies are regulated by the law of the U.K. or by Acts of Parliament, and are to be registered with ……….  

 

 

 

                                             “Деловые люди”

Тема: “Директора и менеджеры”.

Words:

private public upper to list to head board of directors to select to appoint to be in charge of something to run the company assistant deputy affairs restriction responsible personnel business card

частный публичный верхний вносить в список возглавлять директоров выбирать назначать заведовать чем-либо, отвечать за что-либо управлять компанией помощник управляющего заместитель дела ограничение ответственный персонал визитная карточка

 

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DIRECTORS  AND  MANAGERS

      As a rule a private company has only one director.

     Apublic company must have at least two directors.

     Usually there is no upper limit on the number of directors a public company may have. The company's note-paper must list either all or none of the names of its directors.

     A limited liability company or a corporation is headed by the board of directors elected by shareholders. The directors appoint one of their number to the position of managing director to be in charge of the day-to-day running of the company. In large organizations managing director is often assisted by a general manager. Some companies also have assistant general managers. Many directors have, deputies who are named deputy directors.

     Directors need not be shareholders. They are responsible for the management of a company's affairs. They are not subject to any residence or nationality restrictions.

     Big companies have many managers heading departments. They are all responsible to the managing director. Among varions departmental managers the following can be mentioned:

 

• sales manager

• personnel manager

• chief manager

• district manager

• sales and marketing manager

• industrial engineering manager

etc.

 

Exercises:

№ 1. Find the answers to the following questions in the text:

 

1. How many directors can a private company have?

2. Who heads a limited liability company?

3. How is managing director appointed? What are his duties?

4. What is the deputy manager?

№ 2. Fill in the words used in the text:

    In large organizations managing director is of ten … by a general manager.

    A … company must have at least two directors.

    They are not subject to any … or nationality restrictions.

 

№ 3. Sum up what the text says about:

    directors of private companies

    directors of public companies

    managers

    assistants and deputies

 

 

Тема: “ Секретари ”.

Words:

executive to require to suit to qualify officer enquiry accounts to handle message

руководитель требовать устраивать квалифицировать служащий, должностное лицо запрос счетоводство, отчётность иметь дело сообщение

to entertain customer to supply associate to appoint to arrange to invite equipment to reply

развлекать клиент, покупатель поставлять партнёр, компаньон назначать устраивать приглашать оборудование отвечать

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SECRETARIES

 

     There are two types of secretaries: company secretaries and private secretaries of executives.

      Every company, both in Great Britain and the United States, is required, under the law, to have a company secretary.

      In the case of private companies the directors are free to appoint any suitable person for this position. But in the case of public companies the company secretary must be a properly qualified person, a member of a recognised institute or association. He or she may be one of the directors of the company. But if the company has only one director, the director cannot also be the secretary.

      The company secretary is the chief administrative officer of the company. He or she is normally responsible for the company, to comply with company law.

       The correspondence of the company secretary is particularly concerned with shareholders' meetings, board meetings and various forms that must be sent outside. The company secretary may also deal with enquiries for information concerning other firms, although the accounts department often handles these matters. Administrative questions come into the sphere of the company secretary, under instructions of the board of directors.

       As to private secretaries of executives they are practically per­sonal assistants of executives. A secretary answers telephone calls, receives messages and makes telephone calls on the instruction of her boss.

       A secretary also helps in organization of meetings and con­ferences, entertainments of visiting customers, suppliers and other associates of the firm. She also deals with all the correspondence of her boss.

       Secretaries write letters on making appointments or travel arrangements, letters of introduction, congratulation or con­dolence, invitations and replies to invitations.

      Secretaries use various office equipment, like microcomputers, fax machines, photocopying machines and others.

 

Exercises:

№ 1. Answer the questions using the text:    

 

    What types of secretaries do you know?

    What must be a company secretary in the public company?

    What are the duties of the private secretary?

 

№ 2. Complete the following sentences as in the text:

    There are two types of secretaries ….

    In the case of private companies ….

    But if the company has only one director ….

    Secretaries write litters ….

    As to private secretaries of executive ….

 

№ 3. Sum up what the text says about:

    company secretaries

    private secretaries

 

 

“ Внутреннее производство и цена ”.

Тема: “ Производство ”.

 

Words:

domestic production price report executive record figure strike to increase target to manage to reach to rise (rose, risen) reason major maintenance to take turns

внутренний производство цена отчёт, сообщение, доклад должностное лицо, руководитель данные цифра забастовка увеличивать цель, задание справляться, суметь достигнуть подниматься, увеличиваться причина крупнейший обслуживание, эксплуатация делать что-либо по очереди

Text:

PRODUCTION

 

     Very often newspapers, journals and other publications and speeches give information on production of goods.

Here is a report of a big English radio company executive at a conference:

     Well, ladies and gentlemen, it has been a very difficult year for us. We've had difficulties in production and our production record this year is not good. These are the figures:

    At the start of the year all our factories had been on strike for two months; the strike finished on January 29th, so in January we produced only two hundred radios.

     Production started slowly because of continued one - day strikes; in February we produced twenty eight thousand radios.

     Then the production figures increased every of the three months. In May we reached target figure of one hundred and forty thousand radios and in June we managed to produce one hundred and forty nine thousand radios. This last figure is the best pro­ duction figure we have ever reached.

     Then we had the two-week factory holiday at the beginning of September, which accounts for the figure of eighty thousand radios for that month

         In October production rose to one hundred and twenty thousand- and then, for reasons beyond our control, we had our second major strike of the year. Some workers continued working, and others, mainly the engineers and maintenance people, took turns in staying away.

     In November we produced only one hundred thous­ and radios and in December ninety thousand. So our production figures for last year were, I am afraid, not very good.

 

Exercises:

№ 1. Find the answers in the text:

    Who made the report?

    How did he characterize the year in general?

    How did the year start?

    What was the result in May?

    How did the situation change in September?

    How did the year end?

 

№ 2. Write down the production figures for every month mentioned in the

    text, as in the model:

 

In January they produced 200 radios.

 

 

Тема: “ Валовой  внутренний  продукт ”.

 

Words:

Gross Domestic Product amount to calculate manufacturing science leisure oil agriculture to define trade to account for to satisfy needs to engage to earn

валовой внутренний продукт сумма подсчитывать обрабатывающая промышленность наука досуг нефть сельское хозяйство определять торговля составлять удовлетворять потребности заниматься зарабатывать

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GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT

     Gross Domestic Product or GDP is the amount of money a country makes from goods and services inside the country for a certain period of time, usually for a year.

     When GDP is calculated different sectors of economy are analysed.

     In the United Kingdom the following sectors of economy are usually analysed: manufacturing, services (financial, profes­sional and scientific services, leisure and tourism), energy (oil, natural gas, coal) and agriculture. In the United States the following sectors of economy are usually analysed when the GDP is defined: construction and manufacturing; trade and finance; transport, communication and services; agricul­ture; and mining.

     Speaking, as an example, about one of the recent year's GDP figures, the following can be quoted:

     In the U.K. the services sector accounted for roughly 60 per cent of Gross Domestic Product. Manufacturing sector accounted for a small percentage of gross domestic product. Energy production sector accounted for about 8 per cent of GDP. Agriculture — only for 4 per cent of GDP. But the agri-cultural sector satisfies two-thirds of the country's needs. And only small fractions of the total population, about 2 per cent, are engaged in agriculture.

     In the U.S.A. the construcion and manufacturing sector accounted for 40 per cent of GDP; trade and finance earned 25 per cent of GDP; transport, communication and services sector earned 20 per cent of GDP; agriculture and mining earned 5 per cent of GDP. By the way 10 per cent of the employed population of the United States is engaged in agriculture.

 

Exercises:

№ 1. Answer the questions using the text:

    What is Gross Domestic product or GDP?

    What sectors of economy are usually analysed?

    When GDP is calculated in the United Kingdom?

    What can you say about GDP in the U.S.A.?

 

№ 2. Complete as in the text and translate into Russian:

    Speaking, as an example, about ….

    Manufacturing sector ….

    Energy production sector ….

    Agriculture ….

    Trade and finance ….

    Transport, communication and services ….

 

№ 3. Compare the agriculture sector of GDP of the U.K. and U.S.A. that year.

Тема: “Инфляция и дефляция”.

Words:

deflation consequence even available to determine rate cause complex to combat

дефляция следствие равномерный наличный определять уровень причина сложный бороться

damage to decrease to come to a halt state to take measures to reduce supply to arise (arose, arisen)

ущерб, вред уменьшаться приходить к остановке, останавливаться   государство принимать меры уменьшать (ся) снабжение, предложение возникать

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