B. Заполните предложения выражениями из таблицы, поставив глаголы в Past Simple.

1. He made some calls from his hotel room and ran up a large phone bill. 2. We _____________with that company a few years ago, but then we stopped dealing with them. 3. After losing billions of dollars for years, Amazon.com finally ______________in the last quarter of 2009. 4. He couldn’t find a suitable job in his own country, so he ………………..to look for work. 5. When the consultants had finished their study they …………………..for the directors, giving a list of recommendations. 6. The engineers …………………..with the gearbox, so they made some modifications to it. 7. They didn’t want cash or a cheque, so I ………………………….. 8. The product was very popular. We …………………….on the first day and ordered more stock.

Ex 4.7. Заполните статью глаголами в Past Simple.

want, start, buy, expand, be, begin, give, produce

Timberland ¹__ began ___ in 1918. It ²__________ as a small shoe company based in Boston, Massachusetts. Nathan Swartz made boots. In 1955, he ³________ The Abingdon Shoe Company. Later his sons worked for the company, too. Together they ⁴__________ some of the world’s first waterproof leather boots.

In 1973, the Timberland name was born. It starts as the brand name of the original waterproof leather boot. The boot ⁵_________ so popular that the company changed its name to The Timberland Company. In the 1980s the company ⁶___________ into international markets. Then the company introduced adult and children’s clothing, women’s footwear, and accessories. In the 1990s, Timberland began a project that ⁷________ Timberland employees paid time off to work on local community projects. The company ⁸__________ to show that it was possible for a company to do well financially and do good in the community.

 

UNIT 6 FUTURE

1.1. Сопоставьте слова (1-5) с их определениями (a-f):

1. smoother a. ending

2. convenient b. through or by

3. eliminating c. reception

4. via d. not so difficult

5. reminder e. easy

6. lobby f. a message to help you to remember

Вставьте в тексте пропущенные слова. Переведите текст.

CHANGE IS IN THE AIR

Smart travel: New technologies promise to make air travel smoother for passengers and cut costs for airlines.

Get ready to change the way you ¹__ a __. That is the message from Giovanni Bisignani, the head of the International Air Transport Association (IATA). He believes technology could reduce costs for airlines and make travel simpler and smoother for ²__________.

The first part of IATA’s plan is to end the use of paper ³__________ by the end of 2007. Instead passengers would use an electronic ticket. It is much more convenient for passengers, and might result in huge ⁴ _________ for airlines: an e-ticket costs around $1 to issue and process, compared with $10 for a paper ticket. Eliminating paper tickets could save the industry over $2.7 billion a year.

Other changes mean that you could check in for your flight from home via the web, or even while on the move via your mobile phone. The system may even be able to ⁵_________ passengers a text message reminder two hours before the flight. IATA also plan to expand the use of self-service kiosks for passengers to check in. Airlines ⁶__________ that the majority of their passengers will use kiosks for check-in by 2008. The kiosks might not be found only in airports. It could soon be possible, for example, to use a kiosk in a hotel lobby to check out ⁷________ the hotel, and then to check in for your flight. It seems that ⁸__________ could soon make air travel smoother, quicker, more fun and more productive.

1. a travel b go c visit d meet

2. a retailers b pilots c passengers d workers

3. a books b tickets c maps d invoices

4. a savings b money c explain d expenses

5. a take b post c explain d send

6. a want b expect c require d like

7. a on b by c of d for

8. a ideas b technology c customers d research

Сопоставьте слова и фразы 1-6 с их значениями a-f.

1. capital a. careful control of costs, necessary when

you have very little money

2. start-up cost b. the profit you make from an activity in

relation to how much money you put in

3. a tight budget c. money you lend to someone so that they

start a business venture

4. potential d. the time needed to get back the cost of

an investment

5. return e. the expense of setting up a new business

on investment or new project

6. payback period f. possibility of future success

Заполните текст словами и фразами из упражнения 1.3.

Finance for space ventures

It is very difficult for companies in the private space industry to find the necessary ¹_________ for new space projects. Private investors don’t like investing in space because the ²_________ is high, and because the ³________ can be as much as 20 years or more. Investors want to be sure that they will get a good ⁴__________. However, some millionaire space enthusiasts will support projects even if there is not much ⁵ ___________ for making a profit. Even government projects are often short of money. Most space ventures have to run on ⁶___________.

1.5. Вычеркните слово, которое не сочетается с глаголом в каждой группе:

1 launch: a satellite, a rocket, a budget, a new product

2. set up: a satellite, a company, a joint venture, an organization

3. raise: money, capital, the price, a rocket

4. make: money, a profit, an investment, a cost

5. take: an elevator, a risk, an investment, a decision

1.6. Сопоставьте определения с соответствующими словосочетаниями из упражнения 1.5.

To put a satellite into orbit. launch a satellite

1. to borrow money to finance a new venture.

2. to do something that is dangerous and could have bad results.

3. to put something new on the market for people to buy.

4. to make an agreement with another company to work together on a business activity.

5. to put money into a business activity in the hope of making a profit later.

II Venture capital