VII. Read the text and translate it into Russian. Write out all the past verbs from the text. Divide the verbs into 2 groups:

а) regular verbs

б) irregular verbs

Jeff Fuller Goes to Chicago

Jeff Fuller is a salesman. He has a wife and three children and lives in San Francisco. He travels a lot. Every week he goes to New York or Washington or Chicago. He brings home presents for his wife and children. Last week he had to go to Chicago on business. He left San Francisco on Monday morning. He got to Chicago at noon. He went to the Park Hotel and had lunch. In the afternoon he talked to some businessmen. That evening he called his friend, Carlos, and they had dinner at the hotel.

On Wednesday morning he got up at 6.00. He took the 8.00 plane to San Francisco. He didn't want breakfast on the plane, but he drank some coffee and read the paper. He got to San Francisco at 9.30. He took a taxi and went home. His wife and daughter were at home. They were glad to see him and get their presents. After breakfast Mr Fuller went to his office. When he entered the office he found a number of business letters on his desk. Mr Fuller sat down and began to look through the letters. Suddenly the telephone rang. Mr Fuller took up the receiver and heard the voice of his chief. The chief asked Mr Fuller to come over to his office and discuss the results of the trip. After the talk with the chief Mr. Fuller came back to his office and continued his work.

Mr Fuller came home later than usual that day. His wife and children were waiting for him. They all had dinner together. After dinner Mr Fuller told his wife and children about his business trip and his friends in Chicago. Then he looked through the papers and watched television. At half past ten he switched off the TV set and went to bed.

VIII. Read the profile of Linda Wong. Write another profile about yourself.

Answer the questions below when writing.

 What's your name?

 What nationality are you?

 What's your home town?/Where do you live?

 Who do you work for?/What company do you work for?

 What is your position in the company?

What are you responsibilities (duties)?/ What are you responsible for?

 What are fond of?/What do you like doing in your free time?

PROFILE*

My name is Linda Wong and I'm Taiwanese. I come from Taiwan, but I live in Hong Kong. I'm 31 years of age. I'm very successful and I love my job. I work for the Parkview company. I'm chairman of Parkview, a property* development*, ship building, and car distribution business. I have been working for the company for 10 years.

I'm always very busy and I don't have much free time. In my spare time I listen to pop music. I have 3 cars: a Ferrari, a Lamborghini Diablo and a Mercedes. I hate numbers. I'm bad at balance sheets, profit* and loss* accounts*. I also hate skirts. I never wear one.

UNKNOWN WORDS AND PHRASES:

profile - краткий биографический очерк; сведения из биографии

property development - строительство недвижимости

profit account - счет прибыли

loss account - бухгалтерский учет потерь

ship building - кораблестроение