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7. sense n	1)	чувство, ощущение; sight is one of the five
		senses; a sixth sense интуиция, a sense of duty /
		humour / timing / proportion чувство долга / юмо-
		ра / времени / меры
	2)	смысл, значение; in the broad / narrow sense;
		there is much (little / no) sense in smth / doing smth;
		what is the sense in doing it?; it doesn’t make sense
		это лишено всякого смысла; to talk sense гово-
		рить разумные вещи
	3)	разум; they had enough sense to follow your ad-
		vice; common sense здравый смысл
sense v	1)	чувствовать, осознавать; to sense smb’s presence
		почувствовать чье-то присутствие
	2)	понимать, отдавать отчет; he fully sensed the
		danger of his position он полностью отдавал себе
		отчет в опасности своего положения
sensible adj	благоразумный; a sensible man / idea / advice; a sen-
	sible argument
senseless adj	бессмысленный, неблагоразумный; senseless kill-

ing / violence

(in)sensitive adj 1) (не)чувствительный; sensitive ear тонкий слух; a highly sensitive electronic device

2)впечатлительный, уязвимый; sensitive about / to smth; she is sensitive about her figure; he is sensitive to criticism

3)восприимчивый; sensitive to smth; sensitive to beauty тонко чувствующий красоту; sensitive to human needs чутко реагирующий на нужды людей

8.tedious adj скучный, утомительный, затянувшийся; tedious

		job / task / lecture
9.	qualify v	1)	успешно пройти курс обучения и получить
			диплом; he recently qualified as a doctor / lawyer /
			teacher / etc.
		2)	(for) иметь законное право (на что-либо); she
			qualifies for a scholarship / job / etc.
	qualified adj	1)	дипломированный; a fully qualified doctor
		2)	компетентный годный; to be qualified for a posi-
			tion / job; what makes you think you are qualified to
			give advice on such matters?
	qualification n	квалификация, годность; to have qualification(s) for
		an occupation иметь право заниматься чем-либо
10.	admit v	1)	признавать, допускать; I admit that you are right;
			to admit (to) doing smth; … he admitted (to) com-
			mitting the crime
		2)	(to / into) принимать в члены, впускать; to ad-
			mit to / into the UN принимать в члены ООН; to
			admit into the theatre / musem / club
	admission n	1)	(to) доступ, вход, прием (в организацию и т.п.);
			admission to Harvard; free admission вход бес-
			платный
		2)	признание; admission of quilt / defeat / failure
	admittedly adv	по общему признанию, правда, конечно (вводное
		слово); admittedly, many schools lack discipline
11.	creative adj	творческий, созидательный

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	create v	1)	создавать, творить; to create a theory (army, dif-
			ficulties)
		2)	вызывать, производить; to create a feeling of
			surprise; his behaviour created a lot of problems
	creation n	созидание, создание, произведение; creation of ge-
		nius гениальное творение
	creature n	1)	(живое) существо
		2)	человек, создание; lovely / adorable / horrid / etc.
			creature
12.	earn v	1)	зарабатывать; to earn one’s living; syn. to make a
			living зарабатывать на жизнь
		2)	заслужить; to earn smb a reputation / respect /
			praise; his victories in the war earned him the title of
			“The Great”
	earnings n	заработки
13.	firm adj	1)	твердый; firm ground суша
		2)	крепкий, неизменный; firm nerves, firm prices
		3)	непоколебимый, решительный; firm belief /
			measures / decision
	firmly adv	твердо, непоколебимо
14.	impress v	1)	производить впечатление; to impress smb; to be
			deeply impressed by / with smth находиться под
			сильным впечатлением от чего-либо
		2)	(on) внушать, внедрять в сознание; to impress
			one’s beliefs on others внушать свои убеждения
			другим; my parents impressed on me the importance
			of hard work
	impression n	1)	впечатление; to make / produce an impression on
			smb; произвести впечатление на кого-либо
		2)	мнение, представление; to be under the impres-
			sion; I was under the impression that ... я полагал,
			что ...
	impressionable	впечатлительный; an impressionable child; at an
	adj	impressionable age
	impressive adj	впечатляющий; an impressive speech / performance

/achievement

15.menial adj низкий, непрестижный; menial job / work / tasks

16.description n описание, изображение; job description перечень

обязанностей служащего describe v описывать, изображать

17. cancel v аннулировать, отменять; to cancel a treaty аннули-

ровать договор; to cancel an order / contract cancellation n аннулирование, отмена

18. experience n 1) (uncount.) жизненный опыт; to know from experience знать по опыту; we all learn by experience

2)(uncount.) опыт работы, стаж; business / teaching experience; experience in teaching / banking / etc.

3)(count.) случай, приключение, впечатление; an unforgettable / strange / bad experience; childhood experiences впечатления детства

experience v испытывать, переживать

Word Building

Ex. 23. Form nouns denoting jobs and types of people. Use the following suffixes.

Model: -er publish – publisher -man chair – chairman

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-er employs – interviews – pays taxes – operates a computer – wins

-ant assists – applies – emigrates – is defended in court – deals with bank accounts – consults -ee is employed – is being trained – is being interviewed – is appointed – gives a reference -man is in business – sells – is in congress – speaks for others – is in the police force

-ist is involved in science / psychology / economics / physics / chemistry -ian is involved in politics / mathematics / music / electricity

Ex. 24. Fill in the gaps with the nouns from ex. 23.

1.All relevant factual information about an ____ should be given in the application letter.

2.Bill Gates is probably the most successful ____ in the world.

3.If the applicant at the interview gives details briefly and to the point, the ____ does not need to probe further.

4.____ usually need more information about potential ____ than is given in letters of application and CVs.

5.The applicant’s present employer is often the best person to act as a ____ .

6.In the 21st century ____ will probably find a cure for cancer.

7.During election campaigns ____ make a lot of promises they do not intend to keep.

8.“Accountant requires ____ preferably with previous experience”. (from a job ad)

9.The head of a committee is to be addressed “Mr ____”.

10.Rastropovitch is one of the greatest Russian ____ .

11.Many ____ believe that birth order can influence the type of people we select as friends and mates.

12.____, members of the House of Representatives, are elected every two years for two-year terms.

13.Traineeships are available for ____ under the age of 25.

14.The ____ was found guilty of murder.

 VOCABULARY PRACTICE

Ex. 25. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the word in the margin.

1.Upgrading the computer chip is _____ easy, as long as the PC fair is quite new.

2.Successful _____ for addictive alcoholism depends on the mo- treat tivation and cooperation of the patient.

3.The band “Spice Girls” was formed in 1993 in response to an

_____ for singers and dancers to form a new pop group.

advertise

4.A slogan is a catchphrase of a type commonly used in _____ advertise and politics.

5.Picasso’s painting “Guernica” became a symbol of the ____ sense destruction of war.

6.“Until 1914 a _____ law-abiding Englishman could pass sense through life and hardly notice the existence of the state, be-

yond the post office and the policemen.” (A.Tylor, English historian).

7.The central character of “Sons and Lovers” is Paul Morel, the artistic son of a stormy marriage between a coal miner and his

	_____ and ambitious wife.	sense
8.	Bessie Smith died after a car crash when she was refused
	_____to a whites-only hospital.	admit
9.	French painter, sculptor and illustrator, Matisse was one of the
	most original _____ forces in early 20th-centuгy art.	create
10.	Today, the work of landscape architects frequently involves
	the _____ of national parks.	create

11.In Greek mythology, centaur is a ____ half-human and half- create horsе.

12.King William completed the establishment of feudalism in

England and kept the barons _____ under control.

firm

13.Each worker in the hierarchy should have a job _____ that describe clearly sets out his or her duties and position within it.

14.In 594 ВС Solon carried out the _____ of all debts and the re- cancel vision of the Constitution that laid the foundations of Athenian

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democracy.
15. The owners of the early factories often were more interested in
hiring a worker cheaply than in any other _____ .	qualify

16.In Sweden, for example, women’s average hourly _____ rose earn from 80 to nearly 90 percent of men’s _____ between 1970 earn and 1990.

17.The temple complex at al-Karnak, the cult center of Amon is

one of the most _____ religious structures in history.	impress
18. Seventeen is an extremely _____ age.	impress

Ex. 26. Fill in the missing prepositions if necessary. Consult Vocabulary Lists 1 and 2. A.

1.I was ____ the impression that you two were going to get married.

2.You should be sensitive ____ the language you use.

3.There is no sense ____ applying ____ a job you are not going to get anyway.

4.He treated____ his wife well but wasn’t in the least interested ____ her work.

5.The applicant is not qualified ____ that particular job.

6.You seem to be ____ great demand.

7.Few foreigners are admitted ____ this university.

8.Some people say the only way to learn is ____ experience.

9.Do you mean anybody____ particular?

10.I had waited ____ an hour but nobody who answered ____ your description came along.

11.All the three of us were impressed ____ the horse’s performance.

12.The director cancelled ____ the contract without consulting anyone.

13.He tried to impress it____ his son that man does not live ____ bread alone.

14.Paz was a career diplomat. In 1956–1959 he was Bolivian ambassador ____ London.

15.____ the last couple ____ years fee paying students have been admitted ____ higher education institutions ____ limited numbers.

16.There are no strict regulations ____ the admission ____ foreigners ____ the institutions ____ higher education ____

Russia.

17.The first chapter____ Peter’s career as an economist opened when he entered ____Moscow State University.

18.I am still____ the impression that any foreign experience needs customizing ____ the Russian realities.

B.

What is the Difference between “Salary” and “Wages”?

Both words refer ___ the amount of money that an individual receives ___ services that he / she has rendered. “Wages” are usually paid ___ those people who are involved ___ manual labour; people whose tasks involve more physical than mental effort. Servants, gardeners, electricians, plumbers, factory workers receive wages. These workers, sometimes referred ___ as “blue-collar workers”, are usually paid ___ an hourly / daily / weekly basis. Most government offices ___ India, for example, hire people ___ “daily wages”; and these workers receive their wages ___ the end ___ the day; the end of the week, or ___ the end ___ the month.

“Salaries”, ___ the other hand, are paid ___ professionals and people who do not perform manual labour. Such people are sometimes called “white-collar workers”. If you have a white-collar job, i.e. a job that does not involve manual labour, you receive a salary. Teachers, clerks, bank managers, income tax officials, are some ___ the people who get paid a salary. It is usually given ___ an individual ___ a regular basis – it could be weekly, monthly, etc – and unlike “wages”, the salary that an individual receives is usually fixed. While a wage earner may receive extra money if he works ___ a couple hours more, a person earning a salary does not usually get anything extra ___ putting ___ more hours of work.

Ex. 27. Translate into Russian.

1.“Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop” /Charles de Gaulle/.

2.Women finally got the vote in 1918, after repeated campaigns by the suffragette movement in the 19th century, but it was not until 1975 that employers’ unfair treatment of women was outlawed by the Equal Pay Act.

3.Lee Remick, US film and television actress, starred in the film “No Way to Treat a Lady”.

4.To advertise their success the Lumiere brothers filmed delegates arriving at a French photographic congress and 48 hours later projected the developed film to a large audience.

5.Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper.

6.Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to qualify in medicine in the USA, and the first woman to be recognized as a qualified physician in the UK.

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7.The proportion of young people leaving school in the UK with no qualifications at all dropped from 15.5% in 1980– 81 to 11% in 1987–88.

8.Poor accompanists are admittedly numerous enough, but there are very few good ones, for today everyone wants to be the soloist. /Mozart/

9.Latin American Integration Association aims to create a common market in Latin America.

10.“Love is purely a creation of the human imagination.” /Katherine Anne Porter, US writer/

11.Most whales are inoffensive creatures and swim in herds.

12.It was calculated that the Mafia was Italy’s biggest business, earning one out of every eight lire and accounting for 12% of national product.

13.On the death of Hoxha in 1985 Alia became party leader, soon earning the description of the “Albanian Gorbachev”.

14.“I cannot help thinking that simple things are always the most impressive, and books are easier to understand when they are written in plain language” /H. Rider Haggard/

15.Charles Bukowski’s first novel, “Post Office”, was obviously based on various menial jobs he had done.

16.Graves was severely wounded on the Somme in World War I, and his frank autobiography contains outstanding descriptions of the war.

17.1n I960 a military reconnaissance aeroplane from the USA, U-2, was shot down over the USSR. The U-2 affair led to the cancellation of a proposed meeting in Moscow between President Eisenhower and Soviet leader Khrushchev.

18.John Locke, English philosopher, maintained that experience was the only source of knowledge.

19.Heller drew on his experiences in the US Air Force in World War II to write his best-selling novel “Catch-22”.

20.“Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another.” /Nelson Mandela/

Ex. 28. а) Guess the meaning of the words treat and sense.

1.Robinson Crusoe, a man shipwrecked alone on a desert island, meets another castaway, “Man Friday”, who he treats as his pupil and servant.

2.Geneva Convention covers the types of weapons allowed, the treatment of prisoners and the sick, and the protection of civilians in wartime.

3.Throughout his scientific career, Pauling followed his creative hunches, no matter how controversial they were. In 1970, for example, he advocated large doses of vitamin С to treat the common cold – a belief that few medical authorities have endorsed. He also advocated the use of vitamin С in the treatment of cancer patients. After experiments on 150 cancer patients, the Mayo Clinic in 1979 reported no benefits in this use of vitamin C.

4.The earliest motion picture to treat fantasy, if not science fiction proper, was Le voyage dans la lune (A Trip to the Moon), created by the French filmmaker and magician Georges Melies (1861–1938) in 1902.

5.“Just as the mathematicians treat their figures as abstracted from bodies, so in treating law I have withdrawn my mind from every particular fact” /Grotius On the Law of War and Peace, 1625/.

6.The central principle of Aikido can be interpreted in the sense that force is never opposed by force.

7.“A writer’s sense of immortality: if you’re in print and on the shelves, you’re alive.” /John Irving/

8.The word theology is sometimes used in the broad sense, meaning not only the study of doctrine, but also biblical studies and church history, as when one speaks of a faculty of theology in a university.

9.Bears possess a keen sense of smell, and although detailed knowledge of their vision and hearing abilities awaits further study, they are probably comparable to those of dogs.

b) Translate the following sentences into English using the word treat.

1.Эссе посвящено вопросам нравственности и религии.

2.В своих романах Маргарет Этвуд пишет о феминизме иронично и остроумно.

3.Мюллер выступал против неоправданного (ненужного) применения рентгеновских лучей в диагностике и

лечении.

4.Не следует относиться к этому как к шутке, он говорил совершенно серьезно.

5.Дрессировщик обращался с животными достаточно хорошо.

6.Если вы угостите меня чашечкой кофе, мы можем обсудить этот вопрос подробно.

7.Растения, обработанные гербицидами в период интенсивного (быстрого) роста, могут содержать большое количество токсичных веществ.

8.Позднее Ренуар писал картины на ту же тему в более смелой манере (style).

c) Translate the following word combinations into English using the word sense:

чувство реальности / справедливости / времени / долга / меры / прекрасного; острое обоняние, умение ориентироваться; в широком / узком смысле; во всех отношениях

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Ex. 29. Fill in the missing words:

appointment, employer, personnel, job, employment, to apply, salary(2), employee, copywriter, to earn, experience, career, equal opportunity, to train, training, promotion, equal

Too Old at 30

I’m thinking of 1) ___ for my fifty-first job. In fact, when I reached the fiftieth without success I decided to give up job-hunting and 2) ___ a living with my pen instead.

But there is another wildly exciting 3) ___ in the paper today “4) ___ £9,500-£11,250 according to age and 5) ___”. The good news is the 6) ___, the bad news is that damning little phrase “according to age and experience”, which means I won’t get the job.

Unfortunately my experience is not all related to a single-strand 7) ___ structure. Journalist, 8) ___, company director, wife and mother, market researcher, and now, at thirty-something, I am trying to use my Cambridge degree in criminology.

I’m a victim of the sliding pay-scale. 9) ___ can obtain a fresh 22-year-old graduate 10) ___ a lot cheaper than me. Yet I’m the ideal 11) ___: stable, good-humoured, looking for 25-plus years of steady pensionable 12) ___ .

Ageism is everywhere. Even the BBC is a culprit. Their 13) ___ brochure says in part: “The BBC’s 14) ___ policies are based on 15) ___ for all. This applies to 16) ___ opportunity for 17) ___ and 18) ___ irrespective of sex, marital status, creed, colour, race or ethnic origin.” And then “candidates UNDER the age of 25”.

Ex. 30. Give a free translation of the text «Российский бизнес ...» into English (see Speaking 2).

SPEAKING 3

☻Describe the job of a secretary / a waitress / a copywriter. Consult the list of adjectives (Appendix I, 7).

☻Agree or disagree with the following statements. Give your reasons. If in doubt look through the text “Fleur’s Career” again.

1.Fleur could make an ideal waitress.

2.Fleur was a born secretary.

3.Fleur had a vocation for advertising.

The following expressions could be helpful:

to find it easy to do smth to be good at

to have difficulty in

(not) to be very interested in

to spend a lot of time doing smth never to miss a chance to do smth to have the habit of

(not) to be very enthusiastic about

☻ Pairwork

What makes a person fit for a particular job?

1.

Read

the

following

extracts

and

make

a

list

of

a)

personal

qualities,

b)

special

skills

and

qualifications,

c)

attitudes

of

a

career

diplomat.

Discuss your list with a partner.

Advice of a Retired Diplomat to the New Generation

Interest and concern is a substitute of intelligence to a certain extent, but not vice versa.

Good manners is the best guide in practical diplomacy even in difficult situations. Even when you must be impolite, your guide is still good manners.

You must have the ambition to serve your country, your fellow citizen and your fellow man.

Shoulder your responsibilities. That is what you are paid for. Not assuming your responsibilities sometimes leads to a greater responsibility, that of omission.

Always do things more difficult than you think you are capable of, otherwise you will fall into a rut.

If you want to be taken seriously, don’t take yourself seriously.

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We differ from the other civil servants mainly because of our knowledge of foreign languages. Don’t neglect them. In any case, they are the best means of communicating with our foreign counterparts.

Political affairs are easy. Study economics and trade. This way the foreign service gains in weight and importance.

Don’t neglect answering letters addressed to you by private individuals, your own or foreign. It is an example of civilization, good administration and respect for the private citizen.

Use modern office equipment. It speeds up and multiplies results.

/William Mallinson, “Portrait of an Ambassador”/

As Diplomats See Themselves

They present themselves as practical men and women who take the world for what it is, rather than what it might be, and who let reason, rather than emotion, govern their actions. According to Mattingly diplomacy does not so much require special qualifications as makes special calls for common qualifications”, as well as the “application of intelligence and tact” and “a ready wit and sense of propotion”.

Like Dobrynin with his “reassuring presence”, diplomats see themselves as the steadying influence when others – public and politicians alike – are carried away by the heat of the moment to demand the satisfaction of national honour with war or be tempted by fear or selfishness to renounce important international responsibilities when they become dangerous or expensive to uphold. This they call professional detachment.

Some Qualifications Desirable in Members of the Foreign Service

What should the contemporary diplomat be? What personal qualities and attainments does he need for a job that is evidently so far from simple? Ideally speaking, nothing short of all-round perfection can be wished for in a man who is called upon to represent his country. One cannot, in principle, deny that such a man ought to be clever, wise, good, beautiful, and much else besides.

It is admittedly unusual and even somewhat shocking to contend that the diplomat should have a warm heart. Certainly he should not be emotionally effusive in his behaviour, and he should preserve an unruffled calm when things go wrong and relations become strained. However, he will succeed best in his job when he not only likes at heart, but also shows quite plainly that he likes the fellow human beings with whom he comes in contact. And he will be well advised to make this liking the plainer, the greater the racial and other differences may be.

A certain capacity for deception is needed in a diplomat; but where it is needed is in the domain of ordinary good manners. He must keep a good deal of what he thinks to himself and say for the sake of politeness a good many unimportant things he does not mean. He must be intelligent, but carefully refrain from any oppressive display of intellectual powers. He must have humour (for that is fundamentally no more than a good sense of propotion), but if he also has wit he must usually keep the edge of it well sheathed not to wound those without humour.

Linguistic competence in the diplomat is a specialized branch of good manners as well as a by-product of sensitiveness to environment.

One final virtue of the professional diplomat is patience. Unless he is endowed with it in ample measure, the wouldbe diplomat will never in reality become a diplomatist at all; for it is of the essence of the profession to plod1 endlessly on at tasks which are neither simple nor quickly disposed of.

/on Diplomatic Practice/

2. Read the following extracts expressing opinions of political scientists about their profession. Discuss with your partner:

1.personal qualities of a political scientist

2.special skills and qualifications

3.the areas in which they can be used

4.what aspects of this profession attract you most

5.in what area you would like to work after graduation

Skills

Political scientists must have skills in researching, analysing and interpreting information. They also need to have good oral and written communication skills, and should have good planning and organisational ability.

“One of the main skills you need is to be able to read things analytically so that you can understand what an author’s political biases are, and give a socio-political context to what you read.”

/Joe Atkinson, Senior Lecturer/

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Personal Qualities

Political scientists need to be enquiring, accurate and open-minded. They also need to be able to work well under pressure, and they should have good judgement.

The main personal quality is an interest in politics. That includes having an intense interest in what is going on in society, and an interest in news and current affairs.

Knowledge

Political scientists must know about political theories, local, national and world affairs. They should also know about research methods, human behaviour and thought, and basic statistics. “Political Scientists need to develop an indepth knowledge of the political system of the country that they’re living in. They must also have knowledge of a range of political areas and subjects.

A particular interest of mine is media politics – how information management and communications are now used in politics. I think that this area is important because most of our knowledge of politics, and indeed most of our politics, takes place in the media. So it’s important to study the ways in which the media portray politics.“

“There is an enormous range of skills you can gain when studying to become a political scientist. Those who study this area and don’t work as academics do a variety of jobs, which can range from government research, administration and policy work, to working in the media, or as consultants. Wherever you find there is a focus on the public and collective matters, or bargaining and politics, you will find political scientists.”

“If you study in this area, I think you’ll love political science. There are plenty of reasons for this, but the most obvious is that it is inherently fascinating to study the ways in which people have argued with one another about basic collective things.”

“I think that it’s enormously important that societies have people who act as critics and the conscience of society. I think that political scientists have a responsibility to the public in the same way that the judiciary and the media do; we have a social responsibility to call the powerful into account.”

/Andrew Sharp, Professor of Political Studies/

Useful work experience for political scientists includes:

research-based work

work for government departments, parliament or local authorities

community work

writing or journalism experience

statistical work

work in public policy development

work in international relations

Job Outlook

“I think that the outlook has become better for political scientists in the last few years, because more organisations are requiring the type of knowledge and analysis that only political scientists can provide. This is particularly true in the public service and parliament, but also in other areas as more organisations develop a global focus.”

/Doctor James Watson, Senior Lecturer, Massey University/

Tasks and Duties

Political scientists may do some or all of the following:

engage in the academic study of politics

teach political science

act as a critic or commentator on politics and political events

research issues such as elections, laws, political groups and political behaviour

study domestic and international politics

write reports on research findings

write policy papers for government departments, ministries or Cabinet

conduct public opinion surveys and interviews

examine how individuals and groups affect society through politics

advise governments, political groups and the media on political issues

liaise (exchange information) with international government departments such as embassies or high commissions.

 WRITING 2

CV (curriculum vitae) = Resume = Brief personal history

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Ex. 31. Study the CVs given below. Do they meet the requirements in Appendix I, 4? Decide whether the CVs provide the necessary information. Which layout would you prefer?

Manuel RODENAS ARANA

Born on 20th April, 1974 Spanish Citizen

c/Calvet 54 6o 08021 Barcelona Spain

Phone: [phone]

Education
1992–1998	C.D.E.S. ABAT OLIBA. University of Barcelona.
	Barcelona Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administra-
	tion Management.
1988–1992	C.C.L. Private Institution. High School and College.
Professional experience
Sept.97-present	Centros shopping, S.A. Barcelona Sales Auditory.
	Controller.
Oct.96-Apr.97	Benkers, A.V., S.A. Barcelona. Stock Trading Compa-
	ny. Account Manager Department.
Oct.95	Grifé & Escoda, S.L. Barcelona. Sales Department.
Summer 1995	Viajes Eros. Barcelona. Travel Agency. Account De-
	partment.
Summer 1994	Tubcor, S.A. Vilafranca del Penedés. Metallurgy sec-
	tor. Quality Control Department.
Language and computer skills
Languages	Spanish and Catalan (mother tongues)
	English (fluent)
	French (basic notions)
Computer Skills	Fluent in Windows, Word, Excel, Dbase and MS Access.

Extracurricular activities

Member of the university magazine AULA 13.

Course about Futures and Options organized by MEFF Renta Fija.

Name	Ms Jane Elizabeth Bentley
Address	22 Roseberry Road, Scantleby, Beresford, KR179EP
Telephone No	(2793)27496
Date and place of	9th April 1957, London
birth
Nationality	British – Father British, Mother French
Marital Status	Divorced
Education	Netherleigh School for Girls
	1968–1975 9 O-levels 3 A-levels
	University of Everton
	1975–1978 B.A. (Hons.) in Modern Languages (French
	and Italian)
Experience	2 years courier in France and Italy 211/2 years as trans-
	lator for publisher of travel books 5 years living in Tu-
	nisia and teaching Italian
Interests	Theatre, pottery, painting

Ex. 32. Look through the text “Fleur’s Career” and find the facts necessary to write Fleur’s CV. Look up the missing information in the Reader, Employment, text 1.

Ex. 33. Write Fleur’s CV.

READING 4

Scan the extract from “The Firm” by John Grisham and choose the right ending:

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1.Mitch McDeere wanted to be

a.a criminal lawyer

b.a divorce lawyer

c.a tax lawyer

2.Mitch McDeere came for the interview because

a.he had no other job offers

b.he was interested in this particular firm

c.he was curious

3.The interview was held

a.in a hotel room

b.on campus

c.at the company’s headquarters

4.Abby McDeere had a degree in

a.chemistry

b.elementary education

c.law

5.Mitch was a graduate of

a.Princeton

b.Berkley

c.Harvard

6.In the first two years with the firm Mitch was offered

a.in-house training

b.external training

c.no training at all

7.The highest salary and fringes were offered by the firm in

a.New York

b.Chicago

c.Memphis

8.The firm in Memphis was special because it

a.dealt with international taxation

b.earned a lot of money per lawyer

c.invested a great deal of time and money in their employees

Mitch Comes for an Interview

The senior partner studied the resume for the hundredth time and again found nothing he disliked about Mitchell Y. McDeere, at least not on paper. He had the brains, the ambition, the good looks. He was married, and that was mandatory. He had a degree in accounting, and wanted to be a tax lawyer, which of course was a requirement with a tax firm. He was white, and the firm had never hired a black.

The managing partner, Royce McKnight, studied a dossier labeled “Mitchell Y. McDeere – Harvard”. According to the dossier McDeere was holding three job offers, two in New York and one in Chicago, and that the highest offer was $76,000 and the lowest was $68,000. He was in demand.

Royce McKnight looked through the dossier and smiled. McDeere was their man.

Precisely at two-thirty someone knocked on the door. Lamar, the youngest of the three, looked at the partners, who slid the resume and dossier into an open briefcase. All three reached for their jackets. Lamar buttoned his top button and opened the door.

“Mitchell McDeere?” he asked with a huge smile and a hand thrust forward. “Yes.” They shook hands violently.

“Nice to meet you, Mitchell. I’m Lamar Quin.”

“My pleasure. Please call me Mitch.” He stepped inside and quickly looked around the spacious room.

“Sure, Mitch.” Lamar led him across the suite, where the partners introduced themselves. They were exceedingly warm and cordial. They offered him coffee, then water. They sat around a shiny conference table and exchanged pleasantries. McDeere unbuttoned his coat and crossed his legs. He was now a veteran in the search for employment, and he knew they wanted him. He relaxed. With three job offers from three of the most prestigious firms in the country, he did not need this interview, this firm. He could afford to be a little overconfident now. He was there out of curiosity.

Oliver Lambert, the senior partner, leaned forward on his elbows and took control of the preliminary chitchat. Mr. Lambert handled the recruiting, and it was his mission to sign Mitchell Y. McDeere.

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