Exercise 4.

Put the words in these questions in the correct order. Then match them with the answers to make a dialogue.

1. your / does / exactly / what / do / company?

2. kind / are / company / what / of / you?

3. are / markets / your / biggest / where?

4. do / many / plants / you / how / have?

5. company / people / employ / your / many / does / how?

6. has / long / in / how / been / business/ the company?

7. business / well/ going / is?

a. We export to Eastern Europe. Our domestic market accounts for about 40% of our total sales.

b. We manufacture electric generators for hospitals and small factories. We are among the largest in the country.

c. Yes it is, the company is doing well. It has a growing position in the market.

d. We’re a Joint Stock Company.

e. We have over 500 employees.

f. For over thirty years. The original company – NT Engineering – was founded in 1981.

g. We have five domestic plants and a number of technical support centers across Europe.

Exercise 5.

Role-play. Work in pairs. Student A: company’s executive. Student B: interviewer. You are discussing the company Student A works for. Use the notes below and expressions from Exercises 2 and 4 to prepare for the conversation.

Company	Company’s history	Products	Workforce	Markets
BeLAZ OJSC	1946 – the year of foundation; 1950 – the first trucks were produced	Mining dump trucks, special purpose vehicles, road building equipment	12000 people; four domestic plants	25% of the world mining dump trucks market, 70 countries, the largest consumers are Russia and the Ukraine
Minsk Tractor Works PA	1946 – the year of foundation; 1953 – the first wheeled tractors were produced	Wheeled tractors, caterpillar tractors, municipal vehicles, forestry vehicles, minitractors	30000 people, 8 domestic factories, technical support centers all over the world	10% of the world wheeled tractors market, 60 countries, such as Russia, the Ukraine, China, India
Belshina OJSC	1965 – the year of foundation; 1972 – the first tires were produced	Tires for cars, trucks, buses, tractors and agricultural machinery	12000 people	Russia, Europe, Middle East, North and South America
BMZ PA	1982 – the year of foundation; 1984 – the first steel products were made	Steel cord, pipes, cast-iron casting, wire production	12000 people, 3 domestic plants	Russia, Poland, Germany, Sweden, the USA
BelOMA OJSC	1957 – the year of foundation	Optical and opto-electronic devices, lenses, loupes, night vision devices	More than 1000 people	Russia, Germany, China, the USA, domestic consumers
Minsk Motor Plant PA	1963 – the year of foundation	Diesel engines for cars, buses, tractors, dump trucks	2000 people, 6 domestic plants	Russia, the Ukraine, domestic consumers such as MAZ, BeLAZ, Minsk Tractor Works
Minsk Automobile Plant OJSC	1944 – the year of foundation; 1947 – the first trucks were produced	Fifth-wheel tractors, drop-side trucks, buses, chassis	26000 people, 7 domestic plants, technical support centers all over the world	More than 30 countries the largest consumers are Russia and CIS-countries, Eastern European countries

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