- •Рецензенты:
- •Предисловие
- •Vocabulary list
- •(Present Simple)
- •Вопросительная форма
- •Другие глаголы
- •Vocabulary list
- •Why is Juanita in trouble?
- •Where is she now?
- •What does Mrs. D'Orsey want to know? grammar exercises
- •Activity
- •Compare the work of Jenny Hopper and Gary Hoffman. Make use of the following grid.
- •Compare yourself with a member of your family, another student in the class, or a famous person.
- •Write the story of a typical day in your life.
- •Activity
- •Describe any member of your group using questions in the table so that your group mates can guess whom you mean.
- •Activity
- •Write a short article based on the above interview for the local newspaper.
- •Take the role of a famous person who you know something about. Your partner interviews you and asks about your daily life. Section с
- •Section a
- •Vocabulary list
- •Grammar exercises
- •Activity
- •Activity
- •Section с
- •1. Work
- •2. Home
- •3. Origins and family
- •4. Here and there
- •5. Weather
- •6. Interests
- •Vocabulary list
- •Vocabulary list
- •Grammar exercises
- •Imagine that you were in the bank one day and saw a bank raid take place. The police want to know what you saw. Write a story of what happened.
- •Narrate an interesting (mysterious) story you once witnessed.
- •Edwina d'Orsey
- •Juanita Nunez
- •Miles Eastin
- •Social Contacts
- •1. Making an invitation
- •3. In the restaurant ordering a meal
- •Vocabulary list
- •Section в
- •Vocabulary list
- •Grammar exercises
- •Write a short paragraph about a famous living person and summarize his/her career so far.
- •Have you done any exciting or interesting things? Write down two or three. Find out what other people in your class have done. Section с
- •Identifying yourself
- •Vocabulary list
- •Настоящее совершенное время (Present Perfect II)
- •Vocabulary list
- •Grammar exercises
- •Edwina d'Orsey about Miles Eastin's work record.
- •Mr. Burnside about the particulars of the audit procedure.
- •Section с
- •Incoming calls (when you receive the call)
- •Identifying yourself when you pick up the phone
- •Vocabulary list
- •Section в
- •Vocabulary list
- •Why was there much work to do to make the fma board more impressive?
- •There were many supporters of Alex Vandervoort on the board, weren't there?
- •Who was Alex's strong supporter?
- •Grammar exercises
- •1. Go over Ex. 2 Grammar Exercises Unit III once again. Draw up the layout of Eastin's flat.
- •2. You are looking for accommodation. Another student in your class is a landlord. You make a telephone call to your prospective landlord. Ask him/her about the apartment she/he lets.
- •Inviting introductions from participants
- •Inviting someone to state his/her position
- •1. If you didn't hear:
- •2. If you didn't understand:
- •Section a
- •Vocabulary list (Part a)
- •Vocabulary list (Part b)
- •Отрицательная форма
- •Вопросительная форма
- •Vocabulary list
- •Grammar exercises
- •Using the model above, say what you think Roscoe Heyward, Nolan Wainwright, Edwina d'Orsey are going to do next week.
- •Using the model above, say what you are going to do next week. Write six or eight sentences.
- •Imagine that you are in charge of fma. Discuss with the rest of the class what changes you would like to make. Make definite decisions, write them down and say what the results will be.
- •Section a
- •Vocabulary list
- •Употребление времени Present Simple в значении будущего времени в придаточных предложениях времени и условия
- •Vocabulary list
- •Grammar exercises
- •Roscoe Heyward becomes President
- •Alex Vandervoort is elected.
- •Indirect questions
- •Information to find out:
- •Information about the company:
- •Information to find out:
- •Vocabulary list
- •Factors of production: labor. Labor market
- •Vocabulary list
- •Why did Alex summon Dick French?
- •Dick French didn't have to make a statement, did he?
- •What did the pr head assume?
- •The money policy committee divided two by two, didn't it?
- •Did Jerome Patterton have to cast the decisive vote?
- •What was the outcome of the meeting? grammar exercises
- •College
- •Passport
- •Driving licence
- •Introducing opinions, attitudes
- •Vocabulary list
- •Factors of production: land, capital. Entrepreneurship
- •Contributions of Entrepreneurs
- •Vocabulary list
- •What question did the reporter ask?
- •Fma required ten dollars to open an account, didn't it?
- •What tactics did the people adopt?
- •Why was the big branch almost helpless?
- •How did the New York Stock Exchange react to the bank-in?
- •The bank finally capitulated, didn't it? grammar exercises
- •Imagine that you had an interview for a job of an assistant operations officer at fma a few days ago. Report the interview to the class.
- •Заключение
- •Литература
- •Contents
Vocabulary list
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to launch a bank card system — ввести систему расчета по кредитным карточкам syn. to pioneer a bank card system |
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to operate a bank card system — вести систему расчета по кредитным карточкам |
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to rank (first, second) — занимать (первое, второе) место |
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to have an over-all responsibility for smth — нести полную ответственность за что-либо |
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to bring a query — приносить запрос |
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to feed information to a computer — ввести информацию в компьютер |
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to accept smth — принимать что-либо |
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to decline smth — отклонять что-либо |
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a cardholder — владелец кредитной карточки |
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to be in arrears — иметь задолженность |
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to present a card in payment — расплачиваться кредитной карточкой |
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to be below (above) the agreed floor limit — быть ниже (выше) согласованного уровня |
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to require authorization for smth — требовать разрешения на что-либо |
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a purchase — покупка |
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to face a problem — столкнуться с проблемой |
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to report stolen (lost, missing) cards — сообщать об украденных (потерянных) кредитных карточках |
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counterfeit credit cards — фальшивые, поддельные кредитные карточки |
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to be fraudulent — быть фальшивым, поддельным |
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20 thousand dollars worth of fraudulent purchasing — покупки по поддельным кредитным карточкам на сумму в 20 тысяч долларов |
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to be made from authentic plastic blanks — быть изготовленным из подлинных бланков |
1. A few years ago FMA launched a bank card system. It did not launch Master-Charge. It did not launch Bank Americard, either. It pioneered the Keycharge bank card system. At present FMA operates the Keycharge bank card system with a group of other banks in the US, Canada, and overseas. In size, Keycharge ranks immediately after Bank Americard and Master-Charge. Alex Vandervoort, within FMA, has an over-all responsibility for the division. The bank houses the Keycharge credit card division along with the Keycharge authorization centre in the Headquarters Tower.
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What did FMA launch a few years ago?
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FMA pioneered Master-Charge, didn't it?
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Who has an over-all responsibility for the credit card division within FMA?
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Does the Keycharge bank card system rank first?
2. Calls pour into the authorization centre twenty-four hours a day seven days a week. They poured in yesterday and the day before yesterday. Calls come from every US state and Canadian province. Telex machines bring queries from thirty foreign countries. Last week a Telex machine brought a query from Germany. A free operator in the Keycharge authorization centre took the call. His first words were: "What is your card number?" When he received the answer, the operator fed the information to a computer. The computer instantly signalled "Accepted". It did not signal "Declined". The first meant that the credit card was good, the second that the cardholder was in arrears. On a normal day fifteen thousand calls come in.
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How often do calls come into the authorization centre?
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What query did the telex machine bring last week?
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Who took the call?
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Did the computer signal "Declined"?
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The signal "Accepted" meant that the cardholder was in arrears, didn't it?
3. When a Keycharge cardholder presents a Keycharge card in payment for goods or services, the place of business accepts the card without question if the amount is below the agreed floor limit. For a large purchase the bank requires authorization which takes minutes to obtain. Yesterday a storekeeper phoned the authorization centre. He suspected that the card presented to him was stolen. "When did the shopper visit your store?" the operator wanted to know.
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When does the place of business accept a Keycharge card without question?
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Does the bank require authorization for a large purchase?
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Who phoned the authorization centre yesterday?
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The storekeeper suspected that the card presented to him was stolen, didn't he?
4. Not everything goes well with the Keycharge credit card system. The bank faces two problems: stolen or lost credit cards and counterfeit credit cards. Last Monday Alex Vandervoort met Nolan Wainwright to discuss the problems.
"Did cardholders report many missing cards last week?" Alex wanted to know.
"No, they didn't" was the answer.
"How did you know some cards were fraudulent?" was Alex's next question.
"We got a warning of excessive purchasing. Ten purchases in a day and the computer alerts us" said Wainwright. Both Wainwright and Vandervoort looked concerned. A stolen or lost Keycharge card was good for twenty thousand dollars worth of fraudulent purchasing in the week or so during which most stolen cards stayed unreported.
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What problems does FMA face?
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Last Monday Alex Vandervoort met Nolan Wainwright to discuss the missing six thousand dollars didn't he?
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What warning did the security division get last week?
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Did Alex Vandervoort and Nolan Wainwright look concerned?
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What was a lost or stolen credit card good for in a week or so?
5. During the meeting in the Keycharge security office Wainwright placed on the desk eight plastic Keycharge credit cards. Four of those credit cards were counterfeit, but he did not separate the bad ones from the good. Vandervoort failed to recognize the counterfeits. They looked the same as real ones even under ultraviolet.
"How do you explain it?" Alex wanted to know.
"They are made from authentic plastic blanks that are stolen. Four months ago one of our suppliers had a break-in. The thieves got into the strong room and stole three hundred finished plastic sheets." Vandervoort whistled softly. A single plastic sheet produced sixty-six Keycharge credit cards. That meant, potentially, almost twenty thousand fraudulent cards.
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Did Nolan Wainwright place ten Keycharge plastic cards on the desk?
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How many cards were counterfeit?
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Nolan Wainwright didn't separate the good cards from the bad ones, did he?
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Was the quality of the counterfeit credit cards good?
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How did Nolan Wainwright explain it?