Office work

Brenda works for a company, which produces office furniture. She works in the office, which is just opposite the factory where the furniture is made (производится). The woman is very busy during her office hours. This is how she spends her day.

She works at a computer most of the time. She uses it for word processing (writing letters and reports). It's well-known that office work is impossible without a computer. More and more people are becoming computer-literate. Today being computer-literate is a must for office workers. Sometimes Brenda uses spreadsheets and databases. If she wants to connect her computer to the computers of foreign partners she uses Internet. They often send each other e-mail (electronic mail) messages using this system or network.

Brenda also answers phone calls, mostly from retailers (shops selling the factory's furniture). Sometimes she makes phone calls to retailers and the factory making office furniture. Besides Brenda sends invoices (papers showing products sold and money to pay) to customers. So, she does general paperwork (filing reports, writing memos, answering letters etc.).

From time to time Brenda shows representatives of other companies around the factory. Moreover, she arranges meetings for her boss and other managers in the company.

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 your 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