Benglish

BUSINESS ENGLISH

Part I. Business Texts Unit 1 - English Banks Unit 2- The Banking System (1) Unit 3 – The Banking System (2) Unit 4 – Financial Markets Unit 5 – The Euro Unit 6 – Money Market Unit 7 – Euromarkets Unit 8 – Banking Risk Management Unit 9 – Securisation Unit 10 – Money Laundering Unit 11- What is Business ? Unit 12 – Organization of Business Unit 13 – What is a franchise? Unit 14 – Microeconomics and Macroeconomics Unit 15 – Two Basic Concepts in Finance: Assets and Liabilities Unit 16 – What is marketing ? Unit 17 – The Stock Exchange Market Unit 18 – Functions of Commerce Unit 19 – An Export Transaction Unit 20 – Methods of Payment in Foreign Trade

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Part II . English Grammar The Noun Exercises The Article Exercises The Adjective Exercises The Numeral Exercises The Verb Exercises The Adverb Exercises Part III. Commercial Correspondence Addressing envelopes Parts of a letter References Enquires and replies Quotations, estimates and tenders Orders and their fulfillment. Printed Order Forms. Letter order Invoices and adjustments Debit and credit notes Statement of accounts Methods of payment Complaints Contracts Special business letters Memorandums Report Leaflet Notice Minute Letter of application Curriculum Vitae Banking and Home Business Transport

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PART I

I. BUSINESS TEXTS UNIT 1 ENGLISH - BANKS

There are a lot of banks in our tows and villages and even the internet offers you the opportunity to do “on line banking” as you can pay for goods and services with a little smart card. Speaking about the UK, one has to go back in time, three hundred years ago, to find the beginning of the banking system. The banks were subject to the provisions of the various Acts of the Parliament. The Bank of England was established in 1694 and it was...