Monthly Archives: July 2010

Offer and Counter-offer in Business English


An offer is the expression of the wishes of sellers or buyers to sell/buy particular goods under stated terms (including quantity, price, time of shipment, terms of payment,etc.). Offers that can result in actual sales are vital for business transactions. According to their finality, offers used to be divided into two types: definite offer ( [...]

Running in the United States


Everywhere we look we see Americans running. They run for every reason anybody could think of. They run for health, for beauty, to lose weight, to feel fit and because it is the thing they love to do. Every year, for example, thousands upon thousands of people run in one race, the Boston Marathon, the [...]

Goals


There are three kinds of goals: short-term, medium-term and long-term goals. Short-term goals are those that usually deal with current activities, which we can apply on a daily basis. Such goals can be achieved in a week or less, or two weeks, or possibly months. It should be remembered that just as a building is [...]

Integrated Pest Management


Agricultural pests are winning the battle against the poisonous chemicals in pesticides. As each new chemical pesticide is used, the insects or rodents gradually become used to it. The pests change themselves so that they are not killed by the poison. Therefore, farmers, scientists, and food planners are trying a new method to control the [...]