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Exercise 72. Translate the sentences into Russian and explain the usage of
the future forms.
1. Having said that I would like to state that those persistent employers are having
lunch tomorrow at a new Italian restaurant which closes at 9 p.m.
2. It’s up to Melanie; however, I would recommend her to run this by Matthew’s
boss if she wants to have a steady income in the future.
3. Fortunately, these unemployed people will be able to get a job at this successful
company next July.
4. The thing is, Juliette’s jealous fiancé is having his driving class the day after
tomorrow at 12.45.
5. For the record, I hope I will be able to keep you posted about all of the updates
on his job search, as I cannot stand this anymore.
Exercise 73. Read and discuss an article.
https://brandriddle.com/nokia-failure-rise-epic-fall/
A Brief History of Nokia: Rise & Epic Fall: The company that eventually
became Nokia was established by mining engineer Fredrik Idestam as a paper
mill in Finland during 1865. The name Nokia was born due to the location of
the second mill, which was set up on the banks of the Nokianvirta river during
1871.
Soon the company diversified into electricity generation and later three
companies Finnish Rubber Works, Finnish Cable Works and Nokia merged.
Thus Nokia Corporation was born in 1967.
Nokia Corporation back then focused on paper, electronics, rubber, and cable.
It produced toilet papers, rubber footwear, TVs, communication cables, etc.
The company even constructed its own power plants.
Nokia also started producing personal computers in the 1980s but it didn’t go
well. In late 1984 Nokia acquired Salora, the largest color television
manufacturer in Scandinavia, and Luxor, the Swedish state-owned electronics
and computer firm. Salora and Luxor combined into a single division and
concentrated on stylish consumer electronic products.
In 1990s, Nokia’s top leadership decided to focus solely on the
telecommunications market, and as a result, the company’s data, power,
television, tire, and cable units were sold off in the first few years of the decade.
This starts the glory days for the company.
In 1992, the company’s first hand-held GSM phone Nokia 1011 was
launched and reportedly it had a talk time of 90 minutes and could store 99
contact numbers.
In 1994, Nokia launched 2100 with the now iconic Nokia ringtone. This was
such a big hit that it went on to sell more than 20 million handsets worldwide,
much higher than what the company had predicted.

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