II. Прочитайте і перекладіть діалог. Telephone Conversation

– Stanley Hydraulic Tools. Can I help you? – I’d like to speak to Mr. Warner, please. – Mr. Warner? What is your name, please? – This is Boris Frolov, from HM Systems. – Would you spell your name, please? – F-r-o-l-o-v. – Thanks. Hold on, please. I’ll find out if he is in. – What is it, Miss Murray? – Mr. Frolov wants to talk to you, sir. – I’m very busy at the moment. Ask him to phone later. – Yes, sir. – Oh ... wait a minute, Miss Murray. What is Mr. Frolov? – He said he was from HM Systems. – From HM Systems? ... Oh, ask him what his telephone number is. I’ll ring him back.

– Hello? This is Mr. Warner’s secretary speaking. – Yes, Frolov here. – I’m sorry. Mr. Warner’s very busy at the moment. Can you tell me your telephone number, Mr. Frolov? Mr. Warner will call you back later. – Of course. Double five-nine-three-six-four-two. – ... and where are you calling from? – From Kiev, Ukraine. – Could you tell me the code for Kiev? – Three-eight-zero-double four. – Thank you, Mr. Frolov.

10.2.Читання

Interesting Facts about Telephones

• Valdemar Poulsen, the Danish telephone engineer and inventor, patented what he called a “telegraphone” in 1898. The telegraphone was the first practical apparatus for magnetic sound recording and reproduction, and enabled telephone conversations to be recorded. This was followed by Willy Müller who invented the automatic answering machine in 1935.

• Alexander Graham Bell suggested the word “ahoy” for telephone greeting (as used in ships), but it was later superseded by Thomas Edison, who suggested “hello” instead.

• The very first phone call was “Watson come here, I want you!”. It was made on March, 10, 1876 in Boston, Massachusetts, between Alexander Graham Bell and his assistant Thomas A. Watson.

• The first transatlantic telephone cable was used in 1956. A telephone cable was run across the ocean floor and lies as deep as 12,000 feet. The cable runs across the Atlantic Ocean from Canada to Scotland.

Вправа 1. Дайте відповіді на запитання.

1. What was the name of Bell’s assistant? 2. Who made the first telephone call ever and when? 3. How deep does the transatlantic telephone cable lie? 4. What was the initial word used for greeting on the telephone? 5. When was the first answering machine invented?

10.3.Письмовізавдання

Вправа 2. Складіть діалог з уявним діловим партнером з Великої Британії. Поставте йому такі запитання:

1) дізнайтесь його ім’я та попросіть вимовити його по літерах; 2) спитайте, в якій компанії він працює; 3) попросіть вибачення, скажіть, що ви зайняті; 4) дізнайтесь, з якого питання він дзвонить; 5) спитайте, з якого міста він дзвонить, його телефонний номер та код міста; 6) скажіть, що передзвоните йому через 2 години.

☺Smile!

• Harry was madly in love with Betty, but couldn’t find enough courage to raise the question face to face. Finally he decided to ask her on the telephone. “Darling!” he blurted out, “will you marry me?” – “Of course, I will, you silly boy,” she replied, “who is it speaking?”

• No, I’m sorry, I can’t put you through to Mrs Porter. I can’t connect you to anyone ... No, I’m afraid you can’t hold on ... No, she won’t call you back. She can’t ring you back and nobody is going to return your call ... And no, I can’t transfer you to another line ... Why not? Because Mrs Porter doesn’t work here. In fact, nobody works here ... You have got the wrong number!!!