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A Businessman’s Working Day. Making an Appointment

to speak about sports news;

to watch a film about business; to have a business lunch;

to stay at home; to go shopping.

STEP 4. THE INTERROGATIVE FORM (ВОПРОСИТЕЛЬНАЯ ФОРМА). STUDY AND PRACRISE.

В вопросительной форме Present Continuous вспомогатель­ ный глагол to be ставится перед подлежащим. В специ­ альных вопросах вопросительное слово стоит перед глаго­ лом to be.

Ex. 5. Speak about Mr BelL

Example: - Is M r B ell reacting a n o ffe r fro m R o ssex p o rt?

— N o, h e Isn’t . H e Is re a d in g a cata lo g u e .

to meet customers;

to speak with the President; to have lunch;

to play tennis;

to have business talks;

to read a book about Moscow; to work on the computer.

Ex. 6. Make up mini-dialogues.

Example: - T h e c h ild re n a re w a tc h in g TV.

—W h a t a re th e y w a tc h in g ?

—T h ey a re w a tc h in g a film .

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1.The businessmen / to discuss problems.

2.Mr Green / to play tennis.

3.Betsy / to learn French.

4.The British sportsmen / to stay in Moscow.

5.Our secretary / to have dinner.

6.My friend / to read an interesting book.

7.Paul / to drive a car.

8.The manager / to have talks.

9.I / to study a new English tense.

STEP s* COMPARE THE U SE OF THE PRESEN T CONTINUOUS AND THE SIMPLE PRESEN T TEN SES.

'FW] The Present Continuous Tense употребляется, если дейст- \А'й вие происходит в данный момент или в данный период.

The Simple Present Tense употребляется, если действие происходит регулярно.

Еж.7* Speak about different people.

E x a m p le N in a is a s e c re ta ry . S h e w o rk s fo r a big co m p an y . B u t sh e is n o t w o rk in g n o w . S h e is re a d in g a b o o k .

1.Paul is a driver / to play football;

2.Ann is a housewife / to visit a friend;

3.Ted is an actor / to clean his flat;

4.Sam is a teacher / to watch TV at home;

5.Lena is a designer / to visit her parents;

6.Tom is a businessman / to work in the garden;

7.Susan is a tennis player / to read a book about England.

Ex. S. It’s an office. Six people w ork in the office. The boss is Mr Klein. It is IX o’clock but Mr Klein is not in the office. Say w hat the people usuaUy do at this tim e and w hat they are doing now .

1. Gloria — to work on the computer;

to speak on the phone with her boyfriend. 2. Alex — to look through the mail;

to look through a sports journal.

3. Pete — to discuss business problems on the phone; to read a detective novel.

4. Kate — to study new catalogues; to drink coffee.

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5.Tom — to make appointments;

to play on die computer.

6.Julia — to check orders;

to eat fruits.

SECTION II

ADJECTIVES (A) FEW, (A) UTTLE

STEP 1. READ THESENTENCES:

few употребляется с исчисляемыми существительными во множественном числе (см. пример “а”).

little — с неисчнсляемыми существительными (см. пример “с”).

При наличии артикля перед этими словами они означают “немного” (см. примеры “Ь” и “d”).

STEP 2. PRACTISETHEUSE OF (A) FEWAND (A) UTTLE.

Ex. 9. Use fe w / a few; little / a little.

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Ex. 10. Say:

PERSONAL PRONOUNS IN THE OBJECTIVE CASE

STEP 1. STUDYTHETABLE.

Английским местоимениям в объектном падеже соответ­ ствуют в русском языке местоимения в косвенном падеже ( т е — меня, мне и т.д.).

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STEP 2. PRACTISETHEUSE OFTHEPRONOUNS.

Ex• 11. Choose the correct pronouns.

1.Lavrov comes to (his, him) office at 9 o’clock in themorning.

2.Where is (your, you) pen? — It’s on (my, me) table.

3.(Our, us) businessmen learn English. They want to speak (its, it) well.

4.(Our, us) office manager often meets foreign businessmen and dis­ cusses prices for different goods with (their, them). *

5.Come and meet (my, me) family at the weekend.

6.We’re going to the sports centre. Would you like to go with (our, us)?

7.I want to meet (his, him), but he doesn’t want to meet (my, me).

8.— Do you know this man?

— Yes, I work with (his, him).

Ex• 12. Use the correct pronouns.

1.I read a lot of English books. I read... in the evening.

2.Lavrov is speaking to M r Bell. He is speaking to ... about the con­ tract.

3.Kate is my friend. I m eet... in the office every day.

4.My daughter is reading a book about London now. She is reading

... with pleasure.

5.I often meet my friends. I usually m eet... at weekends.

6.We learn English. Our work helps ... to speak English well.

7.Where are the new catalogues? I want to look through ...

8.I’d like to meet M r Tompson. I am going to make an appointment with ... today.

Форма to be (not) going + инфинитив выражает намерение Шсовершить (не совершать) действие в ближайшем будущем.

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Ex. 13. Complete the situations. Use “to be (not) going99 + one of the infinitives: to visit, to be, to wateh, to meet, to translate, to w ork, to do, to offer.

Ex. 14. Mr Flinn, a British businessman, is going to visit Mos­ cow . Ask and answer questions about his visit.

•When / to arrive in Moscow?

•Where / to stay?

•Whom / to meet?

•What goods / to offer to the Russian company?

•What problems / to discuss?

•What places / to visit?

•What / to do in the evenings?

•When / to leave Moscow?

— Yes, I would. (No, I wouldn’t).

Ex. IS. Complete the situations.

Examples I study English.

Pd like to speak English well.

1.I am not busy in the evening.

2.I have a new magazine about gardening.

3.It is 10 o’clock in the evening. I am very tired.

4.Our business partners from Finland are in Moscow now.

5.Tom’s computer is very old.

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6.Betsy’s flat is very small.

7.I think England is a very interesting country.

8.Mr Blake has got an enquiry from a Russian company.

Ex. 16. Your friend is going to visit St. Petersburg. Speak w ith him about his visit. Ask questions w ith “would you like...?99.

How many days / to stay?

Where / to stay?

What / to see?

What places / to visit outside the city?

Where / to have dinner?

Where / to go shopping?

Whom / to meet?

P a tte rn 3. We study English to speak with foreign partners.

Ex. 17. Complete the sentences. Say “why?”

•read newspapers ...

•have business talks ...

•go to a production plant...

•read English texts ...

•watch television ...

•look through catalogues ...

•phone the business partners ...

•go to a cafe...

U N I T III

WORKING ON THE TEXT

Read the text and the dialogue.

A BUSINESSMAN’S WORKING DAT

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This is Mr Blake. He is a sales manager for ABS. The company produces and sells equipm ent for communications to different countries.

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Mr Blake is usually very busy. He arrives at the office at 8.15 and has a few minutes to look through newspa­ pers and journals. He is interested in the latest political and business events.

The office hours begin at 8.30. First, Mr Blake checks his e-mail and answers urgent messages. Then he speaks on the phone with the suppli­ ers and customers of ABS. He also checks orders and prepares sales re­ ports.

Mr Blake often has talks at which he discusses prices for the goods and terms of payment, shipment and delivery.

Sometimes he goes to the production plant of his company outside London. He leaves the office at 5.30 in the afternoon.

It is 9 o’clock in the morning. Mr Blake is looking through his mail.

He usually receives a lot of mail, but today he has got few messages. He is reading oqe of them. It is an enquiry for telephone equip­ ment from a Russian company.

ABS are selling1 a new model of this equipment and Mr Blake is going to offer it to their Russian partners.

MAKING AN APPOINTMENT

Voronin, a businessman of the Russian trading company, is in London now. He is phoning Mr Blake to make an appointment with him.

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Blake: Good morning, Mr Vo­ ronin. I’ve got your enquiry and I want to offer our new model to you.

Voronin: Good. I’d like to have your latest catalogue and price­ list. Could we meet on Tuesday5?

Blake: Sorry, I’m very busy on Tues­ day. How about Wednesday morning at ten o’clock?

Voronin: Good. See you on Wed­ nesday6. Good-bye!

1ABS are selling... — с названиями фирм типа ABS, Brown&Sons глагол употребляется как в единственном, так и во множественном числе.

2Just a moment. — (разг.) Одну минуту.

3You are through. — Говорите. (Я Вас соединила.)

4Blake speaking. — Говорит Блейк, (фраза, употребляемая в разговоре по телефону)

s Could we meet on Tuesday? — He могли бы мы встретиться во вторник? 6 See you on Wednesday. — До среды; увидимся в среду.

N O T E T H E P R O N O U N C I A T I O N :

a model ['modal] n

a moment ['moumant] n a catalogue fkaetalog] n a price-list ['prais list] n

Ex. IB. Agree or disagree w ith the statem ents (begin w ith “Yes, I think so99 or “No, I don’t think so99). Give your reasons.

1.In the morning Mr Blake has no time to look through newspapers and journals.

2.Mr Blake always checks the e-mail when he begins his work.

3.At the talks Mr Blake discusses business problems.

4.Mr Blake often goes to the production plant of his company in London.

** *

1.Today Mr Blake has got a lot of messages.

2.He is reading an offer for telephone equipment.

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3.ABS are going to offer an old model of the equipment to their Rus­ sian partners.

4.Mr Blake and Voronin are going to meet on Tuesday.

Ex. 19.Say w hat you remember from the text about:

1.Mr Blake’s working day.

2.An enquiry from a Russian company.

3.Mr Blake and Voronin’s telephone talk.

U N I T IV

WORKING ON WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS

to be interested

in smth

in doing smth

Ex. 20. Make up short dialogues.

Example* — Have you got a hobby?

— Oh yes, Pm interested in sports/ playing tennis.

to read books about different countries / business / old Russia; to play games on the computer;

to design flats / houses; to work in the garden; to watch sports on TV; to watch films on DVD; cars;

to study foreign languages.

to make an appointment with smb** for some day

Ex. 21.a) Read the dialogue:

—Could you help me?

—Yes, certainly!

—I’d like to make an appointment with Mr Dennis for Tuesday.

—No problem.

*smth = something ['sAm0ir)] — что-либо smb = somebody ['sAmbodi] — кто-либо

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