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►Слово original всегда употребляется с определенным артиклем.

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6 Английский язык для делового общения

Text:________Meeting a Businessman.__________________________

U N I T I

GRAMMAR

THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

STEP 1. READ THE DIALOGUES.

a)Please, translate this letter, Betsy.

I have translated it, Mr Blake. The letter is on your desk.

b)— Have you written a letter to Mr White, Jack?

No, I haven’t. It has been a busy day.

c)— Where is today’s newspaper?

— I don’t know. I haven’t seen it.

The Present Perfect Tense употребляется для выражения дей­ ствия, которое совершилось в прошлом (без указания точ­ ного времени действия), но результат которого очевиден или имеет значение в настоящем.

STEP г. STUDY AND PRA CTISE THE TENSE-FORMS.

Present Perfect образуется при помощи вспомогательного глагола to have / has и Participle II (причастия прошедшего времени) смыслового глагола (см. урок 3).

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Отрицательная форма Present Perfect образуется при помо- £Li щи частицы not, которая ставится после вспомогатель­

ного глагола have / has.

В вопросительном предложении вспомогательный глагол have / has ставится перед подлежащим.

Ex. 1. Say w hat yon or yonr friend have / has done.

Example* I have read some books by Tolstoy.

to see some films with Alen Delon,

to meet some (American) businessmen, to write many business letters,

to visit some old Russian towns,

to go shopping to some Moscow supermarkets, to watch some amusing shows on TV,

to see a lot of advertisements on TV,

to make some appointments on the phone, to spend some weekends outside Moscow, to watch Disney cartoons.

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Ex. 2. Say what yon haven4 (yonr friend hasn’t) done.

Example: W e h a v e n ’t receiv ed in q u irie s fro m C an a d ia n com panies.

•to play in feature films,

•to meet the American President,

•to read English books in the original,

•to drive a “Lincoln”,

•to go on business to Japan,

•to work in a post office,

•to have English lessons on Sundays,

•to speak with the British Prime Minister,

•to translate books from English into Russian,

•to make contracts with African companies.

Ex. 3. Speak as in the mini-dialogue.

—(S am ) h as gone to H aw aii.

—H as h e re a lly gone th e re ?

— Y es, h e h a s / n o , h e h a sn ’t .

•to learn 3 foreign languages,

•to spend the weekend in Cannes,

•to drive the latest model of Jaguar,

•to read books by Dickens in the original,

•to work as a house agent,

•to discuss computer problems with Bill Gates,

•to write a book about some popular American actors,

•to be to all African countries,

Vto receive 100 e-mail messages,

•to see all films with Charlie Chaplin.

STEP 3* PRACTISE THE U SE O F THE PRESEN T PERFECT TENSE W ITH THE ADVERBS.

__________ных предложениях)______________________________

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•to have lunch,

•to listen to the latest news,

•to look through the mail,

•to answer the urgent messages,

•see the new action film,

•to go shopping,

•to read the new magazine,

•to invite friends to your place.

Ex. 5* Speak about the countries (cities) you have (or haven’t) been to.

Example: I h av e been to th e U S A

I h av e n e v e r b een to th e U S A

London; Germany; India; Japan; Sochi; China; Paris; Monte Carlo; Switzeland; Oslo.

Ex. 6. Ask and answer questions about w hat (Stephen) has (hasn’t) done.

Example: — H as (S te p h e n ) e v e r w o rk e d fo r IK EA?

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STEP 6. PRACTISE THE PRESEN T PERFECT TEN SE W ITH THE FOLLOWING W ORDS:

•to study the Present Perfect Tense,

•to have business talks with the customers,

•to speak with friends on the phone,

• to watch some interesting programmes on TV,

•to read some messages in English,

•to visit some production plants outside Moscow,

•to make some good contracts,

•to go on business to some Russian cities,

•to work on the computer very much,

• to discuss a lot of business problems with the director

•to see an amusing comedy,

•to go to the sports centre.

Ex. 6. Speak w ith each other.

Example* — I’ve watched some good TV programmes this month.

—What programmes have you watched?

—Pve watched some interesting documentary films.

•to make some appointments,

•to make a good contract,

•to go to the cinema,

•to write a lot of business letters,

•to meet some businessmen,

•to go shopping,

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•to go on business,

•to have business talks,

•to go to some places outside Moscow,

•to read some interesting magazines,

•to receive some new price-lists.

In American English we say: October the twelfth, two thousand and seven; we write: October 12,2007.

Ex. 9*Ask and answer as In the examples:

a)— Whatdate Is It?

— It's the twelfth of October, 2007*

Prompts: 8.03.1964; 2.07.1972; 3.02.2001; 14.01.1944; 17.09.2000;

2.05.1978; 20.04.1905; 8.03.2005.

b)— When were you born?

— Iwas born on (the 25th of April, 1995)*

Say when your friend (husband, w ife, sister, brother, son, daughter, etc.) was born.

Ex. 10. Speak about the weather.

Example — What’s the weather like today?*

— I think, it’s nice today.

Prompts: warm; cold; wet; sunny; lovely; hot.

Say w hat the weather is like in Sochi (St. Petersburg, London, California, etc.) now .

* What’s the weather like today? — Какая сегодня погода?

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Ex. 11. Make up sentences, read and translate them.

me him

her

Let read this book. us (let’s)

them

my brother Voronin

Ex. IZ. Say as in the example. Match A and В columns.

U N I T III

WORKING ON THE TEXT

Read the dialogue.

MEETING A BUSINESSMAN

On the 21st of October at 9.50 in the morning Voronin arrived at Mr Blake’s office.

Voronin: Good morning! My name’s Voronin. I’ve got an ap­ pointment with Mr Blake at 10 o’clock.

Receptionist: Good morning, Mr Voronin. Mr Blake is expecting you. Will you take a seat, please1?

Voronin: Thank you. I ’m a bit early, actually. Receptionist: That’s all right2.

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{In afew minutes Mr Blake comes down to meet Voronin)

(They come into the conference room and take their seats at the table.)

1Will you take a seat, please? — Садитесь, пожалуйста (вежливая форма). 2 That’s all right. — Ничего страшного. Все в порядке.

3thanks = thank you

4This way, please. — Сюда, пожалуйста (при указании пути, дороги).

5sure = certainly

6See you then. — Тогда и увидимся / Увидимся в этот день.

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

Europe fjuorop] n

European Уиэгэ'р1(:)эп] adj, n

Asia ['ei/э] n

Asian ['eijan] adj

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Lesson 4

Ex. 13. Which of the statem ents are correct and which are not? Say why.

Ex. 14. Say w hat you remember from the text about:

1.The new model of telephone equipment of ABS.

2.Voronin’s opinion of the model.

U N I T IV

WORKING ON WORDS

to be of high quality

Ex. IS. Say w hat model of a home cinema, a TV set, a car, a DVD-player, a computer, a refrigirator, a cooker youfd like to buy (or have already bought) and w hy.

Example: I’d like to buy a new model of photocopier. It’s of high quality.

to meet the requirements of smb to meet smb’s requirements

Ex. lb. a) Say whose requirements your goods meet; the goods of w hich suppliers meet the requirements of your company.

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