WRITING A COVERING LETTER

1. Read and translate the following covering letter. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate phrases.

January 1, 2002

Tyson Kammen

8108 Coldspring Rd

Arlington, TX 76016

Dear Mr. Kammen,

I read, with interest, your ad in the _______________ for the position of _______________. I am enclosing my resume for your consideration, and will hopefully meet with you in the near future to discuss this exciting opportunity.

I will not take up more of your time by describing my credentials; my resume is lengthy enough. I will simply say that I attribute all of my success to one thing: dedication to my profession. I have the education and practical experience that is necessary for me to perform this job successfully.

If you are seeking a candidate with my qualifications, I would welcome a personal interview. I can make myself available at your convenience. I will contact you in the near future to schedule a meeting time. Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely

Jonathan Sammuels

2. Louisa Barry wants to apply for a job through Horizons Unlimited, so she is sending her CV and a covering letter. Put the address, date and letter in the correct order.

30^th Aplril 2013

Horizons Unlimited

PO Box 444

Richmond

Surrey

SJ5 4TS

15 Thayers Farm Road

Abingdon

Northampton

NT 12 4 PF

a. I would therefore be particularly interested in any secretarial position that you have available, especially in France or Switzerland.

b. I will be available to start work from the middle of June.

c. I look forward to hearing from you soon.

d. Yours faithfully,

e. I enclose my CV, as requested.

f. I am a qualified and experienced secretary, and am bilingual in Spanish and English. I also speak French fluently.

g. I am writing in reply to your advertisement for temporary summer positions, which appeared in the Western Mail on 27^th April.

h. Dear Sir or Madam,

I. However, I am willing to consider any kind of work.

j. Louisa Barry

3. Underline five phrases in Louisa’s letter that might be useful in any formal letter that you write in English.

4. Write a similar letter to employment agency in response to their advertisement. Mention briefly where you would like to work, and what kind of work you would be interested in. (You can invent qualifications and experience).

UNIT VI

MEMORY

1. Read and translate the following words:

Massive (a), economically, potential (a), in practice (n), classification (n), duplication (n), logical (a), group (n).

2. Find English equivalents of the following Russian words:

1. служащий a) employment b) employee c) employer

2. существенный a) essentially b) essential c)essentiality

3. дополнительный a) add b) addition c) additional

4. ограниченный a) limitation b) limited c) limit

5. разнообразие a) various b) variety c) variation

6.доступный a) access b) accessing c) accessed

7. выполненный a) accomplish b) accomplishment c)accomplished

3. Translate the following word combinations:

Direct

Serial

Random access

Keyed

Failure

Authorized

Associative

Auxiliary

Core

Data addressed

Dynamic memory

Electrically-erasable

Read-only

External

Non-volatile

4. Read and translate the text A.

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