С Read the dialogue between the woman and gentleman paying attention to the sounds and intonation

d. Answer the following questions:

1 Why do you think the lady tried to

start the talk with the gentleman?

2 Was the man interested? Why? •_

3 Who do you think these two peo-_____________________

pie are?

e. Translate into English:

1 У него неприятная манера перебивать собеседника.

2 Вы не возражаете, если я включу телевизор?

3 Мы видим мужчину средних лет в холле гостиницы. Он что-то пишет.

4 Появляется довольно пожилая женщина и пытается с ним заго­ворить.

5 Сначала она просит газету, затем просит закрыть окно.

6 Но когда она просит разрешения включить телевизор, мужчина не выдерживает и, собрав свои бумаги, уходит.

7 Его поведение всегда отличалось бесцеремонностью.

f. Sort out these words into two columns:

foolish, impolite, rude, sociable, gregarious, silly, easy-going, even-tempered, naive, stupid, simple, ill-mannered, discourteous

words describing intellectual abili­ty foolish

g. Say if you agree or disagree with the following statements and substantiate your point of view:

1 The lady seemed to be very mannerish.

2 The gentleman was not very polite.

3 The lady went on watching TV for a long time after the gentleman left.

h. Use the correct articles in the following and make short sentences:

to watch... TV to send a message by... radio

to switch on... TV/radio to hear smth on... radio

to switch off... TV/radio to talk over... radio

to see smth on... TV to buy... new TV set

to listen to...radio the latest types of... radios/radio-sets

I. Complete the following sentences in your own way using the above words and act out short dialogues with your group-mate:

1 Do you mind if I use___________________________________

2 Is it all right if I_____________________________________

3 Thank you for________________________________________

4. Apologising

An assistant is working at a desk in a travel agent's. Mr.Bralne walks in.

Mr. Braine: Good morning.

Assistant: Mr.Braine, your tickets... I'm very sorry, but I'm afraid they're not ready.

Mr. Braine: What! But my holiday starts tomorrow.

Assistant: Yes, I really must apologise. We have been terribly busy.

Mr. Braine: This is just not good enough! I'm leaving tomorrow.

Assistant: Yes, I know. They'll be ready this afternoon. I do apologise.

Mr.Braine leaves.

Exercises

a. Complete the following sentences the way you find appropriate:

1 To my mind, this young lady had just started working and therefore she was very slow

2 She seemed to be absent-minded____________________________

3 I don't think it was her fault____________________________

b. Write out the words from the dialogue proving that the assistant was very polite
and cooperative.

с Complete the following sentences a polite assistant/salesgirl could use in her routine work;

I'm awfully sorry but____________________________________

Please, excuse me but___________________________________

I do apologise___________________________________________

Will you_______________________________________________

Would you be so kind as to_______._____________________ ------

You don't mind...,do you?. _________________________________

D. Work in pairs

■ Act out the dialogue (of Mr.Braine and the assistant) with your group-mate.

■ Act out a talk Mr. Braine might have had with his wife after he returned home without having tickets.

i Act out a dialogue Mr.Braine might have had with the assistant in the afternoon when at last he got the tickets.

e. Let's revise the use of articles. Say what articles are used with:

■ names of sciences ■ names of cities and airports

■ names of continents and countries ■ names of hotels

■ all the nouns associated with water ■ food and food items

f. Translate into English paying attention to articles:

1 Это очень важные сведения.

2 Я еще не слушал вечерние новости.

3 Вы не хотите чая?

4 Разрешите задать вам несколько вопросов?

5 Он очень хорошо знает обычаи и этикет китайцев.

6 Эти народности живут на севере Канады.

7 Дейл Карнеги, американский специалист в области человече­ских отношений, написал пять популярных книг. Его книги очень популярны в России.

8 Сдержанность — это умение владеть собой.

9 Его письмо полно извинений.

g. Complete these quotations by adding the appropriate articles:

1... remarks are not... literature. (Gertrude Stein)

2 Every man's work, whether it be... literature or... music or... pictures or... architecture or anything else, is always... portrait of himself. (Samuel Butler)

3... youth is like... spring,... overpraised season. (Samuel Butler)

4... evil that... men do lives after them,... good is often interred (to inter — хоронить) with their bones. (W. Shakespeare)

5 I have seen... future and it works. (Z. Staffen, after visiting Moscow in 1919)

6... people are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in... circumstances.... people who get on in... life are... people who get up and look for... circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them. (G.B. Shaw)

7... politics is perhaps... only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary. (RL. Stevenson)

8... political philosophy of... black nationalism means that... black man should control... politics and... politicians in his own com­munity; no more. (X. Malcolm)

9 I hate... quotations. (R W. Emerson)

Say what you know about the persons, whose names are given in brackets.

5. A patient salesman ____________________________

A man is looking at a car in a showroom. A salesman approaches.

Salesman: Nice, isn't it, sir?

Man: Yes, very nice... Can I get in?

Salesman: By all means. (He opens the car door.) Go ahead.

The man gets into the car and closes the door.

Salesman: Could you open the window, please, sir? (He knocks on the window.) Could you open the window, please?

The man searches for a window winder.

Salesman: The switch is in the middle.

The man fumbles with several knobs.

Salesman: Could you open the door, please, sir? Could you open the door, please?

The man tries to find the door knob.

Salesman: Push the knob forward. Push the knob forward.

The man at last manages to open the door.

Sorry about that, sir.

No, it's my fault. I... Stupid of me. Tell me, how...

how to operate that mirror there?

You press one of these switches here.

The man moves the switch and looks at himself in the mirror.

Oh, yes... And um... what are all these knobs for?

Well, the first two are for the lights, and the radio is

down below.

This one?

No, the other one.

This one?

That's right.

He turns on the radio. The aerial at the rear of the car

goes up.

The aerial comes up automatically.

Mm. (He gets out of the car.)

Well, sir, how do you like it?

It's very nice. But um... bit expensive though. It's a

pity. Tell me, um... how do you work this window?

They're electric. (He gets into the car.) You press the

knob here.

Oh! It's magic! No wonder I could not find the

winder!... Mm.

The salesman gets out of the car.

Exercises

a. Write down the words which are pronounced in the following way:
['Jourum] ________________ ['еэпэЦ

[(t3)S3:tJ] ____________ [пэ]

[nob] ['maed3ik] _____

['mire] __________ ['wamda] ______

newspaper________

telecommunications.
holiday__________

expensive — inexpensive, cheap perfect — imperfect, faulty

to get into a car to try to find to come up to get out of a car to operate to switch on

f. Translate into English:

1 Простите. Я сам виноват.

2 Как глупо с моей стороны...

3 Как повернуть зеркало?

handshaking. businessmen. Englishman _

stupid — clever, intelligent rude— polite, affable

4 Для чего эта кнопка? Чтс она регулирует?

5 Антенна поднимается авто­матически?

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