- •Пояснительная записка
- •Contents
- •Social etiquette
- •1. Match the English starting forms of conversations to their Russian equivalents
- •2. Read the forms of greeting, farewell and introducing people and complete the dialogues with them.
- •3. Translate the dialogues into English
- •4. Use the table below to translate short dialogues into English
- •5. Look at the expressions in the box. Which are formal / informal? In pairs, act out dialogues for situations 1 – 4
- •Professional etiquette
- •1. Read the dialogue below and find the following expressions in it.
- •2. Read two dialogues below and find the reasons for re-scheduling
- •3. In pairs, schedule and then re-schedule a meeting to your partner. Explain why you can’t meet. Use the dialogues above. Business Etiquette You Should Know
- •Introductions
- •Let’s Speak about your future profession
- •1. Read the text and say if you agree with the title. Biologists are students of the world
- •2. Answer the questions to the text
- •Nature of the Work
- •2. Complete the sentences according to the text. Try not to look at the text.
- •Classification of Biological Professions
- •Working Conditions
- •Training, Other Qualifications and Advancement
- •3. Read the short texts and say what you would like to achieve in professional activity in 2, 5 and 10 years. Quality of Life
- •Reading
- •What is evolution?
- •Global warming: the evidence is strong
- •The Amazon forest and the future of the world
- •Protecting the lions
- •Endangered Species
- •Zoo operations limited operations manager, london zoo
- •Science of the future
- •What’s wrong with genetic engeneering
- •Cloning: future perfect?
- •Some facts about hiv and aids
- •You can’t live without it
- •Do you kill your dinner?
- •Monarch without a kingdom
- •Grammar the active voice (revision)
- •2. Find examples of Present Simple, Present Perfect and Past Simple of the verbs in the text.
- •3. Change the tense of the predicate on the left in accordance with the adverbial modifier on the right.
- •4. Make the sentences from the text negative and interrogative.
- •5. Complete the sentences with the correct form of one of the verbs given below (the first is done for you) Pets
- •6. Use Past Simple, Past Continuous, Preset Perfect or Past Perfect (the first is done for you)
- •7. Make up sentences, putting the words in the correct order and using the appropriate form of the verb.
- •The passive voice (revision) Study the information:
- •Saving Europe’s Woodlands
- •Conditionals. Subjunctive mood
- •2. Translate the following text, paying attention to the use of Conditionals.
- •3. Make sentences, using “If …, … will … ”.
- •4. Discuss the following situations with your partner
- •5. Complete the text by putting the verbs in brackets into the correct tense (the first is done for you).
- •5. Translate the sentences into Russian, mind you grammar in the sentences beginning with “I wish…”, “She wished…”,etc.
- •Reported speech. Sequense of tenses
- •Bibliography
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4. Use the table below to translate short dialogues into English
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Apologizing |
Possible answers |
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Dialogue 1.
А: Извините за столь поздний звонок.
В: Ничего, всё хорошо.
Dialogue 2.
А: Мне очень жаль. Я разбил Вашу чашку.
В: О, не волнуйтесь об этом.
А: Простите, я куплю Вам новую.
В: Нет, об этом не может быть и речи.
Dialogue 3.
А: Извините, не могли бы Вы сказать мне который час?
В: Прошу прощения, я не понял, что Вы сказали.
А: Я сказал: «Не могли бы Вы сказать мне который час? Мои часы остановились».
В: Извините, мои тоже.
А: Ничего страшного, автобус всё равно когда-нибудь да приедет.
Dialogue 4.
А: Извините, мне показалось, Вы что-то уронили.
В: О, да, это письмо. Очень Вам благодарна.
А: Ничего.
Dialogue 5.
А: Я должна извиниться за опоздание. Я проспала.
В: Всё хорошо, мы только что начали.
5. Look at the expressions in the box. Which are formal / informal? In pairs, act out dialogues for situations 1 – 4
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Inviting / suggesting |
Accepting / refusing |
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Ask a friend from university if they want to join you for lunch.
Invite your boss to the office staff’s Christmas dinner party.
Ask your mum to go to a concert with you.
Invite your university lecturer to your graduation party.
Professional etiquette
How to schedule a meeting.
To schedule a meeting (an appointment) – назначить встречу;
To schedule someone in – вписать кого-то в свой график;
A tight, hectic schedule – напряженный, перегруженный график работы
What's the schedule today? – Какой сегодня график?
Officer – чиновник, сотрудник с определенной должностью; staff – вспомогательный персонал (штат сотрудников)
Staff lounge – гостиная или кафетерий для всего персонала, где можно передохнуть, выпить чай или кофе. Такую гостиную можно зарезервировать для короткой деловой встречи.
1. Read the dialogue below and find the following expressions in it.
Я перезвоню; И это по вопросу?; Я звоню по поручению; сейчас нет на месте; Он предпочитает не говорить; встретиться во время ланча; сотрудница приемной комиссии; гостиная для сотрудников.
This is Sheila of Alumni Office. I’m calling for Mr. MacDuggan, director. He would like to schedule a meeting with Ms. Needham, admissions officer.
Ms. Needham is not in right now. May I take a message for her about the place and time of the meeting?
Yes please. Mr. MacDuggan would like to meet at lunch time any day next week, in the staff lounge.
And this is regarding...?
He’d rather not tell, but he said it’s important.
All right, I’ll call you back today.
How to re-schedule a meeting.
To re-schedule (formal) – перенести встречу
To take a rain check (informal) – перенести встречу