5. Read the following dialogues in parts and act them out using modifications.

Dialogue 1

Nick:	Hi, Mike. I haven’t seen you for ages. How are you? I have heard you have just returned from Germany.
Mike:	Hi, Nick. Really, I returned from Germany a few days ago.
Nick:	Where did you stay there?
Mike:	Well, you know I went there on a Students’ Exchange Programme. I spent 3 months at Wuppertal Higher Institution. This is an institution our department keeps close relations with. So every year a group of students goes there to take a course of information technologies, web design or some other subjects.
Nick:	Excuse me, what language did you use in class?
Mike	There were several groups in which teachers delivered lectures in English, but mostly it was German. I attended the classes where English was used.
Nick:	Did you have any problems with your English?
Mike:	At the beginning, yes, it was rather difficult but in a week or so I got used to it. Of course, there were cases when we had to ask for explanations but in general I was fine.
Nick:	Excuse me, how can one become a participant of a students’ exchange programme?
Mike:	Oh, it is a long story. First of all, you should do well in all your special subjects and besides you should be good at German and English. To master them well it is recommended to take a special language course either at the university or some other place.
Nick:	Thank you for your advice and, excuse me, the bell has gone, the lecture is beginning. I shall call you these days. I hope you will tell me more about your educational experience in Germany and the life there.
Mike:	O.K. See you.
Nick:	See you.

Dialogue 2

The correspondent:	Professor Hawk, every year you are invited to take part in the Conference held under the auspices of our university. Can you share your impressions on the way it was organized and held?
Pr. Hawk:	You are quite right saying I am here not for the first time. Every time I come here, I meet the colleagues I know very well and it is always a pleasure to exchange views and opinions on the new findings and approaches in our sphere.
The correspondent:	Professor, I know your laboratory keeps close relations with some of our laboratories. Has the cooperation brought any results?
Pr. Hawk:	Yes. We are satisfied with our collaboration. Thanks to the close cooperation of our laboratory with your departments of electronics we have greatly accelerated our experimental work in the application of new methods of heat transfer process modeling and analysis.
The correspondent:	What will you say about the discussions at the conference?
Pr. Hawk:	Concerning the questions being discussed at the plenary meetings, I would say they prove that scientific research today in our sphere requires an interdisciplinary approach. That sets forward the necessity of developing cooperation between scientists in different subjects.
The correspondent:	Many participants of the conference emphasize the necessity of expanding scientific exchange programmes as one of the effective forms of cooperation.
Pr. Hawk:	I absolutely agree that such forms contribute greatly to accelerating progress in scientific research, developing friendly relations between scientific centres as well as between people. Joint efforts make people closer and make the way to success easier.
The correspondent:	Thank you, professor.
Pr. Hawk:	Thank you, sir.