Standard Phrases

How are you? Как Вы поживаете?

I am fine. Отлично, прекрасно.

See you soon! До скорой встречи!

I’d like … Мне хотелось бы …

Would you like … Хотел бы ты …

I wish you success. Желаю успеха!

Certainly. Конечно.

I see Ясно. Понятно

In my opinion. По-моему.

To my mind.

That’s right! Хорошо, правильно.

Exercises

1. Complete the missing phrases in the following short conversations.

1. – Listen, Helen. This is Sue Richardson, she is from the USA.

• …

• How do you do, Helen? Where are from?

• …

2. – How are you doing, Peter? Fine, I hope?

• … Glad to see you

• Me, too. Where are you going?

• I’d ‘like to have a look at some magazines at the library.

• Great. Have a nice day. See you.

• …

3. – Are you going to be an engineer?

• ...

• What made you choose this profession?

• … It’s very important, you know, and besides, my father is an engineer, and I’d like to follow the family’s tradition.

• …

4. – I’d like to work in one of the laboratories of our university. I think I ought to get more practical experience.

• …

• Yes, I certainly should. It’s a field that interests me very much.

5. – I’m very much interested in computers.

• … They can do a lot.

• And you know I’ve come to realize that computers are the most suitable and reliable machines for making calculations.

• … They make partners in space, research, business, medicine.

2. Translate the following short conversations into English using standard phrases

1. - Послушай, Майк. Это Сью Poбинсон. Она из Америки

- Здравствуйте. Рада познакомиться с Вами.

2. – Как ты поживаешь, Ник?

- Хорошо. Я надеюсь, ты тоже.

3. – Ты собираешься стать инженером?

- Да, мне хотелось бы.

4. – Что заставило тебя выбрать эту профессию?

- Я всегда интересовался радиотехникой.

5. – Мне хотелось бы поработать в одной из лабораторий нашего университета.

• Хотел бы ты работать в лаборатории электронных приборов?

• Да, конечно.

6. – Я очень интересуюсь компьютерами.

• И я тоже (So am I). По-моему, эти машины могут делать многое.

3. Listen to the conversation “Mike is Planning His Future Career” and answer the following questions

1. The action is taking place in the International Camp for Students, isn’t it?

2. Are Carol and Mike speaking about the profession of an engineer?

3. Does Mike study at the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radio Electronics?

4. What will Mike be dealing with?

5. Why did Mike choose the sphere of radio electronics?

6. Where did Mike study English?

7. Where can Mike work after graduating from the University?

4. Listen to the conversation “Mike is Planning His Future Career” and imitate the speaker’s’ pronunciation

Mike is Planning His Future Career

David: How are you doing, Mike? Fine, I hope?

Mike: Hi, David! I’m very well, thanks. Glad to see you again in this International Camp.

David: Me, too. Listen, Mike. This is Carol Robinson. She is from Canada.

Mike: Hallo, Carol. How do you do?

Carol: How do you do, Mike. Where are you from?

Mike: I’m from Belarus, the republic of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Carol: Oh, really? I have never met people from Belarus. Are you a student?

Mike: Yes, I study at the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics

Carol: And what is your future profession?

Mike: I’m going to be an engineer. I’ll deal with the design of radio electronic devices.

Carol: Oh, how interesting! What made you choose exactly this sphere?

Mike: I have always been interested in radio electronics. I consider this branch to be the most promising. I know its contribution to the world’s progress is very important.

Carol: I see. By the way, your English is good. Do you study it at the University.?

Mike: Yes. Four foreign languages are taught at the University. Every engineer is supposed to know at least one language to be able to read overseas publications in his or her major .

Carol: Yes, it’s true. Where would you like to work after graduating?

Mike: It would be interesting for me to work somewhere in a design office.

Carol: I hope you will. Sorry, Mike, I must be off. It was nice meeting you. See you later.

Mike: See you later, Carol.

Notes

1. How are you doing? = How are you?

2. Listen, Mike. = Послушай, Майк

3. overseas publications – заграничные (зарубежные) публикации

4. It was nice meeting you – приятно было с Вами познакомиться (говорится в конце встречи, в отличие от фразы “It’s nice to meet you”, которая произносится всегда в начале разговора).

5. I must be off. – Я должен идти.

5. Memorize and play out the conversation “Mike is Planning His Future Career”

6. Role-play the following situations

You’ve got acquainted with some overseas students:

1. tell them why you have chosen your specialty (major).

2. speak on the qualities a good engineer should possess.

PART III. Supplementary Reading

I. Read the text “Computer-Aided Design and Manufacture” and say:

1. Where computers are used

2. What computer-aided design and manufacture is

3. How computers are classified

4. What their advantages and disadvantages are

5. How microprocessors can be used.