I. Reading Exercises:

Exercise 1. Read and memorize using a dictionary:

personal assistant, private secretary, correspondence, business of the company, making of appointments, travel arrangements, writing of letters, replies to invitations, organization of meetings, a Company Secretary, public, enquiries for information, administrative questions, Board of Directors, branches of commerce, urgent messages, a good deal of skill, meaning of the message.

Exercise 2. Answer the questions:

1) What may the personal assistant be concerned with?

2) Where are telex machines and with direct telephone lines installed?

3) Why are telegrams still of very great importance?

4) What is limited to the words 'stop' and 'query'?

Exercise 3. Match the left part with the right:

1. A secretary may also be	a) a properly qualified person.
2. The Company Secretary must be	b) to make sure the telegram is clear.
3. Telegrams used to be	c) called upon to help in the organization of meetings and conferences.
4 It is of the greatest importance	d) usual means of communication in certain types of business.

Exercise 4. Open brackets choosing the right words:

The omission of, say, a preposition will (save/add) a few pence, but it may in certain cases (conduct/result) in ambiguity, and there will obviously be no (saving/selling) of either time or money if the receivers have (to transmit/to telegraph) back to find out what the message really means.

THE SPEAKING MODULE

II. Speaking Exercises:

Exercise 1. Describe telegram; appointment; meeting; writing of letters; replies using the suggested words and expressions as in example:

telegram

written; piece of information; you; send; to another person; by telegraph.

example:

A telegram is a written piece of information that you send to another person by telegraph.

appointment

an arrangement; a meeting; an agreed time; place; a particular purpose.

meeting

an event; people; to meet; to discuss; to decide things.

writing of letters

the activity; skill; writing letters; someone; an organization; a company.

replies

something; written; said; a way of answer; to invitations.

Exercise 2. Ask questions to the given answers:

1) Question: ___________________________________________?

Answer: All limited companies are required, under British Company Law, to have a company Secretary.

2) Question: ___________________________________________?

Answer: Administrative questions outside the ordinary trading come into the sphere of the Company Secretary.

3) Question: ___________________________________________?

Answer: In Britain, and in most other English-speaking countries, the word cable is often used for a telegram sent out of the country.

THE WRITING MODULE