Practice in communication

(Introduction)

*2.4.1. Прочитайте и выучите:

А

1 I'd like you to meet...

2. Have you met...?

3. Let me introduce (myself) you to...

В

1. Hallo,...

2. How do you do?

С

1. (I'm) pleased to meet you...

2.4.2. Представьте (познакомьте):

1. a close friend/to your mother;

2. yourself/to a new colleague;

3. your teacher/to a friend.

2.4.3. Смотрите, слушайте и затем инсценируйте диалог.

Meeting people to the sound of loud music and cheerful voices...

PAUL And this is Jane.

ROBERT Hullo, Joan.

JANE Jane (she laughs, correcting him). Hullo, Robert. Pleased to meet you.

PAUL Look who's arrived! John, nice to see you. Let me introduce you to some friends. These are Jane and Robert.

JOHN Hullo. I'm very pleased to meet you.

JANE Nice to meet you too.

ROBERT

PAUL Oh, hullo, Mr. Martin. May I introduce you to some friends? Jane Spense, Robert Anderson,

John Allwright. This is Mr. Martin, my bank manager.

Mr. MARTIN: How d'you do? I'm very pleased to meet you.

JANE

ROBERT Nice to meet you. Enjoying yourself?

JOHN Mr. MARTIN Very much. The music's rather loud though, isn't it? I couldn't quite catch your names. Did Paul say your name was ... er ... er ...? (Even louder music)

2.4.4. Вы пригласили следующих людей на обед. Они никогда до этого не встречались. Познакомьте всех присутствующих.

1. your parents;

2. your new boy/girl-friend;

3. his/her brother;

4. a neighbour (Miss Snow);

5. a colleague (Steve King).

General understanding

2.5.1. Прочитайте текст. Постарайтесь понять его и выполнить предложенные упражнения.