Exercises

1. Read the following:

• evening	• skiing
everything	going
preparing	inviting
working	shaking
meeting
• either	• I liked the orchestra.
three gentlemen	Thank you for the nice evening.
the three gentlemen	I won't be late either.
their dinner	They sound superb.
They have enjoyed their din­ner.

 

• to leave the restaurant

They are preparing to leave the restaurant.

They have enjoyed their dinner.

We enjoyed everything very much.

He hands the bill over to Pete.

2. Translate into Russian:

The three businessmen have enjoyed their dinner and now they are preparing to leave the restaurant.

Pete thanks David for the nice evening.

David thanks him too.

He liked the Russian music at the restaurant.

Then David pays the bill.

Then they discuss when they will meet tomorrow.

They will meet at ten.

Nick will pick up David in the lounge at 10 to 10.

3. Underline the verb to be in the following sentences. Translate the sen­tences into Russian:

They have been at the restaurant for some time.

David was lucky to listen to Russian songs that night.

The songs were more than beautiful.

It will be my pleasure to pay the bill.

Will ten o'clock be convenient to you?

I won't be late.

I have never been to the Russia hotel. I have never been to London.

4. Match English and Russian equivalents:

Likewise. I like Russian music im­mensely. They sound superb.	Они звучат прекрасно. Они более чем красивые. Мне посчастливилось послушать русские песни.
I was lucky to listen to Rus­sian songs.	И мне тоже (И я тоже).
They are more than beautiful.	Я очень люблю русскую музыку.

 

5. Complete the dialogue and act out a similar one:

P.: Thank you for ...

D.: L ... I enjoyed ... the orchestra. I ... immensely.

P.: Very often... songs. They sound ...

D.: Then I was lucky ... tonight. They ... beautiful.

6. Translate into English the short dialogues:

ü short — короткий

• — Разрешите, я заплачу по счету.

— Нет, что вы. Я сам заплачу с удовольствием.

• — Когда вы завтра сможете приехать к нам в офис?

— Вам удобно в 10 часов?

— Да, прекрасно.

7. Complete the dialogue and act out a similar one:

P.: Then Nick will pick ... lounge.

D.: OK. See ... then.

N.: Good-bye. See ... I won't...

D.: I hope I won't ... either.

P.: Have a good ... tomorrow.

Представьте, что вы обедаете в ресторане с англичанином.

• Какие предложения из диалога вы бы использовали? Вы­пишите их.

• Запишите предложения, которые бы вы использовали до­полнительно.

• Разыграйте этот диалог с кем-нибудь, кто будет исполнять роль англичанина.

Unit seven

Business

Text

The next day at exactly nine o'clock Pete comes to his office. He knows that he should refresh the correspondence with David and prepare for the talks he will have with David at ten. First he starts looking through all the letters and faxes of Mr. Hill.

Here is the the recent fax message of Mr. Hill:

Then Pete looks through the letters of the participants of the Pro­gramme expressing their wishes and requests. He makes a note that he should discuss the following details with Mr. Hill:

• time

• hotel accommodation

• topics to be discusssed at the lectures

• business visits

• programme fee