- •Personal identification
- •Relations by birth Кровные родственные связи
- •Relations by marriage Родственные связи по браку
- •Age Возраст
- •Religion [rilid n] Вероисповедание
- •Death Смерть
- •Exercises
- •What Is In a Name?
- •Student information
- •Free of charge - application may be copied
- •Appearance
- •I.V.Kritskaya
- •It’s fun to watch myself in a mirror. A mirror shows me what I look like. A mirror helps me learn about myself. It’s fun to play in front of a mirror. I can make up a poem about that.
- •Character
- •Love is a fallacy By Max Shulman
- •Vitebsk state university
- •V.Ye.Khorovets Part I From the history of the University
- •My University
- •I study at the University (where?…) - Where do you study?
- •The Students’ Life and Studies
- •At the department stores part I
- •Introductory text
- •The Big Stores of London
- •The most famous britain’s department stores
- •Selfridges The original department store
- •Part II
- •Departments (Отделы)
- •In the department store
- •Some Useful Information and Helpful Words and
- •Part III Money
- •Interaction Shopping
- •Follow up
- •Are you being served? a) Ladies’ shoes
- •Topics for Oral Compositions
- •Shopping (food) n.N.Krasovskaya Supermarket
- •Some Food Shops (Stores)
- •Quantities and Package (Количество и упаковка)
- •Some Useful Expressions
- •Idiomatic Expressions
- •Some additional words and expressions
- •Ex. 6.Name 5-10 products you might buy at …
- •Shopping (At the Supermarket)
- •Words and expressions
- •If I need …, I go to the … .
- •At the Supermarket
- •At the Restaurant
- •Words and expressions
- •In the Coffee Bar
- •Topical Vocabulary
- •Exercises The following words are often confused
- •By George Burns
- •Maladies of the 21st Century
- •Here are nine of the most common warning symptoms of stress. First decide if you have ever experienced the symptom. Then try to remember when and why, and make notes.
- •Now report to the class like this:
- •Coping with moods Depression
- •Make sentences like this:
- •Look at the list of jobs and arrange it from the most to the least stressful
- •B) Now work in pairs and compare your ideas with those of your partner’s
- •Your Place in the Stress League
- •What do you think?
- •Cfs. Tired All the Time
- •How does the illness usually start?
- •Is cfs contagious?
- •Tired All the Time: cfs
- •Conversation practice
- •Complete the dialogues:
- •Translate into English
- •The republic of belarus
- •Слова и словосочетания к тексту «The Republic of Belarus»
- •The Republic of Belarus
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •Belorussian National Culture
- •Belarus
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary
- •Efrosinya Polotskaya
- •Vocabulary
- •Vitebsk is an Ancient Town
- •I am afraid you are mistaken.
- •I am sorry but I disagree with you.
- •I think you are right. .
- •Part II
- •Architectural monuments and Museums of Vitebsk
- •Part III Obligatory list of words:
- •Vitebsk as a Cultural Centre
- •Дом, открытый для всех
- •Part IV Obligatory list of words:
- •Vitebsk as a Centre of Industry and Education
- •Higher education
- •In great britain and in our country
- •Obligatory list of words: Ex.1.Read the words correctly, practise your sounds. Learn the words.
- •Higher Education. Universities.
- •British Universities
- •III. Making the summary System of Education in Great Britain.
- •V.A.Boiko Obligatory list of words:
- •School Education in Belarus
- •Sanctions
- •A) between two teachers
- •B) between a teacher and a parent
- •C) between the classmates
- •My future profession
- •Lawyer - юрист
- •A model teacher
- •Now do some exersises
- •Pupils as they are Ex. 12. Read the following list of words and divide them into 2 groups (positive
- •Ex. 18. Read the story and say what you think of this teacher. While translating use a dictionary if necessary. Flowers are red by Harry Chapin
- •Ex. 19. Read the following sayings about teacher’s profession and choose those you like best. Give your reasons. Teacher
- •Family matters
- •Ex. 3.Choose and say what you want your pal to do and what you don’t want
- •The Scholarship from “Green Years” by a.J. Cronin
- •Dating Customs
- •Will You Go out with Me?
- •Engagements, weddings, births and funerals getting engaged
- •Divorces rise and fewer get married
- •R Yes. First my family spoke to him, and then they called me in, and we talked for four, four or five minutes. My father decided immediately.
- •I Now you have two sons, don’t you, one twenty-one and one fifteen. Are you going to arrange their marriages?
- •Ex. 11.A) Read the text about different types of families and think of advantages
- •Nuclear Family, Extended Family
- •Relative Values
- •My Father
- •Is there a generation gap in your/your friend’s family? What are the reasons of conflicts? ecological problems
- •Ex. 5.Read and translate the following words of the same root. Determine the part of speech they belong to. Memorize them:
- •Ecological Problems
- •The Greenhouse Effect
- •The Destruction of the Ozone Layer
- •Acid Rain
- •Deforestation
- •The forest resources of the countries in the Baltic Region
- •Endangered Species
- •The Energy Trap
- •Measures to Be Taken
- •What You Can Do to Help!
- •The European Environment Agency (eea)
- •Оглавление
Part III Money
Great Britain – p ₤ (pounds and pence)
100 pence (100p) – 1 pound (1)
amount – сумма, coin – монета
1/2p – a halfpenny [`heipni]
1p – a penny
2p – two pence [`tpns], a twopenny [`tpni] piece
5p – five pence [`faivpns], a fivepenny [`faivpni] piece
10p – ten pence [`tenpns], a tenpenny [`tenpni] piece
50 p – fifty pence, a fifty pence peice
1 – a pound, (collog/) a quid [kwid]; a pound note
5, 10, 20 – five/ten/twenty pounds, quid; a five/ten/twenty pound note,
(collog.) a fiver/tenner
– three pounds eighty two (pence)
The USA - $ c (dollars and cents)
100 cents (100c) – 1 dollar (1$)
1c – a cent, a penny
5c – five cents, a nickel
10c – ten cents, a dime
25c – twenty five cents, a quarter
50c – half a dollar, a halfdollar; (collog.) half a buck [bk]
1 – a dollar, a buck; a dollar bill
5, 10, 20 – five/ten/twenty dollars, bucks; a five/ten/twenty dollar bill
– three dollars eighty two (cents)
Interaction Shopping
Ex. 1. Put this dialogue in the correct order.
Yes. Have you got these trainers in a size 9, please?
They’re £13.40.
Thank you very much. £15.00 – that’s £1.60 change. Goodbye.
Let me see. Yes, here you are. Do you want to try them on?
That’s £13.40, please.
Goodbye.
Here you are.
Yes, please.
Can I help you?
Are they comfortable?
Fine. I’ll take them.
Yes, they fit very well. How much are they?
Ex. 2. Role play your dialogue with a partner.
Size
Ex. 3. British and Continental size are not the same. Look at these tables.
|
waist, chest, bust |
shirts | ||
|
British |
Continental |
British |
Continental |
|
28 |
71 |
13 |
34 |
|
30 |
76 |
14 |
36 |
|
32 |
81 |
15 |
38 |
|
34 |
86 |
15-1/2 |
39/40 |
|
36 |
91 |
16 |
41 |
|
38 |
97 |
16-1/2 |
42 |
|
40 |
102 |
17 |
43 |
|
42 |
107 |
|
|
|
shoes | |||
|
British |
Continental |
British |
Continental |
|
3 |
36 |
8 |
42 |
|
4 |
37 |
81/2 |
42/43 |
|
5 |
38 |
9 |
43 |
|
51/2 |
39 |
91/2 |
44 |
|
6 |
39/40 |
10 |
44/45 |
|
61/2 |
40 |
101/2 |
45 |
|
7 |
40/41 |
11 |
46 |
|
71/2 |
41 |
|
|
a Write down your measurements in British and Continental sizes.
b Ask people in your class.
Example
What size shoes do you take?
Ex. 4. Make new shopping dialogues for these items. Use your own sizes.
Follow up
Ex. 5. Write one of your dialogues from Exercise 4.
Ex. 6. Read the dialogues and do the tasks below them.
Are you being served? a) Ladies’ shoes
Assistant: Are you being served, madam?
Woman: No, I’m not. May I try on these shoes? And those, perhaps … Ah, yes, and those.
Make these sentences passive. (They all mean the same and are used in shops in the passive).
a Is anyone serving you?
b Is anybody attending to you?
c Is anybody looking after you?
2. Role play a situation in a shoe shop. Use the dialogue above, then ask about size, colour, style, and price.
b) The hi-fi department
Man: Have you got another one of these radios?
Assistant: No, sorry. I’m afraid that’s the last one.
Man: But it’s been damaged. Look, the aerial’s been bent.
Assistant: Well, I can let you have a 20% discount…
Complain about these faults using the passive.
a Someone’s scratched the paint.
b Someone’s broken the controls.
c Someone’s dented the side.
Role play a conversation about something else in the shop. Find a lot of faults and try to get a bigger discount.
c)Gentlemen’s fashions
Man: I want to return these trousers. They don’t fit.
Assistant: I’m sorry, sir. They’ve been worn. We can’t take them back.
Man: But they haven’t been made properly. One leg’s much longer than the other.
Assistant: Oh, yes. I see. Let me call the manager …
Make these sentences passive.
a You’ve worn those shoes.
b They didn’t make these shoes correctly. One is bigger.
c You’ve used that umbrella.
Role play a conversation about a jacket. You can use this information:
one sleeve / too long
three buttons / four buttonholes
sleeve / ripped
d) The demonstration
Demonstrator: … and this new electronic diary is only the size of a credit card. Two hundred names and addresses can be stored in the memory, and five appointments per day can also be stored. It costs only £19.99.
Look at some other features of the electronic diary and make passive sentences.
a) You can keep it with your credit cards.
b) You can store 300 telephone numbers.
c) You can ring an alarm for each appointment.
d) You can store 200 postcodes.
2. Role play. You have just bought one. Show it to a friend.
Ex. 7. Read, translate and act out the dialogues.
1.
A: Are you being served?
B: No. What have you got in the way of brown suede jackets size 42?
A: Sorry, can’t help you at the moment.
B: Will you have any more in?
A: I’m not sure, but you may be lucky at our High Street branch.
2.
A: Could you help me, please?
B: What can I do for you?
A: Could I look at the headband in this case?
B: Just one moment, please, while I get the key.
3.
A: Do you want some assistance?
B: Yes. How much is that pen?
A: This one or that one?
B: The one next to the black one.
A: It’s 90 p.
B: May I look at your other pens?
A: Certainly. Fountain-pens or ball-point pens?
B: I’m looking for a good fountain-pen.
4.
Alessandra has come to a department store to change a skirt and to buy some shoes.
Assistant: Hello. Can I help you madam?
Alessandra: Yes, my daughter bought a skirt here yesterday and …
Assistant: the ladies’ fashion department is upstairs, madam.
Alessandra: Oh yes, of course. Actually, I’m also looking for some shoes. I’d like to try this style. In Italy I take size 38, but I’m not sure about my size here.
Assistant: Well, if you’re a 38 you might find a 41/2 or a 5 the right size for you. Let’s see. This pair is a 5. It ought to fit you, but if it doesn’t we’ll try another pair.
Assistant: Yes, madam. Can I help you?
Alessandra: Yes, please. Yesterday my daughter bought this skirt from this shop. I’d like to change it. Here, I’ve got the receipt.
Assistant: What’s the problem?
Alessandra: I’m afraid it doesn’t fit. It’s a size 12 and it’s too small.
Assistant: Mmm. Then perhaps you ought to try a size 14.
Ex. 8. Fill in the following expressions in this dialogue: Excuse me/please/ I’m afraid/ I’m sorry/ thank you very much.
You: … …could you help me, …?
Assistant: Yes?
You: I’d like a film for my camera, but I’m not sure what kind.
Assistant: Can I see your camera?
You: … … I’ve left it at home.
Assistant: Is it 13 mm?
You: … …, but I really know.
Assistant: Does the film look like this or like this?
You: Ah, it’s like that one.
Assistant: Then it is 35 mm. 24 or 36?
You: 36? … .
Assistant: That’s 3.75$ …
You: … … … … .
Ex. 9. Working in pairs make up dialogues using the following variations:
|
Hello, |
may I help you? |
Yes. I’d like to look at |
your pinafore dress; |
|
could I help you with anything? |
those dimmer jackets; | ||
|
do you want some assistance? |
that pair of high heeled sandals; | ||
|
evening gown. |
Ex. 10. Find the logical order of the following parts of the dialogues.
A.
- It’s on the second floor to the right of the escalator.
– Try the Household goods department.
– Excuse me, where can I buy some bulbs?
– How do I get there?
B.
– What colour do you have in mind?
– Yes, I’m looking for a blouse in size 46.
– Mmm, that’s nice. But I’d prefer something greyish-blue, please.
– Excuse me?
– And how do you like this navy-blue one?
– Are you being attended to?
– I’m afraid, we don’t have anything like that in stock.
– Could I help you with anything?
– Pity.
– What about this one?
Ex. 11. Complete the dialogue, make up your own dialogues on analogy.
Ex. 12. Compose dialogues using the key words for the situations given
below:
You are in Glassgow in a shop buying a pair of slacks for your brother (advise, look for, Continental size, British size, colour, have in mind, material, a mixture – cotton and silk and nylon, latest, stylish, cheaper).
Two friends in a gift shop choosing a birthday present for their close friend (a desk set (набор), practical, last forever, too expensive, can’t afford, another one, match, sitting room, black).
Ex. 13. Translate from Russian into English:
1.
A: Могу я вам помочь?
В: Да. Сколько стоит этот блокнот?
А: Этот или вот этот?
В: Тот, что рядом с записной книжкой.
2.
А: Не могли бы вы мне помочь? Я ищу спортивную куртку для сына.
В: Зимнюю или летнюю?
А: Летнюю, светлого цвета.
В: У нас хороший выбор летних спортивных курток из хлопка. Какой
размер носит ваш сын?
А: 44.
В: Вот замечательная светло-голубая куртка. Сейчас это самый модный стиль.
А: Чудесно. Сколько она стоит?
В: 25.50$.
А: Я возьму ее.
В: Спасибо. Сейчас я заверну. Вот ваш чек. Касса в конце зала у выхода.
3.
А: Почему ты выбрал зеленый?
В: По правде говоря, в моем размере выбор был маленький.
А: Извини, что спрашиваю, но сколько ты заплатил за него?
В: Он был на распродаже и стоил всего 45$.
4.
А: Я ищу блузку к этому пиджаку. Какие шелковые блузки у вас есть?
В: Я думаю, вот эта розовая вам подойдет.
А: Этот цвет гармонирует с цветом пиджака, но он мне не идет. Мне бы хотелось что-нибудь в серо-голубых тонах (tones).
В: У нас есть блузки 7-ми оттенков голубого.
А: Я хотела бы примерить вот эту.
В: Пожалуйста. Примерочная вон там.
А: К сожалению, она мне слишком велика. У вас есть на размер меньше такая же?
В: Боюсь, эта последняя такого оттенка. Но есть блузка вашего размера, но темнее. Примерите ее?
А: Спасибо. Да, она прекрасно сидит. Я возьму ее.
Ex. 14. Dramatize the situation.
Husband and wife at Department Store shopping for some winter clothes.
Advise your new neighbour on the best stores in the area.
At the Ladies’ Shoes, the customer wants to buy some summer shoes.
2 friends want to buy a cheap but original gift for their close friend.
A man tries to buy some cosmetics for his girl-friend.