Read and translate Прочтите и переведите

Expression of regret Выражение сожаления

"Thank you for your recent invitation. I regret that it is not possible for me to join the Management Committee for lunch at 11.30 a.m. Tuesday, December 14, at the Grand Star Hotel."

The regular meeting of the Gilbey Business College Board of Directors is held the second Tuesday of every month. Unfortunately, the fourtenth is the second Tuesday in December. At a meeting I am responsible for making a presentation of our plans.

Appreciation Признательность

Please let me know it there will be another such meeting of your group in the near future. I am very interested in discussing your company's projected management staff development program and I look forward to having an opportunity to meet with the committee on an alternative date.

Write down words and phrases and memorize them.

1. words represented by the first letters

2. thoroughly тщательно

3. invited from the very heart

4. to ask the pleasure of you company

5. to differ отличаться

6. the addressee адресат, получатель

7. to get получить

8. from the management от руководства

9. to look forward ожидать с нетерпением

10. to have dealings with smb. вести дела, иметь торговые связи с кем-л.

11. importance важность

12. thanks to благодаря

13. appreciation признательность

14. significance важность

15. recipient адресат

16. to accept принять

17. cordially invite сердечно приглашать

18. abbreviations сокращения

19. properly как следует, тщательно

20. to request the pleasure of your company просить разделить удовольствие вместе с Вами.

Match the phrases to make sentences that correspond to what John says.

1. Informal invitations may vary in length…

2. It is always proper…

3. If you are unable to accept the invitation…

4. Sometimes you may wish to suggest…

5. Express your regret…

6. Close politely with…

A. to express appreciation for the invitation.

B. you should promptly inform those who extended the invitation.

C. but the following plan can be helpful.

D. repeating your understanding of the details, date, time, place

You are a new secretary. Ask about:

1. How to write a formal invitation.

2. What the difference between formal and informal invitation is.

3. What plan can help to write an informal invitation.

4. How to answer the invitation.

5. What to write if you accept an invitation.

6. How to decline an invitation politely.

Unit 6

Job responsibilities

Look through the following job advertisements. What type of people would you expect to be given these jobs? What responsibilities would you expect each job to involve?

Должности и обязанности Просмотрите следующие объявле-ния. Какими качествами должны обладать люди, которых примут на эти места? Каковы их

будущие обязанности?

Small business advisers

The Ministry of Overseas development is looking for Small Business Advisers to help train business people in Third World countries. The Ministry has fifty advisers working abroad at the moment engaged in work, which has a lasting effect in the fight against world poverty and hunger. Each adviser finds the experience richly rewarding. Single people only. Please, apply by letter to the Director of Overseas personnel, Ministry of Overseas Development, 372 Whitehall, London SW 1

Консультанты по созданию небольших компаний

Министерство по содействию развивающимся странам ищет консультантов по созданию небольших компаний, чтобы помочь подготовить бизнесменов в странах третьего мира. В Минис-терстве 50 консультантов, работа-ющих за границей в настоящее время, их деятельность постоянно способствует борьбе с бедностью и голодом в мире. Каждый кон-сультант считает, что он одно-временно и сам приобретает бога-тый жизненный опыт. Требуются только неженатые люди. Просим присылать письма с заявлениями руководителю отдела кадров, для работы за рубежом.