- •Speaking on the phone
- •Vocabulary
- •Words and phrases
- •1. Fill in the missing remarks.
- •2. Spell the names on the phone.
- •1. Making an Appointment
- •2. Appointment with a Doctor
- •3. Being Unable to Keep an Appointment
- •4. Invitation to a Motor Show
- •5. Invitation to the Ballet
- •6. Declining an Invitation
- •1. A Hotel Reservation
- •2. A Restaurant Reservation
- •1. Tourist Visa
- •1. Happy Birthday
- •2. Congratulations on a Marriage
- •3. Congratulations on Birth of Son
- •Going and staying abroad
- •Vocabulary
- •1. First of all discuss in pairs with your partner the following questions:
- •2. Match the definition with the type of ticket.
- •3. Discuss in pairs
- •4. Practice the dialogue
- •2. Now after you have made your choice, read a small text about restricted articles on board the plane and think carefully what you'll put in your hand baggage, and what in checked baggage?
- •1. Have you ever gone through customs? What was it like? Discuss it with the other student. Now read the conversation and compare it with your own experience.
- •2. Find two mistakes in the dialogue and then practice it with your partner
- •3. Imagine you are entering the u.S. And complete this form in English and in capital letters.
- •4. Now take your partner's form and act as a customs officer (your partner is a guest in the country). Try to be strict and find out if a guest was sincere completing the form.
- •5. Fill in the gaps and practice the dialogue with your partner.
- •1. Write short answers to these questions:
- •2. Now read the dialogue and compare your answers with the dialogue.
- •4. This time one of you is a check-in clerk, your partner is a guest. Interview the guest and complete this guest registration card for him/her.
- •5. Conversation a
- •6. Conversation в
- •Vocabulary
- •I. Foodstuffs
- •Vegetables Гародніна
- •II. Prepared Food and Ways of Cooking
- •III. Meals and Courses
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •1. Fill in articles if necessary:
- •2. Use the right word: (meal, food, course, dish)
- •3. Translate into English:
- •4. Fill in the gaps with articles where necessary:
- •4. Discuss the following:
- •5. Act out the following situations:
- •6. Speak on:
- •7. Write about the party you enjoyed.
- •Shopping
- •Vocabulary
- •At the supermarket
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •1. Match each of the following words with the correct item in the picture.
- •2. Put each of the following words or phrases in the correct space in the passage below.
- •3. Put the correct word or phrase from the following list in each space below.
- •4. Match each of the following words with the correct picture.
- •5. Translate into English
- •Shopping in a big shop
- •Shopping
- •1. Complete the following sentences using the prompts
- •2. Paraphrase the following sentences using the active words and phrases as prompts
- •3. Describe the procedure of bying
- •4. Read the following text, making sure that you understand the meaning of all the words in different type.
- •Dialogues
- •Making a Complaint and Getting a Refund
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •1. Translate into English
- •2. Fill in the gaps with prepositions where necessary:
- •3. Choose between the alternatives:
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Speak on:
- •3. Act out the following situations:
- •At the doctor’s
- •Vocabulary
- •Injure - раніць, шкодзіць
- •Vomit - ванітаваць
- •5. Questions: Answer the following questions:
- •The twentieth century disease: food allergy
- •1. Complete the following according to the text.
- •2. Make a list of
- •1. Read the text:
- •2. Answer the following questions
- •3. Choose the proverbs which were mentioned in the text. Translate other proverbs.
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •1. Complete the dialogues:
- •2. Aches and pains
- •3. Fill the gaps with a suitable word.
- •In Search of the Perfect House
Speaking on the phone
Vocabulary
code - код
telephone, phone - тэлефон
May I use your telephone? Ці можна скарыстацца вашым тэлефонам? Are you on the telephone? У вас ёсць тэлефон? Не is speaking over the telephone now. Ён размаўляе па тэлефоне. The telephone is quite dead. Тэлефон не працуе. I can't get him on the phone. Я не магу да яго дазваніцца.
to telephone (phone, ring up, call) smb., smth. - тэлефанаваць каму-небудзь, куды-небудзь
call - тэлефанаванне, званок
There’s a call for you. Вам тэлефануюць. I'll answer the call. I’ll answer the telephone. Я адкажу на званок.
to make a call, to give a call, to give a ring - тэлефанаваць
Where can I make a call? - Дзе можна патэлефанаваць?
receiver - тэлефонная трубка
to lift (take up, pick up) the receiver - падняць трубку
to replace the receiver, to ring off, to hang up - павесіць трубку
to dial - дыск набору тэлефона
dial (dialled Br., dialed Am) - набіраць
I have dialled the number twice but there is no reply. Я двойчы набіраў нумар, але ён не адказвае.
alphabetical directory (Telephone Directory, Telephone Book)
- тэлефонны даведнік
fire department Am. (fire brigade Br.) - пажарная служба
police - паліцыя
ambulance - хуткая дапамога
telephone repair service - бюро рамонту тэлефонаў
dialling tone - доўгі гудок (лінія свабодная)
to listen for dialling tone (чакаць доўгага гудка)
ringing tone - рэдкія гудкі (чакайце адказу)
the line is free (Am. the line is engaged; Br., the line is busy) - лінія свабодная
engaged tone - кароткія гудкі (лінія занятая)
coin-box telephone (telephone booth, box phone) - тэлефон-аўтамат
extension - дадатковы нумар
extension phone - паралельны тэлефон
trunk-call (Am., long-distance call) - міжгародны званок
subscriber - абанент
Subscriber Trunk Dialling - міжнародная аўтаматычная тэлефонная сувязь
This city is not on STD. З гэтым горадам няма міжнароднай аўтаматычнай сувязі.
digit - лічба
to clear (to disconnect) - раз’ядноўваць
caller - асоба, якая тэлефануе
to connect (to put a call through) - злучаць
I'm putting your call through. - Я вас злучаю.
to hold on - не вешаць трубку
to make a call through the operator - тэлефанаваць праз аператара
call charge - кошт тэлефанавання
Words and phrases
There is no one by the name of Smith here. Тут няма нікога па прозвішчы Сміт.
This is a private residence. Гэта прыватная кватэра.
I'm sorry to have bothered you. Прабачце, што патурбаваў вас.
That's quite all right. Калі ласка.
Could you speak up, please. Ці не маглі б вы гаварыць грамчэй? Are you there? Вы мяне чуеце?
We had a very bad connection. Было вельмі кепска чуваць.
We could scarcely hear each other. Мы ледзьве чулі адзін аднога.
I want to book a call to Moscow for 10 p.m. Я хачу заказаць званок ў Маскву на 10 гадзін.
What number are you calling from? З якога нумара вы тэлефануеце?
I can't get through. Я не магу дазваніцца.
Go ahead, please. Гаварыце, калі ласка.
Speaking. Слухаю.
This is Surikov calling. Гэта Сурыкаў.
Who's calling, please? Хто гэта?
Can you hold on? Вы можаце пачакаць?
Mr Jones is on the other line. Спадар Джонс размаўляе па іншым тэлефоне.
Sorry to have kept you waiting. Прабачце, што прымусіў вас чакаць.
I'm putting Mr Jones on the line. Перадаю трубку спадару Джонсу.
I'll see if he is in. Я зараз пагляджу, ці ў сябе ён.
Mr Ivanov is out at the moment. Спадара Іванова зараз няма на месцы.
Could you take a message? Ці не маглі б вы перадаць?
Could I leave a message? Ці можна яму перадаць?
Hold on a moment, please. Пачакайце хвілінку.
Mr Roberts is not available. Спадара Робертса няма.
Is there any message? Што-небудзь яму перадаць?
I'll call back later. Я пазваню пазней.
Hold the line, please. Не кладзіце трубку.
You've got the wrong number. Вы памыліліся нумарам.
The Most Common Words Used When Spelling Names on the Phone
a - apple
b - Ben
c - Charly
d - Donald
e - England
f - Freddy
g - George
h - Harry
i - India
j - Jane
k - Kate
l - London
m - mother
n - Nicholas
q - queen
r - Roger
s - sugar
t - Tommy
u - uncle
о - orange p - Peter
v - Victor
w - warm
x - x-ray
y - yellow z - zebra
Using a Telephone Directory
Using a telephone directory is a simple procedure for those who live in small towns. Because in larger cities the use of a large directory is somewhat more difficult, knowing the organisation of a city directory may prove helpful.
The following information may be obtained on the front page of most alphabetical directories:
Number of the fire department, police, or ambulance.
Business office of the telephone company.
Telephone repair service.
Assistance in making a call.
Information, to obtain numbers not in the directory.
Assistance to make a long-distance call.
Most directories contain space on the first page in which you can write numbers that you call frequently. On the second and third pages you usually find a description of the many services offered by the telephone company, as well as other helpful information such as Speaking Clock, Weather Forecast, Motoring Information Service (for weather and traffic conditions on the roads). The main section of the alphabetical directory is the part that you use most frequently.
EXERCISES