2. Not very/ too, well, I’m afraid.

I’m afraid, I’m not feeling very/ too well (today)

I’m afraid, I’ve got rather (довольно ) a bad cold ( Я довольно сильно простудился)

Possible reactions to such replies [ rip’laiz] (ответы) are:

Oh, dear ( боже мой)

I’m sorry (to hear that) (жаль, сочувствую)

e. g. – Hallo, Steve. How are you getting on?

Fine, thanks. What about you?

Oh, not too bad.

P. S. When you are glad to see someone you can say: -« Nice to see you». A person you address may reply: – «Nice to see you too».

Exercises

Exercise 1. Choose the best answer.

1. When you meet someone whom you know only slightly (мало ) (in the morning) you say :

a) How do you do ? b) Good morning c) Hallo.

2 . When you meet an acquaintance [ə'kweint(ə)n(t)s] (знакомый/ая) аt about ( около) 12. 30 p .m. you say:

a) Good morning b) Good afternoon c )Good day.

3. When you come into a room where there are your fellow - students you say:

a) Hallo b) Good morning c) Morning.

4. When a senior ['si:niə] (старший) colleague asks «How are you?» you reply:

a) Thank you b) Very well, thank you c) Ok, thanks.

5. When a hostess ['həustɪs ], (хозяйка дома) says : «Nice to see you» you reply:

a) The same to you (и Вам того же), b) It’s a pleasure, c) Nice to see you too.

Exercise 2. One student reads one of the greetings given below (внизу ) and another student replies (отвечает) , adding a question or remark (замечание) of his own ( свое), for example about the weather:

Nice/ Lovely/ beautiful day (isn’t it) ?

Аwful / terrible weather (today)

(It’s) a very/ rather cold day today (isn’t it?)

Possible replies:

Yes, it is (isn’t it?)

Yes, lovely/ beautiful/ dreadful/ awful (isn’t it?)

Model (модель):

St. A: Good morning,

St. B: Good morning. Lovely day.

St. A: Yes, beautiful, isn’t it?

1. Good afternoon.

2. Good evening, Mr Banks.

3. Hallo. How are you?

4. Hallo, Chris.

5. Morning.

6. Hallo. How’s life?

7. Good afternoon, Mrs. Reed. How are you keeping?

8. Hello, Linda. Nice to see you.

9. Good morning, Mr Webster.

10. Hallo. How are things with you?

Exercise 3. Render the following dialogues into English.

1.Semi-formal

A : Доброе утро.

Б: Здравствуйте.

А: Как Вы поживаете?

Б: Спасибо, хорошо. А Вы?

А: Сегодня я не очень хорошо себя чувствую. Боюсь, простудилась.

Б: Мне очень жаль.

2. Informal

А: Привет, …

Б: Привет. Целую вечность тебя не видел (I haven’t seen you for ages). Как у тебя дела ?

А: Прекрасно, спасибо. Знаешь (you see) я только что сдал вступительные экзамены и сейчас я студент юрфака. А как у тебя дела ?

Б: Неплохо.

А: Сегодня прекрасный день, правда?

Б: Да, замечательный.

Exercise 4. Greet the following people. Make up short dialogues using the greetings as the starting point.

1. a close friend ( близкий друг),

2. an elderly neighbor Mrs. Watson at 3 p. m.,

3. a colleague whom you know only slightly at 10 a. m.,

4. your parents when you come home in the evening,

5. your English teacher a) at the beginning of a class; b) in the street,

6. a group of fellow – students,

7. a group of tourists (as a guide),

8. your sister Helen,

9. a shop-assistant.

Exercise 5. Render the following dialogues into English.