6. Underline the verbs and translate the sentences into Russian:

I am putting you through. –

Now they are entering the office. –

They are leaving Moscow next week. –

We are planning to send a group in November. –

We sometimes send groups to England. –

I'm making a note of that. –

I often make notes at business talks. –

David is staying at the Russia hotel. –

He often stays there. –

They are working at a very important project now and cannot leave for the mountains. –

She likes her work, they usually work at a few interesting projects at a time. –

David is answering Pete's call. –

Two weeks before the group is to leave Moscow Pete telephones David. –

The group is leaving for London in November. –

The secretary answers Pete's call. –

Can I help you? –

Could I speak to Mr. Hill, please? –

Hold on, please. –

I'll see if he is available. –

I'm putting you through. –

UNIT 10

TRAVELLING

1. Read and translate the text:

On the twelfth of November the group safely leaves the Sheremetievo airport and flies to London. They have seats in different compartments, for smokers and non-smokers, and in different rows. Practically they all have English speaking neighbors.

Here are a few extracts of their talks:

– It's a very nice plane, isn't it?

– Oh, yes, quite comfortable. By the way, is smoking allowed here?

– Why, certainly. It's a smoking compartment.

– Have you got a lighter by any chance, please? Mine does not seem to work.

– Yes, here you are.

– Thank you.

– You are welcome.

– Excuse me, what's the time please?

– It's a quarter past ten.

– It's Moscow time, isn't it?

– Oh yes. If you want London time, then ... let me see ... the difference is three hours.

– I see, it's now a quarter past seven, London time.

– By the way do you know when we arrive in London?

– The steward says the flight is three hours forty minutes long. What time will it be? Oh, about eleven o'clock, London time.

– Then I'll adjust my watch in London.

– So shall I.

– Excuse me, may I have your newspaper please.

– Yes, certainly. Here you are.

– Thank you... Excuse my curiosity, are you Russian?

– Yes, I am. I'm going to London on a short stay.

– Are you a tourist then?

– No, I'm going to England for some training as a businessman.

– You speak very fluent English.

– I'm learning English after my office hours. There are many Russian businessmen who are learning English.

– Good for you. But we Englishmen are lazy. Not many of us speak foreign languages.

– I like your self-criticism.

2. Underline the sentences true to the text:

• The group leaves Moscow on the twelfth of October.

They leave Moscow on the twentieth of October.

They leave Moscow on the first of October.

• They have seat in the same compartment.

They have seats in different compartments.

The text says nothing about it.

• There are no Englishmen in the plane.

There is only one Englishman on board the plane.

There are rather many Englishmen on board.

• Smoking is allowed in every compartment of that plane.

Smoking is not allowed in that plane.

Smoking is allowed only in one of the compartments of the plane.

• The flight is exactly three hours long.

The flight is about two hours long.

The flight is about four hours long.

• One of the Russians gets a compliment for his fluent English from a Frenchman.

He get a compliment for his fluent English from an American.

He get a compliment for his fluent English from an Englishman.