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12.Now make two more calls using the information below. Take turns to be A and B.

1) A. Call AGM Marketing. You need to speak to Anya Semenova. If she’s not here, leave a message. Use your own name and telephone number.

B. You work for AGM Marketing. Anya Semenova’s line is busy at the moment. Offer to take a message. Take the caller’s name and phone number.

2) A. Call Paradise Consulting . You need to speak to Victor Nemov. If he’s not here, leave a message asking him to call you back. Use your own name and telephone number.

B. You work for Paradise Consulting. Victor Nemov is not in the office at the moment. Offer to take a message. Take the caller’s name and mobile phone number.

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Making arrangements

13. Say these dates in English:

21/12/79 24/03/08 31/08/00 14/07/87 11/01/50

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Say these times in English. Say each time in two ways: 11.30 2.45 13.20 14.05 19.40 17.50 3.15

14. Two people are arranging a meeting. Read the phone call and complete Rita’s meeting planner.

Anfisa: Hello, Anfisa Belkina.

Rita: Hello, Anfisa. It’s Rita. Anfisa: Hello, Rita, how are you. Rita: I’m fine, thank you. And you?

Anfisa: Very well, thanks. What can I do for you? Rita: I’d like to arrange a meeting with you. Anfisa: OK, no problem…

Rita: It’s about the plans for the students holiday. Anfisa: Fine. When shall we meet?

Rita: One day next week?

Anfisa: OK. How about Monday in the afternoon? That’s the 7th. Rita: I’m afraid I’m busy all day on Monday. What about Tuesday or Wednesday?

Anfisa: Sorry, I can’t make Tuesday. I’m on a course. But Wednesday is fine. Morning or afternoon?

Rita: The afternoon is best for me. Anfisa: Shall we say 2.30?

Rita: Yes, that’s fine. Where shall we meet? Anfisa: You’ve got a bigger office!

Rita: OK. So that’s half past two on Wednesday 7th December, in my office.

Anfisa: Right.

Rita: Thanks, Anfisa. I’ll look forward to seeing you then.

Meeting with:

Date:

Time:

Place:

Reasons for meeting:

15.Read the call again. Find and highlight one or more phrases which:

1.Say you want a meeting.

2.Explain the reason for the meeting.

3.Suggest a day or time.

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4.Agree to a day or time.

5.Say no and give a reason.

6.Ask about the place.

7.Confirm the details.

16.Find and highlight phrases that have a similar meaning to phrases

1– 5 below.

1.Can / shall we fix an appointment?

2.Would it be useful to meet up soon?

3.Would Wednesday be suitable?

4.Would Tuesday suit you?

5.I won’t be able to make Tuesday. I’ve got to study.

17.Work in pairs. Practice making arrangements on the phone. Use the plan to help you. Take turns to be A and B. Don’t forget to start and end the conversation in a proper way!

A. Say you want a meeting.

B. Agree.

A.Say why.

B.Ask when.

A.Suggest next Friday.

B.No – you’re out of the office. Suggest Saturday of Thursday.

A.You’re busy Saturday morning and all day on Thursday. Saturday afternoon?

B.Agree. Suggest 2.00.

A.You prefer later. Suggest 3.45.

B.Agree. Ask where.

A.Suggest a café.

B.Agree. Confirm details.

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18. Work on your own. This is business diary page for next week. Write down at least four appointments on different days. Write the time and place.

18Monday

19Tuesday

20Wednesday

21Thursday

22Friday

23Saturday

24Sunday

19.Work in groups of four. You need to arrange a meeting at a time when you are all free. Decide the reason for the meeting and agree when and where it will take place.

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Voicemail

20. If the person you want to speak to is not there, you may hear this:

You’re through to the voicemail of Anfisa Belkina. I’m not at my desk right now, but if you leave a message, I’ll get right back to you. To leave a message, press 1. To speak to the operator, please hold.

After you leave your message, you may hear this:

To listen to your message, press 2.

After you listen to your message, you may hear this:

If you’d like to change your message, press 3. If you’d like to erase your message, press 4. Otherwise, please hang up.

21.Correct the eight mistakes in Anfisa Belkina’s voicemail message.

Hi Rita, this is Anfisa out of the Siberian Automobile and Highway Academy in Omsk. I phoned to you earlier, but your telephone central placed me through to the bad telephone. Anyway, I’m calling to you to discuss the contract we were talking about in Omsk. I’ll call further later or perhaps you’d like to ring to me here in Omsk on 8 913 319 9900. Bye for now.

22.Do you use voicemails yourself? What are its advantages and disadvantages?

23.Imagine that you need to speak to Anfisa Belkina about the next week students’ holiday. She’s not here. Leave a voicemail message asking her to call you back. Explain why you are calling. Use your own name and telephone number. Role-play the situation. A is an answering machine, B is a caller.

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ENVIRONMENT

1. Look at the list of words. What do you think we are going to talk about?

animals rivers earth blue skies sea cities rainforests

2.Put these words into the gaps. Then read the poem. What is it about?

Only when all the …… have run dry And all the fish in the …… have died

Only when all the …… have been burnt down And there is no food for the ……

Only when all the …… have been filled with smoke And the …… of the world have choked

Will the white man understand That’s too late to save the …….

3.Choose three pictures which best match the poem.

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4.What are the main treats facing our environment? Brainstorm ideas!

Compare your list with the list on the next page. How can they be avoided?

5.Match these words with their definitions.

Pollution waste protect recycled damage factory emission environmentalist

1)injury or harm.

2)a substance, fluid, etc., that is emitted.

3)to defend from trouble, harm, attack, etc.

4)a building or group of buildings containing a plant assembly for the manufacture of goods.

5)a person who is concerned with the maintenance of ecological balance and the conservation of the environment.

6)to reclaim (packaging or products with a limited useful life) for further use.

7)garbage, rubbish or trash.

8)harmful or poisonous substances introduced into an environment.

6. Use these words to complete the sentences:

1.During the last hundred years we have done great ………to the environment.

2.There’s a large chemical ………in our town which polluted the river twice in the last year.

3.The Government is very worried about the ………of our rivers and beaches.

4.A lot of household ………like bottles and newspapers can be

………and used again.

5.………are furious with the American Government for delaying measures which will reduce greenhouse gas ………

6.There lots of things we can all do to ………the environment.

7.List of problems

Water pollution

Air pollution

Litter

Destruction of the rainforests

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Drought

Ozone layer destruction

Radiation

Acid rains

Global warming

8.What causes the damage? Brainstorm ideas!

9.Match the beginnings of the sentences with their endings. Highlight the things that damage the environment.

1.The Government is introducing strict new rules …

2.Farmers contribute to environmental damage …

3.Emissions from factories in northern Germany …

4.Tropical rainforests have always helped to keep the environment in balance …

5.Exhaust fumes from cars and other vehicles cause …

a)but recent deforestation means they no longer absorb as much carbon dioxide as they used to.

b)by spraying crops with pesticides.

c)affect the environment in large parts of Scandinavia.

d)on the dumping of toxic waste by industry.

e)a great deal of damage to the environment.

10.Use these words in the sentences of your own, concerning your city.

11.Match a word on the left with a word on the right to make common expressions:

12. Now use the phrases in the following sentences:

1.The gradual rise in the earth temperature is known as ………

2.When heat gets trapped in the earth atmosphere, it is known as the

………

3.Scientists have found holes in the ………, particularly over Antarctica.

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4. Rain mixed with toxic chemicals from factories is known as ………

13.Look at the pictures in 14. What do they make you think of?

14.Read the title of the text. What do you think it is about? Write two questions you expect to be answered in the text.

Introduction: Planet Under Pressure

Planet Under Pressure is a six-part BBC News Online series looking at some of the most pressing environmental issues facing the human race today.

By Alex Kirby

BBC News Online environment correspondent

We are a successful breed. Our advance from our hominid origins has brought us neardominance of the world, and a rapidly accelerating understanding of it.

Scientists now say we are in a new stage of the Earth's history, the Anthropocene Epoch, when

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But several eminent scientists are concerned that we have become too successful - that the unprecedented human pressure on the Earth's ecosystems threatens our future as a species.

We confront problems more intractable than any previous generation, some of them at the moment apparently insoluble.

15. Read the second part of the article and match the problems with the paragraphs that describe them.

a.Energy.

b.Biodiversity.

c.Human population.

d.Pollution.

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