2. Ответьте письменно на следующие вопросы:

1. What is a telegram?

2. Is there any difference between the words “telegram”, “telegraph” and “cable”?

3. How is the change for a telegram calculated?

3. Найдите в тексте предложения с модальными глаголами, выпишите и письменно переведите их.

4. Найдите в тексте причастия 2 и причастия 1, определите их функцию в предложении и переведите предложения на русский язык.

5. Соедините соответствующие эквиваленты.

abbreviation efficient telegraphic cable block capitals addressee urgent hyphenated words punctuation brief

телеграфный телеграмма срочный печатные буквы аббревиатура слова, написанные через дефис адресат действенный пунктуация краткий

6. Переведите предложения, определите видовременную форму и залог глагола – сказуемого.

1. Our Dispatch Department has sent you the shipping documents.

2. You should place an order immediately.

3. Our stocks are diminishing.

7. Задайте вопросы к выделенным словам.

1. The charge for a telegram is calculated on the number of words used and the distance the telegram has to travel.

2. Telegrams are used to give urgent information or to demand immediate action.

3. The telegram can be sent quickly and efficiently to most parts of the world.

8. Поставьте глагол в нужное время.

1. International telegrams can (to send) to ships in port, trains in railway stations, and aircraft at airports.

2. When you (to send) him the telegram?

3. We (to send) you the cable as soon as we reach the USA.

9. Составьте предложения из слов, переведите их.

1. Will, documents, our, inform, all, bank, you, of, necessary.

2. Sent, to, enquiry, company, we, last, letter, a, week, this.

Вариант 5

1. Прочитайте и письменно переведите текст «TELEGRAMS, CABLES, TELEGRAPHIC SERVICES»

The following points should also be remembered:

1. A telegram form is always filled in with block capitals, and there should be adequate space between each word.

2. You should write figures as words if possible, e.g. seventy-seven, and not 77 {which looks like seventy seven in the UK but is seen as eleven in other European countries). Similar confusion can be caused by hundreds, thousands, and so on.

3. The address should be completed in full, otherwise there will be a mistake or a delay. All the words after the name of the street are counted as one word.

4. Hyphenated words, such as figures (seventy-seven), and words like 'change-over', 'ready-to-wear' are counted as one word.

5. Up to five figures, i.e. 99,999 are counted as one word, six to ten figures are counted as two words and so on.

6. Recognized abbreviations, e.g. L/C, B/L, C.O.D., C.I.F., C/O and so on, count as one word.

There are many other instructions for writing and costing telegrams, and they can be found in the 'Post Office Guide'.