- •1. Words and expressions.
- •2. Read and act the dialogues.
- •3. Study the business card and answer the questions.
- •4. Read the text and guess the meaning of words and expressions given in bold type.
- •5. Design your own business card and introduce yourself using words and expressions in 4. Unit 2
- •1. Read the text and guess the meaning of the words in bold type. Make a
- •B. Applying for a job
- •Dagmar Schmidt is the head of recruitment at a German telecommunications company. She talks about the selection process, the methods that the company uses to recruit people:
- •2. Complete the crossword. Use appropriate forms of the words from the
- •3. Now divide the words in the crossword into two groups.
- •4. Replace the underlined phrases with correct forms of words and expressions from the text.
- •5. Now answer the questions.
- •6. Read the information and answer the question “Why do people work?”
- •7. Look at the survey below, then choose three factors which are important
- •1. Read the texts and find answers to the following questions.
- •2. Complete these extracts from job ads using words from 1b).
- •3. Sell yourself using words and expressions from 1b).
- •4. What do you think these statements means in the job hunt context?
- •5. Read the information below, guess the meaning of the words and expressions given in bold type. Make a list of new words.
- •6. Complete the conversation using words from 6.
- •7. Tell what kind of salary and benefits would you like to have with your future job? Unit 4
- •1. Answer the questions before reading the text.
- •2. Read the text. Why do you think a cv is so important in the application process?
- •3. Study the text and find answers to the following questions.
- •4. Study a Sample of cv for a Physician Resident.
- •5. Design your cv for a Physician Resident.
- •1. Answer these questions before reading the text.
- •2. Read the text. Why do you think the interview is so important for the employer? Is it of the same importance to the applicant?
- •3. A candidate should be prepared to answer these common job interview questions. Do you agree with the comments which follow?
- •4. These job interview questions are common. Select the best response for each of them. Note that more than one answer may be correct.
- •5. Listen to Rachel having a job interview and answer the questions.
- •2. Find words and abbreviations in the patient record with these meanings.
- •3. Listen to the nurse get personal details from a patient. As you listen, complete the form. Try to remember all the questions the nurse asks the patient.
- •5. Read the following scenario.
- •6. Study the medical certificate form. What information should be put in the gaps? You are a doctor, and your patient, Anna Green, is suffering from flu. Try to fill this form. Medical certificate
- •7. Read the information and the sample of medical referral letter.
- •Formal style
- •Letters of Application
- •2. Study the letter of application and find all parts of a formal letter.
- •3. Choose a job advertisement from a newspaper and practise writing an application letter. Don’t forget to write about your qualities and what you can give the company.
- •Introduction
- •4. Make up an annotation of the article according to the plan and useful phrases given below. Annotation plan
- •1. To start a presentation follow these advices:
- •2. Read an example of presentation talk. Match the equivalents (a-h) of the words in bold type (1-8). Make a list of new words.
- •3. Correct the mistakes in these sentences according to new expressions from previous exercise.
- •2. Study the chart showing side effects experiment participants testing a sedative in a clinic trial, complete the description of the chart of side effects:
- •3. Read the information about two more side effects. Add blocks to the chart.
- •4. Study the chart, which compares the effectiveness of herbal extract Hypericum perforatum with the synthetic drug Imipramine on patients with depression.
- •1. Useful expressions
- •3. Work in pairs. Together prepare orally a description of the data , using the useful expressions.
- •1. Words and Expressions
- •2. Match the sentence beginnings (1-5) with the correct endings (a-e).
- •D Agreeing hedging disagreeinguring the meeting
- •3. Read the text and guess the meaning of the words in bold type. Make a
- •4. Put the extracts from this newspaper report of a public meeting into the correct order. Translate.
- •1. Words and Expressions
- •2. Read and act the dialogues.
- •3. Read and change these conversations so that they are correct and more polite.
- •4. Match the responses (1-8) with the questions (a-h).
- •1. Words and Expressions
- •2. Read and translate the dialogue. Pay attention to the useful expression in italics.
- •3. Work in pairs. Here are 3 different situations, make dialogues to every of them.
- •At the hotel
- •1.Useful vocabulary:
- •2. Read and translate the dialogue.
- •3. Interview another student and fill in the form below.
- •At the Airport
- •1. Read text and translate it.
- •2. Match the words on the left to their definitions on the right. Write down new words.
3. Read the text and guess the meaning of the words in bold type. Make a
list of new words.
Carla Eagleton sums up and brings the meeting to a close: “Right. I’m afraid we’re running out of time so we’re going to have to stop there. To go over what’s been said, there is a disagreement about timekeeping and budgets in the surgical department. I’ve listened to both sides of the argument. I think I can sum it up by saying that it’s a problem of creativity versus control. I think you’ll just have to agree to disagree. I’ll let you know my decision about the solution to this problem by the end of the month. So unless anyone has anything else to add, I think that’s it. Thank you all for coming.
4. Put the extracts from this newspaper report of a public meeting into the correct order. Translate.
1. a compromise or a consensus. There was total disagreement. After four hours of heated discussion, Mrs Johns said, “It’s been a very interesting discussion but we’re running out
2. out of time and we’re going to have to stop there. I’ll let you know the committee’s decision about the solution to this problem by the end of the month.
3. So unless anyone has anything else to add, I think that’s it. A very useful meeting. Thank you all for coming.”
4. There were strong differences of opinion at last night’s meeting to discuss banning cars from the centre of Newtown. The chair, Ms Yolanda Johns of the town council’s transport committee, organized the meeting well. A lot of ground
5. saying it would improve the quality of life. It was not possible to come to
6. was covered and both sides of the argument were heard. To sum up the arguments, there were those who thought that banning cars would damage shops and businesses in the town. Others disagreed,
Unit 14
Telephoning
1. Words and Expressions
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Could I speak to N please? Who is calling please? N speaking. This is NN from... I’m calling from... I’m calling about... I’m sorry, I didn’t catch your name.
Sorry, could you repeat your number?
I’d like to speak to... Hold on (hold the line) please. I’m afraid he’s not in the office. I’m sorry, he is not available. He is in the meeting right now. Could I speak to someone else?
Could you give her a message?
Do you know when she’ll be back? Can I take a message? Please tell (ask) him...
I’ll make sure Mr. X gets your message.
Shall I get him to call you?
When could I reach him please? I think you have the wrong number.
It was nice talking to you. |
Могу я поговорить с...? Кто это говорит? N слушает. Это NN из... Я звоню из... Я звоню насчет... Извините, я не расслышал, как Вас зовут. Извините, не могли бы Вы повторить Ваш номер? Мне бы хотелось поговорить с Подождите, пожалуйста. Боюсь, его нет в кабинете. Извините, но его сейчас нет. Он сейчас на заседании. Могу ли я поговорить с кем-нибудь еще? Не могли бы Вы ей оставить сообщение? Вы не знаете, когда она вернется? Что-нибудь передать? Пожалуйста, скажите ему (попросите его)... Я обязательно передам Ваше сообщение г-ну X. Передать ему, чтобы он Вам позвонил? Когда бы я мог с ним связаться? Мне кажется, у Вас неправильный номер телефона. Приятно было поговорить с Вами |