Activity

1. Describe any member of your group using questions in the table so that your group mates can guess whom you mean.

2. Write a letter to your pen friend. Tell him about your family, your studies, your likes and dislikes. Ask him what kind of films he likes, who his favourite film stars are, what books he reads, who his favourite author is, what sports he likes, who his favourite athlete is, what his favourite food is. Ask him what he wants to be, what he wants to do, where he wants to work. Start your letter with Dear..., end your letter with Your friend...

■ Ex. 3. Andrew White works for a local newspaper. He is a reporter. He interviews people. His interviewee is a banker. His name is Mr Smith. Complete Andrew's questions by putting in the missing words.

Andrew:	Mr Smith, what bank ... you run?
Mr. Smith:	What bank do I run? I run a small community bank.
Andrew:	Who ... the bank's foundation?
Mr. Smith:	Small depositors make the bank's strong foundation.
Andrew:	What ... they find attractive?
Mr. Smith:	I believe, they find attractive the services we provide and their quality
Andrew:	What services ...?
Mr. Smith:	Our bank provides a wide range of services, but as it is a small bank we mostly serve individual clients.
Andrew:	...the quality of life in your community?
Mr. Smith:	Of course, our bank's activity affects the quality of life in our community, especially loans we grant to small businesses.
Andrew:	...optimistic about the bank's future?
Mr. Smith:	Yes, I am very optimistic about the bank's future. We welcome new clients and look forward to our mutual business successes.
Andrew:	Thank you very much, Mr. Smith.

Activity

1. Write a short article based on the above interview for the local newspaper.

2. Take the role of a famous person who you know something about. Your partner interviews you and asks about your daily life. Section с

Greetings, introductions

1. Greeting and introducing oneself at the first meeting.

Greeting	Introducing oneself	Reply
Formal: How do you do? Less formal: Pleased to meet you. Nice to meet you. Glad to meet you.	I am ... My name's Smith, Tom Smith	How do you do? I am ... Pleased to meet you, too. Mine's ... Nice to meet you, too. Glad to meet you, too.

2. Greeting someone at the second and subsequent meetings.

Greeting	Reply
Formal: Good morning (afternoon, evening). How are you? Less formal: Hello, Tom. How are you?	Very well, thanks. And what about you? Not too bad. (So-so. Not too good, I'm afraid.) Could be worse. Absolutely awful (terrible, dreadful). Yourself?

3. Introducing oneself and getting on first-name terms.

My names is ... You can call me ...

Please call me ...

4. Introducing someone else.

Formal: May I introduce ... I'd like to introduce you to Mr. ... Less formal: Let me introduce you two. Ann, this is Peter.

■ Ex. 1. Complete the dialogues:

1. Tom Brown introduces himself to Andrew Thompson:

Tom Brown: Hello, .... My name's Tom Brown.

Andrew Thompson: .... I'm Andrew Thompson.

2. Alec introduces Richard to Ann:

Alec: Let me introduce you two. Ann, ... Richard. He is an old friend of mine.

Ann: ....

Richard: ... You can call me Dick.

3. David Morrison introduces Philip Taylor to his boss Mr White.

David: Mr White, ....

Philip: ..., sir.

Mr. White: ....

4. Kate Green greets her boss in the afternoon, when he comes to the office.

Kate: ..., Mr. West. ...?

Mr. West: ..., Miss Green. ...?

■ Ex. 2 Make up dialogues based on the following situations:

1. Greet your boss when you meet him in the office in the morning.

2. Greet your friend the first time in the day.

3. Introduce yourself to your boss-to-be.

4. Introduce a client to a collegue.

5. Introduce a friend to a friend.

6. Introduce an applicant to your boss.

7. Introduce yourself to someone you would like to dance at a party.

8. Introduce a business collegue to a customer.

■ Ex. 3. Work in groups of three.

Introduce yourself to the others.

Introduce the other two to each other in the following situations:

1. at a formal meeting

2. at a friendly evening party

Unit II

Topic: UK Economy

Grammar: Present Continuous

Communication Skills: Social Contacts (Part I)