Exercises

I. Ответьте на вопросы к тексту.

1. Where is Isabelle from?

2. What is her job?

3. How often does she use English on the phone?

4. Who does she speak English to?

5. Why doesn’t she make phone calls in English very often?

6. Who checks her e-mails?

7. What does she usually read at work?

8. What does she discuss at the meetings with her colleagues?

9. Where does she meet her clients?

10. Does Isabelle travel much?

II. Согласитесь с данными утверждениями или опровергните их.

1. Isabelle comes from Italy.

2. She is a businesswoman.

3. Isabelle reads a lot in English.

4. She often calls her clients in the USA and Britain.

5. It is difficult for her to speak English on the phone and to write letters in English.

6. Isabelle’s job is to help her clients.

7. When Isabelle has meetings with her colleagues, they discuss problems of their clients.

8. She meets clients at her office only.

9. Isabelle travels a lot in her job.

III. Составьте словосочетания, используя слова из двух столбцов.

to get phone to write clients’ to visit travel to to use difficult to have to give

a meeting advice calls clients e-mails English other countries point problems replies

IV. Заполните пропуски предлогами, где это необходимо.

1. Our company receives a lot ____ information ____ French.

2. I never use English ____ the phone.

3. It is not difficult ____ me to meet Mr. Black.

4. Do you often have meetings ____ your British customers?

5. Foreign customers always come ____ our office to discuss business points ____ our managers.

6. Mrs. Archer often travels ___ other countries to have talks ____ her foreign partners.

7. At the lessons we read and write ____ English.

8. I always check letters _____ I send them.

9. What do you usually do ____ work?

V. Заполните пропуски, используя приведенные ниже слова. Check clients difficult meet on the phone prefer replies travels use visit

1. Do you often __________ English in your job? – Sometimes I speak with our foreign partners __________.

2. German is a _________ language.

3. When I come to the office, I _________ my e-mail and answer urgent letters.

4. Mr. Dunn often ________ abroad and visits many countries in Europe.

5. We never __________ my clients; they always come to our office.

6. I read my mail and send ________ to foreign firms.

7. I __________ foreign businessmen at my office.

8. Hardson & Co have a lot of ________ in different cities of the country.

9. Do you like speaking English on the phone? – No, I ________ writing e-mails.

Unit 2 Section a Grammar reference construction there is / are (Конструкция there is / are).

Конструкция there is (для единственного числа) и there are (для множественного числа) переводится на русский язык как «имеется, находится, существует или есть), а чаще всего совсем не переводится.

There is a telephone on the desk. На столе есть телефон.

Is there a telephone on the desk? - Yes, there is. / No there isn’t.

There isn’t a telephone on the desk.

There is no telephone on the desk.

There are a lot of flowers in the room. В комнате (есть, имеется) много цветов.

Are there many flowers in the room? - Yes, there are. / No there aren’t.

There aren’t many flowers in the room.

There are no flowers in the room.

Если в предложении с конструкцией there is / are имеется несколько подлежащих, то глагол to be обычно согласуется с подлежащим, которое следует непосредственно за ним:

There is a table and 6 chairs in the room.

There are 6 chairs and a table in the room.