6. Составьте словосочетания, подобрав к словам из левой колонки подходящие по смыслу слова из правой колонки. Переведите словосочетания на русский язык.

1. to wait for	a. the time
2. to check	b. on time
3. to appoint	c. the venue
4. to make	d. digressions
5. to take	e. the point
6. to note	f. latecomers
7. to allocate	g. the minutes
8. to avoid	h. an agenda
9. to keep to	i. feedback
10. to get	j. the timetable
11. to create	k. a chairperson
12. to finish	l. action points

7. Прочитайте отрывки из речи председателя совещания. Заполните пропуски, подобрав подходящее по смыслу слово.

1. My name is Michael Stuart and I’m a personal assistant to the CEO. I’m responsible for arranging monthly meetings. I have to prepare (1) ___________ and then to (2) _____________ it to all the participants. I also have to send copies of the (3) __________ of the last meeting. It’s my job to check the (4) ____________, to make sure that the meeting room is suitable and that lunch has been ordered. You have to be a good (5) _________ to do a job like this.

1.	A diary	B agenda	C calendar
2.	A circle	B circulate	C circular
3.	A minutes	B seconds	C hours
4.	A avenue	B revenue	C venue
5.	A organisation	B organizer	C organized

2. It’s eleven o’clock so let’s make a (1) ____________, shall we? As you know, the (2) ___________ of this meeting is to discuss car parking problem on the company premises. I want to know what you (3) __________ about it. Would you like to (4) _____________ a discussion, Sarah? But please try to stick to the point and not to (5) ______________.

1.	A start	B begin	C first
2.	A action	B matter	C purpose
3.	A believe	B aware	C think
4.	A open	B close	C explain
5.	A lose	B digress	C avoid

3. Ladies and gentlemen, it’s nearly two o’clock. We’re (1) ____________ out of time, so we have to (2) __________ here. Just to (3) __________ up, we came here to decide whether to built a new parking lot or not. I’ve listened to both (4) __________ of the argument and it is clear that we have not (5) ____________ an agreement. The working group will try to find a (6) ___________ and present their suggestions at the next meeting. That’s on April 14^th at 11 o’clock. So, unless you have anything else to (7) __________, I think that’s all for today. Thank you all for (8) __________.

1.	A walking	B moving	C running
2.	A stop	B still	C stay
3.	A add	B sum	C clear
4.	A faces	B people	C sides
5.	A made	B reached	C worked
6.	A compromise	B compound	C promise
7.	A check	B move	C add
8.	A being	B coming	C attend

8. Решите кроссворд. В вертикальной строке прочитайте совет председателю при проведении совещания.

1. Ok, let’s get down to …

B

N

S

2. Can I just stop you there for a …

M

M

3. I totally …

D

S

E

E

4. Perhaps I didn’t make myself …

L

R

5. What do you …

T

H

6. With respect, you don’t quite seem to

N

D

S

N

7. I agree with you up to a …

P

8. If I could just finish what I was …

A

N

G

9. Ok, let’s move …

N

10. I’m afraid that’s completely out of the

Q

S

O

11. Perhaps we can come back to this …

L

E

12. Maybe we should take a short …

R

E

13. Does anyone have any …

S

G

E

I

N

S

14. Can I just come in …

H

E

15. Sorry, I don’t quite see what you …

M

16. I think it’s as far as we can go …

T

Y

17. We’ll have to break off here, I’m …

F

R

D

9. Прочитайте и переведите высказывания, которые можно услышать во время совещания. Заполните пропуски подходящими по смыслу словами из рамки. Определите, какие фразы обычно произносит председатель, а какие – участники совещания.

right, mean, understand, interrupt, earlier, move, minutes, afraid, think, purpose, record, wrong, action, point (2), sure, allocated

1. Steve, will you take the ___________ today?

2. Does everybody agree that the minutes are an accurate ____________ of the last meeting?

3. In the ____________ points it says Sam is responsible for writing the report. Is that right?

4. Now, we have ___________ 30 minutes to the discussion of point 1, so let’s get started.

5. I want to make the __________ that we are still two people short in the office.

6. Let’s ___________ on to the next point or we won’t finish on time.

7. What is the ____________ of this meeting? What do we hope to achieve?

8. I take your ___________ about the new advertisement, but it’s too late to change anything.

9. I know what you _________ about him, but he is very good with customers.

10. Sorry to _____________ you, but what you’ve said is against the company policy.

11. To go back to what I was saying __________, we still need some money to solve this problem.

12. If I ______________ you correctly, we won’t finish the project on time. Is that right?

13. Are you ___________ that we have to close this parking on our company premises?

14. I know what you __________ but we have to look at the human factor as well as the numbers.

15. I’m ___________ I can’t agree with you here.

16. I think you are __________. It’s impossible to meet this deadline.

17. You are absolutely __________. We are to reduce prices.