- •The Importance of Learning Foreign Languages
- •1. Read the text.
- •2. Make up sentences:
- •3. Fill in the blanks with the necessary words in brackets:
- •5.Match the synonyms:
- •6. Make up questions and let your fellow-students answer them:
- •12. Discuss in pairs:
- •Traveling and customs Traveling
- •1.Read and memorize the following words:
- •2.Study the text. Traveling
- •3. Read and remember how to use these words:
- •4. Look at this list and say which of things you will choose and take with you:
- •5. Make up sentences:
- •Confusing words:
- •7.Answer these questions:
- •Business Trip
- •8. Read and then memorize the following words and word-combinations:
- •9. Read and translate the text:
- •10. Remember the following information. Then complete each sentence with the word travel, trip, or journey.
- •11. Rewrite these sentences in the passive.
- •12. Match the statements and questions with the responses.
- •13.Complete the word map. Use the words in the box:
- •14. Practise the following dialogues:
- •15.Match the words in the box:
- •16. Express your opinion about business trip. Speak about the information you should know if you are going to have a business trip. Going Through Customs
- •17. Learn the following word combinations and phrases:
- •Is there anything liable to duty?
- •18.Read the text.
- •19. Answer the questions:
- •20. Read and dramatize the following dialogues:
- •21. Finish the dialogues:
- •22. Communicative situations.
- •Meeting People
- •Read the text:
- •2.Comment on the following:
- •3. Complete the sentences with suitable words:
- •4. Change into the passive:
- •6 . Match the introductions and questions with the appropriate responses.
- •7. Rearrange the conversation:
- •8. Engage your partner in conversation. Try to establish a common interest (a place, a hobby, a job, family...), use the vocabulary on Meeting people:
- •9. Retell the text using the active vocabulary. Telephone
- •1. Read and memorize the following words and word combinations:
- •2. Give antonyms to the following word combinations:
- •3. Fill in the blanks with suitable words and word combinations:
- •4. Give synonyms to the words in bold type:
- •5. Learn the following text. Telephone
- •6. Remember the following telephone etiquette The techniques of telephoning is very much the same in all countries. Only remember your good telephone manners:
- •7. Starting a phone conversation
- •On the phone
- •8. Practise the following dialogues.
- •9. Write down five words or expressions including the word 'phone' or ‘telephone’.
- •10. Fill the gaps in these phone conversations with suitable words or phrases.
- •11. Answer the following questions:
- •12. Read and memorize the following words and word-combinations:
- •13. Read the text:
- •14. Study the list of the telephone terms. Pay attention to the American and British variants of the same term:
- •15. Remember the following facts:
- •16. Fill in the blanks with proper words:
- •17. Practise the following dialogues:
- •Leaving a message.
- •Getting the wrong number.
- •Making an appointment.
- •A long distance call.
- •18. Fill in the missing remarks:
- •19. Complete the statements:
- •20. Act as an interpreter:
- •21. Put the dialogue in the right order:
- •22. Work in pairs. Practise the telephone conversation, using the expressions you have learnt:
- •23. Test your telephone techniques. Your answers should be “yes” or “no”.
- •A modern office
- •1. Read and memorize the following words and word combinations:
- •2. Learn the text
- •A. Answer the questions about the text.
- •B. Change these sentences to the questions and then to the negative.
- •3. Make these words plural
- •4. Use the correct form of the verb to be:
- •5. Answer the questions using the given information.
- •11. Making an appointment.
- •12. Future possibilities with if
- •If Richard goes to the park, he can look for performers there.
- •Modern information technology
- •Read and then memorize the following words and word-combinations.
- •Read and translate the text. Modern Information Technology
- •Answer the following questions.
- •Write 5 questions to the text above and then ask them to your partner.
- •3. Complete the telephone conversation using the phrases in the box. Then fill in the message form.
- •4. Match the verbs with the phrases.
- •5. Read and translate the following useful information.
- •6. Decode the following two telexes.
- •7. Read the report about the convergence of mobile phones and handheld computers. Choose either the adjective or adverb each time.
- •8. Choose the correct variants.
- •9. Write the negative sentences.
- •10. Write your opinion to the development of modern information technology, its advantages and disadvantages. Grammar Reference
- •Література
21. Put the dialogue in the right order:
a) Speaking.
b) Hi, Tarmo.
c) Thanks, Tarmo.
d) I’ll do it now.
e) Of course.
f) Did you get my message?
g) You’d like me to send directions to the office.
h) Can I speak to Tarmo Star, please?
i) Yes, that’s right.
j) Could you send them today?
k) Yes, I did.
l) See you soon.
22. Work in pairs. Practise the telephone conversation, using the expressions you have learnt:
Receptionist Caller
Answer phone.
- Ask to speak to Angela Thompson.
- Ask who’s calling.
- Give your name and company.
- Ask caller to hold the line.
Say she’s at the meeting.
Offer to take a message.
- Give the message.
- Repeat the message.
- Say thank you and good-bye.
- Say good-bye.
23. Test your telephone techniques. Your answers should be “yes” or “no”.
Do you answer your phone within one to three rings?
Does your answer include a greeting such as “Hello”?
Does it include your full name, rather than only your first name (which is too informal) or just your last name (which can sound too abrupt)?
Does it include a verb – as in “This is Mathew Jones” or “Mathew Jones is speaking”?
If you share an extension, does your answer include your department’s name?
If you regularly receive outside calls, does your answer include your company’s name?
Is your answer fewer than 10 words?
S c o r e: The more “Yes” answers you have, the more polite your answers are.
A modern office
1. Read and memorize the following words and word combinations:
skyscraper - a very tall modern city building
plaque - a piece of metal or stone with writing on it
lobby - entrance hall, corridor
shredder - a machine that cuts documents into long narrow pieces so that no one can read them
filing cabinet - a piece of office furniture with drawers for keeping letters, reports etc
notice board Br.E / bulletin board Am.E - a board on the wall that you put information or pictures on
overhead projector - a piece of electrical equipment which makes words and images look larger by showing them on a wall or large screen
transparency - a sheet of plastic through which light can be shone to show a picture or writing on a large screen
mobile phone (Br.E); cellular phone or a cell phone (Am.E).
inkjet printer - a type of electronic printer usually connected to a small computer