Saying Good-bye to People

Make up your own dialogues.

Read the conversations below and find English equivalents below.

Greetings

Change the stressed sentences into the suitable phrases of ex. 1.4 and make your own dialogues

Match English sentences with Russian equivalents.

Meeting people

Speaking

1. How do you do? (Hello! Hi! Morning!) 2. This is a pleasure. 3. Glad/pleased/nice to meet you. 4. Delighted to meet you. (I’m very pleased to meet you.) 5. Haven’t we met before? 6. Could I have seen you somewhere? 7. I fancy I’ve met you before. 8. Your face seems familiar to me. 9. I’ve heard so much about you. 10. Have you been here before?

1. Счастлив с вами познакомиться. 2. Очень приятно. 3. Здравствуйте. 4. Рад с вами познакомиться. 5. Вы бывали здесь раньше? 6. Мы уже знакомы? 7. Ваше лицо мне знакомо. 8. Я о вас много слышал. 9. Могли мы с вами где-то видеться? 10. Мне кажется, что мы уже где-то встречались.

a) Bob: Mom, let me introduce my new friend to you.

His name is Alex.

Alex: How do you do, Mrs. White?

Mrs. White: How do you do, Alex? Pleased to meet you.

Alex: Pleased to meet you too, Mrs. White.

b) - May I introduce Mr. William Porter to you, Mr. Flake.

- How do you do, Mr. Flake! Glad to meet you.

- How do you do, Mr. Porter!

- Pleased to know you. How do you like our city?

- I like it very much.

c) - Alice, I want to introduce Fred Copper to you.

- Fred, this is my sister Alice. Alice, meet Fred Copper.

- Hi, Alice!

- Hi, Fred! How are you?

- Fine, thanks.

1. Как у тебя дела?

2. Нечем похвастаться.

3. Я задержался из-за транспорта.

4. Ничего страшного.

5. Давно тебя не видела.

А) – Good morning, Mike!

- Good morning, Bob!

- How are you?

- Fine, thanks. How are things with you?

- Nothing to boast of!

B) – Hello, everybody!

- Hello, Peter!

- Excuse my being late. I was delayed by the traffic.

- Never mind.

C) – Hi, Helen!

- Hi, Peter!

- It’s a long time since I saw you last. Where have you been all this time?

- I’ve just come back home from America.

- Oh, really! How did you get up go there?

- Our family was invited to spend our holiday there.

a) You meet a friend of yours after your summer holiday.

b) You are invited to your friend’s in the evening. You are not acquainted with his (her) parents. Your friend is introducing you to his parents.

c) It’s morning. You are late for class. Greet your teacher. Explain to her (him) what you were delayed by.

1.8 Read and remember bits of conversations.

a) - Are you going my way?

- I’m afraid not. I’ve got to do some shopping.

- Good luck. Bye-bye.

- See you tomorrow.

b) - Dan, I’m sorry, I must hurry. You see, I have to go to the doctor. Good bye!

- So long, Ben!

c) - Minnie, the train starts in 5 minutes.

- Oh, you have to hurry. Have a good trip and safe! Keep well!

d) - Steve, I’m going to the sea-side for my holiday.

- Have a good holiday, Jane.

- Thanks. Have a good time!

e) – I am going to the country for the weekend.

- A good weekend!

- The same to you!

- Thank you.

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