Exercise 1. You will read one side of a telephone conversation. Make up the dialogic cues to complete the whole conversation

1. Talking About Your Job

- Hi Peter. It’s Jack. Can you tell me a little bit about your current job?

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- First of all, what do you work as?

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- What do your responsibilities include?

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- What sort of problems do you deal with on a day-to-do basis?

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- What else does your job involve?

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- Do you have to produce any reports?

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- Do you ever attend meetings?

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- Thanks for all the information, Peter. It sounds like you have an interesting job.

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2. Looking for a Bookkeeper

- Have you finished the balance sheets yet?
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- No need to rush. I don't need them until tomorrow morning.
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- Yes, We've been looking, but no luck yet.
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- Oh really, does she have any experience?
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- Great. Ask her to come in for an interview.
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- Oh, I almost forgot to ask... have you opened the new accounts at Wells Fargo?
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- Thanks. Well, let me know when you finish those balance sheets.
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3. Holidays with friends

- Hi! Carl? It’s Andy. Yeah. How are you? Feeling better?

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- Really? Still using a crutch? So, you’re not back at work yet?

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- Two more weeks! That’s when the plaster comes off, is it?

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- No. I’m fine. The suntan’s fading, though. Josie’s is, too. She sends love, by the way.

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- Yes, yes. I have. I got them back today. They’re good. I didn’t realize we’d taken so many.

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- Yes, the sunset. It’s a good one. All of us together on Bob and Marcia’s balcony, with the mountains and the snow at the background. It’s beautiful. Brings back the memories, doesn’t it”.

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- Yes, I know. I’m sorry. At least it was towards the end; it could have been the first day. You only came home two days early.

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- Yes, we have. Yesterday, in fact. Bob write it and we all signed it. I don’t know if it’ll do any good, but it’s worth a try.

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- Sure. Some ups and downs, but generally I think we all got on well and had a great time. Shall we go again next year?

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- Good! Great! It’s a date. Next time look out for the trees! I’ll ring again soon, Carl. Take care!

Exercise 2. Suggest another logical exchange to the conversation below, paraphrasing the lines of the dialogue taken from the play “The Hypnotist” by J.R. Parenti.

(Open on Joe's apartment. Joe is sitting on the couch watching TV. The phone rings.)

Joe: Hello...Hi Randi...No, I'm doing much. Actually, I'm watching the Blazers game on TV...Uh, it's almost over. They're losing by 42...Why are you lonely, no date tonight? I thought plenty of guys wanted to go out with you...Come on, there's gotta be at least one guy that's not watching the Blazers game...Why do you want me to come over?...I'm too lazy to walk that far...Maybe tomorrow...

(Enter Charles, Joe's roommate. He's fixing his tie.)

Yeah. I'll call you, maybe. OK? Bye.

(He hangs up the phone. CHARLES can't help but overhear.)

Charles: Who was that, Joe.

Joe: That was Randi from across the hall.

Charles: Did she just ask you to come over? And did you not just decline?

Joe: Yeah.

Charles: Are you stupid, Joe? Thousands of guys drool gallons over her every day and she asked for you. Of all people. Come on, Joe. Aren't you the least bit attracted to her?

Joe: (Has to think) Well...honestly, yeah. I am. I guess.

Charles: Well, don't just sit there on the couch like meat loaf. Go talk to her.

(Joe sits, uninterested.)

Come on, Joe. (He gives JOE a nudge.) Go over there.

Joe: All right, all right, I'll go talk to her.

(Charles gives him a wink.)

Talk to her.

Charles: (Excitedly) All right! That's the spirit. And you'll be doing me a favor at the same time...I got the Shelby quintuplets coming over tonight and...we'd like some privacy, y'know.

Exercise 3. Compose your own dialogues in pairs on one of the suggested topics:

1) Yesterday’s birthday party.

2) You are talking about the promotion with your boss.

3) Talk about future presentation of the diploma project with your scientific supervisor.

4) Call to the real estate agency and rent an apartment.

5) Discuss European Football Championship events with your friend.

6) Discuss your future vacation at the sea with your husband.

7) Complain to the manager of the hotel about your room service.

8) Discuss a philological problem with your group mate.

9) Apply for taking a credit to the risks department of the bank.

10) You are at a job interview.

11) Explain to a client of your bank how to use the ATM.

12) Question a witness of a crime.

13) Your are delivering the supplies to the trade’s company. Talk about the conditions of cooperation for the next year.

14) Your bank account is blocked. Talk to a bank manager.

15) You’ve changed a job. Compare it with the previous.

16) Discuss new ideas with your business partner.

17) Get acquainted with your new colleague.

18) You made a mistake while passing your driver’s exam. Try to smooth the negative effect.

19) You were babysitting your neighbors’ kids, but they came 4 hour late.

20) Talk about the scientific inventions with your friend.

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