Exercises. Imagine you are one of the participants of the Group

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Role play

Imagine you are one of the participants of the Group. Ask the lecturer during an informal talk if he is an Oxford graduate. Then ask him a few questions about Oxford and tell him about our universities.

Unit fifty

Good-bye to London

In the evening Mr. Hill invited all the participants to a farewell party at the Beefeater restaurant near the Tower of London. In general Beefeaters are warders of the Tower, dressed as in the days of the Tudor kings. The restaurant is famous for its medieval ages per­formance and the spirit of the time. It's like a costume drama with the history of England unfolding before the eyes of the guests. The participants enjoyed the performance immensely, had a very nice meal and a few drinks. A few toasts were pronounced like these:

To the success of our business!

To our prosperous business! Cheers!

To your very good health!

There were also many thanks like these:

Thank you very much for having us.

Thank you for the nice stay we had here in London.

We were very happy here. Thank you very much.

Everything was unforgettable. I thank you a lot.

We 've really enjoyed the visit.

In the morning the Group checked out and the coach took them to the Heathrow Airport. There was no queueing up they checked in very quickly and went upstairs to the Passport Control point. Here they said good-bye and expressed thanks to Mr. Hill. In reply he said many kind words and wished them a safe journey.

The journey back home was really very smooth and enjoyable. A few days later Pete Smirnov, General Director of Economtraining, sent the following letter to Mr. Hill:

Dear Mr. Hill,

Let me thank you and your esteemed company on behalf of the Group and our company for the hearty atmosphere of their stay in London, for very informative lectures and very useful external visits they had. They also thank you heartily for the chances to do some business of their own and to make a few visits they had planned. I hope that we shall ar­range similar programmes in future as well to the satisfaction of our both parties.

Let me send you and your family my best wishes for Christmas and a very prosperous New Year.

Yours faithfully,

Pete Smirnov

Words and expressions

farewell	[фэавел]	прощание
farewell party		прощальный вечер
beefeaters	[бифитэз]	"мясоеды" — прозвищe дворцовой стражи или стражи Тауэра
tower		башня
the Tower of London		Тауэр
warder		стражник
Tudors		династия Тюдоров (1495-1603) – период реформации и усиления централизованной власти
costume	[костьюм]	костюм
drama		драма
costume drama		костюмированное представление, драма
to unfold		раскрывать (ся)
toast	[тоуст]	тост
unforgettable	[анфогетэбл]	незабываемый
to check out		выезжать из гостиницы
upstairs		наверх (у)
to express safe		выражать безопасный
enjoyable esteemed	[энджойбл]	приятный уважаемый
hearty atmosphere informative		сердечный атмосфера информативный, содер­жательный
to arrange		организовывать, договориться о

1. Insert prepositions:

the evening Mr. Hill invited all the participants... a farewell party... Beefeater restaurant... the Tower... London.

... general Beefeaters are warders... the Tower dressed as... the days... the Tudor kings.

the restaurant is famous... its medieval ages performances.

It's like a costume drama with the history of England unfolding... the eyes... the guests.

2. Insert articles:

... participants enjoyed... performance immensely.

They had... very nice meal and... few drinks.

... few toasts were pronounced.

To... success of our business!

Thank you for... nice stay we had here in London.

I thank you... lot.

We've really enjoyed... visit.

3. Read the sentences you like the best used as:

toasts the words of thanks.

4. Sum up what you have learned about:

the Beefeater restaurant the farewell party.

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