Exercise 1. Read the text

Work and Leisure

Порядок слов в английском предложении

Unit 3

IV. Learn the following expressions.

In the car

At the airport

III. Read the dialogues and learn them.

· Excuse me… Are you Mr. Cartwright?

· Yes.

· I’m Vladimir Ivanov, from TST Systems. How do you do?

· How do you do?

· Have I kept you waiting?

· Oh, no … the plane has just arrived. Thank you for coming to meet me.

· Not at all. Did you have a good trip?

· Yes, thank you. I was a bit airsick, but now I’m O.K.

· My car is at the airport. Shall my driver take your suitcase?

· Oh, yes … thank you.

Have I kept you waiting? Я заставил Вас ждать?

· We are going to our office in the centre of the city. It’ll take us about half an hour to get there. Mr. Pospelov is waiting for you.

· What is Mr. Pospelov? Remind me, please.

· He is our General Director. He is going to discuss some details of our future agreement with you.

· What hotel may I stay at?

· We have reserved for you a single room with a private bathroom at the hotel near the centre.

· That’s O.K. Thank you very much.

It’ll take us about – нам понадобится приблизительно

good people to work with

the chance to go to different places on business

move quickly to a higher position at work

you can change the time when you start or finish work

travel opportunities

helpful colleagues

fast promotion

long holidays

flexible hours

a high salary

В английском языке фиксированный порядок слов:

Утвердительное предложение:

· Подлежащее

· Сказуемое

· Дополнение

· Обстоятельство (образа действия, места, времени)

I gave my brother a book yesterday.

Make up sentences:

1. is, best, she, friend, my.

2. learn, different, managers, our, subjects.

3. the, is, Russia, the, in, country, largest, world.

4. in, the, we, city, live, a, flat, in, of, centre, the.

Вопросительное предложение:

общий вопрос

· вспомогательный глагол

· подлежащее

· смысловой глагол

· дополнение

· обстоятельство

– Do you finish your work at 6?

– Yes, I do.

Make up sentences:

1. is, best, she, friend, my?

2. learn, different, managers, our, subjects, do?

3. the, is, Russia, the, in, country, largest, world?

4. you, in, the, city, centre, live, do, the, of?

специальный вопрос

– When do you finish your work?

– I finish my work at 6.

1. the, best, who, is, of, friend, yours?

2. does, what, our, do, manager, his, office hours, during?

3. the, is, what, the, in, country, largest, world?

4. where, you, live, do?

Businessman’s Day

Mr. John Turner is 40. He is married and he has got his own family. He has a wife, a daughter and a son. His wife is an economist. Her name is Jane. The children’s names are Kate and Peter. They live in a small house in Greenwood. Greenwood is a small place not far from London.

John works in London. He is the manager of a big trade company. His company sells the goods to various countries. In the morning he always goes to his office in London on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. He doesn’t go to his office on Saturday and Sunday. These are his days-off.

John often meets the representatives of German and French companies. They discuss the prices, terms of payment, shipment and delivery. He begins his working day at 9. Every morning John first looks through fresh newspapers. He is much interested in the latest political and business news. Sometimes John goes to different cities to discuss business with their customers. He is very busy. He always has a lot of work. He looks through his mail, reads faxes and letters, and speaks on the phone with the customers. He also makes appointments with his business partners.

At 12 he has lunch. After lunch he sometimes goes to the factories with the inspectors, but sometimes stays in the office and discusses business matters with the director or assistants. He finishes his working day at 6 o’clock and goes home. He comes home at 7. He is a happy man. He likes his work and he loves his family very much.

Learn the words:

own – собственный

a trade company – торговая компания

a customer – заказчик

a representative – представитель

a price – цена

terms of payment – условия оплаты

terms of shipment – условия отгрузки

terms of delivery – условия поставки

to look through – просматривать

to discuss business – обсуждать деловые вопросы

to discuss business matters – обсуждать деловые вопросы

to be interested in – интересоваться, быть заинтересованным

to make an appointment – назначать встречу

an inspector – приемщик

Exercise 2. Answer the following questions:

1. Is John married?

2. How old is he?

3. What is John Turner?

4. Has he got his own family?

5. What is his wife?

6. What are their children’s names?

7. Where do they live?

8. What does his company sell?

9. What are John’s working days?

10. What are his days-off?

11. What does he do during his working day?

Exercise 3. Write down the questions to which you can give the following answers:

1. Yes, John Turner has got a family.

2. His family is not large. It’s small.

3. Yes, they’ve got two children.

4. Their names are Kate and Peter.

5. Kate is 5 and Peter is 3.

6. His wife is an economist.

7. No, they don’t live in London.

8. He is the manager of a big trading company.

Exercise 4. Put questions to the following sentences:

1. John works in London.

2. In the morning he always goes to his office in London on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

3. John often meets the representatives of German and French companies.

4. They discuss prices, terms of payment, shipment and delivery.

5. He also makes appointments with his business partners.

6. He comes home at 7.

7. He likes his work and he loves his family very much.

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