distributing keys
asking for a Rooming List
• the forms filled in
the name of the guest written on the key
4. Read the following:
morning, good morning, rooming list, thing
Sometimes such things occur.
The coach brings the group to the hotel.
In whose name was the reservation made?
Is that correct?
Here is the list for you.
Andrew distributes the keys.
5. Insert articles:
There is ... reservation for ... group from Russia.
In whose name was ... reservation made?
Just ... moment, sir.
Will you ask ... guests lo fill in these forms, please?
Can ... participants fill in .. forms in English?
For almost all of them there is no problem. As to ... others I'll naturally help them.
6. Insert prepositions:
May I have the rooming list, please? It will be easier ... me to deal ... my people.
Here is the List . you, sir.
Will you ask everybody to be here an hour?
Let's meet ... twelve o'clock.
We shall have lunch ... the restaurant.
Let's meet ... the conference room ... introductions and some announcements.
7. Complete the dialogues and act out similar ones:
•
— Good morning. There is a reservation ...
— Good morning, sir. In whose ...?
— It is ... group Mr. Lvov and ..
— Just a ... Yes, here .. Four singles and .. Is that ...?
— Absolutely.
•
— Are they . 7 nights?
— Yes, that's ...
— Will you ... fill in ..
— Andrew, can in English?
— Almost all of them ... problem. As for the others ...
•
— May I have the Rooming ...? It will be easier for me to deal ... especially .. problems. Sometimes ... occur.
— Here is .
— Thank you.
— You ... Enjoy...
8. Complete David's words and then change his words a little:
- a little — немного
Andrew, will you ask everybody to be here ... We shall have lunch ...
Then let's all meet ... announcements.
Text
After the Group had lunch Mr. Hill invited everybody to one of the conference rooms on the first floor of the hotel.
David:Ladies and gentlemen First let me say a few words about myself and the company who is the organiser of this Programme.
My name is David Hill. I'm Doctor of Economics. In the recent past I worked for a foreign trade company and then for a bank. Now I specialise in business management and in training businessmen from East European countries. For some time I worked in Poland and Hungary. Now I'm closely cooperating with Russia.
I'm working for international Management Ltd. It's a well established English company specialising in business and computer skills training. The Company also provides financial consulting and business development. Here before you there are booklets on the history and scope of activities of our company. You may certainly keep these booklets.
Now I'll be greatful to you if you could introduce yourselves in just a few wolds.
Then each participant said a few words about himself or herself in English or in Russian and Mr. Lvov acted as an interpreter.
Here is what of one of the participants said:
Mr Hill, let me first thank you for the nice reception and for a good beginning of the Programme. I hope the Programme will be a success and we shall learn a lot of useful things.
My name is Oleg Pilov. I'm financial manager of a department in a commercial bank in Moscow. And I'm especially interested in topics relating to financing foreign transactions for small businesses.
After everybody made introductions Mr. Hill distributed the Timetable of the Programme and invited the participants to have a panoramic tour of London by private coach. The Russian speaking guide told the Group a lot of interesting things about London and the participants enjoyed the sights. Many of them made pictures with their cameras.
Words and expressions
| eighteen | восемнадцать (числ.) | |
| to begin (began, begun) | начинать (ся) | |
| beginning | начало | |
| at the beginning of something | в начале чего-либо | |
| floor | [flþ] | пол; этаж |
| the ground floor | первый этаж | |
| the first floor | второй этаж | |
| the second floor | третий этаж | |
| on the ... floor | на .. этаже | |
| myself | сам | |
| Let me say a few words about myself. | Разрешите сказать несколько слов о себе. | |
| Economics | экономика | |
| doctor | доктор | |
| Doctor of Economics | доктор экономических наук | |
| to specialise | ['speS@laIz] | специализироваться |
| East Europe | Восточная Европа | |
| East European countries | страны Восточной Европы | |
| Poland | Польша | |
| Hungary | Венгрия | |
| closely | тесно | |
| to cooperate | сотрудничать | |
| to establish | устанавливать | |
| well-established company | положительно зарекомендовавшая себя фирма | |
| computer | компьютер | |
| computer skills training | обучение компьютерной грамотности | |
| financial | [faI'n{nS] | финансовый |
| consulting | консалтинг | |
| booklet | брошюра | |
| history | история | |
| scope | сфера, масштаб, объем | |
| activities | деятельность | |
| grateful | благодарный | |
| I'm grateful to you | Я признателен вам | |
| I'll be grateful to you if | Буду признателен, если | |
| вы . | ||
| in a few words | несколько слов | |
| in just a few words | всего в нескольких словах | |
| each | каждый | |
| each participant | каждый участник | |
| to act | действовать, высгупать | |
| to act as an interpreter | выступать в качестве переводчика | |
| to be a success | [s@k'ses] | пользоваться успехом |
| useful | полезный | |
| department | отдел, ведомство, депар | |
| тамент | ||
| commercial | [k@'mýSl] | коммерческий |
| to be interested in something | интересоваться чем-либо | |
| to relate to something | относить (ся) к чему-либо | |
| topics relating to something | вопросы, относящиеся к чему-либо | |
| transaction | сделка | |
| private | частный | |
| private coach | частный автобус | |
| guide | [gaId] | гид |
| to tell somebody something | говорить кому-либо что-либо | |
| sight | [saIt] | вид |
| to enjoy sights | наслаждаться видом | |
| sightseeing | ['saIt,sÖIÎ)] | осмотр достопримеча тельностей |
| to go sightseeing | осматривать достопримечательности | |
| to make pictures | фотографировать | |
| camera | фотоаппарат | |
| to make pictures with a camera | фотографировать фотоаппаратом |
Прошедшее простое время (Past Indefinite)
Past Indefinite правильных глаголов (regular verbs) образуется с помощью окончания ed, добавляемого к инфинитиву без частицы to:
Iinvited them to the conference room.
He/ She invited them to the conference room.
We invited them to the conference room.
They Invited us to the conference room.
Past Indefinite неправильных глаголов (irregular verbs) образуется не по правилам и обычно указывается в словарях в скобках после инфинитива. Далее указывается 3-я форма глагола, необходимая для образования Present Perfect. Неправильные глаголы следует заучивать сразу в трех формах. Например:
to go — went — gone to take — took — taken
to have — had — had to speak — spoke — spoken
to meet — met — met to see —saw — seen
Вопросительная форма для правильных и неправильных глаголов в Past Indefinite образуется с помощью вспомогательного глагола did:
— Did you invite them to the conference room9
- Yes, I did./ No, I didn't.
— Did he/ she invite them to the conference room?
- Yes, he/she did/No, he/she didn't.
— Did they meet in the conference room?
- Yes, they did./No, they didn't
Отрицательная форма образуется с помощью вспомогательного глагола в отрицательной форме did not {didn't):
I didn't invite them to the conference room.
He/ She didn't invite them to the conference room.
We didn't meet in the conference room.
They didn't go to the conference room.
Прошедшее простое время (Past Indefinite) выражает действие, происшедшее или происходившее в прошлом.
Например.
Mr. Hill met the group at the airport.
They didn't go to London by taxi.
Did they have any problems?
Exercises
1. Read the following irregular verbs:
| Инфинитив | Простое прошедшее время | 3-я форма (причастие прошедшего времени) |
| • to be | was/ were | been |
| to come | came | come |
| to make | made | made |
| to speak | spoke | spoken |
| to meet | met | met |
| to see | saw | seen |
| to take | took | taken |
| to keep | kept | kept |
2. Write down the following regular verbs in Past Indefinite:
| • to fill | • to specialise |
| to fill in | to train |
| to distribute to work | to provide to study |
| to enjoy |
3. Underline the verbs in the following sentences and say in what tenses they are used:
• Are you on business in London?
How long have you been in London?
I was in London in 1996.
• We have just had lunch. They are still having lunch.
We had lunch at 8 o'clock.
• He works as a manager.
He is working at this company.
He worked at this company from 1990 to 1995.
• He speaks fluent French.
He is now speaking English.
He spoke for 3 hours at the conference.
4. Underline the answers true to the text:
| • On what floor was the conference room, where the participants met, located? | On the ground floor. On the first floor. On the second floor. |
| • Did Mr. Hill speak for a long time? | He said only two wolds. He said a few sentences. He spoke for two hours. |
| • About what did Mr. Hill speak? | About himself only. Only about his company. About his company and himself. |
| • What did the group do after Mr. Hill introduced himself? | They asked him a lot of questions.They introduced themselves. |
| • What paper did Mr. Hill distribute then? | The Programme. The Rooming List. The Timetable. |
| • What tour did the participants make then? | A panoramic tour of London. A tour of Madame Tussaud's. A tour of the Tower of London. |
| • Did the participants make any pictures? | Yes, they did. No, they did not want to.No, they did not have any cameras. |
5. Read the following:
word, words, to word, wording
to work, worked, work, works, worker, working
with me, with them, with us, with a camera, with their cameras
Many of them make pictures with their cameras.
6. Insert prepositions:
Let me say a few words ... myself and the company who is the organiser ... this Programme. I'm Doctor ... Economics. ... the recent past I worked ... a foreign trade company and then ... a bank. Now I specialise ... business management and ... training businessmen ... East European countries. ... some time I worked ... Poland and Hungary. Now I'm closely cooperating ... Russia.
7. Insert articles:
• I'm working for IMD. It's ... well established company specialising in business training. ... company also provides financial consulting. Here before you there are booklets on ... history and scope of activities of our company. I'll be grateful if you could introduce yourself in just ... few words.
• Thank you for ... nice reception and for ... good beginning of ... Programme. I hope ... Programme will be ... success and we shall learn .. lot of things.
• I'm ... financial manager of ... department in ... commercial bank in Moscow.
8. Complete these short speeches and act out similar ones:
• Ladies and gentlemen! First let me say a few words about myself and the company . My name is David Hill. I'm . . In the recent past ... Now I specialise. . For some time I worked ...
• I'm working for .. It's a well established .. The company also provides ... Here before you there are booklets ... You ... keep ... Now I'll be grateful ... introduce yourself ...
• Let me first thank you for ... I hope .... success ... My name is Oleg Pilov. I'm .. manager .. bank ... And I'm especially interested ... foreign transactions for small ...
- speech — речь
9. Role play
• Imagine you are the Organiser of a training programme for foreign participants in Russia.
• Write down the main points of the opening speech.
• Make the opening speech.
- role play — ролевая игра
- to imagine — представить (себе)