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“That’s all right. Glad to see you.
Sit down, please.
What
can I do for you?”
“Do you
receive the
Times?”
“Certainly.”
“Would you like to have it for the next year?”
“Oh, I forget. We never
remember such things
in time.
Must I pay anything
right now?”
“No you needn’t.
For the present, you can
sign this paper.
Here you are.”
“Where do I sign?”
“Here, please. Thank you, doctor.”
“Well, Mr. White. It’s five o’clock.
You’ll have some tea
with us, won’t you?”
“Thank you. I’d be glad to.”
“Let’s go to the diningroom.
This way, please.”
VOCABULARY NOTES
to knock
стучать
What is it?
В чем дело?
Show him in.
Просите его сюда.
What can I do for you?
Чем могу быть вам полезен?
to receive
получать
to remember
помнить,
вспоминать
in time
вовремя
right now
сразу же, тотчас же
for the present
пока, на этот раз
to sign
подписывать.
Where do I sign? Где мне подписаться?
Here you are.
Вот, пожалуйста! There are several equivalents for
the Russian word «пожалуйста».
1. Please is used when we ask for
smth. or about smth.,
e. g. Please give me your fountainpen. Have
some more salad, please.
2. Here you are is
used in answer to some
request. It is said by someone giving smth. he has been asked for,
e. g.
Please give me another cup of coffee. — Here you are.
3. The expres
sion
not at all (пожалуйста, не стоит) is an answer to smb.’s thanks,
e. g. Thank you for helping me. — Not at all. That’s all right.
You’ll have some tea with us, won’t you?
He выпьете ли Вы с
нами чаю?
This way, please.
Сюда, пожалуйста.
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TOPICAL VOCABULARY
Months: January, February, March, April, May, June, July,
August, September, October, November,
December
The Days of the Week: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednes
day, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
e. g. What’s the date today? — Today is Friday, the seven
teenth of March (or March the seventeenth) nineteen eighty
four (Friday, March 17th, 1984).
What day is it? — It is Monday.
CONVERSATIONAL PHRASES
Asking for Information
Question Techniques: I wonder if you could help me. I’d like
to know (where I could get this book). Could you possibly (tell
me about it). I wonder if you could tell me (where he lives). Do
you happen to know (when the train is coming).
Answering Techniques: Well, let me see; Well now; Oh, let
me think for a moment; I’m not sure, I’ll
just have to find out;
I’m glad you asked me that; That’s a very good question; I’m
terribly sorry, I really don’t know; I’ve no idea, I’m afraid.
PHONETIC NOTES
1.
Вводное слово
well
, употребляемое в начале предло
жения, часто образует самостоятельную интонационную
группу и произносится восходящим тоном. Например:
/
Well
,
Mr. White
,
|
it
’
s
→
→
→
→
→
five o
’
\
clock.
2.
Восклицательные предложения (
exclamations
) обычно
произносятся нисходящим тоном при несколько расширен
ном диапазоне. Например:
\
Certainly!
3.
Предлог, следующий за последним ударным словом
интонационной группы, имеет полную нередуцированную
форму. Например:
What can I do for you?
[
→
→
→
→
→
wɒt kən a
\
d fɔ
.
ju
.
]
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STUDY THE FOLLOWING
T a b l e No. 1
PREPOSITIONS
OF TIME
at
two o’clock, half past three, night, noon
on
Sunday, Monday, May the first, the second of June
January, February, March
in
spring, summer, autumn
1949
the morning, the evening, the afternoon
Следующие обстоятельства
времени употребляется без
предлога:
this morning, this afternoon, this evening, tonight;
yesterday morning, yesterday afternoon, yesterday evening,
last night;
tomorrow morning, tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow evening,
tomorrow night.
T a b l e No. 2
THE PRESENT INDEFINITE TENSE
a)
I
W e
English.
You
like
Moscow.
They
winter.
Mary
and Tom
our University.
this poem.
He (She)
likes
to skate.
Mary
to read English books.
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