IV Communicative skills

1. Read the dialogues and reproduce them:

1)

Mary: Hello, Robert. Have you heard that John has just returned from London?

Robert: Oh, I didn't know that. Did he enjoy his trip?

Mary: Yes, very much! He has seen so many interesting things - Tower of London,

Westminster Abbey, Big Ben, famous London double-deckers and taxicabs!

Robert: Good for him! Has he visited any other cities in England?

Mary: Unfortunately no. But he had been to Great Britain some years ago, so he had visited some cities in England and Wales then.

Double-deckers - лондонські двоповерхові автобуси

Unfortunately no -На жаль, ні

2)

Lucy: Ted, is this your car?

Ted: You mean that green one? No, it's not mine. Mine is over there. It's a Toyota.

Lucy: Well, I didn't know you had bought a new car. How long have you had it?

Ted: About half a year, but it's not new, I got it second-hand.

Lucy: How many kilometres has it done?

Ted: About sixty thousand kilometres. And what about you? Have you got a car?

Lucy: No, not yet, but I am going to buy it next year.

Over there -ось там

3)

Barbara: So, Paul, have you been to a school reunion?

Paul: Yes, and I was very surprised - a lot of things have changed there.

Barbara: And your classmates, have they changed?

Paul: Yes, they have. Some of them have changed considerably, I wouldn't recognize them in the street. But some stayed almost the same, although we hadn't seen each other for ten years.

Barbara: Did your teachers remember you?

Paul: Well, some of them. But my English teacher had forgotten my name.

School reunion – зустріч випускників

Classmates - однокласники

Considerably -значно

4)

Laura: Is that your photo, Darcy? You look rather strange here.

Darcy: Oh no, it's not mine! This is my sister's photo. Her name is Ashley.

Laura: You look so much alike!

Darcy: No surprise, we are twins!

Laura: That's interesting! I had no idea that you had a twin! Does she live here in

London?

Darcy: No, at the moment she lives in Germany. She teaches English there.

You look so much alike! -Ви так схожі!

No surprise - Це не дивно

Twins – близнюки

2. Speak on the following situation:

1. You’ve just returned from Great Britain. Tell your friend about it.

2. You meet a friend you haven’t seen for a long time. He has bought a new car/flat/house. Ask him about it.

3. Your friend has been to a school reunion recently. Discuss this event.

V Rendering.

1. Read the text and translate it using a dictionary: