Write the following dates at the heading of the letter

1. The fourth of April, nineteen sixty-one.

2. The twenty-third of May, nineteen ninety-eight.

3. The twenty-first of February, two thousand.

4. The twenty-second of October, two thousand and two.

5. The thirty-first of August, nineteen hundred.

6. The second of June, nineteen eighty.

6. Read the following dates:

1. 12th April, 1962

2. 31st March, 1974

3. 23rd October, 2013

4. 2nd November, 1999

5. January 15, 2010

6. May 11, 1987

7. June 22, 1996

8. December 11, 2000

Match the following Opening Salutations with the appropriate Complimentary Closures.

Dear Sirs, Dear Madam, Dear Mrs. Brown, Sirs, Gentlemen: Dear Mrs. Baker, Dear Mr. Brown.

Read and translate the example of a business letter.

Transexport, 17th April, 2012

32/34 Smolenskaya-Sennaya,

Moscow,

Russia

Dear Sirs,

We thank you for your letter of the 3rd April and the samples of your goods which you sent us by separate mail.

We have carefully examined them and are pleased to inform you that we are quite satisfied with the quality of your goods.

We shall be glad if you will send us your offer. Please, quote your price both c.i.f. London and f.o.b. Russian port.

We look forward to establishing business contacts with you.

Yours faithfully, Green and Co., Ltd.

Answer the following questions.

1. Who is the author of the letter?

2. Who is the addressee?

3. What kind of letter is it?

4. What is this letter about?

Read and translate the example of a business letter.

December 1, 2012

Ms. Anna Brown, Chair

Department of Linguistics

Right State University

1415 University Drive

Felicity, OH 45435

Dear Ms. Brown,

I am writing to thank you for the training seminar you arranged, and to especially thank you for sending Mr. Doe to be our primary instructor. He did his homework well, and was more aware of our needs than any of our previous instructors. We appreciate the time he took to study samples of our work in advance, so his comments were immediately applicable. We would welcome his instruction again. Please convey our thanks to Mr. Doe.

Sincerely,

Mr. White

Write a business letter using the following phrases.

EXPRESSIONS MOST COMMOLY USED IN COMMERCIAL LETTERS

The Reason for Writing- цель письма.

I am writing to...

... inquire about…

... apologize for…

... confirm…

... comment on…

… in reference to…

Request for information- запрос информации.

I read/heard... and would like to know...

Could you please send me...at the address below/above.

Thank you for your assistance.

I look forward to hearing from you.