Is it difficult for you to learn English?

· B.: Tea or coffee, Mr. A?

· A.: Tea, please. I don’t drink coffee.

· B.: Do you want milk in your tea?

· A.: Yes, thank you, but not very much.

· B.: Are you too tired to speak English, Mr. A?

· A.: Who? Me? Oh, no. It’s always a pleasure to speak English.

· B.: Your English is very good.

· A.: I work with foreign trade companies and learn English in the office.

· B.: How often do you have lessons?

· A.: We have three lessons every week.

· B.: Your lessons are interesting, aren’t they?

· A.: Yes. At our lessons we speak, read and translate.

· B.: Is it difficult for you to learn English?

· A.: I don’t think so.

· B.: Your work helps you, doesn’t it?

· A.: Yes, certainly. I often speak English at the talks and discuss different matters with our customers. And how many foreign languages do you speak, Mr. B?

· B.: Only one – French and not very well.

Remember the words:

to want – хотеть

to be tired – уставать

much – много (с неисчисляемыми существительными)

pleasure – удовольствие

It’s a pleasure – приятно

foreign – иностранный

a foreign trade company – внешнеторговая фирма

to learn – учить, изучать

me – мне, меня

a president – президент

to translate – переводить

to translate from Russian into … – переводить с русского на …

to think – думать

(thought, thought)

difficult – трудный

many – много (с исчисляемыми существительными)

to help – помогать

talks – переговоры

to have talks – вести переговоры

at the talks – на переговорах

only – только

Exercise 6. Do you know the following proverbs? If not then learn them.

1. A busy bee has no time for sorrow.

2. Every family has a black sheep.

3. Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard.

4. He has a fiddle but not the stick.

5. Nothing venture nothing have.

6. Good words cost nothing.

7. Fools grow without watering.

8. Fortune favours the brave.

9. Practice makes perfect.

10. The belly carries legs.

Exercise 7. Do you know articles very well?

Ivanov has got … friend. His name is … Petrov. He is … engineer of “Belkanton”. It is … large company. They’ve got … customers in … different cities. At 9 o’clock … Petrov comes to … his office. He stays in … office all day. In … morning he reads … cables and … faxes and after

lunch he writes … letters to … different companies.

… Petrov usually finishes …his work at 6 in … evening, but sometimes he stays in …office till 7 o’clock.