At the airport

· Excuse me… Are you Mr. Cartwright?

· Yes.

· I’m Vladimir Ivanov, from TST Systems. How do you do?

· How do you do?

· Have I kept you waiting?

· Oh, no … the plane has just arrived. Thank you for coming to meet me.

· Not at all. Did you have a good trip?

· Yes, thank you. I was a bit airsick, but now I’m O.K.

· My car is at the airport. Shall my driver take your suitcase?

· Oh, yes … thank you.

Have I kept you waiting? Я заставил Вас ждать?

In the car

· We are going to our office in the centre of the city. It’ll take us about half an hour to get there. Mr. Pospelov is waiting for you.

· What is Mr. Pospelov? Remind me, please.

· He is our General Director. He is going to discuss some details of our future agreement with you.

· What hotel may I stay at?

· We have reserved for you a single room with a private bathroom at the hotel near the centre.

· That’s O.K. Thank you very much.

It’ll take us about – нам понадобится приблизительно

IV. Learn the following expressions.

good people to work with

the chance to go to different places on business

move quickly to a higher position at work

you can change the time when you start or finish work

travel opportunities

helpful colleagues

fast promotion

long holidays

flexible hours

a high salary

Unit 3

Порядок слов в английском предложении

В английском языке фиксированный порядок слов:

Утвердительное предложение:

· Подлежащее

· Сказуемое

· Дополнение

· Обстоятельство (образа действия, места, времени)

I gave my brother a book yesterday.

Make up sentences:

1. is, best, she, friend, my.

2. learn, different, managers, our, subjects.

3. the, is, Russia, the, in, country, largest, world.

4. in, the, we, city, live, a, flat, in, of, centre, the.

Вопросительное предложение:

общий вопрос

· вспомогательный глагол

· подлежащее

· смысловой глагол

· дополнение

· обстоятельство

– Do you finish your work at 6?

– Yes, I do.

Make up sentences:

1. is, best, she, friend, my?

2. learn, different, managers, our, subjects, do?

3. the, is, Russia, the, in, country, largest, world?

4. you, in, the, city, centre, live, do, the, of?

специальный вопрос

– When do you finish your work?

– I finish my work at 6.

1. the, best, who, is, of, friend, yours?

2. does, what, our, do, manager, his, office hours, during?

3. the, is, what, the, in, country, largest, world?

4. where, you, live, do?

Work and Leisure

Exercise 1. Read the text.