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9.5. Домашнє завдання

Вправа 4. Розкрийте дужки, використовуючи дієслова у Present Inde-finite або Present Continuous.

1. It (to take) me forty minutes to get to school. 2. Hello, Pete, where you (to go)? – I (to hurry) to school. 3. When your lessons (to begin) on Monday? – They (to begin) at nine o’clock. 4. Where your sister (to be)? – She (to do) her homework in the next room. 5. It usually (to take) me an hour to do my written exercises. 6. Where Boris (to be)? I (to look) for him. – He (to have) lunch at the canteen. 7. In the evening I often (to go) to see my friends. 8. On Sunday we sometimes (to go) to the cinema or to a disco club. 9. Andrew (to get) up very early as he (to live) far from school. He (to be) never late. 10. It (to be) six o’clock in the evening now. Victor (to do) his homework. His sister (to read) a book. His mother and grandmother (to talk).

Вправа 5. Розкрийте дужки, використовуючи дієслова у Past Indefinite або Past Continuous.

1. They (to have) tea when I (to come) home. 2. He (to walk) along the river when a boat (to pass). 3. We (to listen) to an interesting lecture on UFOs yesterday. 4. When I (to enter) the classroom, the teacher (to write) words on the blackboard and the pupils (to copy) them into their exercise-books. 5. They (to get) ready to go out when it (to begin) raining. 6. Yesterday at one o’clock I (to have) lunch. 7. When he (to come) in, I (to do) my exercises. 8. What you (to do) at eight o’clock yesterday? 9. At this time yesterday I (to ride) home by my bicycle. 10. You (to sleep) when I (to go) out. 11. I (to walk) along the street with my friend when a tram (to pass). 12. We (to discuss) our plans for the weekend when Nick (to rush) into the room. 13. I (to copy) files from my flesh-card when suddenly the computer (to hang). 14. Yesterday my sister (to celebrate) her birthday. The telephone (to ring) the whole day. 15. The doctor (to examine) the patient the whole week but (not to find) the cause of his pains.

Вправа 6. Вивчіть напам’ять один з діалогів розділу 9. 1.

Lesson 10. Speaking Over the Telephone

10.1. Розмовна тема. Телефонна розмова

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Active Vocabulary:

telephone directory – телефонний довідник; receiver – телефонна трубка; buzz – гудіти; dial – диск телефону, набирати номер; engaged – зайнятий; to hold the wire (line) – бути на лінії; interrupt – переривати; avoid – запобігати; curious – допитливий; to savour – смакувати.

The Procedure of Telephoning

Telephoning is very simple. You look up the necessary number in the telephone directory; then you pick up the receiver and wait for the signal (buzz, buzzing sound). Next you make the necessary turns of the dial, according to the number required, and you will know at once whether the line is clear or engaged (Am. busy) from the buzz given automatically.

If you hear a prolonged buzzing, hold the wire and your number will answer in a moment. A frequent high tone buzzing means that the line is engaged. In this case you must put down or hang up the receiver and wait for a couple of minutes.

If you wish to interrupt a conversation for a couple of minutes, you say, “Please hold the line”, and put the receiver on the desk. In this way you avoid being cut off (disconnected). Having finished speaking you put the receiver on its rest.

A Telephone Call

When Americans answer the telephone, they say, “Hello”. Not so in other countries. Germans methodically answer with their last names. Russians say, “I’m listening. ” The curious French say, “Hello, who’s on the line? ” Italians greet callers with “Ready”, the English answer with their phone number, and the Chinese say, “Hey, hey, who are you? ”

A telephone call from a friend is a joy, unless you are in the middle of a meal, having a bath or on the point of going out to an engagement for which you are already late. But even when you have time, a telephone conversation cannot be savoured and rerun several times as a letter can. You cannot put a blue ribbon around a sentimental telephone call and keep it for years.