Task 5. Practice the following dialogues.

1. Business Visa.

Secretary: Consular Department.
Mr Horn: Good morning. This is Horn speaking.
Secretary: Good morning, Mr Horn. Could I help you?
Mr Horn: Five days ago I sent you my passport to obtain a business trip to Russia.
Secretary: Wait a minute, Mr Horn. I'll make some inquiries. (After two minutes' interval.) Yes, Mr Horn, we have your completed application form and your passport. But you did not send us three passport-size photographs.

Mr Horn: I'm afraid I didn't. The thing is, I don't have them.

Secretary: Then go to the local photographer and have the pictures taken.

Mr Horn: Thank you. If I send the photographs tomorrow, when can I have my passport back?

Secretary: We need at least seven clear days to issue a visa. In your case we'll do it in three days.

Mr Horn: You are very kind, thank you. Good-bye.

Secretary: Good-bye, Mr Horn.

2. Tourist Visa.

Miss Dodge: Good afternoon. Could I speak to somebody from the Russian Consular Department, please?

Secretary: Good afternoon. Secretary's speaking.

Miss Dodge: My name is Dodge. I am going to visit Russia as a tourist.

Secretary: You are welcome. Miss Dodge.

Miss Dodge: Should I apply for a visa personally or by post?

Secretary: Any way you wish.

Miss Dodge: What documents should I submit to the Consular Department, please?

Secretary: A completed application form, your passport, three recent passport-size photographs, and a letter from your travel agent.
Miss Dodge: Do I have to get in touch with a travel agency?
Secretary: Yes, Miss Dodge. All individual tourist trips to Russia are arranged through the "Intourist" Travel agency.
Miss Dodge: Can't I arrange it through the Consular Department?
Secretary: I'm afraid, Miss Dodge, you cannot. It is done for your convenience. The "Intourist" will take care of the tickets and your hotel accommodation in Russia.
Miss Dodge: Thank you very much. When you are open?
Secretary: Monday through Friday. Our Consular office is closed on Saturdays and Sundays and on all legal holidays.
Miss Dodge: Thank you again. Miss Secretary.
Secretary: You are welcome. Good-bye.

Miss Dodge: Good-bye.

Task 6. Read and retell the stories.

1. A Clever Old Man

An Englishman was travelling in Alaska, in a village there he met an old man who was nearly one hundred years old. He could hardly read, and he couldn't write at all, but he knew a lot of interesting things about medicine, science and industry. As the old man told his stories, the Englishman grew more and more interested in him as a person. "And he has learnt all this without books, far from modern civilization! He's the cleverest man I've ever met!" he thought. "Could you tell me a few things about the near future?" he asked. "Certainly!" the old man answered. "It's going to get colder next week, some important visitors are coming to this country and the president's going to give them an interview next Wednesday". "Fantastic!" the Englishman exclaimed. "How did you find all that out?" "I heard it on the radio," was the answer.

2. What does 'GB' Mean?

An Englishman, who couldn't drive, bought a car. As he had to learn to drive, he went to a driving school and took driving lessons. While he was learning, he had a large 'L' plate on the back of his car to show that he was a learner. After some time he took the driving test and passed it. He got a driving license and was then able to drive without the 'L' plate. He decided to spend his holiday abroad, and so he had to fix a 'GB' plate on his car, because every car that leaves Great Britain must have a GB' plate on it. One day his little son was playing with another boy, and they were discussing the new car. "Why did your father have an 'L' on the back of his car at first, and now a 'GB'? What does that mean?' the other boy asked. "Well," the car driver's son answered, 'That's very simple: 'L' means learning, and 'GB' means getting better."

GRAMMAR EXERCISES

 

Grammar Revision:

· Adjectives

· Degrees of comparison

· Word-building

Exercise 1. Give comparative and superlative degree of the following adjectives.

Thin, joyful, yellow, comfortable, polite, shy, dry, free, narrow, deep, right, real, sweet, grey, complete, glad, happy, good-natured, wide-spread, well-known, bad, busy, well, little, many, wonderful, popular, clearly.

Exercise 2. Use theappropriate form of the adjectives in brackets.

1. He is the (amusing) person you have ever met. 2. The (near) house is 15 miles away. 3. She is much (young) than your sister. 4. He seemed to be (angry) than I expected. 5. She felt (bad) yesterday than two days before. 6. This problem is as (serious) as the others. 7. This wine is (good) I have ever tasted. 8. She is a (kind) woman, (kind) I have ever seen. And today she has been (kind) than ever. 9. This bedroom is (sunny) in the house. 10. The opera house is one of the (beautiful) buildings in our city. 11. What is (high) mountain in the world? 12. We offer (low) possible prices. 13. The goods must be (well) packed when they are delivered by sea. 14. The prices will be (high) next month.

Exercise 3. Translate into Russian.

1. The more we work together, the more successful is our cooperation. 2. This brand of coffee is not so expensive as that one. 3. The lower is the price, the more you can buy. 4. John knows Russian as well as English. 5. The more people know about the product, the better they buy it. 6. The more you read, the more you know.       

Exercise 4. Choose the correct form.

1. They leave (quick / quicker / the quickest) way they can. 2. This is (great / greater / the greatest) problem she has ever had. 3. My case is not very (heavy / heavier / the most heavy). 4. Of the two skirts, that one is the (smart / smarter / smartest). 5. I am not so (strong / stronger / the strongest) as a horse. 6. China has got (large / larger / the largest) population in the world. 7. Of the three girls, this one is the (pretty / prettier / prettiest). 8. Which is (little / less / the least) five, fifteen or fifty?

Exercise 5. Choose the correct items.

1. I suppose you know him well – probably better/ more well than anybody else.

2. I can not understand what you are saying. Could you speak a bit slowlier / more slowly?

3. I would like to change cars oftener/ more often.

4. The younger you are, the easier /more easy it is to learn.

 5. I am getting fatter and fatter/ more and more fat.

6. This camera costs twice more than/ twice as much as the other one.

7. He spoke English badly – worse/ more badly than expected.

 

Exercise 6. Use theappropriate form of the adjectives in brackets.

The Americans are very (proud) of their country. They say that in the USA the buildings are (tall), the cigars are (long), the cars (big), and the girls are (pretty) than anywhere in the world. The English do not always agree. Some say the Americans are (loud), (rich) and (noisy) than any other nationality. Other British people think there are lots of (good) things about the USA like Hollywood, jazz and Superman.

It is true that most American skyscrapers are (tall) than buildings in the UK, but the British think their stately homes are (old) and (beautiful) than anything in the USA. The Americans love coke and hamburgers – people in the UK think British food is much (healthy). Clothes are (cheap) in the USA but fashion design in the UK is (good) than design in the USA.

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