I don't know him from Adam before you could say Jack Robinson
(a) A British policeman is sometimes called a ‘______’. The name comes from
Sir Robert Peel, the founder of the first London police force.
(b) It is often said of someone who can do many different things that he is a____.
(c) Someone who spies on other people, especially by looking through their windows, is called a______.
(d) Oh, don’t take any notice of him. He thinks he knows everything. He’s just a____.
(e) He’s a real snob. He’s only interested in people who are rich or famous. He won’t talk to any______.
(f) When the Wright brothers invented the first aeroplane which actually flew, there was many a ______ who said that air-travel would never be commercially
successful.
(g) No, I’m sure I’ve never met him. He’s a complete stranger. Really,______.
(h) The couple next door is very conscious of their social position. They've got a new car, a modern kitchen, and trendy new clothes. They don’t really need them. They’re just______.
(i) It’s ridiculous to borrow from your uncle to settle your debt to your cousin. That’s just______.
(j) One man insulted another and suddenly,______, they were involved in a violent fight.
ACQUIRING COMMUNICATION SKILLS
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EXAMPLE:1. Department store assistant to a woman customer:- Can I help you, ... ? ANSWER: madam 2. A parent to their child: What are you doing, ......?ANSWER: honey, dear, love, darling. The words to be used:grandma, officer, viewers, gentleman, Ladies and gentlemen, Sir, caller, Your Majesty, madam, men, listeners, men and women, Mister, my friend, Granny, daddy, granddad, dear, darling, love, dad, mate, grandpa, mummy a) Child to his mother: Can I go out, ...?b) Telephone operator: Please, hold the line, ... .c) Television presenter to people watching at home: Welcome to the Saturday Night Show, ... .d) Child to his grandfather: Thank you for the present, ... .e) Someone to a bank clerk or librarian: Can you help me, ... ?f) Someone making a formal speech to the audience: I'll try to be brief, ... .g) Polite shop-assistant to a male customer: Can I help you, ...?h) Someone to the Queen: Good evening, ... .i) Customer to a shop-assistant: Can I try on this coat, ...?j) Wife to her husband: You look tired, ... .k) Radio presenter to people at home: Now we have a surprise for you, ... .l) Workman to a man passing by: What's the time, ... ?m) Policeman to a man who asks for help: Yes, ... .n) Policeman to a woman who asks for help: Yes, ... .o) Someone to a policeman: Excuse me, ... .p) Child to his grandmother: Here are your glasses, ... .q) Woman shop-keeper in a small, friendly shop to a customer: What would you like, ...?r) Soldier to his commanding officer: Can I go, ... ?s) Commanding officer to his soldiers: I want more effort, ... .t) Child to his father: Goodnight, ... .
u) Someone to a stranger in the street: Excuse me, … .
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1. an old man you don’t know;
2. a policeman;
3. your foreign colleague, whose name is Sam Jones. He is 45.
4. his wife, whose name is June. She is 38.
5. their daughter Ella, who is not married;
6. their daughter Sue, who is married to Dr. Robert Rice;
7. Sue’s husband;
8. your friend’s professor, Bruce Walker;
9. Bill Brown whom you met in Britain and became friends with;
10. Bill Brown’s mother, Bertha, who is a widow;
11. the lady next door, who is divorced; her name is May Bronx;
12. Lily Lewis, whose marital status you don’t know. She is in her early thirties.
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1. What are the main forms of address in the Russian language?
2. Are the Russians sensitive about titles and names? What titles are used in Russia? What do the forms of address a person uses depend on in Russia?
3. When do people in Russia use first names? Is this common between a boss and an employee? Do the Russians quickly shift to a first-name basis?
4. Are there nicknames in Russia? Are they just for children? Are they used only by friends and family? Are there any other ways of giving nicknames to people in Russia? What are they?
5. What is the difference between Miss and Mrs.? Is it similar in Russian?
6. What differences are there in the way the British address strangers and the way the Russians do it?
7. How are the forms of address used by the Russians in official situations different from those used when speaking to friends?
8. Why do you think some women use the title Ms. now?
9. Are there any occupational vocatives in Russian? What are they?
10. Are the forms of address used by older people the same as those used by the younger generation?
11. Are there any English names that sound similar to Russian names?
12. Some English names have songs about them: Michelle; Hey Jude; Angie, etc. What Russian names have songs about them?
13. Which English names do you like best for men? For women?
14. In some African cultures, some children are believed to be spirits who quickly enter and leave this world. Such infants are given “born-to-die’ names in an attempt to keep them. Kaya, a common name in Ghana, means “Stay and don’t go back.” What do you think about such a tradition? Are there lucky names and unlucky names in Russia?
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1. The number of boys’ names that begin with R.
2. The number of girls’ names that begin with L.
3. The longest name on the chart (11 letters).
4. The number of the four-letter names on the chart.
5. The most traditional names (which appear on two or three lists).
| for girls 1950s 1990s 2000-2006 | for boys 1950s 1990s 2000-2006 |
| 1. Mary Jessica Emily | John Michael Jacob |
| 2. Elizabeth Ashley Madison | William Christopher Michael |
| 3. Barbara Amanda Emma | Charles Matthew Joshua |
| 4. Dorothy Jennifer Hannah | James David Matthew |
| 5. Helen Sarah Abigail | George Daniel Andrew |
| 6. Margaret Stephanie Olivia | Robert Joshua Christopher |
| 7. Ruth Nicole Ashley | Thomas Andrew Daniel |
| 8. Virginia Brittany Samantha | Henry James Joseph |
| 9. Jean Heather Alexis | Joseph Robert Ethan |
| 10. Frances Melissa Sarah | Edward Ryan Nicholas |
| 11. Nancy Megan Elizabeth | Samuel John William |
| 12. Patricia Elizabeth Isabella | Frank Joseph Anthony |
| 13. Jane Amber Alyssa | Richard Brandon David |
| 14. Alice Lauren Grace | Harry Jason Ryan |
| 15. Joan Danielle Lauren | Francis Justin Tyler |
| 16. Betty Michelle Taylor | Frederick Jonathan Alexander |
| 17. Dolores Christina Jessica | Walter Nicholas John |
| 18. Eleanor Crystal Brianna | David Anthony James |
| 19. Anne Laura Kayla | Arthur William Brandon |
| 20. Florence Kimberly Sophia | Albert Eric Zachary |
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1.___ There are more girls’ names of one syllable than boys names of one syllable.
2.___ Names of one syllable were more common in the 1950s than in 1990s.
3.___ Two names of four syllables are on the chart.
4.___ There are two girls’ names with the stress on the second syllable.
5.___ More boys’ names have stayed popular than girls’ names.
6.___ No name on the chart begins with I or P.
7.___ The most common letter to begin a name is A.
8.___ Most popular names in 2000-2006 start with the letters from the first part of
the alphabet.
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Jack: Charming day it has been, Miss Fairfax.
Gwendolen: Pray, don’t talk to me about the weather, Mr.Worthing. Whenever people talk to me about the weather, I always feel quite certain that they mean something else. And that makes me so nervous.
Jack: I do mean something else.
Gwendolen: I thought so. In fact, I’m never wrong.
Jack: And I’d like to be allowed to take advantage of Lady Bracknell’s temporary absence …
Gwendolen: I would certainly advise you to do so. Mamma has a way of coming back suddenly into a room that I have often had to speak to her about.
Jack: [Nervously] Miss Fairfax, ever since I met you, I have admired you more than any girl … I have ever met since … I met you.
Gwendolen: Yes, I’m quite well aware of the fact. And I often wish that in public, at any rate, you had been more demonstrative. For me you have always had an irresistible fascination. Even before I met you, I was far from indifferent to you. [Jack looks at her in amazement.] We live, as I hope you know, Mr. Worthing, in an age of ideals. The fact is constantly mentioned in the more expensive monthly magazines, and has reached the provincial pulpits, I’m told; and my ideal has always been to love someone of the name of Ernest. There is something in that name that inspires absolute confidence. The moment Algernon first mentioned to me that he had a friend called Ernest, I knew I was destined to love you.
Jack: You really love me, Gwendolen?
Gwendolen: Passionately!
Jack: Darling, you don’t know how happy you’ve made me.
Gwendolen: My own, Ernest!
Jack: But you don’t really mean to say you couldn’t love me if my name wasn’t Ernest?
Gwendolen: But your name is Ernest!
Jack: Yes, I know it is. But supposing it was something else? Do you mean to say that you couldn’t love me then?
Gwendolen: [Glibly] Ah! That is clearly metaphysical speculation and like most metaphysical speculations has very little reference at all to the actual fact of real life as we know them.
Jack: Personally, darling, to speak quite candidly I don’t much care about the name of Ernest … I don’t think the name suits me at all.
Gwendolen: It suits you perfectly. It’s a divine name. It has a music of its own. It produces vibrations.
Jack: Well, really, Gwendolen, I must say that I think there are lots of other much nicer names. I think, Jack, for instance, a charming name.
Gwendolen: Jack? … No! There is very little music in the name of Jack, if any at all, indeed. It doesn’t thrill. It produces absolutely no vibrations… I have known several Jacks, and they all, without exceptions, were more than usually plain. Besides, Jack is a notorious domesticity for John! And I pity any woman who is married to a man called John. She would probably never be allowed to know the entertaining pleasure of a single moment’s solitude. The only really safe name is Ernest.
Jack: Gwendolen, I must get christened at once - I mean we must get married at once. There is no time to be lost.
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Just as with greetings, the language of introduction is different in different situations, too.
In official situations you should use the following expressions:
Let me introduce Mr. Brown/ Kate/ myself, etc.
May I introduce Mr. Brown/ Kate/myself, etc.?
The usual response to an introduction isHow do you do?,which is in fact a sort of greeting. And in reply the other person says: How do you do?
Host: Mr. Brown, let me introduce you to Mr. White. He is an expert in finance.
Mr. White: How do you do?
Mr. Brown: How do you do?
Mr. White: Pleased to meet you.
Mr. Brown: So am I.
However, when introducing friends or people of the same age you should use the following expressions: This is …, Meet … .
Hostess: Helen, meet my friend Kate.
Helen: Hello, Kate. Pleased to meet you.
Kate: Hello, Helen. So am I.
If you have some knowledge of the person you are being introduced to, you may add: “Hello, Kate. I’ve heard a lot about you.” If you have already met Kate at some time, you may say: “How are you, Kate?” In reply Kate may say: “Fine/ well/ pretty well, thanks. And how are you?”
Nowadays people who know each other well can greet each other with: How’s life? How is it going? What’s up? The reply might be: It’s going fine. Great, etc.
Don’t forget that men are introduced to women unless they are much older and more senior. Young men are introduced to older men and young girls to older women.
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Woman: What’s your name? Family name first.
Man: Weatherspoon, Richard.
Woman: W-H-E-T-H-E-R-S-P-O-O-N?
Man: No, W-E-A-T-H-E-R-S-P-O-O-N.
Woman: Oh, OK! And your address, Richard?
Man: Well, perhaps you could e-mail it to me.
Woman: Right. What’s your e-mail address?
Man: It’s ricky65 – that’s one word R-I-C-K-Y-6-5, at hotmail dot com.
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A-Alfa B-Bravo C-Charlie
D-Delta (David) E-Echo (Edward) F-Foxtrot (Freddy)