Translate the dialogues into English.
- Добрый день, господин Брук.
- Добрый день, господин Файн.
- Как поживаете?
- Спасибо, хорошо. А как вы?
- Не жалуюсь. Спасибо.
- Рад это слышать.
- Разрешите Вас познакомить с моим братом. Стив, это Алан Портер, мой коллега. Алан, это Стив Морган, мой старший брат.
- Здравствуйте, мистер Морган.
- Здравствуйте, Стив. Как поживаете?
- Неплохо. Спасибо. Как Вы?
- Отлично, спасибо.
- Разрешите представиться. Меня зовут Майк Фокс. Я физик.
- Здравствуйте, мистер Фокс. Рад с вами познакомиться. Меня зовут Роберт Смит.
- Здравствуйте, мистер Смит. Приятно с Вами познакомиться. Чем Вы занимаетесь?
- Я геохимик.
This is your first year at university and there are a lot of new people around you. Would you like to get acquainted with them? Make up a conversation to meet a new person. Use the following words while speaking.
| · Hi! / Good morning! | · Привет! / Доброе утро! |
| · I see. | · Понятно. |
| · I say, ….. | · Послушай, … |
| · By the way, … | · Кстати, …. |
| · Really? | · Правда? |
| · That’s great! | · Здорово! |
| · Well,… | · Ну, … |
| · I hope to see you soon. | · Надеюсь, скоро увидимся. |
| · So long. | · Пока. |
| · Good bye. | · До свидания. |
| · See you. | · Увидимся. |
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C o u n t r y S t u d y
FORMS OF ADDRESS
Mr., Mrs., Ms, Miss.... What am I?
"Mr." is for a man. It used to be for an adult male and "Master" was used for children, but it isn't used much any more.
"Mrs." is an abbreviation for Misses and is used to denote a married woman.
“Miss” is not an abbreviation and, therefore, should never have a period after it. It is used to denote an unmarried woman.
"Ms" is also not an abbreviation and is used to denote a woman, married or unmarried. During the Women's Liberation movement of the early 1970s, it was thought that it was biased to give a title representing a woman's marital status whereas men have a title that does not reveal this information.
All these titles are used with the last name or with the full name (usually in formal written speech), but never with the first name of a person.
Other forms of address include:
| Sir / Madam [sɜː] / ['mædəm] | are used to politely address a person whose name you don’t know |
| Officer | is used to address a policeman |
| Doctor | is used to address a doctor |
| Professor (with or without a surname) | to address a university lecturer |
| Dr. Brown | to address a scientist who has a PhD |
Sometimes instead of addressing a person by name, the British prefer to say “Excuse me (please)?” (Извините). This phrase is also used to attract attention of a stranger.
Also to attract someone’s attention it is possible to say:
| Pardon me…. | Простите… |
| I say …. | Послушайте… |
| Look here… | Послушайте…(Минутку!) |
To reply to any address you can simply say “Yes?” (Да? Я слушаю)
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1B Personal details, please!
V o c a b u l a r y
Describing appearance
General
Positive: beautiful is generally used to describe women; handsome is used to describe men; good-looking is used for both; pretty is another positive word to describe a woman or a girl.
Negative: ugly is the most negative word to describe someone; plain is more polite.
Height and build
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Hair
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Speaking about the colour, we can say that the hair is blonde, light or dark brown, red, auburn, black and grey/white.
Adding some special features we can say if a person wears a beard or a moustache, has got a scar, a tattoo or a birthmark.