Task 4. Describe one of the hotels of your home town/city

Task 5. Tell your own story (or a story you heard) about registration at a hotel and currency exchange.

Task 6. Read the notice in the hotel and retell it in Reported Speech.

The euro enters circulation today (01.01.02) in the European Union, with the exception of Denmark, Sweden and the United Kingdom. No need to worry excessively about prices, says Belgian National Bank.

Consumers should watch out for price rises as the euro comes in, but there is no real reason to be excessively worried that the introduction of the cash euro and euro-based pricing will be inflationary according to the Belgian National Bank (BNB).__

 

 

UNIT 8

LETTERS OF INVITATION AND REPLIES

 

Formal Letter Of Invitation

Task 1. Read and translate the samples of formal and informal letters.

Mr and Mrs John Alan Scott

request the pleasure of

Mr Vladimir N. Dneprovsky’s

company at dinner on Wednesday,

December the sixth

at seven o’clock

1, Newton Street.

R.S.V.P.*

*R.S.V.P. (фр. Repondez, s’il vous plait) — Ответьте, пожалуйста.

Acceptance Refusal

Mr Vladimir N. Dneprovsky Mr Vladimir N. Dneprovsky

accepts with pleasure much regrets that a previous engagement

Mr and Mrs John Alan Scott’s prevents his accepting

kind invitation for dinner Mr and Mrs John Alan Scott’s

on Wednesday, December the sixth kind invitation for dinner

at seven o’clock. on Wednesday, December the sixth.

 

Informal Invitations for Dinners

Dear Mrs ...

Will you and Mr ... have dinner with us on Friday, the first of April, at eight o’clock?

It is a long time since we have had the pleasure of seeing you and we do hope that you will be able to come.

Sincerely yours

Acceptance

Dear ...

Mr ... and I will be delighted to dine with you on Friday, the first of April, at eight o’clock. How very nice of you to invite us! We are both looking forward with great pleasure to seeing you and Mr ... again.

Sincerely yours

Refusal

Dear Mrs ...

I cannot tell you how sorry I am that we cannot dine with you on Friday, the first of April. Unfortunately, my husband is on a business mission now, and he will be back only on Sunday, too late for your dinner party. That is why we are unable to accept your kind invitation. It was very kind of you to ask us; and I know Mr ... will be as sorry as I am to miss an evening with you and Mr ... .

Sincerely yours

Congratulations

My dear N

I am so glad to find out that you really have got the rank of Principal and a new appointment. You thoroughly deserved to get both. I suppose that you will soon be leaving us. Well, you must come over here all the more frequently until you do go.

With hearty good wishes.

Yours very sincerely

К

Reply to the Letter

My dear К

It was most kind of you to write me such a cordial letter. Of course, I feel as pleased as I can at the result of the whole affair. I won’t be leaving England for another six weeks, so we’ll often meet again. I must thank you most deeply for the great encouragement you have given me. I don’t know what I should do without it.

Yours ever sincerely

N

Address

Вы познакомились с оформлением адреса внутри письма. Теперь об адресе на конверте. Обратный адрес должен быть указан в левом верхнем углу или на клапане конверта. Имя адресата пишется немного ниже центра конверта. В правом верхнем углу приклеивается марка.

John A Scott STAMP

1, Newton Street

Town of Mount Royal

Quebec, Canada, НЗР 2T1

Vladimir N. Dneprovsky

765, Moskovskaya Street

248000 Kaluga

Russia

Task 2. Learn the expressions of certain traditional congratulations:

Merry Christmas!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year and my very best wishes!

(The) Same to you!

May Day greetings to you!

Victory Day greetings to you!

Task 3. Here are congratulations on other occasions. Invent and describe a scene of congratulating, using some of these expressions.

Congratulations on your success/ on your good luck!

Congratulations on your lucky win!

Happy birthday! Many happy returns of the day!

I hear you’ve defended your thesis.

Congratulations! You’ve finished school.

Congratulations! You’re a student now.

Congratulations! I hear you’ve got your first pay wages.

Congratulations!

Welcome!

Welcome home!

1 hear you’ve defended your graduation project/got your first degree. Congratulations!

Task 4. Learn the expressions used when giving a present.

We’d like you to accept this very modest token of our esteem.

Here’s our little gift/present.

Примите наш скромный подарок в знак нашего уважения к вам.

Прими(те) наш небольшой подарок.

And this is for you (from me/us). (А) это вам в подарок (от меня, от нас).

And here’s a little souvenir to remember me/us by. Это вам на память.

And this is a little memento from me/us.

Task 5. Make short poems with different wishes (see examples below). Don’t forget to thank for kind wishes or to wish the same.

Wishes and Replies

Я) Желаю (вам, тебе) ...

От (всего) сердца желаю ...

Желаю вам больших успехов!

Желаю тебе сдать экзамен!

 

I wish you ...

With all my heart 1 wish уou…

I wish you every success!

I wish you (every) success in passing your examination!

Good luck to you with your exam(ination)!

With all my heart I wish you happiness/joy! От всей души желаю тебе счастья!

I wish you the best of everything! Желаю вам всего наилучшего!

On the occassion o f ... I wish you ... В связи с ... желаю ... !

For your birthday I wish you ... ! В день рождения желаю ... !

Желаю хорошо отдохнуть!

Желаю поскорее выздороветь!

Желаю счастливого пути!

Have a good rest!

Get well (and) soon!

Happy journey!

Удачи! Good luck!

Долгих лет жизни! May you live on and on and on!

He робей!

Береги(те) себя!

Будь здоров!

Don’t be shy!/Courage!

Take care of yourself!

Keep well!/Stay healthy!

Пусть сбудутся (все) ваши мечты! May (all) your dreams come true!

И вам желаю того же!

И вам также счастья!

(The) Same to you!

I also wish you joy!

Надеюсь на это.

Будем надеяться на лучшее.

Хорошо бы ...

Хорошо бы, чтобы было так!

Да поможет вам Бог!

I hope so.

Let’s hope for the best.

It would be fine ...

If only it were as you say!

God help you!

 

Examples:

My dear Bess, I wish you every ....

You ve been so kind as to give me a lift, that you must receive a ... .

On my day I ’ve made some dishes and received some kind ....

I see you ’re going on vacations, so here are my ... .

Happy New Year has been struck, may it bring to you good ... !

Let us have a pleasant rest: we shall hope fo r the ... .

Now I wish the same to you: may your dreams come quickly ....

Task 6. Write some invitation letters:

1) приглашение мистеру ... (Mr) и миссис ... (Mrs) на официальный обед в честь знаменитого писателя (in honour of a wellknown writer);

2) полуофициальное приглашение на обед вашим знакомым (to your acquaintances Mr and Mrs ... );

3) неофициальное приглашение мистеру ... (Mr) позавтракать в «Макдоналдсе» (to have a lunch at the McDonald’s);

4) короткое письмо другу с приглашением на день рождения (to a birthday dinner);

5) небольшое письмо N, состоящее из трех абзацев, с приглашением провести выходные (a weekend) у вас в деревне.

Task 7. Write four responses to an invitation for dinner as if you were in the following situations:

1. Вы принимаете приглашение.

2. Вы не можете принять приглашение, потому что уезжаете в дом отдыха за несколько дней до указанной в приглашении даты (to a holiday centre).

3. Вы не можете принять приглашение, так как уже приглашены в другое место (because of a previous engagement).

4. Вы тоже хотели бы пригласить своих друзей в этот день, так как сами устраиваете званый обед (dinner-party).

 

UNIT 9

BUSINESS TALKS