Accident, music, biscuit, question, coat, key, sugar, electricity

1. It wasn’t your fault. It was ….

2. Excuse me, but can I ask you …?

3. Listen! Can you hear …?

4. I couldn’t get into the house because I didn’t have ….

5. It’s very warm today. Why are you wearing …?

6. Do you take … in your coffee?

7. Are you hungry? Would you like … with your coffee?

8. Our lives would be very difficult without ….

Speech exercises

Exercise XII.

a) Read the dialogue:

Remember: frosty – морозний

It's the 23^rd of December, 10 o'clock in the morning. Mr. Smith has come to the Ministry of Foreign Trade. Now Marchenko is meeting Mr. Smith in the conference room.

Smith:	Good morning, Mr. Marchenko.
Marchenko:	Good morning, Mr. Smith. Will you take a seat?
Smith:	Thank you. It's very frosty in Kiev now, isn't it?
Marchenko:	Yes, it has been very cold this month.
Smith:	How is your business, Mr. Marchenko?
Marchenko:	Thank you, fine. We've just started selling machines of a new model and we've received a lot of orders for them.
Smith:	Yes, we know that. We havestudied your latest catalogues closely and we are interested in buying some machines of this model.
Marchenko:	Glad tohear that. The new model is certainly good. It's of very high quality.
Smith:	Well, Mr. Marchenko, I'd like to have your new contract form to look through it.
Marchenko:	Here you are, Mr. Smith.
Smith:	Thank you very much. Let's meet again next Wednesday and discuss the terms of the contract.
Marchenko:	All right. Good-bye for now.
Smith:	Good-bye.

b) Say what you have learned from the dialogue about:

1. the weather in Kiev 2. the new model of Ukrainexport

c) Think and answer:

1. What does Mr. Smith think of the new model?

2.What business matters would Mr. Smith like to discuss with Marchenko next Wednesday?

Exercise XIII. Answer the following questions:

1. What company are you from?

2. Do you sell or buy goods?

3. What goods do you sell to (buy from) foreign companies?

4. Are these goods of high quality?

5. Do your (their) goods always meet the requirements of your customers?

6. Have you discussed any business matters this week?

7. What matters have you discussed?

8. With whom have you discussed these matters?

9. Is the company interested in selling or in buying goods?

Exercise XIV. Speak on the topic:

“The talks you have had at your firm lately”

Unit Two

Grammar: 1. Present, Past, Future Continuous

2. Special Question

3. Personal Pronouns

4. Single and Plural nouns

Pre-reading exercises

Exercise I. Pronounce the following words:

produce – виробляти; trading – торгівля; carry – везти; quantity – кількість; voyage – подорож; cargo – вантаж; merchant – торговець; necessity – речі першої необхідності; manufacturer – виробник; metalware – металеві речі; community – група людей; explore – досліджувати; penetrate – проникати; rival – конкурент; persuade – переконувати; exploit – експлуатувати.

Exercise II. Pronounce the following word combinations:

Caravan trade – караванна торгівля;

valuable stones –цінне каміння;

raw materials– сировина;

increasing population – населення, що збільшується;

luxury goods – розкішні речі;

trading links – торговельні зв’язки;

trade route – торговий шлях;

green beans – зелена квасоля;

mass advertising – реклама;

homogeneous tastes – однорідні смаки.

Reading

Read closely the text, translate it into Ukrainian and try to retell it: