Act out the dialogues.

Making a formal appointment

A: Hello. Dr. Stenton's surgery. Can I help you?

B: I'd like to make an appointment with the doctor.

A: Fine. Which day would you like to come?

B: Wednesday.

A: Yes that's OK. Can you come at 10.00 o'clock?

B: I'm sorry, I don't think I'd be able to make it.

A: Well, in that case what about 15.30?

B: That sounds perfect.

A: Good. Can you give me your name, please?

B: John Brown.

A: How do you spell your surname?

B: B — R — O — W — N

A: Fine, we'll see you at 15.30 on Wednesday.

Emergency call

A: Emergency services... Which service do you require, please?

B: I'm not quite sure...

A: Can I help you?

B: You see... I want to report an accident. You see, my cat has got inside the washing machine and we can't get him out — he's got trapped there.

A: Don't worry. There's a rescue team on the way now.

B: Oh, thank you...

6. Make up dialogues.

1. Phone your dentist and make an appointment.

2. Phone a company whose advertisement you read in a newspaper and make an appointment for a job interview.

3. Phone your local cinema and find out what is on next week.

4. Phone the chemist's and find out whether you can have your film developed and photoes made.

5. Phone the dry cleaner's and find out whether you can have your coat cleaned by the day after tomorrow.

6. Make an emergency call and report a fire in the area.

7. Make an emergency call and report an accident.

8. Make an emergency call and report a gas leakage in your house.

9. Phone your friend and invite him/her to your birthday party.

10. Phone your friend and invite him/her to spend a weekend.

11. You've seen an advert in a newspaper. A family restaurant is looking for delivery people. Phone them and find out the details. You want to know: whether they employ teenagers /what qualifications you need to get the position/whether it is possible to work part-time/what should you do if you are interested in the job/what else the employers offer: a uniform/a moped/fuel for your moped.

Make up situations where you can use these proverbs and sayings.

· A light purse is a heavy curse. Хуже всех бед, когда денег нет.

· A rolling stone gathers no moss. Кому на месте не сидится, тот добра не

· наживет.

· То be busy as a bee. Вертеться как белка в колесе.

· То know something like the palm of one's hand. Знать, как свои пять пальцев.

· Jack of all trades and master of none. За все берущийся человек, но ничего не умеющий делать.

· No pain, no gain. Без труда не выловишь и рыбку из пруда.

· An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening. Один утренний час лучше двух вечерних. Утро вечера мудренее.

· Business before pleasure. Делу время, потехе час.

· By fits and starts. Рывками; судорожно; нерегулярно.

· If you want a thing well done, do it yourself Если хочешь, чтобы дело было сделано хорошо, — делай его сам. Свой глаз — алмаз.

· Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. Никогда не откладывай на завтра то, что можешь сделать сегодня.

· То know everything is to know nothing. Знать все — значит, ничего не
знать.

· То work with the left hand. Работать, спустя рукава.

· Well begun is half done. Хорошо начатое наполовину сделано.

· Where there's a will, there's a way. Где хотенье, там и уменье.

8. Read and translate the curriculam vitae. Write your own CV:

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