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Communication
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Making requests and refusing politely
Task 1
Practice the following phrases and use them in the dialogue below
| Making requests Would you mind my V-ing? Вы не против, если я I was wondering if you could… Интересно, не могли бы вы Could you possibly… Не могли бы вы….. I am terribly sorry to bother you, but I wonder if you could Извиняюсь за беспокойство, но не могли бы вы Can you please…? Не могли бы вы…? | Refusing politely Well, actually, I’m a bit busy at the moment… На самом деле, я немного занят сейчас I’m afraid I can’t… Боюсь, что не могу вам помочь I’m really sorry, but… Мне очень жаль, но |
A: ______________lend me your textbook on Maths. I want to prepare for the Friday seminar.
B: _______________I’ll be using it myself. You can have it tomorrow if you like.
A: Thanks. I’ll collect it tomorrow then.
Task 2
In pairs, take it in turns to make requests and refuse politely in the following situations
1. You ask your tutor to read over a report you have written.
2. You ask your fellow student to help you with a report.
3. You ask your sister to type out a report for you.
Homework
Task 1
Open the brackets choosing one of the modal verbs: can, may, must
1. In any research in order to introduce something new you ____ know the history of the question.
2. Students are our future scientists. To be in the know of the modern technological advances they ____ read a lot.
3. You ___ do this work tomorrow for me. I don’t need it to be done now.
4. Any student ___ improve his abilities if he studies hard.
5. Education ____ serve the needs of human society.
6. I know that you ___ solve this problem alone. You are clever enough to do it.
7. You ____ always keep in mind that your life depends on you, in particular, on the decisions you take.
8. You ____ take my dictionary. I don’t need it at the moment.
9. You ____ always remember that innovation is the engine of the educational development.
10. Teachers ____ deliver ready–made knowledge but they ____ also make students think and exercise their mind constantly which is more effective but more difficult to provide.
Task 2
Match the discoveries and works of art with the famous scientists, writers enumerated below. Make up sentences as in the model
Model: “War and Peace” was written by Leo Tolstoy.
| 1. Assembly line 2. Theory of Relativity 3. Telescope 4. Electric light 5. Ball-point pen 6. Matches 7. Microcsope 8. Automobile 9. Telephone 10. Washing machine | a. Alexander Graham Bell b. Albert Einstein c. Galileo Galilei d. Karl Benz e. Henry Ford f. Zacharias Janssen g. William Blackstone h. Ladislo Biro i. Thomas Edison j. John Walker |
If you don’t know the answers you may use the Internet site https://inventors.about.com to find them.
Task 3