Travelling on Business
Travelling on business
Catching a train
Exercise 1. Listen and complete the conversation.
- Good morning. (a) the times of trains (b) Newcastle, please?
- Afternoon, evening? When (c) ?
- About five o’clock this afternoon.
- About (d) . Right. Let’s have a look. There’s a train that (e) 4.45, and there’s (f) at 5.25.
- And (g) get in?
- Back at King’s Cross at 7.15 and (h) - Thanks a lot.
Exercise 2. 1. Put the lines of the conversation in the correct order.
- Hello. I’d like a ticket to Newcastle, please.
- I want to come back this evening, so a day return.
- How do you want to pay?
- Return, pleased.
- Here’s your change and your ticket.
- Single or return?
- Twenty, forty, sixty pounds.
- Day return or period return?
- Cash, please.
- Forty-eight pounds fifty, please.
- Thank you.
2. Listen and check. Close your text. Try to remember the conversations! In pairs, practise saying them.
Exercise 3. Imagine that you have to go from London to Glasgow, where you’ve got a business appointment. You are at the enquiry office. Translate and act out the dialogue.
You: (Спросите, когда идет следующий поезд в Глазго?)
Clerk: At 8.40, sir.
You: (Спросите, ночной (overnight) ли это поезд?)
Clerk: Yes, the train has sleeping accommodation. (спальные места)
You: (Скажите, что не курите и хотели бы взять лучшие места).
Clerk: I can give you first-class non-smoking compartment.
You: (Спросите, когда он прибывает в Глазго?)
Clerk: It is due to arrive in Glasgow at 6.30 a.m.
You: (Скажите, что Вы надеетесь, что он прибудет вовремя (in time)).
Clerk: Yes, sir, it usually runs in time.
You: (Спросите, с какой платформы?)
Clerk: Platform 5.
You:
Catching a train
Exercise 1. Listen and complete the conversation.
- Good morning. (a) the times of trains (b) Newcastle, please?
- Afternoon, evening? When (c) ?
- About five o’clock this afternoon.
- About (d) . Right. Let’s have a look. There’s a train that (e) 4.45, and there’s (f) at 5.25.
- And (g) get in?
- Back at King’s Cross at 7.15 and (h) - Thanks a lot.
Exercise 2. 1. Put the lines of the conversation in the correct order.
- Hello. I’d like a ticket to Newcastle, please.
- I want to come back this evening, so a day return.
- How do you want to pay?
- Return, pleased.
- Here’s your change and your ticket.
- Single or return?
- Twenty, forty, sixty pounds.
- Day return or period return?
- Cash, please.
- Forty-eight pounds fifty, please.
- Thank you.
2. Listen and check. Close your text. Try to remember the conversations! In pairs, practise saying them.
Exercise 3. Imagine that you have to go from London to Glasgow, where you’ve got a business appointment. You are at the enquiry office. Translate and act out the dialogue.
You: (Спросите, когда идет следующий поезд в Глазго?)
Clerk: At 8.40, sir.
You: (Спросите, ночной (overnight) ли это поезд?)
Clerk: Yes, the train has sleeping accommodation. (спальные места)
You: (Скажите, что не курите и хотели бы взять лучшие места).
Clerk: I can give you first-class non-smoking compartment.
You: (Спросите, когда он прибывает в Глазго?)
Clerk: It is due to arrive in Glasgow at 6.30 a.m.
You: (Скажите, что Вы надеетесь, что он прибудет вовремя (in time)).
Clerk: Yes, sir, it usually runs in time.
You: (Спросите, с какой платформы?)
Clerk: Platform 5.
You: