1) ___ your head office in Moscow? – No, our company ___n’t Russian, it ___ Swedish.
2) Where ___ the company have subsidiaries. – It ___ subsidiaries Europewide.
3) What sort of products ___ your company sell. – We ___n’t sell any products, we provide IT services.
4) They ___n’t in the office today They’___ on a business trip.
5) He ___n’t work for this company any more. He ___ for Vodafone.
Speaking test – BR Pre-IN, Unit 1
UNIT III
CALENDARS AND SCHEDULES
I. Companies and their activities
Learn the words and phrases.
schedule брит. ['ʃedjuːl]
амер. ['skeʤuːl] – график, программа, план; расписание;
to have busy schedule
similar schedule
on schedule = on time
tight [taɪt] – 1) напряженный; плотный; 2) недостаточный
tight schedule
money is tight
timetable – 1) расписание (железнодорожное, школьное и т. п.) 2) график (работы и т. п.)
period ['pɪərɪəd]
busy / quiet period
day-off – выходной день
time-off
deadline – конечный срок, крайний срок
tight deadlines – сжатые сроки
to work to tight deadlines
leave – отпуск
to take a leave
annual leave
sick leave
holiday [ 'hɔlədeɪ] – 1) праздник, день отдыха
public holiday – официальный нерабочий день (установленный законом)
2) отпуск; каникулы
summer holidays
to go on holiday
to take a holiday
remember – 1) помнить; 2) вспоминать, припоминать
remind – напоминать
reminder
Replace the phrases in bold in the text with the expressions in the list.
annual leave
public holiday
deadline
some time off
long weekend
busy period
I work for a seed company. We have a lot of work 1) _________ at the beginning of the year. The shops need the seeds in February and our final data 2) _________ to get the seeds ready is the end of January. It doesn’t give us much time. I try to take a break 3) _________ at Easter, and in May we have a national day off 4) _________, so I usually take a holiday from Friday to Monday 5) _________. In the summer the company closes for two weeks and we all have our holidays 6) _________.
Complete this email with words from the list.
timetable
quiet period
annual conference
tight
busy schedules
reminder
Subject: Next week
Dear Klaus
Thanks for the 1) _________ about my presentation at next week’s 2) _________. Unfortunately, my 3) _________ now looks very busy with the preparation for my presentation, and I am worried about the 4) _________ deadline for the sales report. I know we all have 5) _________ at the moment, but I wanted to ask if I could give you the report a week late. The week after next is going to be a 6) _________ for me, so I will have time to do it.
Thanks
Julio
Look at the table. Explain the use of the prepositions.
| At | on | in | no preposition | |||
| 11.15 a.m. midnight the weekend | Monday Wednesday morning Sunday evening | the morning the evening | next weekend last Friday this year | yesterday evening tomorrow morning | ||
5. Complete the emails with the correct prepositions at, on, in, or leave with no preposition.
| 1) To: j.dunn@global.net Subject: Meeting next week Jon Can we get together for a meeting ___ Monday, ___ 4 p.m., if that’s possible? If not, how about ___ Tuesday, ___ the afternoon, or if you prefer, ___ midday? Regards Pete |
| 2) To: mayp@novac.com Subject: Meeting next week Sorry, ___ next Monday isn’t possible but I can make it ____ Tuesday afternoon ____ 3 o’clock, if that’s OK with you. Regards Jon |
| 3) To: Rene Blanc Subject: US trip Thanks for your help ____ last Friday. I was in the office ___ Saturday afternoon so everything is ready now. I suggest we meet at the airport ___ 11 o’clock ___ the morning, ____ next Tuesday, to finish our presentation, then have lunch in the restaurant there ___ midday. Let me know if this OK. Regards Maria |
6. Complete the sentences with the correct prepositions at, by, for, from, in or to.
1) He gets to work ____ 7.30 a.m.
2) We come ______ Spain.
3) He needs English ____ his job.
4) I work _____ Air Europe.
5) They live _____ London.
6) We go to work ____ train.
7) She works _____ an office _____ Copenhagen.
8) They finish work _____ 6 p.m.
9) Does she go ____ work ____ car?
10) He gets a bus _____ the station _____ his office.
Translate the expressions. Divide the expressions into 5 groups.
| Asking to meet | Asking about times | Saying when you are free | Saying you aren’t free |
Sorry, I’m busy then.
… is good/ fine for me.
Is … OK?
Can we arrange a meeting?
Is … good for you?
I can’t meet …
What time are you free?
We need to meet about …
I’m free on/ at …
Are you free on / at …?
I’d like to meet …
Can we meet on / at …?
Are you busy …?
Choose the best expression in italics.
| A | We need to discuss the conference. 1) Can we arrange a meeting? / I can’t meet on Tuesday. |
| B | OK, 2) is Thursday OK? / I can’t meet then. |
| A | Oh, no, 3) are you busy at 5 p.m.? / sorry, I’m busy then. |
| B | OK, well Wednesday’s no good for me, but 4) I can’t meet then / are you free on Friday? |
| A | Yes, Friday’s fine for me. 5) Is 11 a/m/ OK? / 12/00 is good. |
| B | 11 a.m. is good. |
| A | Great. See you on Friday, then. |