Forms of Address within the Family

Mother and father are usually addressed as “Mom” (“Mummy”) and “Dad” (“Daddy”).

Aunts and uncles – as “Auntle” and “Uncle” usually with the first name, for example, Auntie(тётушка)Mary, Uncle Richard.

Exercises

Exercise 1. Choose the best answer.

1. When you address a middle-aged man whose name you do not know, you say:

а) Mister; b) Sir; c) Excuse me, please.

2. If it is a woman, you say:

a) Madam; b) Lady; c) Excuse me, please.

3. If you want to address an American tourist (Mrs. Jane Hardy) whom you have known for a few days, you say:

a) Madam; b) Mrs. Hardy; c) Jane.

4. If you want to address a visiting English teacher called Helen Parker, aged 25 – 30 (unmarried), you call her:

a) Helen; b) Miss Helen; c) Miss Parker; d) Miss.

Exercise 2. How would you address the following ¹ people?

1. a girl of 18, not married (Judy Brown) ;

2. a married woman with two children, aged 35 (Elsie Smith);

3. a stranger of 25, 75;

4. a university professor (David Clark);

5. your English teacher;

6. your mother;

7. a friend of your own age (Peter Bennet);

8. your family doctor (Alan Nott);

9. a waitress in the restaurant;

10. a policeman in the street;

11. your father;

12. your aunt Mary.

________________

¹ following ['fɔləuɪŋ]– следующий

Exercise 3. Insert ['ɪnsɜːt]( вставлять) a suitable['su:təbl ], ['sju:təbl](подходящий) form of address in the blank (пустой) spaces.

1.”I hope it‘s nothing serious, …..; (to your doctor, Jack Wilson).

2.”… , how nice to see you again after such a long time”. (to your friend, Jane Walsh).

3. “ Yes, … , I’ll try not to forget about it. (to a fellow['feləu]-student (сокурсник ).

4. “… , could you find time to read my paper”. (to a university professor, John Bridges).

5. “… , could you tell me the way to the nearest post-office ? “(to an elderly man in the street).

6. “… , I have great pleasure in introducing Professor James, from the University of London”. (to an audience).

___________________________

Learn the words

1. call-называть

Hi

Pleased /nice/glad to meet you – is more common in America.

In formal situations English people sometimes shake hands when introduced, but do not bow (кланяться)

Two phrases often used before introducing someone are:

Have you met …? eg. Have you met my sister?

I don’t think you’ve met …. eg. I don’t think you‘ve met my sis ter.

If you want to introduce yourself, you may say, for example:

May I introduce myself? My name is Kate Johnson.I’m your guide. [gaɪd] (гид).

Less formal is “Let me introduce myself”. Mr./ Mrs / Miss should not be used when introducing oneself.

When introducing a guest [gest] speaker to an audience, you may say, for example:

Ladies and Gentlemen, I have great pleasure ['pleʒə](удовольствие) in introducingProfessor Hornby.

To open a conversation after introduction you may ask a question such as:

Is this your first visit to … ?

eg Is this your first visit to Russia?

Have you been here / to … before?

eg Have you been to Ivanovo before?

Have you visited / seen …?

eg Have you visited the Hermitage?

How do you like / find …?

eg How do you find Moscow?

Are you enjoying …?

eg Are you enjoying the opera?

Are you finding … interesting/ useful?

eg Are you finding the conference useful?

What do you think of … ?

eg What do you think of the film?

Are you interested in …?

eg Are you interested in law[lɔː]science (право, юриспруденция)?

A less direct and more tactful (тактичный) way of asking for information is a tail question (разделительный вопрос).

eg a. This is your first visit to Moscow, isn’t it?

b. You are interested in law science, aren’t you?

You may also say, for example:

I believe /hear …

eg I hear you are (you’re) from London.

I’ve been told …

eg I’ve been told you’re doing research [rɪ'sɜːʧ] (заниматься научной работой) in criminology.

I expect [iks’pekt] / suppose [sə'pəuz] / imagine (полагать,предполагать)

eg I expect you’ve already been on a sight-seeing tour ) [tuə] (экскурсия по достопримечательным местам)

a. It’s a lovely ['lʌvlɪ] (замечательный) day, isn’t it?

b. Isn’t this rain awful ['ɔːf(ə)l] (ужасный)?

Exercises

Exercise 1. Render into English.

1. Стив, познакомься с Ником.

2. Мистер Джонсон, разрешите Вам представить мистера Тейлора.

3. Тетушка Роза, мне бы хотелось познакомить тебя с моим другом Максом.

4. Джек, ты не знаком с моей сестрой? Келли, познакомься, это-Джек.

5. Леди и джентльмены, с большим удовольствием представляю нашего гостя – профессора (доктора) Рида.

6. Меня зовут Мэри Грин. Я ваш гид.

Exercise 2. Make up sentences using one item (пункт) from each column['kɔləm] (столбик). All items in one sentence should be of the same degree of formality.

Exercise 3. Reproduce the following dialogues rendering the Russian parts of them.

At a Conference (Formal)

Mr.Cox.: Мr . Steel, мне бы хотелось представить Дэвида Уорда, моего коллегу. (To Mr .Ward) Mr. Steel , from Bristol University.

Mr .Ward: How do you do ?

Mr. Steel : How do you do ?

Mr. Ward: Вы находите конференцию интересной ?

Mr .Steel : Yes, there have been some good reports (presentations). I find the discussion very useful, too.

At Work (formal)

Mr. Pratt : Good morning , Mr. Dawes. How are you ?

Mr. Dawes: Спасибо, хорошо. А как Вы ?

Mr. Pratt: Fine, thanks. I don ‘t think , Вы не знакомы с моей секретаршей ? (To the secretary). Это мистер Дауз. Это мисс Ллойд.

Mr . Dawes: How do you do ?

Miss Lloyd: How do you do ?

At the Theatre (formal)

Mrs. Briggs: Mrs. Hammond, мне бы хотелось познакомить Вас с мужем.

Mrs .Hammond : How do you do ?

Mrs .Briggs : How do you do ?

Mrs. Hammond: Вам нравится пьеса ?

Mrs .Briggs: Yes, it’s a very interesting, production(постановка).

• ⇐ Предыдущая
• 123
• 4
• 5
• 6
• Следующая ⇒