По выполнению практической работы № 63

Тема: Visit Cards and Invitations

дисциплина: Английский язык

специальность: товароведение и коммерческая деятельность

курс: II

семестр: IV

выполнил:

проверил:

оценка:

Содержание типовой задачи деятельности: овладение и прикладное использование английского языка в профессиональной сфере, повышение общего языкового уровня в сфере делового общения

Содержание умения, которым овладеет студент по результатам выполненной работы: уметь логично и последовательно давать краткую информацию по вопросам профессионального общения

Организация и оснащение рабочего места:

1. И. Багатский Н. Дюканова Бизнес-курс английского языка, К.: Kогос, 2002

2. Методические указания для выполнения практических работ

3. англо-русские словари

Безопасные условия учебной деятельности: организация рабочего места.

Порядок оценивания результатов учебной деятельности:

от 90-100 баллов – «5»

от 60-90 баллов – «4»

от 40-60 баллов – «3»

За нарушение регламента снимается 10 баллов.

За незначительные неточности в выполнении задания снимается 5 баллов.

За невыполнение задания – 0 баллов.

Задание № 1. Изучить информацию о визитках:

A visiting card, also known as a calling card, is a small paper card with one's name printed on it. They first appeared in China in the 15th century, and in Europe in the 17th century. The footmen of aristocrats and of royalty would deliver these first European visiting cards to the servants of their prospective hosts solemnly introducing the arrival of their owners.

History

Visiting cards became an indispensable tool of etiquette, with sophisticated rules governing their use. The essential convention was that one person would not expect to see another person in her own home (unless invited or introduced) without first leaving his visiting card for the person at her home. Upon leaving the card, he would not expect to be admitted at first, but might receive a card at his own home in response. This would serve as a signal that a personal visit and meeting at home would not be unwelcome. On the other hand, if no card were forthcoming in return, or if a card were sent in an envelope, a personal visit was thereby discouraged. As an adoption from French and English etiquette, visiting cards became common amongst the aristocracy of Europe, and also in the United States. The whole procedure depended upon there being servants to open the door and receive the cards and it was, therefore, confined to the social classes which employed servants.

If a card was left with a turned corner it indicated that the card had been left in person rather than by a servant.

Next day paul found Stubbs' card on his table, the corner turned up. Paul went to Hertford to call on Stubbs, but found him out. He left his card, the corner turned up.

—Evelyn Waugh, Decline and Fall, Part III, Chapter 7, Resurrection

Some visiting cards included refined engraved ornaments, embossed lettering, and fantastic coats of arms. However, the standard form visiting card in the 19th century in the United Kingdom was a plain card with nothing more than the bearer's name on it. Sometimes the name of a gentlemen's club might be added, but addresses were not otherwise included. Visiting cards were kept in highly decorated card cases.

The visiting card is no longer the universal feature of upper middle class and upper class life that it once was in Europe and North America. Much more common is the business card, in which contact details, including address and telephone number, are essential. This has led to the inclusion of such details even on modern domestic visiting cards, a practice endorsed by modern books of etiquette, such as Debrett's New Etiquette.