Vocabulary Note:

Deputy – a person, esp. one who is next in rank to the person in command, who has the power to take charge when the leading person is away.

2. Listen to Unit 6, conversation C of Basic Survival.

3. Listen to Unit 7 of Basic Survival. Do the exercises.

4. Act out the following situations:

• Meeting a person at the airport/railway station.

• Checking in at the hotel.

Home task:

1. Letters, telexes and memos: Do ex. 1.1.B.

2. Letter Writing: see Business Letter

• Review the vocabulary on pp. 15 – 18. Get ready for a test.

• Do ex. 4 on p. 23 (Use a clean sheet of paper. Follow the layout rules. Put it into the envelope and address it correctly).

3. Telephoning:

• Learn new words and expressions.

4. Conversation practice:

1. Learn the vocabulary of Vocabulary list 2.

2. Be ready to act out the following situations:

• Meeting a person at the airport/railway station.

• Taking a cab/taxi. Paying the cab fare.

• Checking in at the hotel.

Lesson 6

Lesson Plan:

1. Letters, telexes and memos (from International Business English, unit 2 (2.2. C, 2.5 b))

   1. Joining sentences

Use a prepositional phrase instead of the conjunctions in these sentences. Rewrite each sentence using the phrase on the right. The first one is done for you as an example.

1. Who is dealing with your correspondence while you are away? during

Who is dealing with your correspondence during your absence?

2. I went to see the factory after I had looked round the offices. after

3. I’ll have to see the shipping manager before I confirm the order. before

4. There was a delay because we had some technical problems. because of

5. It was completed on time although some of the staff were ill. in spite of

6. The visitors arrived while you were having your lunch break. during

7. As the number of orders had fallen, the works closed down. Due to

8. He is on holiday now. Then he will be in touch with you. After

2. The right address

Listen to the recording and address each envelope correctly. (Later, you can check your answers in File 4)

2. Letter writing

• Test N 1

3. Telephoning

The Date (Basic telephone Training, Unit 8)

1. Say the year in pairs. Look at these examples.

1993 19…93 nineteen ninety-three

1901 19…01 nineteen oh-one

1978 19…78 nineteen seventy-eight

2. When were they born? Listen and fill in the years.

Marie Curie
Harpo Marx
Graham Greene
F. Kennedy
Grace Kelly
Prince Edward

3. Use ordinal numbers for dates. Practice saying these.

1^st the first 11^th the eleventh 21^st the twenty first

2^nd the second 12^th the twelfth 22^nd the twenty second

3^rd the third 13^th the thirteenth 23^rd the twenty third

4^th the fourth 14^th the fourteenth 24^th the twenty fourth

5^th the fifth 15^th the fifteenth 25^th the twenty fifth

6^th the sixth 16^th the sixteenth 26^th the twenty sixth

7^th the seventh 17^th the seventeenth 27^th the twenty seventh

8^th the eighth 18^th the eighteenth 28^th the twenty eighth

9^th the ninth 19^th the nineteenth 29^th the twenty ninth

10^th the tenth 20^th the twentieth 30^th the thirtieth

31th the thirty first

4. Right or wrong? Listen to the tape and correct if necessary.

13th
31st
12th
9th
15th
11th

5. Look at this calendar. Practice saying the dates.

May 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

GB Write 17 May 1994

or (17/5/94)

Say the seventeenth of May, nineteen ninety-four

or May the seventeenth

USA Write May 17, 1994

Or (5/17/94)

Say May seventeenth, nineteen ninety-four

6. Write these dates.

1. GB The eighth of June, nineteen ninety-four ………………………

2. US September sixteenth, nineteen eighty …………………………

3. GB The eleventh of October, nineteen sixty-three………………….

4. US July thirty-first, nineteen thirty-nine……………………………

5. GB ………………………………………………. 6/8/91

6. US ………………………………………………..6/8/91

7. GB ……………………………………………..20/10/95

8. US …………………………………………… 12/14/96

7. Listen to the tape and fill in the dates on Betty’s list of things to do.

Memo

1. Dentist ………………………………………….

2. Pick up J.S. from airport ……………………….

3. I.R.T. Sales rep. confirm hotel………………….

4. Lunch Margo ……………………………………

5. Installation of new photocopier ……………….