Яков Аракин - Практический курс английского языка 2 курс

Ladies:

Dear Sir:

Dear Madam:

My dear Sir.

My dear Madam:

Dear Mr. Warren:

Dear Miss Howard:

In personal letters either a colon or a comma may be used after the greeting. A comma is

considered less formal. In personal letters the range of greetings is unlimited and informal, like " My

own Lovey-Dovey " of Judy's "Dear Daddy Long-Legs".

The Body of the Letter.A good letter should be clear, direct, coherent, dignified and

courteous.

The Complimentary Close.Correct forms for business letters are:

Yours truly,

Yours very truly,

Very truly yours,

Respectfully yours,

Faithfully yours.

Sincerely yours,

Yours sincerely,

Cordially yours.

The Signature.Some of the conventions should be observed: a) neither professional titles,

nor academic degress should be used with a signature; b) an unmarried woman should sign herself as

Miss Laura Blank, but she may place Miss in parentheses before her name if she feels that it is

necessary for proper identification; c) a married woman or a widow signs her own name, not her

married name. For example, Diana Holiday Brown is her own name; Mrs. George Brown is her

married name,

Here is an example of a business letter:

Dear Miss Carnaby,

Allow me to enclose a contribution to your very deserving Fund before it is finally wound

up.

Yours very truly,

Hercule Poirot.

Assignments:

1. Go over the letters (see Unit Five) and copy down the samples of the complimentary

close.

2. Write a reply to Judy's letter as if you were the person she wrote her letter to.

3. Write a letter to a friend sharing the memories of your holiday trip and your feelings

at the station on the day of departure.

4. Write a letter to your dean in which you request permission to stay at your parents'

several days more. Give your reason clearly and convincingly.

XV. Film "Mr. Brown's Holiday". Film Segment 8 "Caught in the Rain" (On the Way

to Yeovil). a) Watch and listen, b) Do the exercises from the guide to the film.

LABORATORY EXERCISES (II)

1. Listen to the text "Different Means of Travel", mark the stresses and tunes. Repeat it

following the model.

2. Listen to the conversation "At the Station", mark the stresses and tunes; repeat after

the tape, learn the text by heart.

3. Listen to the dialogue "A Voyage Round Europe", mark the stresses and tunes.

Repeat the text following the model and record your variant. Compare your variant with the

model and correct your pronunctalion mistakes.

4. Write a spelling-translation test: a) translate the phrases into English; b) check them

with the key.

5. Listen to some text on the topic "Trawelling", Retell it in class.

6. Listen to some anecdotes. Put down the word combinations you find useful. Act them

out in class (oral and written work).

7. Listen to the poem "From a Railway Carriage". Mark the stresses and tunes. Repeat

after the tape. Learn it by heart.

CURIOSITY QUIZ FOR EAGERS

What do you know about

1. Christopher Columbus and the history of his discovery? Why wasn't America named

in his houour? After whom was it named and why?

2. Captain Cook, Sir Francis Drake, Roald Amundsen, Mlckloukha-Macklay, the

Papanin expedition?

3. The Mystery of the Atlantis, the Mystery of the Bennudian Triangle, the Mystery of

the Easter Isle, the Loch Ness Monster?

UNIT NINE

I. SPEECH PATTERNS

1. They were about Mrs. Burlow's age, so were the attendants.

"I tell you I was moved. So were you, I dare say."

"I wasn't trying to act. 1 really felt." "So did I, my boy," said Le Ros.

My friend guessed what mystery they were talking about. So did I.

She was greatly impressed by Laurence Olivier's acting. So were they.

2. Rose thought him quite funny.

Christine thought this cheque for twenty guineas rather strange.

They always found Le Ros magnetic.

The Trasker girls considered Fabermacher very romantic.

For the first time in a long while Erik thought himself wonderfully free.

3. She saw his face peering through that mask.

Lanny saw Gret Villier sitting at the table motionless and impersonal.

When passing a coffee stall Lanny noticed two white men staring at him.

Jim and his mother heard the blind man approaching the door.

It was easy to imagine Ida performing as the keeper of a second-rate club.

Dave frowned as he saw Dan leaving.

4. Rose wanted him to stop clowning for them.

When Erik finished reading the letter, he couldn't take his eyes off the paper.

Presently Tom picked up a straw and began trying to balance it on his nose.

The sailor began rowing towards the harbour's mouth.

Meanwhile she went on talking in her earnest, convincing voice.

EXERCISES

I. Change the sentences, using the patterns:

P a t t e r n 2 : 1. The Murdstones thought that David was disobedient. 2. Everybody

found that there was something mysterious about Lady Alroy. 3. We thought that the last scene was

quite impressive. 4. I found that the stranger's voice was vaguely familiar to me. 5. Huck Finn

couldn't bear his new life at the widow's, in his opinion it was extremely dull.

P a t t e r n 3 : 1. Sabina came into the hall, she saw that he was sitting at the telephone.

2. We watched how the seers-off were shuffling from foot to foot. 3. Outside he found that Joe was

standing on the platform. 4. She watched how he was waving farewell to his friends. 5. I saw that

Bob was playing centre forward.

P a t t e r n 4 : 1. Erik started to read the letter again. 2. Soon the porters began to pull

luggage along the platform. 3. At last Jack finished to write numerous letters of introduction. 4. Lev

Yashin began to play football when he was a teen-ager. 5. Burton's namesake started to play poker

and went broke. 6. The Gadfly pulled a chrysanthemum from the vase and began to pluck off one

white petal after another.

II. Think of a situation. Suggest a beginning matching up the end. Use the

proper pattern:

P a t t e r n 1 : 1. ...; so were ail the passengers. 2. ...; so did we. 3....; so am 1. 4. ...; so

can we. 5. ...; so have I. 6. ..;so have you. 7. ...; so was our coach. 8. ...; so did the goalkeeper. 9. ...;

so did the opponent. 10. ...; so were our neighbours. 11. ...; so was our luggage. 12....; so is she.

P a t t e r n 2 : 1. ... vaguely familiar. 2. ... quite sociable. 3. ... rather impressive. 4. ...

obedient. 5. ... quite different. 6.... valuable.

P a t t e r n 3 : 1.... serving another meal. 2. ... making a pause in his story. 3.... rubbing

his hands with delight 4.... shrugging her shoulders. 5. ... passing the bread-plate to the man next to

him. 6. ...curling her lip and showing her disgust for the scene.

P a t t e r n 4 : 1. ... stopped breathing. 2. ... started filling in the application form. 3. ...