В.: …
12. J.: You’re bound to get an interview. What’s the pay like incidentally?
В.: …
13. J.: Was the money the main reason for applying?
В.: …
J.: What was that then?
В.: …
14. J.: I bet you’ll cake walk it. I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you, at any rate.
В.: …
IV. Reproduce the telephone conversations as close to the text as possible.
V. Make up telephone conversations considering these assignments.
1. Your colleague has come back from Italy where he spent his vacation. Phone him and have a talk about: a) the places he has been to; b) the hotels he has put up at; c) the facilities he has been offered; d) the hotel charges; e) the way he has amused himself; f) the people he has met.
2. You are taking a holiday and leaving Ottawa for a month. Phone your Canadian colleague to say good-bye and tell him how you are planning to spend your holiday.
3. You have a telephone call from your counterpart in London. After discussing business he says that his son is applying for a job. Ask him about the prospects of his son’s new job, its advantages and disadvantages and what his son feels about it.
3. A Persuation Which Failed
Harry: Hallo — 5289.
Cynthia: Is that Harry?
Harry: Yes — who’s that?
Cynthia: Oh, Harry. It’s me, Cynthia.
Harry: Cynthia? Cynthia! Oh yes. How are you?
Cynthia: I’m fine. And you and Barbara?
Harry: Oh, we’re both well.
Cynthia: Oh, that’s good. Look, I’m ringing to ask you a small favour. I hope you don’t mind.
Harry: No. No, of course not. Anything I can do, within reason[117].
Cynthia: Well, the thing is that — you know Shirley?
Harry: Shirley? I don’t think so.
Cynthia: You know, she’s the girl I work with. I think you met her.
Harry: Did I? When?
Cynthia: She’s the one with red hair.
Harry: Oh.
Cynthia: Anyway, I wondered — well — you see Shirley and I are giving a party. Of course we wondered if you and Barbara would like to come…
Harry: Well, that’s very nice of you, I’m sure.
Cynthia: We’d love to have you.
Harry: We’d love to come.
Cynthia: Well, the point is, you see, that we wanted to invite a lot of interesting people.
Harry: Oh yes -
Cynthia: Yes — and well, you know our flat; it really isn’t big enough. And we were wondering if there was just the smallest chance of having it at your place — just for the evening, you know.
Harry: Well — we’d love to let you, of course. But just now it would be a little difficult.
Cynthia: Oh, no. It wouldn’t be now. In about two week’s time.
