Summarize the main idea of the text in eight-ten sentences.

Study the list of the sentences which have been removed, decide what sentence was in each gap.

1. "Because many people don't know how to write a telegram."

2. "Sending a telegram?"

3. "You are", I answered.

4. Let me see your telegram.

5. Your wife must know it without any instructions.

6. ... the hotels were not crowded that year...

7. The telegram said...

Telegram

At 6 o'clock in the afternoon I went to the nearest post-office. I bought some stamps and an envelope to send a registered letter to my parents. When I was writing a telegram I saw a friend of mine, Briggs.

"________________________?" he asked. "May I see it?"

"Why do you want to see it?" I asked.

“________________________. They write out a message, then they get angry that it costs a lot.______________, I shall make it shorter and leave only the most important things".

I gave him the telegram. It was a message to my wife to tell her that I would come to her in Switzerland.

______________: "Finished business well everything OK stop arriving Friday five thirty stop book room stop."

But the telegram didn't impress Briggs, "If you have settled your business well, doesn't it mean everything OK?"

"I think it does", I agreed.

"I have never known that you made a bad transaction yet and your wife knows it too. Am I right?"

“______________”______________.

"Did your wife have to go to Switzerland alone because you had to finish business in London?"

"Yes."

"Very well. Then it's not necessary to write business finished. So you will save three pence a word. And why are you telling her to book a room? _________________." I had to agree with him.

"So we have made the telegram eight words shorter: arriving Friday five thirty. Now what about arriving? If you write Friday five thirty, your wife will understand what you mean."

And then I had an idea. I told Briggs that I didn't have to send a telegram at all as ___________________and it was not necessary to book in room in advance. Besides I didn't like when somebody met me at the station.

"Well", said Briggs. "Do as you like, but never ask me to help you again," and he walked out of the post-office.

When he left the post-office, I took another telegram form and wrote the original text.

BANK

13. Read the texts and say which of the described banking services you usually apply for. Do you need a bank if you go abroad?

1Banks offer their customers different services mostly connected with organizing money. When you are a visitor to a country you'll probably go there for two reasons: to exchange currency or to put your money on a deposit or savings account.

When you're exchanging foreign currency in a bank, look for a sign saying "Foreign Exchange" or if you have traveller's cheques in Britain simply "Change". If you have pounds, however, you can cash them in the main part of a bank. Each time you exchange money you'll have to pay a small charge called commissions. Because of this it's cheaper to exchange several notes together than to exchange them one at a time.

If you come to Britain for more than a few weeks you can open a current account at a British bank. In this case the bank may ask you for a reference (the name and address of a person who knows you) from someone who has a bank account in Britain.

Another way to keep your money safe is in an account for saving money - called either a savings account or a deposit account. Instead of a cheque book, you usually get a small book which you use to pay money in and to take it out. All banks and the Post-office have accounts like this and they'll be happy to tell you about them.

2In a bank you usually have a current account, which is one where you pay in your salary and then withdraw money to pay your everyday bills. The bank sends you a regular bank statement telling you how much money is in your account. You may also have a savings account where you deposit any extra money that you have and only take money out when you want to spend it on something special. You usually try to avoid having an overdraft or you end up paying a lot of interest. If your account is overdrawn, you can be said to be in the red (as opposed to in the black or in credit).

Sometimes the bank may lend you money - this is called a bank loan. If the bank (or building society) lends you money to buy a house, that money is called a mortgage.

The money that you pay for services, e.g. to a school or a lawyer, is usually called a fee or fees; the money paid for a journey is a fare.

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