Listen to the third conversation and answer the following questions.

a. What help does Peter James give?

b. What number does he give to Delia?

Listen to the fourth conversation and answer the following questions.

a. What money does Delia offer to pay?

b. What do Delia and Alastair agree to do?

Look at the extracts from the four telephone calls below. Complete them with the phrases used by the speakers.

1. I don’t know if you……but I’m organizing a conference about Health and Safety at work.

I’m ………………………..someone who could give a talk about the new safety standards.

2. I’m interested……………………………………………someone who could give a talk.

3. Do you know who I…………………………………….or what department could help?

4. I am putting………………………………………………………………………..now.

5. My name is Delia Wilson from A&G Construction. I was............your PR department.

6. I have just been speaking to a…………………………who said I should speak to you.

7. I understand I’d really………………..if you could recommend someone else, though.

8. I got your number from Peter James, who said that you………………………………..

Listen to the third conversation between Della and Peter James again and look at the notes below. Try to reconstruct the conversation with your partner. Change roles when you finish.

Della:Tell Peter who you are, and why you are phoning (you want him to speak at a conference).

Peter:You would like to give the presentation but you are busy. You suggest your colleague Alastair Wilkins does instead. Alastair is not in his office, so you give Della his mobile number: 564 77 0808.

Speaking

Work in pairs and make a dialogue according to the situation.

Writing

Write the short email that Della sends to Alastair Wilkins. In your email thank him for agreeing to speak at the conference and include the most important details about the conference. Remind him about the phone call at 11:00

Lesson 4. Multilingual Internet

Warm up

“The Internet is so big, so powerful and so pointless that for some people it is a complete substitute for life.”

Andrew Brown,

Web site designer

I. Answer the questions.

· How much time do you spend surfing the Internet?

· Do you ever join online discussion groups or chat rooms?

· Do you book things like flights and hotel rooms on the Net?

· What are advantages and disadvantages of buying online?

· Would you search for a job on the Internet?

· Would you consider looking for a partner in cyberspace?

II. Look at the e-businesses. What products or services do you think they offer? Discuss with a partner.

III. Which of these Web sites would you be curious to visit?

Active vocabulary

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