Read the conversations and role-play them.

 

- You are welcome, madam.

- I’d like to change these dollars, please.

- Yes, madam. How many dollars have you got?

- 250 dollars. What’s the rate of exchange, please?

- The current rates are on the notice board, madam.

 

 

- Good morning. Can I help you?

- Yes. My name is Brown. I’m expecting money from my bank in Montreal.

- By post, cable or telex, sir?

- By telex.

- Just a moment. I’ll check it. Are you Jack Brown?

- Quite right.

- Yes. There’s 800 dollars from the Royal Bank of Canada, Montreal. Have you got any identification, sir?

- Yes, I’ve got my passport. Here you are.

- Thank you, sir.

- Hello.

- Hello. I’d like to cash a traveler’s cheque, please.

- Right. How much is it for?

- One hundred euros.

- Right, can you sign here, please? Do you have your passport?

- Yes, just a moment.

 

 

- Hello. I’m from Germany and I’m staying in England for a year. I want to open an account here. What documents do I need, please?

- Right. We need to see your passport and a letter from your employer or your place of study if you are a student.

- Right. Is that all?

- That’s all, yes.

- Thank you.

 

9. Make a project work:

 

“Making purchases”.

“A visit to the bank”.

 

 

 

РЕКОМЕНДАЦИИ ПО ВЫПОЛНЕНИЮ УСРС

 

УПРАВЛЯЕМАЯ САМОСТОЯТЕЛЬНАЯ РАБОТА

на тему:

«СОВРЕМЕННЫЙ СТУДЕНТ:

НОВЫЕ РОЛИ, НОВЫЕ ЖИЗНЕННЫЕ ТРАЕКТОРИИ»

 

Рекомендуемая форма контроля: эссе.

 

Рекомендуемые инициативные темы для подготовки эссе:

 

1. Student’s social image.

2. Student’s moral, cultural and leisure trends.

3. Student’s material values.

4. The opportunities of a big city for leisure time.

5. Student’s formative years.

6. Trajectories of youth.

7. Foreign students’ life.

 

Перечень интернет ресурсов,

рекомендуемых студентам при подготовке к УСРС:

1. http://www.britanica.org;

2. http://www.globalenvision.org;

3. http:// www.onlinelibrary.wiley.com;

4. http://www.wikipedia.org.

 

 

СОЦИОКУЛЬТУРНОЕ ОБЩЕНИЕ

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Study the following terms.

 

1. Intercultural communication is a process that comprises an open and respectful exchange between individuals, groups and organisations with different cultural backgrounds or world views.

2. Communication is the act or process of using words, sounds, signs to express or exchange information, ideas, thoughts, feelings, etc. by speaking, writing, or using some other medium to someone else.

3. Geographic position is the position of a point on the surface of the earth expressed in terms of geographical coordinates either geodetic or astronomical.

4. State system is a system involving government and its politics which includes the members who are in power within a country.

5. Sightseeing is the activity of visiting interesting places, especially by people on holiday.

6. Kingdom is a country ruled by a king or queen.

7. Sovereignty is a sovereign or independent state, community, or political unit.

8. Independence isa condition of a nation, country, or state in which its residents and population exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over the territory.

9. Nature protection is policies and procedures aimed at conserving the natural resources, preserving the current state of natural environment and, where possible, reversing its degradation.

10. Pollution is making water, air, atmosphere dirty and dangerous for people and animals to live in.

11. Ecology is a natural balance between plants, animals, people and their environment.

12. Technological progress is an improvement in the ability to use the factors in the production of goods and services.

13. Information technology is the technology involving the development, maintenance, and use of computer systems, software, and networks for the processing and distribution of data.

14. Tradition is a mode of thought or behavior followed by a people continuously from generation to generation.