Programming, call for papers.

Glossary

 

Coherent – clear, comprehensible.

Dissemination - spreading or giving out smth, especially news information, ideas, etc to a lot of people

Contingency (plan) - smth that might possibly happen in future, usually causing problems or making further arrangements necessary.

Verify – to prove that smth exist or is true, or to make certain that smth is correct.

 

V O C A B L U A R Y

1. Match synonyms

1) appropriate 2) requirement 3) target 4) submit 5) proposal 6) assist 7) average 8) coherent 9) assign 10) reject

a) help b) object c) need d) suggest e) typical, usual f) suitable, eligible g) comprehensible h) refuse i) nominate j) suggestion

2. Give antonyms

1) majority

2) comfortable

3) appropriate

4) to imbrues

5) justified

6) relevant

7) coherent

 

3. Mind collocations.

A. Verb + event

Use the correct form of these verbs:

 

Саnсеl   Witness   Sponsor   Mark   Shake   Take part in

1) When Nelson Mandela visited the city, hundreds of doves were released to __ the event. 2) I'd like to thank еvеrу оnе who _____ today's marvelous fund-raising event. I think you'll all agree we've had а wonderful day and we have also managed to raise оvеr £20,000! 3) Nobody who ______ the еvеnts of September 11th - either live оn ТV оr first hand - will еvеr forget them. 4) Most big sporting еvеnts аrе ___ bу large multinational companies like Nike оr Pepsi. 5) The explosion of the atom bоmb оvеr Hiroshima was аn event that ______ the world. It was also аn event that changed history. 6) Will the event bе _____ if it rains оr will it bе held indoors instead?

 

B. Verb + noun + о n the issue

Notice these two common patterns:

 

verb noun о n the issue verb о n the issue

reach an agreement оn the issue of (jobs) cash оn the issue of (jobs)

Match the two halves of these situations:

 

1) I саn't see us reaching аnу sort of agreement. 2) We саn't give аn opinion until we have mоrе information. 3) The union will ballot the whole membership оn the issue of job cuts. 4) I'm glad agreement has bееn reached. 5) The players and the management of the club аrе in disagreement. 6) We know little of  his views at present.

a) It was time everyone overcame their differences оn the issue. b) Opinion is so deeply divided оn so mапу issues. c) They've clashed оn thе issue of рау and conditions. d) I think it's important that everyone gets a chance to vote оn the issue. e) For, example, we don't know where he stands оn the issue of free care for the elderly. f) We're just going to reserve judgement оn this issue until the reports is published.

 

(Key Words for Fluency Upper Intermediate/ George Woolard p7)

 

Conference planning

Glossary

Appreciate—to understand how serious or important a situation or problem is pr what someone’s feelings are

Proceedings—an event or a series of things that happens, the official written records of a meeting, society

Deadline—a date or time by which you have to do or complete smth.

 

V O C A B L U A R Y

1. Find synonyms

in two minds	Settle, clear up, explain
to participate	If
provided	To chair
to preside	Contain, comprise
to reduce	Diminish, decrease
to house	Highly important, necessary
essential	Hesitate
to solve	To take into consideration, to bear in mind
include	Take part
to take into, account	Enclose

 

2. Replace the italicized phrases by the verbs: (to turn out/to), (call for), (set out), (bring forward):

 

1) Nothing delighted the small child more than to clear her mother’s handbag of its contents.

2) When she was looking for the letter she had to take everything out of the drawer.

3) This institute has prepared a number of well-known scholars.

4) Despite an unpromising start the day proved to be fine.

5) He assured me that I could always apply to him if I ever needed financial help.

6) Don’t hesitate to apply to me if you are in a difficulty.

7) A group of gangsters attacked the train and ordered the passengers out on the field.

8) The case certainly requires further investigation.

9) You needn’t come and collect your laundry. It will be delivered to you.

10) The meeting has been fixed for an early time – on Tuesday.

11) He is a Lazy fellow. He will stay in for days on end unless you come for him and take him out.

12) I can’t make out what you mean. Will you state your ideas in plain English once more.

13) They started off soon after daybreak.

 

3. Supply the appropriate particles.

 

1 I wonder how he dared turn them ________ at midnight.

2. I don’t think their marriage has turned ________ well. Actually they are separated now.

3. The new creamery turns ________ ten thousand tons of butter a week.

4. The day turned ____ sunny and warm and he hoped that everything would turn ____ most satisfactory.

5. In three hours Arthur turned ______ the four hundred cylinders he needed to complete his daily stint.

6. The very moment she finished the letter she got down to turning ______ the bottom. Her nephew was coming the next day.

7. She most likely to turn _______ you for help. Be sure to meet her halfway or it will be late. You know the proverb I suppose, ‘A little too late – much too late.’

8. The discussion of such delicate questions as these calls _______ great tact and patience.

9. His deceitful behavior calls ______ condemnation.

10. Now I’m already halfway though the book, so you may call ________ it on Saturday.

 

(В.С. Шах-Назарова, Л.Г.Памухина, Т.Г.Шелкова «Без них не обойтись в английской разговорной речи.»)

 

5. Language for

 

1. Comment on the following statements. In your opinion are they:

 

a) Essential

b) Helpful

c) Unhelpful for a successful presentation?

 

1) Tell a joke at the beginning. 2) Speak more slowly than you normally do. 3) Smile a lot. 4) Involve the audience. 5) Invite questions during the presentation.

6) Always keep to your plan. 7) Move around during your presentation. 8) Use a lot of gestures to emphasize important points. 9) Read out your presentation from a script. 10) Stand up when giving your presentation.

 

Mind useful language

Introducing yourself:

· Good morning everyone. · Let me introduce myself. My name is · I’m a specialist in…..

 

Structuring the presentation:

I’m going to divide my talk into four parts. First I’ll give you...; after that...; finally

 

Inviting questions:

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask. I’ll be glad to answer any questions (at the end of my talk).

 

Giving background information:

I’ll give you some background information. Let’s start with the background

 

Changing the topic:

Right, let’s now move on to ______ O.K. I’ll now look at _____

 

Concluding:

To sum up… So to summarise….

 

Referring to visuals:

If you look at the graph…. Could I draw your attention to the chart? If you take a look at the first year, you’ll see…

 

Visuals:

If you look at the graph Could I draw your attention to the chart? If you take a look at the first year, you’ll see

Ending:

Thanks very much. Any questions? Well, that’s all I have to say. Thank you for listening.

 

(Market leader/ New edition/ David Cotton, David Falvey, Simon Kent)

 

Request and offers.

 

A. Complete the sentences with expressions from the box. Which phrases can be used in more than one sentence?

 

a.Can you ring … b.So if you’d like to … c.I’d like you to … d.Do you think you could … e.I was wondering … f.Would you mind …

6) _____ if you could spare me two minutes. 7) _____ help me sort out these invoices? 8) _____ Richard to organize coffee and biscuits for the conference? 9) _____ organizing the collection for Melissa Bevan? 10) _____ deal with this straightaway. 11) _____ organize your own flight and we will reimburse you.

B. The following orders a – f are not very polite. Express each one as a polite request using the prompts in italics.

 

Post these letters! think

File these documents! mind

Tidy up the office! I’d like

Answer this fax! could

Book your own taxi! If you’d

Take me to the airport! wondering

 

C. Look at these replies. Which requests in 1 above do they answer?

 

5) I am rather busy. Could we meet later?

6) I could, but he doesn’t like taking orders from me.

7) Actually, I would mind. I hate asking people for money.

8) I will, just as soon as I’ve finished this.

 

D. Match the headings 1-7 to the expressions a-g.

 

1) Asking for clarification 2) Contributing/ asking to interrupt 3) Asking for contributions 4) Summarizing 5) Dealing with resuming after interruptions 6) Keeping the meeting on track 7) Clarifying

a) It’s an interesting point beet I’m not sure how relevant it is to our discussion. b) Does anyone have anything further to add? c) I’d just like to say that we have very little time. d) What does a negative outcome mean exactly? e) What I mean is we should wait and see what happens. f) Can I just finish off what I was saying? g) So, to recap, we all that these costs have risen too high.

 

E. Decide which forms in sentences a-f below are used to

 

1) Express a strong prohibition 2) Describe general duties or obligation 3) Say smth is unnecessary 4) Talk about a regulation that is not always respected 5) Say someone didn’t do smth because it wasn’t necessary

a) I had to wear a jacket and tie in my last job. b) You needn’t do that here. c) You’re really got to wear your ID tag. d) I didn’t need to do that in my old job. e) You’re supposed to use the pay phones. f) You mustn’t ever bring anyone in without senior management approval.