Английский язык. Агеенко Н.В. - 37 стр.

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Making an Appointment
May I speak to …
I’d like to make an appointment with you to clarify some details. Can we
meet on Wednesday?
Will it be all right for you if I call you up at six? (Quite. That’s quite all
right with me. That suits me perfectly. Could you make it seven?)
What time shall we make it? (Let’s make it five. Is 2.30 all right for you?
Does three o’clock suit you?)
Are you engaged tomorrow night? (I’m afraid I am. I don’t think I am. Let
me see …No, why?)
In interviewing your news source, be pleasant and courteous. Remember
that he is interested in correct and complete coverage of his news story. Don’t
worry if he doesn’t follow your prepared questions exactly, ask other questions
to be sure you understand fully, and to draw him out on what seems to you to be
important points.
Question Techniques
A conversation often depends on questions to keep it going in the direction
you want it to go.
The questioner in a conversation usually controls the conversation. Various
techniques may be used to get different sorts of information from different peo-
ple.
If you are to interview visitors from other countries it is advisable to begin
the conversation with some information about the newspaper you represent:
I’m a reporter from the newspaper …; it is a daily (weekly) newspaper; it
circulates throughout the whole country; the circulation of the newspaper is
about …; our newspaper addresses young people (a wide readership, a serious
readership, etc.), those readers who are interested in political problems (scien-
tific problems, problems of art, international problems, etc.).Here are some use-
ful opening expressions we use to lead up to questions:
I wonder if you could help me, I’d like to know …
I wonder if you could tell me …
Do you happen to know …?
Something else I’d like to know is this …
I’d like to talk to you about …
I’d like to ask you some questions …
I’d like to get some information …
Do you have time to talk to me now?
Could you tell me something about …?
You may want further details or you may not be satisfied with the answer
given. Here are some techniques for getting the extra information you want:
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