Методические указания по английскому языку для студентов 3-5 курсов исторического факультета. Часть 2. Коныгина Г.И. - 15 стр.

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Hello, Suzie, it’s Alan ... look, I feel awful about this but I can’t come to your party
tonight ... something’s come up ... no, I can’t get out of it, it’s a problem I’ve got to sort
out straight away ... I won’t go into it now ... yes I know I did this the last time you
invited me but don’t take it personally ... no, that’s not true, I do like your friends ...
honestly, there’s nothing I can do about it ...
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Man: What do you make of it so far then?
Woman: Well, I’m very disappointed. Nobody seems to know what’s going on.
Man: I quite agree. It all looked fine in the brochure but they seem to be making it up as
they go along.
Woman: Yes, I mean, the excursions! I always wanted to go to those places and they
haven’t let me down, but all that waiting around!
Man: Still, I guess you can’t really expect much better for the money, can you?
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Hello, I wonder if I could just take up a few moments of your time? We’re conducting a
survey into what people think of the telephone service in this area and I’d just like to
ask you a few questions about what you’re satisfied and dissatisfied with - especially
with regard to the prompt repair of faults. We’ll be publishing the results and we’ll be
acting on them so that you get a better service ...
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Yes, it was the first time I’d seen it, and I couldn’t believe it. I mean, it’s all so amateur!
The presenters keep looking at the wrong cameras, and there’s one who has an
interview programme and he just hasn’t got a clue what he’s doing - I gather they’ve
decided to get rid of him. Where do they get them from? All those adverts about it being
‘A New Kind of Television’- well, I suppose it is - it’s worse than all the rest.
                                            Part 2
You will hear part of a radio programme in which postcards are discussed. For
questions 9-18, complete the sentences.
Presenter: Well, postcards are so much a part of everyday life that it’s hard to imagine
a time when they didn’t exist. Well, from tomorrow until the end of the month there’s
an exhibition celebrating the history of the British picture postcard at the Royal
Exhibition Centre, and our reporter, Sally Wells, is there.
Sally: Yes, thanks David. This exhibition has been organized by the Postcard Traders’
Association and 100 dealers from all over the world have gathered to display about 2
million cards. I have with me Neil Parkhouse, chairman of the Association. Neil, when
did postcards start?
Neil: Well, the first postcards in Britain went on sale in 1870, but they were blank. The
Post Office first allowed the use of picture postcards in 1894. They had room for only
the briefest of messages - words had to be written on the same side as the picture,
leaving the back for the address and stamp. The golden age of the postcard didn’t begin
until this restriction was lifted in 1902, when the ‘divided back’ was allowed - this
meant that the picture was on the front and the back was split in half - half for the words
and half for the address and stamp, as today. This meant that publishers were free to