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EXERCISES

Phonetic Exercises

1.Practice the following dialogues.

1. Buying a present

- What would you choose if you were me?
- You must make up your own mind.
- Lets go along the lines and look at the counters. Something may
catch our eye.
- Will anything in the way of haberdashery do? Say an embroidered
Ukrainian towel or blouse?
- No, that’s not what I want.
- What about a matrioshka-doll?
- It’s too trivial. Everybody buys them.
- What do you think of a wallet?
- That won’t do either.
- What would you say to a muffler?
- Forget about it.
- I see you are very hard to please. Well, I could suggest …
- Wait! I’ve got an idea. Why not buy that silver tumbler and have it
engraved?
- That’s not a bad idea. You can have it engraved right here in the
shop.

2. Buying a coat

- What can I do for you?
- I want to buy a coat on hire purchase.
- What color would you like?
- I’d prefer a plum colored coat.
- Try this one.
- I can’t say I like it. It’s much too short.
- Try this purple one.
- It isn’t quite what I want. I’d like something of better quality.
- What do you think of this model?

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