Unit 1. Abstracts for communication
Start-up
Exercise 1. Tongue twisters to be remembered:
a)
B)
Exercise 2. Listen and repeat:
Exercise 3. Give appropriate translation to the proverbs and sayings. Remember three of them:
Exercise 4.* Make up a small proverbs-based dialogue.
Exersice 5. Choose the best way to say these numbers and dates (sometimes more than one way is possible). Then listen and check.
23.56
| a
| Twenty-three comma fifty-six
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| b
| Twenty-three point fifty-six
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| c
| Twenty-three point five two
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| d
| Two three point five six
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10, 001
| a
| One thousand and one
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| b
| Ten thousand one
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| c
| Ten thousand and one
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| d
| One triple oh one
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£ 63.30
| a
| Sixty-three pound and thirty pence
|
| b
| Sixty-three pounds and thirty pence
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| c
| Sixty-three pounds and thirteen pence
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| d
| Sixty-three pounds thirty
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5, 400, 342
| a
| Five hundred thousand, four hundred, three hundred and forty-two
|
| b
| Five million, four hundred thousand, three hundred and twenty-four
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| c
| Five million, four hundred thousand, three hundred and fourty-four
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| d
| Five billion, four hundred thousand, three hundred and twenty-four
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€ 45, 638
| a
| Forty-five thousand, six hundred and thirty-eight euro
|
| b
| Forty-five thousand, six hundred and eighty-three euro
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| c
| thousand, six hundred and three eight euro
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| d
| Forty-five, sixty-three, eight euro
|
| a
| Nineteen ninety-nine
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| b
| Nineteen hundred ninety-nine
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| c
| Nineteen nine nine
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| d
| One nine nine nine
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| a
| Two thousand three
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| b
| Two double oh three
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| c
| Two thousand and three
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| d
| Twenty oh three
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