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1 Your sister tells you that your friend has phoned you several times while you were out and left a message for you to call him back immediately upon your arrival home. You try to get in touch with him, but unsuccessfully. You are very much upset. Your sister comforts you.

2 Somebody wants your father on the phone in his absence* You try to find out whether you might be helpful and suggest some ways of getting in touch with him*

3 You see a little girl crying at the public phone as she can't get in touch with her mother's office. It turns out she can't use the public phone. You explain to her how to use it.

4 You put through a trunk call to Moscow, At last you are connected, but the number of your friend’s home phone appears to have changed. You ask the call-office operator for advice and follow her recommendations.

2. Make reports on:

1. How the telephone was invented. 2. The principles of the telephone mechanism. 3. The work of a telephone line. 4. The advantages and disadvantages of the telephone as compared to other means of communication.

Test yourself 8

1 Insert prepositions or adverbs:

1. Is there anything more difficult than to speak ... a foreign language ... the telephone

2. Don't hang... the receiver. Hold..., please.

3. He let the telephone ring twice, then he picked ... the receiver, and almost whispered his "Hello"... the mouthpiece.

4. "What has happened ...the telephone?

5. He waited ... the receiver ... the number to be given him.

2 Arrange the following into groups of words and word combinations close in meaning:

To call smb; to connect; to wait at the telephone; to be engaged on another line; to be called to the telephone; to make a call; telephone cabin; to pick up the receiver; trunk call; the line is clear; to put a call through; to hang up; a dial telephone; to hold the wire (or the line); to ring off; to be cut off; to get in touch; to speak over another telephone; to take up the receiver;^ non-automatic phone; to ring smb up; to put through; there was, no reply (answer); the line is busy; to ptrt down the receiver; to give smb a ring; to be disconnected; to hold on; the line is free; a call phone; to telephone to smb; long distance call; telephone booth; to give smb a call; to look up the telephone directory; to get through; to be wanted on the phone; to consult the telephone book; nobody answered the telephone(the call); call-box; an automatic telephone.

3 Fit the following sentences into situations. Paraphrase them wherever possible. Translate into Russian.

1. Were there any calls former?

2. We had a very bad connection.

3. The telephone is dead. There was no reply.

4. Are you there?

5. Go ahead. You are through.

6. You are wanted on the phone.

7. Where can I reach you?

8. She left no message.

9. He is engaged on another line.

4 Use the following word combinations in sentences of your own:

To have the wrong number; to leave a message; to call back; to wait for the dialing tone; to wait at the receiver; to consult the telephone book; to reach smb at a certain number; to get through to smb; to make a call; to call smb.

5 Explain the difference between:

1. A dial phone and a call phone.

2. A private phone and a public phone.

3. A wall phone and a desk phone.

4. A telephone: directory and a telephone note-book.

Give as many word combinations with the noun telephone (phone) as you remember:

e. g. automatic phone , etc.

6 Correct whatever is wrong in the statements

I. Robert remembered Virginia's telephone number very well so he didn't have to consult his telephone book. 2. Robert easily found her telephone number in his telephone book. 3. When Robert dialed the number a constant buzz indicated that the line was free. 4. He did not wait a moment and dialed again. 5. Robert got the right number at once. 6. When he found that he had made a mistake he kept holding the line. 7. Robert got very impatient, he hung up the receiver and did not try f to get through any longer. 8. Robert was very careful to dial the right number this time but there was no reply. 9. Some-body answered the call. It was Virginia White. 10* When Robert did not find Virginia in, he did not give his name. Don't tell her that I called", he said. He did not leave her any message either.