Название: Деловой английский. Ускоренный курс

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Changing money

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In the evening a few participants went to a bureau de change next to the hotel to change some dollars into pounds.

In London money can be changed either at banks, at bureaux de change or at customers' services desks in big department stores.

Banks are usually open from 9.30 a. m. until 3.30 p. m. Some are open on Saturday, but never on Sunday. They accept plastic cards Visa, Access as well as Eurocheques, traveller's cheques and, of course, cash. Many banks have cash dispensing machine services.

Bureaux de change are usually open for longer hours and every day. They often charge a bigger commission than banks.

The exchange rates are often shown in the running lines placed in the windows or on the walls of the bureaux de change for everybody to see.

Now Sergei comes up to the counter of the bureau de change:

Sergei: Good evening.

Cashier: Good evening, sir. Can Ihelp you?

Sergei: Could I change two hundred dollars into pounds, please?

Cashier: Yes, certainly.

Sergei: How much will it be?

Cashier: About one hundred and twenty pounds.

Sergei: Good. Here you are.

Cashier: Thank you. And how would you like it, in twenties, tens or smaller notes?

Sergei: In tens, please.

Cashier: Fine. Here is the money and your receipt, please.

Sergei: Thanks. Excuse me, will you be open tomorrow, on Sunday?

Cashier: Yes. But we work shorter hours on Sundays. We'll close at 7 p. m.

Sergei:    Thank you. And one more thing. Can I change these coins of fifty cents each.

Cashier: I'm afraid 1 can't take small change. We change only notes.

Sergei: Do you believe I can change them somewhere else?

Cashier: I'm afraid you can't. This is a rule with banks and bureaux de change.

Sergei: I see. Thank you. Cashier: You are welcome.

Words and expressions

Exercises

1. Find the answers in the text and write them down:

Where can money be changed in London?

Can only cash be changed?

Where can exchange rates be seen?

2. Complete as in the text:

Banks are usually open from ... until ... Some are ... on Saturday but never ... Many banks have machine services. Bureaux de change are usually ... longer hours and .. day They often charge than banks.

3. Read the following:

bureaux de change

either at banks or at bureaux de change or at customers' services desks

They are open every day.

They are open every day but not on Sunday.

They charge a commission.

They charge a bigger commission.

The exchange rates are shown in the windows.

They are shown in the running lines.

The running lines are sometimes placed on the walls    for everybody to see.

4. Write down what the text said about:

5. Underline the answer true to the text:

6. Read the following:

7. Complete the dialogues and act out similar ones:

•

— Good ...

— Good ... Can I help ...?

— Could I ... 200 ...

— How much ...?

— About 120 ...

— Good. Here you ...

— Thank you. And how ... smaller notes?

— In ...

— Fine. Here is receipt, please.

— Thank you.

•

— Excuse me, will ... Sunday?

— Yes, but ... shorter ... We'll close ...

•

— One more thing. Can I .. coins .?

— I'm afraid I can't ... We .. notes.

— Do you believe ... somewhere else?

— I'm afraid ... This is a rule ...

Артикли

В английском языке существует два артикля:

неопределенный,

определенный.

• Неопределенный артикль употребляется с существительными в единственном числе, когда просто называется данное существительное. Например

This is a bank.

This is a bureau de change.

Во множественном числе в этих случаях не употребляется никакого артикля. Например.

These are banks Jhese are bureaux de change.

Money can be changed either at banks, at bureaux de change or m_big department stores.

Существует две формы неопределенного артикля — a, an. Например.

a bank     an office

a dollar                   an Englishman

a pound                 an hour

• Определенный артикль употребляется с существительными в единственном и множественном числе, когда о данном предмете говорится как об уже известном. Например.

The participants are at a bureau de change now.

The bureaux de change are open on Sunday till 7.

Существует только одна форма определенного артикля — the.

В некоторых сочетаниях употребляется только определенный артикль. Например

•  с наименованиями аэропортов, гостиниц:

the Sheremetievo airport

the Russia hotel

the Sherlock Holmes hotel

•   с частями дня

in the evening

in the morning

in the afternoon

В некоторых случаях не употребляется никакого артикля. Например.

• с наименованиями городов, стран, улиц, площадей с именами людей.

England

London

Trafalgar Square, Baker Street

Mr. Hill

• с существительными, после которых стоят числительные.

Room 437

Unit 26

Exercise 10

в некоторых сочетаниях:

to go on business

to be on holiday

to have breakfast

to have lunch

to have dinner

8. Underline the articles in the text and explain their usage in every particular case.

particular — отдельный, частный, определенный

9. Say up what you have learned from the text and dialogue about changing money in Great Britain.

10. Say what you know about:

• changing money in Moscow

• current exchange rates

current — текущий, последний