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Task 10.

Task 10. - раздел Образование, Complete the table with the help of a dictionary (e.g. Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English). 1. What Do These Abbreviations Stand For? Example:...

1. What do these abbreviations stand for?

Example: ВВС The British Broadcasting Corporation

The UN Unesco c/o Rd ID BSc FBI Fr ext. PIN e.g. asap dep. RSVP arr. MP CD

2. What are the full forms of these shortened words?

Example: phone telephone

lab exam ad fridge rep

3. What are the short forms of these full words?

Example: aeroplane plane

newspaper shoelaces television suitcase wristwatch

4. Here is a note written in a hurry, with a lot of abbreviations in it. Can you say what each one in bold means in full?

Example: tel telephone

To: John Furness

From: Sally Oldbeck

Dear John,

Here are the times for my trip: arr. from Paris 2.25 pm at Victoria Station, Wed 14th. Stay with friends, tel: 41356787, address 56 Carlton Ave, Eastcheap, London S4. Dep Sat 17th from Heathrow, flight no EI 654 to Dublin.

If you need to ring me in the office, it's Oriental Imports Ltd, tel 3546659, ext 5656.

Sally

5. Use abbreviations instead of the words in bold.

Example: care of - c/o

1. It is a digital camera, that is to say it doesn't use film, but takes pictures electronically.

2. I needed some paper, envelopes, pens, and so on.

3. There are several ways of solving the problem, for example, try fitting new batteries.

4. You can repair it yourself. Please note, the guarantee is no longer valid if you do.

5. She saw a flying saucer or some kind of spaceship in the sky above her house.

6. Her address is: Flat number3, Block B, Horley Street, Bartsow.

7. She got a Bachelor of Science degree from London University, and now she's doing a Doctor of Philosophy degree.

8. There was a postscript at the end of the letter.

6. What things in these addresses are normally abbreviated? How is Ms pronounced?

1. Mister A. Carlton 2. Ms P. Meldrum

Flat number 5 care of T. Fox

28, Hale Crescent 6, Marl Avenue

Borebridge Freeminster

3. N. Lowe and Company

7, Bridge Road

Preston

United Kingdom

7. 'Translate' this note from the boss to a group of workers in an office into full words.

Memo from:Mr Richard Hedd (MD)

To: All staff

Date:3/5/91

Ref:04056/DC

May I remind you that all new lab equipment should be registered with Stores & Supplies, Room 354 (ext 2683). NB: new items must be notified before 1700 hrs on the last day of the month of purchase, i.e. within the current budgeting month. All a/c nos must be recorded.

Dick

8 . Explain 1-5 and match them with the contexts on the right.

1 Students and OAPs: £1.50 on an aerosol can

2 WC Gents in a newspaper headline

3 US forces take 5,000 POWs on a museum entrance

4 Ozone-friendly: CFC-free on an airline timetable

5 Dep 1500 Arr 1742 on a door in a pub/restaurant

9. People have developed a new informal way of writing in chat rooms and on message boards. They also use similar language when they send messages by phone. Explain the following messages.

r u alryt?

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