Currency Exchange

Translate these expressions into Russian.

Where is the nearest exchange office? Where can I change foreign currency?

What are the operating hours of the bank (currency exchange office)?

Which window (counter) should I go to?

What is the rate of exchange for US dollars (pounds sterling)?

How much is the commission?

Where should I sign?

Please give me a receipt for the currency exchange.

Please note that I exchanged this amount of currency.

8.Describe one of the hotels of your home town/city.

Tell your own story (or a story you heard) about registration at a hotel and currency exchange.

Read the notice in the hotel and retell it in Reported Speech.

The euro enters circulation today (01.01.02) in the European Un­ion, with the exception of Denmark, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

No need to worry excessively about prices, says Belgian National Bank.

Consumers should watch out for price rises as the euro comes in, but there is no real reason to be excessively worried that the introduction of the cash euro and euro-based pricing will be inflationary according to the Belgian National Bank (BNB).

LESSON 4

Topics: Formal and Informal Correspondence.

Invitations. Wishes. Business Talks.

Formal and Informal Correspondence.

EXERCISES

Read and translate the samples of formal and informal letters.

Letters of Invitation and Replies Formal Letter of Invitation

Mr and Mrs John Alan Scott request the pleasure of Mr Vladimir N. Dneprovsky's company at dinner on Wednesday, December the sixth at seven o'clock

1, Newton Street. R.S.V.P.*

*R.S.V.P. (фр. Repondez, s'il vous plait) — Ответьте, пожалуйста.

Acceptance

Mr Vladimir N. Dneprovsky accepts with pleasure Mr and Mrs John Alan Scott's kind invitation for dinner on Wednesday, December the sixth at seven o'clock.