1. You are on a train. Ask someone you don't know to close the window
- Do you mind of opening the window?
- No, I don't.
- Could you help me because I don't know how to do it.
- Sorry, I'm afraid. I can't.
- But why? Why not?
- Because of my fingerache. I've broken it.
- Oh, awful! It's a pity.
- You have to ask someone else.
- Of course, I have. It's terribly hot. What can we do?
- Let's try to look for somebody who will be able really to help...
3. You see your middle-aged neighbour in the street. Ask him/her to post a letter for you
- How do you do, Nina Vasilievna?
- I'm fine, thanks. What about you?
- Thanrs, fine.
- What can I do for you?
- Would you post a letter for me, I have no time, I have to go to meet my little sister after her classes.
- With a pleasure. Whom have you written a letter?
- To my elder brother.
- Isn't he at home?
- Oh, no. He has left to Moscow to enter the university.
- Well, give me your letter. I must go.
- Thank you very much.
- Never mind.