5. read the text. when we haven't got a chance to spcak face to face and it is necessary to get or send urgent information we deal with a telephone. but if the person we need is out at the moment we can leave a message on the answerphone. the message is a short summary ofthe whole conversation containing the most essential information. that is why you should be especially careful about numbers, dates, times and names. speak slowly and clearly. makc notes while you are taking messages, don't rely on your memory, and read all the important details back to the caller. don't interrupt the person you speak to, let him finish what he wants to say. speak in a polite voice. find the equivalents in the text: to have the opportunity, urgent information, it is necessary to read, to talk face to face, to deal with ..., other ways, the person we need, the most important information, a brief summary, that's why.
Halloween Хэллоуин
One of the national festivals of English-speaking countries is Halloween. It takes place on October 31 on Allhallow’s Eve.
The pumpkin is a symbol of this festival in which offensive face is cut out. A lighted candle is put into the pumpkin. It was considered that pumpkin left about the house on All Saints' Day drove off malignant demons. The song “Monster Mash” by Bobby Pickett is an informal hymn of this festival.
On this day parties are held and people put on suits of the terrible creatures and monsters from films. Children go from house to house, sing songs and try to get sweeties. Besides that games and fortune-telling are widely spread on Halloween. At night children and teenagers tell each other horror stories and legends and the most popular legend is about Bloody Mary. She is said to appear in a mirror when her name is called three times.
Organization of attractions where visitors are got scared is also an important tradition. On this holiday television broadcasts a lot of horror films and animations. On this day we can show our fantasy and live in the world of dead for a little while.
Halloween has been gaining in popularity in Russia recently.