Successful Socializing

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Successful Socializing

• in English

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Greeting people

• Times of the day
• Good morning
• Good afternoon
• Good evening
• Saying who you are and what you do
• My name is Paul. I work in accountants.
• Im Ingrid. I work for MTB in advertising.
• Arthur Green. I work in the marketing department.
• My name is Sarah. Im responsible for customer
  service.
• I am Bruce Hunter and I am in charge of human
  resources.
• My name is Charlotte Braun and I head the finance
  section.
• Neutral greetings
• Its a pleasure to meet you. / Lovely to meet
  you.
• How do you do? / Very nice to meet you.

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Introductions

• Introducing yourself
• Let me introduce myself.
• May I introduce myself?
• Excuse me. Sorry to bother you, but can I just
  introduce myself quickly?
• Introducing people to each other
• Peter, let me introduce you to Carol Marsh from
  out parent company in Vancouver. Carol, this is
  Peter Richards, our chairman.
• Jenny, Id like you to meet Anna Williams. Annas
  our new marketing manager. Anna, this is Jenny
  Jackson, our research manager.
• Susan, Id like to introduce someone to you. This
  is Mark Tween, who will be spending the next
  month with us an intern.

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Small talk

• Typical small talk (make small talk)
• The weather
• Health
• Holidays
• Family
• Hobbies
• Home country
• Work situation
• Television
• From small talk to business
• Anyway, the reason we are here is to discuss the
  Alpha project.
• OK, we should probably get down to business.

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Visitors

• Offering visitors help
• Can I get you something to drink?
• Can I take your coat for you?
• Would you like some tea or coffee?
• Would you like to use our phone or internet?
• Telling visitor about your department
  (university)
• The university was founded in 1952.
• In the 1960s the University developed step by
  step.
• In these days Czech University of Life Sciences
  in Prague (CULS) provides complete university
  education.
• The studies are divided into three layers in
  accord with the Bologna Conference of
  Representatives of EU Universities and Schools of
  Higher Learning.

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Invitations

• Inviting people for a meal or drink
• Would you like to come to dinner this evening?
• Have you got time to go out with us this evening?
• How about a (quick) drink after work today?
• Shall we do lunch sometime this week, or are you
  too busy?
• Accepting invitations
• Id be delighted thank you very much.
• Oh, that would be lovely!
• Thats a great idea.
• That sounds good.
• That sounds like a good idea.

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Invitations

• Suggesting days, times and places
• How about Wednesday?
• Would Thursday suit you?
• Mondays looks good at the moment?
• Is seven oclock convenient for you?
• Saying no to invitations
• Oh, what a nice idea! But Im afraid I wont be
  in town.
• Sorry, Id love to. But I have to prepare for
  tomorrow.
• Sorry, Mike. This weeks not very convenient for
  me.
• That would be great , but Im afraid Im already
  booked up on Tuesday.

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Saying goodbye

• Saying that you have to go
• I think I should make a move soon.
• Im afraid I should be on my way before the
  traffic gets too bad.
• Sorry, but I really have to get going.
• Saying thank you
• Thank you so much for organizing everything
  during my visit.
• Thanks for bringing me to the airport, Bill. That
  was a great help.
• Thank you for all your help with the
  presentation, Gabriele.

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Saying goodbye

• Future contacts
• I look forward to seeing you again next month.
• Im looking forward to meeting up again at the
  conference.
• Ill give you call when I get back to the office
  on Monday.
• Exchanging business card.
• Heres my business card.
• Could you let me have one of your cards so that I
  can get in touch?
• Im afraid Ive run out of cards. Let me give you
  my e-mail address.