Follow the Samples

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Talking Face to Face
Follow the Samples
Act Out
Put in Use
Data Bank
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Sample One
Sample Two
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Sample 1
Meeting People for the First Time
Glad/Happy to meet you to
see you
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Im LuYang
LLu Yang
DDick
  L Hello, nice to meet you. My name is Lu
Yang.   D How do you do, Professor Lu? Im
Richard
Washington. Please call me Dick.   L Welcome
to our department, Dick.   D Thank you. Here
is my card.   L Thanks. So you are here for
the research project?   D Yes, I am.  
my business card my name card
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Sample 1
Meeting People for the First Time
used when starting to speak to a stranger
JJack
LLi Tiegang
  J Excuse me, are you Mr. Li Tiegang?
  L Yes, I am.   J How do you
do, Mr. Li? Im Jack Green from
Zhonghua Technical School.   L Nice to
meet you, Mr. Green. Welcome to our
company.   J Thank you. Here is my
business card.   L Thanks. This is
mine.  
used to someone just met or introduced to the
speaker.
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Sample 2
Meeting People Again
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 L Hi, long time no see, Dick. Do you
still remember me?   D Oh, its you,
Professor Lu. So glad to see you again.
How are you?   L Very well, thank
you. How is your project?   D Its
going fine. Im here to present the project
report.   L Good. Im also here for the
conference.   D Really? Its a small
world.  
How is your study? How is your life?
You are kidding!
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Sample 2
Meeting People Again
L Hello, Jack. Havent seen you for ages.
Hows everything?   J Hi, Li. What
a pleasant surprise! Im fine. And you?   L
Very well, thank you. What brings you here?  
J Im here on business. How are things going
in your company?   L Not bad. How
about you?   J Just doing well. Would you
care for a drink?  
for pleasure
How about our company? How about a drink? How
about taking a walk?
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Act Out
Task One
Task Two
Task Three
Task Four
Task Five
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Here is a group of short dialogues. Follow the
examples to make more conversations with your
partner.  
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Task 1
A How do you do? B How do you do?   A My
name is Lin Fei. B Im Winnie London.   A
Glad to meet you. B Nice to meet you, too.
    Task Meet Prof. Smith at the airport.  
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Task 2
A Mr. Ballman, allow me to introduce myself.
My name is Li Tiegang, manager of the
company.   B How do you do, Mr. Li? Very glad to
see you.   A The pleasure is mine. This is my
card.   B Thank you. This is mine.       Task
Introduce yourself to Mr. Green.    
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Task 3
A Nice to meet you. Im Robert Miller from
Canada.   B Glad to know you. Your new
product is very impressive.   A Thank you.
Our company attends Binhai International
Fair every year.   B Hope to see you again next
year.     Task Greet your business partner,
Mr.Johnson, at a trade fair.    
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Task 4
A Hello, Susan. How nice to meet you here!   B
Hi, Wang. What a nice surprise! What brings
you here?   A Im here on vacation (??). And
you?   B Im teaching Spanish in a language
school here.     TaskShow your surprise
for an unexpected meeting (????) with
an old friend.      
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Task 5
A Hello, Bill. Do you still remember me?   B
Hi, Dr. Wang. How are you?   A Pretty good. And
how are you?   B Same old thing. Say, why dont
we go and get caught up over a drink?   A
Yes, why not? Lets go to the Golden Dragon
(??) Restaurant.     Task Show your pleasure for
meeting an old foreign colleague.     
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Put in Use
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
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Exercise 1
Imagine you are meeting an English teacher from
the USA at the airport. Read aloud the following
dialogue with your partner by putting in the
missing  
Words.
YYou
MMr.Smith
Y Hello, are you Prof. Smith from the United
States?   M Yes, Robert Smith. Please call me
________ . _________ for coming to meet
me at the airport.  
Robert
Thank you
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Exercise 1
MsMrs. Smith
pleasure
Y My __________. Welcome to China.
My name is Zhang Lin. You can
call me Zhang. ______ my
card.   M Thank you. Here is mine. And
_______ my wife.   Y ______________,
Mrs. Smith?   Ms How do you do? Its
nice to meet you. Please
________Mary.
Heres
this is
How do you do
call me
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Exercise 1
journey
Y How was the ________, Mary?
  Ms Well, it was OK, although a
little tiring.   Y Then lets get your
luggage and go to
________ now.  
M Oh, thank you. Its __________ of you.    
the hotel
very kind
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Exercise 2
Imagine you are a clerk at a language schools
guesthouse. Mary Green is a teacher from
Australia. You are meeting her at the airport.
Act out the following dialogue by translating the
Chinese into English. Your partner will play the
role of Mary Green.    
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Exercise 2
Hi, are you Miss Mary Green? Im Li Hong
from the foreign language school.  
You(??????????????????????)   Mary Oh,
how do you do, Li Hong? Thank you
for coming to meet me.  
the foreign language school
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Exercise 2
How do you do, Miss Green? Nice to meet you. Did
you have a good journey?  
You (??!??????,?????????????)   Mary
Yeah, quite pleasant. But I feel a bit cold
here. Its summer now in Australia,
you know.  
Did you have a good journey?  
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Exercise 2
Oh, yes. Lets go to the guesthouse of our
school. Everything is ready for you there.  
You(??!?????????,????????? ??)  
MaryThats very kind of you. I do appreciate
your help.  
be ready for
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Exercise 2
Well, Miss Green, here is my card. Please call me
or e-mail me if you need any help.  
You (?,????, ?????????????????? ??????)
  Mary Thank you very much. By the way, please
call me Mary.  
if you need any help
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Exercise 3
Imagine you are a new employee (??) at a joint
venture (????). Mr. Smith is the general manager
there. You meet him for the first time at the
companys canteen(??). Fill in the blanks
according to the clues (??)given in the brackets.
Then act it out with your partner.    
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Exercise 3
Mr. Smith
M
Y
You
Excuse me
Y(??????)_____________. Are you Mr. Smith?
  M Oh, yes. Simon Smith. You are a
newcomer?   Y(??)______________________
_? Im Li Ying, a graduate from
Binhai University. My major is
marketing.   M Very good. (????)
_______________________.  
How do you do, Mr. Smith
Welcome to our company
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Exercise 3
Y Im happy to work here. I know
(?????????) _________________________
_.   M And you may also know Im a lover
of Chinese food! (???)_______________.
 
you are the general manager  
Here is my card
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Exercise 3
Thank you
  Y(????)___________ . Im on line, too. But I
dont have a card yet. M Lets
take a seat at this table. Ill take down your
e-mail address.   Y Thank you, Mr. Smith.
(??????lybinhai_at_yahoo.com.cn.)
__________________________________________________
_____.
My email address is l-y-b-i-n-h-a-i-_at_-yahoo-dot-co
m-dot-cn
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Data Bank
A. Greetings B. Responses to greetings  
Hi! How do you do? Hello, you must be Jack from America. How are you? Hello. How are things with you? How are you doing? How is everything? You are doing all right? How it goes? How is life, John? Excuse me. Are you Kitty? How do you do?   Fine, just fine.   Fine, thank you.   Quite well. And you?   The usual. How about you?   So-so. And what about you?   Nothing particular.   Not too bad.   Nice to meet you.   Very happy to see you.  
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Data Bank
C. Self-Introduction D. Taking leave  
Im Helen Waters. Please call me Helen.   Please allow me to introduce myself. Let me introduce myself. Hello, may I introduce myself? Id like to introduce myself first. Im Douglas, but everyone calls me Doug.   Im glad to know you, Mr. Smith. Pleased to meet you here. Nice to meet you. Ive heard quite a lot about you. Nice meeting you, too. The pleasure is mine. Here is my card.   Here is my e-mail address. Please keep in touch.   Bye. / Bye-bye. Im leaving, Mr. Smith. Please do take care.   Id better go now. Lets stay in touch.   Ive got to run.   I must be off now. So long.   Lets call it a day now. Good-bye. Thank you very much for the nice dinner. Bye.   See you. Ill call you later.   Ive really got to go now.   Good night.   Have a nice day/trip.   See you later! Dont forget to give me a call. Enjoy yourself.