Unit 1. Business communication: face to face
1.1. Listening Development
Assignment 1. Listen to the recording to Unit 1. Camela and business English expert David Evans are looking at business socialising. How does David describe business socialising? What situations are given as examples? Who are involved in these conversations? Where do they happen?
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Listen again and say whether these statements are true or false:
Socialising is one of the easiest things business people do.
It is OK to start a conversation with a stranger at a business conference.
When the speaker says “You must be Darren” she is absolutely sure what the interlocutor’s name is.
At the first meeting it is not customary to ask detailed questions about jobs and careers.
It is extremely important to provide your interlocuter with contact details.
Assignment 2. Listen to the recording to Unit 1 again. Jot down the words and expressions, which the speakers define and exemplify after their dialogue. Find the Russian equivalents.
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1.2. Vocabulary Enrichment
Assignment 1. Which of these expressions are used for the purposes specified in the table below? Complete the table with these expressions. Then add other expressions you know. You can find them in the Active Vocabulary section at the end on Unit 1.
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It’s a pleasure to meet you.
I have to be going now.
Hello, Bill. Bill – Mike. Mike – Bill.
Will you excuse me for a moment?
Later.
I’m afraid I’m running late.
Have you two been introduced?
I’m delighted to make your acquaintance.
Same here.
Hi!
How do you do?
How are you doing?
Nice / pleased to meet you.
(It was) nice meeting you.
to introduce a person to another person:
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to respond to an introduction: extremely formally:
less formally:
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to greet a person:
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to ask how a person is doing: |
to finish up a conversation:
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to say goodbye to a person:
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Assignment 2. Put the following conversations in the right order. Write numbers in the boxes.
Conversation 1
M r. D a l o m i. How do you do, Mr. Thompson? Where are you from? You have an accent I can’t quite pin down.
M r. T h o m p s o n. How do you do, Mr. Dalomi? I’m Jack Thompson, Jane Santana’s deputy.
M r. D a l o m i. Welcome to Oxford. It's nice to see you again.
M r. T h o m p s o n. It’s great, absolutely great! There so many things you can do here, so many places you can see. And career opportunities are just amazing!
M r. D a l o m i. Excuse me, I don’t think we’ve met before. My name is Joe Dalomi.
M r. T h o m p s o n. I’m Australian-born, but I have spent over a year working in London for Begerbird.
M r. D a l o m i. Oh, I see. How do you find London?