16. Practise the following illustrative dialogues.

1. In an office (formal).

1. : Mr. Hopkins, may I introduce you Charles Heller. (To

Mr. Heller) This is Mr. Hopkins of Clark & Co.

2. : How do you do? C : How do you do?

A.: Mr. Heller works for our London branch. He's responsible for international projects.

2. At work (formal).

1. : Good afternoon, Mr. Gray. How are you?

2. : Fine, thank you. How are you?

1. : Very well, thank you. I don't think you've met our new

manager. (To the manager) This is Mr. Gray. This is Mrs. Riddell.

2. : How do you do? C : How do you do?

3. At a conference (semi-formal).

1. : Good morning, David.

2. : Morning, Jenny. How are you? A.: Fine, thanks, and you?

В.: Fine. Is that Mrs. Leyden over there?

1. : Yes, it is. Let me introduce you ... Excuse me, Mrs.

Leyden. May I introduce you to David Sands? C: How do you do?

2. : How do you do? Pleased to meet you, Mrs. Leyden. C: Please call me Alice.

В.: And please call me David. Are you finding the conference interesting?

C: Yes, there have been some very good papers. I also find the discussions very useful.

d) At a party (informal). A:. Good evening, Nick.

В.: Good evening, Kate. Do you know Mike? Mike, this is

Kate, a friend of mine from work. C: Hello.

A:. Hello, pleased to meet you.

C: So are you an engineer too, Kate?

A:. That's right. What about you?

C: I'm in the building construction business.

1. : Oh, yes?

2. : Some wine, Kate? C: Yes, please, Nick.

17. Work with your groupmate. Introduce yourself to each other.

Hello/Hi, nice to meet you./I'd like to introduce myself. I'm ... / My name is ...

I'm from ... I am a second-year student of... / I work for ...

18. Introduce the following people a) formally, and b) informally. Use any names you like.

1. a new student to your teacher;

2. your manager to a new colleague;

3. your close friend to a new groupmate;

4. a visiting professor to your teacher;

5. your colleague to the head of the company department;

6. a friend of your age to an elderly man/woman you know;

7. a guest speaker holding a PhD degree to his audience.

19. Make up dialogues of your own, using the above expressions and illustrative dialogues as models.

Situations:

1. in an office (formal);

2. at a conference (formal);

3. at a meeting (formal);

4. in a library (semi-formal);

5. at an exhibition (semi-formal);

6. at a dinner party (informal);

7. at your university (informal).

8. at your place.

20. Before talking about your business, there is usually a period of social conversation (small talk). A good tactic is to ask questions. Practise asking questions, as small talk, from the following notes.

1. you/come from;

2. young/you/moved to;

3. part of/you/born in;

4. department/you/work;

5. long/you/with the company;

6. big/your department;

7. the job interesting;

8. old/your children;

i) your children/work/study;j) your/hotel/like;

k) you/find/the weather/here, or you/left;

1) you/think/e.g. London;

m) you/been/before/e.g. London;

n) you/spend//holidays;

21. Practice the following illustrative small talk dialogue.

1. : Hello, I'm Edward Johnson. I'm from the Sales Department.

2. : Hello, I'm Boris Klimov. I've just arrived from Russia.

1. : How are you? Welcome to our company.

2. : How are you? Nice to meet you.

1. : How was your flight?

2. : A little bumpy, but I am glad to be here.

1. : Good. Did you have a chance to rest?

2. : Yes. I had a good night's sleep last night.

1. : Well, fortunately we have nice weather today.

2. : Yes, it's beautiful. When I left, it was raining in Moscow.

1. : So, Mr. Klimov, where are you staying?

2. : I'm at the Hilton Hotel.

1. : Very nice. Have you seen any sights yet?

2. : Not yet, but Saturday I plan to tour the city and see every-

thing. Maybe you could recommend a tour.

1. : Well, there are some bus tours of the city. Or you might try

just a tour on foot.

2. : Sounds good.

1. : I understand you are in marketing. Do you have any new

ideas for our company?

2. : Yes, I do. I hope we will have time to discuss them all at the

meeting.

1. : Great! Then let's get started in the meeting room over there.

2. : Okay. I'll follow you.

22. Fill in the missing remarks of the small talk dialogue.

Nick: Hello, Mike! Welcome to London! It's good to finally meet you.

Mike: ! It's good to be here at last.

Nick: ?

Mike: No, I didn't. Rick Thomson gave me the directions to find you last week.

Nick: ?

Mike: I got a taxi here.

Nick: Good. ?

Mike: There was a short delay in New York, but the flight was fine. Fortunately, I slept on the plane, so I'm not tired.

Nick: ?

Mike: I'm not very tired.

Nick: Glad to hear it. We've got a very busy programme ahead.Let's discuss it over lunch. I booked a table for one-thirty. ?

Mike: I just love Italian food.

23. Make up small talk dialogues of your own using the above questions and dialogues as models, choosing any topics you like: arrival, jobs, origins, family, accommodation, travel, weather, etc.

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