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Unit I.Meeting people

Learn how to meet for the first time, how to catch up, how to tell a story, how to describe someone else, how to make, accept and decline offers.

Lesson 1. Early Business Contacts

Warm up

I. Which of the following happens the first time you meet someone?

  • I talk too much because I’m nervous.

  • I don’t speak at all because I think of anything to say.

  • I smile a lot so that the other person likes me.

  • I act in exactly the same way as I would with a person I know.

II. Can you remember when and where you met some of the following people for the first time? Tell your teacher what happened.

  • • a very good friend

  • • your boss

  • • a girlfriend / boyfriend

  • • a colleague

  • • a customer

  • • a teacher

Active Vocabulary

Introductions often include these steps:

  • Greeting or request for introduction

  • Introduction

  • Response to greeting

Phrases for introducing yourself:

Greeting

Introduction

Response

Hello

Good morning/afternoon

How do you do?

Let me introduce myself.

My name’s….

I’m ….

Pleased to meet you. I’m ….

Nice to meet you. Mine’s….

Glad to meet you. I’m….

Phrases for introducing someone else:

Request for introduction

Introduction

Response

…, could you introduce me to…?

…, I haven’t met….

…, I don’t know anyone here. You’ll have to introduce me.

Of course… Let me introduce you to….

I’m sorry… This is ….

Of course, I’ll introduce you to…. …, this is ….

Let me introduce you two. …, this is ….

(Very) nice to meet you.

Note: some introductions are more formal than others. The use of first names indicates informality. In English-speaking cultures, people usually shake hands on first meeting.

It’s very common to present yourself in terms of your job. The job identifies the person.

Question/comment

Filler

Response

Comment/question

What do you do (for a living)?

Do you work?

What do you do (in the … Department)?

I haven’t seen you around before.

Well

Oh

I’m in computers.

Yes, I’m a fashion designer.

I’m on the market research side.

I’ve just started with Manders. I’m in the Sales Department.

Not a bad job.

That’s interesting.

What about you?

And you?

What do you do there?

I. Invent name, job, and place of work. Practice introductory conversations.

When you meet someone for the first time and start up a conversation, it is important to find points of common interest so that the conversation can run smoothly. Successful conversation depends on finding a topic both people can easily talk about. One way of reaching this point is to follow a number of steps until a topic of common interest is found. A typical sequence might be:

Speaker

Step

A

Opening question

B

Immediate answer

A

Follow-up question

B

Immediate answer

B

Additional comment

A

Next question

A/B

Topic of common interest