New Practical English Comprehensive Course 1

Unit 1 Greeting and Introducing People

Talking Face to Face Section I Business Cards and Passport Following the samples Act Out Put in Use

Business Cards and Passport Small card printed with someone’s name and details of his job and company Passport Official document identifying the holder as a citizen of one country and entitling him to travel abroad under its protection

Following the Samoles Useful Expressions Samples

Useful Expressions Greetings Introduction Responses to Greetings Taking leave

Greetings (I) How do you do? How are you? How are you doing? How is it going? How are things going? How are things with you? How is everything with you? How have you been lately?

Greetings (II) How is your business? What are you up these days? What’s happening with you these days? Are you feeling better now? I hope all goes well with you? How about you? / What about you? How are you getting along?

Responses to Greetings (I) Fine, thanks. / Just fine, thank you. Good / Pretty good / Great. Not too bad. Not much. Nothing much. Not too much. Same old stuff. Just so-so.

Responses to Greetings (II) Just as usual. Much better, thank you. Could be better, but not too bad. Well, not too good yet. How do you do? Quite well. And you? Nothing particular. Nice to meet you. Very happy to see you.

Introduction (I) Excuse me, are you Mr. Smith? May I introduce you to Mr. Davis? Do you know Mr. Blake? Have you met Judy? What’s your family / first name? What do you do? May I know your name? What position do you hold?

Introduction (II) What kind of job do you have? Allow me to introduce myself. Let me introduce myself. My name is Charles. This is our new friend, Miss Brown. I’d like you to meet my brother, Bill. I’d like to introduce Mr. Gao to you. Let me introduce you to her.

Introduction (III) I’ve heard so much about you. I know you very well by reputation. I believe we’ve met before. I don’t believe we’ve met. I don’t think you have met our manager, Mr. Gao. I think we’ve met somewhere.

Taking leave (I) Goodbye. Have a nice trip. Well, I must be off now. Well, see you around. Goodbye. It’s been nice meeting you. Bye, and thank you very much for coming. Thank you very much for everything. Bye for now. We’ll have to get together again sometime. Keep in touch. Don’t forget to drop me a line.

Taking leave (II) Bye. Take care of you. I have enjoyed talking to you. I’ll be seeing you! Goodbye and all the best. It’s been a pleasure meeting you. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my stay. I hope to see you again soon. Say hello to your family for me. I’m afraid the time has come to say goodbye.

Samples Sample1 Meeting People for the First Time Sample2 Meeting People Again

Act Out TASK 1 How do you do? My name is Lin Fei. Glad to meet you. Meet Prof. Smith at the airport. How do you do? I’m Winnie London. Nice to meet you , too.

Act Out TASK 2 Mr. Ballman, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Li Tiegang, manager of the company. The pleasure is mine. This is my card. Introduce yourself to Mr. Green. How do you do, Mr. Li? Very glad to see you. Thank you. This is mine.

Act out TASK 3 Nice to meet you. I’m Robert miller from Canada. Thank you. Our company attends Binhai International Fair every year. Glad to know you. Your new product is very impressive. Hope to see you again next year. Greet your business partner, Mr. Johnson, at a trade fair.

Act Out TASK 4 Hello, Susan. How nice to meet you here! I’m here on vacation. And you? Show your surprise for an unexpected meeting with an old friend. Hi, Wang. What a nice surprise! What brings you here? I’m teaching Spanish in a language school here.

Act Out TASK 5 Hello, Bill. Do you still remember me? Pretty good. And how are you? Yes, why not? Let’s go to the Golden Dragon Restaurant. Hi, Dr. Wang. How are you? Same old thing. Say, why don’t we go and get caught up over a drink? Show your pleasure for meeting an old foreign colleague.

Put in Use Task 1 Task 2 Task 3

Imagine you are meeting an English teacher from the USA at the airport 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. A=You; B=Mr. Smith; C=Mrs. Smith A: Hello, are you Prof. Smith from the United States? B: Yes, Robert Smith. Please call me (1) _________. (2) ____________ for coming to meet me at the airport. A: My (3) ______________. Welcome to China. My name is Zhang Lin. You can call me Zhang. (4) ________ my card. B: Thank you. Here is mine. And (5) _________ my wife. A: (6) _________, Mrs. Smith? C: How do you do? It’s nice to meet you. Please (7) _________Mary. A: How was the (8) _________, Mary? C: Well, it was OK, Although a little tiring. A: then let’s get your luggage and go to (9) __________ now. B: Oh, thank you. It’s (10) _____________ of you.

A: (1) 请问你是玛莉.格林小姐吧？我是外语学院的李红。 Imagine you are a clerk at a language school’s 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. A=You; B=Mary A: (1) 请问你是玛莉.格林小姐吧？我是外语学院的李红。 B: Oh, how do you do, Li Hong? Thank you for coming to meet me. A: (2) 您好！见到你真高兴，玛莉.格林小姐。旅途顺利吗？ B: Yeah, Quite pleasant. But I feel a bit cold here. It’s summer now in Australia, you know. A: (3) 对呀！让我们去学校宾馆吧，那儿一切都为你准备好了。 B: That’s very kind of you. I do appreciate your help. A: (4) 哦，格林小姐，这是我的名片。需要帮忙请打电话或发电子 邮件给我。 B: Thank you very much. By the way, please call me Mary.

Imagine you are a new employee at a joint venture. Mr 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 company’s canteen. Fill in the blanks according to the clues given in the brackets. Then act it out with your partner. A=You; B= Mr. Smith A: (1) [引起对方注意]_______. Are you Mr. Smith? B: Oh, yes. Simon Smith. You are a newcomer? A: (2) [问好] ________? I’m Li Ying, a graduate from Binhai University. My major is marketing. B: Very good. (3) [表示欢迎] ____________. A: I’m happy to work here. I know (4) [表示知道对方的身份]_______. B: And you may also know I’m a lover of Chinese food! (5) [给名片] ___. A: (6) [表示感谢]______. But I don’t have a card yet. As I’m online, too, I can give you email address. B: Let’s take a seat at this table. I’ll take down your email address. A: Thank you, Mr. Smith. (7) [口述自己的网址lybinhai@yahoo.com.cn]______.

Thank you for listening!

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