SECTION 3.2
PRESENTATION 1
3.2 A foreign visitor / An orientation

 

 

What do you think they are talking about?
What are they definitely NOT talking about?

 

Listen for the answers to these questions about the following conversation:
Who are the two people talking in the first part?
What is the main reason or purpose behind the conversation?
Is the purpose achieved?

 

Dialog 1
Situation
A visitor has come to Head Office.

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Receptionist and visitor
The visitor wishes to meet someone
Yes

Listen again and see if you can answer these questions:
What does Mr. Williams want?
What is Mr. Williams offered?
What is the name of the hotel?
How far away is it?
What time will the taxi come?

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To meet someone/see Mr. Stanley
Some refreshment / use of the phone (help, computer, Wi-Fi, taxi booking)
Tulip hotel
5 kilometers
12:30

Listen one more time and follow with the script to check your answers.

PRESENTATION 2

Dialog 2
Part 1
Mr. Stanley takes Mr. Williams to his office.
What do you think is the purpose of the visit?
Do these two men know each other?
How do you know?

 

Listen to the next dialog and see if your answers are correct.

 

Situation
The manager is now in his office waiting to show the visitor around.

 

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Mr. Williams has come to Head Office to get an overview of the Thai operations.
Not really, they’ve only communicated by email.
They are using each other’s first names.

 

Part 2
Listen again and answer these questions:
How many departments do they visit?
Has Mr. Williams been to Thailand before? When?
How many people work in the Finance Department?
How many years has the employee worked in R&D?
When does Mr. Williams plan to visit the plant?

 

Click Answer Key
Three
Yes, three years before/ago
25
15
Thursday