Part Ⅰ Situational Dialogues
Situational Dialogue 1
Mr.Johnson comes to the hotel to invite his American business associates，Mr.White and his colleagues，to a dinner party.
Mr.Johnson：Good morning，Mr.White. How is your room？
Mr.White：Very comfortable and quiet. We’re all very happy with the facilities and services here.
Mr.Johnson：I’m glad to hear that. Now，I’m here just to tell you that we’ll be having a dinner party tomorrow evening. We’d like to invite you all to come.
Mr.White：Oh，how nice of you！We’d be delighted to come.
Mr.Johnson：Here’s the invitation.
Mr.White：Thank you.
Mr.Johnson：Then I’ll send somebody to pick you up from the hotel lobby at six tomorrow evening. Is that all right？
Mr.White：Yes. That’s fine. Thank you.
Mr.Johnson：See you then.
Mr.White：See you.
Practice 1
Task 1：Listen to the dialogue and role-play it in pairs.
Task 2：Simulated situational conversation.
Suppose you are Alice. You are making a reservation at a Chinese restaurant for Bill and his client Laurent White.
Situational Dialogue 2
Mr.White and his two colleagues enter the restaurant. Mr.Johnson greets them at the door.
Mr.Johnson：Welcome，everybody！Mr.White，I’m glad you’ve come.
Mr.White：It’s very kind of you to have invited us.
Mr.Johnson：Please sit down. I hope the food we’ve ordered will be to your liking.
Mr.White：Thank you very much for inviting me to dinner.
（They sit down and begin to have dinner.）
Mr.Johnson：Please help yourself，everybody.
Mr.White and his colleagues：Thank you. We certainly will. It all looks delicious.
Mr.Johnson：Mr.White，you’ll be leaving soon. Has your trip to this fair been fruitful？
Mr.White：Yes，there’s a really wide range of goods on display and most prices are acceptable.
Mr.Johnson：Have you found anything that particularly interests you？