Part Ⅰ Situational Dialogues
Practice 1
Task 2: Simulated situational conversation.
Mary: Are you Henry Smith?
Henry: Yes.
Mary: I'm Mary Ross. How do you do?
Henry: Hello. Pleased to meet you.
Mary: Welcome to our company.
Henry: Thank you.
Mary: I am the administrative assistant in the Marketing Department. My boss is Donald Black. Well, our boss is Donald Black! Let me show you the department. (They go into the Marketing Department.) This is the Marketing Department. This is my desk. Er, that's Don's office. He's not here at the moment. And this is your desk.
(In the office, they meet Kate, the manager of Sales Department)
Mary: Kate, this is Henry Smith. He's our new Marketing Manager.
Kate: Ah, yes. Henry. Hello! Welcome to the New Century Company Marketing Department.
Henry: Hello, Kate.
Kate: Excuse me. (Kate leaves the office.)
Henry: What is Kate's job?
Mary: She's the Sales Manager. She's good.
Henry: Where does she fit into the company structure?
Mary: Here's the company structure. You see, Donald is Sales and Marketing Director and is on the Board. Kate reports to Donald. You are here and you report to Donald.
Henry: I see.
Practice 2
Task 2: Simulated situational conversation.
Lily: It is a great pleasure to have you visit us today. Mr.Karl, I am very happy to have the opportunity to introduce our company to you. Our company was founded in 1987 by Mr.Mingchang Lee in Hong Kong. We specialize in manufacturing electronic products.
Tom: Do you export your products to Europe, too?
Lily: Not at present, but it's our next plan. Our products are mainly exported to Asia and North America. We started business as a small production plant, and now it has expanded into a large group.
Tom: That's marvelous! So how many employees do you have?
Lily: We now have about 34，000 employees around the country.