Unit One Greeting and Introducing People

I Introduction II Teaching Tasks

I Introduction

 When you are introduced to foreign friends, you should greet them with “ How do you do?” and shake hands with them for a few seconds. The next thing is, perhaps, the presenting of a business card, which is also called a name card.

You should accept the card with a smile and a quick browse, and at the same time, offer yours.

II Teaching Tasks

Task 1 Read and translate business cards Sample 1

International Exchange Section Binhai Foreign Languages School Prof. Lu Yang Director Address:5 Binhai Road, Binhai City, 116000 Tel & Fax: 0411-4673289 E-mail: [email protected]

Sample 2

Binhai Electronics Ltd.

Li Tiegang Electronics Engineer Address: No.50Chang-Jiang, Binhai E-mail: [email protected]

Tel: 0411-4673289 Handphone: 13625122445

Translations:

滨海外国语学校 国际交流部主任

Sample 1

陆 扬 教授 地址：滨海市滨海路 5 号 邮政编码： 116000 电话及传真： 0411-4673289 电子邮件 : [email protected]

Sample 2

滨海电子有限公司 李 铁 电子工程师 刚 地址：滨海市长江路 50 号 电子邮件： [email protected]

电话： 0411-4673289 手机： 13625122445

Task 2 Learn to write a business card

 Write an English business card according to the information given in Chinese. 滨海市人民政府外事处 李 亚 楠 博士 副处长 / 英文翻译 地址：滨海市北京街 10 号 2655186 邮编： 116000 电邮： [email protected]

传真： 0411 电话： 0411-2655174 手机：

13604281366

Foreign Affairs Section Binhai Municipal Government

Key:

Li Yanan PhD Deputy Chief / English Interpreter Address: No.10, Beijing Street, Binhai City, P .C.:116000 Tel: 2655174 Fax: 0411-2655186 Mobile: 13604281366 E-mail: [email protected],inptan.net.cn

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Notes:

 1. Business cards include the following items: The bearer’s name, profession and title, address, telephone number, fax, postal code, e-mail address, and some other useful information and personal data.

 2. To a foreign friend, we should remember to present a card either with an English version or written in English, because most English speakers don’t have competence in reading Chinese.

Task 3 Learn some dialogues

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From the above all, we can conclude some expressions of greeting people , responses to the greetings, introducing and taking leave of people.

Data Bank

A. Greetings

Hi! How do you do?

Hello, you must be Jack from America.

How are you?

Hello. How are things with you?

How are you doing?

How is everything?

You are doing all right?

How it goes?

How is life, John?

Excuse me. Are you Kitty?

B. Responses to greetings

How do you do?

Fine, just fine.

Fine, thank you.

Quite well. And you?

The usual. How about you?

So-so. And what about you?

Nothing particular.

Not too bad.

Nice to meet you.

Very happy to see you.

C. Self-Introduction D. Taking leave

I’m Helen Waters. Please call me Helen.

Please allow me to introduce myself.

Let me introduce myself.

Hello, may I introduce myself?

I’d like to introduce myself first.

I’m Douglas, but everyone calls me Doug.

I’m glad to know you, Mr. Smith.

Pleased to meet you here.

Nice to meet you. I’ve heard quite a lot about you .

Bye. /Bye-bye.

I’m leaving, Mr. Smith. Please do take care.

I’d better go now. Let’s stay in touch.

I’ve got to run.

I must be off now. So long.

Let’s call it a day now. Good-bye.

Thank you very much for the nice dinner. Bye.

See you. I’ll call you now.

I’ve really got to go now.

Good night.

Nice meeting you, too.

Have a nice day/ trip.

The pleasure is mine. Here is my card.

Here is my e-mail address. Please keep in touch. See you later! Don’t forget to give me a call.

Enjoy yourself.

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Notes:

 1. Introductions are important because a proper introduction will leave a good first impression upon others.

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A usual introduction includes a greeting, a hand shake, an exchange of names and cards, and a few words about one’s work.

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Here is an example about greeting and introducing people. .

Zhang: Hello, are you Prof. Smith from the United States?

Mr. Smith: Yes, Robert Smith. Please call me Robert. Thank for coming to meet me at the airport.

Zhang: My pleasure. Welcome to China. My name is Zhang Lin You can call me Zhang. Here is my card. ……Exchange cards.

Mr. Smith: Thank you. Here is mine. And this is my wife. ………… …………………………………………………… Introducing.

Zhang: How do you do, Mrs. Smith. ………………Greeting.

Mrs. Smith: How do you do? It’s nice to meet you. Please call me Mary. ……………………………Response to greeting. Zhang: How was the journey, Mary?

Mrs. Smith: Well, it was Ok, although a little tiring.

Zhang: Then let’s get your luggage and go to the hotel now.

Mr. Smith: Oh, thank you. It’s very kind of you.

Task 4

Practice greeting and introducing people

 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 this dialogue with your partner.