Lesson 7 Business

Business English

Business Lunch – Overseas Visitors

How:


Lesson 7 Grammar : Posessive Adjectives

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Lesson 7 Idiomatic Expressions

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HOMEWORK:
1. Write a dialogue and prepare it for discussion the following period.
Details on the last page of your dialogue.


2. Grammar Section : do the Multiple Choice exercises.
3. Idiomatic Expressions : do the Multiple Choice exercises.

 Outline

 

 
 

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About
Business Lunch

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The company has visitors from Canada to discuss a joint venture.
They want to impress their visitors and go out of their way to give them special treatment.

Slide 1
Business Lunch

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Mister Lang calls miss Jones to his office.

JOHN LANG

JOHN LANG

JOHN LANG

Miss Jones, please come to my office.

MARY JONES:

MARY JONES:

MARY JONES:

I'll be right there.

Slide 2
Business Lunch

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Miss Jones enters his office.
In her hand she carries a memo pad.

JOHN LANG

JOHN LANG

JOHN LANG

Commanding
Please have a seat.
We have some VIP's from Canada arriving tomorrow.

MARY JONES:

MARY JONES:

MARY JONES:

Submissive
Yes, sir?

Slide 3
Business Lunch

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JOHN LANG

JOHN LANG

JOHN LANG

Instructive
They are really very important and we need to give them red carpet treatment. We need that contract!

MARY JONES:

MARY JONES:

MARY JONES:

Asking
What do you want me to do?

Slide 4
Business Lunch

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JOHN LANG

JOHN LANG

JOHN LANG

Instructive
First of all see to it that all the top managers are available. Write it down!
And arrange a business lunch at La Verde.
Only the best is good enough!

MARY JONES:

MARY JONES:

MARY JONES:

Asking
Yes sir! And the expenses?

Slide 5
Business Lunch

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Miss Jones looks at her boss, her eyebrows
raised.

JOHN LANG

JOHN LANG

JOHN LANG

Cocky
Never mind the expenses. We'll arrange that.

MARY JONES:

MARY JONES:

MARY JONES:

Anything else sir?

Slide 6
Business Lunch

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JOHN LANG

JOHN LANG

JOHN LANG

Commanding
Phone their company and find out if their managers have any special meal preferences.

MARY JONES:

MARY JONES:

MARY JONES:

I'll do that! And sir.....

Slide 7
Business Lunch

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Mister Lang is a bit irritated.

JOHN LANG

JOHN LANG

JOHN LANG

Annoyed
Yes!?

MARY JONES:

MARY JONES:

MARY JONES:

Don't you think we should rather entertain them in our own cafeteria?
I can arrange caterers.
It's more private.

Slide 8
Business Lunch

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Mister Lang is a bit irritated.

JOHN LANG

JOHN LANG

JOHN LANG

Frowning
Well, I don't know.
Perhaps a finger lunch when they arrive.
But later definitely at La Verde.

MARY JONES:

MARY JONES:

MARY JONES:

Summs up
Ok. Finger lunch on arrival and then at La Verde.

Slide 9
Business Lunch

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She writes down the details.

JOHN LANG

JOHN LANG

JOHN LANG

On second thoughts
And a... Yes, some champagne with the finger lunch.

MARY JONES:

MARY JONES:

MARY JONES:

Worried
We haven't budgeted for that!

Slide 10
Business Lunch

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The boss is a bit indignant.

JOHN LANG

JOHN LANG

JOHN LANG

Bossy
Let me worry about that. Just do it!

MARY JONES:

MARY JONES:

MARY JONES:

Timid
Yes sir.

Slide 11
Business Lunch

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SMALL TALK:

During the reception the people talk about this and that.
Select one of the dialogues and do some small talk.

TOPIC 1

TOPIC 1

TOPIC 1

A German and a Canadian are chatting.
The Canadian wants to know where the best pub is.

TOPIC 2:

TOPIC 2:

TOPIC 2:

Two Canadians are chatting about the German food.
They comment about the food.

Slide 12
Business Lunch
Dialogue Homework

Dialogues:
Write a dialogue on ONE of the following topics:
Topic 1: On the plane to Canada
The Canadians are on their way home and talk
about their stay. Various opinions are expressed.
Topic 2: At the company
In the company the discussions with the
Canadians are evaluated.
Various opinions are expressed.

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General Question

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