Elicit from students all the greetings they know in english.you may want to point out the different greetings for different parts of the day and also formal/in formal greetings.

 

Personal and professional details

Meeting people

1.here are some phrases you can use when you greet somebody.Choose the best response(A-G)for each phrase(1-6)

 

0 Good morning.My name's Ros Cox         A not too bad,thanks and you?

1 Hello,I'm lothar muller                B No,I'm not

2 Excuse me,are you linda Gordon         C Pleased to meet you.Ms Cox

3 Hello,Ms Leonardi,How are you?         D How do you do,Mr Muller?

4 Excuse me,Is your name Brown?          E Please,Call me Peter

5 Hi george,Nice to see you again        F Yes,it is.

6 Pleased to meet you,Mr Lehman          G Nice to see you too

 

Answer：0C 1D 2B 3A 4F 5G 6E

 

2.Work in pairs to check your answers.Then practise saying the greeting and responses.

 

3.In which of the situations in exercise 1 are the people meeting for the first time?

 

4.complete the conversation with the sentences in the box.

 

It's a real pleasure to work with her         Nice to meet you,Ian

Do you know her?                              May I introduce myself?

My boss is in Sydney.                         She's In Singapore,too

 

Ian   : Hello,(1)_________________________________My name's Ian and I work in the Asia-Pacific division.

 

Henry : (2)_______________________________My name's henry and this is my colleague,Sarah

 

Sarah : Hello,Ian,Do you work in the Sydney office?

 

Ian   : No,not at the moment.(3)_____________________________________But I'm based in Singapore.

 

Henry : Look!there's Michelle over there.she;s based somewhere in Asia.I can't remember where exactly(4)____________________________________________

 

Ian   : Yes,we're on the same project this year

(5)_____________________________________

 

Henry : Ah,lucky you,she's really beautiful-and clever too.

 

Ian   : Yes,I know.(6)_______________________________________

 

Sarah : well.I think I'll leave you boys to discuss....work.

 

Henry : Oh,Sarah,you're not jealous,are you?

 

Sarah : No,I'm not... Michelle,how lovely it is to see you again

 

Answer：

1  May I introduce myself?

2  Nice to meet you,Ian

3  My boss is in Sydney.         

4  Do you know her?        

5  She's In Singapore,too

6  It's a real pleasure to work with her 

 

5 listen to the conversation and check your answers.

 

6 Personal and professional profiles.

 

0 have a hobby?

1 go abroad on holiday?

2 haven'tgot any brothers or sisters?

3 are single?

4 have got a job?

5 know three business words beginning with C?

6 can play a musical instrument?

7 don't like chocolate?

8 can't name the levels of all three BEC exams?

 

7 Work with a new partner,Interview each other,fill in the fact file with information about your partner.

 

Name:________________

surname:______________

Town:________________

hobbies:______________

family:_______________

job tittle:_____________

favourite destination for holidays:_______________

Reasons for learning English_____________________

 

8 With your partner,work with anoter pair of students,Introduce your partner to the other people in the group,using the information in exercise 7,listen to the other presentations.Ask a follow-up question to each person.

 

  Do you like living in...?

 

9 Write a personal profile of your partner,use the information from the fact file in exercise 7,but include one false sentence,Write 30-40 words.

 

10 Swap profiles with your partner,read the profile about you and find the false sentence.

 

 

 

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Job and work

1 Kostas Hadavas is a PA in a company that provides catering services,It's an unusual job for a man,so the in-company magazine interviews him,Write the correct form of the questions.

 

SPOTLIGHT ON STAFF

0  Q: what/name? (what's your name)

   A: Kostas Hadavas

1  Q: How/spell/surname?____________________________

   A: H-A-D-A-V-A-S

2  Q: what/do?__________________________

   A: I'm the personal assistant to the managing director of Athens Daily          Menu

3  Q: who/managing director?_____________________________

   A: His name's Georgos Solomos

4  Q: what/your job/involve?

   A: I deal with clients and I organise meetings and events

5  Q: /write/reports too?________________________________

   A: Yes,I often write reports and memos for our staff

6  Q: /work/only in the Athens area?_____________________________

   A: No,we don,t,We work in other parts of Greece too.

7  Q: How/people/react to you, a man,doing this job?______________________

   A: sometimes they are surprised,but it isn't usually a problem at all.

8  Q: /like/your job?_________________________________

   A: Yes,I like at a lot.

9  Q: why/like/it?_________________________________

   A: Because I'm always busy,and because of the variety of things I do.

Answer：

1how do you spell your surname?

2what do you do?

3who’s the managing director?

5do you write reports too?

6do you work noly in the Athens area?

7how do people react to you ,a man,doing this job?

8do you like your job?

9why do you like it?

 

2 listen to the conversation and check your answers.

 

3 use some of the information from the interview to write a profile of Kostas Hadavas for the magazine,Writes 30-40 words.

 

4 work in pairs to fill the gaps with job or work,which word is both a verb and a noun?Which word is only a noun?

 

  1.it's an unusual_________for a man.

  2.'what's your________?' 'I'm an electronics engineer'

  3.We______with several Asian companies.

  4.Many students have a part-time__________to earn extra money.

  5.My brother starts his first__________on Monday,He's very nervous about     it.

  6.Where do you _______these days?

  7.She always does a great__________when she organises events

  8.it's my ____________to welcome visitors and show them around.

  9.it's my new_________.The__________ is varied and interesting.

 10.'Hi,Steve,are you still at ____________?' 'yes,I'm still in the office'

1job 2job 3work 4job 5job 6work 7job 8job 9job work 10 work

 

5 Work in pairs

  Student A:Write a list of jobs usually done by women

  student B:Write a list of jobs usually done by men

  Compare your lists and think of three areas where traditions are changing.

6 Rowan Barker Tate Inc,Is a multinational confectionary company,Every year,at the annual meeting,the company awards a prize to its'Employee of the year'.Work in groups of four,Allocate one candidate(A-D)to each student in the group,then read the criteria and the information about your candidate and decide why he/she should win.

 

   ROWNAN BARKER TATE INC.

   Employee of the year award

   The employee should:

   1.Make a significant contribution to company efficiency,profit, product development or staff development.

   2.Deal with professional or personal problems successfully.

   3.be a mentor or set a positive example to others.

   4.represent the company values of healthy living.

 

1.  Ian Rogers is 40 years old,He's a production manager and he's based in     Singapore.His responsibilities are to supervise projects and to coordinate   resources.His professional background is in engineering.

    Ian usually goes scuba diving at weekends and he also enjoys marathon   running and cooking.He runs a sports club for local children and he raises   money for their training.

2   Michelle Yong is 36,She's a finance assistant and she's based in   Singapore .Michelle usually deals with Asia division accounts and   sometimes does auditing for other divisions,She has a master's degree in   business adminstration.

    In her free time Michelle likes painting,and she also does judo,Michelle   suffers from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and often works from home,but this   does not stop her ambitious career plans.

3   Sarah Mullen is 31 years old and based in the headoffice in Dallas,as   the company's communications director,she deals with company's internal   and external communications,Sarah is also in charge of the   company'ssuccessful new email system.she regularly works late to help   colleagues or to attend external events.

    Sarah has a degree in journalism.

    Sarah's personal interests are writing detective stories,breeding   Yorkshire terriers and showing her dogs in exhibitions

4   Henry King is 57 and is the research and development manager.Henry is based in Dallas.He manages R&D of new product ideas,including the best-selling new chocolate chewing gum range.Henry is famous for always thinking of new ideas and projects.

Henry's professional background is technology,and in his free time he enjoys visits to museums,art galleries and the theatre