III. Teaching Procedures:
Section I. Talking Face to Face
Step 1. Presentation: Read the following Samples of business cards
Business cards are very useful for introducing people. Now let's read the following business cards. Sample 1
International Exchange Section Binhai Electronics Ltd. Binhai Foreign Languages School Li Tiegang Prof. Lu Yang Electronics Engineer Director Address: No.50Chang-Jiang, Binhai Address:5 Binhai Road, Binhai City, 116000 E-mail: ltg6@pub.bl.lnpta.net.cn Tel & Fax: 0411-4673289 Tel: 0411-4673289 E-mail: FLI603@pub.bl.lnpta.net.cn Sample 2
Handphone: 13625122445
Some useful expressions (refer to the Data Bank in the Work Book) A. Greetings Hi! How do you do? How do you do? Hello, you must be Jack from Fine, just fine. America. Fine, thank you. How are you? Hello. Quite well. And you? How are things with you? The usual. How about you? How are you doing? So-so. And what about you? How is everything? Nothing particular. You are doing all right? Not too bad. How it goes? Nice to meet you. How is life, John? Very happy to see you. Excuse me. Are you Kitty? C. Self-Introduction D. Taking leave B. Responses to greetings I’m Helen Waters. Please call me Bye. /Bye-bye. I’m leaving, Mr. Smith. Helen. Please do take care. I’d better go now. Please allow me to introduce myself. Let’s stay in touch. Let me introduce myself. I’ve got to run. I must be off now. Hello, may I introduce myself? So long. Let’s call it a day now. I’d like to introduce myself Good-bye. Thank you very much for the nice first. I’m Douglas, but everyone dinner. calls me Doug. Bye. See you. I’m glad to know you, Mr. Smith. I’ll call you now. Pleased to meet you here. Nice to I’ve really got to go now. meet you. I’ve heard quite a lot about you. Nice meeting you, too. Good night. Have a nice day/ trip. See you later! Don’t forget to give me a call. The pleasure is mine. Enjoy yourself. Here is my card. Here is my e-mail address. Please keep in touch.
Step 2.Practice:
Dialogue 1 Meeting People for the First Time
Lu Yang: Hello, nice to meet you. My name is Lu Yang.
Dick: How do you do, Professor Lu? I’m Richard Washington. Please call me Dick.
Lu Yang: Welcome to our department, Dick. Dick:
Thank you. Here is my card.
Lu Yang: Thanks. So you are here for the research project? Dick:
Yes, I am.
Jack: Excuse me, are you Mr. Li Tiegang? Li Tiegang: Yes, I am.
Jack: How do you do, Mr. Li? I’m Jack Green from Zhonghua Technical School.
Li Tiegang: Nice to meet you, Mr. Green. Welcome to our company. Jack: Thank you. Here is my business card. Li Tiegang: Thanks. This is mine.
Dialogue 2. Meeting People Again
Lu Yang: Hi, long time no see, Dick. Do you still remember me? Dick:
Oh, it’s you, Professor Lu. So glad to see you again. How are you?
Lu Yang: Very well, thank you. How is your project? Dick:
It’s going fine. I’m here to present the project report.
Lu Yang: Good. I’m also here for the conference.
Dick: Really? It’s a small world.
Li Tiegang: Hello, Jack. Haven’t seen you for ages. How’s everything? Jack: Hi, Li. What a pleasant surprise! I’m fine. And you? Li Tiegang: Very well, thank you. What brings you here?
Jack: I’m here on business. How are things going in your company? Li Tiegang: Not bad. How about you?
Jack: Just doing well. Would you care for a drink?
Step 3. Production: Please make a dialogue according to requirements.
Task: Imagine you are Zhang and you meet Mr. Smith, an English teacher from the USA at the airport for the first time. The following dialogue is provided for your reference.
Zhang: Hello, are you Prof. Smith from the United States?
Mr. Smith: Yes, Robert Smith. Please call me Robert. Thanks 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.
Mr. Smith: Thank you. Here is mine. And this is my wife. Zhang: How do you do, Mrs. Smith? Mrs. Smith: How do you do? It’s nice to meet you. Please call me Mary. Zhang: How was the journey, Mary?