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Introduction and Small Talk

This document provides examples of introductions and small talk to practice when meeting new people. It includes sample dialogues for introducing yourself and others, as well as useful expressions categorized by their function. Expressions are added to each category. Questions and responses are matched to practice small talk skills like asking about travel experiences. Finally, readers are instructed to role play introductions and small talk with others to apply what they've learned.

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Introduction and Small Talk

This document provides examples of introductions and small talk to practice when meeting new people. It includes sample dialogues for introducing yourself and others, as well as useful expressions categorized by their function. Expressions are added to each category. Questions and responses are matched to practice small talk skills like asking about travel experiences. Finally, readers are instructed to role play introductions and small talk with others to apply what they've learned.

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Introductions and small talk

1 Introducing yourself
Study the following dialogue
Susan Clarke: Can I introduce myself? My name is Susan Clarke.
Alexander Strauss: How do you do. I'm Alexander Strauss.
Susan Clarke: Pleased to meet you, Mr. Strauss. So, what do you do for a living?
Alexander Strauss: I'm a film producer.
Susan Clarke: Really? That sounds interesting.
Introduce yourself to the person next to you in a similar way. Use your real name and job.
2 Introducing other people
Listen and complete the dialogue between host, colleague and visitor.
Daniel Goldman: Susan, I'd like meet Miles Henderson from Simtech Ltd.
Susan Clarke: How do you do, Mr Henderson?
Miles Henderson: Pleased you. So what do you do here?
Susan Clarke: I'm charge our HR department. And you?
Miles Henderson: I'm responsible sales and marketing.
Daniel Goldman: Is your first visit Boston, Mr Henderson?
Miles Henderson: No, actually, I've been here four times already.
Daniel Goldman: Really? On holiday or business?
Miles Henderson: Mostly business.
Susan Clarke: How long for your company?
Miles Henderson: Oh, I've been with Simtech for almost five years now. How about you? When did you
your company?
Daniel Goldman: I started working for Xcel Systems about 10 years ago.
3 Useful expressions
Look at the following expressions from the dialogues. Put each expression in the correct
category
below.
Can I introduce myself? My name is ... How do you do.
How long have you been working for ...? I'd like you to meet ...
I'm in charge of ... I'm responsible for ...
Is this your first visit to ...? Pleased to meet you.
Really? That sounds interesting.
What do you do for a living? When did you join your company?
Introducing yourself:
Greeting somebody:
Introducing a colleague:
Making small talk:
Talking about your job:
Showing interest:
Now add the following expressions to the above categories:
I'd like to introduce you to... Nice to meet you. Hello, I'm ... I work in accounts.
4 Small talk
When you meet someone for the first time, you usually make `small talk' to get to know the
person better. Match the questions below on the left with the replies on the right. Listen to
check your answers.
1. How was the weather in Madrid? a. Actually, the flight was delayed by 4 hours because of
fog. Then we were stuck in traffic for another 3 hours!
2. How long are you here for? b. Just two days. I arrived on Monday.
3. What do you think of our city? c. Nice and sunny.
4. How long have you been in Boston? d. So far, very impressive.
5. Did you have a good trip? e. Until the end of the week.
5 Role play
Walk around and introduce yourself to other people, and introduce other people to each other.
Make small talk and try to show interest in other students' comments.

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