UNIT 4. Business contacts

Task 1. Read and translate the dialogues

A) At the Airport

Excuse me….. Are you Mr Brown?

Yes.

I’m ……., from TST Company. How do you do?

How do you do?

Have I kept you waiting?

Oh, no… the plane’s just arrived. Thank you for coming to meet me.

Not at all. Do you have a good trip?

Yes, thank you. I was a bit airsick, but now I’m OK.

The car is just outside. The driver will take your suitcase.

Thank you.

B) In the car

We are going to our office in the centre of the city.

It’ll take us about half an hour. Mr N. is waiting for you.

Please remind me who Mr N. is.

He is our General Director. He is going to discuss with you the details of our future agreement.

Which hotel am I staying?

We’ve reserved a single room with private bathroom at a hotel near the centre.

That’s OK. Thank you very much.

C) At the Office

I’d like you to meet Mr N., our General Director.

Glad to meet you, Mr N.

Glad to meet you too. Have you ever been to S-Petersburg before?

No, it’s my first visit to S-P.

What are your first impressions of the city?

It’s a very beautiful city.

I hope you’ll enjoy your stay, Mr Brown.

Let me introduce my staff to you. This is my secretary, Miss …….

Nice to meet you, Miss………

Nice to meet you too. Call me Ann.

Do take a seat. Would you like a cigarette?

Yes. Thank you.

Would you like something to drink?

Er….. Yes. I’d like a cup of coffee.

Task 2. Read the text and pay attention to the underlined words.

How to warm up to a new colleague

When you have a new colleague in the office, it can be a little difficult to warm up to them. That is because most people don’t like change. You don’t know if you can trust the new person and you don’t know what type of personality they have. In order to warm up to that person, you have to put forth the effort.

Here is how to warm up to a new colleague:

Introduce Yourself

The first step to warming up to a new colleague is to introduce yourself to them. Don’t expect or wait for them to introduce themselves. You should make the first move and that should open the door to warming up to each other. A new employee should always be made to feel welcome. This will make the work relationship much better between you.

Eating Lunch

Ask the new colleague out to lunch with you. This gives you both a chance to get to know each other a little bit away from the job. This is a way to build up a friendship as well as having a new colleague. It is one of the keys to not only warming up to the new person but creating a good start to a new friendship that can make the work relationship run much more smooth ly.