Unit 1 Introductions and greetings 1.1 Introducing yourself (1) Vocabulary Morning, afternoon or evening? What do you say? 8.30 a.m. 8.00 p.m..   1 Good morning 2 ______________ 2.00 p.m. 11.00 a.m.   3 ____________ 4. _____________ (2) Language in use Complete these conversations with the correct form of the verb to be (am, are, is) 1 A: Good morning. I (1) am Angela Mancini. B: Pleased to meet you. My name (2) _______ Michael Levitt. 2 A: (3) _______ you Ms Forgues? B: Yes, I (4) _______. Please call me Maria. 3 A: Excuse me, (5) _______ your name Shepherd? B: No, it (6) _______. It (7) _______ Johnston. 4 A: (8) _______ you Mr Lee? B: No, I (9) _______. I (10) _______ Mr Fung. 5 A: (11) _______ your name Perroni? B: Yes, it (12) _______. How do you do? 6 A: (13) _______ they Mike Lee and Melanie Hamilton from Toronto? B: Yes, they (14) _______. Now listen and check your answers. (3) Vocabulary Match the title to the person like this: 1 Ms (+ family name) a man 2 Mr (+ family name) b married woman 3 Miss (+ family name) c unmarried woman 4 Mrs (+ family name) d married / unmarried woman 1.2 Saying where you’re from (1) Language in use Use the phrases in the box to complete these two conversations. Conversation 1  Conversation 2  Now listen and check your answers. (2) Listening and speaking Practise introductions and greetings. Listen and answer like this: Voice 1: Pleased to meet you. (beep) You: Pleased to meet you, too. Voice 2: Pleased to meet you, too. (repeat ) 1.3 Introducing other people (1) Speaking You are introducing these people to people in your office. What would you say?   1 Mrs Lee / China / Beijing 2 Mr Kim / Korea / Seoul   3 Mrs Regueira / Brazil / Sao Paulo 4 Ms Gething / Australia / Melbourne 1 This is Mrs Lee. She is from China. She works in the Beijing office. 2 I’d like to introduce 3 4 (2) Language in use Complete this conversation with suitable words. PETER: Hello, Mrs Lee. It’s (1) nice to see you again. How (2) ________ you? MRS LEE: (3) ________. And you? PETER: Not too bad. Mrs Lee, I’d like to (4) ________ Steven Winters. Steven, (5) ________ Mrs Lee. She (6) ________ in the Beijing office. STEVEN: Hello. Pleased to (7) ________ you. MRS LEE: Nice to meet you, too. STEVEN: Is this your first to Chicago? MRS LEE: No, it (8) ________. I was here two years ago. (3) Vocabulary Use these clues to complete the word grid. 1 Greeting used after lunch and before dinner. (2 words) 2 The capital of England. 3 Beijing is the capital of this country. 4 I’d like to _______ Mr Kwon. Mr Kwon, this is Ms Black. 5 ________ me, are you Mr Robinson? 6 Greeting used when you leave someone in the evening. (2 words) 7 _______ to meet you. 8 The two days at the end of the week when most people don’t go to work. References 1.1 1 2 good evening 3 good afternoon 4 good morning 2 1 A: Good morning, I’m Angela Mancini. B: Pleased to meet you. My name’s Michael Levitt. 2 A: Are you Ms Forgues? B: Yes, I am. Please call me Maria. 3 A: Excuse me, is your name Shepherd? B: No, it isn’t. it’s Johnston. 4 A: Are you Mr Lee? B: No, I’m not. I’m Mr Fung. 5 A: Is your name Perroni? B: Yes, it is. How do you do? 6 A: Are they Mike Lee and Melanie Hamilton from Toronto? B: Yes, they are. 3 2a 3c 4b 1.2 1 Conversation 1 MAN: Hello, Ms Tan. It’s good to see you again. How are you? WOMAN: Fine, thanks. And how are you? Conversation 2 WOMAN: Excuse me, are you Mr Ramasamy? MAN: Yes, I am. WOMAN: My name’s Alison Walsh. I work in the Manchester office. How do you do? MAN: How do you do? 2 1 VOICE 1: Pleased to meet you. (beep) (pause) VOICE 2: Pleased to meet you, too (beep) (pause) VOICE 2: Pleased to meet you, too 2 VOICE 1: How do you do? VOICE 2: How do you do? VOICE 2: How do you do? 3 VOICE 1: How are you? VOICE 2: Fine, thanks. VOICE 2: Fine, thanks. 4 VOICE 1: Nice to see you again. VOICE 2: Nice to see you again, too. VOICE 2: Nice to see you again, too. 1.3 1 suggested answers 2 I’d like to introduce Mr Kim. He’s from Korea. He works in the Seoul office. 3 I’d like to introduce Mrs Regueira. She’s from Brazil. She works in the Sao Paulo office. 4 This is Ms Gething. She’s from Australia. She works in the Melbourne office. 2 2 are 3 Fine, thanks 4 introduce 5 this is 6 works 7 meet 8 isn’t