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Culture and entertainment

#business
A) Inviting, and accepting or declining

1. What kinds of social activities in your town could be appropriate ways of

entertaining visitors from other countries? Present your ideas on jamboard.

https://jamboard.google.com/d/1DbTJL6dv-
ojGQoD1CiCZIC8PXsCvorDscuth2TlxuMY/viewer?f=3
2. Listen to these 2 recording extracts. You will hear conversations in which
someone invites a business associate to a social event. Identify:

Recording 1 Recording 2

a) What is being suggested

b) The response

c) What will happen next

3. Listen to the recording of three short extracts, where hosts invite their
visitors to take part in a social activity. The invitations are rejected.

a) Identify each suggested activity.

b) Give the reasons for each rejection.
c) Do you think each rejection is appropriate? Explain your answer.

Activity Reason for rejection Comments

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4. Use the following flow chart to construct a dialogue. The situation is a
semi-formal meeting in your country.
4. Now listen to the recording of a model answer.
Thank you for your attention!