Meet someone

Showing a visitor around your

Greeting a visitor
town or city

Taking a visitor out to lunch or

Making small talk at a meeting
dinner

Networking at a trade fair or

Chatting during a coffee break
conference
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In person: by meeting with someone rather
than talking on the phone, e-mailing, or
writing to the person
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Budget cut: the act of reducing budgeted expenditures

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Uneventful: An uneventful time or situation is one in

which nothing interesting or surprising happens
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“turbulence: a state of confusion without
any order
1. You -------- be Raj.
2. It’s great to ---------- meet you in ---------- after
all our phone calls and emails.
3. ----------- you haven’t been --------- long.
a. Welcome or greet the visitor?_______
4. It’s a -------- to meet you. b. Talk about the journey? ___________
5. How was your --------? c. Offer (or ask for) help with something?
_______
6. Hi, Paul, good to ------- you ---------. d. Apologize for a delay? ___________
7. Sorry to keep you ----------.
8. Can I -------- you with your -------?
9. Would you -------- taking this?
 Matching

1. Can I help you with your bags? a. fine, thanks

2. Would you mind taking this? b. I thought we could go to the hotel first
3. How was your flight? c. long!
d. Not so good. The traffic was horrible
4. How was your journey?
e. sure, no problem
5. How was the drive? f. That would be great, thanks
6. Is there a toilet around here? g. there’s one just this way
7. Is there a café where we could sit h. uneventful, thanks
down? i. We should probably go straight to the
8. Where are we going from here? office, if that’s ok
j. yes, there’s a nice one just over there
k. ok, but there was some turbulence
 TOILET OR RESTROOM?

British people talk about the toilet or loo, which is more informal.
WC is now old-fashioned.
“Toilet” is not polite in AE so you should say restroom/bathroom
when talking to Americans
 MEETING VISITORS ON ARRIVAL
Greetings
Nice/ Good/ Great to see you again
(know sb already)
Nice/ Good/ Great to meet you (first
time)
Apologizing for a delay
I hope you haven’t been waiting long
Sorry to keep you waiting
Asking about the journey
How was the/your flight/journey?
How was the drive? (if sb comes by
car)
Offering and asking for help
Can I help you with your bags?
Let me get/ take that for you
Would you mind taking this?
The next step
I’d just like to wash my hands
Is there a toilet/ restroom around
here?
Is there a café where we could sit
down/ get something to drink?
Where are we going now?

Try to avoid these common mistakes:

Nice to meet you again  Nice to see you again
How was your fly?  How was your flight?
I take you to your hotel  I’ll take you to your hotel
A: Miss/ Mr ________?
B: That’s me. You must be ________.
A: That’s right. Hello! It’s good/nice/ great to finally meet you in
person after all our phone calls and emails.
B: Yes, I know. I hope you haven’t been waiting long.
A: No, I just got here _______ ago. So, how was the flight/ journey/
drive?
B: _______________
A: Can I help you with your bags?
B: That would be great, thanks. Is there any coffee shop near here?
A: Yes, there’s nice one just over there/ I’m not sure, but let’s see if we
can find one/ actually we’re in a little bit of a hurry. Maybe we could
have one later.
B: Where are we going from here?
A: I thought we could go to the hotel first/ go straight to the office, if
that’s ok/ I’ll take you to your hotel.
B: How do we get there?
A: My car is parked over here/ we can get a taxi over there.
 We’re also quite a bit wider than we were 20 years ago

- Short adj

Grammar
S + be + adj (er) than S + v
- Long adj
S + be + more + adj than S + v

Would you mind taking this?

Would/ do you mind + V_ing?