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Unit 1 Greeting People You Meet for the First Time
Integrated Skills Development
Dialogues
A. How Do you Do?
Li Hong is a receptionist. She works at a guest house of a technical school. Lizzy is an overseas student. She is from South Africa. Li Hong now meets her at the airport.
Li: Hi, you must be Lizzy. I'm Li Hong from the technical school.
Lizzy: Oh, how do you do, Li Hong? Thank you for coming to meet me.
Li: How do you do, Lizzy? Welcome to China. Did you have a good journey?
Lizzy: Yeah, quite good. But I am a little tired. It's a long journey, you know.
Li: Yes, let's go back to the guest house of our school. Everything is ready for you there.
Lizzy: That's very kind of you.
Li: You are welcome.
B. At the Canteen
Li Ying is a new employee at a joint venture. Mr. Smith is the chief engineer there. They meet for the first time at the canteen.
Li Ying: Hello. Are you Mr. Smith?
Mr. Smith: Oh, yes. Simon Smith.
Li Ying: How do you do, Mr. Smith?
Mr. Smith: How do you do? Are you a new comer?
Li Ying: Yes. My name is Li Ying. I know we have a chief engineer from England. I'm glad to meet you here.
Mr. Smith: I'm glad to meet you, too. There are so many good things to eat in the canteen.
Li Ying: Yeah, they are delicious.
Mr. Smith: Let's have our lunch at this table.
Passage Welcome
Miss Wang is the secretary of the English Department. Now she is introducing Professor Helen Waters to the students.
Good evening, everyone. I have the honor to introduce Professor Waters to you. (Applause) Professor Waters is from the United States of America. She will teach us English this term. Professor Waters has taught students in many different countries. She is a very good teacher and she is really an expert in English teaching. She is the author of a dozen books in this field. So, it is a pleasure for us to have her as our English teacher here. Now, let's give her a warm welcome and ask her to say a few words to us! (Clapping)
