Lesson One自我介绍 （Self-Introduction）

Welcoming

On behalf of …, I’m very glad to welcome you… It’s a pleasure to see you here. Welcome to… Thank you for coming all this way. Self Introduction

Please let me introduce myself. I’m… How do you do? My name is… May I introduce myself? I’m… It’s a pleasure to make your acquaintance. My name is… Third-party Introduction

It’s my pleasure to introduce you to … I’d like to introduce you to … A, let me introduce you to … A, I’d like you to meet … A, I don’t believe you’ve ever met … This is … He’s in charge of… He looks after… He’s our … Director/Manager. Offering

Let me get you a coffee. Would you like a coffee? Let me take your coat. Small talk topics

Travel How’s your flight? How do you like our city? Is this your first visit to…? Did you have a good trip? Was it easy to find here? Weather

It’s a beautiful day, isn’t it? I heard it’s going to rain this afternoon. My flight was cancelled because of the heavy snow. There will be a storm tomorrow. Finally we’ve gotten a beautiful day. I hate the summers here. There’s too much rain and it’s usually very hot. I’m a spring/summer/autumn/winter person. Cold, isn’t it? I’m freezing. It’s lovely/sunny/warm. It was dismal/cloudy/cold/damp/wet/stormy/windy. Accommodation

How’s your hotel? It’s very comfortable/convenient/luxurious. The service is excellent. It’s rather noisy/dirty. The service is rather slow. The rooms are a bit cramped. Sample Dialogue

A: Welcome to ABC. I’m John Smith. I look after the accounting department here.

B: Nice to meet you. My name is Susan Wong.

A: Nice to meet you, Susan. How was your trip?

B: Slow. It was caught in awful traffic.

A: Sorry to hear that. Anyway, have you checked in?

B: Yes.

A: Everything OK?
B: Fine.

A: So how do you find our weather?

B: It’s hot. When I left home, it was only ten degrees.