Unit 17
Taking clients out to dinner
職場攻略/辦公日常
English for the workplace/Communication in workplace
BRAIN STORM
Share your ideas with your teacher and try to make sentences.
Where do you take your clients to eat for dinner? What is the name of the restaurant?
VOCABULARY
Repeat these sentences after your teacher.
1. appreciate (v.) 感谢
I appreciate your presence tonight.
感謝您今晚的光臨。
2. schedule (n.) 時間表
My schedule is very full tomorrow.
我明天的行程很滿。
3. inviting (adj.) 邀请
Thank you for inviting me tonight.
謝謝你今晚邀請我。
4. delicious (adj.) 美味
The foods are so delicious!
食物真好吃！
5. flight (n.) 航班，航行
When is your flight due?
您的航班什麼時候出發？
6. camping (n.) 露營
I am so excited for our camping tomorrow!
我為我們明天的露營感到非常興奮！
7. eager (adj.) 想
She is eager for success.
她渴望成功。
8. assembled (v.) 召集
I’ve assembled the crib.
我已經組裝好嬰兒床了。
Dialogue
Read the dialogue aloud with your teacher.
Mark thanks so much for coming out with us to dinner.
Mark 謝謝你出來跟我們晚餐
Thanks a bunch, Mark! We know you’re a very busy person, so we appreciate that you took time out of your schedule to have dinner with us.
感謝了，Mark！我們知道你很忙，非常感謝你百忙中抽時間與我們吃飯
Well, thank you both for inviting me. I’ve been meaning to try this restaurant for
some time now. I hear they have delicious steaks here.
感謝你們二位邀我吃飯。我一直想來嚐嚐這家餐館的飯菜。我聽說他家的牛排非常美味。
They do have very good steaks here. How was your flight?
他們的牛排是不錯。你飛得順利嗎？
It wasn’t bad. Just a 3-hour flight.
還不錯，飛3小時而已。
When did you get here?
你什麼時候到的？
This morning. I’m here until Thursday. We’re going on a camping trip this weekend, so I have to go back early to prepare for that.
今早。我會待到週四。這週末我們要去野營，所以我得早早回去好做準備。
Nice, are you going camping in California?
真好，你是去加利福尼亞露營嗎?
Yes, Yosemite
是的，去優山美地國家公園。
I love that place!
我可喜歡那了！
Well, Mark I hope you have a wonderful time with your family. But I think we should get down to business.
馬克，我祝你和家人玩得開心。但我想我們現在該開始談正事了。
I’m listening.
洗耳恭聽。
We are very eager to get this project started.
我們很想盡快啟動這個項目。
Well, so am I. Have you assembled a team?
我也是。你們的團隊召集起來了嗎？
Yes, we have some of our best designers on this project.
是的，我們的許多頂尖設計師都參與進來。
Also, Dennis Stavilli, who’s one of our finest architects, wants to lead the team.
還有，我們最好的建築師Dennis Stavilli希望做團隊領導
How about we talk about business after we order? Here comes the waiter.
咱們先點餐，再談事怎麼樣？服務生過來了。
Let's Practice
Make it right.
A : ______.
B :It wasn’t bad. Just a 3-hour flight
1.How was your flight?
2.How was you’re flight?
A :When did you get here?
B : ________.
1. This morning.
2. These morning.
They do have very good __________ here.
1.steaks
2.schedule
Nice, are you going ______ in California?
1.camping
2.camp
The president will ___ after his arrival in order to settle the conflict as soon as possible.
A.take time out of schedule
B.go out of business
C.mix business with pleasure
D.get down to business
According to western social ___, men cannot sit while women are standing.
A.dinner
B.behaviors
C.etiquette
D.business
We really ___ all the help you gave us last weekend.
A.are eager for
B.thank
C.appreciate
D.invite
DISCUSSION
Make a conversation with your teacher.
1.Why do you think is it necessary to invite a client out to dinner, when a business meeting has ended later than the planned time?
