1. Meeting a Client at the Airport By MaoJIan

2. Lead-in Q1:How is the weather these days? Q2:How is your preparation for the evaluation? Q3:Do you have full confidence on the coming evaluation?

3. Dialogue Could you tell me some useful expressions in the dialogue? foreign trade corporation in person through correspondence thank you for doing… have a nice trip a smooth landing freshen up overcome the jet lag help sb. with sth I think I can manage myself.

4. Universal Pattern Confirming Self-introducing Greeting Free chatting Offering help

5. Confirming Excuse me, but aren’t you Mr./Ms….from…? Excuse me, you’re Mr./Ms….from...,aren’t you ? Excuse me, it’s Mr./Ms….from…, isn’t it?

6. Self-introducing I am … from… My name is… from… Let me introduce myself. I am… from… Allow me to introduce myself. I am… from…

7. Greetings How do you do? Nice/Glad/Pleased to meet you. How are you/How are you doing?

8. Free Chatting Did you have a nice trip? How was your trip/flight/journey? Did you have a good time on your way here? Did you have a smooth flight? Would you like to have a good rest in the hotel?

9. Offering help May I help you with…? Would you like me to do…? Could I do… for you? Let me do… If it would be of any help/use, I’d be happy to do… for you.

10. Just say it. I need to f___ ___ after the long journey. We have known a lot through c____. It’s___ ___ ___ you to a___ everything for me. Did you have a s___ f___? He will be present at the meeting ___ p___. I always get bad ___ l___ when I travel.

11. Just translate 1.Excuse me,sir,Are you Mr.White from New York? 2.I'm ***,from Guangzhou Textile Import &Export. 3.Welcome to Guangzhou,Mr.White,our manager will come to greet you later at the hotel 4.Did you have a pleasure trip? 5.Yes,I enjoyed it very much. 6.Anyhow,it's a long way to China,isn't it? I think you must be very tired.

12. Just translate 7. But I'LL be all right by tomorrow and ready for business. 8.Do you know where the baggage claim area is? 9.How many pieces of luggage do you have? 10. I wish you have a pleasant stay here. 11. Thank you for meeting me at the airport. 12.If all is ready,we'd better start for the hotel.

13. Just have a try! You are going to make a dialogue based on the following situation: LiMing, a clerk from Shanghai Machine Tools Factory is meeting a client named Jack Green from London at the airport.After the introduction and free chatting, he offers to help the client to carry the luggage.

14. Attention! There are some general rules for introductions: 1. A man is always introduced to a woman. 2. A young person is always introduced to an older person. 3. A less important is always introduced to a more important person.