Chapter 2 Making-contacts

2 Making Contacts

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Venue 1(Burj Al Arab Hotel in Dubai)= 1 Venue 2 (Hilton Hotel in Cancun, Mexico)= 2 Venue 3 (Disneyland Paris): 3

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321 Venue 1 (height of the building in metres)

426 Venue 2 (number of rooms)

27th Venue 1 (floor with conference facilities)

2,300 Venue 3 (number of people the convention centre can house)

10–30% Venue 2 (discount available on special value dates)

3,000 Venue 3 (size of exhibition space in square metres)

170–780 Venue 1 (size of deluxe suites in square metres)

95 Venue 3 (number of meeting rooms)

200 Venue 2 (length of private beach in metres)

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Venue 1: a 2 b 3 c 1 d 6 e 4 f 5

Venue 2: a 3 b 1 c 2 d 5 e 6 f 4

Venue 3: a 2 b 3 c 1 d 6 e 4 f 5

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Who’s Who?

a by b with c in d at e to f in g for h at i on

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1 Siemens; director of R&D; Munich; Hilton; data security; headhunted from Philips at double his previous salary

2 Sony; head of research; UK; Sheraton; new generation gaming systems; may lose his job if Sony move their R&D to Frankfurt and appoint a German instead of him

3 Warsaw University of Technology; professor; Warsaw; Marriott; innovation strategies; quite influential and things can go badly for you if you get on the wrong side of her

4 Cisco; head of technical department; the Netherlands; Hyatt; new server technology; was the boss of one of the speakers, she fired him when they disagreed about the management of a project

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Taboo or not taboo?

Topics of conversation Do the speakers get on?

a Russia, work, drink yes

b food, astrology no

c speaker’s talk, conference, weather yes

d work (the merger), politics no

e watch, hotel, Mexico, food yes

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Keeping the conversation going

a Is this your b What do you c Can I get d What line of e Try one of f Have we met g If you’ll excuse h It’s been nice i I really enjoyed j How are you k Isn’t the weather l Would you excuse m I must just n Do you know o Can I get

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a: a, c, e, f, i, j, k, n, o

b: b, c, d, e, j, k, n, o

c: g, h, l, m

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At a conference drinks party

So, who do you work for?

And what do you do there?

Where are you based?

How’s business?

Can I get you a drink?

Where are you from originally?

Is this your first time in Paris?

How are you enjoying the conference?

Are you giving a presentation?

Do you know many people here?

So, where are you staying?

Can I get you anything from the buffet?

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Language links

Vocabulary: Conferences

Talking shop

a up, plant

b in, distributor

c off, workers

d out, product

e of, job

f to, office

g under, takeover

h with, supplier

i for, contract

j down, factory

Grammar: Present Simple

1

a

A Does he work for the BBC?

B No, he doesn’t work for them anymore. He works for CNN.

b

A Where do you work?

B I work for a design company in Frankfurt.

c At our firm, we don’t work on Friday afternoons.

d On Mondays our CEO usually flies to Oslo.

2

1: b, f

2: c, h

3: e, g

4: a, d

Grammar: Present Continuous

3

1: a, e

2: d

3: b, c

Grammar: Present Simple or Continuous?