Exercise 2
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 586.
Show polite interest in what your partner says:
| Model: | |
| – Jock Macpherson has wasted a lot of time and then bought very little. | – Has he? |
| – Mr. Duncan isn't a great talker like his friend Jock Macpherson. | – Isn't he? |
1. Elizabeth shows the visitor round the works.
2. Mr. Duncan visits different departments of the factory, or shops as they are called.
3. After the visit to the factory Mr. Duncan goes to see Mr. Grant.
4. Mr. Duncan has indicated that he wishes to place a large order for office furniture for his new office block which is completing construction in Scotland.
5. As agreed, after a short time Elizabeth interrupts the interview.
6. Mr. Grant is no longer interested in escaping from his visitor.
7. Elizabeth is not at all surprised by H. Grant's sudden change of attitude.
8. Elizabeth knows her boss very well.
9. Harper & Grant Ltd. have all the administrative departments in the office block: Sales, Accounts, Personnel, and so on.
10. Larger items of office equipment are stored in the warehouse.
11. The firm keeps a stock of the faster-moving items so that urgent orders can be met quickly form the stock.
12. Mr. Grant assures M. Duncan that they make the best furniture on the market.
13. Mr. Duncan wonders if the production of Harper & Grant Ltd is the cheapest on the market.
14. Harper & Grant Ltd have a wide range of prices.
15. Mr. Grant thinks their prices compare favourably with anything on the market.
16. The prices depend on the lines the customers choose.
17. We can't supply you from the stock.
18. I am the Managing Director of G.P. Duncan & Company.
19. We make artificial fertilizers.
20. I want our new office block furnished.
21. We can give you a quotation, including delivery charges.
22. Two months is our deadline.
23. I never like promising a date until I know I can honour it.
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