Ex.10. Work in pairs. Practice making and changing an appointment.You are going to role-play five situations. Refer to Ex. 5 for useful phrases.

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Your partner will then suggest a different time. Accept the second time.

Ex.9. Work with a partner.

B: OK. Thanks.

B: OK. You __________by Dr. Brown on Wednesday at 7. OK? If you can't come for any reason, please __________and I will try to set another time.

A: __________? You know how heavy the traffic is at 6. I __________on time.

B: What about Wednesday at 6:00 pm? __________?

A: No. Monday is a busy day for me. I __________until 9:00 pm. I __________the office early.

B: Ok. Just a minute. __________on Monday at 1:00 pm?

A: Good morning. I __________with Dr. Brown.

Your partner wants to arrange a meeting next week. However, you're very busy!

Think of three reasons why you are busy.

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2)

3)

Role-play the conversations with your partner:

1. Your partner will suggest a time. Say you are busy, and use one of the above reasons.

1. A. You're a chemical engineer who works in the company's R&D labs. You're attending a conference on a new chemical processing technology. A friend from college (who is now a professor doing research in the same area) will be attending the conference. You want to schedule some time to talk to him and get his perspective on recent developments in the field. But he is hard to reach.

B. An old friend from college (who is doing research work in the same field as you in the R&D labs of a large corporation) wants to get together and talk. You try to find some time for him in your busy schedule.