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D. Speaking
Acting out a business conversation
1 With a partner, continue the dialogue using the expressions you have learned in the previous lesson
Your dialogue should consist of language expressions such as expressions of
hesitation, avoiding a certain topic, asking for confirmation, redirecting the
topic
Mr. Blair : Good morning everyone. First of all, I would like to extend a warm welcome to Bob, the
Vice President of Sales in our US branch.
Mr. Blair : Let’s talk about today’s agenda. If it’s ok with everyone, I’d like to start with the second
point. Bob, can you please talk about the sales reports from each district?
Bob : Sure, I’d love to … Here are the data from the sales improvement this year.
Mr. Blair : Thank you very much, Bob. Now I’d love to get some ideas from everybody. How do you
feel about those results? Is there anything we can all do as a team to improve sales in our
districts?
Sue : I feel that we have been focusing too much on younger customers. In my opinion, we
need to focus our advertising on an older market, around the 35-40 age group.
Johnny : I’m sorry, I didn’t catch that. Could you repeat that, please?
Sue : I said that we need to focus our advertising on the 35-40 age group.
Johnny : Unfortunately, I see it differently. I think that we are not focused enough on younger
customers. Our advertising is not reaching the 25-34 age group, and we need to update
our advertising channels.
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