I. Ask and answer the following questions in pairs.
1. Mr. Pandy had never been to the fair, had he?
2. But he had been to China once or twice, hadn’t he?
3. What did Mr. Pandy come to China for?
4. What line of business was he in?
What line of business did he handle?
5. He was a new hand in the line of glassware, wasn’t he?
6. How many years had he been in the line?
7. Where did he import glassware from in the past?
8. Why did he want to turn his business to China?
9. What is our policy in doing business with other countries?
10. Did Mr. Pandy meet a lot of businessmen on his way to China?
11. What did these businessmen say about China’s commercial integrity?
12. Did Mr. Pandy think he could rely on Mr. Tong in his future business dealings?
13. Suppose you are Mr. Pandy. Say something about why you came to the fair and
Why you wanted to do business with China.
14. Why must a country import some kinds of products and on the other hand export some other kinds of products?
15. Give a brief introduction of China’s foreign trade policy.
II. Complete the dialogue, using the following.
What’s in on
Excuse me What can I do for you?
Joanna: Where’s the English class?
Paulo: ____________ the first floor.
Joanna: Are you sure?
Paulo: No, I…
Joanna: Are those students _____ our class?
Paulo: maybe they are.
Joanna: ________, but are you in English Class 3?
Students: Yes, we are. _________.
Joanna: _________ the room number?
Student 1:2-0-1.
III. Combine the sentences. Pay attention to the word order.
Example: I don’t know.
Where is he living?
I don’t know where he is Living.
1. What line of business are you in?
Can you tell me?
2. When can I expect your orders?
May I ask?
3. What did I come here for?
Don’t you know?
4. How can you get to the Post Office?
Let me tell you.
5. When will he call back?
He didn’t say anything about it.
6. Who has taken away my computer?
I must find out.
7. Will he be free this afternoon?
I’m not sure of it.
8. Can you come or not?
Please let me know.
IV. Translate the following into English orally.
A: 欢迎光临交易会，伍德先生。您从来没有参加过我们的交易会吧。
B：从来没有来过。 这还是我第一次呢。我感到非常荣幸受到邀请。
一切对我来说都是陌生的。希望能给予多多关照。
A：那是不用说的了。请问您觉得这次交易会如何？
B： 啊，展出的品种真是多呀！我对许多展品都感兴趣。
A：伍德先生，如果我没弄错的话，您好像是经营玻璃器皿的。
B：没错，我过去是做玻璃器皿生意的。但是，玻璃器皿行业竞争性太强，生意不好做，所以我改行搞丝绸服装了。
A： 而丝绸服装正属于我们经营范围，也是我们的主要出口项目。
B： 这点我早已有耳闻。这也是我来此的目的。我很愿意和中国做生意， 因为你们无论对大国或小国都是平等对待，在平等互利基础上做买卖。
A： 我们希望通过共同努力既促进贸易又促进友谊，这对双方都有利。
B： 我也希望如此。你们做生意重合同守信用，我们感到可以信任。
A： 谢谢你这么说。相信你我会合作愉快，贸易会飞速发展的。
