EXERCISES
I. Ask and answer the following question in pairs.
1. Where did the dialogue take place?
2. How did they arrive at the hotel?
3. Did the room face north or south?
4. Where was the bell?
5. What did Mr. Smith think of the room?
6. What could you see out of the window?
7. What did Mr. Zhang say when Mr. Smith thanked him?
8. What there a service counter in the hotel?
9. What could you get there?
10. What else did Mr. Smith want to do at the sevice counter?
11. If Mr. Smith wanted amy service from the hotel, what did he do?
12. Mr.Smith had been looking forward to the trip to Nanjing, hadn’t he?
13. Did Mr. Zhang arrange a visit in the time schedule?
14. Is Nanjing an old city with many historical places?
II. Fill in the blanks with suitable words or expressions.
1. How do you do? I’m _______ to meet you.
2. Mr. Smith is _______ the ABC Trading Company, isn’t he?
3. Come this ______, please.
4. He often helps me _______ my English.
5. Let’s get ready _______ a dictation.
6. ________ a letter for you.
7. It’s a ______ to come and visit your country.
8. Thank you _______ coming to see me.
9. How did you _______ the English Evening?
10. You ______ be Mr.Smith, if I am not mistaken.
III. Change the following sentences, using “I’d like to…”
1. I want to have a quiet room.
2. I want to borrow a book.
3. I want to speak to Mr. Smith.
4. We want to book two tickets to Moscow Monday, the tenth.
5. I want to travel first class, please.
IV. Make the following dialogues.
1. You greet your friend Xiao wang. Xiao Wang answers your greeting.
2. You greet a businessman, Mr. Thorne, who you have never met before. Mr.
Thorne answers your greeting.
3. You meeet your friend Pauline unexpectedly and greet her. Pauyline answere your greeting.
4. At a business lunch, you introduce your manager to Mr. Freeman, the director
Of a local building fir,. They greet each other.
V. Translate the following into English orally.
A. 啊！真是一个好饭店。
B：是的，它是西安最好的饭店之一。这个服务非常好。如果您需要帮助，
可以给服务台打电话，或者给我打电话。
A：很好，谢谢你。你考虑得太周到了。
B：我们总经理先生希望在下午五点钟会见您，并在友谊宾馆设宴欢迎您。
A：你们太客气了。我很期望和他见面。顺便说一下，大厅里有国际直通电
话（IDD—International Direct Dialing）吗？我想给我妻子打个电话。
B： 当然有了。瞧，就在那边。
A：你真帮大忙了。没有你我真不知道怎么办呢。
B：非常感谢。这是我的荣幸，也是我的工作。
