I. Ask and answer the following questions in pairs.

1. Mr. Mott and Mr. Wang were old friends, weren’t they?

2. Was it at the fair that they met each other?

3. How come that Mr. Mott came to Guangzhou?

4. How did he spend the morning?

5. There wasn’t great variety of goods on display, was there?

6. Were there any commodity that interested Mr. Mott?

7. Was there a ready market for Chinese silk garments in Mr. Mott’s country?

8. Why are Chinese products getting more and more popular on the world market?

9. What did Mr. Mott come to the fair for?

10. Did Mr. Mott go to Mr. Wang’s stand right away?

11. Did Mr. Mott go to Mr. Wang’s stand right away?

12. Why didn’t he go at once?

13. When would they meet and have a talk?

14. Where was Mr. Wang’s stand?

II. Fill in the blanks with right words.

1.       It’s getting warmer and ___________ now.

2.       He ________ to be in the wrong.

3.       ________ tomorrow morning, good-bye.

4.       We’ll sign the contract _____ you would agree to our terms.

5.       Have you brought your quotation sheet _______ you?

6.       _______ display are Chinese silk goods and cotton piece goods.

7.       I wonder _____ I could use this telephone.

8.       Beautiful weather, ______ it?

9.       People the world ______ are coming to love Chinese products.

10.   Have you found anything________ interests you?

III. Change the following sentences, using “It seems…”

1.       Nobody seems to know anything about it.

2.       He seems to like football very much.

3.       She doesn’t seem to want anything at all.

4.       Her whole life seemed to have gone to pieces.

5.       I seem to have caught a cold.

6.       They seemed to be doing all right.

7.       I seem not to be able to please him.

IV. Make short dialogues in the following situations.

1.       You are to meet at the airport Mr. Wood whom you’ve never seen before.

2.       You are going to introduce Mr. Wood to your manager.

3.       You are with your friend Mary in a cafe. Another friend of yours, Mike, comes in. He and Mary do not know each other.

4.       You are talking with a foreign businessman when you are told that keep your appointment.

V. Translate the following into English orally.

  A: 你好，欢迎你光临广交会。

  B：谢谢。我是美国人。这是我的名片。

  A：幸会，史密斯先生。我姓王，这是我的名片。乐意为您效劳。

  B: 我们公司是美国一家大公司，经宫皮革制品。这次来就是想看看是否有机会和你们做生意。

  A: 我很高兴。你也许知道，我们公司做皮革制品出口已经有许多年的历史了。

   我们的皮革制品在国内外市场都深受欢迎。我们愿意和世界各国商人发展贸易往来。不过，你是否看过我们的展品了？

B：看过了。我对你们的产品已经有了初步了解。目前我对你们的皮革服装

   较有兴趣，请你给我详细介绍一下。

A：没问题。 我这里还有些商品目录，你可以仔细研究。这些式样都是今年以来最流行的，在大多数欧洲国家十分畅销。相信在你们国家也会有良好销路的。

B： 希望如此。如果价格合理我会大批购买的。

A：这是我们的产品价格目录表。上面的价格都是上海离岸价。

B：太好了。请给我几天时间以作决定。

A：请便。但是最好能快一点。

B：没问题。