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！真是一個好飯店。
B：是的，它是西安最好的飯店之一。這個服務非常好。如果您需要幫助，
可以給服務臺打電話，或者給我打電話。
A：很好，謝謝你。你考慮得太周到了。
B：我們總經理先生希望在下午五點鐘會見您，并在友誼賓館設宴歡迎您。
A：你們太客氣了。我很期望和他見面。順便說一下，大廳里有國際直通電
話（IDD—International Direct Dialing）嗎？我想給我妻子打個電話。
B： 當然有了。瞧，就在那邊。
A：你真幫大忙了。沒有你我真不知道怎么辦呢。
B：非常感謝。這是我的榮幸，也是我的工作。
