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，歡迎你光臨廣交會。

  B：謝謝。我是美國人。這是我的名片。

  A：幸會，史密斯先生。我姓王，這是我的名片。樂意為您效勞。

  B: 我們公司是美國一家大公司，經宮皮革制品。這次來就是想看看是否有機會和你們做生意。

  A: 我很高興。你也許知道，我們公司做皮革制品出口已經有許多年的歷史了。

   我們的皮革制品在國內外市場都深受歡迎。我們愿意和世界各國商人發展貿易往來。不過，你是否看過我們的展品了？

B：看過了。我對你們的產品已經有了初步了解。目前我對你們的皮革服裝

   較有興趣，請你給我詳細介紹一下。

A：沒問題。 我這里還有些商品目錄，你可以仔細研究。這些式樣都是今年以來最流行的，在大多數歐洲國家十分暢銷。相信在你們國家也會有良好銷路的。

B： 希望如此。如果價格合理我會大批購買的。

A：這是我們的產品價格目錄表。上面的價格都是上海離岸價。

B：太好了。請給我幾天時間以作決定。

A：請便。但是最好能快一點。

B：沒問題。